[Sca-cooks] Drake's a food nazi - was Mastajhi Soup

[A F Murphy]

Mayo??!!

No, just a schmear of cream cheese, then the slices of salmon, on the
bagel...  Why would you mash it? You don't need to toast the bagel,
though that adds a nice texture - crunchy.

Anne
As I said, a New Yorker!


Craig Jones. wrote:

>
>I mean we'd all explode if we were watching Ainsley Herriot on the
>telly and watched him take Atlantic Salmon, cold smoked and then hot
>smoked over oak logs, fry it and mash it with cream cheese and add
>other unmentionables such as mayo and schlep the mess onto a well
>toasted bagel.
>
>I on the other hand would have lightly toasted the bagel (very
>lightly), spread a thin layer of creme fraiche on each, some thin
>slices of salmon in the middle, some dill and cracked black pepper and
>maybe a couple of caperberries...   If the salmon wasn't hot smoked, I
>would have made gravlax with it...
>
>Of course, I ranted to the telly for a good 10 minutes.  That's not an
>over-reaction, right?
>
>Sheesh,  I don't understand how some cooks take prime ingredients and
>create convoluted creations that don't let the ingredients sing their
>praises...
>
>Drake.
>
>
>