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

[Randy Goldberg MD]

> No, that would be bad. But as I say, around here you can get
> scrupulously fresh, shelled and picked, barely cooked, crabmeat in
> plastic tubs, and that's a considerably better product than canned
> crabmeat, even the kind that is in refrigerated cans. Essentially
> they have done what you did in steaming, cracking, and shelling the
> crabs, then refrigerated the results and shipped them to your market.

Shipped? My fishmonger does it himself, right in the store.

> >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?
>
> I am pretty much a minimalist about these things, but I think part of
> your problem is that you're applying a European
> brown-bread-and-butter smoked salmon preparation's standards to a
> modified Jewish brunch bagel presentation, which, while a classic in
> itself, is somewhat different. Yes, it's a little extreme, I think,
> but you may be being a little harsh on the poor sod.

That, that... monstrosity of Herriot's isn't a "modified Jewish brunch
bagel presentation". It's an abomination of a modified Jewish brunch
bagel presentation.

Avraham

Ashkenazic food is my mama-loshen.

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Avraham haRofeh of Northpass
     (mka Randy Goldberg MD)