I cooked this on Saturday and posted it over on Random Yummy last night.
Dedicated to the great state of Queensland
It was Queensland day yesterday
In 1859 the colony of Queensland broke free from the chains of oppression of New South Wales on the sixth day of June.
To celebrate and because it was a –3 °C morning in Canberra, the slow cooker came out and beef short ribs were cooked.
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Recipe
It’s important to read the recipe before cooking because the timing of processes needs to be understood.
Slow cooker beef short ribs with pan-fried mushroom, eggplant, zucchini and strawberry jam
Slow cooker beef short ribs with pan-fried mushroom, eggplant, zucchini and strawberry jam for Queensland Day
Beef short ribs
- 1 rack Beef short ribs (3 ribs)
- 1 Leek
- 3 Carrot
- 3 stalks Celery
- 1 bunch Thyme
- 1 bunch Rosemary
- ½ cup Barbecue sauce
- 1 cup Beef stock
Vegetables
- 1 large Mushroom
- 1 tiny Eggplant
- 1 tiny Zucchini
- 1 teaspoon Strawberry jam
- 1 knob Butter
Beef short ribs
- Dice and chop the leek, carrot, and celery and put it into the slow cooker vessel.
- Toss in some rosemary and thyme.
- Add a cup of beef stock.
- Lay the beef short ribs on top and the squirt some barbecue sauce over the meat.
- Cook in the slow cooker for 6 hours.
Vegetables
- Dice the mushroom, eggplant, and zucchini and sauté with some Queensland nut oil and butter.
- Add in a teaspoon of strawberry jam for sweetness.
- Mix everything around.
Plating up bit
- Serve the rack of ribs on a dinner plate and add the vegetables next to the ribs.
Blogging bit
- Shoot a photograph.
- Eat the meal.
- Wash the dishes (hint, wash as you cook, it makes life easier).
- Write the recipe.
- Write the blog post.
- Hit publish and hope this blog post gets shared on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
Disclaimer I have no culinary training nor qualifications. This post is not intended to convey any health or medical advice. If you have any health concerns about anything you read, please contact your registered medical practitioner. The quantities are indicative. Feel free to vary the quantities to suit your taste. I deliberately do not calculate the energy for dishes. I deliberately default to 500 Calories or 500,000 calories because I do not make these calculations.
Photographs
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Preparation. Slow cooker beef short ribs. 
Preparation. Slow cooker beef short ribs. 
Beef short ribs 
Beef short ribs 
Mushroom Zucchini Eggplant 
Mushroom Zucchini Eggplant with butter 
Beef short ribs out of the slow cooker. 
Slow cooker beef short ribs with pan-fried mushroom, eggplant, zucchini and strawberry jam. 
Slow cooker beef short ribs with pan-fried mushroom, eggplant, zucchini and strawberry jam. 
Slow cooker beef short ribs with pan-fried mushroom, eggplant, zucchini and strawberry jam. 
Beef short ribs after devouring all the meat and vegetables.
Questions and answers
Why isn’t Queensland day a gazetted holiday?
I don’t know. I reckon it should replace the Queen’s birthday gazetted holiday. It’s a far more significant day than the ceremonial celebration of Her Majesty’s birthday.
What’s with the eggplant (aubergine) and zucchini (courgette)?
It’s odd, isn’t it? Eggplant 🍆 and zucchini are not regular features of my diet yet they are delicious vegetables.
What else did you do on Queensland day?
I had a migraine headache also it’s one of those painless migraines with the visual aura and worsening tinnitus. Yesterday I experienced blurred vision and loud ringing in my left ear.
I went for a walk around Lake Ginninderra and it made it worse.
Lake Ginninderra 
Lake Ginninderra 
Lake Ginninderra 
Lake Ginninderra 
Lake Ginninderra
Final thoughts
- Do you like beef short ribs?
- Do you like eggplant and zucchini?
- Do you get migraine headaches?
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Love that “after” picture brother. You did the meat proud, waste not. 🙂
It was a mighty fine meal Brother.
It’s definitely short rib weather (and I love them)! And the addition of strawberry jam is an interesting one Gary!
I like the sweetness of the jam with dishes, it’s like having cranberry with turkey on a sandwich.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and yours say it all…it was delicious. 😁
Thank you very much Karen 😃
Good one … 🙂
Sounds delicious…just looking at the bones, there’s not much left to share 🤭😳🤣
For a microsecond I thought about saving some for another time, but it was too good not to finish off.