So today I am experimenting. I am curing fish. I have never done this before, so we’ll see how it goes! I have taken a lot of salt and some sugar… bog standard, nothing special…
I had some fish on the turn (brought cheap from the reduced aisle mostly, other than the trout that was from the fish counter). The fishmonger man said “It’s boney…” o.O I felt like answering “Yes. It’s fish.”
I have cured rainbow trout with Talisker…
Sea bass with a random cucumber and dill oil I had and garlic…
And my favourite idea, fish and chips, hold the chips! Plaice with malt vinegar and lemon…
They are now sitting in the fridge for a couple of days. I’ll let you know how I get on!
Soooo… I fail at brining. They were all tough and inedible, so I threw them away. I have tried this with turkey since (a la Sorted Food) and it was also too sweet. I need to work on my brining.
I’m not used to failing at preserving (bar marmalade, damn thing never sets…). Hmmm…