Thursday, April 16, 2015

Poached & Smoked Mahi & Wood Look Tile

Finally got my taxes completed and in the mail. A while ago I purchased a large frozen slab of mahi at Ingles Grocery. I poached half and I smoked half. We've run out of our Florida seafood. Gary is due to take a trip down there in May.

Here are the mahi steaks being poached in the brine I used. Once the steaks were cooked through I let the brine cook till it thickened and we spooned it over the steaks and our rice. Below are the smoked mahi steaks.

A home improvement project has been taking up most of our time so I haven't made it into the studio this week. We've been finishing the interior garage side of the basement with insulation and wallboard. We divided the garage in half with a wall. Since there is only room to drive in one small car we figured the added square feet would be an improvement. If I ever have an open studio the new section will be perfect to set up finished pottery. Keeping the actual studio side of the basement for visitors to tour. We primed and painted the last couple of days.

Tiling is scheduled for Saturday. We're trying the new type of tile that looks like wood, so stay tuned for actual photos. Above is approximately what the tile looks like. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

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  1. Home projects can take over until they are done. I do like the tile style and look forward to the real deal.

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    1. Hi Joanne, thanks, yes they really do take over everything and wear us out too.

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  2. Those tiles look really interesting.
    Good luck with the project.

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    1. Hi Sue, thanks, they are the latest thing here in the USA

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  3. Oooh, I love the look of it. How practical too!

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    1. Hi Barb, thanks, we figured tile was better for the basement than wood, so we got wood look.

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  4. very versatile use of the fish... I like that timber look tile..

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    1. Hi Anna, thanks, anything wood style is popular here in the mountains too.

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  5. Elephant Child's last pic on her post reminded me of you, Linda...your craft, that is. It'd make a good subject for your pottery.

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  6. Hi Lee, thanks, I'll have to go back thanks.

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  7. I haven't seen tile like that, very nice. Cant' wait to see it completed.

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  8. Hi Michele, thanks, it's the latest in tiles that look like wood but where you don't want to use wood. they have them at home depot and lowe's watch for sales on them - would look great in your new gallery space I think

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