fish of the day

Friday

I missed a day -- am i getting obsessive? when did FOTD become a daily necessity?

btw, the Portuguese claim to have at least 365 ways of cooking bacalhau (dried and salted cod), a different one for each day of the year.

and apparently they salt it because they've ate it and traded it long before the invention of refrigeration, so the first step in any recipe is to soak it in water, milk or oil.

among the offspring of Portuguese bacalhau recipes are the "fish" of Britain's "national dish"--fish and chips--(while the chips come from Belgium), and Japan's tempura, which are essentially the same thing, i guess (Malarkey's uses a tempura-style batter for its "British Chips and Fish").

I've only been to Portugal once, a couple of weeks cycling in the south--but it was (is) one of my favorite places. Nice countryside, great food, friendly people. We just stopped at small restaurants that had lots of vehicles parked outside, and had, almost without exception, excellent meals at reasonable prices.