Tag: seafood
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Prawn toasts
I was at a party. It was a pretty good party too, ticking all of the boxes a good party should probably tick; there was entertainment, good folks offering a good variety of conversation, brain holiday fluid and, of course, catering. The catering was all very delicious, but I remember the prawn toast making me…
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Beer battered fish
There’s a lot to be said for a good beer batter. I like it to be puffy and I really like it to be crisp. I want to know it’s there, but not so much that the fish doesn’t get a look in. I want it to be a part of something that is going…
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Grilled seafood with garlicky butter sauce while the kids are away
A simple, three-step recipe for a damn fine night with your one and only while the children are absent on school camp. 1. Ship the children off to school camp. It is important to remember that this involves more than just sending your offspring to their place of learning (yes, that’s questionable but we’ll get…
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Coal roasted fish bruschetta AKA camp bruschetta
Last week I was writing the roster at work, which is a pretty ordinary thing for someone in my position to be doing. It was going to be a pretty good one too – I had reined it back to a less-than-50-hour-week which is a more than acceptable working week for one who has chosen…
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Iluka and a damn tasty bowl of white curry mee
Beach side getaway. It’s real and it’s name is Iluka. When it comes to a weekend away, hanging out near the ocean, plenty of fresh seafood and booze on hand and a refurbished old school fisherman’s shack to keep you safe and warm and night Iluka, on the New South Wales north coast, ticks all…
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Seafood chowder-esque type thing in a Vienna loaf
My brother is just about to head back to his humble grotto in Margaret River, Western Australia, after a mammoth stay of two months. That’s right, now I shall be in charge of my own mis en place again… and we will have to do our own washing… I’ll be sad to see him go,…
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Mussels with bacon, apple cider and cream… and introducing “Matty mis en place”
Just yesterday I was going to get some mussels and cook them up for dinner. Mussels with bacon, onion, cider and cream, I thought. I’ve really been feeling the mussel lately… wait, I believe even I should re-think the wording of that one… Anyway, my mouth has been yearning for a dripping hot creamy mussel……