What’s for Dinner Tonight?

Hmmm…. raw with lots of heat? I’d try that if plied with enough beer 🤣.
The dish I ate in Belgium was very mild in taste and come to think on it truly reminiscent of scallops! I’d forgotten about that food scandal so thanks for reminding me 🙂
Last night here so we are traveling in the Way Back Machine for a typical Germanic meal with a Swiss bent: a green salad with grated carrot, rosti (sort of like a hash brown pancake) and various wurst on a raclette grill. Not allowed to see what’s in the dessert box but guessing it’s a cake, lol.

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This was a room full of Koreans, mostly chefs, so I'm pretty sure the heat wasn't what triggered a whole bunch of turned up noses. The translations weren't the best, so I'm unclear what it was that brings the particular pungency, but right after the little pictogram for steamed sinuses there was a reference to ammonia, so my guess is this dish gives very extreme aromatics.

The weather here has been quite the drama today and I'm still a bit stumped about dinner inspiration. Pretty sure I'm thawing the pouch of stew I vacuum sealed back around February.
 
This was a room full of Koreans, mostly chefs, so I'm pretty sure the heat wasn't what triggered a whole bunch of turned up noses. The translations weren't the best, so I'm unclear what it was that brings the particular pungency, but right after the little pictogram for steamed sinuses there was a reference to ammonia, so my guess is this dish gives very extreme aromatics.

The weather here has been quite the drama today and I'm still a bit stumped about dinner inspiration. Pretty sure I'm thawing the pouch of stew I vacuum sealed back around February.
Are you sure it was skate they were talking about, and not shark? Shark has a pronounced ammonia odor-taste, so much so that we used to have to neutralize it before we could cook/serve it.

Dinner here is steak, baked potatoes, Cesar salad (bagged) and crusty bread. Everyone is tired, this is an easy prep/clean up, and steak is on sale. Oh, don't forget the merlot! 🍷
 
Are you sure it was skate they were talking about, and not shark? Shark has a pronounced ammonia odor-taste, so much so that we used to have to neutralize it before we could cook/serve it.

Dinner here is steak, baked potatoes, Cesar salad (bagged) and crusty bread. Everyone is tired, this is an easy prep/clean up, and steak is on sale. Oh, don't forget the merlot! 🍷
No, it was definitely skate. It was clear in the discussion that people either love or hate the dish, no in between. It was the request of a guest on the show who enjoys it. The way even the chefs reacted to the announcement of the dish made it clear it was very polarizing so I got curious and googled. The pungency and aroma comes in from the other ingredients, not the skate itself. I get trying to bring flavor to a mild tasting protein can sometimes be a challenge, but that style sounds confusingly extreme.
 











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