On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:07:07 -0500, Rodney Myrvaagnes
> wrote:

>On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 23:37:26 -0600, Michael Odom >
>wrote:
>
>>I ordered a chunk of salt cured tuna from Tienda.com. Hey it's the
>>holiday season. They call the stuff I got "mojama." It arrived today
>>and I just had a couple of shavings which were very salty, but
>>delicious. I've never had it before. The Tienda Web site says it's
>>eaten on bread with olive oil, shaved over green salads, or marinated
>>in olive oil for an hour and served with almonds and a glass of wine.
>>
>>Has anybody in this group had experience with this stuff?
>>
>>I figure I'll shave it with a mandoline and toss it with olive oil,
>>then scatter the shavings over a citrus slice salad with onions.
>>Maybe some fresh mint, too. It's to be an appetizer for the family
>>Christmas gathering.
>>
>>Do you think this will work?
>>
>Sounds good to me.I assume this is salt-cured til it is dry and hard,
>like some cured tuna from Italy.
>
Yup. It's a dense, salty, fishy, dark brown-red chunk. Hardly any
moisture left in it. Its sell-by date is sometime next August, as I
recall.

Do you have any experience with a product like this? I've nve had it
or any Italian version before.


modom

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