{"id":200,"date":"2009-12-19T22:29:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T22:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2009\/12\/19\/food-frakker-dinners-with-julia\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:24:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:24:00","slug":"food-frakker-dinners-with-julia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2009\/12\/19\/food-frakker-dinners-with-julia\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Frakker: Dinners with Julia"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you know anything about my food-frakking deputy, Julia, you know that she frequently has uncontrollable cravings for octopus.
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\nYou know, I’ve had octopus a lot, and I keep forgetting that they have this weird butt nozzle.
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Julia and I tried to follow the preparation directions on the back. Which didn’t go perfectly. First it said to rub salt on the octopus until a white foam appears. Didn’t really see that. Then it said to lightly poach it in water.
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\nBy the time I was frying the tentacles in Korean barbecue sauce, I was already wishing that I had marinated them overnight and then stewed them for a couple hours.
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\nBut the tentacles turned out colorful if nothing else.
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On another night, we satisfied my craving for croaker<\/a>. At most Korean groceries, half the fish freezer is filled with croaker, so I had to see if it was all that great.
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Julia found a recipe for sweet and sour croaker. It involved slashing the side of the fish and dusting it in rice flour.
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For the vegetable, I sliced up some pickled Japanese radish<\/a>.
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\nIt was sweet and crisp, not unlike the pickled squash<\/a> I had recently, or maybe I’m just cuing in on the similar color.<\/p>\n

Then the croaker sat in the oil until crisp.
\n<\/p>\n

I completely botched the sweet and sour sauce. I should have added the starch gradually, and not used the entire thing. Instead, I poured in a cup and a half of potato starch and the whole wad gelled into a rubbery paste. Chalk that up to a learning experience.
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\nBut I would have to say it was a pretty decent fish. The meat peeled off the bones easily and it had a subtle, almost homey flavor to it. This would be a good fish for when you have company coming over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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