Friends came over for brunch, include a couple with a 2 year old deep in the throes of the Terrible Twos. To prepare, woke up early, made some blueberry muffins from scratch using this recipe. I tweaked it -- doubled the salt, replaced milk with cream, scraped out 2 vanilla beans into the liquid side, and added about 25% more blueberries. Unlike the dumb recipe, I mixed it minimally, leaving in a lot of lumps, which almost ALWAYS bake out, but the minimal mixing allows for a much more tender crumb.Rode up Grand Street to pick up bagels, buy up veg at the local farmer's market, makes it fun to be alive on a Sunday morning in a happy, functional neighborhood full of real people. Made lemonade, same as last week but in double the quantity.
On Friday, I brought home a 1.25 pound side of salmon. I packed it in a cup of salt, a cup of brown sugar and a chopped up head of dill, along with a few spoonfuls of vodka. I wrapped the whole mess in plastic wrap, placed it in a pan, and placed another pan on top with some weight on it.
Thirty six hours later, pulled it out, sharpened my big chef's knife, and got to the slicing. It was....good. Firmer and dryer than I thought it would be. Good flavor.A little too salty. A LOT of liquid expelled. Another 24 hours away from fish-jerky. Next time, gonna see what happens without pressure, less salt, more variety of herbs and spices. I used a wild caught American, next time use a fancier Norwegian or something. The side of salmon cost me $15 for the pound and a quarter...at Russ & Daughters, $15 will get you a quarter pound of the stuff. Hmmm.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the food, we spent the day after eating in the neighborhood playground, kibbitzing with the locals, good vibes with the good weather. Got a call from the restaurant asking for some info, made me twinge, miss the hubbub and the action. Still, damn nice to be out with the Edie!
BREAKFAST 1: 7:30am, big piece of watermelon, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BREAKFAST 2: 9-11am, 2 blueberry muffins, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BRUNCH: 12:30-4pm, bagel with cream cheese, tomato and onion and homemade gravlax, minted lemonade, another muffin, 2 glasses lambrusco, seltzer, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8pm, pad thai, lemonade, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
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