We’re always thrilled to have mystery author Lea Wait stop
by for a visit. Today she joins us under her new Cornelia Kidd pen name, which
launches her Maine Murder Mystery series. Lea also writes the Mainely
Needlepoint and Shadows Antique Mystery series and historical novels set in
nineteenth century Maine. Learn more about her and her books at her website,
where you’ll find a link to a free prequel of Death and a Pot of Chowder, the first book in her new series. She also
blogs with the Maine Crime Writers.
Salmon Mousse
from Death and a Pot of Chowder
A light lunch? An
appetizer? An hors d’oeuvres with crackers? Mamie’s salmon
mousse will be a hit. This amount will serve four to six, but she suggests you
double the recipe so you’ll have some for tomorrow, too.
This recipe is from
Cornelia Kidd’s Death and a Pot of
Chowder, the first book in the new Maine Murder culinary mystery series,
set on an island off the coast of Maine.
Ingredients:
15-ounce can red salmon (it’s prettier than pink) or 2 cups
cooked salmon, shredded
1/2 T. salt
1/2 T. sugar
1/2 T. flour
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
2 egg yolks
1-1/2 T. melted butter
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
1 envelope granulated gelatin dissolved in 2 T. cold water
The day before
serving:
Clean and flake salmon
and put in thin bowl or mold.
Mix dry ingredients in
the top of a double boiler, or a small pan you can cook over another pan. Add
egg yolks, butter, milk, and vinegar. Cook over boiling water, stirring almost
constantly until the mixture thickens enough to stick to your spoon. Add the
gelatin and stir until the gelatin dissolves.
Pour mixture over salmon
and mix gently.
Chill in refrigerator
(not freezer) overnight.
At least 3 hours
before serving:
To remove from bowl or
mold, put bottom of mold in hot water to loosen. Be gentle as you turn mold
upside down on a plate. Then replace mousse in refrigerator for several hours
to ensure mousse will maintain its shape.
Serve with crackers,
thin slices of French bread, cucumbers, olives ... whatever you choose.
Especially refreshing on a hot day.
Death and a Pot of Chowder
A Maine Murder, Book One
Maine’s Quarry Island
has a tight-knit community that’s built on a rock-solid foundation of family,
tradition and hard work. But even on this small island, where everyone knows
their neighbors, there are secrets that no one would dare to whisper.
Anna Winslow, her
husband Burt and their teenage son have deep roots on Quarry Island. Burt and
his brother, Carl, are lobstermen, just like their father and grandfather
before them. And while some things on the island never seem to change, Anna’s
life is about to take some drastically unexpected turns. First, Anna discovers
that she has a younger sister, Izzie Jordan. Then, on the day she drives to
Portland to meet Izzie for the first time, Carl’s lobster boat is found
abandoned and adrift. Later that evening, his corpse is discovered, but he
didn’t drown.
Whether it was an
accident or murder, Carl’s sudden death has plunged Anna’s existence into
deadly waters. Despite barely knowing one another and coming from very
different backgrounds, Anna and Izzie unite to find the killer. With their
family in crisis, the sisters strive to uncover the secrets hidden in Quarry
Island and perhaps, the ones buried within their own hearts.
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