I guess I'm a slow study or just plain stubborn.
Like all of you, I prefer fresh food. If I can get it fresh, not
frozen or canned, I do. Since I live out in what would be considered
"the boonies" a lot of the fresh food I buy wouldn't last until the
next shopping trip, and I end up throwing away a lot of what I buy.

I have finally started trying some frozen foods. I bought some frozen
cod fillets and some frozen french cut green beans.

I was really impressed with the cod. There were three individually
wrapped fillets in the bag.
While the fillets were defrosting I chopped up some garlic and
lemongrass then dusted them with white rice flour. I was going to use
the soy sauce but changed my mind. I deglazed with white wine instead.
http://i43.tinypic.com/2j13m89.jpg

To the browned butter I added some olive oil and the fillets. When I
turned the fillets I added the garlic and lemongrass.
http://i40.tinypic.com/oiuaa9.jpg

Plated. Nice light crunchy coating and tender and juicy inside.
http://i41.tinypic.com/2lv1obn.jpg

The macro shot.
http://i43.tinypic.com/i6jf2b.jpg


I think I'll pay closer attention to the frozen food section.

koko
--

There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 07/02

On Jul 3, 11:26 am, koko > wrote:
> I guess I'm a slow study or just plain stubborn.
> Like all of you, I prefer fresh food. If I can get it fresh, not
> frozen or canned, I do. Since I live out in what would be considered
> "the boonies" a lot of the fresh food I buy wouldn't last until the
> next shopping trip, and I end up throwing away a lot of what I buy.
>
> I have finally started trying some frozen foods. I bought some frozen
> cod fillets and some frozen french cut green beans.
>
> I was really impressed with the cod. There were three individually
> wrapped fillets in the bag.
> While the fillets were defrosting I chopped up some garlic and
> lemongrass then dusted them with white rice flour. I was going to use
> the soy sauce but changed my mind. I deglazed with white wine instead.http://i43.tinypic.com/2j13m89.jpg
>
> To the browned butter I added some olive oil and the fillets. When I
> turned the fillets I added the garlic and lemongrass.http://i40.tinypic.com/oiuaa9.jpg
>
> Plated. Nice light crunchy coating and tender and juicy inside.http://i41.tinypic.com/2lv1obn.jpg
>
> The macro shot.http://i43.tinypic.com/i6jf2b.jpg
>
> I think I'll pay closer attention to the frozen food section.
>
> koko
> --
>
> There is no love more sincere than the love of food
> George Bernard Shawwww.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> updated 07/02

Frozen is often better than "fresh". Frozen on the ship or at the
farm, or picked green and thown onto a truck to ripen on the road. Or
shipped frozen and thawed to be sold as "fresh". Sure the backyard
garden is best, the farmer an hour away, but I can't raise fish in my
yard.

"koko" > wrote in message
...
>
> I guess I'm a slow study or just plain stubborn.
> Like all of you, I prefer fresh food. If I can get it fresh, not
> frozen or canned, I do. Since I live out in what would be considered
> "the boonies" a lot of the fresh food I buy wouldn't last until the
> next shopping trip, and I end up throwing away a lot of what I buy.
>
> I have finally started trying some frozen foods. I bought some frozen
> cod fillets and some frozen french cut green beans.
>
> I was really impressed with the cod.

Unless you live where caught that morning and/or live seafood is available
frozen is best. And the same with veggies... most frozen veggies are
actually fresher than what's sold as fresh at the market... for truly fresh
produce you pretty much need to grow your own. Unless you have a citrus
tree to pick from frozen citrus is freshest and most nutritious. Paying a
premium for refrigerated OJ that claims to be Not From Concentrate is a big
fat sales gimmick, it is nowhere near as fresh tasting or nutritious as
frozen concentrate you reconstitute yourself.

koko wrote:

>
> I was really impressed with the cod. There were three individually
> wrapped fillets in the bag.

>
> Plated. Nice light crunchy coating and tender and juicy inside.
> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lv1obn.jpg
>
>
> I think I'll pay closer attention to the frozen food section.
>


That looks very nice. Cod is often underrated.

gloria p

On Jul 3, 12:13*pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:

*Paying a
> premium for refrigerated OJ that claims to be Not From Concentrate is a big
> fat sales gimmick, it is nowhere near as fresh tasting or nutritious as
> frozen concentrate you reconstitute yourself


Do you think it IS from concentrate? Is there another method?
Somehow, that stuff in the box does taste better to me than the frozen
stuff.

Nothing like buying a bag of oranges, peel, slice and eat as fast as
you can.

"koko" > wrote in message
...
>
> I guess I'm a slow study or just plain stubborn.
> Like all of you, I prefer fresh food. If I can get it fresh, not
> frozen or canned, I do. Since I live out in what would be considered
> "the boonies" a lot of the fresh food I buy wouldn't last until the
> next shopping trip, and I end up throwing away a lot of what I buy.
>
> I have finally started trying some frozen foods. I bought some frozen
> cod fillets and some frozen french cut green beans.
>
> I was really impressed with the cod. There were three individually
> wrapped fillets in the bag.
> While the fillets were defrosting I chopped up some garlic and
> lemongrass then dusted them with white rice flour. I was going to use
> the soy sauce but changed my mind. I deglazed with white wine instead.
> http://i43.tinypic.com/2j13m89.jpg
>
> To the browned butter I added some olive oil and the fillets. When I
> turned the fillets I added the garlic and lemongrass.
> http://i40.tinypic.com/oiuaa9.jpg
>
> Plated. Nice light crunchy coating and tender and juicy inside.
> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lv1obn.jpg
>
> The macro shot.
> http://i43.tinypic.com/i6jf2b.jpg
>
>
> I think I'll pay closer attention to the frozen food section.
>
> koko
> --
>
> There is no love more sincere than the love of food
> George Bernard Shaw
> www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> updated 07/02

I live in Denver, which is not near any coast, so I always buy frozen
seafood. Most of our stores that have seafood not frozen have just
defrosted some for sale. We do see a lot of salmon labeled as fresh, but
unless you are serving it that night, frozen is still better. Of course,
Whole Foods has a beautiful seafood department, but expensive. We buy the
bagged frozen Cod at the big membership store, and have always been happy
with them. I also often pan fry the fillets, but your are prettier than
mine!

DP

"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
On Jul 3, 12:13 pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:

Paying a
> premium for refrigerated OJ that claims to be Not From Concentrate is a
> big
> fat sales gimmick, it is nowhere near as fresh tasting or nutritious as
> frozen concentrate you reconstitute yourself


Do you think it IS from concentrate? Is there another method?
Somehow, that stuff in the box does taste better to me than the frozen
stuff.

It's fresh squeezed but it was fresh squeezed like a month before you bought
it... don't you see those sell by dates... with only refrigeration it
ferments and its nutrition is greatly diminished

Nothing like buying a bag of oranges, peel, slice and eat as fast as
you can.

Oranges from the market could have been picked many weeks ago, they're not
even close to fresh... once picked the the half life of Vitamin C contained
in oranges being what it is it nearly totally expires in like a week.
Unless you have your own citrus trees your best bet is frozen concentrate
you reconstitute yourself.

"Dale P" > wrote in message
m...
>
> I live in Denver, which is not near any coast, so I always buy frozen
> seafood. Most of our stores that have seafood not frozen have just
> defrosted some for sale. We do see a lot of salmon labeled as fresh, but
> unless you are serving it that night, frozen is still better. Of course,
> Whole Foods has a beautiful seafood department, but expensive. We buy the
> bagged frozen Cod at the big membership store, and have always been happy
> with them. I also often pan fry the fillets, but your are prettier than
> mine!
>


Recently (as in within the last month), I was shopping at Harris Teeter
(didn't get to WF later to compare)

They had a sign up saying that they were out of wild caught salmon because
of dam and river problems in Alaska. I couldn't help but wonder about the
back story on that. I was very disappointed. Hope it's not a trend to come

Local restaurants however, appear to have a supply
Tho I have become very unhappy about salmon cookery in restaurants lately so
haven't checked beyond noting it is on the menu

mk5000

"Cause I'm not the only one
No, I'm not the only one
In the dark, for a while now
I can't stay, very far"--killers

"koko" > wrote in message
...
>
> I guess I'm a slow study or just plain stubborn.
> Like all of you, I prefer fresh food. If I can get it fresh, not
> frozen or canned, I do.

I would do nearly anything to find a good schmalz herring in the stores
here.

The jarred stuff is crammed full of starch to thicken the cream sauce. This
totally wrecks the taste. I'd love to make some fresh from scratch.
I think I need to move further north I guess.

mk5000

"This feeling wont go
And the sky is full of dreams
But you don't know how to fly
I don't have a simple answer"--this is your life, killers

On Jul 5, 5:51 pm, "marika" > wrote:
> "koko" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > I guess I'm a slow study or just plain stubborn.
> > Like all of you, I prefer fresh food. If I can get it fresh, not
> > frozen or canned, I do.
>
> I would do nearly anything to find a good schmalz herring in the stores
> here.
>
> The jarred stuff is crammed full of starch to thicken the cream sauce. This
> totally wrecks the taste. I'd love to make some fresh from scratch.
> I think I need to move further north I guess.
>
> mk5000
>
> "This feeling wont go
> And the sky is full of dreams
> But you don't know how to fly
> I don't have a simple answer"--this is your life, killers

What is so hard? Our grandparents made this with no education, no
refridgeration. You got us, and the rest of the interweb. I used to
moan when I couldn't find pita or kimche at the Farmer Jack, then
realized it was all here, just unassembled.

"bulka" > wrote in message
...
>
> What is so hard?

Hi Bulka. {am I mistaken in taking that for a crumby name or what lol}

>Our grandparents made this with no education, no
> refridgeration. You got us, and the rest of the interweb. I used to
> moan when I couldn't find pita or kimche at the Farmer Jack, then
> realized it was all here, just unassembled.

Lessee
milk to soak it in? - check
vinegar - check
sour cream - check
tons of onions (its vidalia season, score!) - check
Fish DNA harvested from a jar of that vita 'stuff" - check
Fish replicator - darn it all hasn't been invented yet...

Here's the problem.
I have asked the market here to order the stuff for me. The answer was no.
No herring to be purchased.
It's even hard to find when I go home to Philadephia, we buy the herring at
the Russian deli, and cream it ourselves.
But here, I can't get the fish it seems.
It's like tuna and farm fed salmon and tilapia are cool and herring - in
spite of all the reports of the benefits of eating such fish - just cannot
be tolerated

mk5000

"womanizer boy don't try to front
I know just what you are
you got me goin
you you're oh so charmin"--britney spears