Whats for Dinner

at least with gas you can move the meal to the spot with the smallest amount of flame. with electric, the whole plate is the same temperature. makes it very hard to cook slowly...

haha, if u have an OLD electric stove its WAY easy to cook slow, half the time our old burner didnt work!

ahh stoves, a boon and a bane at the same time!

mm cant wait for dinner tonite

Or at the other end of the scale the super pricey electric stoves (halogen etc.) have awesome control. I definitely know the pain of old electric stoves though, ours at home in Adelaide has the same issue as you trashy, it's lowest setting doesn't simmer but turn it up a touch and it starts boiling. You have to sit there and babysit your dish. It's so annoying when I'm cooking a curry which I want to simmer for hours...

hahah - crack that whip!

Normally I make nachos with taco powder that you buy in the shops, and I'm positive I had a packet but after already putting the ingredients in the saucepan I discovered I didn't.

But I do have heaps of herbs and spices, so I jumped online, found a taco powder recipe and fuck me it worked! Could have been more spicy but I'm happy with the result, and full!

lol yeah wasn't keen


the english bangers mash and gravy i whipped up was the good though

I see. I just may give this slow cooker idea a look in.


Let's not get too carried away shall we.

 

key to good taco meat is throwing the salsa in the meat mix, packet powder does fuck all.

Yeh, I'm sure that's all well and good, but I made nachos... :p

it's the same meat recipe pretty much you'd use though mate. i agree with kurko about throwing some of the salsa into the meat too. gives it that bit more flavour.

taco seasoning is pretty much just cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper isn't it?

spices needed for a good chilli - cumin, coriander, oregano, garlic, chilli, and a dash of cinnamon

i love cinnamon in savoury food. especially in pasta sauces.

uh huh!!! its really nice, and aromatic too. it probably also helps with digestion of teh curry too. cinnamon is a wonderspice!

In other news, maghrabiyeh is delicious. I'm going to have to try and source some.

my yaya gave me the tip on cinnamon a while back. nothing i or my folks ever cooked ever really quite tasted like what she made until she told us that. only took her 15 years to let us know.

Tonight is home made chicken and sweetcorn soup. Takes half an hour and is oh so nice on such a cold day.

spag bol i believe with garlic bread.

I made chicken noodle and veg soup last night, with loads of garlic and chilli and garlic bread for the boys cos they've all god colds.  Poor  lil mites.

Tonight is something else with extra garlic and chilli to keep them bugs at bay.

mmmm 2 4 1 pizza tonight for our birthday of love.  How romantic!!! 

Roast Kangaroo tonight

probably skittles after basketball depending on how many 20c pieces i have.

what he said 

roast kangaroo sounds awesome!

i have no idea what i am having for lunch or for dinner tonight.

give me ideas please!

Kangaroo is wicked. Have you tried crocodile or emu?

i love crocodile!

not the biggest fan of emu though, found it way too tough.

I tried Emu not long ago, I was so surprised to see it was a red meat! Was very tasty done med rare though.

Tonight is whatever's in the cupboard, scraped up with mountain bread. Last night's steak sandwiches were teh awesome though.

yes and yes.

orderf of pref
Roo
Croc
Emu

Ended up going to Bodeans (for those that know), Those who don't, it's an american BBQ joint and we ate way too much good shit (mainly meat).  I was full after our shared starter plate of ribs, wings, quesidillas (sp?), crab cakes and salad.  Then attempted to get through my grilled chicken burger with 2 cheeses. Was soooo good but    Tony ordered a full rack of baby back ribs and pulled pork for mains.

Oh Trashy, they do taco salad there too!!!!

Have tried Roo and Croc, love both meats. Yet to try Emu but have tried Pigeon and am happy with that!

I have tried roo, emu (very dark red meat) wood pigeon, reindeer and snails but no croc.

Does anybody know of a good place like this in Adelaide? Been hanging for some decent ribs ever since I went to the States

The pink pig in North Adelaide used to be where it was at, dunno how it is these days tho.

i've had emu sausages was years ago but from what i remember they weren't bad croc is okay 2 but i'd just prefer to eat chicken

I see croc as more of a seafood substitute, tasting more like fish than chicken imo.

 Pink pig does awesome ribs.

I haven't tried pigeon but emu is good... a bit like lamb or beef   

mmm have to go back there soon!

veggie soup for tea tonight

Will have to get along to this Pink Pig joint for a rack of ribs. Has been far too long.

pink pig rules.

they do pretty good everything i reckon.

got a random mesage from subbo last night "want some salmon?" so dare say fish is on the menu tonight:)

I love Salmon!


BBQ goodness tonight! Mmm mmm!

I'm just about to indulge in some toasted wood oven bread with Maggie Beer pate and dill cucumbers on top.

Seriously tasty snack!!!

I'm making burritos.

was fkn good too

Crumbed oven baked seasoned chicken strips in wraps. Got the best crumbs the otehr day, with sesame seeds in em for that extra crunch and taste. 

we're so going there next year when i am in town!!!!!!

just made some tasty banana bread

I bet their salad aint as good as yours tho lady

  i will make it for ya when i arrive

tonite i had thai rice porridge soup. nom nom!

Oooo yea, now ur talking!!!  I was tellin Tony all about it when we were at Bodeans.

Porridge soup? Interesting

its sooo good! get the pork or fish congee with chinese donut next time u are hungover n need a proper fix

http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/features/congee.html

Yeah I don't mind the rice soup. It's great for when you feel sick in the guts either self inflicted or otherwise!

Pigeon and Emu aren't exactly similar. Pigeon's more a mix of duck and chicken, emu's more a kangaroo/beef mix.

Tonight is eggs on toast. Can't go past a classic. Last night was marinated chicken steak with veg.

This morning I hinted to buzz that I would like a delicious curry with all the trimmings...... so we shall see what awaits when I return tonight 

If there's no curry I'm considering buying a whopper and eating it upside down!

curry for lunch.

mum's for dinner.

can't complain.

Hope shes tasty 

Probably seeing a movie at Marion tonight, so will either be New York Bar & Grill, Casurina (Indonesian) or Spargos. Not sure what I feel like.

i thought casurina was malaysian?

It is, my bad. Had Indochine stuck in my head cos I ate their last night.

good 600g cut of petit steak


yes thanks

after reading your reply and noting the lack of grammar, i have come to the conclusion that you are a lucky girl for at least seeing your own sense of humour. your reply made absolutely no sense, and i feel a little bit slower for reading it.



she is though. ask tim. she comes already smoked.

Ahem, where are your capitals Chris??? 

Also, is there any real need for a comma before the word 'and'?



Had Thai for dinner last night. It didnt taste that hot, but I had drops of sweat pouring off of me.

Yes. Reminds me when to take another breath.

 

Any one have any decent recipes for crab meat (no shell)?  Something preferably with chilli and garlic. Tony brought home 2 jars of pretty serious stuff that retails at 30 squid here.  Normally I don't eat anything but fresh crab but this comes pretty close!

:Looks at Josh for suggestions:

26-09-2006, 06:17 PM
2 Sand crabs, uncooked
1 tablespoon peanut oil
2 tablespoons sesame oil
6 cloves garlic, chopped
2 to 3 red chillies, finely diced
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 cup water
3 shallots, sliced diagonally into 3cm lengths

* Clean crabs and cut into 3 sections on each side, lightly crack the shells.
* Heat oils in wok, add garlic and white part of shallots.
* Stir fry for 1 minute
* Add sauces and crab, mix well. Add water.
* Cover and cook for 8 to 10 minutes until crab is bright red and cooked through.
* Toss shallots through crab.
* Serve immediately with steamed rice.

Tried this one before. Bloody nice. Should still work without shells, probably just be careful not to sear the crab meat too much.

Cheers, but will it work with out shells?  Just crab meat.

Hahaha oops just read it properly, should work hey.

 

hahaha I am a bit of a silly billy  I was waiting how long it would be before you read it! he he he

go the linguine!!  chilli, crab, fresh tomato, cream, rocket!  fucking good!

edit: damn, i totally feel like that now.. if only i had my credit card!

I wanted to do that but Tony bony says he doesn't like seafood pasta, boooo!

salt and pepper chicken tenderloins chunky wedges and caeser salad boh

crabmeat salad??

http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/319/Asian-mushroom-and-crab-meat-salad

Out of decent food and money...

So tonight is 2 minute noodles and vegeroni noodles mixed in with canned pink salmon, sweet chilli sauce, soy sauce, red wine, shallots, canned corn, olives, a heap of random herbs and spices and mustard. yum yum!

Edit: brb throwing up.

And to think, I almost trusted you with the crab recipe!!! 

Went to the ed with a few of me boys tonight. Tell ya what there is a muthafucker bunch of tweens on school holidays there tonite!!

A few hot patooties but besides that alot of annoying underagers. Had the Risotto and it was so fucking salty I took it back. It was also not the proper risotto rice either but soggy thick nasty white rice. Not good.


Then I got the gnocci instead (hopefully the chef didnt spit in it) and that wasnt too great either.

Puke

Ready to vomit

did u try the sbs crabmeat salad recipe? nomnom!

Crab meat doesn't even need a recipe, it's just generally awesome.

All this talk of crab is making me hungry for some chilli blue swimmer. So messy but oh so worth it.

scotch fillet tonight with vegies, mash and my home made sauce.

homemade sauce recipe:

1/2 onion
tomato sauce (1/2 cup)
bbq sauce (1/2 cup)
worcestershire sauce (dash)
1/2 clove garlic
vinegar
sugar
1/2 teaspoon cornflour

fry onions a bit, then add the rest until the sugar and cornflour thickens up the sauce.

so tangy and tasty.

wow, love ya salt chris?

bet it tastes awesome though 

don't mind it.

it is enough for ali and i plus extra for dipping bread in.

tastes bloody awesome.

Think I might have to give that a crack. Sounds great!

it is mate. do it. won't be disappointed.

very more-ish.

Nah, didn't have all those mushrooms or time to get any. Decided to marinade the crab meat in chilli, garlic, salt, pepper and truffle oil.  Was so tasty on its own but will have it tonight with a vermicelli veg stir fry on the side.  We ended up getting take away as we have lots of packing to do for the move. 

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

I think it might be lamb and mash tonight with a few brews.

Tonight:

Cajun blackened salmon fillets on a bed of scalloped potatoes and sautéed green beans, topped with some kind of sauce - maybe a caper and burnt shallot buerre blanc (just made the sauce up - worth a shot though I reckon...)

 

Leezee's place it is! I'll bring the pan pipes!

like the sound of this idea actually

Oath. Definitely picking up a carton on the way home.

The Ed, for all its prices is actually pretty average food. My parents love taking us there on birthdays etc as it's just up from their place.
You're not wrong about the underagers too! It's all the private school kids who go. Yes, I used to be one who went too. I never posed though, I just drank. 

Tonight dinner is on Gouger st. There's a new place just opened called Star City (I think) and I may have to check it out.

Last night I had creamy garlic prawns with button mushrooms, spring onion and rice. Was delicious!

 

Not sure what I'll have tonight.

having sawasdee thai tonight! yum!

soilent green tonight!

YUM!

ahahahahahaha gold!

I went there the 2nd night it opened and it was average.
It was extremely busy but the food although quite tasty (most of the dishes anyway) was served lukewarm, cold steamed rice (BABOW) and crap service.

As there are lots of good restaraunts on the strip, I'd advise not to go there.

I had wine with some corn chips, then got home and had 1/4 tin of sweet corn. Mmmm corny

wok in a box

I had a prawn salad & a big fat glass of wine!

Last night I had a Villi's steak and mushroom pie

Maybe not that exciting for you lot, but a rarity in my parts.

leftover pizza or baked beans on toast.

pretty keen for the baked beans tbh.

steak eggs and chips:)

I've had dinner but now I am eating a pack of pork rinds, best snack food ever!

here here!

had chicken chilli-men at wagamama last night

spicy!

Three fold!

There's a pub near us who serve pork crackling and apple sauce as a snack.  They call them pork scratchings over here.

I hate to be a picky bastard but that's the second person on this board in recent times who has said 'here here!' It's actually 'hear hear!' as in 'everybody hear him, they speak the truth!' I can understand the confusion because it makes sense in a 'over here, I agree!' kind of way...

Agreed on the pork rinds. Those pork crackles at the supermarket aren't too bad. I'd be keen to try a proper American brand though, Homer Simpson style!

*does the grammar nazi shimmy out of the thread*

That is so amazingly, hilariously nerdy! I love it! 

I hadn't seen any grammar bashing lately, so I decided to bring back the pain! Here and hear irks me as much as lose and loose and we all know about that one...

I always took it as here here, as in yup, same here

so Im sticking with it


here fkn here!

The winner: Pork.

Pork Chops, Hock/Knuckle, Rinds, Suckling Pig, it's a great meat

100% agreed LD.

Last night was oven baked pork chops marinated in honey and char siu sauce with sweet corn on the cob and carrots and broccoli stirfried in oyster, soy sauce and a little allspice.

Tonight is chicken... Not put off at all by Jamie Oliver's chicken show either, although I'll buy organic eggs now.
Chicken with honey mustard marinade methinks. Maybe some garlic mash.

chicken schnitta
and apple berry pie for dessert

Those dying baby chickens were so cute 

And tasty!

chicken schnitta at the eagles club

tomorrow - BBQ City!

Here, here!   

yes!!!!!

You guys should really learn to tow the line.


 

You should to Liam, I could of told you that!

God that place rocks! Get the three combo meat plate... or the soy sauce chicken.

Last night turned into Chicken, bacon, leek and carrot casserole with rice.
Tonight is rump steak and veg!

Heading up to a mates shack at Carricks. Dare say all I'll be ingesting over the weekend is beer/scotch and various bbq'd meats. Can't wait

wine.

Just had soup with steamed vegies

Paella! First time too, woohoo!

Good ol' spag bol... in the slow cooker. Just had a sneak taste and things are looking good

As with many things in life, practise makes perfect.

Oh and wine goes a long way to disguise any shortcomings in the cooking

its 600gram rib eye3 night here at holbrooks. I love Subbos enthusiasm


"Hmmm, we need a sauce. What about a creamy herb and prawn sauce? Yeah? Ok, I'll go buy some prawns"


sweeeeeet

Surf and turf 

been hitting up the 24 hor villi's cafe on south road heaps lately green peppercorn pies and jam berliners fuck yeah

How is it? I've always been keen to try it.

i live around the corner, but hardly ever go.

*shoots self*

Might grab a meal at Natee Thai down the bay tonight. Anybody ever been? They do a great peanut sauce!

that wont fill you up though...

"can i take your order sir?"

"i'll have one bucket of peanut sauce please and thankyou. i hear it's the best!"

i reckon a bucket of peanut sauce would defintely fill u up

I reckon I'd definitely eat a bucket of their peanut sauce too.

i haven't been there since we moved into the area! always forget it's there.

same.

ah well. can't miss something you've never really used.

off to the Sauce tonight with Lauren. Really looking forward to it

I feel like something Mexican tonight... maybe fajitas.

i have a shitload of english spinach in my vegie patch at the mo, does anyone have any spinach based recipes?

maybe a spinach curry or something?

It's not curry, but I've always been a big fan of Chicken Florentine with spinach.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/chickencasseroles/r/bl30108h.htm

Please note, I have not actually tried this exact recipe, but it sounds delicious.

use it in a pasta with chicken, bacon,spring onions cream and cheeses.

yeah, been doing that!  but trying to lay off the pasta at the mo!

and i'd like to try to use a heap of the spinach before those slimey snails get to it!!

was contemplating making spinach gnochhi!  might do that!

that would be awesome!

you could also make a quiche or something with it all.

Saag paneer! or something like that..mmm spinach is great

Spinach slice

Spinach curry

and more good ideas...http://www.spinachrecipes.org/

thanks guys!

will check out that site anna!

We made a seafood paella, the rice didn't turn out that well but the seafood was good, it was spicy but not "hot" spicy.

Just cook it up and then mix in lemon juice, crushed garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper.  Mmmm pure and simple. 

Just made some sweet spiced basa fillets on a bed of broccolini with a fresh made tomato and red onion relish. Han is really enjoying it.

I'm having 2 minute Mi Goreng noodles, and I can't wait! Hehe, sucker!

Last night was so slack. Beef mince, carrots and broccoli all mixed together in a wok till nearly cooked, whacked in a casserole dish with eggs cracked over the top and half an hour in the oven to get the eggs cooked. And there's enough left over for toasties tonight.

Night before was basmati rice cooked in chicken stock with apricot chicken casserole.

Mmmm pork schnittas!

WTF!? sounds like bachelor food imo

Last night was 2 4 1 t-bones at the Dublin. Went down with a mate and for $10 each you get a 300gm t-bone with pepper sauce, awesome chips and coleslaw. Then theres 2 4 1 pints of Hahn Superdry or $10 for 2 scotch + cokes. Big time win!

Tonight it's roast veggies and lamb shanks in a red wine sauce.

Spacey is cooking up some pasta tonight, and has also baked up a gooey chocolate cake like the good girl she is 

Malaysian chicken curry last night, it was so good I want to do it again tonight!
But tonight is sizzling beef with veg.

Got a chinese style pork belly roasting at the moment with some garlic & thyme potatoes, carrots, corn on the cob and potato bake in the oven.

Should be pretty sweet.

Lamb shanks tonight!

Mmmmm pork belly for us tonight

If I wasn't sure I'd die within a few weeks, I'd eat it every day.

Damn straight, if crackling was a meal I wouldn't even bother cooking the pork itself!

 LD wrangled us up a 600g rib eye steak each. They are currently in the oven after marinating in red wine and garlic all day.

 + roast potatoes and carrot

 

Haven't decided on dinner yet but will be cooking a good ol' fashioned bread & butter pudding for dessert.

Been years since I had one.

So jealous.

Dad used to make an awesome one.

It's one of those desserts that everyone seems to love and is piss easy to make but nobody seems to make them anymore.

little baby bits of little baby goats.

yum

Wow I was just looking last night for a recipe. Nearly called mum up to get hers.

Care to share yours Noddy?

nice work LD, nudge will be home soon...!

Billy goat pie?

Nope, thats still in the freezer. Little baby chops:)

Home made pizza with shredded duck & proscuitto.

Hot diggity damn.

went to the Sailmaster for dinner

had the Australian Game it was nice

It was made up of a piece of Kanagroo some Croc, Emu and Barramundi all served on a hot stone grill raw and then you cook it on your table to your liking with some mash and a dipping sauce.

Emu was the standout.

Sounds nice, but fucking hell I hate that stone grill idea.

Paying money to cook your own dinner?

Did they give you a pot of boiling water, a peeler, and some spuds too? 

home made spinach gnocchi with a three cheese sauce - most of them stinky mmmm

 

i know what you mean but i really did not take long at all. I guess if you were cooking a massive steak it would be a be much but the different meats I had seemed to work well.

That sounds awesome. I'm also a big fan of emu, really nice. What did you think of the Croc? I thought it tasted like chicken.

Roast veggies, however, I feel like grabbin' an ultimate whopper on the way home...

Virgo will be having chunky pilchards.

No! Go the Grand Angus from Macca's. It's 13grams of yum!

Ahhh crap. I've boycotted Macca's since they decided to increase the price of every item on their menu at all Mc's in low socio-economic areas.

But I am curious to know what this Grand Angus comprises of...? 

bigger and better meat patty, sour dough bun, spainish onion, tomato, cheese and a dijonaise i think?

O.M.G.

 

I feel like balling my eyes out.

it's so good i ate one 2 nights in a row!   

Wow, you must be the first female I've met who have no qualms about eating said burgers.

 

edit: needs bacon imo.

 

considering a pretty much eat soup & crackers for lunch most days, pretty sure i can deal with a fat burger at night!

the mighty angus is pretty much the same as the grand angus, but with bacon and instead of salad it has an onion relish

I'll have the mighty angus thanks lol.

Oh and it needs avocado too! Yum...

Double beef, bacon, double cheese, proper mayo or djion, tomato, avocado, spanish onion and a bit of lettuce = win.

I just munched down some yakisoba and gyoza mmm mmm, except it's more like lunch for me seeing as it's 2pm here...still dinnertime in Australia so I'm not off-topic!

Speaking of burgers, there's a new specialty burger I just noticed at Macca's, an Italian chicken burger - looks like a parmy with some lettuce in a bun...I'll definitely have to try that soon...the Angus looks nice too but I dare say I won't get a chance to try that...



You have to be kidding right? I'm pretty sure it's set pricing across the state/country regardless of the area and not some evil conspiracy to keep the battlers down lol.

Sad but true Glock.

I don't know what they've done with the pricing interstate or o.s. They have raised the prices on all items in every 'disadvantaged' suburb in S.A. People who are socially and economically disadvantaged are the largest, per capita, consumers of fast food. Said people also have the worst health and mental health issues; it's all about education, life styles and access to services.

But that's the crude world of business, and sociological analysis on top.

I've eaten 3 mighty angus's in four days now fucking hooked, They remind me a bit of that "name it" burger they did a while ago i fucking loved them spewing they didn't keep it

I'm gonna be strong and grab an ultimate whopper, minus the 'ketchup'.

before you order the whopper, check the menu for the xl burgers

your choice of double, triple or quadruple beef and cheese with bacon and bbq sauce

I would have except for:

a) the bun, therefore the meat patties are smaller and inferior imo.

b) don't like bbq sauce.

a: they are whopper buns/patties

b: order it without bbq sauce

i beleive its the whopper bun and patties

too slow 

yep i got that too

I've seen the light!

 

Meat loaf with BBQ sauce.

Haven't had meat loaf for years.

???

burritos mmmmmmmm

Meat loaf is the bombay. Awesome for sandwiches the next day too.

Already have that planned.

Boerwors, steak and salad with roasted spuds and beetroot last night. Lovely South African sausage.

Got to love eating at Mum and Dad's!

i just made one of the strangest things i have ever come up with, as a result of being lean on supplies.


saute sliced red onion, one cob corn kernels, three diced asparagus in some butter. add medium tin of pink salmon (drained) and fry til salmon gets a bit crunchy. salt and loads of pepper, incorporate well. take off heat, crumble some cottage cheese lightly over the top, cover with two beaten eggs, sprinkle with tasty, then grill till bubbling.

was really tasty, like a tuna mornay bake, which was the original idea.





on another note, my folks got me some Swiss Diamond Cookware for my birthday - cant recommend the stuff highly enough! if you are serious about cooking, look into getting some as it makes life easier and better 

nah glocks right, its just lazy

Ok it's lazy, but I like the stuff.  Tinned spaghetti and cheese toasties are rad, make a fuck of a mess tho when cooking.  (See not lazy, cos you have to clean up that after.) lol

Now in a toastie, it's definitely worthy, but if you're just heating it up to eat on it's own it's pretty lazy. Just one more pot on the boil at the same time and you can have the real thing!



That stuff looks the goods but I bet it ain't cheap!

yep. my ex's brother in law is thai, and that's what he told me to use. works just as good as any noodle.

Cranking up the wood pizza oven tomorrow! Tonight I'll make some garlic butter.

You're a noodle

Fair enough. I just haven't had pad ka pow pasta before but it's certainly an intriguing idea. That could really work with those flavours stirred through pasta with a bit of oil.

it does mate. trust me.

me and headache are doin Fortune Duck fri night, bout 6:30 if any one is keen

Tommo is in.

roast beef with taities, n other roast veg.
now to decide, the webber or oven?

Like there is even a decision to be made there. Weber obviously!

yeah i know. cant be fucked going down the street and getting the rocks.
however, cant go past the web. its on.

Nghi Ngan Quan


oh yeah baby !

As I don't know how long it will be before I can eat rice again after having it for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the last two weeks, I am going to crack out some pork chops marinated in apple cider with apple chunks and some steamed veg with a garlic white sauce. Definitely need some veg!

has become a regular of Subbo and mine (usually Monday nights) Never disappoints

Give us a review then!

threw together pig cheeks in manzanilla and baked spicey ribs last night.  Both very tasty.

Last night I marinated some beef loin (with handle bones in for more Fred Flintstone eating styles) in olive oil, garlic salt and steak spice and had a nice salad with sticky balsamic.

they do a quite few dishes well, and their serves are gargantuan, like hungry-LD worthy serves. for the price you can't go wrong, but the best (quality) Vietnamese is still *easily* Vietnam on Addison - the difference is quite noticeable but personally i wouldn't normally be prepared to have to 1. pre-book and 2. pay the premium

ps: no liquor license


NNQ - enjoy at your leisure
Vietnam - save it for the special occasion 




pps: for your recently acquired Pho-tish (i assume) head to Yen Linh corner of Regency and Days Rds, next to the fish and chip shop. best pho/etc in adelaide.

I'm about to set off for two weeks all I can eat Brasillian, yip yah!

FTFY. Love those things.

Apricot Chicken for dinner last night. I didn't have any rice though so cooked pasta in stock to have with it. Am I the only one who could easily drink chicken stock?

this seems to be on heavy rotation in your house, almost like the fall back spagbog, and (apart from the old Uncle Ken's or whatever) i had never heard of it until your recurrent postings. i'm a big fan of fruit and meat, so could you care to elaborate on this one for me?

cheers 

I've heard really good things about substituting mango for apricot in apricot chicken recipes...

*taps nose*

It's one of those recipes that I simply cannot fuck up and Terry loves it. Basically it's different to everyone's mum's Apricot Chicken as I don't use french Onion soup in it. It's more an apricot chicken casserole.

Recipe
Chicken breast or thigh, cubed
2 TBSP Plain Flour
Salt, 1 teaspoon
Pepper 1 teaspoon
2 carrots peeled
1 spud, peeled
1 leek, halved and chopped.
Green beans
1 onion, diced
3 garlic cloves crushed
Allspice
Rice
Chicken Stock
1 can Apricot Nectar
Olive Oil
Butter.

Preheat oven to 180. Toss your cubed chicken in the flour, salt and pepper mixture. Half Fry it off (in batches if there’s no space) in some butter and a bit of olive oil in a heavy casserole dish that can go on flame. Don’t let the chicken cook through, just brown the outside. Put aside.
Fry off the onions, garlic and leek till soft then throw in the other vegies apart from the beans. Stir to cover in onion/oil/butter mixture then add the can of apricot nectar. Bring to the boil, add the chicken back in then drop to a simmer for 20 mins, stirring occasionally. It should start to thicken up because of the flour on the chicken. Season with allspice and some extra salt and pepper if you want.
Pop in the oven for 15 mins and throw in the green beans at this point. Also cook some rice in chicken stock.

Serve! Best in a bowl so you can put the rice in the bottom to soak up all the awesome juice.

Oh, that Mango idea sounds good! I think I will try it. Tonight it's slack dinner, savoury mince toasted sandwiches. Leftover mince from last night. Ooooh yeah.

you've never heard of apricot chicken? wow. get onto it.

flat out euro over here dude - never had shepherd's pie til i was at least 20 i reckon

I tried to find apricot nectar in the UK and failed miserably. I had to resort to mashing up tinned apricots in grape juice. Enormous amounts of wrong.
If you're in Europe you'll have a hell of a time finding Apricot Nectar.

i mean my folks are euro - everything they used to make is based around garlic and tomatoes, until mum got into the asian side of things of course. there are a few aussie dishes i have discovered more recently through other families/girlfriends that would be common in many other peoples homes ie french onion lamb chops, shepherds pie, roast lamb with mint sauce, et al

OH right.

So no potato salad with kanga bangers for you then!

Lunch today at the bakery....

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awesome

awesome

concur

Slow cooked in the wood fired oven. Washed down with large amounts of red wine.

Big up Brownie for supplying the pig. Gonna miss ya mate.

leftover roo curry for dinner tonight.

was so good last night, i wish i didn't offer del some now.

I have been trying to recreate a Vietnamese grilled pork recipe I had on Phu Quoc island. So far I haven't had much success but this is the closest I have come.
1tbs Kecap Manis (Not Viet, I know.)
3tbs Honey
1/2 tbs soy sauce
1tbs fish sauce
2 crushed cloves garlic
1/2 tea spoon minced ginger.

Stir together, marinate pork for a couple of hours, grill, eat.
I also discovered by accident that the marinade tastes awesome if you're stirfrying vegies to go along with it.
I looked up recipes online for the pork and so far I have managed to use three ingredients that it doesn't call for and miss out 4 others. Yep, good effort.

I have been trying to recreate a Vietnamese grilled pork recipe I had on Phu Quoc island. So far I haven't had much success but this is the closest I have come.
1tbs Kecap Manis (Not Viet, I know.)
3tbs Honey
1/2 tbs soy sauce
1tbs fish sauce
2 crushed cloves garlic
1/2 tea spoon minced ginger.

Stir together, marinate pork for a couple of hours, grill, eat.
I also discovered by accident that the marinade tastes awesome if you're stirfrying vegies to go along with it.
I looked up recipes online for the pork and so far I have managed to use three ingredients that it doesn't call for and miss out 4 others. Yep, good effort.

I reckon try palm sugar (if you can find it) instead of honey for the sweetener. It's much more common in SE Asian cooking as a sweetener than honey,  it might give you more of the taste you're looking for.

That's actually one of the ingredients I missed. I was kind of improvising from my kitchen cupboard!  I'll get some shallots next time too.

Frank's for Pizza...

where is this franks?

where is this franks?

Vesuvio Pizza Bar
503 Lower North East Road, Felixstow SA 5070
Ph # (08) 8337 2317 ‎

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-au&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=vesuvio+Pizza+bar&fb=1&gl=au&hq=vesuvio+Pizza+bar&hnear=Adelaide+SA&cid=0,0,12725785191518092935&ei=L1gJTav5I43LrQeXlZXVDg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=4&ved=0CC0QnwIwAw

If ya don't know, get to know... 

Vesuvio rocks. Do they still have the dodgy paper maiche looking volcano on the roof?

Around the same area, Tony's on Montacute Rd. in Newton is awesome as well.

Vesuvio rocks. Do they still have the dodgy paper maiche looking volcano on the roof?

Around the same area, Tony's on Montacute Rd. in Newton is awesome as well.

Yep, Volcano still there Mate.   

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advisor/lonely-planet-reveal-the-worlds-most-disgusting-dishes/story-fn728dvd-1226015195884#ixzz1RBZyJRdA

I don't agree that all of this is disgusting. What's wrong with Black Pudding? And I'd give the cicadas a try. According to The Hairy Bikers 100gm of cicadas has more protein than a rump steak. Pork Floss and Reindeer sandwiches sounds yummy!

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advisor/lonely-planet-reveal-the-worlds-most-disgusting-dishes/story-fn728dvd-1226015195884#ixzz1RBZyJRdA

I don't agree that all of this is disgusting. What's wrong with Black Pudding? And I'd give the cicadas a try. According to The Hairy Bikers 100gm of cicadas has more protein than a rump steak. Pork Floss and Reindeer sandwiches sounds yummy!

Pork floss is shit. It's like pork flavoured fairy floss (yes it has that much sugar!).

I hate biting into what looks like a delicious roll of some sort over here only to find sweetened pork floss in there. They like to hide it in all sorts of deceptive dishes.

Speaking of articles like that one, check this one out: http://www.cnngo.com/bangkok/eat/thailands-13-most-repulsive-dishes-242509?pi=pi

Black Pudding is fine, but White Pudding is so much better.

We had a Reindeer feast in Lapland in a Saami hut. About 6 different dishes all made from poor old Rupolph. Damn tasty that stuff.