Food For Thought
So this weekend I decided to try out something entirely new (for myself anyway). I had finished eating all of this 4kg salmon that I bought a couple months ago; all except the fish head. My roommate made a miso soup using a fish head and I decided to give it a shot since there was extra miso in our fridge and the Chinese inside of me didn't want to waste the precious meat that was on the fish head. It actually turned out okay. I need to find another place that sells cheap fish. The Chinese grocery store in Sunnybank that I really liked burned down a month or so ago.
The pan fried steaks are not going so well. It could be in the way I season the beef. I've tried using salt, pepper, other spices, barbeque sauce, soy sauce...the meat always tastes very "iron like." Back home I would bbq fresh steaks that weren't frozen and it was easy to get a nice medium rare steak with some Montreal steak seasoning. But with frozen meat, I don't want to leave it bloody and pink on the inside so the outside ends up being quite well done in order to make sure it's all cooked thoroughly. I miss Alberta beef and a good 'ole barbie.
In an attempt to save some coinage, I've been buying a lot of generic brand stuff and so far it's been pretty good. Coles brand ice cream, however, does not make the cut. It has this artificial sugar taste rather than a rich, creamy taste. Of course, I bought a 4L container of the stuff because it's cheaper to buy in large quantities. This time around, I went with Bulla ice cream. My roommate really likes it and it's not as expensive as getting Breyers.
I was reunited with my good friend the zucchini last week. Got an entire bag of eight for $1 at the farmers market in the West End. Stir-fried it with some chicken and it was fantastic - not bitter at all. I did overcook it a bit and some of the thinner pieces were a bit soft so I'll have to watch that for next time. This week I'm probably going to do a pasta rotation and I bought some more zucchini for the sauce. I'll see how that turns out.
The pan fried steaks are not going so well. It could be in the way I season the beef. I've tried using salt, pepper, other spices, barbeque sauce, soy sauce...the meat always tastes very "iron like." Back home I would bbq fresh steaks that weren't frozen and it was easy to get a nice medium rare steak with some Montreal steak seasoning. But with frozen meat, I don't want to leave it bloody and pink on the inside so the outside ends up being quite well done in order to make sure it's all cooked thoroughly. I miss Alberta beef and a good 'ole barbie.
In an attempt to save some coinage, I've been buying a lot of generic brand stuff and so far it's been pretty good. Coles brand ice cream, however, does not make the cut. It has this artificial sugar taste rather than a rich, creamy taste. Of course, I bought a 4L container of the stuff because it's cheaper to buy in large quantities. This time around, I went with Bulla ice cream. My roommate really likes it and it's not as expensive as getting Breyers.
I was reunited with my good friend the zucchini last week. Got an entire bag of eight for $1 at the farmers market in the West End. Stir-fried it with some chicken and it was fantastic - not bitter at all. I did overcook it a bit and some of the thinner pieces were a bit soft so I'll have to watch that for next time. This week I'm probably going to do a pasta rotation and I bought some more zucchini for the sauce. I'll see how that turns out.
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