farfalle with bolognaise sauce tonight ... something simple to keep the kids happy. They love the little 'butterflies' 

Usual early Sunday routine here. Down to the shopping centre to buy the newspaper, 2 fresh sesame rolls, best sliced ham, a few of slices of jarlsburg cheese, a special tomato and a red onion.

Read the paper with a cuppa, two fresh rolls and a few rays.

Heaven!

Lionel Edriess wrote on Aug 10^th, 2014 at 5:55pm:


Norwegian Jarlsburg is good 'n tasty. A bit pricey, so I go easy on it.

But I've got some delicious 'King Island Dairy Roaring Forties Blue' and some wonderful 'Maasdam' cheese waiting for me in the fridge right now.

This 'Blue' stinks like a bad case of trench-foot, but it's beautifully tangy, sharpish, and goes down well mounted on a dry and sugarless wheat biscuit.

The Maasdam is almost 'the perfect cheese'.

The Mole wrote on Aug 10^th, 2014 at 9:31pm:


anyone who gets sauce from a tin needs their head read ... sauces are so easy to make, why would you use processed crap?

John Smith wrote on Aug 10^th, 2014 at 9:37pm:


You have a point, John.

One of the drawbacks of living alone is that you're more inclined to 'make do' with pre-prepared stuff in tins and frozen packets then start a huge mess on the chopping board and the side-boards that will be a chore to clean up.

There's no one to impress with your culinary skills.

Even when my niece visits me I buy 'vegetarian' from the local Chinese restaurant for her. It's more tasty and interesting than anything I could come up with.

Try this: (brand) 'Tom Piper' ~ tinned 'Braised Steak and Onions'. Heat it and pour it over boiled rice or potatoes and carrots.

To die for.

Besides the Campbell's 'Spaghetti Sauce - With Beef' ~ it's the only tinned meat I buy. Okay ... there's Spam which is delicious sliced thinly and topped with HP Sauce.

And speaking of tinned foods ~ there's nothing that pisses me off more than the idiots who still keep packaging their foods in unstackable tins.

John Smith wrote on Aug 11^th, 2014 at 11:22am:


You haven't been watching Master Chef or My Kitchen Rules, have you John?

There's not only a mess, but the washing up involves a stack of dirty dishes, pots and pans halfway to the ceiling.

I'm having boiled Jasmine rice, sliced grilled beef, and sliced Truss Tomatoes today ... with a liberal splashing of Kikkoman soya sauce.

Must try some of those cheeses Herb.

i actually quite like the Mersey Valley crumbly cheeses

Something else I dont mind for a snacky lunch is Sardines in Tomato Sauce on Toasted Helgas Soy-Lin Bread. Sardines is something I cant get anyone else in the family to even try them I think My Missus wasnt brought up poor like my family, as a result our kids have inherited fussyness for food! As a matter of example what real Aussie doesnt like prawns? Yep my wife!