Thursday, May 31, 2007

Joys of Living

I'm in full swing. I've gotten all my work done for tomorrow AND a bunch of errands run AND I cooked a fabulous dinner for a friend and a roommate. And I'm utterly and completely overjoyed at life right now.

This weekend, I'm off to go on a BOATING trip. I'm so incredibly psyched. Thanks to Scott for teaching me everything I needed to know to not make myself look like a complete idiot (which I am - Georgia don't have much water).
Lyco: I'm so excited about this trip, but I know nothing about boats. What do I do?
Scott: All you need to know is that port is left and starboard is right.
Lyco: How am I ever going to remember that?
Scott: Easy. Port has 4 letters and so does left.
And you know what? It worked - I remember! And I've already impressed my ship captain with my breadth of knowledge.

So off I go to have a blast this weekend - pictures to come. But I'll leave you with my new catfish recipe. I served it with rice and steamed broccoli.

Lyco's Impromptu Catfish
3 catfish fillets
1 cup cornmeal
handful of finely chopped parsley
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1 tsp each dried tarragon and chervil
1/2 med lemon zest, minced
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

1 egg, beaten

Preheat oven to 450 and line a large pan (I used glass) with cooking spray. Put all the first ingredients onto a plate and mix well, beat the egg into a bowl. Rinse and pat dry catfish fillets. Dredge in egg and then dredge generously in cornmeal mixture. Lay side by side in pan and roast for 10 minutes in oven. Turn on broiler for 5 minutes to brown. Serve with lemon wedges.

YUM!

3 comments:

Scott said...

Not quite the mnemonic I taught you, but so long as it worked.

Lyco said...

Errr, that's embarrassing.
Change made.

Rrramone said...

Do you have any idea how much I like catfish? Glad to see you are embracing your inner Southerner. :-)

2 other questions: how did the bathing suit work out? And did I read above that you used to be married? How did I forget that?

Have a glorious day!