It’s Sunday. After a good walk yesterday and a bonza dinner at Bron’s last night (check out some photographs I shot last night below) my day’s plan was to sleep in, eat breakfast, go for a walk, catch up on some work and slowly roast a beef brisket.
Breakfast
Streaky bacon, eggs, butter and breadOven baked bacon and pepperSunday sleep in breakfast. Bacon and eggs with fried bread.Sunday sleep in breakfast. Bacon and eggs with fried bread.
Some of my on-line friends have noticed I’ve consumed quite a few carbs over the last week or so. It’s true. I’m paying for it. My waist is thicker, my trousers are tighter and my belt is speaking to me about approaching holes that we’d agreed we wouldn’t go near.
I know what I need to do. When will I do it? I’m not sure. I still have some Haigh’s Chocolates chocolate covered Queensland nuts to finish as well as part of a loaf of bread.
A walk around Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra grassland
Lake Ginninderra grassland
Lake Ginninderra drainage
Pelican on Lake Ginninderra
Flowers on Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra grassland
Lake Ginninderra grassland
Lake Ginninderra
A beach on Lake Ginninderra
What is that pole for on the beach on Lake Ginninderra
A beach on Lake Ginninderra
How did those bottles get on the tree thing on Lake Ginninderra? I’m not sure if someone is buried there.
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra. Trying to practise framing!
I saw no birds from the birdwatching jetty on Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra
A bridge over Lake Ginninderra
Graffiti on Lake Ginninderra
Graffiti on Lake Ginninderra
Blossoms on Lake Ginninderra
A bridge over Lake Ginninderra
Picnic area on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans and people on Lake Ginninderra
Looking to Emu Bank on Lake Ginninderra
According to the RunKeeper GPX I can walk on water 😉
Just a quick snack. I heated a can of corned beef and then put it into a pyrex bowl and cooked through with some cream, tasty Coon cheese and spices.
Sunday lunch. Corned beef with cream and cheese.
Dinner pot roast beef brisket
Pot roasted beef brisket recipe
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: Huge
A simple one pot roast with the king of meats, viz., beef.
Ingredients
Rolled beef brisket
Red wine
Balsamic vinegar
Worcestershire sauce
Curry pepper
Black pepper corns
Chinese five spice powder
Mixed dried herbs
Onions
Broccoli
Pumpkin
Instructions
Seal the meat in a hot pan
Rub in the dry ingredients
Put the meat into a casserole
Add in the liquid ingredients
Place a sheet of baking paper between the bowl and the lid (this keeps the lid clean and seals in the moisture
Cook for four hours at 150 °C
At the three hour mark add the pumpkin
At the three and a half hour mark add the broccoli
Plate up
Shoot a photograph or two or more
Eat the meal
Wash the dishes
Write the recipe
Blog about the experience
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Beef brisket
Sunday dinner. Pot roast beef brisket with pumpkin, broccoli, peas and onions.Sunday dinner. Pot roast beef brisket with pumpkin, broccoli, peas and onions.
Bron’s bonza dinner from Saturday night
We enjoyed roast duck pancakes with cucumber, spring onion, coriander and hoisin sauce. It was a fantastic meal. Bron set aside the duck’s neck and cloaca for me because she knows they’re my favourite parts of the duck’s anatomy.
Cucumber, spring onion, coriander and hoisin sauce.Roast duck neck for dinnerRoast duck neck and cloaca for dinnerRoast duck pancake dinnerRoast duck neck dissected trachea and œsophagus for dinner
So I hope you had a great weekend. If you have any comments or questions please leave a comment. I’d love to hear from you.
It was still frosty at nearly 10 amBirds on Lake GinninderraBirds on Lake GinninderraBirds on Lake GinninderraBirds on Lake GinninderraBlack swan on Lake GinninderraPelican on Lake GinninderraPelican on Lake GinninderraPelican on Lake GinninderraPelican on Lake GinninderraLake GinninderraLake GinninderraBelconnenPelican on Lake GinninderraBelconnen Arts Centre
For lunch I had a tin of fried fish and black beans
Sunday lunch. Fried fish and black beans.
I love this with rice. I remember as a boy eating this with my Dad. I think my middle brother Dr47 liked it but my youngest brother Mr43 didn’t. I think Mum was a little indifferent but she’d eat it if Dad wanted it. I posted this photograph to Instagram and Twitter and received some interesting responses. My Asian friends were positive in their comments.
During the afternoon I did some work, watched Star Trek and Farscape and did some ironing. I also watched Poultrygeist Night of the chicken dead. It’s on a par with Sharknado.
For dinner I made a pumpkin soup with celeriac
Sunday night dinner. Pumpkin and celeriac soup.
Pumpkin and celeriac soup
Recipe Type: Soup
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
A rich and flavourful soup for a cold winter’s night
Ingredients
Onion
Bacon
Pumpkin
Celeriac
White wine
Chicken stock
Salt
Black pepper
Parsley
Smoked cheddar cheese
Butter
Cream
Curry powder
Instructions
Sautée and soften the onion
Add the bacon and allow it to get sticky on the bottom of the saucepan
Add a couple of handfuls of celeriac
Add a couple of handfuls of pumpkin
Add a tablespoon of curry powder and a pinch of salt
Add a splash of white wine to deglase the bottom of the saucepan
Add a cup of chicken stock
Simmer for 30 minutes
Blend with a stick blender
Add half a cup of pouring cream and a tablespoon of butter
Blend until smooth
Ladle into a bowl
Add some shaved smoked cheddar cheese
Top with parsley and pepper
Shoot a photograph
Eat the meal
Write the recipe
Blog about it
Notes
This is a great recipe and very easy to make. If you like it please let me know. I’d love any feedback.
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The breakfast of champions needs fantastic bacon and eggs
A few weeks ago Liz from http://www.bizzylizzysgoodthings.com/ sent a message around to a few Canberra bloggers asking if they’d like to try some bacon from Pialligo Farm. I don’t think it’s a secret that I like love bacon so I said yes. Liz sent me a voucher for 225 g of bacon and I went to pick it up from the Essential Ingredient in Kingston. The voucher has a value of $7. I also bought a second packet of bacon.
I was listening to 1206 2CC and Mark Parton interviewed one of the artisans from Pialligo Farm when they won the best artisan bacon for Australia. I didn’t realise that supermarket bacon is pumped with water to plump it up and Australian supermarket commercial bacon isn’t as good as European cured bacon. I should say that I am happy to eat supermarket bacon. I buy about 250 g of streaky bacon from Coles every week. I’ve also eaten bacon in the USA, Canada and the UK. I love the Canadian bacon with maple syrup. I’ve also had beef bacon in Malaysia. I also had turkey ham there too. I’m not a fan of beef bacon or turkey ham.
Pialligo Farm Traditional Dry Cured Bacon | Sorry it’s a little blurry…I was excited about BACON 🙂
So this morning I made bacon and eggs. I mean what better way to enjoy some good bacon. Oh my, this is good bacon. I’ll be enjoying it all.
Hello Tuesday. A pinch and a punch for the first of the month. Pialligo Farm bacon and Coles fried eggs for breakfast.
Now I’m thinking of bacon for tomorrow morning too.
Wednesday morning update
Happy hump day everyone. Pialligo bacon, scrambled eggs and avocado for breakfast.
I love eating my breakfast straight from the frying pan 🙂
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