tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post3476151144418546667..comments2024-03-27T05:07:11.414-07:00Comments on Ken Albala's Food Rant: Rattler AppetizerKen Albalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379852662105383295noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-11782909597720240262007-06-11T17:09:00.000-07:002007-06-11T17:09:00.000-07:00Just whacking the slices once with something big a...Just whacking the slices once with something big and flat (the bottom of a pot, a cast iron pan, what you will) has kind of a remarkable effect on the muscle: It sort of relaxes and becomes pliable but resilient, the perfect toothing texture. But if you then pound once again, it siezes up and you must pound again and again until it gives up all resistence. Butter and fire, surely, not even salt for the briny muscle...wonderful dusky food memories from before this food of gods was delegated to its possible rightful place as pelican fodder. Razor clams a close second and they are such fun to chase.emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692094531441691990noreply@blogger.com