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"Ripe To Tell">
Horny Jumping Fish
October 7, 2006
Kingfish do not get the respect they deserve. They are
treated like step cousins in the worlds big fish tank,
along with barracuda, and a few others that come to mind.
I believe that it is partly ignorance, and more likely
incompetence in the kitchen, that sometimes causes people
to not get excited about cooking or eating this rewarding
piece of protein.
This time of year up and down the Gulf and East Coast, you
can see king mackerel, or kingfish (scomberomorous
cavalla), leaping high into the air as if dancing for you,
and teasing you to “come and get me”. Biologists say this
has something to do with their mating ritual. And leap they
do, often straight up and as high as eight to ten feet in
the air. It is quite an awesome sight!
Caught or bought fresh, kept on ice, and NEVER freezing
this meat, will yield one of the tastiest fish dishes you
will have wrapped your lips around in a while.
Kingfish need to be cooked gently, and the mistake most
often made in the kitchen is OVERCOOKING. Leaving this
fish too long on the heat is what moves it from “immediate
family” to STEPCOUSIN status instantaneously!
The kitchen is really excited about one of our specials
tonight at Ripe. We will be featuring “Roasted Kingfish
Steak with an Herb-Butter Sauce”. We pledge not to
overcook, and further suggest you wear your helmet tonight,
cause one taste is gonna launch you out of your seat and
propel you to the moon!
Disclaimer: If the fish don’t do it, order white rum.
Come early and get your kingfish on, ‘cause we try to
anticipate the amount of orders to prepare for the evening,
but we aren’t rocket scientists, YET, but we’re working on
it, so for now, “when dem done, DEM DONE!”
Specials Menu for the weekend follows:
Roasted KingFish Steak
Another under-rated fish that we are giving its due. We
roast it in an herb butter sauce and serve it with your
choice of rice. 15.95
Slow Roasted Pork
Marinated in island spices and slow-roasted for 2 hours and
served with rice & peas,
pan sauce and ripe plantains 12.95
Curried Shrimp Roti
Large Florida shrimp with mixed vegetables in a spicy curry
sauce, served in a codfish roti.
( Our roti is made with the codfish baked into the dough,
and is a perfect match for the shrimp! )
(substitute curried goat -10.95)
Ripe’s Big-Ass Jerk Rib-Eye Steak
A 16 oz rib-eye monster, marinated with our signature jerk
rub and flashed on the grill, and crowned with a Shadow
Benny sauce. It would please even Fred Flintstone. Served
with French fries or Rice & peas. 18.95
DESSERT
Tiramisu Shacked up With a Yardy
Traditional Italian dessert with an island rum sauce
Drink Special $8
WEEKEND APHRODESIAC
“One Night Stand”
Vodka, Malibu, Guava, Orange and Lime!!!
BRINGING CREATIVE, CASUAL DINING TO THE DOOR STEPS OF THE
COMMUNITY AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.
The Name- Ripe
The process of ripening intrigued us because it describes a
positive, progressive, boundless, infinite act. – always
working towards a goal.
The sole purpose of a seedling is to come into maturity.
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