this is known in Mexican cooking as "cheviche" sa-vee-chay is the closest
phonetically correrct pronunciation I could come up with. The acids from
the citrus "cooks" the fish. I would encourage you to go to a site like
www.epicurious.com and search for ceviche.
there are many variations.
Good luck
"43N79W" > wrote in message
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> I've been charged with bringing a dish to the annual family Labor Day
> blowout this year. Normaly I'm excluded because I'm 1) a guy, 2) single
> again, and 3) I don't have a kitchen to speak of.
>
> Anyway, last summer at a party someone had this seafood dish that was
quite
> tasty. Basically it consisted of shrimp and another white fish of some
type
> with onions and peppers and other veggies. The idea is that you marinate
> everything in the fridge all day and the acid from the marinade somehow
> "cooks" the fish (the fish is actually put in the marinade raw). Kind of
> like cooking without heat. Has anybody heard of this? Does this dish
have
> a name? Are there variations? I like the idea since the ingredients are
> somewhat basic and it requires no actual cooking with heat, which is good
> since I don't have a working stove or oven. Plus it's kind of exotic and
> might ooo and ahhh the family. Hey family points are always good!
>
> Thanks.
>
> -gk-
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