After receiving my package of fresh #aussiespears last week from the Australian Asparagus Council I finished the last bundle of Baby asparagus tonight. It was sad to say goodbye to my #aussiespears. I enjoyed them so much. I left a bundle of baby spears for the last hurrah.
Some readers know of my many alter egos. For example, on Friday I posted on my other blog about the limitations of diagnostic tests, especially serology tests. In the past I’ve also posted about offal on Dr Offal. Tonight though I’m posting about giblets here on Yummy Lummy. Possibly my least known blog is the one about odd movies.
I really like giblets. I have happy memories of Mum cooking giblets. On a cold night, Mum’s chicken giblets and steamed rice was really comforting and warming. I would tell people about the meal and I usually received a negative reaction. It’s no surprise when I posted a photograph on social media yesterday about my purchase I received mixed reactions. One of my social media friends compared chicken giblets to cat food. Lucky cats I say.
Eat the congee and reminisce of the a great food childhood
Wash the dishes
Write the recipe
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So today I slept in a little and enjoyed some low fat scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.
After breakfast, I called Dad and wished him Happy Father’s day. I went for a walk on the cloudy Sunday morning and shot some photographs.
After the walk I went and put some diesel into my car and then went about preparing dinner.
For lunch I had leftover asparagus and silverbeet soup with some Greek yoghurt and Parmesan cheese.
I spent the afternoon doing some work, watching House, MD on Netflix and trying to stay warm.
Tonight I spoke with my daughters via FaceTime and enjoyed a Father’s day by myself.
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It also made me think that if I’m going to be cooking two bundles of asparagus I’m going to have wickedly smelling urine tonight.
I looked up a few websites to find an explanation and despite knowing about the phenomenon for centuries, there are no clear cut answers. Some people produce the sulphuric breakdown products and some people can smell them. Some people don’t produce malodorous urine and some people cannot smell the breakdown products.
While some people complain the smell is awful, I’ve never found it objectionable. That’s not to say I find it pleasant. To me it’s like when I smell petroleum products. It’s not a pleasant smell but it’s a compelling smell. The same with glue.
The good thing is sniffing asparagus urine is not dangerous like petrol and glue sniffing. Even better with all the silverbeet I’ve eaten my stools will be tarry black tomorrow.
Cut the asparagus spears into 2 cm segments and sautée in some olive oil in a large saucepan
Shred the leaves and slice the stems of a large bunch of silverbeet and cook off with the asparagus
Add a dash of balsamic vinegar
Cook until everything has softened
Add 1 litre of water
Add one sachet of French onion soup
Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes
Serve in a large bowl
Add a dollop of Greek yoghurt
Garnish with the tips of some asparagus
Shoot a photograph
Drink the soup
Wash the dishes
Write the recipe
Enjoy the rich thiol rich aroma of sulphur every time I empty my bladder
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Now it’s time for me to share how I spent my Saturday.
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Yesterday I wrote about receiving a box of Australian asparagus from the Australian Asparagus Council. It was a sort of unboxing post like the unboxing YouTube videos of camera equipment I like.
This morning I had tinned spaghetti on toasted rye bread with a couple of baby #aussiespears
Through the good services of Bizzy Lizzie who administrates the Canberra Food Bloggers Facebook group some of us elected to receive a gift of fresh asparagus from the Australian Asparagus Council. I received a small box today with half a dozen bunches of asparagus including some baby asparagus.
In the parcel was an ice brick, a new tea towel wrapping the bundles of asparagus and a salad cup. The salad cup was a nice touch. I read the instructions and it’s a little complicated. If I was really into salad and was willing to make a salad dressing it would be a great lunch container. It has inside compartments for salad pieces of different densities. It also has a little sealable cylinder for salad dressing.
I like that there were bunches of baby asparagus too.
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