As I was investigating this fish and what to do with it, I learned a few thing. First, I learned what skate is a pseudonym for. Second, I learned that it is 99% of the time cooked in a butter sauce of some sort, which doesn't work if Little Miss is going to eat dinner. Third, I learned that this fish turns fast. It starts smelling of ammonia and is then inedible.
The good news is that everyone liked it -- Little Miss especially loved it after I squeezed some lime of her portion. And yes, I promise the recipe will come this week for Tasty Tuesday. Unfortunately, there are no pictures. We were starved. It cooked, it went onto plates, and it was devoured. I figured showing the remaining bones wasn't going to sell it.
So tonight, my husband looked suspiciously at the fish on his plate and asked what it really was.
Me: I'll tell you after we're done eating.
Him: No, really, what is it?
Me: Mister Man, if I tell you what this fish is, are you going to keep eating it?
Mister Man: (enthusiastically)Yep!
Me: Ok.... It's S-T-I-N-G R-A-Y.
Husband: Ahhhh... and nodding sagely
I also hear a fork clattering onto the floor.
Mister Man: YOU'RE FEEDING ME STRING RAY?!
Oops. I guess we can't spell things out in front of him anymore. Crap.
Michelle, I can just imagine his face:) Mister Man's reaction is priceless. Fun story! I wish I had your versatility in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI guess not! I've never heard of eating skate before (except maybe in the context of The Rollerena, haha.)
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of that before. Mister man is getting too smart for his own good.
ReplyDeleteI can remember when my son was about 3 years old and me and my husband would always spell out ice cream. So one time we started, "I-C-E..." And my son started shouting "ice cream! ice cream!" They learn fast!
I didn't know it was stingray! You've taught me something today.
ReplyDeleteIs it really stingray or were you teasing him? Hmmm, I don't think I ever knew you could eat stingray!
ReplyDeleteKelly - It was pretty precious. I had to tell him I was joking to convince him to continue eating.
ReplyDeleteMrs4444 - I've had it at restaurants before. Apparently it's a popular French item and has been big on the East Coast for awhile.
Cookie - Gotta love how they pick up on things, don'tcha? The wee ones' first word they recognized in spelling was stop. Weird, no?
Debbie - I aim to please! Anything else you want to know? Ok ok ok, so I learned it only when investigating how to cook it :)
Martha - It really is stingray. And it's actually quite delicious. Very flaky and sweet. Really tender, too!