Gary’s grub

Fish tacos or fishy scrolls

Posted by Gary

A lot of blogs seem to feature fish tacos and when I looked up fish tacos on Google I found some other meanings for fish tacos

These fishy scrolls were dead easy to make. Now I know what regular readers are thinking, Gary has used puff pastry for three nights in a row. What’s up with that?

Well I bought a six pack of puff pastry sheets so they have to be used. 

Pay day dinner. Fishy scrolls ready to roll. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/50sec, ISO 500
Pay day dinner. Fishy scrolls ready to roll. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/50sec, ISO 500
Pay day dinner. Fishy scrolls ready for the oven. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/50sec, ISO 320
Pay day dinner. Fishy scrolls ready for the oven. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/50sec, ISO 320
Pay day dinner. Fishy scrolls out of the oven. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/3.5, 1/500sec, ISO 400
Pay day dinner. Fishy scrolls out of the oven. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/3.5, 1/500sec, ISO 400

The fish is canned red salmon. I mixed in some avocado and smoked cheddar cheese plus a line of chilli flakes and fried onions with lots of pepper.

 
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I’m thinking I need to make spam rolls soon so I can add this YouTube video

 

 

Pork sausage and bacon roll recipe

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I watched a friend at work eat a sausage roll today and it got me thinking.

In the refrigerator were some pork sausages and some streaky bacon. I just needed some pastry. 

On the way home I stopped at the supermarket and bought some. 

It made me think about the blogs I read. I follow a lot of blogs. Mostly food blogs and some photography blogs. The food ones are split into healthy (aspiration), sweets (indulgence) and blokey food (my natural habitat). Good examples of who to follow are healthy Jen and Fran at Lovennourish, the sweet and delicious Veronica at short and sweet, and then there’s John from Happiness Stan Lives Here. 

Tuesday dinner. Pork sausage and bacon roll. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/100sec, ISO 400
Tuesday dinner. Pork sausage and bacon roll. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/100sec, ISO 400
Pork sausage and bacon roll recipe
 
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Pork sausage
  • Streaky bacon
  • Puff pastry
  • Beaten egg
  • Pepper
  • Chilli flakes
  • Mixed drug herbs
  • Salad stuff
Instructions
  1. Lay the streaky bacon along the length of a sausage and make sure the sausage is enclosed
  2. Roll in puff pastry
  3. Brush with beaten egg
  4. Add some pepper, chilli flakes and dried mixed herbs
  5. Bake for 25 minutes at 200 °C
  6. Make a salad
  7. Plate up as fancy as you can
  8. Shoot a photograph
  9. Eat the sausage roll and salad
  10. Write the recipe
  11. Blog (verb)
 

 I thought I’d add a breakfast shot too

Good morning Tuesday. Avocado and cheese on fried toast. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400
Good morning Tuesday. Avocado and cheese on fried toast. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400

 
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Pork sausages and eggs

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Having done my first frittata I wondered what else I could do with beaten eggs and cream.

Pork sausages baked in beaten eggs and cream NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 400
Pork sausages baked in beaten eggs and cream NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 400
Pork sausages and eggs
 
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Big thick pork sausages from your butcher
  • Eggs
  • Cream
  • Peas
  • Corn kernels
  • Capsicum
  • Grated smoked cheddar cheese
  • Pepper
  • Mixed dried herbs
Instructions
  1. In a pyrex bowl lay down three big thick pork sausages
  2. Beat some eggs and cream together
  3. Add the peas, corn and capsicum and mix through
  4. Pour half the egg mix over the sausages
  5. Add some grated cheese
  6. Pour the rest of the egg mix in
  7. Cover with grated cheese
  8. Add pepper and mixed dried herbs
  9. Bake at 180 °C for 50 minutes
  10. Shoot a photograph in the bowl
  11. Spoon out onto a plate
  12. Shoot another photograph
  13. Eat the sausages and eggs
  14. Wash the dishes
  15. Write the recipe
  16. Blog (verb)
  17. Hope people enjoy reading the blog post
 

 

Pork sausages baked with beaten eggs and cream NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/100sec, ISO 400
Pork sausages baked with beaten eggs and cream NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/100sec, ISO 400

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BLAT Bacon lettuce avocado tomato sandwich

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This week Liz from Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things wrote about an ultimate BLT (bacon lettuce tomato) sandwich. It inspired my Saturday lunch. 

While I was thinking of replicating Liz’s version I had some left over ciabatta in the freezer as well as an avocado that needed eating. In my mind there is no point wasting good food. 

Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. With the top off. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/16, 1/8sec, ISO 400
Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. With the top off. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/16, 1/8sec, ISO 400
BLAT Bacon lettuce avocado tomato sandwich
 
Recipe Type: Lunch
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Ciabatta bread
  • Vine ripened tomato
  • Streaky bacon
  • Cos lettuce
  • Avocado
  • Lemon
  • Grapeseed oil
  • Pepper
  • Butter
Instructions
  1. Add a little butter to the bread and grill butter side down in a hot pan until golden brown
  2. Cook the streaky bacon in a bench top oven at 200 °C for 15 minutes
  3. Make an avocado spread with avocado, grapeseed oil, lemon juice and some pepper
  4. Slice the tomato, drain on some kitchen towel and add pepper
  5. Cut the cos lettuce to fit the bread
  6. Apply the avocado spread to the bottom piece of bread
  7. Lay on the lettuce
  8. Lay on the streaky bacon
  9. Lay on the tomato
  10. Shoot a photograph with the top piece of bread artistically positioned over a corner of the sandwich
  11. Shoot another photograph with the rose from my garden
  12. Put some avocado spread on the top piece of bread and put the sandwich together
  13. Cut the sandwich on an angle
  14. Shoot a close up photograph showing all the internal goodness
  15. Eat the sandwich
  16. Wash the dishes
  17. Write the recipe
  18. Blog (verb)
  19. Hope that people like the recipe and the photographs
 

 

Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. The rose is from my garden. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/22, 1/5sec, ISO 400
Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. The rose is from my garden. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/22, 1/5sec, ISO 400
Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. Close up after cutting in half. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 400
Saturday BLAT for lunch. Bacon lettuce avocado and tomato sandwich. Close up after cutting in half. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 400

 
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My first frittata

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I love eggs. I love frittata. This is the first frittata I’ve cooked

This frittata isn’t very imaginative because I didn’t know what I was going to cook for dinner until after lunch today. I just used whatever I had in the refrigerator and freezer. I’m thinking next time I might fry off the potatoes first. Otherwise I was pretty happy with my first go. I posted the finished photograph on my new Instagram account @yummylummyblog

Potatoes SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/80sec, ISO 400
Potatoes SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/80sec, ISO 400
Frittata preparation with Peas, Corn, Capsicum, Blue cheese, Potatoes, Tasty Coon cheese, eggs and cream. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/80sec, ISO 400
Frittata preparation with Peas, Corn, Capsicum, Blue cheese, Potatoes, Tasty Coon cheese, eggs and cream. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/80sec, ISO 400
Frittata straight from the oven NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400
Frittata straight from the oven NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400
Happy hump day dinner. Frittata and potato gems. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400
Happy hump day dinner. Frittata and potato gems. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400
Frittata
 
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Potato
  • Eggs
  • Pouring cream
  • Tasty Coon cheese slices
  • Blue cheese
  • Curry powder
  • Chilli flakes
  • Pepper
  • Frozen peas and corn
  • Capsicum
Instructions
  1. In a pyrex container lay some slices of potato on the bottom
  2. Add a slice of tasty Coon cheese
  3. Beat a couple of eggs and a dash of pouring cream
  4. Add about half of the egg and cream mixture to the bowl
  5. Add the peas, corn and capsicum to the egg and cream mixture and stir through
  6. Add some chilli flakes, curry powder and pepper to the pyrex bowl
  7. Add some crumbled blue cheese
  8. Pour over the egg and cream mixture with the vegetables
  9. Lay on top one slice of tasty Coon cheese
  10. Put the bowl into an oven at 150 °C for 1 hour
  11. Serve with some potato gems
  12. Shoot a photograph
  13. Eat the meal
  14. Wash the dishes
  15. Write the recipe
  16. Blog (verb)
  17. Ponder how much fat and cholesterol I’ve just consumed
  18. Banish those thoughts with how delicious the meal was
 

 

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