tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368979615362574679.post5706443325832448455..comments2023-08-21T15:31:09.392+02:00Comments on Hopie's Kitchen: Salmon with winter leeksHopiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753084404615138779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368979615362574679.post-67293293892738371082008-02-18T19:15:00.000+01:002008-02-18T19:15:00.000+01:00Good point. I'll check out my local health food st...Good point. I'll check out my local health food store. Fish here is so expensive! Too bad I don't live by the ocean. :-(Hopiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753084404615138779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368979615362574679.post-35740725403778137812008-02-18T14:55:00.000+01:002008-02-18T14:55:00.000+01:00Rgarding the fish: At least in the case of salmon,...Rgarding the fish: At least in the case of salmon, please buy wild! In a discussion in our homeopathy class last month, while studying the remedy made from Pacific salmon (which is used to treat infertility in women), we learned that farmed salmon, when it escapes from the farm and mates with wild, weakens the fins and tail strength of the wild, which they need to make it to their spawning grounds. In Scotland, for example, there can hardly be found healthy wild salmon any more. Amy et al, you may know more about this than I - please chime in if you do. In any case, though it's expensive you may be saving the lives of a species when you buy wild. It is sold frozen in health food stores/sections - probably trucked in from Alaska which is another problem...perhaps I need to learn to fish! <BR/><BR/>Can't wait to try this recipe. Fast-free week (Publican and Pharisee) this week so fish is high on my list. Thank you, Hopie!Katharinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081177091399901902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368979615362574679.post-43836800050693270412008-02-18T00:16:00.000+01:002008-02-18T00:16:00.000+01:00oh indeed. i LOVE potato leek soup. potato leek so...oh indeed. i LOVE potato leek soup. potato leek soup is what convinced D., who told me she categorically hated soup, that she didn't. And what convinced a guy my dad did theater with, who told me he categorically hated leeks (granted he had to bite into a raw one every night in the play), that he did ;-)<BR/><BR/>good idea to add a carrot! i usually make it with chicken or veggie broth instead of water for extra flavor.Hopiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753084404615138779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368979615362574679.post-52140985268371886192008-02-17T17:56:00.000+01:002008-02-17T17:56:00.000+01:00That looks delicious. Another recipe that doesn't...That looks delicious. Another recipe that doesn't involve boiling the leeks but is really easy is potato leek soup (you probably already know how to make it, but I'll tell you how I do it anyway). You just saute the leeks in butter, add chopped potatoes (I like to add a chopped carrot too), cover with water, then simmmer until potatoes are soft. You can puree it or not, and add salt and pepper to taste.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839149658766749086noreply@blogger.com