mmmmmm...... marinade.


This original recipe did have exact amounts of stuff to make the marinade but I didn't think a marinade was something that I should dirty my measuring spoons for. So everything here is just eyeballed to what I thought looked like good amounts of stuff.

I started with about a half cup of olive oil.
Soy sauce
Dried dill, what looked like it might have been a teaspoon.
Chopped fresh parsley
Black pepper
A few cloves of garlic, smashed & chopped.
...and a dash or so of garlic powder. The powder wasn't in the original recipe. But I thought it might help distribute the garlicy goodness.

I'm pretty sure that was all. Either way, it's pretty open to experimenting with.

The fish can sit in there for about 1-4 hours. This was around three-ish. I flipped them two or three times & poked them with a fork here & there each time.


I heated a pan to medium and cooked each side for about 4 minutes.


This would've been good with some broccoli, steamed & rolled around in the left-over fish juices in the pan.
I meant to get some at the store but was distracted by how god damn hot it is out & I wanted to get back home asap.

There's always next time.

I've decided to do something with my livejournal, since I never really have.

I've got more into cooking and taking pictures of it.
There have been reasons to take pictures sometimes, like for Catherine's cookbook. And I've put a couple into Flickr's recipe group. But the rest just sit on my computer.

I think I've hesitated to put a lot of them up somewhere because I feel that if I'm going to take a picture of something, it ought to be good & my food photography is not so much. But I've come to terms with the facts that I don't have the time, lighting, or fancy plates to make it look really good. Maybe I will eventually if I start getting more into it. But for now the kitchen & window light will have to be good enough.

This is something Donnie actually made the other night. And each of us probably took half of the pictures. It was his thing, but it was my camera & I just can't keep my hands to myself sometimes.

Here's the link to the recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lobster-Tails-Steamed-in-Beer/Detail.aspx

We used Sam Adams Summer Ale. We didn't pay attention for a minute & it boiled over. The kitchen still smells like beer. This is it getting back to normal.


It's the first time we've got to use our fancy steamer pot.


Here's the final product. With some bag salad & garlic french bread. Although, I don't think I liked the bread too much. It grew on me & was much better the next night when I topped it with butter & parmesan cheese but I don't think I'll get it again.


And a close-up.