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Beef short rib and scrambled eggs on toast
This week, I noticed that the local supermarket had finished its refurbishments. It took me a while to understand the new layout and find the grocery items. I accidentally walked through the bakery area and immediately thought of a Facebook reel I had recently viewed about increasing the resistant starch content of fresh bread. Discovered…
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Grain-fed scotch fillet steak
This meal nearly didn’t happen. I’ve been using my barbecue grill most days and the 9 kg ULPG tank I got about a year ago is nearly empty. I only realised just in the nick of time. To compound the problem, the 468 g canister of propane I use for my gas torch was empty. It’s a…
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Beef shank
I was in the butcher’s yesterday, and in the main display, I saw some beef shank cross sections. It’s been a while since I’ve cooked some shank meat. At $AUD18.99, the shanks weren’t cheap, but for the flavour from the bone marrow, I thought a couple of pieces were affordable. I thought I’d add some…
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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…
