FOOD

As they say - home-cooked food is always the best. Of course this is not a blanket statement to all, however for me, the statement is 99% true unless dad decides to concoct up some sour-ish paste/sauce which has non- identifiable ingredients in it.

A few friends and acquaintances came and gave us some free-range hunted meat.

Two months back, from down South came 8 huge-size fresh abalones, a huge salmon, 6 blue cods and half a bag of mussels. Recently, from the Westcoast came half a lamb (yearling) and half a deer. Also from another farmer in the Westcoast, came his free-range pork and bacon. Dad took about 2 hours to chop up the lamb and deer to be packed into our freezer and some to be given away to other friends.

The abalones were cooked with shitake mushrooms and above-said pork, stewed to tenderness.
The lamb and venison was of course, roasted. I have to admit the venison has a very strong flavour to it considering it was wild. But hey, at least it is fresh meat and with more wine and herbs and grilling on the top, it is no wonder I heart RED meat.