CAPE BLOG--fog, rain and fish

On this vacation I have excellent company: husband and cousin, electricity, laptop, wifi, a full fridge, a phone connection and good books.

But it's a grey and wet summer Monday on Cape Cod.

What's the consolation prize for rotten weather?
Why, Dinner Out!

Dinner out in Cape Cod, Massachusetts is

Lobster, stuffed, boiled or baked.
Clams raw, steamed, casino or baked.
Potatoes fried, mashed, roasted or baked.
Swordfish seared, broiled, sauteed or baked.
Scallops in casserole, breaded, with shrimp or baked,
and the usual round-up of steaks, burgers and lambchops.......

Am I a snob?  Well sort of.
This is not vegetarian terroir--no tofu, beans or whole grains. No nouvelle cuisine (except in scallop portions) no molecular cuisine, and herb flavoring is dried oregano flakes in olive oil for dipping your white bread (sorry Bookstore).  It's as if time had stood still in 1964 and creative American cuisine didn't exist.

But I love Cape Cod and it's raining, and of course we're going to celebrate by going out to dinner!  Who knows, will we chow down on breaded scallops?  Lobster stuffed with breadcrumbs? Seared swordfish with mashed potatoes?

Watch this space for the next fish blog:  Latvia going Swiss.....