Brisket and cabbage soup

Posted 2019-08-31 by Gary

Brisket and cabbage soup sounds a bit plain, and why would I dedicate this meal to ManFlu?

Dedicated to ManFlu

Brisket and cabbage soup

Saturday tea. ManFlu cough healing brisket and cabbage laksa soup. #yummylummy #foodphotography #lowcarb #noaddedsugar #ManFlu #brisket #laksa Brisket, Prawns, Laksa paste, Cabbage, Red onion, Spring onion, Coriander, Ginger, Lime juice, Lime, Coconut cream G’day food lovers I’ve been coughing all day. I was asked out tonight but I’d be an unsightly disgusting dinner guest expectorating sticky mucopurulent phlegm into a handkerchief. I’ll have the recipe up on YummyLummy.com later. I added some finely sliced red cabbage and sugarloaf cabbage to a saucepan with some water and laksa paste and brought it to a boil. I simmered it for about ten minutes and then added some crushed ginger and lime juice and stirred it through. I took leftover sliced brisket and raw prawns and added it to the simmering cabbage and laksa flavours and stirred through the reef and beef. Once the prawns had changed colour I added in a small tin of coconut cream and stirred it through. Once everything had cooked through, I turned off the heat and added the coriander roots and stems plus the spring onion whites and greens. I ladled the soup into a bowl and garnished it with coriander leaves and a wedge of lime. My lips are still tingling and I can breathe a little more easily. I feel full though. Bye

Old Bay Hollandaise Salmon

Posted 2019-09-07 by Gary

Old Bay Hollandaise salmon with potato mash is on the ‘menu’ tonight as I clear out my refrigerator as part of a clean out.

Old Bay Hollandaise salmon

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No added salt roast pork belly and vegetables

Posted 2020-03-07 by Gary

No added salt you read. Yes, well while Yummy Lummy is not the place to share my personal health status, it’s not a secret that I have mild hypertension which is managed with medication.

No added salt

This week I was listening to the NEJM Journal Watch Podcast and episode 255 was titled “Salt talks”.

The podcast cites a meta-analysis in the British Medical Journal.

Which basically concludes I should not add salt to my food.

Dedicated to my parents who both have high blood pressure
Yes, it’s hereditary.

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Will spam heal my manflu?

Posted 2016-08-12 by Gary

The Yummy Lummy Cooking for one podcast

Will spam heal my manflu?

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What does spam have to do with manflu?

I have manflu, I hate being sick. I try not to use the word hate much, but I really do not like being ill. I wonder, will spam help?

It started as a cough that kept me awake on Tuesday night. On Wednesday it progressed and I had a headache and the beginning of some nasal sinus congestion. On Thursday it was much the same but on Thursday afternoon I started feeling worse. I decided on Thursday evening that I would have to stay home from work on Friday. I hate that. I really like work.

So the question remains will spam heal my manflu? This could become a new form of healing. I can’t imagine it could be any worse than naturopathy, acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, herbal medicine, homoeopathy, and ozone therapy. I’ve recently completed a short course in evidence-based medicine. I will need to think about a randomised controlled trial to determine if spam can make any difference to manflu. Just imagine if I find the cure!

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Spam, vegemite and cheesy chicken

So tonight in my weakened state I decided to eat something comforting with the piece of Chicken Maryland I had in the refrigerator.

I’ve already shown just how good vegemite and chicken can me so adding spam must make it better! Am I right?

What you need to make this dish

I used a piece of Chicken Maryland
I used a slice of Swiss cheese because I ran out of Coon cheese
Two slices of spam
a few rings of red onion
a dessert spoon from a jar of caramelised onion
a good smear of vegemite
Toasted light rye bread
Coleslaw and avocado with garlic aioli

How do you put it all together?

Toast the bread
Spread a good smear of vegemite on the toast
Lay on the slices of spam
Add the red onion
Spoon the caramelised onion onto the spam
Put the chicken on top
Lay the slice of cheese on the chicken
Place into the oven at 200 °C for 20 minutes and then at 150 °C for 40 minutes
After 60 minutes remove the chicken and allow it to rest for 10 minutes
Plate up with the avocado coleslaw

Get it ready to photograph

Shoot the photograph
Eat the meal
Wash the dishes
Write the recipe
Make a nice picture using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
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Spam, vegemite and cheesy Chicken Maryland with avocado coleslaw

How did it taste?

The chicken was moist and tender and the skin was crisp and cheesy. The bread had a nice crunch and had absorbed the chicken, spam, onion and vegemite flavours. Obviously the coleslaw, avocado and garlic aioli contrasted nicely with the saltiness of the vegemite and spam. I did use salt reduced vegemite but I’ve never used salt reduced spam. I must try it to see what it tastes like.

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Final words

This made me feel happy. Let’s see if it makes me feel better! Taking an aspiring before cooking dinner probably helped as well.

If you try this please let me know. I’d love to see a photograph of your meal and read any comments. If you’re a regular reader you will have seen more recently I’ve started a YouTube channel. Please take a look at the videos and I’d love you to click on the thumbs up, leave a comment and subscribe as well.

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A shout out to friends with Facebook pages

Posted 2016-11-06 by Gary

A shout out to friends with Facebook pages

It’s been a little while since I last posted anything here. I wanted this post to be a shout out to some friends’ Facebook pages and a roundup of what has happened for me in the last week. If you have Facebook pages please feel free to leave a link to them in the comments below.

I’d like to mention a couple of European blogging friends.

Ana Calin

The first is Ana Calin. Ana is an author of suspense fiction and she has a passion for psychology. Ana regularly shares psychological profile questionnaires which are fun to take and learn from. For example, Ana will share a photograph or painting and ask her readers to look at a short selection of possible captions. You need to make your choice quickly without spending too much time ‘thinking’ it through. Down the page is a list of possible interpretations.

Ana is an active responder to comments so if you want an interactive blogger Ana is great. She also has a Facebook page.

Medical Fun Facts Podcast

Okay so here is a little bit of self-promotion. A friend at work inspired me to start a podcast on medical fun facts. This started when my friend, let’s call her KMV, was working in a short-term task force and I’d visit from time to time in my role as a medical adviser. Because I like to tell stories, KMV asked for a medical fun fact each time I visited. That was a while back and now KMV is in another area and we’re working together on one or two pieces of policy work.

So MFF started as a podcast on my ‘professional’ webpage and KMV suggested putting it up on iTunes. It turns out it is dead easy if you’re using a Squarespace site to load a podcast and have it submitted to the iTunes podcast store.

If you want to listen and read each show head on over to https://drgarylum.com/blog/ and check it out. Now remember the emphasis is on fun which can also mean frivolous but facts are facts. These are short snippets of information with a little jargon, some strine and hopefully a laugh every now and then. So far I have ten shows on the blog.

Do you like listening to podcasts on your iOS device? Head over to the iTunes store and subscribe. The link is https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/blog-gary-lum/id1170771102

I’d love it if you subscribed if you like what you hear. Please also rate (5 stars would be great) and review in the iTunes store. If you do, it helps iTunes rank the podcast higher so others can find it. Thank you.

You can also get the shows at the Facebook Page. Please like it and you’ll receive a notification with each new episode.

Jasper and Myrtle Chocolates

My dear friends Peter and Li Peng are going gang busters with their handmade chocolate business, Jasper and Myrtle Chocolates.

I’m in a very fortunate position to see them every so often and I get to sample chocolate. If you live in or near Canberra you’ll be able to find Peter and Li Peng at various markets. You’ll also find their products in various outlets around Canberra. If you don’t live near Canberra, you can still try their award winning chocolate by putting an order in through their website.

Award winning Jasper and Myrtle Chocolates Gary Lum — Award winning Jasper and Myrtle Chocolates | The “Silk Road” Rocky road is to die for. It’s amazing.

They have a Facebook page and you should read the reviews.

If you like chocolate, you need to get onto this straight away!

Both Peter and Li Peng are talented in the kitchen too. Last night we had a meal which started with salt and pepper squid, then a massive steam boat (no photographs, I was too busy talking and eating), then a gorgeous tiramisu which was followed by homemade baklava.

Peter's delicious salt and pepper squid Gary Lum — Peter’s delicious salt and pepper squid

Peter's Tiramisu Gary Lum — Peter’s Tiramisu. It was delicious.

My weekly roundup

I had a really big week. It started with a publication in the Medical Journal of Australia. I also gave evidence at a Senate hearing in Sydney. On Friday I started experiencing the symptoms of man flu.