There is no rule against using a timer though to train your superpower. The trouble is that how long an egg takes to cook to perfection depends on the size of the egg. The little eggs from the Australorp bantams I have at the moment take just over three minutes from boiling water to white all set and yolk just starting to set, the way I like them.
I’ve developed a fetish for beetroot dip open sandwiches for lunch.
I have a theory that bitter tastes are often acquired tastes, because bitter foods are usually either medicinal or poisonous. So natural selection would favour tasters who were very tentative and cautious at first, but if there were no adverse effects, decided they really liked the flavour.
Pumpkin season. Infinite number of pumpkin recipes required. This one has used up several of our pumpkins, and will use up several more before the season ends.
It is Halloween in Australia, and peak of the pumpkin season. Roasted pumpkin seeds are a hugely healthy and totally addictive snack. And they are so easy.
I’ve cracked it – everyday bread – “everyday” meaning healthy enough for every day (even for someone too inactive to be spendthrift with carbohydrates), and “everyday” meaning easy enough to bother making even on a workday (when all I am looking forward to when I get home is a hot bath and a glass of wine).
This is a recipe for people who like their chocolate dark, who like expresso coffee and olives and beer and marmalade.
Many middle-eastern recipes use goat meat, or lamb that is from breeds much less fatty than Australian lamb, and the spice profile is designed for stronger flavoured game meat. It means they often work well for kangaroo.
This is porridge to convert non-porridge eaters!
I saw an episode of Jamie Oliver’s American Food Revolution, where they were teaching people to cook corn on the cob with chili and lime. The flavour combination inspired these. They work really well.