I love fish.
Anyone that knows me knows I love fish.
I cannot live without eating fish (I probably could, but I'm going for drama here!). Even when I tried to have a vegetarian month a couple of months ago, I gave into eating fish. And here I am thinking about having a vegan month!!
Anyway, recently in the supermarket *cough* ASDA *cough* I shop in I discovered at the fish counter they sell something called 'ray wings'. Being £9.48/kg I feel this was a bit pricey due to:
a) Wouldn't know how much to buy if I've never tried it before,
b) Never tried it before so wouldn't know if I'd like it,
c) Wouldn't know what to do with it.
However to my enjoyment there was a ray wing being sold in the reduced chilled section for 90p! So naturally I grabbed it and proceeded to purchase, bring home, cook etc and this is my result:
Not much to look at but if you love fish too, and spice, then you're going to want and try this.
Ingredients
1 ray wing
1 tsp Schwartz's Gourmet Garlic Pepper
1 tsp La Chinata's Hot Smoked Paprika Powder
1 tbsp Olive oil
1 Lemon (Optional)
Method
1) Heat olive oil in frying pan (or wok) until beginning to warm.
2) Place ray wing into pan and cook for two to four minutes on each side.
3) Sprinkle half the garlic pepper and paprika powder on the ray wing facing up.
4) Flip ray wing and cook for a further two to four minutes, until the flesh starts going white.
5) Repeat stage 3 - 4
6) If using, squash some lemon juice on to the ray wing, flip, cook for 30 seconds and repeat.
7) Serve with a slice of lemon
If I were to (and let's face it, I probably will) cook this again I'd serve it with some steak chips and salad.
The other half went to the local convenience store last night as we had ran out of sugar. I asked her to pick me up something random and this is what was brought...
Instantly my first thought was "this is a children's drink!" and I wasn't going to drink it. Until I thought this could work in my favour and I'll use this as my first review.
Seeing as the can was only 250 ml (the same size as Red Bull) there wasn't much room to review. But then again it is a drink so what am I expecting, a water fountain?
As seemingly typical of a local convenience store the product has been imported, so I doubt many would be aware of this product. (Please let me know if you disagree though!) So again I wasn't expecting much in way of product value based on that fact either or maybe I'm being overly critical.
The first sip to me tasted like the drink was out of date or had been stored in a humid environment and the drink has since cooled. However continuing to take more sips and asking where the drink was stored in the convenience store, I came to the conclusion that the drink is meant to taste this way. It's also worth mentioning that despite the name of the drink stating the flavour is pomegranate tea, I failed to identify this. To me the flavour was cranberry and that's all I can say on that matter.
I would comment on the colour of the drink but I drank straight from the can.
The texture and thickness of the drink was around average, but more towards diluted for both.
Overall, if you're wanting a drink and want to try something new then don't be put off by me.
Taste: Does not taste anything like pomegranate nor any of the listed ingredients. A more accurate description would be cranberry.
Hydration: Not even if I were to drink five cans straight after each other.
Packaging: A drinks can is a drinks can. The design of the can is what you'd expect from a Hello Kitty product.
Price: 99p
Recommendation: Steer clear.
Rating: 1/5
Just so I can get this out of the way... A quick "About Me" post.
- Live in the so-called capital of Norfolk, UK
- Desperately wants to live in London, UK or Norway
- Partner to an amazing woman and father to an amazing son (I have an amazing family, what can I say?)
- Doesn't have a TV license and don't want one right now
- Has only found passion for cooking and baking in the last year or so
- Listens to a range of musical genres
- Wonders everyday when the Cyberpunk era for humanity will arrive
- Occasional gamer (PS3)
- Anything else will surely appear in future posts!
(Regarding the title of this post, the fish jokes will stop soon. Promise!)
Welcome to my first post of 'Pescetarian on a Fishing Reel'.
Not entirely sure how long I'll be able to keep this up for, but for the reasons I want to run this blog... then I should do!
Basically I want to blog about anything that comes to mind, from opinions on current affairs, social trends, music and day-to-day living. But mainly I'll use this about baking, cooking, restaurant reviews and other foodie antics!
"How are you a 'foodie'?" I hear you cry.
Well....
"A foodie is a person who loves or has a deep admiration for food and eating food. Does not necessarily have to be fat, but like eating. They might feel happy or very at peace when being around food."
AND....
"A person that spends a keen amount of attention and energy on knowing the ingredients of food, the proper preparation of food, and finds great enjoyment in top-notch ingredients and exemplary preparation. A foodie is not necessarily a food snob, only enjoying delicacies and/or food items difficult to obtain and/or expensive foods; though, that is a variety of foodie."
So thanks for reading this drivel and hope you stick around for better content!
