Bluefish

I wanted to cook something delicious, and I vaguely remembered that it is bluefish season 'round these parts, so I went by Whole Foods to see if they had any sitting in their fish counter. Whole Foods, because it happens to be next to Marty's, which is where I dropped off Ed to acquire beer. Successful mission, and I walked out with a hunk o' fish and a tub of pistachio gelato. Yum!

The last time I made bluefish, I followed a recipe of sorts from Beyond Salmon.  As always, she does a great job describing how to cook fish, and it was quite delicious, though it's hard to go wrong when you're also involving crunchy potatoes.  I also made popovers, because I felt really bad that I had gone to work (via the T) with both car keys in my purse, and so Ed had also had to take the T, when otherwise he would have taken my car... anyway, he likes popovers, so I made him popovers. They were pretty darn tasty, as usual, and opening the oven to stick in the fish did not mess with their popping ability, thankfully!

We also had an endive languishing in the fridge, so I figured I'd better cook that up, as substitute for a green thing with our dinner.  Cut in half lengthwise, and cooked low and slow in a frying pan with some oil and salt.  The leaves just melt into deliciousness! Some cheese sprinkled on top never hurts, either.

The fish was perfect - flaky but moist, and very meaty-feeling, while the taste is kind of mild and not fishy at all.  Bright flavors from lemon and parsley complement it well. 

This was a tasty beer - some sort of Belgian from the clearance rack.  It's probably a 50-50 chance of getting a winner vs undrinkable shit from that shelf, and this Belgian was solidly in the middle of that range.  Totally drinkable.

Unfortunately, in a complete failure of the day, I fell asleep before remembering that I'd bought gelato!