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Default If you were to make the perfect fish taco

On Nov 10, 2:44*am, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> >> I've made the perfect fish taco. *Pity I was the only witness.

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> >> I used halibut dipped in conventional beer batter. *Then deep fried and
> >> sliced thin. *I made a sauce of 50% crema and 50% yogurt. *I added lime
> >> juice to the sauce. Then I sliced some green cabbage very thin. *Dip corn
> >> tortillas in water for 2 seconds, grill for 30 seconds on each side.
> >> Assemble the taco as you would any taco i.e. sauce as a base, fish,
> >> cabbage then cilantro. *Server with a squeeze of lime and chopped
> >> cilantro
> >> and finely diced sweet onions. *Perfecto.

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> > I gave this some thought about a year ago. At the time I opined that I'd
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> > a "puffy" taco shell and a fairly soft fish (e.g., cod or sea bass) so
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> > the taco would have a nice textural contrast. I still like that idea,
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> > with crema and shredded iceberg lettuce instead of cabbage. I also threw
> > out the idea of using an offbeat sauce like salsa verde with harissa, but
> > I'm not 100% behind that particular tweak. Maybe just the same squeeze of
> > lime with cilantro and diced sweet onions that you used would be better..

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> *I can attest to this:
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> Lettuce does NOT work. *Only cabbage does.


Keep your stinking cabbage.
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> Soft fish is no good. *Must be a firm fleshed white fish.


Regular ol' corn meal breaded and fried tilapia.
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> Puffy shells are for Marie Calendar's -


Something you are apparently familiar with.

> use corn tortillas flash grillled


Corn tortillas, fried. Fish, lettuce and a squeeze of lime. No
soaplantro.
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> Those are my secrets. *Well mine and half of Ensenada, Mexico.
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--Bryan