December 2009
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a tummy ache on christmas eve
for future reference, apparently the following meal combination will render my stomach comatose and in pain:
breakfast: two rice crackers, yogurt that i found in our work fridge*, coffee, nori
lunch at giulias: pretty massive hamburger with cheese + beetroot + lettuce + mustard, chips with rosemary, watermelon+berry+mint juice
post-lunch at redoak: 500ml of organic hefeweizen
* i think this...
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i like a fish taco joint that knows its good.... →
“macaroons are the new cupcake.”
– from last night’s dinner conversation.
for you uncouth un-hip types, this is a macaroon.
and, confusingly, so is this.
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i miss texas. especially meat by the half pound. →
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how to dismember animals (circa 1508)
from the booke of kervinge by wynkyn de worde, some of my favourite animal-dismemberment terms. even if they are potentially cute animals.
break a deer
lift a swan
spoil a hen
disfigure a peacock
display a crane
mine a plover
thigh a woodcock
splat a pike
undertranch a porpoise
tame a crab
(quoted from schott’s food and drink miscellany)
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“Fast food has the same nutritional value as a grease-soaked sponge garnished...”
– (via fromtheoldman)
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“Why do we rate a purely subjective experience like restaurants and food on a...”
– From a recent SBS Food article on the Michelin star-rating system.
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sweet, sour, bitter, savoury, MSG. i mean, umami. →
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horse what?
sydney has an appalling lack of good gringo-style mexican food.
most mexican joints here serve food that is barely edible. just lots of crappy aztec clip art and foil-wrapped pre-made meals or trendy two-colour logo, nostalgic fonts also serving crappy foil-wrapped pre-made meals. you might as well eat an airplane breakfast.
(having said that, baja cantina in glebe serves some bitchin cali-style...
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there is no fury like the want for a corn fritter. →
one morning several years ago, i had an intense hankering for corn fritters. so i made an improvised attempt with some leftover curry, eggs, canned corn — and ended up giving myself food poisoning. so since then, i’ve left it to the health-inspection-approved cooks to make it for me.
although i am pretty certain that this bill granger recipe (which requires corn in its plant form, not...
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jerk ham: ham for jerks! →
i think i’ve found my christmas ham recipe of choice. nothing beats pork + chilli + plenty of ham leftover for holiday season hangover breakfasts.
