TBF's cooking tip of the day

Ladies and gentlemen,

I learned a valuable kitchen lesson today.

ALWAYS, always follow recipe directions.

I had a filet of snapper (large enough for both of us) that I decided to cook, but really didn't know what I wanted to do with it. Grill it? Bake it? Fry it? No. Blacken it.

I remembered having bought a blackening rub a few months back and had not opened it. So, since I'd never blackened fish, I jumped online to look up the procedure. Sort-of like a doctor thumbing through his PDR.

I quickly found a recipe -- a lengthy article on the process -- and began to skim it. When describing the process, the software and hardware needed, the author warned potential blackeners to take the process outside. The smoke, he wrote, would fill the house and pretty much choke its inhabitants to death.

Well, he was right. Within seconds a cloud of white fumes began to choke us -- literally. I coughed and sputtered like a beat up 1976 Datsun B210 that used 2 quarts of oil an hour.

I began opening doors, windows, switching on fans and turned on the A/C. After about 30 minutes we dined on one of the worst meals I've ever eaten.

Moral(s) of the story: 1.) I'm a fucking idiot, and 2.) Follow recipe instructions.

 

I guess I won't be blackening fish anytime soon.

 

kids, don't try this at home. : : :

 

It'd be cool to do ... outside.

 

kids, don't try this IN home. : : :