Any cooks in the house?

[justalurkr]

I made 'mackerel fish salad' today, which is basically tuna fish salad with mackerel instead. This accomplished two goals:

1. Set me eating lower on the fishy food chain which is supposed to be a Good Thing.
2. Fishy smell drove the cats batcrap insane. You cannot buy entertainment like I had while lunching.

Issue: mackerel is a stronger-tasting fish than tuna, so it was "one of these things doesn't belong" when I put it in a mix with dill relish and light mayonnaise. Tasted all right, but it got me wondering if there is anything meant to go with mackerel the way relish & mayo go with tuna.

Ideas?

Comments

[vamysteryfan.livejournal.com]

Really good question. Making me think. I usually treat mackerel the same as tuna, but maybe rinse it more first. Now that I am thinking about it, I wonder if it would stand up better to sharper condiments. Or maybe basil pesto. Hmm. I want the oilier mackerel for health benefits. Hmm.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

I was thinking some kind of tomato base relish or very mild salsa, but basil pesto mmmmm. One of my favorite things.

Splendid Table apparently treats mackerel like tuna. All I could find there was a wine pairing (http://www.splendidtable.org/story/wines-pair-rich-oily-fish-salmon-mackerel-bluefish) and a mackerel melt (http://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/mackerel-melt).

Though both sounded pretty good. ;)