• Beef Adelaide

    There’s been a lot reported recently on Beef Wellington and mushrooms. This post has nothing to do with that. That said, the reporting about the Beef Wellington got me thinking about cooking something a little more “fancy” than I usually cook. If this intrigues you, go to a search engine and type something like, “Australia,…

  • Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Blue Cheese Sauce for Steak

    I was participating in a Microsoft Teams chat with some colleagues, and the subject of “butter making everything better” came up (again). Friends at work know I’m fond of butter. One friend (BC) said she feels the same way about cheese. I agreed and mentioned how I like a soft cheese with steak. Another friend…

  • Footy food

    “Warning” This is a long post. It’s broken into three parts. There is a recipe section, a section on potato gems, and a section on state of origin. The latter two sections are long form pieces for readers who may want more information. Introduction In the old version of Yummy Lummy (before I deleted all…

  • Adelaide Pie Floater

    This week, Adelaide hosted a public health (communicable diseases) conference. A mate from Darwin called me last week, saying he was attending and asked if I’d go to “Bakery on O’Connell” with him to eat a pie floater. Drapes (as he’s known) is a bloke I’ve known for decades. He began as a medical laboratory…

  • May is the birthday month

    May is a month of birthdays plus Mother’s Day. There are four first-degree birthdays and three extended-family birthdays. This year had at least three significant birthdays ending in 0 or 5. I spent a weekend in Brisbane to see my parents and daughters. Maniax axe throwing On Saturday morning, my daughters and I went to…