In Honor of Crafty Angler - "Drunkin Blackfish Stew"
 

To honor the memory of our friend Crafty Angler I'd like to post the "Drunkin Blackfish Stew" recipe that he loved to prepare. It's important to know that the original recipe originated from our mutual friend Col Ed Noll.

“Drunkin Blackfish Stew”

quarter cup butter
one medium onion diced
two medium potatoes diced
half cup celery sliced and diced
two cans cream of potato soup
two or three cups fresh homemade fish stock (or clam juice)
couple of dashes of Worcestershire
salt and pepper to taste
one to two pounds of fish (blackfish) - if you use clam juice add some other fish that will flake like flounder or sea bass
one teaspoon salt
one half teaspoon pepper
Vermouth

Sauté onions in butter. Add potatoes, celery and fish stock or clam juice and cook until potatoes are al dente before adding potato soup. Add fish when broth is boiling. Salt and pepper to taste. Add vermouth (not to taste, you don’t want to overwhelm) but up to a quarter cup… but add slowly until you know something is there but you're not sure what. Try to make sure that there's plenty of fish and potatoes. I've added mashed anchovy but, like the vermouth, just enough to know it’s there.

Enjoy and make sure to have a toast to Crafty!

DZ

YES!!!
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damn does that sound good

I think there may need to be a time we roll that out this year in honor of Chuck

This was my go to at the thurs night meetings. excellent.