Howdy from Washington State

[Beachcomber]

Hi everyone my name J.D. my DW and I have recently retired and moved to the coast of Wa. St. we live about 1/2 mile from the Pacific Ocean. We enjoy spending time at the beach. it is quiet a change from where we lived in Crowley, TX.
I am a strugling cook at times, some of the bacic foods I have no problem with, but I like to try new foods and get a lot of ideas from different forums. I am just now getting use to all the fresh products available here, like getting fresh Albacore Tuna directly from the boat.

[David Cottrell]

Originally Posted by Beachcomber

Hi everyone my name J.D. my DW and I have recently retired and moved to the coast of Wa. St. we live about 1/2 mile from the Pacific Ocean. We enjoy spending time at the beach. it is quiet a change from where we lived in Crowley, TX.
I am a strugling cook at times, some of the bacic foods I have no problem with, but I like to try new foods and get a lot of ideas from different forums. I am just now getting use to all the fresh products available here, like getting fresh Albacore Tuna directly from the boat.

Wow, what a treat! You will likeit here. I started practicing cooking not long after I retired, well slightly before I guess. Sure, there are struggling times with cooking - I make sure there are by trying new things fom new places. Be sure to share about that tuna.

[Uncle Bob]

Hey Beachcomber....Welcome to DC... Kick your shoes off and sit a spell! It can get kinda slow on week-ends here, but things will pick up. Im envious of you being able to get fresh Tuna and other goodies too I bet. Again Welcome to DC.


Have Fun & Enjoy!

[Barb L]

Welcome JD, to DC nice to have you join us ! Enjoy this great friendly forum as I do.

[chynablue]

Welcome! That fresh tuna sounds great; I would love to experiment with some of that. Washington State is a beautiful area. You must love it!

[healthyfoodie]

welcome aboard!!

[qmax]

Originally Posted by Beachcomber

Hi everyone my name J.D. my DW and I have recently retired and moved to the coast of Wa. St. we live about 1/2 mile from the Pacific Ocean. We enjoy spending time at the beach. it is quiet a change from where we lived in Crowley, TX.
I am a strugling cook at times, some of the bacic foods I have no problem with, but I like to try new foods and get a lot of ideas from different forums. I am just now getting use to all the fresh products available here, like getting fresh Albacore Tuna directly from the boat.

Where abouts you at? I am in a Seattle burb.

[Beachcomber]

Hi gmax
We live in Grayland, which is a very small community on the Twin Harbor Beach, and we are just a short walk from there.

[plainolebill]

Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum too. I live in Oregon and lived for a number of years in Washington. Retired Coast Guardsman - and to the person from Seattle - I was on three icebreakers out of Seattle! Was in the shipyards there during the 1962 worlds fair too.

We get albacore over in Newport (Oregon) and the way I like to cook it is to get a loin, ask for a thick one. What you want are peices flat enough to lay on the grill like a steak so you'll cut the two tapered ends off and then slice lengthwise through the rest of the loin so that you come out with a couple of slabs about 3/4-1 inch thick, then crosscut them into managable or serving sized peices.

I've tried slicing rounds off the loins and holding them together with toothpicks but it never seemed to work as well. Since then I've discovered bamboo skewers at the local asian market and that might help but...

Put some lemon juice, olive oil and garlic powder in a ziploc bag or stainless bowl and marinate the fish (including the tapered ends) for a few hours.

Then I grill it close to the flames on a preheated (hot) gas bbq with the lid on, turn them once carefully after about 6 minutes then cook about the same amount on the other side. I cook Chinook this way too although I don't bother to marinate it. Leftovers are really good in tuna or salmon salad.

I use one of the 20.00 Bimart bbqs burn em hard and get a new one every few years. I have a gas adapter so I don't need to use the little $1.89 bottles but hook it to my 5gal propane tank.

This is some seriously good fish. I recommend you buy a little digital electronic meat thermometer while you learn to cook. Overcooked tuna is not nearly as good.

I know exactly where Grayland is, I used to go to Westport and work on the boats at Gray's Harbor Station.

Welcome to the beautiful Northwest.

[redkitty]

Welcome to DC! You both live in such beautiful states! I miss the Pacific Ocean something awful!