Easy to cook a Mackerel Pike (or other small mackerel)

Post #232,710 by Andrew Grygus 11/7/05 1:38:29 AM Reply	Easy to cook a Mackerel Pike (or other small mackerel) [image\|http://www.aaxnet.com/ajg/sv_mackpike01.jpg\|\|\|\|] Select your mackerel - one per person. Make three slanted diagonal cuts on each side. Brush liberally with olive oil. Cut fresh bay leaves (easy for me to say, I have my own bay laurel tree - actually two) in half lengthwise and insert into cuts. Sprinkle both sides liberally with kosher salt and chili flakes. Oil your foil to protect it from lemon juice, set out a row of thin lemon slices, place mackerel over the lemon slices and wrap the foil around tightly. Roast 20 minutes or so in a 350°F oven. Slide onto a plate. Tasty. [image\|http://www.aaxnet.com/ajg/sv_mackpike03.jpg\|\|\|\|] [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #232,711 by pwhysall 11/7/05 1:40:46 AM Reply	mmm, bay leaves. Finest herb in the universe. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #232,712 by Andrew Grygus 11/7/05 2:07:39 AM Reply	And very easy to grow. Once the trees are established they're difficult to keep under control - in any reasonable climate anyway. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #232,714 by pwhysall 11/7/05 3:03:52 AM Reply	Do they grow indoors? I have no garden at all. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #232,717 by ben_tilly 11/7/05 3:30:27 AM Reply	Yes, in a container. But that limits their size. I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #232,743 by Andrew Grygus 11/7/05 10:15:32 AM 11/7/05 11:52:41 AM Reply	Which is not entirely a bad thing. Given free rein Laurus nobilus will adopt shrub format and try to take over the territory, spreading by root suckers. I often have to cut mine back (discarding hundreds of dollars worth of leaves at supermarket prices each time). Being a Medeterranian plant it will need good sun if grown in a pot, but partial shade is good (and will encourage a shrub rather than tree form). On the West Coast we have also the California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica). I don't recommend it, particularly fresh, as fresh leaves and fruit can give you a splitting headach in seconds. Dried leaves may not have this effect and people do use them in food. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx] Edited by Andrew Grygus Nov. 7, 2005, 11:52:41 AM EST Expand All History

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