Smoked Codfish Tacos and Lupe's Deviled Eggs

I love smoked fish tacos and cod is one of my favorites (when I can find it).
I drizzled the fish with olive oil and sprinkled with a bit of lemon pepper before smoking in the Memphis Pro.



I used alder for a light smoke.
The frogmats came in handy.... really easy to lift the delicate fish when it was ready to remove from the smoker.





I made a fish taco with chipotle slaw and topped with some fresh pico.

The chipotle slaw
I Mix 1/2 cup of mayo
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped (you can use more)
some chopped onion
salt to taste
a squeeze of lime juice
and 1 bag of pre-shredded cabbage
chill while smoking the fish.



It was really tasty.....



but the main reason I wanted to smoke some fish was to try out Lupe's deviled egg recipe. :)
Lupe uses fresh yellow fin tuna that husband Rueben smokes... (That has to be delicious!)
Here is Lupe's recipe

I boiled a few eggs, mixed Lupe's ingredients with the egg yolks..





the smoked cod...



Filled the eggs and topped with the smoked cod, then sprinkled with smoked paprika..



They were sooooo tasty. Thank you again Rueben and Lupe! I loved them. :)



Now if I could get a Masteryellowfintunafisherman to catch yellow fin tuna for me I'd have it made. lol

Rain! .. and a series of bad photos :)

A sweet friend of mine says " The heavens must be crying" when it rains. :)
Not sure how I got to be so lucky but I received a good dose of much needed rain this weekend.



Enough rain to make puddles in the yard..



I could almost hear the grass sucking up the moisture. :)

My rain gauge showed 2 inches in a little over an hour.
I was getting ready to go fishing with friends on their little creek when the rain hit. I assumed the fishing trip had been cancelled. Turned out they didn't get a drop if rain.



So I loaded up my fishing pole and headed their way...it's not easy to find in the dark. lol
Come to a dead end on the dirt road, then keep to the fence line while crossing the wheat pasture...






you can see the power pole light on their property... (yes the road was bumpy lol )



past the sage on the right and trees on the left...



you come to a left turn in the path..
then take another right.



ta-da... made it!

There is a big cooker on the left, a pile of firewood that is burned in a rusted out stock tank fire ring... and a cinder block pit on the right (like mine) for cooking pigs..



I didn't fish, I just enjoyed the evening visiting and star gazing. The air felt so cool...
Yeah I caught heck for getting rain when they didn't, but it was a nice night anyway. :)


This is what the drive looks like in the daylight