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Ready-made lasagne
Here’s what I ate today. I went to the office this morning, then stopped by the market to have a look around. I picked up a rye sourdough roll, some cultured butter, pheasant pâté, and triple cream truffle brie. I’m not usually big on truffles, but this cheese is actually really good. I also bought…
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Chicken and beef
For today’s “food diary,” I had some crumbed chicken for lunch and beef short rib for tea. I bought the crumbed chicken thigh when I bought the crumbed pork yesterday. I ate it with some Greek-style yoghurt. Dinner was a slow-cooked beef short rib, which I ate with sauerkraut. The beef short rib was in…
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Crumbed pork
It’s been another busy week. I spent half of it in Melbourne. I’d been invited to attend a conference and to also present a paper. I enjoyed catching up with some people whom I have not seen for decades. Melbourne was cold and gloomy. That said, it was good to be able to walk between…
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Turf and turf
I was watching some “Parks and Recreation” during the week and saw the episode with Ron Swanson’s “Turf and Turf.” This is not a perfect recreation, but in essence it is turf and turf. I cooked a scotch fillet and a porterhouse on a barbecue grill. I had only 800 g of steak, while Ron ate…
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Salted cultured butter
During the week, a workmate, B.C., asked me about butter. She wanted to know my preferences. I mentioned that over Christmas, supermarkets often have short runs of French butter. And sometimes the French butter on sale is also cultured. I haven’t seen any imported French butter or cultured butter in the local supermarkets for many…
