Cooking Australian/English Style

[kyles]

I tend to use a lot of fresh seasonal ingredients, which is not typical of English home cooking. A typical meal for me would be something like this

Chicken Kyles Style

In a large roasting pan throw in, two corasely chopped onions, two capsicums (peppers) coarsely chopped (preferably one yellow and one red), one chopped eggplant (aubergine), some new potatoes cut into wedges, and bake for twenty minutes at 200 degrees. Remove from oven and lay two chicken breasts on top. Season with favourite spice mix (Aussie Bush Dust is one of my favourites) and bake for another twenty minutes.

Serve with freshly baked bread(hand kneaded bread - see my posts on kitchen aid mixers on another post)

I shop nearly always at our local market
http://www.burymarket.com/

Or at Ramsbottom's farmers market once a month.
http://www.therossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/index/articles/article_id=735.html

I can't remember the last time I went to a supermarket! I bought two squid today, and really grossed Colin out while I was cleaning them!!!

 

[thier1754]

Kyles, your post reminds me of my middle son, Andrew, who used to fish for, clean, and cook squid for us. Fun times! He's still my cook of the three boys/men.

Tell me about Bush Dust. Should we carry it online???

 

[jkath]

Yipee, you are back!

Your recipe sounds lovely, but I'm a bit concerned with the 200 degrees... that can't be farenheit? Please advise!

If it wouldn't be a bother, please post, now and then, more of your meals - I know we will all appreciate them!

Thank you so much!

 

[norgeskog]

Kyles, I really loved bangers when I was in London. I used to find them in an English market when I lived in California, now in Eugene, Oregon I cannot find them. I learned about them through a friend of mine who lives in Wembledon.

 

[kyles]

I'm a celsius girl, so it's 200 degrees celsius, sorry for the confusion!!!

I like good English sausages, a lot that we get here are awful, full of fillers and fat. I would love to make my own, but don't have the equipment or the patience!! We have some lovely butchers in our village, and it's the farmers market tomorrow!!!! I wish I could send you some!!!

 

[norgeskog]

I'm a celsius girl, so it's 200 degrees celsius, sorry for the confusion!!!

I like good English sausages, a lot that we get here are awful, full of fillers and fat. I would love to make my own, but don't have the equipment or the patience!! We have some lovely butchers in our village, and it's the farmers market tomorrow!!!! I wish I could send you some!!!

Me too, thanks for the thought. Maybe I will get back to London again, my cousins daughter and family live there.

 

[kyles]

Bizarrely I have never been to London It's only three hours away by train, so I am not sure what my excuse is!!! I have travelled quite a bit in England, but I don't like big cities particularly and have stuck to countryside and seaside. My next trip will be to Edinburgh, with any luck!

I want to go shopping here:- http://www.valvonacrolla.co.uk/html/aboutus.html

 

[Darkstream]

So, what is Aussie Bush Dust?

If you want to make your own sausages, you can start here http://www.sausagemaking.org/forum/. It is not as bad as you think.

I know, because if I want to eat sausages any more, I have to make them myself. Still got some way to go yet though.

Do you really think that the readers of this forum are up to genuine English home cooking?

Would'nt a health warning be advisable?

 

[jkath]

So, what is Aussie Bush Dust?

Bush Dust: A fine blend of oregano, garlic, paprika, pepper, celery, onion, parsley, rosemary, lemon pepper, marjoram & nutmeg...

 

[thier1754]

Aussie seasonings/bush dust

Hi, all:

Since I was last here on this thread, I've brought in a new section to our site, and it includes some wonderful Aussie seasonings. The new section is here:

http://www.thewhitewhale.com/nwbricks.htm
and the seasonings are here:
http://www.thewhitewhale.com/nwfoodcherikoff.htm

Let me know what you think if you decide to try some! I'm looking for more additions to this Northwest section, too, so fire away with suggestions. It was this thread that led me to hunting down Cherikoff's, so I really do listen to your ideas, guys...

 

[WayneT]

Here we are in October 2004 and these Aussie spices are just slowly coming on to the supermarket shelves. They possibly are available in specialty shops but these are far and few between. They are available in some of the little country towns, mainly sold to tourists. I agree that some of the new trendy restaurants are using them but the average Joe Blow Aussie would not know what to do with these "bush" spices and herbs. This is only my opinion on the usage and by no means suggests that one should not try them as I will certainly give them a go after only just recently seen them offered for sale. But at this stage I think it hardly plausible to call it Aussie cuisine. True Aussie cuisine is very simple. I could post recipes here and even though they are tasty dishes, one look at the simple ingredients would make most here shy away. With our multiculturalism here, most of our food could be called fusion food, as it is a mix of styles and flavours. THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION, others may well disagree. Kyles, expatriate, how about you?

Bye the bye, I have Lemon grass growing and also a Lemon Scented Tea tree, the leaves off the Tea Tree will knock the socks off the Lemon grass in any marinade or recipe calling for lemongrass.

 

[thier1754]

Wayne: I appreciate your point of view! I will keep it in mind. We would love to feature some of your more simple, traditional recipes in that section of our site if you'd like to share. If you use some of the bush seasonings and want to pass on ideas for those, too, we'll be interested...