another food edition

the red snapper.  it turned out really well, and even i, the non-seafood person, enjoyed it.  turns out it was already gutted (thank goodness, because i didn't know what i would do with them) so i just had to chop the head off.  which is hard, because backpackers tend to have very dull kitchen knives.  i then rinsed it out, and we put in some lemon pepper seasonining, a couple of cracked garlic bulbs, and some rosemary from the bush out front.  also, onions.  lots of them.  i drizzled some olive oil on top, and into the oven it went at about 200º (C) for half an hour.  and it came out all nice and flaky, and the skin just peeled back so easily.  it was wonderful!  i didn't let it sit long enough to absorb much flavor, so at first i couldn't even tell, but it definitely had time to soak into the bottom half of the fish.  the hardest part was trying to get the kids out of the kitchen long enough to have a whack at the head, i think.

i've also been doing a lot of baking on my days off; pizza with roasted eggplant, tomato, and onion; blueberry buttermilk pancakes, cookies. it's a surprise i haven't really gained much weight!  but the best food-related thing is the farmer's market that takes place every saturday morning in a carpark downtown.  i try to go there each weekend and stock up on fruits and veges.  sadly, it seems that the summer merchandise is becoming more sparse.  but hopefull that means soon it'll be apples, squash, and zucchini.  i'll have to start making pies, soups and a nice batch of zuchinni bread!

also on tuesday, after teresa and i go to nelson lakes for our day hike, hopefully we will have enough time with our rent-a-dent car to go to cafe del rio, near the golf course outside of town.  i'm craving mexican that does not have broccoli in it, and the guy who runs it has lived in the american southwest.  keeping my fingers crossed!