HI There, As you probably know I love film, food and random things. I am also gay and constantly on the lookout for love. I live by myself with an insane and slightly evil cat named Dark. Feel free to say hi - friendships rule.
I do warn in advance that these might not be for everyone. These are older preserved animals and while it sux that these animals died, for me I find them a majestic and beautiful piece of historic art.
Frog in Formalin
In the preservation of animal specimens for study, animals are usually preserved using formalin where the whole body would be immersed in the posture in which it is supposed to stay permanently because it will be hardened.
Well the Slow Cooked Corned Beef in Lemonade was a huge success and my confidence in Corned Beef has improved so this week I tried a variation on a slow cooker meal I found online. This one is Slow Cooked Corned Beef in Guiness.
This one is less sweet and way more heavily flavoured - it is a wholesome savoury corned beef. No white sauce this time - I wanted to eat it manlike (but still with a knife and fork ) - so I went for hot english mustard with it. It was yummy, but to be honest this one I think would have worked better with a thick strong gravy. It did make the best sandwich meat I have ever eaten and this one rocked with hot english mustard tomato and grilled cheese.
Ingredients:
2 cups water (or more to ensure the corned beef is covered)
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped carrot
1 cup Guinness
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 Tbsp dried dill
2 cups beef stock
8 black peppercorns
3 whole cloves
1.3kg corned beef (got this one for $7- at Coles)
What to do with it all:
Combine all ingredients except corned beef in a 3.5Lr or larger slow cooker
Stir until well combined. Top with corned beef.
Cover and cook on low for eight hours or until beef is tender.
Prior to copmpleting this meal I was invited to a friends house for a yummy dinner of Asian Cooked BBQ pork and steamed veggies so I left the meat to cool in the juice overnight (I put in the fridge just before bed). Then for dinner the next day I removed from the pot and sliced it up. I then reheated in butter slowly in a pan and placed all the remainder of ingredients in a strainer. I then heated them up in a small pan and had a bed of warmed veg. I also steamed a spud and had with herbed butter oozing all over it .
YUM meal and the left overs made the best sandwhiches.
What I learnt - I wish I got to eat it fresh and not cooled in juices for 24hrs. I also learnt that the left over veg heated up were delish! And guiness and corned beef kick ass
This is the one you have all been waiting for, the one you need to race out and buy tickets for as soon as they are onsale - that is unless they aren't all sold out. Look out Academy Awards and all trophies start quivering because this monumental film of total awesomeness has arrived.
Welcome RoboGeisha. RoboGeisha, Noboru Iguchi's delicate meditation on feminism in Japan, is your typical awards-baiting costume melodrama: Geisha assassins who kill adversaries with deadly swords and chainsaws sprouting from their mouths, transform into tanks, have machine-gun busts, katana-sword hips and... use shrimp tempura daggers to take out the eyes of villains. And that's just the half of it - we can't quite describe certain other elements here, so be warned: this is gonna rock.
It's back - the whole crew from the first two are back in this third installment of our favourite frozen prehistoric mammals. Manny, Sid, Diego, and Ellie are back in this third film in the computer-animated Ice Age series but this time also in Digital 3D. With those creatures in starring roles, fans also get another dose of the vocal talents of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Queen Latifah, who are joined by Simon Pegg. In this installment, Manny and Ellie are expecting their first baby, while Sid the sloth tries an unconventional way of starting a family that gets him into trouble. With all this talk of babies, Diego might be losing his saber-toothed edge, but a journey to save Sid may just turn the whole group into heroes. In addition to all that adventure, it wouldn't be an Ice Age film if Scrat weren't on a desperate hunt for an acorn, but he might get distracted by a shapely female squirrel
It's simple - just buy them some of these Brutal Soft Toys.
It is very hard to find any info on the artist - all I can find is the photos - sorry about that. If you are the maker, artist or photographer please let me know so I can credit you
Mike the Headless Chicken (April 1945 March 1947), also known as Miracle Mike, was a Wyandotte rooster that lived for 18 months after its head had been cut off. Thought by many to be a hoax, the bird was taken by its owner to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City to establish its authenticity.
Thanks Anne
MOst slow cooker meals are easy - once it's in the pot it's relax time for about 8hrs - haha
The sandwiches are divine
Helen - good luck with it. Will let you know how my Sunday dinner goes this week. I do like the slow cooker meals so might swap to your Malaysian Beef Curry - you can't beat that all day lingering curry cooking aroma.
Don't know if I will see it either Bryn - have not seen the others eithere. I just watched the trailer and laughed for about half an hour so had to post it. I want to transform into a tank desperately for peak hour
What a very aromatic looking dish!! Will put it on my slow cooker list.
This Sunday I am having friends over for an Orble dinner. Am cooking some of yours and one of Food Mage's meals for dinner.
I am definatley making Lemon and Passionfruit tarts, possibly Food Mage's Pork ribs (or maybe your pork belly) and am stuck on an entree. I may just go with cheeses or some home made dip but trying to cook the whole night from Orble
We are definately related in some way I would think - I had to look up what it was because I was freaking I might be posting a pic of a human in formalin - didn't think it would go down too well
Animators are just amazing aren't they Morgan - I wish I got into something like this when I was younger and pursued it - I would love to be able to do this.
It's very goosebump worthy Wilson - sad for the chicken but a great tale of caring afterwards. I would have put him out of his misery but he took on the responsibility for caring for a handicapped chicken. Plus I think they used him for financial gain.
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) - so I went for hot english mustard with it. It was yummy, but to be honest this one I think would have worked better with a thick strong gravy. It did make the best sandwich meat I have ever eaten and this one rocked with hot english mustard tomato and grilled cheese.
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MOst slow cooker meals are easy - once it's in the pot it's relax time for about 8hrs - haha
The sandwiches are divine
Helen - good luck with it. Will let you know how my Sunday dinner goes this week. I do like the slow cooker meals so might swap to your Malaysian Beef Curry - you can't beat that all day lingering curry cooking aroma.