Danny Baza Blas

This is an example of fresh, wild salmon. It’s from Alaska, shipped overnight to San Diego, from where I used this  recipe  to prepare these bad boys in a cast iron skillet.  In blackened, I love the butter part. Butter makes everything better, and blackened salmon was THE HIT. Butter was slowly melted and the fillets were long-dipped in it.  Next the blackened seasoning was placed in ziplock bag. The buttered fillets were shaken in the ziplock and placed onto a hot cast iron skillet, covered for three minutes each side.  Learn more about the awesomeness of cast iron cooking  here . 

Current position: 71.31N latitude 131.22W longitude; Temp. 27F; conditions: sunny View from Healy's Aloft Con camera (click to enlarge) Day 13 was the greatest polar bear sighting day ever (more on that on another post). This guy, who I named "Jasper," came within 100 meters of our ship. Every other step Jasper took, his nose was aimed our way, getting himself a waft of our taco Tuesday lunch. The Inupiaq People of Barrow Gabriel Tegoseak is a native Inupiaq Alaskan from Barrow, Alaska, who is part of this expedition serving as the community observer. Gabe's responsibilities on this cruise are to observe the condition of the animals--whales, polar bears, seals, walrus--the Inupiaq subsist upon. In addition to animal sightings, making note of the condition of the ice, which is critical to the lives of these animals, is part of the community observer's job. Gabe recently gave a well-attended talk on the culture of his people, which included an audience ...