So, Easter in Darwin to meet up with the male part of the family. Sunset over the ocean, termite mounds, crocodiles, swimming in waterfalls, all the things one would expect to do in the Top End. And very nice it was too. But this post is about the cooking of one particular meal.
The house came equipped with a big BBQ. Half my bank account and a chat with the butcher later, (plus a foray into Woolies for vegetable peelers and a few other essentials), I had the fixings of a meal.
Want to see what $40 worth of steak looks like?
Two pieces of scotch fillet on the bone, a good five centimetres thick.
So, back to the kitchen. To balance out the red meat there was some snapper to cook as well. Fish needs foil on a BBQ, I think. No foil to be had. However the resourceful holiday house cook recalls that the quiche she made for lunch was sitting in an aluminium pie dish. Flatten it out and there is the holiday house equivalent of foil, once you squash the little holes closed.
Cooking is thirsty work. Important not to get dehydrated in the tropics.
On to the BBQ. I bought four cents worth of ginger at Woolworths to go on the fish. Woolies would have been better off if I stole it, I think it cost them more to pay the man to weigh it.
No tongs, as mentioned before. Lucky the steak came with handles. Pie plate cooking worked quite well on the fish.
Ta dah!!! Meal on the table!!!
And if you are wondering how to cook my steak when you invite me over to dinner, see below. Pretty damned near perfect.
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