Hey, I tried making saury fish for the first time. My family calls the fish by the Chinese name 秋刀魚, that means "autumn knife fish". I read that you can use the broiler function in household oven to pseudo-grill the fish.
I gave this a try, and after I put the two fish in the oven for less than 1 minutes, I heard a BANG and see smokes come out from one of the stove top. I opened the oven immediately to check what goes on. As you can see, one of the saury got a serious burn. Lesson learned: the broiler can be a very powerful source of heat.
I'm going to talk a little about all the small things I did on the fish before putting to be cooked. For example, I poured olive oil on the oven pan, I cut the belly of the fish open to clean the intestines, then once ready on the pan, I smeared the olive oil all over the fish. I added a lot of salt, and some grounded pepper. I also poured some ancient mirin that I found deep inside the sauce cupboard (6 years old?)—but it smelled fine, so I added it in. Rub the seasonings all over the fish.
With the hole in the fish belly, I wanted to fill that emptiness. So, I dashed out to the garden and pulled out some tiny shallots from the soil. I stuffed cut shallots into the belly.
Thoughts on the taste: Even though they were frozen saury fish (in pack of three) that I brought at Chinese supermarket for a bargain, the meat tasted rich. I definitely recommend it as a nutritious lunch dish. I eat 2 of them to gain weight.
For the first time I baked a Banana bread. As I told you, my dad Anthony often brings too many bananas in to the house to offer to the Buddha, in the end, they will end up being overstocked and ripen.
I did not follow closely the recipe. It calls for 3 bananas but I instead I put two into the batter: one ripen and one frozen. It turns out not as moist as I would like it to be. I gave half the load to cousin Theo and his wife, and they kept telling me that it tasted good, only too dry. I didn't feel that I had enough good material to offer any to grandma who is in the hospital.
Not enough banana was the conclusion. Next time, I will execute this better, since ripen banana will be a sustainable source of carbohydrate and calories.
