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      Crossword roundup: cricket and the changing reputation of salmon

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 11:33

    Lesser sung fish and cricketing doldrums feature in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues

    In the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series . The setter’s name often links to an interview with him or her , in case you feel like getting to know these people better.

    22d It may bring tears to your eyes about India (cricket side) (5)
    [ wordplay : synonym for “about” + India in Nato alphabet + cricket terminology for one of the sides ]
    [ ON + I + ON ]
    [ definition : it may bring tears to your eyes ]

    2d ‘Enemies of Trump’ in retreat after revolution? Not your concern (5,4)
    [ wordplay : term used by Trump inside (“in”) synonym for “retreat” backwards (“after revolution”) ]
    [ VERMIN in reversed DEN ]
    [ definition : “not your concern” ]

    21a Fish out of water, or one on the bed (6)
    [ double definition ]

    12a Turkey say Foreign Office is oversharing with member of parliament (4)
    [ wordplay : abbreviation for Foreign Office overlapping with bird for which collective noun is said to be parliament ]
    [ FO overlapping with OWL ]
    [ definition : Turkey say ]

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      Nigel Slater’s recipes for salmon and spinach gratin, and dark chocolate muffins

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 4 days ago - 10:30

    The singular delights of one-person dishes

    Sometimes, it is good to have something all to yourself. An individual dish of something delicious that is all your own. I broke the habit of a lifetime this week, bringing dinner to the table in small pots or dishes, one per person, rather than putting a large pot on the table for everyone to tuck in. It felt strangely special, as if it was everyone’s birthday.

    An individual dish of smoked fish and cream threaded with emerald green spinach, its surface bronzed and bubbling, was a recipe so simple it was barely called cooking and yet delighted everyone. I put hot brown toast on the table, too, with which to mop up the sauce, and a crisp salad to balance the creamy notes of the fish. Rather than making a classic cream sauce, the smoked fish was mixed with cream, parsley and a little smooth, mild mustard then spooned into the individual dishes. I used hot-smoked salmon for their thick fillets and deep, smoky notes, but could have just as easily used smoked haddock or even kipper fillets.

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      Pearly Queen, London E1: ‘There will be things you’ve never eaten elsewhere’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 6 days ago - 12:00 · 1 minute

    There is two Michelin star-level ingenuity going on here, even when they’re only slinging oysters in the deep-fat fryer or doling out bread

    Pearly Queen , a newish seafood restaurant in east London, refers to the majesty of oysters, though there will be readers, older ones especially, who associate the phrase with those pearly queens (and kings) in suits and dresses festooned with mother-of-pearl buttons. They were always on the telly back in the 1970s, on shows such as That’s Life! and The Good Old Days , belting out Knees up Mother Brown and offering a route back to a golden time when all of London loved jellied eels and the pavements were clogged with folk doing the Lambeth Walk . Pearly Queen, the restaurant, instead takes a regal attitude to the likes of Carlingford Lough and Gallagher Atlantics , and serves them with scotch bonnet hot sauce and lime. It also serves crisp buffalo oysters, which involve dredging Carlingford number twos in panko breadcrumbs, deep-frying them at 190C, then drizzling them with a sauce made with sriracha and clarified butter, and finishing the whole, crisp, jammy, hot, salty mess with ranch dressing.

    Pearly Queen isn’t slap-bang in the middle of Shoreditch’s head-thumping epicentre, but is instead, and rather wisely, down the quieter end, between Aldgate and Spitalfields, and opposite the fantastic pulled noodle spot Xian Biang Biang Noodles and the ever-reliable Sunday lunch spot The Culpeper . Just like chef Tom Brown’s first solo restaurant, Cornerstone , his new place isn’t terribly formal, even if the food is certainly serious. There are no strings of pearls or cummerbunds required, but you’ll definitely need the capacity to eat Cornish brill poached in squid stock and butter, with a potato velouté and white asparagus and dotted with squid ink, or cuttlefish lasagne topped with a 36-month aged parmesan-enriched bechamel.

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      Constant bad news doing your head in? Why not read about the fish doorbell instead | First Dog on the Moon

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 6 days ago - 05:26


    The fish do not actually ring the doorbell – you do!

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      José Pizarro’s recipe for hake with clams, chorizo and manzanilla

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 19 March - 08:00

    Crisp hake fillets with clams basted in a power-packed sauce of chorizo and dry sherry – let everyone dig in straight from the pan

    Today’s recipe epitomises the vibrant spirit and rustic charm of so much Spanish cooking. I’ve always cherished the incredible power that food has to unite people, and to infuse gatherings with warmth and joy. This dish, a big favourite of my mother’s, uses succulent hake fillets and hearty clams, all bathed in a flavourful chorizo and sherry sauce. It’s essentially a tribute to Spain’s rich coastal traditions, but it also blends the earthiness of the land with the freshness of the sea, creating a glorious chorus of flavours. Perfect for sharing, it captures Spanish conviviality and the simple pleasures of a meal cooked with love.

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      ‘The Vikings looked at this view – can’t they just leave it?’: island split over plans for salmon farm

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 8 March - 07:45

    A third farm off the tiny Hebridean island of Gigha would bring much-needed jobs – but there are fears over the impact on the ecosystem and the welfare of the fish

    On the tiny Hebridean island of Gigha, a 20-minute ferry hop from Tayinloan village on the Scottish mainland, Marion Stevenson drives along the only main road, pointing out white beaches and new “wilderness paths”. The Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust recently built 14 miles of the paths to encourage eco-tourism. A site in the north of the seven mile-long island has been awarded “dark skies” status – on a clear night you can see the Milky Way.

    On the west coast, there are just a handful of houses, cliffs and stunning views across the sea to Jura and Islay. But it is here that Bakkafrost, a Faroese salmon company, proposes siting eight 160-metre-wide cages and a feed barge.

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      Hundreds of thousands of salmon dead from ‘gas bubble disease’ in US river

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 5 March - 14:46

    Mass dieoff in Klamath River caused by extreme changes in water pressure amid largest dam removal project in US history

    As many as hundreds of thousands of newly hatched Chinook salmon released into the Klamath River have died due to “gas bubble disease” caused by extreme changes in water pressure.

    The young salmon fry were released amid the largest dam removal project in US history along the 257-mile-long river, which flows across Oregon and California. Four hydropower dams are being removed, reconnecting the lower and upper portions of the Klamath River for the first time in a century and allowing fish free passage along the river.

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      Riaz Phillips’ recipe for mackerel and beans with lime and pepper sauce

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 5 March - 08:00

    Make a jar of this killer lime and pepper sauce, and it will keep for months, on hand and ready to perk up all sorts, including this super-simple mackerel with baked beans

    For many in the Caribbean, hot sauce is part of everyday life. While locals in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana are hardened to the punch of scorpion, wiri wiri or scotch bonnet peppers, I have more than once made the mistake of drizzling chilli-based condiments a little too liberally on my food. The citrus in my lime and pepper sauce offsets the intensity of the chilli, making it more palatable for the hot sauce-averse yet still delicious for existing fans. It goes really well with this Caribbean play on beans on toast.

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      Southern Water fined £330,000 for stream pollution that killed 2,000 fish

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 27 February - 17:20


    Waste flowed into Hampshire stream for 20 hours because of faulty equipment at pumping station

    A water company has been fined £330,000 after raw sewage escaped into a stream in Hampshire for up to 20 hours, killing about 2,000 fish including brown trout.

    Waste flowed into Shawford Lake Stream on the edge of the South Downs because of faulty equipment at a pumping station.

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