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Democracy sausage
On Wednesday, I posted my vote for the forthcoming federal election (Saturday 3 May 2025). In Australia, voting is compulsory; unlike in many other countries, elections are held on Saturdays. To “celebrate” voting, I made myself a “democracy” sausage for lunch today. The Democracy Sausage While ballots and debates are part of Australian democracy, voting is…
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Crumbed porterhouse steak
It has been a long time since I enjoyed a crumbed steak. As a kid Mum would make crumbed steak. She’d tenderise the meat by beating it with an empty glass soft drink bottle. Mum would make the breadcrumbs from stale bread which she lightly toasted. The process was simple, beat the meat, flour the…
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Tomahawk Steak
In my opinion, the tomahawk is the pretentious show-off of the steak family. It’s a bone-in ribeye steak with a long and thick bone protruding from its juicy and flavourful meat. Do you like to suck the bone?
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Dry-brined potato
Question: Is dry-brining a potato a thing? You can jump to the recipe. I haven’t eaten a potato in years because the carbohydrates in them have been inhibitory to my current way of thinking. However, now that my bowels have recovered and my body weight is at a high school level, I thought I would…
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Reverse sear grain-fed ribeye steak
I wanted to cook a steak in the Weber Q+ with a meat thermometer. In theory, the Weber Q+ should function like an oven. Although it runs on gas instead of electricity, the main difference lies in temperature control. My benchtop oven has a microprocessor-controlled thermostat and heating elements that are less affected by maintenance…
