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// SEAFOOD RATIONS
21 recipes released to the public. The rest of the archive is not on the internet.
Tom Yam Kung (ต้มยำกุ้ง) — Hot and Sour Prawn Soup
Tom yam kung is the hot-and-sour prawn soup of Central Thailand, built on a fast stock made from prawn heads and…
Boquerones en Vinagre (Vinegar-Cured Fresh Anchovies)
Boquerones en vinagre are fresh anchovy fillets turned firm and chalk-white by nothing but salt and vinegar, then…
Fair-Style Octopus (Polbo á Feira / Pulpo a la Gallega)
Polbo á feira is the octopus of Galician village fairs: a whole octopus tenderised by freezing, dipped three times…
Salt Cod in Pil-Pil Sauce (Bacalao al Pil-Pil)
Bacalao al pil-pil is the four-ingredient acid test of Basque cooking: salt cod poached gently in garlic oil, then…
Herring in Oil with Onion (Śledź w oleju z cebulą)
Salt-cured herring desalted in water and milk, briefly acidulated, then layered raw with onion, bay, allspice and…
Chupe de Camarones (Arequipa River Prawn and Milk Chowder)
Chupe de camarones is Arequipa's flagship soup: a milk-and-prawn chowder built on a fond of crushed river-prawn…
Ceviche (Cebiche) with Ají Limo and Leche de Tigre
Cebiche is raw white fish cut into cubes, salted, and cured for two or three minutes in fresh lime juice with ají…
Pescado Zarandeado (Nayarit Fire-Grilled Butterflied Fish)
A whole fish opened flat through the back, painted with a guajillo-chipotle adobo cut hard with lime, and grilled…
Shrimp Aguachile (Aguachile de Camarón)
Aguachile is Sinaloa's raw shrimp dish and the Pacific coast's blunt answer to ceviche: butterflied raw shrimp…
Saba no Misoni (鯖の味噌煮), Mackerel Simmered in Miso and Ginger
Saba no misoni is the everyday simmered mackerel of Japanese home kitchens and lunch counters: oily fillets cooked…
Edomae Nigirizushi (江戸前握り寿司)
Nigirizushi is a slice of treated fish pressed onto a small oblong of vinegared rice, invented in early…
Cuttlefish Ink Risotto (Risotto al Nero di Seppia)
Risotto al nero di seppia is Venice's defining risotto: whole cuttlefish stewed slowly in a soffritto of onion and…