BSK’s sister, Noel M., and her husband, Yossi M., at HG/BSK’s Prince Edward Island north shore oceanfront home for traditional alternate Sunday dinner (N/Y’s Ocean Mist Farm is on the south shore of PEI). Meal started with shrimp sauteed by HG in piquant miso/chile. (Crustacean allergic BSK was content with chopped salad). BSK made a wonderful pan broil of thick skin-on salmon filets. These came from Julio’s Seafood in nearby St. Peters. Farm raised in Nova Scotia, this is the best salmon ever. Yes, it’s even better than the wild salmon HG/BSK ate when living (part time) in Vancouver,B.C. Go figure. Salmon (like most fish) is tasteless when overcooked. HG likes salmon cooked almost rare. With exquisite timing, that’s the way BSK cooked it for HG. Sublime. (and the healthy skin, a taste treat, was crisp). The salmon was topped with generous scoops of BSK’s buttery, slightly acidulous sorrel sauce, the perfect salmon counterpoint (HG’s beloved late sister, Beulah Naomi, raved about the sorrel sauce at Le Vaudeville, the Paris brasserie. BSK’s is better and BSK grows sorrel since it can’t be found in supermarkets). Al dente Israeli couscous was the perfect side. Followed by leafy salad. Climax was BSK’s dessert: Pears baked with butter and maple syrup. Topped with French Vanilla ice cream. Inspired by French chef Jacques Pepin, the pears were not cooked to mush but retained a firm bite. The meal was another culinary triumph for BSK. Wow!! HG (family and friends) are lucky to sup with the Wonder Woman.
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