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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 23 – Holy Mackerel!

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Forget the big boys like salmon and tuna, Simon and Shawn are here to talk little fish and all the gloriously cheap dishes you can make from a humble oily little mackerel.

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

The Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Guide to Sustainable Seafood: https://seafood.ocean.org/

Simple Grilled Saba: https://www.justonecookbook.com/grilled-mackerel-saba-shioyaki/

Shizuo Tsuji’s Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art: https://www.amazon.ca/Japanese-Cooking-Simple-Shizuo-Tsuji/dp/1568363885

Mackerel Courtbouillon:  https://honest-food.net/catfish-courtbouillon-recipe/

Hank Shaw’s Hook, Line and Supper: https://www.amazon.ca/Hook-Line-Supper-Techniques-Everything/dp/0996944826

The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2SQgjYmVYY

Blue Water Cafe: Unsung Heroes: https://www.bluewatercafe.net/unsungheroes.html

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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 12 – Carrots

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Simon and Shawn dig throug the history of the humble carrot and pull up some surprising myths, also lots of recipes this week and the return of Food Court.    

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

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eadrinkbreathe.com/podcast

Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Carrot and Ginger Stir Fry: https://leitesculinaria.com/78645/recipes-ginger-and-carrot-stir-fry.html

Parsnip and Carrot Chips: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/parsnip-and-carrot-chips-51145000

Tuscan Carrot Top Soup: https://bostonorganics.grubmarket.com/recipes/celery/tuscan-carrot-top-soup

Beyond The Great Wall by Alford and Duguid: https://www.amazon.ca/Beyond-Great-Duguid-Jeffrey-Alford/dp/1579653014

The End Is Always Near by Dan Carlin: https://www.amazon.ca/Hardcore-History-at-Extremes-ebook/dp/B07H4ZBVPR  

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Chicpea Flour Pan Bread (Farinata/Socca)

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I recently did a talk at Berwick about the history, biology and nutritional value of legumes and wanted to punctuate the talk with a snack made entirely of Fabaceae. Not willing to subject the residents to a black bean slider or yet another variety of hummus I opted to buy a bag of chicpea flour (Besan) from the local Mega-Lo-Mart and set to researching a dosa or roti recipe to accompany my talk.


What I ended up on wasn’t Indian at all but a recipe from the Ligurian Coast of Italy called Farinata or alternatively Socca depending on which end of the boot you’re on. It’s incredibly simple to make and the chicpea batter adapts it’s neutral, somewhat nutty flavour to many types of seasoning from fresh rosemary to chilies to (my favourite) a bit of Lebanese Za’atar.

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My Brother’s BBQ

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After nearly a decade and a half of constant use, it was with a heavy heart that at the end of this accursed summer I retired my trusty and now very rusty charcoal BBQ. Night after night of white hot coals had eroded The bottom of the barrel to a wafer thin bit of carbon. Another couple of grill sessions and I could easily see the whole burning payload dropping through the bottom and setting our back yard alight… And so, it was time to say goodbye.

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Soy-Braised Pork Loin

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If you’ve ever been to a real Chinese market, have a Chinatown near you, or hell… If you’ve been to China you’ve seen and hopefully tasted Siu Mei in all of its barbecued, glistening glory. It’s a take-out tradition that goes back to Guangzhou in the days when every neighbourhood had a local “oven master” that would roast various animals in special sauce to perfection and sell them to their neighbours to eat with a bit of rice and pickles. (more…)

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