Category: essentials
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Pauly’s guest spot (until I come up with a wittier name) – cooking meat
Pauly sent me another page full of words for this blog today. That’s number three. I thought I owed it to him to make it an official segment and give it a name (or something that resembles a name for now) Pauly, the soap box is yours… Cooking meat… It happened again today…I received…
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autumn is here
Autumn is here. What does that mean? Well one thing is for sure. If you havn’t started already, it’s probably time to make a few jams and chutneys and preserves with the last of your summer fruit. Stonefruit are always a personal favourite for all of the above and the a virtually spilling from the…
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Food to go with beer… Crumbed duck shanks
As promised here is the recipe for crumbed duck shanks with chilli jam. What they call a duck shank is actually the first joint of the wing. It’s still quite big and meaty and quite frankly, bloody delicious. If you get your duck from an old school farmer or butcher just explain to them what…
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food to go with beer
Food to go with beer… I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like a beer. Coopers green is my choice. A great beer for barbeques, and barbeques is entertaining, and entertaining is friends, and friends is good shit, and back to the beer…. Or food, or something. I’m lucky because we have a great…
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My antipasto
This is an easy way to start a dinner party with a heap of friends, or is just as good as a summer dinner with your family, but is definitely at it’s very finest when served with any good company and a few too many glasses of cheap vino. The three recipes that follow are…
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Your face… an essential item when cooking food
Even if cooking food is a new adventure for you, learn to trust your face. Along with a few good ingredients, it will see you through… Eyes… start with your eyes. Every step of way, from preparation to serving can be monitored by these puppies. Does it look appealing? Is it asthetically pleasing? There’s not…
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And Now A Werd From Our Sponsor… Fresh Herbs
I’m gonna go on about fresh herbs are fair bit, but with good reason I think. They are the best. They can lift a dish from the realms of boring or just barely amusing to vibrant and just damn beautiful. A feat that can barely be touched by minced herbs or garlic in jars or…
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Salsa verde. My one true friend…
I thought I had better offer my recipe for salsa verde as it was used in my last recipe, and will be used in many to follow. We are old friends. We never get tired of each other. We’ve shared highs and lows…. on with the show. Big surprise here, another recipe that uses herbs…
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