Salmon

[lynzlynz]

Attempt number three of cooking salmon just ended in semi-failure.  Half the fillet is probably inedible seeing as how it is very very burnt.  I don't think the boy likes charcoal.

I hate everything that isn't chicken, ground beef, or pork.

Freakin fish.

Edited to add:  Apparently I was so overcome by the smell of burnt salmon that I spelled "chicken

Comments

[lynzlynz]

I definitely thought of putting it in the oven instead of broiling from now on. It will take longer but I think I will avoid the like..charcoal issue.

It actually didn't taste too bad, though! Once we got past the charcoal (which was basically the marinade burnt to a crisp) the inside was pretty yummy.

How long do you usually cook a fillet in the frying pan? I need numbers! Numbers!!

I have a bad habit of constantly cutting into meat that I am cooking to check and see if it is done.

[elf_fu]

I used to do that so bad, until I discovered my microwave had a timer. So I'd follow the instructions for roughly how long it took to cook something (or for Salmon, how many minutes each side) and set it while I cooked.

It's become my life saver in making sure I don't burn stuffs.

[elf_fu]

Because I forgot to add: I also don't cook in a cast iron frying pan. I have never in all my life, ever ever had any luck. Every trick I follow, every instruction, every think I have tried to cook in one burns, sticks to the pan so bad I have to soak it for five days to clean it--or ends up half burnt and half raw, rofl.

[lynzlynz]

The microwave timer is my life saver too! Only this time.. not so much. I blame it more on the broiling though.

Your problem with the cast iron frying pan is totally my problem with broiling. My house ends up filling with smoke (I've set the fire alarm off several times), and this morning it smells like burnt salmon (yuck!), and! I have a broiler pan with salmon stuck too it. Very exciting.

My husband was raving about cast iron frying pans just the other day. I've never used one but now I'm not so sure I want to try!

[lynzlynz]

Thanks for all the advice! I now deem you cooking-expert!

I don't usually mind experimenting. It turns out okay half the time! It's depressing to experiment with salmon, though, because if it is ruined that is a lot more money down the drain than if it were chicken!

[lynzlynz]

George Forman Grill is really great! I need the newer version, though. I have the old one and you can't take the plates off to wash it. Therefore, it because a big, sticky, burnt mess. Then I don't love it so much!