New Year's Geoduck
I'm so exhausted. New year's family festivities sure take it out of a girl. Tonight, we had some leftovers and a geoduck. They were on sale at the Chinese market, probably because they overstocked their tanks for the holiday and needed to unload the suckers before they died. And FYI, it's pronounced "gooey duck."
Cooking geoducl is fairly easy. I killed it by slicing the meat away from the shells and removing the whole clam. Running it under hot water for a minute releases the tough outer skin very easily. 
The whole thing is sliced thinly, then either blanched or stir fried in oil, and served with green onion slivers and soy sauce paste or oyster sauce. It's crunchy, light, and just a little fishy. 
Also, we had record highs this weekend. I kid you not, it was close to 90 degrees in February, before noon. Ice cream vendors must love all this global warming.
Cooking geoducl is fairly easy. I killed it by slicing the meat away from the shells and removing the whole clam. Running it under hot water for a minute releases the tough outer skin very easily.The whole thing is sliced thinly, then either blanched or stir fried in oil, and served with green onion slivers and soy sauce paste or oyster sauce. It's crunchy, light, and just a little fishy.Also, we had record highs this weekend. I kid you not, it was close to 90 degrees in February, before noon. Ice cream vendors must love all this global warming.posted by Pei at
8:09 PM
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JEALOUS.
I had to park at the grocery store in a row that hadn't been plowed, so the compacted snow had turned to ice. I'm pretty sure that it was funny to watch me try to open the back door and put in my groceries in whilst trying to keep from falling.
So, yeah, we could use some 80 degree weather to melt all that nonsense.
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claire, At
2/18/2007 08:25:00 PM
the record breaking snow and cold temperatures here in upstate NY tend to disagree with your global warming statment. Personally I think it's just an el nino year.
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John, At
2/18/2007 10:50:00 PM
Well, I intended my comment as joke, but proponents of global warming theories would say the term "global warming" doesn't mean every spot on the globe is simultaneously heating up. Rather, melting ice caps and ozone depletion are changing climate in different ways in different parts of the world.
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Pei, At
2/18/2007 11:08:00 PM
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