[thechat] Tuna ideas

[Martin Burns]

On Wed, October 27, 2004 11:00 pm, Madhu Menon said:
> Yes, I'm a chef, and what I'm going to say may sound unbelievable:
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> I have never made a single dish with tuna in my life.
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> (Go on, laugh. I'll wait.)

Muhahaha ;-)


> I won't go into the reasons (availability being one of them), but I'm
> getting two fishes tomorrow as a sample from my fishmonger and am eager to
> try different things with it.
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> So...
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> a) What do you like to make with tuna?

Generally, don't think of it as fish in quite the same way: it's a pretty
red meat-like thing, normally served as steaks

http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa091001a.htm

> b) What are other interesting ways in which you've seen it prepared?

You need to check out all the Japanese recipes. There it's a *major*
delicacy - there, tuna goes for major bucks, and they consume about 30% of
the world's production.

Cheers
Martin

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