Re: [CH] Ceviche. Ceviche, your lovely!
Walter Spencer (g0tuj@g0tuj.karoo.co.uk)
Sun, 25 May 2003 16:37:18 +0100
Alex asilbajo@hotmail.com wrote.....
> Sorry for not responding, but I did hope that you would look it up, I knew
there was much to find on the subject. Did you see that the basic idea is
the fish is cooked (that is, the proteins are denatured) not by heat but by
the acidity of the citrus juice? As for the exact ingredients, you have to
assume that would vary according to local or seasonal availability.
>
> I've only started to eat it in the last several years; before that, I was
skeptical - you want me to eat a raw fish salad? Were it not for the
chiles, I might not have tried it yet. A
Have to admit now Alex that I am glad the List was more or less silent on
the Ceviche issue. I have found out so much of interest, that I might not
have found otherwise. I too was almost put off when I realised that the
Fish. Or Prawns or whatever, was raw. I didnt think I could handle that.
Sushi has always turned me right off. On reading deeper into the action of
the Lime Juice on the fish, I have to admit that it is something that I have
to try and know that it will become one of my favourites. Like you, without
the chile Alex, I would pass it by. But then, what could I eat these days
without chile? The list grows daily shorter, does the supply of chile, but
hopefully that can be rectified. Hottest regards to y'all on the List. Walt.
CH#2218. An old Chile-Head from the old country.