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Vegemite Chicken Maryland

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Vegemite chicken! Really?

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Vegemite

Vegemite chicken I hear you query! Now if you don’t like vegemite this may not appeal to you. If you’ve never tried vegemite I suggest you give it a go. You’ve got nothing to lose. If you like vegemite, then if you haven’t already done this here is another way to enjoy vegemite plus chicken.

I’m guessing most readers have heard about if not tasted vegemite. Even if you aren’t Australian, I think it’s such an iconic Australian product (albeit owned by an American company) that most people know of it.

If you haven’t heard about it, then visit the website https://www.vegemite.com.au/ where you’ll learn all about this product which is the result of yeasty goodness.

If you don’t like vegemite but you like other spreads like marmite or promite, I expect you could substitute the vegemite out for the product of your choice.

What you need

  • Vegemite
  • Chicken (I used a piece of Chicken Maryland [thigh and drumstick with the skin on])
  • Bread (I used a piece of light rye bread)
  • Cheese (I used some Coon cheese which I grated)
  • Onion (I used some red or Spanish onion) thinly sliced
  • Other plant matter (Basically I’d be happy with just the chicken and the vegemite on the bread but there are people who also like other plant material)

What you need to do with all this stuff

  1. Lightly toast the bread, it’ll absorb the chicken juices anyway but if it’s toasted it’s easier to spread the vegemite so you’re not tearing the bread. It also means you could use some stale bread. In theory, if it’s just about spreading the vegemite more easily you could use a piece of frozen bread.
  2. Spread on some vegemite. If you don’t like a lot just use a smear, if you like vegemite a lot then coat the bread as thickly as you like.
  3. Add the onion rings
  4. Add the grated cheese
  5. Top with the piece of chicken
  6. Add some cracked black pepper
  7. Put into a 200 °C oven for 20 minutes and then 150 °C for 40 minutes
  8. After 1 hour remove the chicken from the oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes
  9. During the resting phase, you can prepare plant material. I used some avocado. I also had some chives and sliced red chilli as garnish.

Prepare for the photograph

  1. Plate up so it looks presentable
  2. Shoot a photograph
  3. Eat the meal
  4. Wash the dishes
  5. Make a picture by editing the photograph with Adobe Lightroom and/or Adobe Photoshop
  6. Write the recipe
  7. Blog and Vlog (verbs)
Vegemite Chicken Maryland with cheesy onion and avocado
Vegemite Chicken Maryland with cheesy onion and avocado

How did it taste?

Salty! Of course, it’s salty, vegemite is salty. It also had that lovely cheesy oniony vegemite flavour coupled with the moist tenderness of the chook’s dark meat delights.

Final words

This is a quick and easy way to use up some bread and make it taste better with vegemite, cheese and onion. It becomes a substantial meal with the piece of chicken.

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Slowly roasted beef rump

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A fine Sunday

I awoke this morning from a crapulent sleep. I wish I could sleep better. My allergies are getting worse. If it wasn’t for the continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) machine next to my bed, I reckon I wouldn’t be able to function.

Unlike Saturday, there was no fog and the sky was a brilliant blue that is common for Canberra. As much as I detest the weather, the altitude and inland location make for the cleanest bluest skies that I’ve ever known. Canberra skies are quite brilliant.

I enjoyed a plate of chilli scrambled eggs on Rye toast with some Pialligo Estate smoked bacon for breakfast.

Chilli scrambled eggs on rye toast with Pialligo Estate smoked bacon
Chilli scrambled eggs on rye toast with Pialligo Estate smoked bacon
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra
Coffee at Everbean Espresso Bar
Coffee at Everbean Espresso Bar
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra

The pelicans are back on Lake Ginninderra

After breakfast I went for a walk around Lake Ginninderra and noticed a couple of pelicans near the boat ramp on the Western Foreshore.

I don’t know what it is about pelicans but I really like them. I was able to get quite close to a pair of them this morning. Fortunately, I had with me my 24–240 mm f/3.5–f/6.3 zoom lens. For a variable aperture zoom lens, it’s not too bad on my Sony α7 full frame body.

There was also another small black bird with the pelicans. I’ve been told it may be an Eurasian Coot.

Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Eurasian Coot on Lake Ginninderra

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Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra

Dinner preparation

Yesterday while grocery shopping I came across a nice looking piece of beef rump. I put together a plan in my mind to have a slowly roasted piece of beef rump with leftover beef for toasted sandwiches at work this week.

I’ve really come to like using Snapchat (my user name is garydlum if you want to be friends), especially the video feature because I can keep a copy and then share it on Instagram.

 

Slowly cooked roast rump for #dinner tonight #delicious #yummy #instafood #foodporn #iphone #snapchat

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Beef rump with potato, sweet potato, pumpkin and onion
Beef rump with potato, sweet potato, pumpkin and onion
Beef rump with potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, onion, rice and quinoa
Beef rump with potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, onion, rice and quinoa

What you need to make this slowly roasted lump of rump

  • A lump of rump
  • Brown onions × 2 with the outer layer removed
  • Sweet potato—peeled and cut into large pieces
  • Potato—1 spud quartered
  • Kent pumpkin—1 generous wedge cut into 2 pieces
  • Red quinoa—2 tablespoons
  • White quinoa—2 tablespoons
  • Arborio rice—4 tablespoons
  • Bay leaves × 2
  • Water—1 cup
  • Red wine—1 cup

Putting it all together

  1. In a large heavy casserole lay down a layer of rice, quinoa and then the vegetables
  2. Lay the lump of rump over the top
  3. Pour in the water and wine
  4. Cover with a sheet of baking paper to stop the lid from getting dirty because I’m lazy and don’t like scrubbing
  5. Cover with the casserole lid
  6. Place into an oven warmed to 150 °C
  7. Cook for 4 hours
  8. Remove the casserole from the oven and allow the meat to rest for 10 minutes
  9. Slice the meat and aliquot slices into containers for lunches
  10. Plate up the meal

Sharing the meal on-line

  1. Shoot a photograph
  2. Eat the meal
  3. Write the recipe
  4. Make a nice picture in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
  5. Blog (verb)
  6. Vlog (verb)

How did it taste?

Beef rump with potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, onion, rice and quinoa
Beef rump with potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, onion, rice and quinoa

Bloody superb (it tasted really good)

The meat was pull apart tender and moist.

The vegetables were soft.

The juices were sublimely fatty and tasty.

Final words

If you like beef, you’ll love this.

If you like flavour, you’ll love this.

Please give it a go and let me know what you think.

Please send me a photograph and some comments.

 

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What I’ve eaten this week

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Another week

It’s been a good week in food. While my predictability remains high, there has been some variation. I’ve also been trying to vary how I share what I’ve been eating. I’m using Snapchat more especially video which I share via Instagram. I’ve also been producing a few more YouTube videos to share how I have prepared food. I set up a page for them.

Split pea and ham soup

Last Sunday I made split pea and ham soup again in an attempt to get it to look more green. Instead of carrot I used potato. It wasn’t much greener.

 

Slow cooker split green pea and ham soup with Jalapeño peppers and chilli for kick
Slow cooker split green pea and ham soup with Jalapeño peppers and chilli for kick

Salmon

I cooked salmon in paper one night and a quick pan fried version the following evening.

Salmon cooked in paper with sugar snap peas and onion served with avocado
Salmon cooked in paper with sugar snap peas and onion served with avocado
Salmon cooked in paper with sugar snap peas and onion served with avocado
Salmon cooked in paper with sugar snap peas and onion served with avocado

Pan fried salmon with pearl barley couscous and chickpeas
Pan fried salmon with pearl barley couscous and chickpeas

Chicken Maryland

On Wednesday night I made cheesy Chicken Maryland with leftover slow cooker oyster blade steak.

Slow cooker oyster blade steak with Chicken Maryland served with avocado
Slow cooker oyster blade steak with Chicken Maryland served with avocado

On Friday evening I wrapped my Chicken Maryland in Pialligo estate artisan bacon

Bacon wrapped chicken Maryland
Bacon wrapped chicken Maryland

Chicken schnitzel wrap

On Thursday at lunch time I had a chicken schnitzel with chips wrap with friends

Royal chicken schnitzel chip butty with pink lemonade
Royal chicken schnitzel chip butty with pink lemonade

McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with a large vanilla thick shake

Thursday was a long day. I started with a 6 am teleconference and ended with a lecture at the ANU Medical School from 5.30 to 7.15 pm. I stopped at McDonalds on the way back to the apartment.

#dinner of champions from @mcdonaldsau #snapchat #iphone #instafood #foodporn #yummy

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Raisin toast after a 6 am teleconference #breakfast #yummy #delicious #instafood #foodporn #iphone #snapchat

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Roast pork with crispy crackling and potatoes

On Friday while working at The Canberra Hospital I enjoyed a meal of roast pork with crispy crackling and potatoes

Roast pig with crispy crackling and spuds #lunch #yummy #delicious #instafood #foodporn #iphone #snapchat

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Bacon and eggs

Saturday morning called for bacon and eggs

Pialligo Estate bacon and eggs
Pialligo Estate bacon and eggs

Garlo’s pie and sausage roll

Saturday lunch was a little extravagant with a pie and sausage roll

Garlo’s pie and sausage roll for #lunch #delicious #yummy #foodporn #instafood #iphone #snapchat

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Garlo's beef and mushroom pie with Worcestershire sauce and a Garlo's sausage roll with barbecue sauce
Garlo’s beef and mushroom pie with Worcestershire sauce and a Garlo’s sausage roll with barbecue sauce

 

Fried noodles

Saturday night was ‘vegetarian’ fried noodles with vegetables

Fried noodles with cheese and vegetables
Fried noodles with cheese and vegetables

Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra

It’s a 3 pelican day on #lakeginninderra #belconnen #canberra #cbr #iphone #snapchat

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Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Park bench on Lake Ginninderra
Park bench on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra

Bacon wrapped Chicken Maryland

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Bacon wrapped Chicken Maryland

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The Pialligo Estate Bacon’s Smokehouse burns down

It was a tragedy of epic proportions for residents of Canberra who love bacon. While it was not the complete loss of bacon altogether, it was the loss of some of the nicest bacon available locally in Canberra. Just in case you’re interested, the butcher at the Spence shops also makes lovely thick cut rashers of bacon. I’ve also enjoyed some home cured bacon from a former boss’s husband. Then of course you can always buy bacon from a supermarket where water is injected so that when you cook it, it turns into a soggy mess.

Back to the story, the Pialligo Estate’s Hume smokehouse was gutted by fire in Canberra’s south on the evening of Wednesday 20 July 2016. The good news is that no one was hurt and full production is expected to resume in the first week of August.

I normally buy my Pialligo Estate streaky bacon from “More than Meats” at Westfield Belconnen so when I was grocery shopping last week I snapped up the last two packets just in case there was a run on them and I may be caught short. I also snapped them in the Snapchat sense too (see what I did there).

Pialigo Estate streaky bacon
Pialligo Estate streaky bacon

After yesterday’s (Thursday 2016-07-28) day of eating out I thought I needed some home cooking tonight. I’d already done chicken protection of beef so it’s the chook’s turn to be protected tonight and there is no better way to protect meat than with streaky bacon.

What you need to make Chicken Maryland even more awesome

  • Chicken Maryland—1 piece (as big as you like it)
  • Cheese—1 or 2 slices of Coon cheese
  • Streaky bacon—as many rashers as you like
  • Red quinoa and brown rice—1 packet of Coles microwave red quinoa and brown rice
  • Frozen vegetables—whatever and as much as you like

How you cook this

  1. Cook the red quinoa and brown rice in the microwave oven according the instructions on the packaging (90 seconds).
  2. Put the rice in the bottom of a Pyrex container or onto a baking tray it’s really up to you and how crunchy you want your rice.
  3. Lay a couple of slices of Coon cheese on the top of the Chicken Maryland.
  4. Wrap the cheese to the chicken with rashers of streaky Pialligo Estate bacon.
  5. Use your hands to massage the bacon onto the cheese and chicken so it sticks firmly.
  6. Be loving and gentle as you massage the smoky fragrant bacon knowing your attention to detail will pay off as it cooks.
  7. Lay this masterpiece over the rice so that the hot tasty juices of the chicken, cheese and bacon drip into the red quinoa and brown rice and add flavour to the lovely textures of the grains.
  8. Place into an oven which has been preheated to 200 °C (400 °F) and cook for 20 minutes. At 20 minutes turn the heat down to 150 °C (300 °F) and cook for a further 40 minutes.
  9. It’s important to thoroughly cook the chicken. Wrapping it and putting it over a layer of quinoa rice protects the underside from the oven heat so you risk under cooking it. As much as I love a good infection with Salmonella and Campylobacter I don’t want to get enteritis (diarrhoea) myself.
  10. Once cooked, remove the meat and rice from the oven and allow it to rest.
  11. Prepare your vegetables by steaming them or cooking them in the microwave.
  12. Plate up the meal.

After you’ve plated up!

  1. The arty farty photographers say you make a picture, the more basic will say shoot a photograph. Basically I shoot a photograph at this stage and then after I’ve eaten I make a picture in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. So that must mean I’m basically arty farty!
  2. Eat the meal while standing up at the kitchen counter because my dinner/work table is covered in computer stuff and I can’t use my couch because the so called leather is falling apart.
  3. Wash the dishes
  4. Write the recipe
  5. Blog (verb)
  6. Vlog (verb) because now this is fun and I’m enjoying the learning curve of video editing software. I’m using Final Cut Pro X.

How did it taste?

Bacon wrapped chicken Maryland
Bacon wrapped chicken Maryland

Bloody superb! How could it not with Australia’s best artisan bacon plus Australia’s best cheese all around Coles hormone-free and antibiotic-free chicken.

Feedback

Let me know what you think.

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What I did this week

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Evidence based medicine

On Thursday evening, I attended the first of three interactive lectures given by Professor Frank Bowden. I really enjoyed it. I look forward to the next session.

Frank (who is also an accomplished author) introduced me to Poll Everywhere. This is a polling app that you can use on your smartphone or tablet so that in a presentation the lecturer can ask a question of the audience and get real time feedback. Frank asked us questions about our understanding of evidence, test sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value as well as other relatively well known medical conundrums that have been discussed in the context of evidence versus alternative nonscientific ways of thinking.

Frank Bowden
Frank Bowden

How long have I known Frank?

I first met Frank in 1995 when he came to Brisbane as a guest of the Sexual Health Society of Queensland. He gave a lecture on how he and his team were making huge inroads into treating chlamydia and donovanosis in the Northern Territory of Australia. I was in my final year of specialty training and he inspired me to consider practising medicine in Darwin. I ended up in the NT from 1996 to 2007 and worked closely with him. It was marvellous starting work as an honorary VMO at The Canberra Hospital and renewing a connection with Frank.

What I cooked and ate

So Sunday night I enjoyed that faeculent looking split green pea and ham soup which had me farting for days.

Slow cooker pea and ham soup
Slow cooker pea and ham soup

On Monday morning I needed coffee after a sleepless night of farting. Fortunately I didn’t light a match. The book is a prop. It’s a copy of Gray’s Anatomy which I won as an academic award in grade 10 in 1980.

Coffee and anatomy
Coffee and anatomy

My lunch was some leftover split green pea and ham soup in front of the NX-01, my favourite Star Trek starship from the series Enterprise.

Leftover slow cooker pea and ham soup with the NX-01
Leftover slow cooker pea and ham soup with the NX-01

Now dinner on Monday evening attracted some attention because I broke with tradition and instead of having salmon I had pork sausages.

Cheesy pork sausages with avocado, spring onion, chilli, peas, corn, and carrot
Cheesy pork sausages with avocado, spring onion, chilli, peas, corn, and carrot
Cheesy pork sausages with avocado, spring onion, chilli, peas, corn, and carrot
Cheesy pork sausages with avocado, spring onion, chilli, peas, corn, and carrot

You can see why there were some comments made on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can see why cropping a photograph sometimes has a bad outcome.

My pork sausage meal on Tuesday night also attracted comments!

Pork sausages and macaroni cheese with caramelised onion
Pork sausages and macaroni cheese with caramelised onion

On Wednesday night I made a one ‘pot’ Chicken Maryland dish with crunchy quinoa rice.

One 'pot' chicken Maryland with crunchy quinoa rice, avocado, spring onion and chilli
One ‘pot’ chicken Maryland with crunchy quinoa rice, avocado, spring onion and chilli

Thursday Victory Lunch!

On Thursday for lunch I was taken out by a couple of friends from work who had lost a bet on this year’s state of origin series. A mate and I bet these other two friends that Queensland would win the series. The losers would buy the winners a schnitty lunch. There was also a second bet that whoever won the third game would get free drinks. Sadly NSW defeated Queensland in the third game so my mate and I bought the drinks.

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The schnitty (aka The Courtney) was huge. I was so full I didn’t eat dinner that night.

Chicken schnitzel with chips and Hollandaise sauce Courtney
Chicken schnitzel with chips and Hollandaise sauce Courtney

On Friday night I replayed the one ‘pot’ Chicken Maryland with crunchy quinoa rice.

Cheesy Chicken Maryland with crunchy quinoa rice spring onions and chilli
Cheesy Chicken Maryland with crunchy quinoa rice spring onions and chilli

Saturday breakfast was fried eggs on brioche raisin toast.

Cheesy fried eggs on brioche raisin toast
Cheesy fried eggs on brioche raisin toast

Saturday lunch was a Garlo’s chunky steak pie.

Garlo's chunky steak meat pie with Worcestershire sauce and barbecue sauce
Garlo’s chunky steak meat pie with Worcestershire sauce and barbecue sauce

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#lunch preparation 😃😋👍🖖 Meat pie goodness

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On Saturday evening for tea I had slow cooker oyster blade steak with pearl barley couscous.

Coles slow cooker oyster blade steak
Coles slow cooker oyster blade steak
Slow cooker oyster blade steak with pearl barley couscous
Slow cooker oyster blade steak with pearl barley couscous

 

My life is complete! The scam

On Thursday morning I received an e-mail inviting to speak at a genital infection meeting. It’s a pity it’s a scam.

Genital infection conference invitation
Genital infection conference invitation

It’s been a good week

How’s your week been? Tell me in the comments.

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