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State of Origin Footy Food

Posted by Gary

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State of Origin

2016 has been a good year for State of Origin. The Queensland XXXX Maroons (pronounced ma-rones) had already wrapped up the series by winning the first two games. I missed both games because of other commitments. I was keen to watch the third game in the comfort of my apartment with food I had prepared.

The food

Now when I say food I had prepared I really mean heating up food I had purchased which was ready to cook.

Being a Queenslander I was keen on some simple treats that I grew up with. I went with cheerios and macaroni cheese.

Cheerios with macaroni cheese #footyfood #origin #qlder
Cheerios with macaroni cheese #footyfood #origin #qlder

The food itself was pretty yummy. I was satisfied.

The game

The game however was another story altogether. In what is normal for #Origin it was a nail biter right to the end.

There had been a lot of pregame niggle mainly from the Victoria Bitter New South Wales Blues (pronounced cock-roaches) captain, the self confessed performance enhancing drug using Paul Gallen. Gallen had labelled all Queenslanders as poor winners. Sadly at the end of the match it looked like Paul Gallen was a poor winner himself.

So for readers who aren’t familiar with Rugby League and State of Origin if you type “Yummy Lummy State of Origin” into Google you’ll come across many posts that describe my love of Rugby League (the greatest code of football played in Australia), my love of State of Origin as a competition between the greatest states in Australia (note the Northern Territory of Australia is not a state so the fact I love it more than NSW and about the same as Queensland [at least the Top End of the NT] should not suggest I have lost my passion for the NT), and how strongly I feel about being a Queenslander. State of Origin is simply the greatest sporting rivalry and competition bar none.

Last night the game had so many highlights. The lead changed throughout, Queensland demonstrated outstanding defence in the face of very strong attack, both sides lost players to the sin bin for infractions, there was simmering tension with the odd punch thrown and in the end in the final minutes NSW took the lead and Paul Gallen the NSW skipper converted the try in a fitting finish for a retiring stalwart of the game. As much as he is a player Queenslanders love to hate, he’s a tough bloke and a strong player. He’s also been an inspiring captain for NSW. Paul Gallen has an outstanding record for NSW. He’s captained the side for 11 straight years for 10 series’ losses. His loss:win ratio is better than any captain in the history of State of Origin.

So if you watched the game, what did you eat? What did you think of the game? Did you enjoy the refereeing?

For a bit of fun

What sort of coward is James Maloney running away and hiding behind his mates after shoving Corey Parker?

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Macaroni cheese with cheerios

Posted by Gary

I was recently chatting with blogger and social media friend Jennifer of Little Monster Girl fame. She mentioned she’d enjoyed some macaroni cheese with hotdogs. It got me thinking about what I could do that might be similar. My first thought was mac’n’cheese with cheerios. Cheerios I hear you say is a breakfast cereal or for the more base urban dictionary aficionados an arse-hole. For people born and raised in Queensland (and also New Zealand), cheerios are cocktail frankfurts. If you’re Australian and you weren’t fortunate enough to be born and bred in Queensland you will know them as cocktail franks, cocktail frankfurts or little boys (assuming that a human penis looks like a short hotdog sausage—clearly men outside Queensland have short thin red penises).

Mac and cheese and cheerios with Zela from Little Monster Girl
Mac and cheese and cheerios with Zela from Little Monster Girl
Macaroni cheese with cheerios
Recipe Type: Snack or lunch
Cuisine: Australian
Author: [url href=”http://garylum.me” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”]Gary Lum[/url]
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Macaroni
  • Cheese Coon
  • Cheese parmesan
  • Cream
  • Cheerios
Instructions
  1. Cook the macaroni
  2. Stir in the cheese and cream to the consistency you like
  3. Cook the cheerios in a bowl with boiling water and letting them sit for 4 minutes
  4. Plate up
  5. Shoot a photograph
  6. Eat
  7. Wash everything up
  8. Write the receipe
  9. Blog (verb)
Mac and cheese and cheerios
Mac and cheese and cheerios

I reckon this is good footy food and may not be the last time I have macaroni cheese with cheerios.

Cheerios for lunch

Posted by Gary

This is a photograph of raw cheerios Over the last few days a news article on Australian linguistics has become popular on social media (mainly Facebook). A few friends have pointed out some of the things I say are different to how they say them. Whenever I see a short Frankfurter sausage I say Cheerio! It’s a Queensland thing like we take a port (bag) to school and use port (bag) racks. We love vanilla slice (snot block—yes Mexicans* call them that), Queensland nuts (Macadamia sp.); I love peanut paste (butter), potato scallops (cake or fritter or battered potato) which I could buy from the tuck shop (a place to buy tucker [food]); I wear togs (swimwear) to the beach and wear thongs on my feet and not to cover the crack of my arse.

On the subject of cheerios there is also a bit of a debate about whether they can be eaten ‘raw’ or if they should be cooked. I’m guessing the pork pieces inside the sausage (anuses, labia, ears, other bits of connective tissue and offal) have been cooked once. I prefer them warmed up. I usually drop them into boiling water and then turn the heat off and leave the cheerios in the water for four minutes. This avoids the skin splitting, gets rid of some of the oil and fat and makes them nicer to eat with various sauces.

I don’t particularly care how you say things or what you call things just don’t presume to ‘correct’ my language. We grow up with language and for some people there is a sentimental attachment to the way we might say something. It may keep a memory alive of a loved one long gone or a happy place that we’ll never see again. Regional differences keep language alive.

This is a photograph of Cheerios with sauces. Aioli, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce and wasabi sesame seeds.

What do you call a short Frankfurter sausage?

*Mexican and cockroaches are Victorians and New South Welshpeople respectively