Tag: food
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Five ingredient exploding tastebud techniques for Troppo #2… the dirty burger
This is seriously quicker than getting your fat ass into some trackie dacks, waddling to your car and heading out to a burger-of-ill-repute drive through (yeah I’m talking to you comic book guy). This is every five-ingredient-exploding-tastebud-techniques padiwans dream. Because let’s face it; who doesn’t like a good burger. I’ve rambled on about them before…
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The girl can cook, and she’s pretty funny too. Afghan dumpling type things…
With much anticipation I am proud to announce the launch of a new segment as a part of this blog … “the girl can cook” …. This segment will be filled with inspirational and amazing meals that even girls can cook. I know I know they should know how to do it already, along with…
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Smoky fire roasted tumeric chicken for Troppo…
As part of my new segment, “Easy shit for Troppo to cook”. My mate Troppo is a man of simple pleasures. A nice girl, something to eat, snow and some good tunes are a fine beginning to a smiling Troppo. When venturing into that belly-filling hub of any home, the kitchen, Troppo likes to cook…
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my late night lamb sandwich
After my disappointment at a recent experience at the local kebab joint I decided I owed it to myself and you, the people, to right this wrong and make my own far superior lamb kebab. At this point in time I am pleased to announce that my mission was an outstanding success.…
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The late night lamb sandwich… consumed one afternoon at Bay Kebabs
This post is for the kids who yearn for the flavour of the late night lamb sandwich (kebab).Lamb sliced from the only-god-knows-how-long-that-has-been-there giant meat stick, lettuce, tomato, onion, tabouleh, tzatziki and hot chilli sauce all wrapped in an edible, carry anywhere skin aka. the flat bread. This is thee only energy bar needed for a…
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Cotechino Spaghetti
Cotechino (Fresh Salami Style Sausage) The Cotechino is similar to salami but that it has to be cooked – generally it is poached at a low heat for some hours. Its name comes from “cotica” meaning rind. The finely chopped skin slowly releases gelatine during the cooking process, giving Cotechino its incredibly silky texture. Traditionally…
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This is a story about getting dressed
Getting dressed is something that a lot of people learn how to do in the early years of their life. A bit like doing their wees and poos on the toilet, and not eating steamy dog turds from the back lawn… or was that just my kids. The most basic of life skills, yet one…
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The Standing Rib Roast
The standing rib roast… a celebration of life… unless you are the cow it came from. There’s nothing wrong with eating well, you know. Eating well is celebrating a task that we need to perform to live, taking it from boring or mundane and punch throwing into the realm of a ménage a trois with…
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Burgers for boy’s night
Burgers for boy’s night It was myself and my sons Seba and Obi, both young. Probably to young to be watching hardcore porn and drinking straight whiskey, but it was boy’s night so I’ll let the age thing slide. And we also had the company of their cousin Gareth, who was doing work experience at…
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300
300 “Give them nothing but take from them EVERYTHING!”… ummm, that may be the wrong 300. A fine moment for Gerard Butler though. A fine moment indeed. And then I wake from my pseudo gay dream and realise I’m actually embarking on another brain to finger electromagnetic intercourse from me to you and it appears…
