Do you miss fish and chips?

I know that I miss them.

It's taken me being away form the UK to realize how nice the pile of deep fried starch and greasy fish can actually be.

Quebec fries tend to be overcooked and very thin which leaves me longing for the long fat unevenly cut of chip that you find in your typical grease stained yellow ceilinged chip shop. The older and more dirty the oil the better. The older and more nicotine stained the server.... the better.

If they serve them in newspaper and you get the print all over your hands.... well that's a bonus.

I miss fish and chips!

Salmon topped with mushrooms and cheese

This very simple recipe is very very nice. In fact it's so nice that after making it for the head chef at work she now wants it on the menu.

It's an adaptation of a Polish recipe.

Ingredients (Serves 4):
4 portions of salmon (you can use other fish if you prefer)
8 heaped spoons of white mushrooms
8 heaped spoons of sour cream
1 tablespoon of butter
4 handfuls of grated cheese (Chedder, or Swiss are good)
Lemon Juice
Paprika

Instructions:

• Melt the butter in a skillet at medium heat
• Fry the mushrooms lightly until there is no liquid left in the pan
• Squeeze lemon juice over the salmon portions
• Broil the salmon for 6-8mins until it is cooked all the way through
• Evenly spread the cooked mushrooms over the salmon portions
• Spread 2 heaped spoons of sourcream over each portion
• Add grated cheese to top of each portion
• Sprinkle a fair amount of paprika on top of the cheese
• Place the portions back in the oven for another 4-6 mins until the cheese is just browning

Serve with your favorite sides and enjoy!