[Sca-cooks] Grilled Tuna - recipe for my upcoming feast

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Mar 10, 2009, at 6:52 PM, Euriol of Lothian wrote:

> Oh geez! I knew I forgot something in the sauce! LOL. It would  
> probably give
> an extra richness to it as well!

And then, the recipe does call it a light sauce, so I suspect  
thickening with a little oil beaten in is probably closer to the  
original method of blending the ingredients than reducing them would  
be. Just a hunch...

> This is definitely one that I'll revisit a few times over the next  
> couple of
> months (and afterwards). It's delicious, nutritious and healthy!
>
> Ok... why do I feel like I'm suddenly channeling Rachel Ray?

Well, channel her away from me, please. In certain respects I have old- 
fashioned ideas about whom I slug, and I'd like to retain those ideas.

> (and yes, I
> cooked it all in under 30 minutes).

Cool!

I think there's a lot of what modern cooks would classify as "a la  
minute" in the various medieval repertoires, stuff we rarely bother  
with at feasts because it's hard to get 240 portions of them out all  
at the same time, hot and fresh. When you do get the opportunity,  
though, it's magnificent.

I'm doing a dayboard (sort of) in a couple of weeks that'll include a  
fair number of quickly-cooked dishes; I'll be knocking together 65-80  
portions of things, just one or two dishes at a time, all day  
(switching to sweets for the evening banquette table late in the day),  
without too much of a timetable to meet. I'm expecting to have an  
absolute blast, and there'll probably be a certain amount of food  
flying around the kitchen.

I'm going to see if I can get the Evil Spawn to come and get some of  
it on video...

But huzzah on the tuna! All our groups should be eating more seafood,  
I feel, and it sounds like you treated it with the reverence it  
deserves.

Adamantius






"Most men worry about their own bellies, and other people's souls,  
when we all ought to worry about our own souls, and other people's  
bellies."
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