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I’ve enjoyed seafood as far back as I can remember. Everything from canned tuna and frozen fish sticks to baked Cod, fish & chips to things like lobster and crab. Heck, I’ve even had shark! (hey, on a plate is the only place to encounter one of those without needing to run after fresh term life insurance quotes first.)

This recipe is built around using a marinade to give the fish additional flavor and moisture before it’s cooked. This makes it a good meal to plan ahead for because you’ll want the salmon to soak in the marinade for up to eight hours or so.

The marinade is made up of 1/2 cup soy sauce, 2 teaspoon dark sesame oil, Juice of 2 oranges, 2 tablespoons of honey, 2 tablespoon ginger that’s been peeled and minced, 1/2 cup of chopped scallions, 2 teaspoon of minced garlic, 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame seeds. Mix everything in a large bowl and then refrigerate for at least an hour before using it.

After the marinade has chilled, put a couple of 1/2 inch thick salmon steaks in a large zip lock bag, add the marinade and seal the bag tightly. Put it back in to the refrigerator. Ideally for eight hours but if time is a factor try to let it soak for as long as possible. Certainly no less than 15 minutes.

Preheat your grill and give it a good coating with non stick spray to make sure the fish doesn’t stick to it. Grill the salmon on a medium high heat for three to four minutes and then turn it over and give it four minutes or so on the second side.

When you turn the salmon onto the second side, take half of a pineapple, cut it into spears and add it to the grill. You’ll want to turn it fairly often but not so quickly that grill marks don’t show up. Cook the Pineapple for about two or three minutes or until the grill marks are pretty much on all sides without letting it get dried out.

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I like seafood, always have. Though I’m not into fishing, I’d rather get my seafood in the supermarket than to spend who knows how long on the shores of a river or lake with only three fish in it or worse yet using inflatable boats or something like that to go out on the water and get seasick while I’m busy not catching anything.

Much better is the idea of just popping over to a store and buying what I need and getting down to the making (and later eating) of something good. This clam chowder recipe is a good one to start going in the slow cooker in the morning and have it for a hearty meal in the evening.

Start out with either four 6 1/2 oz cans of clams or 3 pounds fresh or frozen. If it’s frozen, thaw it and cut into bite sized pieces.

Saute 1/2 pound of bacon and a large diced onion until golden brown and then drain it and add it to the slow cooker along with the clams.

Add 6 to 8 large cubed potatoes, 3 cups of water, 3 1/2 teaspoons of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Cover and cook on high 3 to 4 hours or until the potatoes are tender.

In the last hour of cooking, combine 2 cups of milk with the 4 tablespoons of cornstarch. Add to slow cooker with another 2 cups of milk and stir well. Serve in large bowls with crusty French bread.

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I’ve loved Seafood of most kinds for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately there are still forms of seafood that I personally wouldn’t touch with a ten foot fork and in fact would give a box of expensive womens gold watches (assuming I had any) in exchange for NOT eating them. Anchovies are one of the top leaders in this category of seafood, with Sardines coming in at a close second.

However, I also recognize that why I may not care for something there’s plenty of people who’ll consider it a delicacy, thus I present Sardine Rolls

Take two cans of sardines in mustard sauce and mash them thoroughly. Mix them with an 8oz package of cream cheese and a couple of hard boiled eggs. Add lemon juice, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce to taste and mix well.

Cut the crusts off of two loaves of sliced white bread. Then spread the mixture on the bread slices, roll them up and pin them with toothpicks to hold ‘em together. Broil until toasted.

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I’ve never actually had Orange Roughy (then again I’ve never vacationed in St. Thomas villa rentals either), in fact, I had to look it up on a search engine to find out that it’s a variety of deep sea pearch. All in all, it sounds good but I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for “wally world” to carry it in this neck of the sticks.

Mix 1/4 cup melted butter and a half cup of sliced almonds and then saute them to a golden brown.

In a shallow baking pan, lay out two pounds of Orange Roughy fillets in a single layer. Sprinkle it with a couple teaspoons of lemon or lime juice. Spoon the almond margarine mixture over the fish.

Sprinkle with a teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of pepper and a quarter cup of chopped parsley. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Then uncover and bake until the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 8 to 10 minutes. Serve with lemon and / or lime wedges.

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I haven’t tried this one but it looks interesting because I don’t think I’ve ever seen apples and Tuna used in the same recipe before.

Start out by cooking two cups of macaroni according to package directions, drain and set aside.

Then melt 6 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan over a low heat. While it’s melting, add a quarter teaspoon of salt to a a quarter cup of flour. When the butter is melted add the flour and salt mixture to the melted butter. Stir this constantly to mix it all together and let the flour cook for a minute.

Then add three cups of milk in one motion. Raise the heat to high so that it will cook quickly, stirring constantly to keep it from sticking or burning until the mixture thickens and bubbles.

Reduce the heat back to low and add two cups of cheese (I would use shredded Cheddar but whatever kind works for you is good.). Stir constantly until the cheese is melted.

Stir in two cups of water packed tuna that’s been drained, two cups of diced apples and the drained macaroni.

Pour the whole thing into 12×7x2 inch baking dish. Combine a couple tablespoons of melted butter and a half cup of bread crumbs. Sprinkle the crumbs on top of the casserole.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the apples are tender.

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I’m in a fishy sort of mood today and what I’d really like to do is post a good New England Clam Chowder recipe because that’s what I’d really like right now. Unfortunately I don’t actually have one available right now. What I do have however is one that I think comes pretty close and might just fill the bill anyway.

Start with a pound of Whitefish with the skin and bones removed in a large Dutch oven and enough water to cover it. Cook over medium heat for roughly 10 minutes until fish flakes with a fork. Use a slotted spoon to remove the fish. Break it up into bite size pieces and set it aside.

Measure the water the fish was cooked in and add enough water to bring it up to 4 cups. Cook a cup of diced celery, a large chopped onion and about 5 medium potatoes cubed into bite size pieces in the fish water until they’re tender.

Mix 3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour and 1/3 cup of cold water to a paste consistency and stir it into the chowder. Head until the mixture boils, stirring frequently. Add the Whitefish, 2 6-1/2 oz cans of minced clams with liquid, a 4oz can of tiny shrimp, 2 teaspoons of salt, a half teaspoon of pepper, two tablespoons of butter, and a 12 oz can of evaporated milk.

Heat this all the way through, stirring occasionally.

For looks you could garnish with a bit of parsley and serve with oyster crackers.

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I’ve always been a seafood lover. I honestly can’t remember a time that I didn’t like fish and I’d say that one of the only seafood dishes that I would hesitate to even try is sushi. I’m sure it’s just wonderful for those who like it but somehow I just can’t wrap my mind around the idea of eating raw fish. I wouldn’t do that anymore than I would eat raw beef. The entire concept is just plain unpalatable.

Anyway, back to the seafood. My enjoyment of seafood started with the basic, not very fancy tuna salad and progressed to just the tuna and it’s gone on from there. I’ve had a variety of different kinds of fish ranging from things like catfish and trout to cod, sole, halibut, lobster, crab and a bunch more. One time I even had a shark steak. Of course, living as far away from the places where seafood is plentiful and less expensive, I sometimes feel like I’m undergoing a kind of addiction treatment only the addiction in question is seafood.

The basic tuna salad starts out with a 6.5 oz can of tuna (the kind packed in water! Fish don’t live in vegetable oil, they shouldn’t be packed in it.). Drain the tuna and add a couple of chopped hard boiled eggs and a quarter cup of chopped celery and 2 tablespoons of reduced calorie mayo. Mix well and refrigerate until you’re ready to serve.

It’s great by itself or on sandwiches. I personally prefer a good multi-grain wheat bread or a hearty dark pumpernickel and some mustard.

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This is one of those dishes that I think would be really interesting but I also know that there’s some households where you’d be well advised to take time to shop around for a term life insurance quote and make sure you’re covered before suggesting that you put tunafish on a baked potato. Especially with Tabasco sauce involved.

Preheat the oven to 400 F. and wash 8 large baking potatoes and rub the skins all over with butter or margarine. Poke some holes in them and bake for an hour an a half or until tender.

Drain 2 6 1/2 oz cans of tuna and mix in a tablespoon of grated onion, a can of cheddar cheese soup, 1/4 teaspoon of paprika, two drops of tabasco sauce and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Toss the mixture with a fork to break up the tuna and blend thoroughly.

Cut a one inch slice from the top of each potato and scoop out the inside leaving a shell. Add the potatoes to the tuna mixture and mix well. Spoon this mixture into the potato shells. Top each with some shredded cheddar cheese and return them to the oven long enough for the cheese to melt.

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Anyone that knows me will quickly agree when I say that my tastes are not always what you’d call “mainstream”. It’s not that I actually like genuinely nasty things, however some of the concoctions I’ve come up with over the years has left more than one family member shaking their heads in … um … wonder. Yeah, wonder.

This little breakfast treat is something I came up with a few years ago because I thought the taste combinations would be interesting and I was right. However few have dared to give it try. That’s ok I say, more for me. “You can have it!” they declare in unison.

Ok, enough of the drama, now to unveil a little gem I call the “Tunafish Omelete“.

It’s pretty much a normal (for us) made in the microwave oven style omelet. I like to start out by dicing some onion (about half to a quarter of a medium small onion per serving you’re going to make) and saute that in some olive oil with a bit of diced green pepper.

As the onions begin to caramelize, dice up about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of whatever kind of mushroom you like. I’m partial to Portabella when we have them but the basic white button mushrooms are great too. Once this is done crack an egg into a microwave safe bowl, add a dash of milk and the onion, mushroom & green pepper mixture. Add in some shredded cheddar cheese or grated parmesan cheese.

Now comes the part that has made family members shudder and go “Ugh!”. Open a can of tuna packed in water and pour off the water. Take about half a can or so, give it a rough chop to break up the pieces and add this to the bowl. Stir this vigorously to mix everything up and work some air into the egg mixture.

Put it into microwave with a loose cover on it and cook on high for 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 minutes. When it’s done all of the egg should be cooked through with no raw spots. I like to add some cheese to the top and give it another 30 seconds in the microwave and then let it sit for a moment with a cover on it for the cheese to melt.

I like to have this with a variety of condiments on it ranging from ketchup to spicy brown mustard or horseradish sauce. I’ve even used the sauce packets from Taco Bell or Arby’s.

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Fish in general and salmon in particular has always been a favorite of mine although I don’t have it very often because of the way prices are going these days and honestly, the cat and I are probably the only ones in the house that care for the aroma of any kind of fish.

In any event this is a basic recipe that, for those who enjoy fish, will be a quick and easy recipe that can be adapted to any variety of fish. You can work with whole salmon or de-boned and cut into steaks or fillets.

If you’re working with whole salmon I’ll assume that it’s been cleaned and washed. Mix bread crumbs (the kind with Italian or other seasonings can be an interesting variation). Chop a medium handful of Fresh parsley and a couple cloves of garlic. Stir this together and season with a bit of salt & pepper to taste. Mix this with just a bit of water to give it a bit of stick-together.

For Whole salmon, stuff some of the mixture inside and spread some on top. For salmon steaks or fillets just coat both sides with the bread crumb mixture. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30 to 45 minutes or until the fish is flaky.

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