The Chef is Calling in Sick

This unspeakable plague that has been doing the rounds finally decided to stop by and punch me in the face. Thanks unspeakable plague!

So no Sunday Best and probably no recipe neither which is a shame because I made this totally awesome fish curry for Friday night complete with real Thai sticky rice.

My dear gastronauts it is TRAGIC that I cannot share this with you right now! I will definitely be posting up a method for No Fail sticky rice. It is soooooo easy. You do not need that crazy pot bamboo steamer thing. I know this because a little Thai lady on the internet showed me!

Fish curry was actually going to be fish in white whine sauce with sauted potatoes on Wednesday night because SD was down for a meeting. I had everything ready to go at home in the fridge.

Unfortunately the after work traffic on Wednesday meant I didn't get home, or sane, until quite late. I had no energy to put on an elegant fish dinner. But I had to do something with the fish! It would not keep uncooked until Friday. And it was this new Vietnamese cat fish fish called Basa. And it was delicious.

I wasn't sure how it would turn out because I cook my curries for a long time which can turn some fish, like cod, into a very un-tasty mush. But the Basa? Mmmmm Mmmmm. Perfect!

There seems to be a lot of scare mongering out there about this fish. How it comes from Asia and is full of poisons but I found a few more reputable sources of information and they indicated that it was just that. Scare mongering. It is a lovely firm white fish. Better than cod. More like talapia or even monk fish.

Anyways this is turning into a post now so I am going to stop and take some symptom suppressors and slather myself with vicks and tie a red sock around my neck and go back to bed.

Stayed tuned gastronauts. SD is down again this weekend so there will more dinners for two shortly. Even if SD has to cook them and bring them to me in my sick bed!