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Blackened Grouper Sandwiches.

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dmchicago
dmchicago Posts: 4,516
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Grabbed some fresh grouper at Central Market here in Austin today. 

Fish on the Egg is a revelation and was the key to SWMBO signing off on the purchase.


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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,516
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    Thatgrimguy said:
    It looks so good... but american cheese on GROUPER!!! it hurts my heart and the ocean!!!! 

    I know, right? Cheese on fish?

    It's a bastardization for sure. But my wife is from Clearwater, FL. and every time we go there, we go to Frenchy's where they have great grouper sandwiches and she got me hooked on the Am. cheese thing.

    What can I do?
    Philly - Kansas City - Houston - Cincinnati - Dallas - Houston - Memphis - Austin - Chicago - Austin

    Large BGE. OONI 16, TOTO Washlet S550e (Now with enhanced Motherly Hugs!)

    "If I wanted my balls washed, I'd go to the golf course!"
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  • Thatgrimguy
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    dmchicago said:
    Thatgrimguy said:
    It looks so good... but american cheese on GROUPER!!! it hurts my heart and the ocean!!!! 

    I know, right? Cheese on fish?

    It's a bastardization for sure. But my wife is from Clearwater, FL. and every time we go there, we go to Frenchy's where they have great grouper sandwiches and she got me hooked on the Am. cheese thing.

    What can I do?
    You do you!! If it tasted great then it IS great! Lol, just giving you the business!
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  • WeberWho
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    Nailed it!
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

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  • Theophan
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    I agree about the American cheese on fish, but I also agree with @dmchicago that sometimes someone talks you into something that just goes against everything you know and believe in, and you're sort of horrified to find that you like it!  [laughing] 
    • Years ago, a friend talked me into putting good bourbon in a glass of Coca Cola (I know, I KNOW!), and I was ashamed to admit it was actually pretty good!  (I don't do it anymore -- don't shoot me!)
    • I thought it would be a hoot to try chewing tobacco, decades ago, as an almost spectacularly awful thing to do, and I bought a pouch of Levi Garrett and was just dismayed to find that it was delicious -- sort of like grown up candy.  I had to work hard at not buying more!
    • And... brothers and sisters can you keep from weeping at my tale of madness, depravity and sin ... one of my dearly beloved grandsons insisted that hot dogs, not just with ketchup [shudder], but with ketchup AND MAYONNAISE were really good, and I tried one, expecting to retch, and it really wasn't that bad!  (Yeah, I don't have those anymore, either! :))
    So OK.  I don't think I'm ever going to try American cheese on grouper, but if the woman you love got you hooked on it, more power to you -- enjoy the hell out of it!
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  • dmchicago
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    Theophan said:

    So OK.  I don't think I'm ever going to try American cheese on grouper, but if the woman you love got you hooked on it, more power to you -- enjoy the hell out of it!
    The things we do for love...
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    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-are-cheese-and-seafood-supposedly-a-bad-combo-its-delicious-180949280/
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  • GrillSgt
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    I cringed. 
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    A pinot noir does not go well with blackened seafood?

    Ha! I laugh at you!

    Fettuccine with lobster, crab or shrimp? Grenache Rosé.

    Mac and cheese with lobster and shrimp with black truffles, go with a cab.....

    YukonRon's rule #1:  There are no rules with cheese and wine pairings with seafood. None.

    American cheese on a blackened grouper sandwich? A nice fruit forward Syrah may be a great addition, to try.

    Or maybe bourbon slushies.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

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  • bluebird66
    bluebird66 Posts: 2,732
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    Beautiful cook!
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  • Photo Egg
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    IMO...Grouper makes the best fish sandwich.
    Yours looks awesome!
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,516
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    YukonRon said:


    American cheese on a blackened grouper sandwich? A nice fruit forward Syrah may be a great addition. 
    I chose Renegade Red Blend which is 55% Syrah. 
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,541
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    Nice Cook!!  At least there is no ketchup on it...
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  • YukonRon
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    dmchicago said:
    YukonRon said:


    American cheese on a blackened grouper sandwich? A nice fruit forward Syrah may be a great addition. 
    I chose Renegade Red Blend which is 55% Syrah. 
    Outstanding selection. Red blends are my fave.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

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    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • SmokeyPitt
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    I couldn't decide how to feel about the cheese, but now I just have to try it. 

    I had a craving for grouper a couple of weeks ago and tried to find it. The person working the counter at Publix said they stopped carrying because it was $30 a pound!!??

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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    SmokeyPitt said:
    I couldn't decide how to feel about the cheese, but now I just have to try it. 

    I had a craving for grouper a couple of weeks ago and tried to find it. The person working the counter at Publix said they stopped carrying because it was $30 a pound!!??
    I just checked my receipt and I paid $33.61 and I got two pretty big, thick filets so that sounds right.
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  • Nature Boy
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    @dmchicagonice cook! With the sharp flavor of the blackening, I bet it was actually pretty solid with the cheese, even though some beg to differ :) Thanks for sprinkling our stuff on your hard-earned meat! Chris
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  • EggMcMic
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    Had a cook that served macadamia nut crusted grouper with a slice of american and I was sold. Nice looking cook. Makes me want to go to the fish market.
    EggMcMcc
    Central Illinois
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  • CigarCityEgger
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    Outstanding looking meal. And yes, American Cheese on grouper sandwich is the way to go. Frenchys got me too
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  • nolaegghead
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    All the "missionary position only" cheese/fish haters would probably loose their minds with the weird combinations at Noma.


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