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Seafood chowdeeer

The air is cold but the chowder is definitely warm. The origins of chowder are a little cloudy, much like a swagger of other regional specialities such as bouillabaisse, paella, laksa, pho and so on. This is how I make mine. I certainly shall not be claiming to be the original or the best. Top…
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lamb braised with red wine
Insert your own amusing story here. LAMB BRAISED WITH RED WINE(Serves 8 or so) 1 lamb shoulder, cut into braising pieces on the bone. A nice butcher will do that for you.2 onions, diced2 carrots, diced2 sticks celery, diced 5 cloves garlic, chopped 3 anchovies. Don’t even think about it, just do it.2 bay leavesA…
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Fried chicken chow mein (or fried chicken chow nice)

Chicken chow mein is kinda a rough moniker for this most famous heavy weight of Australian-Chinese restaurant cuisine. Of course “chow” is fine because you always want to chow down on this dish, but “mein”? This is not mean at all. In fact, I would go as far as to say it’s very nice. Yup.…
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The Big (Red) Mac

A lot of people call me Big Red, hence the name of this burger. It’s pretty easy to make a bloody good version/copy/something of “that” burger at home. Here’s the steps involved; 1. Head to your local Micky D’s family drive thru restaurant.2. Keep driving past said restaurant until you reach a local butcher of…
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Laksa with fried chicken and tofu puffs

Laksa is traditionally made using candlenuts in the paste, but there are macadamias lining the streets up here so I’ve oft subbed them in very successfully. Also, in another development in the world of substitutions, the paste section of the recipe could be subbed out for a store bought paste if you are time-poor. Please…
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Low country boil

This is meant to be a big ol’ prawn (shrimp), crab or crawfish stew for a heap of people to enjoy. Your seafood gets loose in a party of potatoes, corn, sausage and some kinda spicy seasoning and then you get some paper on the table, lay it all out with a couple of dipping…
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Prawn & sausage jambalaya

Jambalaya. A Cajun classic. Allegedly first made by European immigrants in New Orleans and deeply rooted in the Spanish paella. It’s a tasty-assed mash up of some kind of meat, smoked sausage, a few vegetables and rice in a pot, where they are left to make love and produce offspring of immensely really good flavour.…


