Smelt a silver lining on a rainy day
It was difficult to discern exactly what was inside the freezer case at bruce wry and bruce wry jr.'s stand at the Minneapolis Farmers Market.At least at first.Under the glass doors were clear plastic bags filled with something silvery.But what?
Turns out it was smelt, plucked a week earlier from lake superior near ashland, wis.Father and son journey north from their new richmond, wis., farm, casting 50foot nets into the cold waters to snare the diminuitive fish as they make their annual springtime spawning sojourn. "We caught 700 pounds in about 90 minutes,"Said the elder wry.
Then the arduous and tedious task of cleaning begins;Wry devoted 15 hours on easter sunday to the chore, followed by a 12hour stretch the next day.A large percentage of their catch lands at local smelt fries, but a portion is set aside for alert farmers market shoppers.The only hitch is that supply invariably outstrips demand, and fast. "Whenever we sell out, we sell out,"Said wry. "That's it. "
Wry is a 32year farmers market veteran, and his outgoing son has been greeting customers for 19 years, selling at the lyndale market on weekends and on nicollet mall at 6th street on thursdays.On saturday, along with a selection of wisconsin cheeses free sample alert!The wrys were also selling 2pound bags($5)Of ruby red, racquetballsized tomatoes, raised hydroponically in their greenhouses, a pesticidefree environment kept warm with woodburning stoves.
Coming soon:Ramps, those assertively fragrant and highly prized wild onions. "We've got a woods that's just carpeted with them,"Said wry.But, like smelt, ramps are a blinkandyou'llmissthem commodity, so don't delay. "They won't last long,"Said wry.
Boston food blog
Haddock has no glam.I watched half a dozen people in front of me at the fish counter buying all kinds of beautiful species.No one was touching the haddock.I've wanted to make a haddock and corn chowder for weeks.
One small problem:I don't particularly like clam broth and i never have fish broth on hand. (Last winter i bought pounds and pounds of fish frames to make my own fumee, put much of it in the freezer, and then spent hours getting rid of fish smell in there.Even triplewrapping does no good. )
At a friend's house earlier this summer, someone took all the lobster bodies off everyone's plate, simmered them in a big pot, and sent me home with the lobster broth and the pot! (I averted a potential disaster by wrapping the pot in several garbage bags. )So i had plenty of broth for the chowder.I defrosted it but it didn't have much flavor.I started reducing it while i browned the bacon for the chowder.
"The broth is too weak,"My husband announced. "The chowder won't have any flavor. "
Then: "Are you adding milk? "He asked. "That will dilute it even more. "
But i kept at it.Took the kernels off the cobs.Cut the haddock into large hunks.Put him to work taking thyme leaves off the stems.
A big chopped onion went into the bacon fat, then the lobster broth and fish, then all the corn and thyme, and finally a cup of hot milk.
Wonderful meal!Nothing like great chowder, even made with a homely fish all the other customers pass up.Just
Louis Vuitton Bags uk so you know:I won over my critic.The bowls were full of flavor.
1.In a large flameproof casserole, render the bacon, stirring often, until it is golden brown.With a spoon, lift out all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat.
2.Add the onion, salt, and pepper.Cook, stirring often, for 8 minutes.
3.Pour in the clam broth and water.Bring to a boil.Add the fish and cook for 3 minutes.
4.Add the corn and bring to a boil(Corn picked that day needs no more cooking).Add the hot milk and thyme.Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pepper, if you like.Sheryl julian
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