Jumpin' fish and A1
steak sauce
There's
a song called “Summertime” from Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bess,
written in Charleston in 1935. The song begins “…. and the livin' is easy, fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high....”. I didn't
realise that fish actually jump. Not to be confused with flying fish
you understand. It's mesmerising and therapeutic – ideal
entertainment when you're drinking your morning coffee so not really
a “hide” report more a “normal everyday” report.
Back
to the grind – early morning run – how virtuous is that. Then
it's get the chores out of the way
- food prep
for supper (of my choice) for the boys. Two essential matters to be
considered, my friend cooks for himself and so looks forward to
being relieved of duties and, when you're jet-lagged comfort food is
the best medicine, so a treat today, braised steak and onions with
sautéed left over potatoes and snow peas (mange tout in UK speak).
With this braised steak I pay homage to a product that is
quintessentially American – A1 Steak Sauce – fantastic stuff,
akin to a combination of our HP Sauce and Worcester Sauce. The sauce
is used neat when BBQ'ing and can be diluted to use as a rich sauce
as is the case here for slow cooking, with chicken and pork too.
It's also used in sandwiches, neat.
So using fantastic braising steak, sealed, large sliced onion, sealed
and then a gravy made up of A1 sauce, a Knorr beef stockpot and
tomato purée the slow cooker is left to work its magic.
I've always got a list of research projects on the go and this place
enables me to devote time and attention to them. Top of my list
today is catching up with Edna Taylor – of Edna's Lowcountry in the
Charleston Historic City Market. Edna's stall sells Low Country
Gullah gourmet mixes, mixed spices, marinades and sauces – time for
a trip I think.
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