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A Mexi feast that would make a Mexican proud… possibly… i don’t know any Mexicans I can ask…
Recently, at my place of paid employment, I cooked a Mexican fiesta for anyone and everyone to try… providing they had a burro for transportation, a fake big black moustache and the fare of six silver pesos to pay their way. After a day of sending out feast after feast after proud gringo Mexicano…
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Pork fillet with lentils, tomato and salsa verde
The rains are coming down noisily in our (yeah, we’ve claimed them now) not-so-long-ago tranquil Northern Rivers. There has still been a lot of heat getting about the place, but right now the heavens they are emptying their bladder that’s for sure. These rains have made me think back to a dinner I cooked up…
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Jennee’s Sunday Spread… Singapore chicken satay, pakoras and other stuff
Jennee’s Sunday Spread If there is something I’ve grown accustomed to it is returning home on a Sunday afternoon to Jen’s famous Sunday spread. No. This is not a new weekly segment aimed at letting you in to the more intricate details of my life… or wife… or both of the above. I think you…
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Pulled pork with jerk spices, posh ‘slaw, pickled carrot and jalapeño yoghurt
Pulled pork just sounds wrong. It sounds like something a million teenage boys across the world may be doing at any one time. It sounds like something I should not touch if it were served to me on a plate. It sounds… well it just sounds wrong, that’s all. SO WRONG IT’S RIGHT (insert crazy…
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Another day, another cook-off part 3… and the winner is…
So it has finally happened. Jennee has produced the recipes of the dishes Sarah and she prepared at our last “Stockdale vs Cootes cook-off”. Just as I have been able to at last put that last crippling defeat of cookery at the hands of my dear wife and her family out of my mind and…
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Paul’s Caul… Cuca, Bali
Cuca The final chapter in the Balinese adventure for 2014, the final day of holiday and the final meal to be had in Bali. As if this wasn’t reason enough to celebrate, we where meeting my sister and two very good friends Bec and Mal for this last supper as it were… but with a…
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How to make mayonnaise… with the Mayonnaise Nazi
The Mayonnaise Nazi “Who is that man in the red mask? That devilishly tall, handsome masked man? The one with the Hitler moustache? The guy who is constantly harping on about how everyone in this world and the next should be making their own mayonnaise…” OK folks, I stand before you as my blogland audience…
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Paul’s Caul… Mozaic, Bali
Mozaic We have two more days left here in our Ubud abode and tonight we are going to what our dear friend Che rates as the best restaurant in these parts… its called Mozaic and as with every dining experience we are incredibly excited. I have even started of late to not research menu’s as…
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Another day, another cook-off part 2
The dishes of Grazza McFilthy Mouth So, as I previously promised you fine folks (hell yeah I’m talking to you) that I would post recipes for the dishes we cooked in our now legendary cook-off this week, I feel somewhat obliged to actually come through with the goods. I will put myself under un-necessary pressure…
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Paul’s Caul… Same words, different melody
Same words…. Different melody We really do get stuck in our ways. It seems that most western societies are comfortable with consistency. Some might even say we’re unimaginative… I’m torn as for the most part; I love what I have loved for too many years to mention, then every now and again I love something…