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I'm a big lover of food, I mean I literally try to go there a few times a day at least. I'm always excited about new and interesting recipes and the stories of discovery behind them. I guess this post is inviting all to tell of that one dish that has special meaning, that you yourselves and tasted and tried to replicate in someway to replicate a special or memorable moment. This is mine. Well one of them anyway.
I was in my Land Rover and traveling through a hostile and remote area of Australia, I think the local people called it Sydney, something like that anyhow. I was slightly nervous, but excited, things can go wrong very quickly without proper preparation when remote as I'm sure those Australians on here can verify and I was negotiating the rugged scenery, with trepidation and screening the track ahead for hazards when the engine trouble started, slowly ground to a halt and died.
This was seriously a worrying issue, I was in a remote area, I believed was called king s cross national park and regretted not charging my mobile in the vein hope there would be reception. I knew from experience I could very well be stuck here for some time if not minutes before I'd be missed and a rescue mission would be hurriedly assembled by the RAC unit back home. My training kicks in ,Stop , Think, Breathe. Ok what do I have? On rummaging through my door pocket I discovered (to my joy) a small shrink wrapped packet of Streaky rindless that I'd planted there for a rainy day. Fantastic! But looking up at the sun I figured breakfast time was waning and no eggs were to be found. Against every bit of advice and common sense I knew I'd have to leave my vehicle and venture out get a feel for the place and see what could be foraged. Shade was to be had in funny shaped caves at the side of the track and it was in one of these I found a rather quaint type of brown fruit, native to the area that seemed to come in white plastic ish pods. Hurrying back to my vehicle I wrapped the bacon around said fruit, instinctively ( but carefully) discarding the pod as inedible. Cooked and ate this fabulous breakfast. And just as I finished help arrived.
It's never quite the same but these days I wrap bacon around dates, bake at 180c for 20mins it's the closest I can get and it's close enough, it always makes me smile and remember that simple, rustic dish I experienced years ago and gives one hope that when things seem dire and desperate just a small piece of forward thinking can literally "shave your bacon"
Siobhan.
Nicely played, Siobhan! :laugh:
Hugs, Devlyn
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on December 05, 2017, 06:22:40 PM
Nicely played, Siobhan! :laugh:
Hugs, Devlyn
thanks Devlyn, it was touch and go!
There really is nothing bacon can't do! [emoji23][emoji23]
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You were lucky to escape that part of the world in one piece. Every time I have ventured into the dark regions of Sydney the native god tries to drown me with rain.