Warm, still and sort of sunny here chez Casa Reynard.
Not the best night's sleep, but hey ho...
I had a bit of a kitchen morning to deal with the whole salmon that I bought on yellow sticker for just over £12 on Saturday. The ladies on the fish counter had filleted it, but not very well - hardly surprising considering they were run off their feet. My friend took half a side yesterday, and the other half of that is in the fridge ready to cook tomorrow. The other side, half is now in the freezer, and the rest is being turned into gravlax.
Still managed to get another 250g of flesh off the bones (the whole fish was in the bag), and that's now in a tupperware in the fridge. The bones, the head and the tail are simmering away in a pan with carrot, onion, celery, garlic, tarragon and pepper. I'll strain that later, and use the stock and the aforementioned trimmings to make salmon, potato and sweetcorn chowder.
I have also done a load of laundry.
Had a cheese and smoked sausage sandwich for luncheon, along with an orange, half a mango and two
