Weather – If it rains on the
day of Saints Peter and Paul, it will rain for the next 30 days.
and
It always rains on St.
Peter’s day
[so, putting two and two together…]
On the other hand
If it is bright and clear on
St. Paul’s day (30 June), we will have full mouths and full purses.
C’mon sunshine!!!!
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Previously I posted two
recipes for Haddock (one of the fish with the thumbprint of St. Peter): FLAKED HADDOCK NEWBURG and BROILED HADDOCK.
For today’s feast, I am
having BAKED STUFFED HADDOCK FILLETS.
Cut 1-½ pounds of haddock
fillets (fresh or frozen) into serving pieces. Cut up 2 strips of bacon
into small pieces.
Chop 1 small onion.
Grease a shallow baking
dish.
Preheat oven to 325° (slow
oven)
Cook the bacon pieces until
crisp. Remove and reserve.
Cook the onion in the bacon
fat until golden.
To the cooked onion and
bacon fat, stir in the bacon pieces, 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley and 2
cups of soft bread crumbs. Season
to taste with salt and pepper. [I cook the bacon in a sauté pan, so
everything can be mixed together in it]
Spread the mixture on half
of the fish pieces; top with remaining fish pieces.
Arrange fish in the baking
dish and top with two slices of (uncooked) bacon.
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
As usual, I serve this with rice, wild or tamed.
Remember also, that Saint Paul is commemorated tomorrow as well.
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Artwork:
“Saint Peter” and “Saint
Paul”, from The Golden Legend, 1489
“Saint Peter” from Manual of Prayers, 1896
“Saint Paul” from Manual of Prayers, 1896
