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Salmon Pastrami
Pastrami – I love your sweet/salty cure, your steamed tender fatty slices left thick, the smoke, and that subtle crunch of your rub. The smoke and sweet/salty combo make pastrami so appealing, but...
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XO Sauce
With country ham epicness ahead, I wanted to use the last of the Benton’s Country Ham gifted so generously by Mr. Schleifer (remember, the connoisseur of anchovies, country ham, and laksa?) before...
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Mousseline
Due to a peculiar series of events, I was left with an extra side of salmon early in the week. With that extra salmon on the brain, I got to idea generation. I kept coming back to curing the salmon...
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Pistachio Smoked Mackerel
Some people tell me that they never smoke meats due to lack of equipment. I agree that smoking a fifteen pound pork shoulder without a smoker could be troublesome, but truthfully, not only do you not...
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Kombu Cured Salmon
When I think of cured fish, I typically think of lox or something Scandanavian. With loads of dried shiitake and kombu in the pantry, however, I wanted to flavor a cured fish, ideally mackerel or...
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Salt Cod
With the sheer volume of cookbooks released on a monthly basis, it is easy to forget about the great ones that are sitting in one’s collection. Yet on Saturday mornings when I am looking for a few...
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Salted Smelt: The Midwestern Anchovy
We have moved. We are still in boxes, but we are in our new home. Before we left though, there were things I had to take care of. I went to some of my favorite restaurants, I ran my old running...
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Whipped Smoked Bass Head and XO
After another blowout New Year’s Eve dinner at the Butcher & Larder, I was handed a large item wrapped in butcher paper to take home. We had decided to grab a ride home from a car service for smart...
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Saimin
Late in 2008, we took a trip, or better said, we ran away to Kauai. After a very difficult year, we spent years worth of earned air miles and almost all of our vacation days on a trip where we spent...
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Cured Cod Roe
When strolling through Mitsuwa, our national Japanese grocery chain, I spotted a little styrofoam container with what I recognized as a sac of fish eggs. Typically, when I think of these styros, I...
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