Tamara's Exquisite Salmon

This is a nanner, nanner post.  Like I have a friend-who-is-an-executive-chef nanner, nanner.

We had a very big piece of salmon and needed to cook it.  It was a gift from our cousin and since we don't do a lot of fish on the grill, truly had no idea how to cook it.

So, for recipes, I turn to Tamara.  Not All Recipes.  Not cooking sites.  Not even Twitter.  Just Tamara.  Here was her recipe:

Usually a couple tablespoons olive oil, half  a lemon at least 1 tablespoon soy sauce because you won't be using salt, 2 tablespoons ginger, sometimes I wash it off a bit to remove some of the sugar...

Recipes pour out of her like magic.  Because I am NOT a cook I needed a little more direction.  Here is how we made it, with measurements.

1/2 bag crystallized ginger, minced
juice of a whole lemon
1/4 cup olive oil
3 T soy sauce
Big honking piece of salmon

Paul cut the salmon into small pieces. We marinated it for 2 1/2 hours.

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Paul grilled it to perfection - about 7 minutes total.  Skin came right off.  There was nothing left of the salmon.  All gone, in our bellies.

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Oh my goodness, you have to try this.

- a couple other suggestions she had:
for a little sweeter taste, use the whole bag of ginger, cut in chunks;
or add a tablespoon or two of maple syrup;
and/or use lime instead or with the lemon;
and/or use Vidalia onion or 1/2 teaspoon of sesame oil;
My preference is the maple syrup. (Duly noted)

Thank you my friend.