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State of Origin Footy Food

Posted 2016-07-14 by Gary

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State of Origin

2016 has been a good year for State of Origin. The Queensland XXXX Maroons (pronounced ma-rones) had already wrapped up the series by winning the first two games. I missed both games because of other commitments. I was keen to watch the third game in the comfort of my apartment with food I had prepared.

The food

Now when I say food I had prepared I really mean heating up food I had purchased which was ready to cook.

Being a Queenslander I was keen on some simple treats that I grew up with. I went with cheerios and macaroni cheese.

Cheerios with macaroni cheese #footyfood #origin #qlder

The food itself was pretty yummy. I was satisfied.

The game

The game however was another story altogether. In what is normal for #Origin it was a nail biter right to the end.

There had been a lot of pregame niggle mainly from the Victoria Bitter New South Wales Blues (pronounced cock-roaches) captain, the self confessed performance enhancing drug using Paul Gallen. Gallen had labelled all Queenslanders as poor winners. Sadly at the end of the match it looked like Paul Gallen was a poor winner himself.

So for readers who aren’t familiar with Rugby League and State of Origin if you type “Yummy Lummy State of Origin” into Google you’ll come across many posts that describe my love of Rugby League (the greatest code of football played in Australia), my love of State of Origin as a competition between the greatest states in Australia (note the Northern Territory of Australia is not a state so the fact I love it more than NSW and about the same as Queensland [at least the Top End of the NT] should not suggest I have lost my passion for the NT), and how strongly I feel about being a Queenslander. State of Origin is simply the greatest sporting rivalry and competition bar none.

Last night the game had so many highlights. The lead changed throughout, Queensland demonstrated outstanding defence in the face of very strong attack, both sides lost players to the sin bin for infractions, there was simmering tension with the odd punch thrown and in the end in the final minutes NSW took the lead and Paul Gallen the NSW skipper converted the try in a fitting finish for a retiring stalwart of the game. As much as he is a player Queenslanders love to hate, he’s a tough bloke and a strong player. He’s also been an inspiring captain for NSW. Paul Gallen has an outstanding record for NSW. He’s captained the side for 11 straight years for 10 series’ losses. His loss:win ratio is better than any captain in the history of State of Origin.

So if you watched the game, what did you eat? What did you think of the game? Did you enjoy the refereeing?

For a bit of fun

What sort of coward is James Maloney running away and hiding behind his mates after shoving Corey Parker?

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NRLGF footy food for #NRLGF Brisbane Broncos versus North Queensland Cowboys

Posted 2015-10-04 by Gary

My two favourite teams in the National Rugby League are playing in the 2015 NRL grand final. I’ve been a Brisbane Broncos supporter since their establishment. The North Queensland Cowboys have been my number two team since their entry into the NRL. Two strong Queensland teams. Tonight’s NRLGF footy food had to match the intensity of the game.

What a year it’s been in Rugby League. Queensland wins the State of Origin and my top three teams make the top four at the end of the year. My third team, the Melbourne Storm got knocked out by the Cowboys late in the finals series. I think this has been the best year in Rugby League ever. For the Broncos they’re playing for their captain Justin Hodges in his last game and for Mr Bennett who returned this year to coach the Broncos again. For the Cowboys they’re playing for their captain, Johnathan Thurston. For whoever wins it’s a fairy tale finish and there are no real losers. I can’t remember a happier week leading up to a grand final game.

So I started with a light breakfast of vegemite and marmalade on an English muffin with a coffee in my Brisbane Broncos mug.

I went for a walk around Lake Ginninderra.

Lake Ginninderra HDR — Lake Ginninderra High Dynamic Range with a little Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop processing.

When I got home I needed to do my ironing. Followers on twitter and facebook know this as a #SundayRitual

Brisbane Broncos Ironing and Star Trek for my Sunday Ritual [Yes I have a Corey Parker figurine]

For dinner, I wanted to relive previous footy food joy and I also wanted to enjoy a variation of the Canadian treat, viz., poutine.

The basic elements were going to be some pulled chicken thigh, potato gems, brown onion gravy and shredded cheddar cheese. What more could you want for NRLGF footy food.

#NRLGF footy food

Ingredients

Chicken thigh meat
Balsamic vinegar
Olive oil
Lemon zest
Lemon slices
Potato gems (Tater tots)
Shredded cheddar cheese
Gravox brown onion gravy
Spring onions

Instructions

In foil add the chicken with a good glug of olive oil plus the lemon zest, lemon slices, balsamic vinegar and the wrap.
Put into the oven at 100 °C for 150 minutes.
As the chicken comes out turn up the oven to 220 °C and add the potato gems (tater tots) and cook for 25 minutes.
Pull the chicken apart and reheat in a frying pan with some oil to keep it moist.
Make the gravy as per instructions on the tin
Lay the chicken on the bottom of a small bowl
Add a layer of potato gems
Pour over some gravy
Add another layer of potato gems
Add some shredded cheddar cheese
Blast in the microwave oven for 30 seconds to melt the cheese
Garnish with spring onions
Serve with wasabi aioli and sweet chilli sauce along with the rest of the gravy
Shoot a photograph
Eat the meal while watching the footy
Wash the dishes
Write the recipe
Blog (verb)

NRL Grand final dinner. Potato gems and cheese with pulled chicken and brown onion gravy.

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It was an amazing game. It was tight and the lead changed regularly through the match. It was tough with no quarter lost nor given. It was also a clean game with very little niggle. The refereeing was even good. Each captain played well and the superstars in each team did their thing. Towards the end tempers frayed but each team was exhausted. The Cowboys kept attacking and the Broncos kept defending. It was the most exciting ending of a grand final I’ve seen in a few decades. It went to extra time golden point and the North Queensland Cowboys got the victory off the boot of Johnathan Thurston. The night’s best attacking team won which is the way I think it should be. A fairy tale finish for JT and the Cowboys. The final score was 17 to 16. It’s simply been the best year in rugby league full stop. You could not want for a better finish to a great season. I feel for Justin Hodges and Wayne Bennett but they’ve enjoyed success before and tonight it was JT’s time.

Food for footy finals

Posted 2015-09-12 by Gary

Last night I went out with some friends from the hospital. We went to Chong Co Thai in Kingston. I enjoyed a lamb shank massaman curry and some coconut rice. I woke up feeling a little nauseated, tired and experiencing blurred vision. Not a good way to begin a weekend of footy finals.

Tonight my two favourite teams in the National Rugby League are playing in the first round of the footy finals series. The Brisbane Broncos are playing the North Queensland Cowboys. I’m hoping the Broncos defeat the Cowboys. Both teams get another chance and ultimately I’d love if they both met again in the grand final. Can you imagine a Broncos Cowboys grand final at Lang Park? Of course the NRL wouldn’t allow it. It’s as likely as letting the football star rather than the crappy entertainment Channel Nine insists on torturing us with. Why do we need Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel screaming at us? I’d prefer a school choir to sing the national anthem and then kick off of the game. Worse still Channel Nine will insist on having Phil Gould in the commentary box. The focus should be the footy not the entertainment all in the name of television ratings. So much time is wasted when all the fans and viewers want is to watch the footy.

So let’s get back to some food and photography.

Saturday breakfast. Vegemite and marmalade on an English muffin.

Beautiful spring day while walking around Lake Ginninderra. My hay fever will ramp up soon with so many flowers being out.

Something I found while walking around Lake Ginninderra

Lake Ginninderra playground. It looks phallic but it’s part of a dug out canoe.

Flower blossoms on Lake Ginninderra. I love my 55 mm f1.8 lens for my Sony.

Saturday morning tea. Chocolate popcorn cupcake from Heather's House of Cake on Lake Ginninderra. — Saturday morning tea. Chocolate popcorn cupcake from Heather’s House of Cake on Lake Ginninderra. This was delectable.

Saturday lunch. Beef burger with tomato and lettuce. A friend on Facebook thought the mustard looked like a McDonald’s sign.

Saturday footy finals food for dinner. Beef burger with potato gems, wasabi aioli, barbecue sauce and tomato sauce. The wasabi aioli was inspired by a YouTube cook from the Gold Coast I follow. His name is Greg and his YouTube channel is called Greg’s Kitchen. He’s quite quirky.

I’m thrilled that Jolene Blalock favourited and retweeted a tweet of mine. Jolene played T’Pol on Star Trek Enterprise. T’Pol was one of my favourite characters on Enterprise. She really developed as a character throughout the four short seasons. I wish there had been another season of Enterprise.

As I left the hospital yesterday I saw this sign on a window. I shared it on Instagram and Facebook and pondered whether this could be a new ice cream store. I’m expecting it will be used to store semen, embryos and for tissue banking.

I never thought of kangaroo being a Thai protein.

Chong Co Thai Restaurant menu Kingston, Canberra

TGIF dinner. Lamb shank massaman curry from Chong Co Thai Restaurant. It was really good. I hope it’s not responsible for why I’m feeling nauseated.

So it was a great game tonight. The best team won. The Broncos defeated the Cowboys.

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Footy food for state of origin 1

Posted 2015-05-27 by Gary

Every state of origin match like a grand final needs footy food. In fact state of origin is more important than a grand final or an international test match so the food needs to be super tasty and super simple.

I started the day with a small simple breakfast with a big dinner in mind.

For lunch I made a smoked salmon, Coon cheese, cream cheese and lettuce toasted sandwich with jalapeño avocado spread.

So for dinner I started with meat chips. These are slices of salami cooked in a hot oven and allowed to cool to a crunchy chip. I served these with cream cheese with chives and spring onion. That makes up this evening’s vegetables

Meat chips with cream cheese. My vegetables tonight are the chives and spring onion in the cream cheese.

For my main meal I bought 500 grams of chicken wings. I specified the forearm equivalent, i.e., the radius and ulna and not the humerus. I reckon this has the most tender meat and when it’s cooked well it falls from the bones easily. I coated the chicken with oil and panko crumbs and added some chicken salt, golden syrup and chili flakes. I put them into an oven at 150 °C for 45 minutes.

Chicken wings ready for the oven with panko crumbs, golden syrup

Chicken wings ready for the oven with panko crumbs, golden syrup, chicken salt and chili flakes

Panko chicken wings with chili flakes and chicken salt

So this is the footy food I had tonight for game 1 of the 2015 state of origin series.

I ended up finishing it before the game started. Kick off is meant to be at 8 pm but channel 9 never seems to get it right. The pre-game mucking around with singing songs no one understands and then listening to someone butcher our national anthem pushed the kick off to about 8.20 pm. I still reckon a sure winner for the national anthem is a school choir. What a thrill would it be for them to sing the national anthem for the greatest sporting event that happens three times a year for the greatest game of all.

I kept sane by listening to the game on the ABC Radio app rather than listen to the Channel 9 broadcast. There was about a 30 second delay on the telecast but it meant I didn’t have to listen to Phil Gould and Andrew Johns.

In the end Queensland defeated New South Wales 11:10. It was a tough tight game. Bring on game 2.

What footy food will you have for game 2?

Footy food by Yummy Lummy #StateofOrigin #Origin #Queensland

Posted 2014-06-18 by Gary

Footy food for State of Origin game two

Tonight is game two in this year’s state of origin series. On the old blog you can find many posts about state of origin and where my allegiances lie. Needless to say the photograph of me on my about page has the Queensland flag as a background. The Maroon jumper I wear in my twitter and instagram avatars says it all QUEENSLANDER!!!

On the way home tonight I stopped at Jamison Takeaway in the Jamison Plaza and bought some potato scallops and calamari rings to snack on while I cooked my dinner.

Footy food from Jamison Takeaway. Potato scallops and calamari rings. I hope Queensland defeats New South Wales tonight in the State of Origin game.

Sorry it’s a little blurry. I was so excited about eating them 🙂

A need to do a shout out to the lovely ladies at the Jamison Takeaway. They always give me an extra potato scallop. They are the best.

For dinner I made honey soy chicken wings. They make great footy food. Click on the image if you want to see a bigger version.

Happy hump day honey soy chicken wings while waiting for the State of Origin game #QUEENSLANDER

Honey soy chicken wings | Footy food by Yummy Lummy

Recipe Type: Footy food

Cuisine: Australian

Author: Gary Lum

Rugby league is the greatest game of all. State of origin is the greatest example of rugby league. Queensland is the greatest state in Australia and in the world, even the universe. Footy and food go hand in hand.

Ingredients

Chicken wings
Honey
Soy sauce
Olive oil
Sherry
Dessicated coconut
Sesame seeds
Chilli flakes
Pepper

Instructions

In a bowl add the chicken and everything else
Mix well and allow to rest for ten minutes
Put into a preheated oven (150 °C) for one hour
Plate up
Capture an image with a Nikon D5300 and a Tamron 90 mm Macro lens at 1/25 seconds, f/8 and ISO 100
Eat the food while watching the pregame highlights
Wash the dishes
Write the blog post
Enjoy the game
Hope Queensland defeats New South Wales

Notes

Just to repeat, rugby league is the greatest game of all. State of origin is what sport is all about. Queenslanders are the best FULL STOP

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