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Cedar Wrapped Salmon - Lorraine - 04-06-2008
When I was in Va, and he was putting his order in online, I saw these things and said, "Buy then"!!! For those of you who have done cedar planked salmon, think of ther cedar plank. Now put it through a microplane or mandoline. These things were 6 x 6, very, very thin. When soaked in water, they become very pliabe. So you can wrap the fish in it. I didn't have chives or even green onions to tie them up with, so I soaked some butcher twine. Not a real pretty presentation, but it did the job.
I let lthem sit in a bit of soya soya sauce and ginger. I oiled the grill. Marked the fish on both sides. Then wrapped them and tied them. I cooked them a futher 67 minutes, which was probably 3 minutes too long. But, they still tasted great.
I also had some new bamboo skewers. About 4 in long, and flat, kind of looked like a sword. So, I did some scallops on the grill. All in all, a great dinner.
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - Harborwitch - 04-06-2008
That sounds really really good. Are they available to the home cook or just chefs'???
I can remember, back in THE day, before they told us it would make us sick (it never did), we used to grill salmon over redwood fires. Man o' man that was good. I keep thinking I'm going to buy some cedar planks and just keep forgetting.
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - DFen911 - 04-06-2008
Sharon that is still true. We had a case here last summer of a family that got really sick and the child died using treated wood.
I always tell folks do not buy your cedar thru places like home depot or lowes as they have been treated with chemicals to repell moisture and insects.You have to buy wood that has not been treated with anything.
I've gotten cedar wraps thru Amazon and Williams Sonoma. They're about $15 for like 10-12 of them. I've wrapped chicken breasts in them, but salmon is the best. The only down side is, they're not really re-usable.
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - labradors - 04-06-2008
So THAT's how to keep the moths away from the salmon!
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - Gourmet_Mom - 04-06-2008
What a cool idea! I have not gotten planks yet either. I hope to have some by the time summer gets here though! Geez! Thats not far away! Thank goodness!
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - Harborwitch - 04-06-2008
We just used redwood that we cut ourselves - like out in the woods up a river from where the salmon was caught - nothing artificial. That doesn't sound right - redwood that we found downed in the woods - nothing treated from the hardware store.
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - cjs - 04-07-2008
Lorraine very nicely sent me some of these to play with - if it ever stops raining, I'm really looking forward to trying them. If it doesn't stop, I'll have to go the oven route!!
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - Lorraine - 04-07-2008
He got his through one of the suppliers. I should have snaffled a few more!
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - firechef - 04-07-2008
I have seen them at Bed, Bath and Beyond before too. I do not know if they are any good but I have seen them there.
Re: Cedar Wrapped Salmon - Harborwitch - 04-07-2008
Thanks, I'll have to check them out. Sounds like a fun thing to play with.