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Chicken marylands roasted on a bed of red onion, lemon, garlic and herbs. With tomatoes. Served with roasted potatoes, butternut pumpkin and carrots, plus a side of sautéed cabbage and bacon. Pan juices enhanced with stock and a little cream. Details here - https://www.facebook.com/Whats-for-dinner--1427021760943871/

That looks and sounds delish.

His name (surprise, surprise) is Patch....

I posted in the dinner thread about an attempted Pho Bo where the stock was gelatinous but tasteless. Yesterday I defrosted the gbt stock, added a raw chicken carcass and some wing tips from the freezer, the cooked turkey carcass from Christmas lunch, a carrot, an onion, some celery stalks, slices of ginger and galangal. Simmered two hours, and voilà, tasty stock. It became a simple Asian style chicken, egg and corn soup. Snipped garlic chives and sliced spring onions to garnish.

A simple BLT with Swiss cheese, mustard and mayo. The ingredients. The sandwich. The catcher of crumbs.

Christmas Day lunch in Australia, it's fairly typical to celebrate at lunchtime. Roast turkey with stuffing, baked ham, prawns with tartare sauce, potato bake, salad with mango and avocados, coleslaw and artisan bread. Delicious. the spread. Afterwards, pavlova, trifle, ice cream and fruit cake, plus a nutty guest. Thats the Pacific Ocean out there...

Spiced peanuts with garlic, dried chillies and sea salt. These are cooling prior to being put in a jar for snacking purposes... A bit like the panda on FB, can you spot the garlic and chilli ?

Papaya nearly ready to be picked, they'll ripen after harvest. If we leave them too long the fruit bats get them. Curry leaf tree as described by djyee100. The small tree growing at the bottom of the pot is a sucker. We've been unable to strike seeds. Grrr.....

Posting late, but this was yesterday's Asian style omelette with ham, bean sprouts and spring onions. Saving stomach space for the onslaught of Christmas lunch....

Cumberland pork sausages with fresh tomato chilli sauce. Served with potato mozzarella mash, steamed snow peas, and a spinach and Parmesan salad. The salad.

Last night was a Thai style beef curry with baby corn. Served with chickpea and potato salad, cucumber salad, rice, and my homemade paw paw chutney.

It was a recipe I found on line at the Guardian of all places. I have her Simple Chinese cooking (where the salads came from) and My China which is part travelogue plus great recipes and the stories behind them.

Thanks huiray, the Andrea Ngyuen recipe looks very doable. I'm not giving up on pho !

So I've ummed and ahhed all morning about posting this but here goes.... After such success with the pork belly, the next night brings unmitigated failure ! This is is my nth attempt at an authentic Vietnamese Pho Bo. My usually reliable source suggested browning the beef and pork bones in the oven first, then simmering with the appropriate spices for several hours. The stock was gelatinous, but tasteless. Can an any one help me with a stock for pho ? PS - the dogs thought it was fine...

Okay, agreed these guys need an Asian rather than European treatment. Although, could you grow sage and rosemary ? They grow well in pots. i'd marinate the quail with some hot bean paste, brown sugar, lime juice and soy. Hot oven to start, then turn down.

My Italian mother in law used to bake prepared quails in a hot oven until browned (say 10 minutes), turn it down for a few more, then tip in some white wine for a sugo. To prepare the birds she would season and evoo them well, stuff the cavities with sage and rosemary, then drape prosciutto over the breasts.

Done !

Marinated pork belly with Asian flavours and crispy crackling. Recipes adapted from Kylie Kwong a brilliant fifth generation Chinese Australian chef. Link to details https://www.facebook.com/Whats-for-dinner--1427021760943871/ The pork belly. The meal, with rice, cucumber salad, eggplant salad, lettuce to wrap, and lime pepper dipping sauce.

Sure was juicy, I use an Asian butcher for the best pork belly. Crab is my favourite food @David Ross, they look delish !

Thanks patrickamory, here's a link to the recipe. https://www.facebook.com/Whats-for-dinner--1427021760943871/

Marinated roast belly pork, served with cucumber salad, eggplant salad, rice, lettuce to wrap and a lime pepper dipping sauce. All recipes adapted from a book by Kylie Kwong. She's a fifth generation Chinese Australian, has an award winning restaurant in Sydney, writes books and makes food doco's. The pork. The accompaniments. The meal.

I've just found this thread, love the pig discussion ! Just harvested a bunch of birdseye chillies. This lot will make about 250g of chilli paste. They get blanched and pulverised with salt and a tiny bit of rice vinegar.

Brekkie at our guesthouse in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Filled pancake with minced beef, bean sprouts and herbs, plus spring rolls with noodles in soup.

Thanks for this, very interesting !

Char siu pork belly with stir fried veggies, eggplant salad and rice. The veggies included baby corn, water spinach, snow peas and oyster mushrooms. the pork. the stir fry. eggplant salad. the meal.