The culinary appreciation thread

[Pakeha]

Re: Boys back in training

For two weeks. Thank heavens for penicillin. Or am i thinking of something else?

Still giggling . gold!

 

[Pakeha]

Re: Boys back in training

*waves hand in air*

How about raw sea urchin?

A delicacy. We call this "kina" back home.

 

[Pakeha]

You guys should go to Stonehut bakery up here in the mid north. They do gourmet pies with choices between - Goat, Emu, Crocodile, Camel, Kangaroo, Venison, Wild Boar. Best pies ive ever eaten.

Have had raw sea urchin, Cant beat the freshness. Have had raw scallops as well.

Best pies I've ever had are probably in Tassie, but thats another story.

We eat goat a lot. Lovely meat and the T-Chow in Chinatown does it well. I buy it from the Muslim Hillal butcher on South Rd for myself (they also sell Venison).

Venison and so called 'wild boar' over here is pretty bland really. It's all farmed, and the real game flavours that come from what the animals eat in the wild, not on the farm (which feeds them grass or grain).

Emu, roo, camel and crocodile all pretty good if cooked as they should be.

Some others I've tried on my various global ventures

snake (many varieties)
eels
heaps of grubs and insects
horse
rat
various strange birds
monkey

Nothing overly offensive really. Haven't had dog or cat yet (to my knowledge) , but wouldn't shy away either.

 

[Pakeha]

Re: Boys back in training

Lemme just call my Nonno and we'll get cooking.
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Hey ILTH, does your Nonno have a great family recipe for Osso Bucco.

I have eaten it for years, but in Southern Italy, in a tiny family run 'eatery' I had the most divine dish ever, and have never been able to emulate it. Their, and our, language differences meant I didn't get much from them at all.

Most recipes here are hybrids/mutants whatever you want to call them and just don't cut the cake. I like good old fashioned family recipies.

If you can accomodate, can you PM it to me. If not, not a worry.

With much appreciation
Pakeha.

 

[portentous]

im just wondering
wtf is bratwurst?

it sounds disgusting....

They put naughty little kids through a mincer and make sausage. Have you ever seen Pink Floyd?

 

[blackdiamond]

Re: Boys back in training

*waves hand in air*

How about raw sea urchin?

Everytime I request that they are out of stock.

I always like trying odd foods, can't remember them all right now.

Just a couple I have had since being here.

Rattlesnake
Turtle

 

[Steve Dore]

Re: Boys back in training

Um, no.

You go one up.

Okaaay, what about crocodile?

Yep, crocodile, water buffalo, camel, emu, roo, ostrich, venison, "wild boar" (aka feral pig), goat, eel.

.... Venison and so called 'wild boar' over here is pretty bland really. It's all farmed, and the real game flavours that come from what the animals eat in the wild, not on the farm (which feeds them grass or grain). ...

If you are buying "wild boar" that is farmed then you are getting ripped off. The "wild boar" we used to trap up in SW QLD was certainly not farmed. The majority, if not all, of the meat from our local chiller went to Europe.

The night before a Port v Sydney game at the SCG some years back (the one where Plugger kicked 12.1) I had rabbit at a posh Sydney restaurant. I hadn't eaten rabbit since I was a kid and I was bitterly disappointed. It was farmed and, as you say, it had no flavour.

....
snake (many varieties)
eels
heaps of grubs and insects
horse
rat
various strange birds
monkey

.....

...
Rattlesnake
Turtle

There's a few in there I haven't tried but certainly willing to if the opportunity arises.

 

[i_love_the_hoff]

Re: Boys back in training

Hey ILTH, does your Nonno have a great family recipe for Osso Bucco.

I have eaten it for years, but in Southern Italy, in a tiny family run 'eatery' I had the most divine dish ever, and have never been able to emulate it. Their, and our, language differences meant I didn't get much from them at all.

Most recipes here are hybrids/mutants whatever you want to call them and just don't cut the cake. I like good old fashioned family recipies.

If you can accomodate, can you PM it to me. If not, not a worry.

With much appreciation
Pakeha.

Yeh, my Nonno has a recipie for Osso Bucco. My Nonno used to run a resteraunt in Italy before we moved here 13 years ago. Everything he cooks is just.... IMPONTENTE!
next time i see him i will ask, cos i dont know the recipie.

 

[i_love_the_hoff]

Re: Boys back in training

I am very sure that I know a dang sight more about food of all varieties than you do. You could not even begin to dream of the gastronomic delights I have experienced.

Maybe it is time you grew up if you want to play with the adults

I have one thing to say to you:

 

[Pakeha]

Re: Boys back in training

Yeh, my Nonno has a recipie for Osso Bucco. My Nonno used to run a resteraunt in Italy before we moved here 13 years ago. Everything he cooks is just.... IMPONTENTE!
next time i see him i will ask, cos i dont know the recipie.

You beauty ILTH Thanks for that.

 

[gytre]

Have any of you ever seen the reality TV survival series Man vs Wild on The Discovery Channel?

The host, Bear Grylls, former British special forces op and survival expert eats all kinds of interesting things on his show to teach survival in the harshest environments.

Some of his culinary delights include -

raw mangrove snake
raw puff adder
raw goats testicle
raw camel fat (from the hump)
Monitor Lizard liver (at least he cooked that)
raw yak's eyeball
raw scorpion
raw centipede
raw impala (from a carcass that was teeming with flies)

...and a wide variety of grubs, beetles and other insects.

 

[Steve Dore]

... raw goats testicle ......

I was at a BBQ where they were cooking mountain oysters. A friend of mine's girlfriend was hoeing into them and saying how good they were until someone explained just where mountain oysters come from.

 

[morell]

Hmmm. I think I will stick to ILTH's Nonnos woodfired Napoli Pizza.

 

[gytre]

Hmmm. I think I will stick to ILTH's Nonnos woodfired Napoli Pizza.

Yes, I have to admit that probably does read as a little more appealing.

 

[Macca19]

So whats everyones signature dish?

Mine would be Tagliatelle with blue swimmer crab, garlic, shallots, white wine, cherry tomatoes & basil in a tomato & cream sauce

 

[Toots Hibbert]

Do you mean your favourite dish to eat or the best dish you cook yourself?

 

[Macca19]

Best one you cook yourself

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

I can really only cook BBQ well

 

[Toots Hibbert]

I cook a fair bit because my wife also works. I've got a few Indian curries I do on a regular basis plus for a quick feed we always make sure we've got pancetta, capers, olives etc to make puttanesca which we like with spinach linguine.

When we've got a few people coming round I'll generally cook a roast on my Big Green Egg which is a ceramic griller and smoker that uses charcoal. No one else we know has one so that's my signature dish I guess.

I'll generally buy a bolar roast or a pork forequarter, put lots of garlic cloves in plus coat it with mustard and moroccan seasoning and slow cook it for 8 or 10 hours. About 90 minutes before we're ready to eat I'll add sliced potatoes seasoned with garlic salt, dill and olive oil sealed in foil plus a bit later some pumpkin sealed in foil. If I want to go the whole hog I'll cook up a selection of kangaroo, chicken and gourmet sausages after I've taken the roast out. It's possible to do them really fast by putting the lid back down and opening the vents to get the heat right up. My wife will do a nice salad and a desert.

We haven't done one this spring yet but next time we do I'm getting a couple of bottles of Nepenthe Zin or that WA one that you recommended Macca.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Have any of you ever seen the reality TV survival series Man vs Wild on The Discovery Channel?

The host, Bear Grylls, former British special forces op and survival expert eats all kinds of interesting things on his show to teach survival in the harshest environments.

That bloke is sort of bizzare, in a way I can appreciate. I can't work out who he is trying to educate. Does he expect his audience to travel to all these odd spots and they might have an accident and be caught up in this situation? How many would remember all his advice? Or is it just some TV fluff. Sure the special forces guy do this stuff as they end up in some interesting locations.

I just want to know if his camera crew do everything he does?

 

[Toots Hibbert]

I shake my head at some of the stuff that bloke eats. It's just entertainment with no real value though IMO. Nothing wrong with that though.

I used to like the Bush Tucker man which you could actually imagine yourself doing.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

The Bush Tucker man was actually employed by the Army to document all the food sources available in the top part of Oz. He has written manuals on bush tucker for the Army.

 

[Pakeha]

Have any of you ever seen the reality TV survival series Man vs Wild on The Discovery Channel?

The host, Bear Grylls, former British special forces op and survival expert eats all kinds of interesting things on his show to teach survival in the harshest environments.

Some of his culinary delights include -

raw mangrove snake
raw puff adder
raw goats testicle
raw camel fat (from the hump)
Monitor Lizard liver (at least he cooked that)
raw yak's eyeball
raw scorpion
raw centipede
raw impala (from a carcass that was teeming with flies)

...and a wide variety of grubs, beetles and other insects.

Hmmmm. One would assume that if a yaks eyeball was available in a survival situation, that there might also be other parts of the beast available too (probably quite difficult to get an eyeball from a live yak). Parts that I would eat before I got to the eyeball in all honesty. After eating the best part of a yak, I'm not sure that the eyeball would be very tempting, to tell you the truth, let alone be able to fit it in.

And really, the monitor lizards's liver would probably only be after you ate the rest of the critter, surely.

And all this stuff is raw ? Wouldn't it be better to learn how to make a fire in a survival situation, before you started taking the testicles out of goats ?

 

[Toots Hibbert]

The Bush Tucker man was actually employed by the Army to document all the food sources available in the top part of Oz. He has written manuals on bush tucker for the Army.

Les Hiddins was on Australian Story or a similar program on ABC TV last year I think. Fascinating and came across as very likeable. He fought in Vietnam and was a forward scout in the jungle warfare that took place. He clearly suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of that frightening role. He didn't make a song and dance about or seek sympathy. He was involved with other Vietnam Vets in a campaign to continue being allowed to use an area of bush in North Queensland to get together and hang out on. Fortunately agreement was reached with the traditional aboriginal owners.

The more you hear the stories of people who have experienced war the more you understand what a terrible thing it is and how mentally scarring it can be.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Yeah saw that. It was a good story. It was this Australian Story.

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/archives/2002/05_AustoryArchives2002Idx_Monday7October2002.htm