Cooking Mag Mommy

Here's a picture to prove we really did leave Georgia. This is us, Richard, Eyrleigh , and I, at Oriole Park in Baltimore. We arrived back in Georgia on Monday, July 13 th but it took me a few days to get back in the swing. By Thursday, I was ready to start on the Gourmet recipes for July. I won't finish every one. I don't boil live lobsters so that eliminates 2 recipes right there. But I will try to do as many as I can and I started off with the Summer Salmon Cakes with Zucchini Fennel Slaw on page 56. I've never felt very confident with "cakes" or patties of meat held together with some binding ingredients. Getting the oil hot enough but not too hot is the first tricky thing. If the oil is hot enough, the patties don't hold together right away and can start to break apart. If the oil gets too hot, the patties get too brown before they are cooked through. These patties were no easier and as the picture shows, I got the oil a little too hot. The patties w...