Tonight for dinner I decided to make a variation on my Grandma Neva's fried fish. She used to make it with walleye, and regular all purpose flour. I made it with what I had on hand: Swai (a Vietnamese catfish that is sold super cheap down here in Phoenix) and gluten-free oat flour. I also like to cut mine up so they are more like fish nuggets! In Minnesota, where I'm from, fish is a staple for two reasons: 1. There are lots of Catholics and so during Lent fish is the only kind of meat you can eat on Fridays and 2. There are lots of lakes (most of which are not man-made!) and so the supply of fish is higher making it less expensive to go catch your own. These two reasons intertwine when you consider that Catholics love anything that saves money. Note that this is not to say that our Money Market accounts and retirement funds are overflowing. Instead what I mean is that Minnesota Catholics pay less attention to the total on the bill than the total saved on the purchase. Who cares if you bought $200 worth of fine china that you'll never use when you realize that if you had paid original price it would have cost you $800!?! So if they can tell the neighbors that they saved $300 on groceries this year by purchasing an $17 fishing license, then by golly we're going fishing! Even here in Phoenix a big bag of frozen Swai fillets will only set you back about $10, and usually contains at least ten fillets. Hence fish meets my goal of being cost saving, and because it is low calorie/low fat/high protein I find it a sensible meal too - even after adding some breading!
Ginger
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