Thrifty Grilled Bluefish

Dear Julia,

A perfect August day. Cool morning, sunny, hot and clear (no humidity) during the day and cool at night. I worked in the am, and sailed with some South African friends in the afternoon -- although the wind came up at 5 when we were coming in.

The other half of that bluefish, grilled (dressed with herbs and a touch of olive oil) was sublime. Darling Husband charcoal grills it with the skin/scales on, and flips (rolls) it on the grill.

Other ingredients to dinner
--round zucchini (grill size) slightly marrinated with olive oil, garden herbs and a touch of balsamic -- grilled to near black, and they had that grilled meaty flavor of eggplant
--cherry tomato salad with garden basil
--farmstand corn, oven cooked

The cherries cut and saturated with garden basil and olive oil were a perfect compliment to the grilled bluefish. We decided next blufish -- grill and serve with a "Sicilian style" fresh farmshand tomato relish.

Darling Husband brought home a box of peaches, apricots, blackberries and cherry tomatoes ($21). We luxuriated in a white peach after dinner. A delicate, northen fruit -- there's no taste like it. Peaches, and white peaches especially, do not ripen if picked early, they just rot. So you really have to buy them picked deliciously ripe, from your fruit farmer, like Wickham's Fruit Farm.

Cost
--Orient off the boat bluefish $2.50
--Latham's farmstand corn, zucchini, tomato $4
--Cherry tomatoes -- part of our Sang Lee CSA share -- 1/2 of 1/2 - I'll have to calculate what that comes out to be each week.
--Wickham Fruit Farm fruit box - $21 - used 1/7 so $3
Total: $9.50

For my weekly tally, I've got to keep track of the $18 balance from the fruit box. What's fun is lots of leftovers for lunch tomorrow - bluefish, grilled zucchini, and the box of fruit. Perhaps we will make a peach or apricot tart?

Because we're being thrifty, I'll say bon appetit the Welsh way:
Mwynhewch eich bwyd!

Slow Julia
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