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Post by Kenny on Jun 2, 2005 11:33:06 GMT 10
yes, I agree totally - we need more offal here at OJF.
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Post by Kenny on Jun 22, 2005 14:47:06 GMT 10
RICH TOMATO SAUCE
This comes from my new Italian cooking booking thingo, except I've tweaked it a bit:
100ml olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 small leek, white part only, finely chopped
2 sticks celery, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 bunch fresh oregano
1/2 bunch fresh thyme
100ml red wine
4 cans Italian toms, whizzed very briefly
brown sugar - maybe two tablespoons
salt, pepper
Cook veges on medium heat until wilted, then add garlic. Cook for a few minutes more. Add herbs, then the wine. Cook until wine is mostly gone. Add tomatoes. Cook on slow simmer for at least 3-4 hours. Add sugar. Season. Eat.
I don't think I'll ever settle on a single tomato sauce recipe, but this is a goodun. It sticks real well to pasta and was beaut with the Italian fennels snags we had the other night.
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Post by VhBBB on Jun 22, 2005 19:57:16 GMT 10
whoah half a bunch of Oregano - wow.
My ex darling man used an awful lot once in a recipe and it was so strong I couldn't eat it. I've been nervous of fresh/dried oregano since. I must try it again, it was probably psychological anyway. This sounds like an excellent tomato sauce recipe though. The sugar thing my grandma told me about but she only used a teaspoon. Another secret passed to the masses, nothing is scared anymore!
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Post by johnk on Jun 22, 2005 23:31:49 GMT 10
Why would anyone put Allan Browne in a recipe? Huh? Is there something going down I dont know?
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Post by Kenny on Jun 23, 2005 11:44:18 GMT 10
whoah half a bunch of Oregano - wow. Yeah it's a lot - but I've made this recipe twice now, and didn't find the herbs overpowering. |
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Post by Kenny on Jul 15, 2005 12:01:04 GMT 10
A question for Vicki (or anyone else for that matter):
OK, so I get worried about the health aspects of red meat and so on just like eberyone else.
However, until recently I believed that varying things with seafood is the way to a healthy diversity.
But a work pal, who has a dicky heart so has boned up on such matters, assures me that the likes of calamari, mussels, pippis and prawns are just as evil health-wise as offal.
What say you?
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Post by vickihb2 on Jul 15, 2005 16:47:43 GMT 10
I like fish, I like squid, I think if you eat lots of vegetables then you smell nicer.
I eat red meat a few times per week but I cut off all the fat first before I cook it. And as you can all tell this regime has helped me keep my figure as nice and trim as I was at 25 (I wish).
You need to eat red meat sometimes. Monkeys in the wild do this, so there.
Vegetarians sometimes lose their sense of smell from lack of a B vitamin. The healthiest diet is vegan plus fish, so I am told.
Last night I had the most superb kangaroo steak, lean and rare and divine with Dijon mustard. Oooh la la.
I think it is politically incorrect to eat cows in Australia. Roos don't take as much water. But I would draw the line at a wombat.
How is THAT for double standards?
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Post by shaggaz on Jul 15, 2005 20:47:18 GMT 10
They are actually having a special thing in Queensland this weekend where this pub serves up camel. I am not kidding. I think they are making camel burgers or something? This is all according to news radio. Really!!!
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Post by Vicki H BBBB on Jul 17, 2005 4:08:43 GMT 10
I ate Camel once when I was based in the NT, it was a very rich meat, not my thing really chef was crap and I was in a very remote community that got most of its food delivered by light aircraft once a week.
I have eaten worse things in my travels. The fermented porridge served to me for breakfast in Ghanaabout was the oddest thing I have ever had to eat. It was very strange for a western girl to deal with. Having said that most West African cusine is fantastic, but not that porridge.
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Post by vickihb2 on Jul 18, 2005 14:07:14 GMT 10
That was supposed to be Ghana not "Ghanaabout" which goes to show why it is worthwile logging in and not being so lazy that you just post as guest!
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Post by Boo on Jul 18, 2005 23:15:00 GMT 10
I made real pasta on the weekend and it was a lot easier than it sounds it was fun and it tasted really good too. we used all organic stuff. worth a try we reckon.
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Post by Kenny on Jul 26, 2005 11:35:29 GMT 10
[glow=red,2,300]WHAT WE ATE ON OUR HOLIDAY WITH GRANDMA[/glow]
Fish and chips, Town Frier, Willy
Antipasto, seafood casserole, pork fillets, Massani, Carlton
Oxtail soup, grilled snapper, Greek salad, The Rose, Port Melbourne. Great place!
Club sanger, antipasto, hot dog, the bar @ Werribee Mansion
Grilled swordfish with salsa and mash, hamburger, fish and chips, downstairs @ Stokehouse
Multiple pizzas, pasta, dips, ice cream, wine for Kenny's birthday with pals @ Touk's (what used to be the Charles Street Bar in Seddon).
Super rich choc cookies, apple cake, chunky fish soup, fresh pesto fettuccine with Italian salad, Andrew's frankfurters, pan-grilled cheese sangers, Tuscan bean soup, The Kitchen @ Maison de Kenny and Bennie
Bog standard Cantonese, Westlake, Chinatown
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Post by aj on Jul 26, 2005 13:51:31 GMT 10
Jesus Kenny, you must have been hungry when you got up this morning.
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Post by Kenny on Jul 26, 2005 14:15:48 GMT 10
Heh heh ... when me mum hits town we all the restaurants and markets big time. Plus: I've got to prepare for the culinary wilderness that is Wangaratta.
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Post by vickihb2 on Jul 26, 2005 16:52:41 GMT 10
How to prepare for Wangaratta:
Eat at Smorgy's for a week and start using plastic forks
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