What's on the Menu

[Malter White]

Just now, stquinto said:

G’day Muzz mate! I have had something pretty similar in the north of  England one time but many moons ago…. 
Shame when your cultural heritage gets lost, but still I’d draw the line at boiled tripe…

Surprisingly I don't think I've ever eaten tripe and I believe it has a history of being a poor man's food. My grandparents/parents were poor, post WW2 migrants and I imagine tripe should have been part of their diet but from what I can gather is my dad didn't like tripe and so we never had to eat it either. A bit of genealogical fortune on my part I guess.

[Classic Brewing Co]

4 minutes ago, stquinto said:

Interesting stuff Phil mate, I think this has been discussed before. I’m game anyway

Yeah it has, they are really nice especially when you have had a neckfull,

[Malter White]

3 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

Anyone who eats tripe needs to go & have a look around & see what wonderful  food is available these days, why would you want to eat the lining of a cows stomach  but I do understand the poverty thing.

Many foods make me wonder. I always have a tale I like to tell about the dude who first discovered mushrooms.
Can you imagine someone walking through a forest and seeing mushrooms for the first time in history?
"Ooooh! What's this white bulbous object growing out of that possum sh1t? I wonder what it tastes like? I'm gonna find out. Nom, nom, nom, nom..."

[Classic Brewing Co]

12 minutes ago, MUZZY said:

Surprisingly I don't think I've ever eaten tripe and I believe it has a history of being a poor man's food. My grandparents/parents were poor, post WW2 migrants and I imagine tripe should have been part of their diet but from what I can gather is my dad didn't like tripe and so we never had to eat it either. A bit of genealogical fortune on my part I guess.

I had to prepare & cook it in the AACC but I escaped the eating it, horrid, nasty looking, smelling stuff you have to break it down & flavour the hell out of it otherwise it tastes like  Yuk.

Edited March 6, 2022 by Classic Brewing Co

[Classic Brewing Co]

16 minutes ago, stquinto said:

In the great campaign to use fresh garden products, go low carb, and also to find more ways of enjoying plentiful Zooks these spirals cooked briefly in my pot roast sauce come up really quite nicely... even sort-of a texture reminiscent of pasta... blob of butter also always helps ; )

Nice one IP, get into it. Zucchini Pasta is nice, you can garnish with all sorts of stuff, well done Old Chap.

[stquinto]

31 minutes ago, MUZZY said:

Many foods make me wonder. I always have a tale I like to tell about the dude who first discovered mushrooms.
Can you imagine someone walking through a forest and seeing mushrooms for the first time in history?
"Ooooh! What's this white bulbous object growing out of that possum sh1t? I wonder what it tastes like? I'm gonna find out. Nom, nom, nom, nom..."

Spare a thought for whoever ate the first oyster

[Malter White]

5 minutes ago, stquinto said:

Spare a thought for whoever ate the first oyster

Dave, what about cow's milk? It's a completely natural thing for a human to be drinking a bovine's lactations. 
Who got the first sample? 

[stquinto]

16 minutes ago, MUZZY said:

Dave, what about cow's milk? It's a completely natural thing for a human to be drinking a bovine's lactations. 
Who got the first sample? 

Got a point mate

Personally I take my coffee black and Italian in size, but more espresso than ristretto… 

 

Edited March 6, 2022 by stquinto

[Pezzza]

12 hours ago, stquinto said:

Looks amazing IP mate! I think I’ll be back int the veggies purdah when I get back, been overdoing the red meat this weekend. Likewise for the carbs

It's nice to have a bit of a blow-out from time to time @stquinto Sainter 

Especially if the outlaws have moved into your home, and you go away somewhere festive for a long weekend! 

[Tricky Micky]

21 hours ago, MUZZY said:

I think the Adelaide Casino had a big say in the demise of the North Tce cart.

Silly buggers, Interstaters loved them, especially after a few. 

[Tricky Micky]

12 hours ago, stquinto said:

Spare a thought for whoever ate the first oyster

A lotta humans must've sacrificed themselves in the name of produce sampling, imagine, how much poisonous stuff those poor buggers would've consumed... and died from. Still the rest of the village personnel most likely cottoned on early. Natural selection I'm thinking.

[Classic Brewing Co]

4 minutes ago, Mickep said:

Silly buggers, Interstaters loved them, especially after a few. 

Yeah when they first opened it was hard to get in unless you were dressed impeccably, looked sober & had $100 notes sticking out off your pockets, the Council 'cleaned' up the area for it's opening & I would say the Pie Carts came under fire as well.

If you go to the Casino these days you will see every dero imaginable banging away one one of the 1,000 poker machines etc.

You can also play 'spot the Aussie' 

[stquinto]

Last meal in London… to hell with it, another curry…

That pie thing is actually lamb biryani

 

[stquinto]

[Tricky Micky]

9 hours ago, stquinto said:

Beautiful Sainter, whereabouts' were you in London? I worked in London 7 months a year for four years.  2015-2019. Lived in Richmond beautiful place, right on the Thames - and the pubs - OMG they were fantastic. It was a fantastic time really - living mostly in London in the summer months mid May until late December and then coming back to Oz  for a few months for summer and then back to the Old Dart again....followed the sun basically for 4 years. But the Pubs, simply stunning.

[jennyss]

I've just discovered this 'What's on the menu' thread. I'm getting hungry just reading and looking at the photos. We're having roast chicken tonight. My husband stuffs it with lemon wedges, garlic, parsley and basil; and rubs the outside with olive oil and salt.

I've been busy this afternoon pickling chillies grown by a neighbour, and yesterday I made fig jam from our own fig tree.

We've finished our first Lager brew (sob) and have to wait till next Tuesday to taste our Pale Ale.

[Classic Brewing Co]

2 minutes ago, jennyss said:

I've just discovered this 'What's on the menu' thread. I'm getting hungry just reading and looking at the photos. We're having roast chicken tonight. My husband stuffs it with lemon wedges, garlic, parsley and basil; and rubs the outside with olive oil and salt.

I've been busy this afternoon pickling chillies grown by a neighbour, and yesterday I made fig jam from our own fig tree.

We've finished our first Lager brew (sob) and have to wait till next Tuesday to taste our Pale Ale.

Good on you Jenny, good one, I actually started that thread a while ago, it is quite popular now. Cheers

Phil

[Pezzza]

Big Bucket of fresh Coleslaw... with home-made Aioli Garlic Mayo in the dressing ; )

[stquinto]

9 hours ago, Mickep said:

Beautiful Sainter, whereabouts' were you in London? I worked in London 7 months a year for four years.  2015-2019. Lived in Richmond beautiful place, right on the Thames - and the pubs - OMG they were fantastic. It was a fantastic time really - living mostly in London in the summer months mid May until late December and then coming back to Oz  for a few months for summer and then back to the Old Dart again....followed the sun basically for 4 years. But the Pubs, simply stunning.

Mey Mick mate, lucky bloke: best of both worlds ! I stayed in Wimbledon, my daughter lives there. We went Up The Smoke (no-one says that anymore apparently: I got it off some 70s cops-and-robbers show like The Sweeney) to eat. The Indian is a chain of about 6 restaurants called Dishoom. Really, really good food. The first one was next to Carnaby Street and the other in Kensington.

London is really buzzing, has been for quite a few years. I lived in Paris for 17 years and can tell you in all honesty you get much better tucker in London. Nowadays you would go to Paris to go to a cuppla museums, see the Eiffel Tower, go on a river barge at night with the lights on etc. etc. In other words you go there when you're new in a relationship 

For that last curry in High Street Ken we had to wait 30 minutes for a table - and that was lunch time, on a Monday !

[stquinto]

4 hours ago, jennyss said:

I've just discovered this 'What's on the menu' thread. I'm getting hungry just reading and looking at the photos. We're having roast chicken tonight. My husband stuffs it with lemon wedges, garlic, parsley and basil; and rubs the outside with olive oil and salt.

I've been busy this afternoon pickling chillies grown by a neighbour, and yesterday I made fig jam from our own fig tree.

We've finished our first Lager brew (sob) and have to wait till next Tuesday to taste our Pale Ale

Chicken sounds gret Jenny: I do the same with the herbs and lemon, and the oil and salt on the outside. Beautiful !

My neighbour gave me some figs (this was during our summer I hasten to add) and I made up a fig and almond tart/pie thing, really good. An idea if you have a load left over :  https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/honey-roasted-fig-almond-tart

 

[stquinto]

3 hours ago, Itinerant Peasant said:

Big Bucket of fresh Coleslaw... with home-made Aioli Garlic Mayo in the dressing ; )

Hey IP  mate, how did the aïoli go ? Work out OK ?

Still going strong on the veggies, good for you

 

[Pezzza]

19 hours ago, stquinto said:

Hey IP  mate, how did the aïoli go ? Work out OK ?

Still going strong on the veggies, good for you

Cheers Sainter @stquinto the Mayo thing seems to be working : )

And the low-no carb veggies and protein continue   (see below )  And am still alive 

But boy oh boy those London Curries Naan Bread Rice and Beer looked very good mate! 

Went to a very good Indian feed in Church Stretton Shropshire a few years ago that a mate regularly attends and was grand.

 

Edited March 9, 2022 by Itinerant Peasant

[Classic Brewing Co]

3 minutes ago, Itinerant Peasant said:

Cheers Sainter @stquinto the Mayo thing seems to be working : )

And the low-no carb veggies and protein continue   (see below )  And am still alive 

But boy oh boy those London Curries Naan Bread Rice and Beer looked very good mate! 

Went to a very good Indian feed in Church Stretton Shropshire a few years ago that a mate regularly attends and was grand.

Absolutely lovely IP, very nice presentation & lot's of healthy food.

[Classic Brewing Co]

Greek style tonight, lamb steaks cooked medium 63c .

( Note to @stquintoit is actually dead )  it is not so authentic as Greek Salad does not contain lettuce but who cares it was very nice with a few slurps of red wine.

[RDT2]

Lamb chops on the Weber high indirect heat with olive oil home made rub of garlic powder, lemon pepper, oregano, salt flakes and Rosemary. Meant to have onion powder but don’t have any as there appears to be a world wide shortage of onion powder so just used more garlic powder.