We Have Fish

October 8, 2010

After all the drought years of the last decade, We have just recently spent a small fortune lining our dams so we have water security.  As a side benefit, it also means we can now try out growing  fish. During our time in Cuba, we realised just how productive aquaculture can be.  Cubans grow mostly [...]

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Bouillabaisse

August 19, 2010

This all started with a successful day my partner had fishing for tailor.  Tailor are listed as a sustainable choice, and they’re one of my very favourite fish – high in Omega 3, firm fleshed and tasty without being too strong. The fillets fed ten people for dinner, and the heads and frames went into [...]

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Lao Style Fragrant Fish Soup

May 27, 2010

It’s getting a bit cold now of an evening for barbeques, but my partner still loves fishing. Fish soup is a great way to make a dinner party of the catch, and using the whole fish –  head, bones and all - I feel like an ethical predator. This recipe works really well with bony fish [...]

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Grilled Flathead on Banana Leaves

May 7, 2010

The idea for this recipe came partly from Steamy Kitchen, and partly from remembering as a kid cooking our catch of butter bream on pandanus leaves over a fire on the beach with no kitchen utensils at all and believing it was the best food ever (a memory I really want my grandkids to be [...]

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Lime and Garlic Calamari

April 18, 2010

Australian Conservation Society has just released the results of a pilot sustainable seafood assessment project conducted over this last summer season. Next time, I wish they’d assess prawns from the Richmond River estuary – they found Western king prawns from the Spencer Gulf in South Australia are a sustainable fishery, and now I am envious [...]

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Greek Style Octopus Stew

March 15, 2010

My partner came back from a trip to the coast with octopus.  I’ve cooked baby octopus before, marinated briefly and cooked fast on the barbeque.  But these were a bit larger than the babies I’d cooked before.  What to do with them? They were fresh caught locally, a by-product of fin-fishing.   I can find [...]

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Very Herby Salmon Patties

January 22, 2010

This is one of those magic recipes that can be rustled up when you think you have almost nothing in the house and comes out fit for a dinner party. A can of salmon in the pantry and some herbs in the garden and you’re most of the way there.  It is also a great [...]

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