Writer's Block: Rescue mission

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If the arsonist is stupid enough to 1. Set fire to my house and 2. not plan a suitable escape route there is no way I'm gonna try to save them.

Writer's Block: Rescue mission

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If the arsonist is stupid enough to 1. Set fire to my house and 2. not plan a suitable escape route there is no way I'm gonna try to save them.

Experimental Cooking

Last night was another case of, "What do we have in the house? Let's get a few things and mix them together." It was a particularly successful one I think.

Smoked Fish Linguine

Smoked fish (ours was hake, but cod, haddock, whatever - my mum always just called it 'orange fish'
Fennel - finely sliced
Evaporated milk
Sundried tomatoes
Garlic (we had some garlic infused oil hanging around in the fridge)
Mixed herbs (we had some garlic/herb butter I'd made the night before leftover. The herbs were Italian Herbs from a squeezy tube).
Linguine pasta
Parmesan cheese

Matt added nasty things like onion and chilli to his.

I sauteed the fennel in the garlic oil and herb and garlic butter until it got a bit soft then poured over most of the evaporated milk (and quickly sculled the rest, man I love evaporated milk!) and let it cook for a bit to thicken up.

Meanwhile we cooked up the pasta and did the fish in the microwave - about 4 minutes on a plate with a bit of water over them and plastic wrap. Worked fine.

Once the pasta was cooked I drained it and added some to the frypan with the fennel mixture and combined it. I threw in a few sundried tomatoes and a fillet of the fish, which I broke up as I mixed it in. Top it with grated parmesan and eat! Yummo. Will have to make this again sometime.

Experimental Cooking

Last night was another case of, "What do we have in the house? Let's get a few things and mix them together." It was a particularly successful one I think.

Smoked Fish Linguine

Smoked fish (ours was hake, but cod, haddock, whatever - my mum always just called it 'orange fish'
Fennel - finely sliced
Evaporated milk
Sundried tomatoes
Garlic (we had some garlic infused oil hanging around in the fridge)
Mixed herbs (we had some garlic/herb butter I'd made the night before leftover. The herbs were Italian Herbs from a squeezy tube).
Linguine pasta
Parmesan cheese

Matt added nasty things like onion and chilli to his.

I sauteed the fennel in the garlic oil and herb and garlic butter until it got a bit soft then poured over most of the evaporated milk (and quickly sculled the rest, man I love evaporated milk!) and let it cook for a bit to thicken up.

Meanwhile we cooked up the pasta and did the fish in the microwave - about 4 minutes on a plate with a bit of water over them and plastic wrap. Worked fine.

Once the pasta was cooked I drained it and added some to the frypan with the fennel mixture and combined it. I threw in a few sundried tomatoes and a fillet of the fish, which I broke up as I mixed it in. Top it with grated parmesan and eat! Yummo. Will have to make this again sometime.