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Ching shows a fish buyer at the market how to make one of her favourite sauces of all time, black bean sauce, serving it with scallops and noodles.
Ingredients
For the scallops with noodles
75g/3oz dried vermicelli noodles
8 scallops, removed from the shells, de-bearded and coral removed, shells cleaned and reserved
For the black bean sauce
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger, peeled, finely chopped
1 red chilli, de-seeded, finely chopped
1 tbsp fermented salted black beans, washed and crushed into a paste (available from Asian grocers)
1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
2 tbsp light soy sauce
3 tbsp water
To serve
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh chives or spring onions

Method
1. For the scallops with noodles, soak the dried vermicelli in a bowl of just-boiled water for 5-6 minutes, or until tender. Drain well, then chop into 10cm/4in lengths and set aside.
2. Place the cleaned scallops back into their shells.
3. For the black bean sauce, mix all of the sauce ingredients together in a bowl. Spoon a teaspoon of the sauce on top of each scallop and gently rub into the scallop flesh.
4. Wrap some of the soft vermicelli noodles around each scallop, then spoon one teaspoon of water around the noodles. (This helps to keep the noodles moist and works to create a sauce when combined with the steamed juices of the scallops.)
5. Divide the scallop shells between two heatproof serving plates and place each plate into a bamboo steamer, placing one steamer on top of the other. Place the steamers over a pan or wok of boiling water (making sure the water does not touch the base of the steamer), cover, and steam over a high heat for 4-5 minutes, or until the scallops are cooked through. If you do not have a bamboo steamer, place the shells onto a large heatproof plate set on a rack in a roasting tray. Fill the roasting tray with boiling water from the kettle. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4, cover the whole roasting tray with foil and place into the oven to steam for 4-5 minutes.
5. To serve, serve the scallops in the bamboo steamers, or remove the plates from the steamer and serve on the plates. Sprinkle over the chopped chives or spring onions and serve immediately.

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More information can be found in Dr. Solomon’s recent blog entries, linked below:

“Gulf Shrimp Testing: Is a Dozen Samples in 5000 Square Miles Enough to Reassure You?”

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/gsolomon/gulf_shrimp_testing_still_not.html

And “Six Months, Five Shrimp, and One Nasty Mess: Health & Seafood Safety Concerns from BP Spill Still Linger in Gulf Today”

Here: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/gsolomon/six_months_five_shrimp_and_one.html

Where she writes, “…the Federal government reopened 2,927 square miles of the Gulf to fishing and shrimping, just South of the Mississippi Delta. The Feds confirmed that the area was safe for shrimping by performing a “sniff test” for oil odors on five shrimp samples. They confirmed the sniff test with three composite samples of shrimp sent for chemical testing from an approximately 1,000 square mile area. No information was provided to the public on the size or location of the shrimping grounds or why so few chemical analyses were performed. This does not seem sufficient to assess the safety of the seafood coming out of the Gulf right now.”

Transcript of introduction:

“The seafood testing so far has been so frustrating because it has been so, really unscientific. It’s not that hard to do a basic seafood testing program. You go out and you figure out how many samples you need in order to have adequate statistical power to pick up a problem if it’s really out there, and then you go out and you do it. But what’s happening right now is this sort of sporadic, willy-nilly re-openings by different agencies, by state and federal government agencies, sometimes on the basis of really almost no testing results.”

Project Gulf Impact
www.projectgulfimpact.org

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“I got crab po-boy and gumbo,” said Jennifer Adams of Biloxi.

Seafood favorites drew a large lunch crowd to Bruno’s Cafe Wednesday. That’s the same day Boston Chemical Data Corporation posted a study that raised questions about the presence of dispersants in Gulf seafood.

The company was hired by the United Commercial Fishermen’s Association. When we told some customers about a study, most of them said they weren’t worried at all about the safety of the shrimp and crab they were consuming.

“I believe it’s safe,” said Adams. “I think that if it wasn’t, we would know about it, or the FDA would tell us.”

“There’s absolutely no hesitation whatsoever on my part eating seafood out of the Gulf,” said Raleigh. “We’re getting ready to have an anniversary party coming up here in a couple of weeks, and we’re going to have a shrimp boil.”

Chris Soldo co-owns the Biloxi restaurant. When asked how much of his seafood comes from the Gulf, he responded, “Every bit of it.”

He continues to offer daily seafood specials, but Soldo said sales of seafood dishes have dropped since the oil spill. So he’s putting more barbecue meats on the menu.

“People are skeptical of the product right now, and right now, it’s as safe as you ever had. It’s unbelievable how it’s controlled and regulated,” said Soldo.

Several customers at the Quality Seafood market next door agreed, saying they trust the government’s findings.

“I just go with our inspectors, and they would not let it out if it wasn’t good for the public to eat,” said Margaret Woodall of Biloxi.

“I actually have a student that’s heading back to Alaska tomorrow. And he’s going to come down and buy seafood and have it packaged to ship back to Alaska. He’s going to take some Gulf Coast seafood with him,” said Raleigh.

The Department of Marine Resources, along with other state and federal agencies continue to stress, that Gulf seafood is safe to eat.

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“I’m staying away from seafood,” said Columbus resident Greg Wilder. “I don’t want to trust no seafood – not right now. We’re eating less and less seafood because of the oil spill.”

“I’m not going to any type of restaurants that involve seafood right now,” said Brooke Olson. “I’m just scared to get a disease or just dying or just being contaminated.”

“Well, I think everyone is a little scared,” explains Jamie Gruber, the lead chef at The Market, a restaurant in downtown Columbus. “And, you have to use your own common sense.”

His business thrives on what is caught in the waters. Gruber understands consumer concerns, but adds seafood is safe to eat.

“The same principles apply,” he explains. “When you’re shopping for it, you want to make sure there is not a smell there. You want to make sure the meat is nice and firm. If you’re dealing with a whole fish, you’re looking for the gills to still have some color. And, of course, the skin to have some color in it. As long as you buy from a good, reputable place, you should be fine.”

Gruber says fortunately the oil spill has not affected business. But, he remains concerned over the spill’s long term effects.

“The one fish that we’re really concerned about is the Gulf Red Snapper because it’s the only one that comes from the Gulf,” Gruber said.

Duration : 0:2:31

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Ching makes Chinese-style fish and chips with roast sweet potato chilli chips and Gong bao haddock goujons
Ingredients
For the haddock goujons
1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
1 tbsp peeled and grated fresh root ginger
1 small spring onion, finely chopped
340g/12oz haddock fillets, cut into strips
1 tbsp crushed dried chillies
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp white pepper
100g/3½oz dry breadcrumbs
100g/3½oz plain flour
2 free-range eggs, beaten
groundnut oil, for deep-frying
For the gong bao sauce
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp crushed dried chilli flakes
1 tbsp cornflour, mixed with 2 tbsp cold water, to thicken
To serve
roasted sweet potato chips

Method
1. For the haddock goujons, mix the Shaoxing rice wine, grated ginger and chopped spring onion together in a shallow bowl and add the fish strips. Cover with cling film and leave to marinate in the fridge for 20 minutes.
2. Mix the dried chillies, sea salt and white pepper together with the breadcrumbs in a bowl, then tip onto a plate or tray. Dip the marinated strips of fish into the flour, then into the beaten egg, then roll in the seasoned breadcrumb mixture. Pat lightly to secure the breadcrumbs to the fish, then shake off any excess. Repeat with all of the fish strips.
3. Quarter-fill a wok with groundnut oil and heat until a small cube of bread dropped in sizzles and turns golden-brown in 15 seconds. (CAUTION: hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave unattended.) Add the fish goujons in small batches and deep-fry for 2-3 minutes, or until golden-brown, then remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. Repeat with the remaining fish goujons.
4. For the gong bao sauce, heat all of the sauce ingredients together in a small saucepan, and, if necessary, thicken with the cornflour and water mixture. Remove from the heat and transfer to a small bowl or ramekin for dipping.
5. To serve, pile the fish goujons onto a serving plate and place the bowl of gong bao sauce on the side. Serve immediately with roast sweet potato wedges

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Ingredients
1 tbsp groundnut oil
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
6-8 cooked langoustines (or other large prawns)
1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine
150g/5oz fresh samphire, woody stems removed, or marsh samphire, preserved in brine
150g/5oz baby leeks, trimmed
2 spring onions, trimmed and cut into 4cm/2in pieces
1 tsp light soy sauce
sea salt, to taste

Method
1. Heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil. Add the garlic and stir fry for a few seconds.
2. Add the Dublin Bay prawns and stir fry for 1-2 minutes, then add the Shaoxing rice wine and cook for another few seconds. Stir in the fresh samphire, then add the leeks and spring onions. Stir fry for one minute, then season, to taste, with the light soy sauce and sea salt.
3. To serve, spoon onto a serving plate and drizzle over any remaining juices from the wok.

Ching makes a dish that’s great for when you’ve got guests: use garlic chives instead of preserved samphire if necessary

Duration : 0:6:24