The Untidy Cook

Tomato salad

Sliced Roma and normal tomatoes with finely sliced shallots and torn basil leaves. Left out in the heat to develop some soul and juice. Will complete with some good oil when ready to eat.

Ribs

Ribs - marinaded in brown sugar, soy and give spice for two days. Turned for an even steeping. The cooked at a moderate heat, in the marinade, covered in foil for an hour and half. And tomorrow they go on the BBQ. Lucky ribs.

BBQ - prep

Off in search of some fresh ricotta to make into a stuffing for the spatchcocked/ butterflied chicken.

Planning the BBQ

Reading recipes and planning what to do with a chicken, some ribs and a couple of pork fillets. More later.

Superfoods salad

Lunch at a three beans cafe. Superfoods salad - chickpeas, marinated fetta, peas, mixed toasted seeds, parsley, avocado, cucumber. Dressed with a big squeeze of lemon. Sheer brilliance. Fresh, munchy, not claggy. It felt like a mini de-tox after the Goosefest. And a recipe to replicate for the lunchbox.

Goosefest - fin

Totally replete now.  What a great evening, fabulously organised by @aptronym and @urbanfoodmarket (who donated the geeses).  The fact that the food was excellent was amplified by the unexpected joy of meeting tweeple (or tweeps?) that you recognise by their tweeting name, not their real one.  So introductions went, 'I'm Jackie' - 'hi jackie' - 'I tweet as 'pommiefoodie'' - 'oh! you're pommiefoodie! hi!'.  Cue detailed conversation continuing on from some strand in the tweetiverse.   

So, to the meal - goose (yummy, unctuous, rich and lovely), scallops (fresh discs of gorgeousness), prawns (spicy yum), fish (fresh, fresh, ginger), beefy chunks (savoury goodness), fried rice (ditto), stack of greens (crispy, saucy), and I just can't remember all the rest.

I feel like the cat that caught the ostrich - very very full and deeply smug.  

And so, to bed.  Burping gently.

Goosefest - yet more food

Nearly full now!

Goosefest 3

Fish!

Goosefest 3

Fish!

Goosefest 2

The goose!