{"id":8152,"date":"2023-09-08t22:15:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-08t22:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=8152"},"modified":"2023-09-08t22:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08t22:15:42","slug":"harrisons-whitefish-sandwich-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/harrisons-whitefish-sandwich-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"harrison\u2019s whitefish sandwich – redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

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written by jim<\/p>\n

northern michigan develops and inspires important writers with a bent toward the outdoors.\u00a0 amongst the best was jim harrison, whose fine and somewhat naughty road-trip novel \u201cthe english major\u201d includes a (very likely) non-fictional whitefish sandwich at a diner in the village of epoufette.\u00a0 located on us 2 west of the mackinac bridge, you\u2019ll find epoufette around the half-way point of a 60 mile stretch of mostly public, sugar sand beach on the north shore of lake michigan.\u00a0 pick a spot.\u00a0 pull off the road.\u00a0 take a dip and have a picnic.\u00a0 it\u2019s free. \u00a0harrison wrote like albert king played the blues; both had an emotional landscape to describe and the chops to deliver.\u00a0 all they needed was a cool story as a vehicle to do so.<\/p>\n

anyway.\u00a0 the sandwich.\u00a0 i imagine it was fresh local whitefish coated in an egg wash then dredged in seasoned flour before being deep fried.\u00a0 harrison describes his sandwich as being topped with tartar sauce. \u00a0 i think it might also have included iceberg lettuce and a couple slices of cardboard tomato that harrison probably removed.\u00a0 it was served on (again\u2026..imagining) a hoagie roll off the gordon\u2019s truck with a side of overdressed, overly sweet, mayonnaisey coleslaw.\u00a0 aside from the tomato and slaw, it sounds like a fine meal.<\/p>\n

you, dear reader, can recreate and improve this michigan meal starting here at monahan\u2019s.\u00a0 get a third of a pound of whitefish fillets per sandwich.\u00a0 dip them in an egg wash then dredge in dry drake\u2019s batter mix.\u00a0 shallow fry in a quarter inch of hot neutral oil till crispy (maybe 3 minutes per side).\u00a0 build the sandwich on a hoagie roll or a brioche with our excellent tartar sauce, crunchy lettuce, and, when in season (now!), garden or farmer\u2019s market tomato slices.\u00a0 serve it with a lemon wedge and a mound of our slaw and you\u2019re good to go.<\/p>\n

how to make it really<\/em> special?\u00a0 well\u2026<\/p>\n

jim’s harrison\u2019s whitefish sandwich<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n