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Feeling crook

Feeling crook

No, I’m not feeling crook. I’m finally feeling a bit better after an extended head cold and upper respiratory tract infection. No, I’m back to thinking about language again.

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This week, a friend was unwell. I thought I’d send a get well message. I started typing…”I heard you’re feeling a little crook, I hope you feel better soon.” I looked at what I wrote and thought, “Hmmm…in this day and age, I need to more clear with what I write in a text message.”

I mean someone not familiar with colloquial Australian English usage may have thought I had written that I had heard my friend was having a feel of a thief!

Yea, I don’t have much to write about this week. It’s been a quiet one.

I’m still walking every morning but I’ve noticed I’m also eating more. My Saturday afternoon sous vide sessions have been going well but I think I need to start cooking smaller portions of meat and freezing some portions rather than eating a full chicken maryland piece with a meal. I think a small thigh is more than enough if I couple it with a salad. I’ve seen that some people regularly freeze sous vide cooked meat and it doesn’t take too much effort to thaw the meat and reheat it for meals later.

Valentine’s day

Do you celebrate or observe or participate in Valentine’s Day? As an old bloke who lives alone, this is a day that passes me by. I like that in Australia, people give out condoms. I like that sort of twist on what is something which is clearly exploited by commercial entities and trying to take advantage of the intellectually challenged.

Okay, maybe that was cruel. Perhaps even rude and arrogant of me. These people may not be intellectually challenged, but perhaps suckered into an expensive scam. I mean, I don’t want florists to go out of business but all the other palaver just irks me.

In an attempt at humour and playing on the first letters of Valentine’s Day I wore my syphilis necktie to work. There were some nice comments on Facebook and Instagram.

What have I watched this week?

Grand Tour

I know that Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are not everyone’s cup of tea. Since leaving Top Gear, I’ve enjoyed watching The Grand Tour. Season Three has started well.

Russian Doll

My TV watching mentor, Kate, has recommended Russian Doll. I’ve watched the first three episodes and so far so good. If you like Natasha Lyonne from American Pie and Orange is the New Black, you’ll love Russian Doll.

Star Trek: Discovery

This week’s episode, Saints of Imperfection, was a roller coaster. It was Star Trek as Star Trek should always be. If I can’t have Gabrielle Lorca, give me Phillipa Georgiou. She’s fantastic. The only downside is the Dr Hugh Culber has been resurrected. It was always tough to differentiate between Bashir and Pulaski as my least favourite Star Trek doctor. Culber makes it easy. He’s an annoying twit. Give me Beverly Crusher and Phlox any day.

What have I listened to this week?

Special Sauce podcast

The Special Sauce Podcast is very USA-centric but the stories are really good to listen too. The host is a well known food writer, viz., Ed Levine, and he has a really good interviewing style. Give it a go if you’re interested.

What have I eaten and photographed this week?

This is a gallery of photographs. Click on one image and scroll through the rest of them.

I was quite chuffed when someone I follow on Instagram made a nice comment about the photograph of the KFC thighs I enjoyed on Friday night.

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KFC 21-piece bucket thighs with an avocado for Friday dinner.

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  • Leftover sous vide chicken and KFC with coleslaw, garlic aioli, and sourdough croutons. I mixed cooked chicken with coleslaw, garlic aioli and oven cooked sourdough croutons. #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #chicken #kfc #leftovers
  • Leftover sous vide chicken and KFC with coleslaw, garlic aioli, and sourdough croutons. I mixed cooked chicken with coleslaw, garlic aioli and oven cooked sourdough croutons. #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #chicken #kfc #leftovers
  • Tasmanian Heritage Triple brie with Beechworth honey on Coles sourdough bread
  • Lake Ginninderra South from Emu Bank
  • The Owl Statue Saturday morning
  • The Owl Statue Saturday morning
  • Bench
  • KFC 21 piece bucket thigh pieces and avocado
  • KFC 21 piece bucket
  • Hot chips Friday
  • Coffee and work
  • Margaret Timpson Park Friday morning
  • The Owl Statue Friday morning
  • The Owl Statue Friday morning
  • The Owl Statue Friday morning
  • Sous vide chicken with limey spicy chilli noodles. Lots chillies 😳🌶 with the instant noodles and coconut cream and nuts and seeds for crunch. Noodles and vegetables cooked in boiling water and then cooked with coconut cream in a frypan with the chicken added at the end. #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #chicken
  • Sous vide chicken with limey spicy chilli noodles. Lots chillies 😳🌶 with the instant noodles and coconut cream and nuts and seeds for crunch. Noodles and vegetables cooked in boiling water and then cooked with coconut cream in a frypan with the chicken added at the end. #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #chicken
  • Cheesy Vegemite scroll with bacon, lettuce, tomato, and cheese.
  • Gooey custard filled cannoli.
  • Coffee is the elixer of life
  • Lake Ginninderra South at 0500 AEDT
  • The Owl Statue Thursday morning
  • The Owl Statue Thursday morning
  • The Owl Statue Sunday morning. Styled with Prisma app.
  • The Owl Statue Sunday morning. Styled with Prisma app.
  • The Owl Statue Sunday morning. Styled with Prisma app.
  • Sous vide pork sirloin steak in a puff pastry parcel with fennel, chillies, and cheese. I think I added too many chillies 😳🌶 #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #pork
  • Sous vide pork sirloin steak in a puff pastry parcel with fennel, chillies, and cheese. I think I added too many chillies 😳🌶 #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #pork
  • Toasted cheese roll and tea for Wednesday breakfast.
  • The Owl Statue Wednesday morning
  • Sous vide scotch fillet steak with fried rice. The steak was leftover from Saturday, I sliced it and mixed it into the fried rice. #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #steak #friedrice
  • Sous vide scotch fillet steak with fried rice. The steak was leftover from Saturday, I sliced it and mixed it into the fried rice. #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #steak #friedrice
  • Coffee, the elixir of life
  • Me and the Owl Statue on Tuesday morning
  • The Owl Statue Tuesday morning
  • Vanilla ice cream with Milo and salted caramel topping
  • Vanilla ice cream with Milo and salted caramel topping
  • Baked salmon with baked green chilli, tomatoes, asparagus, broccolini, and sourdough bread. Everything was in the oven for 15 minutes at 250 °C (480 °F) #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #salmon
  • Baked salmon with baked green chilli, tomatoes, asparagus, broccolini, and sourdough bread. Everything was in the oven for 15 minutes at 250 °C (480 °F) #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #salmon
  • Is it possible to have too much butter when toasting a cheese roll?
  • Breakfast pot of tea with a toasted cheese roll
  • Monday morning coffee
  • Street art of Belconnen
  • The Owl Statue Monday morning
  • Affogato with Milo on vanilla ice cream
  • Macca’s thick shake and hash brown.
  • Double brie with avocado on fried sourdough bread served with black pepper and lime chips.
  • Sous vide pork sirloin steak with limey spicy chilli noodles in coconut cream. The pork was cooked for 1 hour at 55 °C (131 °F) #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #aussiefarms #pork
  • Double cream brie on sourdough fried in butter
  • Double cream brie on sourdough fried in butter
  • The Owl Statue Sunday morning
  • The Owl Statue Sunday morning
  • Margaret Timpson Park
  • Benjamin Way
  • Abandoned and ‘battered and bruised’ shopping trolley
  • Maccas chicken and cheese burger. It was crispy.
  • Tasmanian Heritage Triple brie with Beechworth honey on Coles sourdough bread

Yummy Lummy this week

I’m going to be busy for a few weeks so I thought I would do some compilation style posts.

This week I’m writing about using leftover sous vide meat with instant noodles and coconut cream.

Leftover sous vide meat, instant noodles, and coconut cream. A generic recipe that can be used with any meat, any noodles, but you need the coconut cream.
Sous vide pork sirloin steak with limey spicy chilli noodles in coconut cream. The pork was cooked for 1 hour at 55 °C (131 °F) #yummylummy #foodphotography #foldio #hypop #sousvide #aussiefarms #pork

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Final thoughts

  • Have you ever felt a little crook? How did the thief react?
  • What do you think about Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May?
  • Do you think KFC can be made to look good?

9 Replies to “Feeling crook”

  3. I think we’ve all been there feeling crook. The other day I was catching up with a friend who was 100% crook and I thought I’d be I’ll too but didn’t seem to have happened.

    KFC looks good all the time.

  4. I’m going to keep watching Discovery because it isn’t terrible, and I do generally enjoy it. But, bringing back Hugh really cheapened what happened in the first season.

    1. I agree. I mean having a strong character as a medical officer on the ship is important for any Star Trek series, but his character is dead and he should remain dead. It’s time to move on.

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