Marcus the lamb is slaughtered
A primary school in Kent, United Kingdom established a scheme to teach young students how to rear and breed animals – presumably for food. The students hand reared a lamb which they named Marcus. Cute. …
Month: September 2009
Meat flavoured chocolate?
There are lots of recipes out there for steak with chocolate sauce, but until now no-one has considered making chocolate taste like meat. As revealed in the NZ Herald today Dr Hanna Frederick has developed …
Steak and guinness and cheese pie
We experienced the delight of this pie with friends several weekends ago. I would have taken photos but the pie was consumed quicker than you could say “Smile”. It’s from Jamie Oliver‘s recipe book ‘Cook …
Usain Bolt’s favourite food is pork
It was revealed today in Stuff that Usain Bolt is more interested in eating a plate of pork than he is on confirming speculation he will compete in the long jump anytime soon. Bolt shattered …
Harira – Moroccon soup
This recipe for lamb was recommended by my good friend Sue. She claims it’s a real ‘ripsnorter’ and I have no reason to not believe her. Harira is the traditional soup of Morocco. It’s usually …
Porchetta, or stuffed rolled pork belly
I have just returned from Nelson where I helped celebrate my good friend Pete’s significant birthday. Pete phoned me in an excited state the day before my arrival to tell me he’d just bought 16kg’s …
Meat artists on Flickr
Thanks Steph for sending this Flickr link through to me. Meat is not only great to eat but it’s also good to look at too. Take a look at these beautiful photographs of meat. I …
Somali lamb stew
This is one of my favourite lamb dishes from the wonderful Wellington chef Lois Daish. It uses a relatively cheap cut of meat, which with long and slow cooking is mouth watering tender by the …
Meat is good for you
Don’t just take my word for it – apparently it’s been proven (scientifically) that eating a diet of meat can have health benefits. I’m not advocating eating only meat (although I do know someone who …
All Blacks vs Springboks pork ribs
There’s a do-or-die test coming up and what better way to treat your mates when they all come over to watch than cooking up a big bowl of ribs. This recipe comes courtesy of Craig …