After a month of not being able to cook, I finally got a chance today to ~ as they say ~ get back in the kitchen. My mom had to go to the market and restock the fridge, so I asked if I could go with her when she went shopping. She waited until I got home then off we headed to H.E.B.
I walked up and down the isles picking up some of my favorite fruits and when she asked which veggies I thought were best, I gave her my opinion.
We got to the meat section and I sniffed but smelled no oceany fishie goodness, though I did see a counter where there were still people that were working. As I got closer, I saw they DID have fish ~my heart started racing, I wondered if it was going to be the boring fresh water stuff, or was I going to get lucky and find some treasure. As I stepped closer I saw several options when it came to salmon, but I just wasn't really in a salmon mood. I saw all kinds of shrimp, but I didn't want to mess with picking out a wine for scampi, then I saw it: not only Tuna, but ALBACORE TUNA!!!!
That was it!!! My mind was made up, I was gonna modify my recipe for seared tuna and make seared albacore. (like that was a real stretch). I couldn't quite remember what was in the ingredients and I knew Mannie was still sleeping, so I called the next best person: Adam.
He picked up the phone, I asked if he could get to my blog from work. He could. I asked if he could find my tuna recipe and tell me what I needed to get at the store. He did. We said our love you's and miss you's and went back to our days.
I found my mom again, we filled up the rest of the cart and went to pay. Total cost for my meal; less than $15.00 and it took me less than 45 mins to prep, cook, and eat the whole thing. And it was SOO worth every penny.
But the topper is, I don't think my mom knows she ate raw tuna!!!! I won't tell her until tomorrow, that way she can't make up some hypochondriac illness. I mean, she loved it, and she kept going for the green sauce (which I forgot to add the sugar too, but it didn't need it, it was SOO good).
Since it was albacore tuna though, I'll need to sear it for less time next time. The meat was an insey bit dry and a wee bit salty. I blame the saltyness on the light pink color though, since the salt seemed to blend in with the pale pink color of the tuna and I just kept churning my salt grinder lol. I'll sear it for 1 1/4 mins though next time instead of my usual 2 minutes per side ~ maybe then it won't be so dry. It was still mouth watering good though. I've not eaten this good since Manny and I last ate together. I miss our meals.
Years ago, I bought my mom a calphon pan, she STILL has it, still uses it on occasion, and today I used it to make my tuna... As Adam said, gotta be like Gir, and 'MAKE ROOM FOR THE TUNA'.
I wish I could eat this good every day. I really miss having my own kitchen. I was too lazy to take pix, not to mention there just isn't room in this kitchen for it, but the old pix and blog are here.
I walked up and down the isles picking up some of my favorite fruits and when she asked which veggies I thought were best, I gave her my opinion.
We got to the meat section and I sniffed but smelled no oceany fishie goodness, though I did see a counter where there were still people that were working. As I got closer, I saw they DID have fish ~my heart started racing, I wondered if it was going to be the boring fresh water stuff, or was I going to get lucky and find some treasure. As I stepped closer I saw several options when it came to salmon, but I just wasn't really in a salmon mood. I saw all kinds of shrimp, but I didn't want to mess with picking out a wine for scampi, then I saw it: not only Tuna, but ALBACORE TUNA!!!!
That was it!!! My mind was made up, I was gonna modify my recipe for seared tuna and make seared albacore. (like that was a real stretch). I couldn't quite remember what was in the ingredients and I knew Mannie was still sleeping, so I called the next best person: Adam.
He picked up the phone, I asked if he could get to my blog from work. He could. I asked if he could find my tuna recipe and tell me what I needed to get at the store. He did. We said our love you's and miss you's and went back to our days.
I found my mom again, we filled up the rest of the cart and went to pay. Total cost for my meal; less than $15.00 and it took me less than 45 mins to prep, cook, and eat the whole thing. And it was SOO worth every penny.
But the topper is, I don't think my mom knows she ate raw tuna!!!! I won't tell her until tomorrow, that way she can't make up some hypochondriac illness. I mean, she loved it, and she kept going for the green sauce (which I forgot to add the sugar too, but it didn't need it, it was SOO good).
Since it was albacore tuna though, I'll need to sear it for less time next time. The meat was an insey bit dry and a wee bit salty. I blame the saltyness on the light pink color though, since the salt seemed to blend in with the pale pink color of the tuna and I just kept churning my salt grinder lol. I'll sear it for 1 1/4 mins though next time instead of my usual 2 minutes per side ~ maybe then it won't be so dry. It was still mouth watering good though. I've not eaten this good since Manny and I last ate together. I miss our meals.
Years ago, I bought my mom a calphon pan, she STILL has it, still uses it on occasion, and today I used it to make my tuna... As Adam said, gotta be like Gir, and 'MAKE ROOM FOR THE TUNA'.
I wish I could eat this good every day. I really miss having my own kitchen. I was too lazy to take pix, not to mention there just isn't room in this kitchen for it, but the old pix and blog are here.
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