Dinner Tonight: Fish Cakes With Lemon Dill Sauce
Author: Steve
• Monday, January 12th, 2009

dtfishcakes Dinner Tonight: Fish Cakes With Lemon Dill Sauce“Scuba? What’s for dinner tonight?” That’s a common mantra here at home when I’m actually around to make dinner. Tonight I was going to enjoy the menu’s announcement, and everything worked out as planned. One of the best things about being a cook is cooking an item that you know the person eating it has no interest in. So with a smile I stated, “Fish cakes.” It got the rolling eyes and disgusted face I hoped for. Strange reaction to be happy about before setting on the journey of a homemade meal.

Let me just stop to say that my wife has not had much luck with fish cakes. Through no fault of the previous cook – in this case, her father – she has just never enjoyed the item. I imagine it’s akin to my dad announcing he was going to make his “Spanish rice” when I was a kid. If there’s a dish from my childhood that needs revamping it’s my father’s so called Spanish rice.

Back to the fish cakes. I knew before the evening began my wife would not be appreciative of my making fish cakes. It’ll probably take decades to get her to enjoy tomatoes in their raw state, but I was confident I could come up with something in the fish formed into a patty realm she would enjoy. The recipe is part “Fish Cakes with Coleslaw” from the latest Bon Appetit, and part my own spin. My version is what I’ll share with everyone, but the Bon Appetit version sounds quite delicious as well.

After the cooking was done I walked in, handed my wife the plate, and walked away. I turned to watch her take a bite, she smiled and made the “mmmmm” noise that indicates a job well done. Take that fish cakes, I’ve turned you from the unwanted orphan into a beautiful swan. Or something. At least I know you’re delicious, and I can officially add you to the list of quick items I can whip up for dinner in a pinch.

Quick picture note: We’re heading to Sundance in a few days, so the camera battery was busy being charged. Plus my wife’s work station might be cluttered by all of the new culinary books I received for Christmas this year. Regular food photos will resume once we return from Utah next week.

Recipes this week:

Fish Cakes with Lemon Dill Sauce.

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  • Since the prevailing culture in the media is secularism, perhaps they didn't wish to defame Darwinism. Darwinism is the origins myth of secularism.
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