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It looked better than it tasted

Posted on November 10, 2007 By Liquid Egg Product 9 Comments on It looked better than it tasted
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Grape Trout

One of several resolutions I’ve had since moving is an increased proportion of home-cooked foods. Last night, I had a hard time deciding what to make (once of the disadvantages of a full refrigerator), and decided to come up with this little experiment.

I’d already had a couple fillets of skin-on trout defrosted. These were quick-fried in an olive oil/vegetable oil combination (non-sensical perhaps, but olive oil’s ‘spensive!) The grape sauce was created from a combination of grape juice, soy sauce, vinegar, and something else I think, using corn starch as a thickening agent.

The fillets were served on a bed of brown rice, covered in the grape sauce, and garnished with the remaining green sprigs from a rapidly wilting bundle of cilantro.

The taste was, unfortunately, rather average, and decidedly inferior to the palak paneer that looked like dog excrement.

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9 thoughts on “It looked better than it tasted”

  1. annie says:
    November 10, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    Grape sauce? Why didn’t you make a citrus salsa with orange or lemon juice? Seafood does better with an acidic sauce, that is why people add lemon to shrimp fettucine.

    I made dinner last night and my steamed vegetables were dry. Should added butter.

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  2. Blue Devil Knight says:
    November 10, 2007 at 10:27 pm

    It sure looks good. Some kind of lemony topping sounds good. It’s a miracle how lemon brings out all the good in fish and hides the bad.

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  3. Donnie says:
    November 11, 2007 at 3:29 am

    @Annie: It was an experiment. I’ve done a citrus sauce before, which works (although other people don’t seem to be a fan of it.)

    That’s a good tip on the steamed vegetables; I’ll have to remember that one.

    @BDK: That’s why you can buy “aged” fish for half-off and still have a decent-tasting meal with it.

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  4. Derek Slater says:
    November 11, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    I respect the effort regardless of the results. 🙂

    Here’s a possibly dopey idea. Rather than toss a slightly-past-prime pear, I sliced it very thinly and put the slices on top of the asparagus in the steamer basket. Helped keep it moist and also added a tiny hint of sweetness.

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  5. annie says:
    November 12, 2007 at 3:48 am

    indeed points for creativity. grape sauce is very highbrow 🙂 citrus is safe but predictable. What a GREAT idea about the pear…..very Top Chef, Derek! 🙂 I shall try it next time and pray I do not hack off my fingers while trying to slice thinly. 🙂

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  6. Donnie says:
    November 12, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    @Derek: Thanks for the respect. 🙂 Recently, I’m becoming more anal about reuse, resource conservation, etc. 🙂 So I like the pear idea, even it seems a little odd. If it worked for you, it’ll be good for someone else. 🙂

    @Annie: Thanks for the respect. 🙂 This is why you need the Pear Slicer that was on QVC for $19.95 🙂 Grape sauce is better for chicken than seafood. 🙂

    If you noticed, I used more smileys than all of y’all. 🙂

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  7. Derek Slater says:
    November 12, 2007 at 1:37 pm

    I see that you are both making fun of me.

    I will continue to use smileys nonetheless.

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  8. Donnie says:
    November 12, 2007 at 1:57 pm

    If I was making fun of you, it was only in a transitive sense. See, I was just making fun of Annie for using 3 smileys (in my mind, 1 smiley per comment is completely acceptable.) And then, if she was making fun of you…well, I’ll let her speak for herself.

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  9. annie says:
    November 12, 2007 at 4:01 pm

    nononono, no making fun here at all Derek. I like smileys. I’m a smiley person. I really do want to try the pear, I am a very poor cook and I’d love to impress my husband with something pretty to look at and to eat. :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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