Hereâs how to do it: Heat the oven to 400 degrees. In a cast-iron skillet, melt about 2 tablespoons unsalted butter. Add one 6 to 8-ounce, skin-on salmon fillet, with the skin side down. Cook for 3 minutes over high heat to brown the skin, spooning some of the melted butter over the top of the fish as it cooks.
Mad as a hatter. Mad as a hatter is a colloquial English phrase used in conversation to suggest (lightheartedly) that a person is suffering from insanity. The etymology of the phrase is uncertain, with explanations both connected and unconnected to the trade of hat-making. Contents.
In Search of the Real Mad Hatter. Most people think of the Mad Hatter as one of the crazy characters in the famous childrens book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll. Actually the character of the Mad Hatter was based on the term mad as a hatter. This term seems to have been in use at least since the mid 1830s.