Posted on 08/20/2009 5:40:24 AM PDT by JoeProBono
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — If the tide is high, the weather is warm, the clock is approaching midnight and the beach you're standing on is in Southern California, it's a given that romance is in the air — or the water. In these parts, it's a time for grunion love.
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smells...like...fish...
Yeah, but tastes like chicken.....
But are they tasty or not?!?
I don’t really trust anyone who gives “lectures” about oversized minnows. I would love to try a big batch of fried grunnions!
I remember grunion hunts when I was a kid. I don’t remember ever catching and eating them, I think it was more an excuse to go to the beach at night and have a cook out (I am not sure if they still allow it but at the time the beaches had concrete fire rings). Great time had by all (except I presume the grunions)
Grunion & string bean parcel recipe
This easy to make baked meal in a bag fish recipe makes a great lunch or dinner main course or side dish
, hot, for all ages. This recipe serves 4, and requires a large foil roasting bag.
INGREDIENTS:
1 large foil roasting bag
1 fresh whole grunion fish (if frozen, defrost thoroughly in fridge before using - ensure there are no ice crystals in the inner cavity)
2 cups string beans, quartered
1 cup salted butter, softened
1 tbsp. fresh cilantro, chopped
1 tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tbsp. fresh chervil, chopped
1 shallot, finely chopped
2 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
1 tsp. turmeric
chervil sprigs to garnish
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 375 F (175 C). Grease inside of roasting bag and put it on a heatproof cookie sheet.
Using a food processor, blend butter, cilantro, parsley, garlic, chervil, shallot, black pepper and turmeric for about 3 minutes using the pulse button. Do not over do. The butter should be speckled with the herbs.
Spoon the butter onto a plate and allow to set. Cut butter into 1/4 inch chunks. Set aside.
Wash grunion fish with water. Place fish inside the roasting bag and top with the string beans and chunks of butter. Carefully roll up the bag opening in the direction of the top of the bag to keep in the heat, prevent the juices from leaking and to ensure a good blending of flavors.
Bake in the oven for 45 minutes, or, if using a barbecue, follow the barbecue’s manual directions for foil baking fish according to weight. Serve hot garnished with chervil sprigs, accompanied by a salad.
Grunion recipe:
Buy bucket of KFC, with half gallon of mashed potatoes as a side.
Throw grunion back into ocean, or into the outside trash receptacle.
Voila.
Sounds nice but it looks like the one little grunnion is just for flavoring. They aren’t much bigger than finger are they?
ONE MAN’S OPINION
“We took a bucket home years ago. Smelled awesome frying up, but eating was a different story. The very little meat that you could separate from the bones tasted - literally - like $hit. Even the cats wouldn’t eat them. My old man buried the uncooked fish in the rose beds and he swore that it was the best year for his flowers”
LOL!
When I was living in Venice, CA, in the early 1970’s before I met Hubby, I had some Japanese neighbors. They took me grunion hunting, and when we caught a female, they’d eat the roe on the spot. I thought that was icky (never liked caviar). The next evening, they had a party for everyone in our (small) apartment building and served the little fishies cooked using their own special recipe. The spices were perfect, and the fish were delicious. I remember that we joked about being the fearless grunion hunters and about the ones that got away.
Lots of people in California don’t believe in grunion. They think it’s just an excuse to go to the beach and make out, or they’re a prank. The problem may be that the date has to be exact, and the moon has to be in the right phase, and you have to go to the right beach, or you miss them. So people who have been talked into going and then miss them get kind of hostile about it. Which is kind of funny too.
LOL, perfect.
It’s like Snipe hunting eh?
Woohoo...Get your Desert Eagle 50 cal ready....its time
See you tonight;)
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