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My mom can't cook, has never been able to cook. Her mother was a good (in the old fashioned plain German style) but very fussy cook who never allowed her into the kitchen. She married my dad, who is an outstanding cook, so she never learned. My dad was the youngest in a household full of girls (his dad died when he was only 10) and his sisters taught him to cook, plus he had that natural gift that just comes by grace or not at all. So why should my mom learn when she had a master chef already in the house? Fortunately, my sister and I learned at the shoulder of the master.

My basic rule for cooking in a household full of very busy people is to keep the ingredients very fresh and the very best quality available, the recipes simple, and add a few little touches of herbs or garnish to give it a little pizazz. As long as we're talking about salmon . . .

Atomic Fireball Salmon Marinade

1/2 cup good quality neutral oil (peanut is good)
plenty of minced garlic (2-3 cloves minimum, to taste)
4 TBS soy
4 TBS balsamic vinegar. If it's the real stuff, go easy
3-4 green onions, including the tops, trimmed & chopped
3 tsp brown sugar or molasses
1-2 tsp powdered ginger
2-3 tsp crushed Italian red pepper flakes
a pinch of cayenne or dash of pepper sauce if you REALLY like it hot
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp salt

Beat all together with a wire whisk, pour over the salmon in a GLASS dish, cover tightly with plastic wrap (NOT foil), and leave refrigerated overnight or at least 4 hours. Take it out, let it warm up a little, and throw it on the grill. Serve with a simple green salad and garlic bread (or make some bruschetti - sliced Italian bread grilled and then rubbed with a clove of garlic and drizzled with olive oil - on the edge of the grill while you're cooking the salmon).

I have some king salmon in my freezer that someone gave me a few days ago. They caught it fresh. That recipe sounds good, I think I will try that!! (My husband will do the grilling part, he's better at that than I am!) I also happen to have all those ingredients in my kitchen, even the sesame oil!

wiith a name like ... "Atomic Fireball Salmon Marinade" ... is it a hot spicy taste in the finished dish?

medium spicy?
hot?
extra hot and spicy?

I love salmon and eat it often. Would love to find a new variation

Thanks for the recipe and your advice at post # 40.