I haven’t roasted beef for years. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I did. Lamb, chicken, pork, sure, but not beef. The reason is not because I dislike either the cooking or the eating of roast beef. I think the issue is that I have never really fancied the distinct taste of British beef.
I have always said it was because I grew up in Australia, where the beef was pretty amazing. That was, of course, before they started feeding them growth hormones. I don’t know what it tastes like these days.
Without wishing to create a list, I also quite like Argentinian beef.
The other day when we went to Wappersta gård and bought up all their meat, we purposely bought a hunk of beef for roasting. And tonight I roasted it. And, can I just say, it was superb. Apart from the wagyu we had in Tokyo back in 2017, it would be up there with the best. (As an aside, I also cooked the prinskorv that we bought at the farm. We served them up with all the chips last night at Mello and they all went. Apparently, Jonas was quite keen.)
Along with the roast beef, I made a different cauliflower cheese than the usual Romanian one I tend to favour. Tonight’s version came from Géraldine Leverd and received an enthusiastic “Yes!” from Mirinda. It was very French, very tasty, and very successful. In fact, all round, dinner was excellent.
Mind you, I was very sleepy after a considerable lack of sleep last night. I blame Emma, who deliberately woke me up at 5am in order to send me off to the shops. It was on the way to the ICA that I came across an odd thing.
This public bin is just the other side of the woods. There are no houses particularly close to it. Of course, I understand why the cardboard box is on top of the bin because, clearly, it wouldn’t fit inside. That’s not the odd thing.
The thing I find odd is that someone would be carrying an empty washing powder box around, then decide to throw it away at the next convenient bin.
It would make quite the unconventional handbag, but the handle was still intact, so why throw it away?
It’s a mystery said Sam to me, more deep than words could utter …
And super delish!