Steamers!

Dug myself some clams today...

Siphon away little buddy!

MMMMM. Steamers!

Curry Dijon King Salmon on a Bed of Sautéed Onion Ginger Cabbage, Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Brown Gravy, with Steamed Green Asparagus on the Side

IMPORTANT NOTE:

THE FOLLOWING POST IS BEING POSTED ON DAD'S BEHALF
THIS IS HIS POST!

Preheat your oven to 400° and then focus on this, your ingredients.
Slice your onions and cabbage, grate your ginger, etc.
Begin by heating your oil and sautée onions until tender and golden.

With your other hand, remove skin from Salmon and place in a prepared roasting dish with the fish's rounded side up.
Mix curry powder, and dijon together with two tsp water. Brush this mixture evenly over Salmon.

Hit it with Dill!
Roast appx. 15 min until opaque through.

While Salmon is roasting, your onions will be done. Add ginger and cumin to skillet. Cook, and stir, 1 minute. Then add cabbage and salt. Cover and cook 10 to 12 minutes until cabbage is just tender and begins to brown.

Spoon Cabbage and onion mixture onto plate and top with Salmon.
Dad's Special Plate

Chris Cracked Pepper and He Don't Care.

Done!

Squid with Jalapenos, Chipotles and Greens

Rinse and drain Squid.

Clean Squid, remove Quill, seperate head from Mantle, skin and remove Wings, cut Tentacles from eyes and gunk (retaining ink sac if you want to make black crutons later), turn Mantle inside out and rinse any remaining gunk off, cut Tentacles in half making sure to remove beak. you should be left with a clean Mantle, clean Wings, and tasty Tentacle halves. Cut Mantle into rings and wing, maybe in half depending on size.

Ok, here goes! Cook diced Jalapeno , crushed Chipotle and minced Garlic in oil maybe 15 seconds. Do not burn your Garlic! Add clean stemmed and chopped Mustard Greens. Cook until wilted. Add Squid and Salt to taste and cook until Squid is opaque. Serve with your favorite Rice and a drizzle of Tamari sauce.

Enjoy!

Matt: Don't Look!

So Dad shows up with 80 clams...
:)

Yeah, Sorry Matt, it had to be done!

Straight from the pan.
Careful! You'll burn your lips on the shell.

Fresh Tomato & Cracked Pepper...

You all remember it's Dad's Birthday tomorrow right?

Clams!

Start with a nice beach with a variety of clams, a smile, and a shellfish license. Get your clams and bring them home and purge them.

Then you add a little garlic, a lot of melted butter, and white wine. (David cooked the clams and Dad cooked more oysters.)

Then you eat the delicious meal and are left with plates full of shells.

Dad & David Cooking

Dad dug some Oysters at North Bay Beach today. Here is some Oysters and some kind of breading Dad threw together. He was making dinner with David. We never did eat the clams. That will have to be tomorrow.

Frying the breaded oysters up.

I don't like Oysters. At all.

Ready for dinner!

Dad's "Special Oyster Sauce".

The Bounty of the Sea

Roadmap:
First, purge your shellfish... then you warm a small amount of olive oil in a pan. Add chopped garlic and saute till golden and aromatic, add diced yellow peppers, green onions(whites only, reserve the green for later) and your favorite hot peppers. Saute til tender. Add shellfish and your favorite chopped smoke grilled sausage, some dry white wine and simmer covered till shellfish open. Toss with the greens from the onion, sliced grape tomatoes and fresh chopped cilantro. Slice fresh crusty bread, rub with garlic clove, drizzle with E. V. O. Oil and toast in a pan or on a grill. Serve with your favorite beverage, adult or otherwise. For me it was a toss up so I had a little of both "Kung Fu Girl" Riesling and a wonderful redhook "ESB".

A Pork Roast and Smoked Salmon (by Association)

So I thought I'd smoke up a pork roast... and since there was space on the grill I thought, "Hey, I should throw some salmon on, I mean... A guy's gotta eat."

Thankfully, I have plenty of salmon courtesy of Canada this last August.

Salmon, after I introduced it to the BBQ.

The Pork Roast, Resting.

I Thank God for Meat
(and smoke rings!)

Sometimes,

When you want fresh seafood, it is best just to go out and get it yourself.

Cleaning razor clams is easy.
Even Chris can do it!

A little Panko breading.

Make sure to keep the tempature up or you get soggy oil soaked Razor clams!

Drain them well. If deep fried correctly , there is minimal oil. (proper temprature sears the clams sealing the sweet Razor clam flavor in)

Goes great with steamed baby red potatoes and Broccoli. Don't forget the 2006 Big Fire Oregon Pinot Noir!

Steamed Clams / Oysters

Matt came to visit me in Bremerton. We thought it'd be nice to hit up the seafood while we were there. That's Matt shucking oysters in North Bay...

We also went clamming. This was an excellent beach for Manila and Native Littlenecks.
40 apiece per the regs.

Once you're home you should purge your clams. All shellfish will purge sand from themselves if placed in clean saltwater... But here we've added cornmeal to the water so they also feed on it. Basically, we were "breading" them on the inside! Just remember to change the water often while purging the clams, otherwise they'll use up the oxygen in the water and die.

While you're purging your clams you may as well eat up the Oysters you grabbed...
since they're just laying around...
For our Oysters, we poached them in their own liquor with butter and garlic, then topped them off with green onions and a little Tabasco.

They're a bit big to be considered "shooters", but hey, whatever.

Once the clams are purged and scrubbed, you're ready to steam!
Looks like we picked up Manila, Native Littlenecks, a couple Horse Clams, and even a Mussel.

Chopping up a little Parsley.

We're going for subtle with the clams, nothing overly fancy. Just steamed in a local white wine with a little parsley and green onion.

Steamed Clams

Top them off with a little fresh cracked black pepper, and a little chopped tomato.
Serve them with some crusty bread for soppin' up the juices.

And then, you're officially a glutton.

Cioppino!

Good things start with chopped onion, garlic, and olive oil.

Today's Catch

Did someone chase Ethan around with that big claw?

Just kidding. Ethan's getting into it to. Helping Mike make the green salsa. This is a full family affair!

Ah.
Cioppino.

Eat up.

There's nothing like a little gambling after a good meal. Except when your brothers cheat! Here we're rolling pigs, with a lot of elbow bumping, and blowing.