Lion Fish recipes...

Now that you know how to clean your Lion Fish you need some recipes...

Lion Fish Hunter has a bunch!

Lion Fish... It's what's for dinner!

Since Lion Fish is becoming such a problem down here in the Caribbean  it's time to make it a regular part of what's for dinner...

Biscuits...

My dad used to make ham biscuits for New Years and I've been looking for a recipe for quite some time...

Baker's Banter has just the thing!

Braised red cabbage...

Cabbage is something of a cruising staple as it keeps for ages without refrigeration and is more often than not ...cheap. What's not to like?

Sadly though, most folks don't do the noble cabbage justice when it comes to bringing it to the table and some might even be surprised that it is for something other than cole slaw or  an adjunct to corned beef...

Lucky for us that LobsterSquad has an awesome recipe for Braised Red Cabbage using a pressure cooker!  Perfect for a holiday or any old day...

Note to self...

Before we up anchor and leave St Croix I really MUST stock up on Miss Anna's Hot sauces...

A study in contrast...

I'm really a pushover for this sort of dish...

Serious Eats has the recipe!

All sorts of squiddy goodness...

Over at Fishing Under Sail we've showed you people catching squid and here we've shown you how to clean the critters...

Maybe we should point you to a great recipe so you can cook your squid in a pressure cooker?

Lucky for us, Laura over at the most excellent Hip Pressure Cooking has a great pressure cooker recipe just filled with squiddy goodness...

Since the subject of pressure cooking came up...

Since we're on the subject of pressure cookers...

I was actually serious about wanting another pressure cooker. I'd love a small one that would fit in my sea swing which would be a huge help from time to time. That said, an on-board still would be no bad thing either!

The thing about pressure cookers is that a lot of folks either believe the hype that they are bombs just waiting to go off or, even worse, they have eaten horrible meals thrown together in a pressure cooker and they think that everything à la pression is going to taste yucky.

Folks, it does not have to be like that... and we never do "yucky" at Island Gourmand as we are a certified "yucky " and "Barry Manilow" free zone!

One of the problems is that most cookbooks of the pressure cooker variety are, shall we say, really awful, but that does not quite convey the gravity of the awfulness that is most pressure cooking cookbooks...

The first issue I have with said really awful cookbooks is the fact that they tend to make complicated recipes which is sort of exactly NOT what pressure cooking is all about. If you find a pressure cooker recipe that reads like rocket science, remember the famous words of Robby the Robot...

"Danger, Danger Will Robinson..."

...and avoid it like the plague! Another danger sign for pressure cooking recipes is the use of canned anything (though I make an exception to that rule with tomatoes and tomato paste).

A couple of excellent, simple, safe, and boat friendly (for the most part) cookbooks you may want to check out would be "Pressure Perfect" and "Cooking Under Pressure" by Lorna Sass. Either would be a great place to get your pressure on...

I think I need another pressure cooker...

Solar Burrito shows us the path...

A great Galley blog...

The Boat Galley is just the sort of galley oriented websites that we need more of... Written by Carolyn Shearlock, its simple and sensible vibe goes a long way towards making it a great resource which only looks like it will get better and better..

In the something to look forward to department there is also mention a a cookbook on the way (so-authored with  Jan Irons) that I for one am really looking forward to...

Check it out!

Now this makes sense...

I've been meaning to get around to making something along these lines to deal with excess Mahi Mahi and Tuna for jerky making as well as fruit when it's cheap...

 Looks like just the thing!