You spatchcock a lot...
Always, fast and easy with more super crisp skin and saving the backs is great for the odd batch of stock. Winner, winner, chicken dinner….
I would order a smoked goose from South Dakota every year for Easter…while I like smoked goose, my favorite thing I liked about is was making stock with the carcass for ramen…
Late night snack, togarashi seasoned cedar salmon.
This spice blend is my new jam, so good I ate what was suppose to be for a dip tomorrowdethawing another fillet, doh!
Lol to be fair I had pork rinds last nightMan oh man....our late night snacks are not remotely the same
but that salmon hits differently late at night.
Lol to be fair I had pork rinds last night
I’m a huge fan of chicharrones…
Mendoza's on Aurora at ~78th has really good ones, their pork tamales too are really good but at $3.50 ea. a tad spendy.
Are those similar to smelt?
I'm assuming smelt you dipped or netted (or Eulachon you bought?). Dinner looks great - I remember as a kid helping my dad and his buddies at the smelt beach (one of those near Kalaloch). Dad had a dip net he built, those guys had a blast dipping smelt when the timing was just right.
Brute - Yes they are. They do differ from our surf smelt however.
Back in the late 50's and early 60's (jeez, I am truly a senior citizen) my folks and two other couples with kids would camp at Kalaloch. I'm guessing now but I think Dad, Ernie and Ken planned these dates around smelt spawn (and low tides for razor clam digging). Sometimes the smelt didn't show (I guess smelt dipping is "fishing") but I distinctly remember one day on the beach when a big surf wave would roll up on the steep beach and there'd be dozens of smelt flapping on the sand and on that particular day dad's dip net was so full of smelt he had to drag it up the beach.Buzzy- those must have been some great memories. Dipping for surf smelt is a great way to spend a day and the scenery can’t be beat. My girlfriend dipped these on Thursday on the Cowlitz. I had to work so I couldn’t join in on the fun but she did let me clean them
I remember going to Fall River in MA with my grandpa as a kid with long handles dipping nets for the smelt run…we scaled them with your thumbnail and quick gut…then fried whole like you did…that was about 55 years agoBrute - Yes they are. They do differ from our surf smelt however.
Buzzy- those must have been some great memories. Dipping for surf smelt is a great way to spend a day and the scenery can’t be beat. My girlfriend dipped these on Thursday on the Cowlitz. I had to work so I couldn’t join in on the fun but she did let me clean them
