How to Use the Rind of Parmesan. We have about a dozen of those in a baggie in our fridge.
Tag: food
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Pumpkin Rice Pudding
Mmmmm. Pumpkin Rice Pudding. Sounds good.
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Busy Weekend
We had a non-stop weekend thanks to the arrival of Eileen and Dean on Friday night. We took them for a beer at the Friend in Hand, then dinner upstairs at the Aussie Youth. We finished the night with a rollicking Guitar Hero session. Saturday morning found us at the Eveleigh Farmer’s Market before a long walk down King Street in Newtown for a kite-flying session at Sydney Park. Back at the house, we all got officially addicted to True Blood. Dinner was at Spice I Am in Surry Hills, where we sat about 7 feet from Peter from Masterchef. (The food was fantastic. I am still dreaming about the soft shell crab with mango salad. YUM.) Sunday morning Eileen and I headed out for a 7km run around Darling Harbour. Our special 4th of July lunch was at the Blue Plate Bar & Grill in Neutral Bay. We were a little sad that the full menu NQN blogged about wasn’t available at lunch, but we placated ourselves with Philly Cheesesteaks and Chili Dogs. Then it was time for more vampire porn before Dean had to fly back to Melbourne. (Eileen is staying on til Friday attending a microbiology conference in the city.)
My favorite part of kite flying is huddling for warmth while other people struggle with kites. Note: Eileen is not fighting the kite you see above her. The Snook is flying that one. Eileen’s kite is on the ground.
There it is! We have yet to get The Expandable Object to actually fly. Every single kite store that sells this thing claims it’s the easiest kite in the world to get aloft. We’ve never gotten it above 20 feet before it nosedives into the ground.
Eileen and Dean have joined me on the bench. Dean is actually still flying the good kite in this photo. (It’s that easy to fly. You can just sit on a bench and hang on to it. Damn Expandable Object.)
Me and Snookums at our 4th of July lunch.
Eileen and Dean at our 4th of July lunch. Eileen felt compelled by patriotism to pay $9 for an imported Sam Adams.
My Chili Dog. It was pretty damn good! (I had to ask for mustard though.) The fries were excellent.
The Snook went for the Philly Cheesesteak. It had onions, mushrooms, and cheese. He liked it.
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Polish Easter Butter Lamb
Polish Easter Butter Lamb. That is awesome. I’m trying to imagine the meal where you’d get through a pound of butter though…
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Chuck Hahn Dinner
To celebrate my birthday last week, the Snook and I went to the Chuck Hahn dinner as part of the March into Merivale promotion. It was held at Bistro CBD and featured three courses with matched beers. Chuck himself couldn’t come due to illness, but he sent Tony the master brewer from Malt Shovel. Tony walked us through the beers as each course was served, and he came around to our individual tables to chat too. I especially liked the “beer map” that was provided, and that allowed me to visualise where these beers fit on the dark/light ale/lager continuum. The food was great (though the Snook found the oxtail a little salty). Very fun outing, and I think Bistro CBD is definitely worth another visit.
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Molasses Coffee Marinated Pork Chops
Molasses Coffee Marinated Pork Chops from Alton Brown. Yum. I’ve got some pork chops in the freezer just begging for this…
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Moomin Cake!
The fifth cake is a Moomin cake! Sweet.
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Chocolate Covered Peeps
Hm. New Chocolate Covered Peeps. These aren’t engaging my Peep-horror-reflex, so maybe they’re okay. I’ll have to wait to try one before pronouncing a verdict.
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Tim Tam Cookie Pops
Hey Sis! Check out Tim Tam Cookie Pops, aka cake balls made with ground up Tim Tams. Whoa.
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I only eat Plinkton bentos bro!
I only eat Plinkton bentos bro! Eva made a bento out of that animated Kiwi whale. That. Is. Awesome.