{"id":1870,"date":"2021-08-27t08:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-27t08:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2021-08-27t17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27t17:09:24","slug":"ceviche-the-fresh-taste-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/ceviche-the-fresh-taste-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a1muy caliente! cool down- it&#8217;s ceviche time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>the freshest most vibrant, refreshing and healthful taste of summer has got to be ceviche!<\/strong> what is ceviche? it&#8217;s raw fish, shellfish or even vegetables that have been marinated in fresh citrus juice (that &#8220;cooks&#8221; it), then other ingredients are added such as hot peppers, onion, garlic, tomatoes, or cilantro.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6800\" src=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mexican-bar-on-the-beach.jpg\" alt=\"mexican bar on the beach\" width=\"400\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mexican-bar-on-the-beach.jpg 450w, \/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mexican-bar-on-the-beach-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>most latin american and caribbean countries have some version of this dish. <strong>the origins of ceviche probably go way back to pre-incan times, probably in peru, when fish was marinated in a fermented corn juice called &#8220;chichi&#8221;.<\/strong>\u00a0later the spanish brought citrus and onions and the limey, spicy yet refreshing dish began to evolve. peruvians serve their ceviche with potatoes or sweet potatoes, corn on the cob, corn nuts or popcorn.\u00a0<em><strong>they may have invented the original but i&#8217;ve had some amazing ceviche in mexico.<\/strong><\/em> their style is usually spicy, often with a tomato sauce (sometimes ketchup). sounds weird, but in small amounts it tastes great! it&#8217;s served with avocado and tostadas, tortilla chips or saltines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>the key to making great ceviche is to start out with impeccably fresh fish or shellfish.\u00a0<\/strong>whether you&#8217;re using fish or shellfish make sure you have a trustworthy high quality fishmonger that can tell you which fish is appropriate for ceviche and why his fish is fresh enough. this weekend we have halibut, fluke, mahi mahi, snapper or scallops that would work great. if you&#8217;re using super fresh fish, i think that the basic simple recipes work best. many chefs\u00a0these days are trying all sorts of wild and creative recipes. as long as the fish is cooked through you can really add whatever you want, but i think minor variations on the classics are the way to go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>our recipe this week is<a href=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/ceviche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> a pretty basic ceviche with a little added twist<\/a>\u2014<\/strong> a dash of japanese gari (pickled ginger). not traditional, but the lime and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6801\" src=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowl-of-limes-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"bowl of limes\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowl-of-limes-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowl-of-limes-100x100.jpg 100w, \/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowl-of-limes-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowl-of-limes.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ginger work well together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>both impeccably fresh seafood and gari are available at the market, so stop by and pick up what you&#8217;ll need to make this refreshing, delicious dish!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the freshest most vibrant, refreshing and healthful taste of summer has got to be ceviche! what is ceviche? it&#8217;s raw fish, shellfish or even vegetables that have been marinated in fresh citrus juice (that &#8220;cooks&#8221; it) then other ingredients are added such as hot peppers, onion, garlic, tomatoes, or cilantro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[70,126,62,153],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}