Happy new years!

I know its a few days late but i want to wish everyone across the globe a happy new year! Hope you all did something worthwhile to see the new year in.

I went to a masquerade ball... which turned out to be mostly debauchery, but also pretty random and amusing so cant complain. especially when you wake up with pictures like this!


Obviously when i was told "Masquerade ball" i heard "Masked Waiters Ball"...


The new years gang in The last Tuesday society chaos


No words needed...

Needless to say my friends and i had a great time!

Lol. Ive made 2 new years resolutions. These are realistic ones that i cant really not start doing because time is getting away from me and i need to keep focused on atleast a few things once in a while.

The first is I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE GYM! i lay in bed playing with my belly fat about an hour ago and suicide seemed like the only other option. Suicide is messy and a bit selfish so the gym it is lol. Used to go religiously, but you know what happens when u take some time off and get lazy... you just forget about it :(

The second is to start working towards my entrepreneurial goals.... If i want to make it into the catering industry i need to pull my finger out and start actually doing some work.

Ah, before i go, The Christmas meal was delicious if i dont say so myself. I spent about 8 hours in the kitchen with my mother trying to get everything prepared and awesome looking for Christmas day. This is how it turned out.


The table did look very indulgent! especially that decanter... i dont even know where that came from lol.


These were my favorite, My sister and Brothers fiancé have dietary needs which wouldn't permit them to eat the meat. So we made these Pygmy cranberry, lentil and red onion stuffed pumpkins.

Wishing the best for all of you. Have a blessed New year and stay tuned!

See you soon \(^_^)/

TBQFWTFBBQ

What the hell is going on with all these ridiculous abbreviations.... Seriously, who is coming up with them. Are we as humans so lazy that we are shortening an already efficient means of communication??

This occured to me as i was sitting at my desk at work. The boy behind me, in a nonthreatening and mildly amusing way, keeps saying "Lol" instead of actually laughing....

This is just bizarre.. at first its quirky little bit of his character.. and slowly but surely its become the worst thing about work. He doesnt just stop at "lol" he has an entire arsenal.... "TBQF" "WTF" "ROFL...... seriously, what the hell is "TBQF" i had to google it. Lol... whilst googling it to try and find out what it was i came across a website about mushrooms which seemed very random, but being the incurable foodie that i am i decided to have a peek.

From this i got to thinking about mushroom recipes, using the inherant nuttiness of some mushrooms to really bring a dish to life.

I settled on going for a mixture of shitake mushrooms for thier nuttiness and strength, mixed with oyster mushrooms for thier silky texture. The result was a deliscious Creamy mushrooms on toasted brioche. Very simple and very effective!



Ingredients:

This will be enough for about 8-10 servings



30 medium to large shitaake mushrooms
20 varying size oyster mushrooms
250ml single cream (can be changed for creme fraiche but its not NEARLY as tasty)
Cracked black pepper to taste
Salt to taste (use low salt for the health conscious)

8-10 Small semi sweetened Brioche rolls



Method

Before anything be sure to have your Brioche ready for when the mushrooms are done, so its probaably best to toast them first. Personally i cheated and didnt make the Brioche myself... so i bought some finger shaped brioche rolls instaed and cut them through the middle horizontally for the mushrooms to sit on when they were done.

Toast the Brioche on a low grill heat, it needs to be rady when the mushrooms are ready as it will be served almost immediatly.

Slice the Shitaake mushrooms into 1/2cm (roughly) thick slices and then set aside.
Then cut the Oyster mushrooms in half vertically and set aside with the Shitaake mushrooms.

Take a large, high rimmed, frying pan on a Medium heat, and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to heat it up.

Add the Mushrooms to the pan and allow to cook until they begin to soften. (about a minute with constant slow stiring)

Then add the cream to the pan, all the while stiring so that the cream does not begin to burn, if this is becoming difficult then reduce the heat and continue at a steady pace.

After about a minute or 2 the mushrooms should begin to turn the cream a greyish colour. at this point turn the heat down as much as possible and begin to add your salt and pepper to taste.

Once the seasoning is done, it is time to dish the meal up!

I arrnaged mine on a bed of baby mixed leaves and dressed it with chopped parsley for colour.

Im sure you guys can think of a better way lol!



Enjoy!

TBQF!!!