What did you cook or eat today (June 2022)?

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kaneohegirlinaz said:
I like to do this with our evening meals and see how low I can get the price to feed us two.
I also compare so what eggs cost at the market last week as to this week... last week I bought 18 large eggs for $3.97, yesterday it was $4.97 :facepalm:
I'm going to have to cut back on baking as well eggs for breakfast...
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Having my own chickens, I appreciate exactly how much it costs to feed them and tbh, I find it annoying when people won't pay a fair (aka reasonable) price for them. I've had people complain that $5‐6 Aussie dollars per dozen is too expensive. My girls are free range, fed organic food but don't live on organic land, so can't be called organic. Everyone says how good the eggs taste, but then won't pay a fair price for them. I get through a bag of feed costing $35-40 every single week of the year.
I don't get it. I'll stop there. It's a problem I have with the concept of food production period. And yes, I also apply it to vegetables and fruit. I'd rather pay more for something with a decent taste and quality, than less for a cheap watery imitation.

I purchased eggs for the first time in 5 years last week, AUD $8.50* for 12 free range (limit of 1,500 birds per hectare). I'm happy with that. The eggs are decent quality (boringly identical, but decent quality) and I know they are looked after well. The company, a local one, is small scale compared to many but operates a webcam so you can see them out (and the weather matches what mine is going at the time so I know it isn't 'fixed'.)

*there are much cheaper available, around the $4 a dozen mark but I simply won't support the conditions those poor birds are kept in (not caged but certainly not free to roam or ever seeing true daylight).
 
London broil steak, with Alsatian potato salad, and steamed broccoli:

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I should have probably taken that steak off the grill about a minute earlier, but I was happy enough with it:

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MrsT, who’s been eating a whole lot of fruit and veg and very little meat over the last week, was very, very pleased with this.

The herb marinade was made with chives, basil, thyme, pickled hot peppers, oil, and lemon (zest and juice).
 
medtran49 said:
This was our dinner Friday night.

Shrimp toast
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Special fried rice for Craig
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steamed BBQ pork and chicken/mushroom buns, and chicken feet
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Egg custard steamed buns that were dessert and either shrimp or pork shui mai

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Pork pot stickers
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There was also crispy shredded shrimp stuffed taro rolls that didn't get pictured.

The order form
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I messed up on the ordering. I thought 1 meant 1 piece. Nope, it meant 3 steamed buns or 4 shui mai or 6 chicken feet or 8 pot stickers. The fried rice came in a deep 8 inch pie plate. OMG, we had so much food. We  might have gotten through half of it.

Craig wouldn't try the chicken feet but since they weren't expensive I decided I would. A very gelatinous texture and bony as expected. They did taste pretty good, though I think I'll pass from now on.
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All of those look great.

I absolutely love prawn/shrimp toast and set out to learn how to make them (link). They were absolutely delicious and exactly like the restaurant ones, but I ended up eating way too many (it's basically deep fried slices of bread with a sort of prawn jam and sesame seeds) so resolved not to do those too often. But since I'm talking about them I think I will do some this weekend! :)
 
Took my friend out for her birthday last night.

I offered to take her to Kylie Kwong’s new place but she had a hankering for old school crumbed lamb cutlets so we went to a pub about 15 minutes from here called The Great Northern Hotel (not to be confused with the currently very popular beer of the same name) it’s an older pub that’s been given a massive makeover at some point where they’ve kept the old school charm. Very popular.


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Later we came back to our own neck of the woods for dessert at a place called 10000 Coffee which has 2 outlets in NYC and 1 here in Sydney

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The “Daisy” is passionfruit & white chocolate and my pastry is a crackled choux filled with black sesame cream pat.
 
I've been eating the past few days, but not much interesting enough for a pic. I've had yoghurt, fruits, toast, cookies, cucumber slices and lots of tea.

Today's meal made by my loving husband ❤️:
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Indomie, Russian salad and a coke. It's still blistering hot outside, so quite welcome.

I'm eating at my desk as I am not allowed down the stairs yet, so that's the reason for the weird setup.
 
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