Friday, July 31, 2009

Wild Alaska Salmon Cambodia Style





I wish you could read the label on the can better. It's Bumble Bee Alaska Wild Salmon. I found it in a big grocery store in a big city. Since my Cambodian family has seen all the pictures of my Alaska kids, grandkids and fish I figured now I could at least share a taste of salmon with them. Phouen here usually does the cooking, and she giggled at the thought of me preparing dinner. Nothing but nothing comes out of a can here. Phouen goes to market every morning and comes back with fresh, in season food including Mekong River fish. Okay, I accepted her help. That cleaver I could use for the business of butchering Dungeness crab but not for can opening. She fired up the wok for me - yes that usually does mean a fire - and I threw the contents in with some onion, garlic, and green vine leafy stuff of the day. Of course it was served on rice. Did they like it? Maybe. Did I like it? Not so much. Did the cat, Thom, like it - a definite 10!

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