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More on our bonnethead sharks! These sharks are in the same family as hammerheads but they are much much smaller. Our largest female is about as big as they get, around 3ft long. They are the only known species of omnivorous shark.
Dragon Salmon
“[...] the Aundair River is famous for the seafood that half-elven anglers bring back to the markets of Fairheaven. The traditional preparation of the enormous salmon that spawn in that river, like much else in Aundair, relies heavily on sauces: in this case a butter and dark wine reduction.” - Heroes’ Feast, p. 75
Packed full of healthy minerals, fats, and vitamins, fish is an important part of a healthy and balanced diet. However, the cost of fresh fish can reach astronomical prices in places where it isn't readily available. So, why not make the most of the fish you buy when splurging for it?
The Dragon Salmon from Heroes’ Feast is a great, easy recipe to get anyone started on pan-searing salmon while making it look like it came straight out of a Michelin star kitchen. With a flavour combo to die for, it’s sure to make the mouths water of even the pickiest seafood eaters!
BONUS: See the results section for suggestions on vegetables that will add a colourful flare while plating up!
See below for my notes on the results and for some helpful tips and tricks when making this yourself! Get Heroes’ Feast here: https://dnd.wizards.com/heroes-feast
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 25 mins Overall: 35 mins
Ingredients:
1 ½ pounds (1.5 kg) skin-on salmon fillet, pinbones removed if necessary, cut crosswise into 4 equal pieces, and blotted dry*
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp. (30 ml) neutral-tasting oil (such as vegetable, canola, safflower, or grapeseed)
2 tbsp. (28 g) unsalted butter
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 tsp. (1 g) minced fresh thyme
⅔ cup (160 ml) fruity, medium-bodied red wine (such as Pinot Noir, Côtes du Rhône, or Zinfandel)**
½ cup (80 ml) low-sodium chicken broth
1 ½ tbsp. (5 g) minced fresh chives, for garnish
* I’m usually not a believer in organic foods. However, I found using organic salmon for this recipe really increased the flavour.
** Don’t use the cheapest wine for this recipe, you can really taste it. Instead, opt for a 14-16$ bottle. I recommend Bolla Valpolicella.
NOTE: Be careful if using dried thyme instead of fresh thyme since dried spices have a much more concentrated flavour. Use one-third of the amount of fresh thyme called for in the recipe if substituting for dried.
First, preheat the oven to 200℉ (93℃) with the oven rack in the middle of the oven.
Next, after blotting the fillets with paper towel, sprinkle them with salt and pepper and lightly massage it in.
TIP: Blotting both sides of the fish helps prevent it from sticking to the pan while it cooks.
Warm oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat (I set mine closer to medium) until shimmering.
The general trick with pan-frying fish is to use high heat and to give the fillets enough time to cook on both sides while only flipping them once.
To achieve this, place the salmon fillets flesh-side (pink side) down and cook, undisturbed, until the bottoms of the fillet start to turn opaque (like a golden band around the bottom) and the sides of the fillet have lost their vibrant pink colour, 3 to 4 minutes.
Gently flip the fillets using either tongs or a spatula so they are now skin-side (silver side) down. Again, cook, undisturbed, for 3-4 minutes until the fillets have lost all translucent properties on the inside and the flesh flakes apart when checked with a fork.
NOTE: The timings for my fish really depended on their thickness. It sometimes took me 5 minutes a side to cook!
TIP: A downside of frying fish in a pan is that the oil will splatter as it cooks. To save yourself some clean up time (and your arms and hands), place splatter guards over the skillet to catch most of the flinging oil.
TIP: Pan-frying any kind of fish will cause your house/apartment to smell like fish. To help with this, open your windows before you begin cooking. If available, turn your fumehood on high.
Once the fillets have cooked, transfer them to a heatproof plate or baking tray lined with aluminum foil. Place the fillets in the oven to keep warm while the sauce cooks.
TIP: Like @afinickyguide found, the fillets tended to dry out if left in the oven too long. To keep them moist, tent a piece of aluminum foil over the fillets before putting them in.
TIP: Let this picture be a lesson in why you never want to overcrowd a pan. I couldn’t find the tongs and had to use a spatula to flip and get them out of the pan. Disaster!
Reserve the oil used for cooking in a separate bowl for later. Then, wipe out the skillet.
After, melt 1 tbsp. butter in the skillet over medium-low heat. Add the shallots, thyme, and ¼ tsp. salt and cook, stirring constantly, until the shallots soften - about 1 minute.
Heroes’ Feast says to add the wine and the chicken broth then adjust the heat to medium-high and bring the mixture to a simmer to cook until reduced by two-thirds. However, I’ve found that simmering the sauce on medium-high reduces it too quickly, and simmering on low (as simmering usually works) reduces it too slowly.
Instead, for more consistent results, add the wine and broth and simmer on medium for 6 minutes (for the sauce to reduce by two-thirds). Stir occasionally and scrape the bottom of the pan to loosen any stuck browned bits. Add the reserved oil halfway through.
TIP: Like @afinickyguide, I found there was barely enough sauce for all four fillets. I recommend doubling the amount of ingredients for the sauce to have enough.
Reduce heat to low and add the remaining 1 tbsp. butter, ¼ tsp. salt and pepper to taste. Stir constantly while the melts and incorporates into the sauce. Taste the sauce and, if necessary, adjust seasoning with salt.
Pour or spoon sauce over or around the salmon fillets, sprinkle with chives, and serve hot.
TIP: If you don’t like skins on the bottom of your fish, they can be easily taken off after cooking by turning the fillets on their sides before plating and gently prying them away using a fork while a spatula keeps the fillet in place.
Overall, I would give this recipe a 5/5. Fish is a staple in my house and I’m happy to say that this recipe has replaced our traditional one - it’s truly outstanding! The sauce is a perfect balance of flavours and choosing the right red wine provides excellent body and depth to the meal.
As mentioned earlier, I only have two gripes with this recipe: the fillets can dry out easily if left to warm in the oven too long and that you may need to make double the amount of sauce, depending on your tastes. However, both are easily fixed by tenting the fish with aluminum foil before placing it in the oven and doubling the amount of ingredients for the sauce.
BONUS: For extra flair when serving, plate the fillets with green veggies like broccoli, peas, or green beans for a colourful contrast!
Soo did y'all know you can get a soldering iron for 8 bucks? I didn't. I do now. I'm about to burn the shit out of myself.
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These are for some reason so cute!! ✨💗
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A Day at The River
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Easy Homemade Mustard - Sauces and Condiments You can easily make yellow mustard at home using this recipe, eggs, margarine, evaporated milk, ground mustard, and vinegar.
Seafood - Awesome Grilled Walleye Scooby Snacks Flavor some walleye fillets with seasoned salt and butter, wrap them in aluminum foil, and grill to perfection with this fantastic recipe for grilled fish.
Easy, Excellent Baked Flounder - Fish
I found a fish on the side wall by a pond it makes me sad that people have no regards for animals
Pan seared fish with tomatoes & olives
I just had the best time every thank you
Daily fish fact #4 062 993
General fish fact!
Fish have gills maybe. Sometimes, I think? Uhh....
#fish #fishfact #fish facts #marine biology #biology #zoology #general fish fact
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Only 100 years old... he shouldve been at the blub :(
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Liveblogging my migration! ;)
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Found a fish! Ate it >:)
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Swimming!!!
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My sister and I bullied this humpback for a lil before our ma told us to stop. What a party pooper..
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Swimming and balancing a fish on my head B)
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Sorry forgot to update. Swimming!
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Swimming..... still swimming....
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Cod why did I think this was a good idea we're just swimming a dozen million miles and that's it
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So, um... what was that about the fish?
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"Hey, did you hear about the recent-"
No, I didn't. I'm literally so unbothered by fishcourse I couldn't care less. I'm just goin with the flow. Riding the waves. Chilling. Moisturised and in my lane. Do you think the moss on my back signifies anything other than my peaceful adn pacifist nature. I'm just a Guy
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OOOHHHH MY COD YOU FRYS!!! You have no idea holy carp holy carp theres this one atlantic salmon migrating at the same time as me,,,, says we're going to the same river,,, her sides are such a gorgeous rich chestnut colour and shes so large compared to me and her belly accentuates her curves and shape in the best way! Her scales are so shiny too? Shes practically glowing!!! UGH every time we swim next to each other i wish there was a small creek so that she'd be forced to swim over me and crush me with her whole body weight
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Horny on main again?
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Oh, when I post about MY crushes its suddenly soo strange and unusual? Sure mr. "where can i find a salmon who will bite me right". sure. It's literally the season!
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You cannot prove I said that.
#/hj #hush hush #lets just pretend neither of us said anything thanks ;))
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Felt bored. Doodled this.
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Ngl I really hate how barren fish representation actually is :( There's two types of fish ever. Fish and shark and sometimes ray. They always show generic fishes only, like nonspecific fishes with one or two primary colours plastered on the side. Where are the pipefishes? The anemonefishes? The anglerfishes? The damselfishes? The morays? The hogfishes? The groupers? The marlins, the tunas? Even the wrasses???? There are never any specific species, just red fish, blue fish, that's it!
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I would also like to bring up unflattering fishes. It's always reef fishes that get their spotlight to shine, but I've never even seen another stargazer portrayed in a good light on TV
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!!!! This is so true! There's so many of us who never get our chance to be seen anywhere and it makes me so sad :( No diversity at all in the casts of recent underwater movies.
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even the representation that does exist for specific fishes sucks. sharks like myself never see ourselves be shown as anything other than bloodthirsty killers :( we get generalised into a single stereotype of a big gray murderbeast
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Anemonefishes are underrepresented?? umm okay. so we're just gonna pretend like a clownfish didn't star in the single biggest fish movie of all time? Where the sharks are portrayed as nice people mind you so why are you even whining. okay. sure. cool. Really need more clownfish movies out there!!!!
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No need to be passive aggressive @among-the-seaweeds-deactivated. You say anemonefishes are oversaturated in the media? In that case, point me to the seemingly abundant movies where two-band anemonefishes are the main character? How about the ones with only Mauritian and orange-fin anemonefish leads? Red saddlebacks, tomato anemonefish, orange anemonefish, skunk anemonefish, wide-band anemonefish, I could go on. Just because one species of anemonefish, the clown anemonefish, starred in one movie doesn't mean that the rest have it super nice and cozy.
Finding Nemo wasn't even too good for clown anemonefishes either. It's the only movie many have seen that even features a clownfish in a speaking role. My anemonefish roommate has often had people calling her Nemo or asking her to tell a joke because it's a "funny gag" from the movie. It's the first thing people tell her when they meet her a lot of the time. Trust me, the only person who has a problem with better fish species representation is you.
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Did
Did you also miss the part where the shark goes on a massive murder rampage over two (2) tiny fishes because he smelled A Blood
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This person had a ton of anti-dolphin posts on their account too, why am I not surprised 😭😭😭 We need to pull each other up, not put a whole subfamily down for cod's sake. Anemonefishes are called "Nemofish" to this day and age still
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"We need to pull each other up, not put a whole subfamily down."
Beautifully said.
#deep sea talks #long post #fishcourse
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Just moved into my new place! It's this wonderful sandy crevice with a beautiful view of the kelp and a good nice rocky back wall for support. Hope the neighbours are nice and don't throw their sand into my hole like at my last neighbourhood
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hey
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what the fuck
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can someone please come hang out with me in the deep sea? :( it's so boring here...
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I can! :)
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wonderful! Come Closer please. to the Light.
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RIP @shrimpy-wimpy it's been more than 3 hours 💀💀💀💀
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SHE LIVED!!!????????
#WHAT THE FUUUUUUUU
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Pictures of my transition journey :}
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Oh look at you !!!!! You look so much happier and more comfortable in your latest picture! So happy for you!!
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I can't wait to go through my transition myself :]c
#only i'll vbe transitioning in the opposite direction haha #*be
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New drawing of a terramaid!! 👩👩🐟🐟
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Okay but imagine if terramaids we're actually real. To live on land there scales would probably be all dry and rough-textured! Brushing against them would immediately ruin your slimecooat, probably
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Ah, thanks. I hate it.
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Since they're half human and humans have hair, what if they had
THESE!???
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NOOOOO DON'T RUIN TERRAMAIDS LIKE THIS FOR ME ⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️
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There's more. With a human lower half, they most likely give birth to live young as well. And with mammalian reproduction habits comes the, well....
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STOP THIS SHADNESS THIS INSTANT
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Since they have a human lower half with a human digestive system that means they have a human diet too, right?
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why
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Too much time in our flippers, dear.
Oh, and a need to make everything cursed. Of course.
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Please stop reblubbing this 😭😭😭 I just wanted to show off my art
#not my art #im so tired i keep getting notifs for this post #let me rest
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*moves one inch*
Something Shiny (2019)
This also includes bodies that need to have something changed about them for medical purposes. We should always embrace and respect those who are plus sized, and that includes those who need to lose weight to benefit their health
-A girl who recently started her weight loss journey :>
I think all bodies are inherently beautiful, which is really really cool because like, we all got one
