"Dave in Fairfax" wrote in message
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Swingman wrote:
I am about the same way with salmon. Keep trying to cook it myself and it
comes out dry as a bone. Thought I was overcooking, try again various
different ways, same story.
Then had some "grilled salmon" at a gig the other night and damned it
wasn't
the best fish I've ever eaten, moist and tasty as hell.
Just how did they do that?

If you want to discuss this off-line, give me a yell. Baking
salmon is dicey and frequently comes out dry, so you probably
aren't to blame for that. If you have a grill or are willing to
use the broiler, 10 min per inch is MORE than enough. I'd be
tempted to go way less than that, much like tuna. Foil wrapping
and butter inside with lemon also help.

white wine, lemon or lime juice, dill, and tarragon wrapped in alumium foil
on the grill.

Dave in Fairfax
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"Bob Meyer" wrote in message
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Cook salmon on a board:
Buy a cedar fence board. (Non-treated would be a good idea) ;-)
Plane or sand one side (Possible new tool)
Cut to length to fit on your BBQ (Possible other new tool) ;-)
Soak board in water for about an hour
Spray board with PAM or rub with oil
Lay salmon or other fish on board, brush with butter and sprinkle
with Old Bay seasoning.
Cook covered on BBQ
Yummy


Makes me think of the old recipe for "planked carp". Follow directions to
"Yummy", but at that point throw the fish away & eat the board.

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Cook salmon on a board:
Buy a cedar fence board. (Non-treated would be a good idea) ;-)
Plane or sand one side (Possible new tool)
Cut to length to fit on your BBQ (Possible other new tool) ;-)
Soak board in water for about an hour
Spray board with PAM or rub with oil
Lay salmon or other fish on board, brush with butter and sprinkle
with Old Bay seasoning.
Cook covered on BBQ

You can go to the borg and buy a box of the lowest grade cedar shingles
(unprimed, of course) and have a lifetime supply of salmon cooking planks
AND shims.

Lee


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In article , "Norman D. Crow" wrote:

Makes me think of the old recipe for "planked carp". Follow directions to
"Yummy", but at that point throw the fish away & eat the board.

I used to work with a "good-ole-boy" type, real outdoorsman. I asked him once
if carp were really any good to eat. He said, yep, if you fix 'em right. OK,
Russ, how do you fix carp? He said, cut the heads off and toss 'em in the
garden. Grows the best damn tomatoes you ever ate!

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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , "Norman D. Crow"
wrote:

Makes me think of the old recipe for "planked carp". Follow directions to
"Yummy", but at that point throw the fish away & eat the board.

I used to work with a "good-ole-boy" type, real outdoorsman. I asked him
once
if carp were really any good to eat. He said, yep, if you fix 'em right.
OK,
Russ, how do you fix carp? He said, cut the heads off and toss 'em in the
garden. Grows the best damn tomatoes you ever ate!


Please notice I am NOT starting this message with "Once upon a time" or "You
ain't gonna believe this sh*t".

Early 60's, pre-SWMBO, her father was out of work, they lived right on
Chautauqua(Sh-uh-taw-qua) Lake. During carp spawn, they come up & roll in
weed beds. Her brother would go out in a john-boat with a bowfishing rig,
100lb. line. I helped him a few times, rowing & helping pull 5' plus carp up
off the bottom, where they headed when he hit them. We'd take off a row of
scales along the spine, skin them, then her dad would filet them, making
sure to get mud streak out. He's marinate them in salt brine overnight, then
put them in a smoker he made from a junkyard refrigerator. Hot smoke at
first to bake the fat out, then Apple & corncob to slow smoke. Weigh it up
on a scale, he was selling the stuff for $1.00/lb in bars to fishermen who
wouldn't eat carp on a bet!(He wouldn't tell them what it was, just take out
a nice chunk and pass it around for samples, then tell what it was after
they started buying). Helped keep their family going that summer.

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"Norman D. Crow" wrote in message

Early 60's, pre-SWMBO, her father was out of work, they lived right on
Chautauqua(Sh-uh-taw-qua) Lake. During carp spawn, they come up & roll in
weed beds. Her brother would go out in a john-boat with a bowfishing rig,
100lb. line. I helped him a few times, rowing & helping pull 5' plus carp
up
off the bottom, where they headed when he hit them. We'd take off a row of
scales along the spine, skin them, then her dad would filet them, making
sure to get mud streak out.

When I was in college in the early 60's a German family who owned a small
restaurant in a little town about 30 miles from the college town made,
believe it or not, sausage from carp.

I remember once helping the old man unload (they had a good-looking daughter
who accounted from my presence) a pickup, full to the top of the truck bed,
with buffalo carp ... and there were only four carp. The sausage was spicy
and good, the carp were caught in gill nets (illegal) on the Brazos river,
and today the family has a thriving, and ostensibly, pork, beef and venison
sausage business that is well known over this part of the country and even
sold in Sam's.

I often wonder if there is any gill netted (legal or not) carp in it ... but
the sausage is so good I would neither care, nor tell.

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On Thu, 5 May 2005 17:35:35 -0400, the inscrutable "Norman D. Crow"
spake:


"Bob Meyer" wrote in message
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Cook salmon on a board:
Buy a cedar fence board. (Non-treated would be a good idea) ;-)
Plane or sand one side (Possible new tool)
Cut to length to fit on your BBQ (Possible other new tool) ;-)
Soak board in water for about an hour
Spray board with PAM or rub with oil
Lay salmon or other fish on board, brush with butter and sprinkle
with Old Bay seasoning.
Cook covered on BBQ
Yummy


Makes me think of the old recipe for "planked carp". Follow directions to
"Yummy", but at that point throw the fish away & eat the board.

giggle
Yeah, salmon is too close to carp for my tastes most often. If it's
super fresh (caught and cooked within 8 hours), it's not bad.

I much, MUCH prefer Steelhead (aka Trout on Steroids.) With its moist,
buttery flavor, it's delicious and delectable and worth the $5.99/lb!


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In article ,
"Swingman" wrote:

I remember once helping the old man unload (they had a good-looking daughter
who accounted from my presence) a pickup, full to the top of the truck bed,
with buffalo carp ...

And your thinking was? That once you smelled of man-sweat, river mud and
dead fish you'd be so attractive she couldn't help herself? How'd that
work out for ya?
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"Fly-by-Night CC"wrote in
In article
"Swingman" wrote:

I remember once helping the old man unload (they had a good-looking
daughter
who accounted from my presence) a pickup, full to the top of the truck
bed,
with buffalo carp ...

And your thinking was? That once you smelled of man-sweat, river mud and
dead fish you'd be so attractive she couldn't help herself? How'd that
work out for ya?

LOL Never thought of it that way ... if the old man had known what we were
up to he would have oiled up the shotgun ... so maybe it was a guilt trip?

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"Swingman" wrote in message
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"Fly-by-Night CC"wrote in
In article
"Swingman" wrote:

I remember once helping the old man unload (they had a good-looking
daughter
who accounted from my presence) a pickup, full to the top of the truck
bed,
with buffalo carp ...

And your thinking was? That once you smelled of man-sweat, river mud and
dead fish you'd be so attractive she couldn't help herself? How'd that
work out for ya?

LOL Never thought of it that way ... if the old man had known what we were
up to he would have oiled up the shotgun ... so maybe it was a guilt trip?


Using the carp odor as camouflage. There are two things that smell like
fish....