The BBQ Buddy Fish Griller is a two-piece metal basket that latches together, securely holding your fish in place. When the time comes to turn your prize catch on the grill you can simply flip the basket, keeping not only the fish, but your pride intact. Made from heavy-duty metal the fish griller is also a handy camping companion.

Keep reading for a zesty barbecue whole snapper recipe!

Zesty Barbecued Whole Snapper

Ingredients:

800g-1kg Large Whole Snapper, scaled & cleaned (substitute with your catch of the day)
1 Lime (for garnish)

Marinade:

• 2 Cloves Garlic, finely chopped
• 1 Tablespoon Ginger, finely chopped
• 1 Tablespoon Fresh Chilli, finely chopped
• 2 Tablespoon Coriander, finely Chopped (use the stems as well as leaves)
• 1/2 Lime, finely zested
• 3 Tablespoon Olive Oil

Method:

1. Place all the marinade ingredients in a bowl and mix well. You can use a food processor to save time.
2. With a sharp knife, cut incisions about 1cm apart on both sides of the fish. This will allow the marinade flavours to seep in thoroughly. Trim the tail & fins, so they don’t burn.
3. Rub the marinade onto the fish, inside & out. Place slices of lime inside the fish, then put into the fridge for about 30 minutes.
4. Heat up your BBQ to a medium-high heat (190 C).
5. Prepare your BBQ Buddy fish grill basket by lightly oiling the basket. The easiest way to do this is to put some olive oil on your hand and rub onto the bars.
6. Place the marinated fish inside the basket, close and secure.
7. Place the basket on the BBQ over direct heat and cook for about 10 minutes on each side. Make sure you use a glove when turning the basket, as it will be extremely hot. You can tell when the fish is cooked as its eyes will be white and slightly popped out.
8. Remove the basket from the BBQ using gloves, and carefully remove the fish from basket – easily done with tongs and a spatula. Serve with lime wedges and a salad of your choice.

via Fishin’ Informer

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The LifeStraw retails for $19.95 and will filter 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria and 99.9% of waterborne protozoan parasites from 1000 liters of drinking water. Eartheasy is donating one straw for every 10 sold and all sales help support the manufacturer who offer LifeStraws at a reduced rate (or even free) to developing countries. Aid groups looking to buy LifeStraws in bulk can contact info@eartheasy.com for more info.

It’s been a while since we had a post as mouth-watering as this one, that’s normally Adam Guy’s arena these days. But despite the fact that I’m a good cook and a fisherman it’s not all that often that I’m eating fish at home. In fact, the last time I had a diet where I was eating fish consistently was in La Paz, where we ate Dorado, Snapper, and even Marlin and Tuna. Even then I left most of the cooking to friend and chef Micheal Leary. Still, I think I came up with a few really nice dishes made with Pure Alaska Salmon’s wild-caught canned salmon, like these fish cakes.

Continue Reading “Pure Alaska Salmon Review”

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Make a video, up to 30 seconds long, demonstrating one or more alternative food preservation methods that didn’t quite work out. The failed methods can be historically accurate, or they can be fanciful failed food preservation methods of your own devising.

Your videos can showcase failed preservation techniques from today, or famous food preservation fails from the past. If you so choose, you can demonstrate how things might have been different if your subjects had access to a FoodSaver®.

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• Videos must be 30 seconds or less.
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via Moldy Chum

Any review involving beer deserves a good beer, and while I didn’t have any Lakemaid Beer I did have a nice ice-cold bottle of Weihenstephan. I received this case for free as part of a swag package from SoftLayer sent to my work, since I was the only one with an iPhone it was all mine. I’ve used this case for a few weeks, and it’s gotten pretty banged up. Mind you it’s in and out of my pocket all the time, falling out of my pocket sometimes, tossed on my desk, even accidentally mixed with keys and other sharp objects. So it’s definitely run the gauntlet as far as an everyday case.

The first thing you’ll notice is that the case is quite bulky in your hands and it’s got some extra weight in that bulk too. Inside that bulk however is where the metal bottle opener resides and it definitely feels very secure. The case is actually great for drop protection as the back side is much heavier so it should almost never land screen down, and the overall shape seems to aid in dispersing the energy as well as feeling comfortable in your hands. The matte finish is also a nice tactile touch, but as you can see it flaked off pretty quickly along with the SoftLayer logo (their branding not the makers iBottleopener).

You can still access and use all your external buttons, headphone jack, and camera with this case and the bottom slides off easily for those who use docking stations. I also didn’t have any problem with the camera lens being blocked by the case despite the thickness. One thing I don’t like about sliding cases like this is that dirt and dust can easily scratch the back of your device if you don’t clean off the camera and case with a microfiber cloth before putting it on.

But can it open a beer? Or will my iPhone 4 crack in half under the pressure…

Yes it can! And yes, it’s only 11 AM but it’s Saturday so I can start drinking anytime I want!

There is an iPhone 3G model available too.

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