Trout, lemon, capers

by Allan

Tonight I briefly fried a fillet of trout in butter, lemon juice, and capers, and served it with buttered corn and a pile of new potatoes that had been roasted with thyme and lemon.

I have become deeply reliant on a tub of masaman curry paste, which I have been combining with coconut milk along with stir-fried onions, red peppers, chicken, mushrooms, pineapple, beef, some combination of these. The Chinese store on West Crosscauseway has about five different varieties from this brand — so let the reliance continue.

In other news, I am almost done with a substandard bag of Tesco-brand muesli. A nice and very appealing-looking new box of muesli (“Dorset Cereals’) has been sitting in the cupboard for a month. But I’m committed to finishing the shitty bag. One or two more bowls, and then …