7-11 has really lifted its sandwich and lunchmeal game over the last couple of years. I’ve been pretty impressed with the range and quality. The thai beef salad wraps are very nice. For a while they had very nice lamb souvlaki wraps too. And the roast beef & salad sangers pretty legit. Haven’t tried the onigiri yet though.

No more curried eggs for you!

Moar meatloaf! There can never be too much meatloaf.

I think I’ve started something …

Thanks chef!

Soft warm rain falling. I’m glad I did the laundry yesterday as it looks like there’ll only be a few breaks in the rain before the cool change comes. Gear up for sticky heat folks.

Croissants with bacon & coffee please chef.

Given the large number of rescued/ex-racer greyhounds around, hunting rabbits does actually make sense as a post-racing career for them. Shooting & snaring is not really an option for urban rabbit populations.

Invest in a trombone or trumpet and join in the music making. It is not necessary to play the same tune.

Squillions on Merri Creek. You do still have to vaccinate pet bunnies though for myxo & calicivirus. The viruses are destroyed by cooking. As are liver flukes, tapeworm and other parasites etc. that infest wild rabbit populations. Just don’t eat rabbit tartare. And wash hands & tools THOROUGHLY after preparing raw wild bunny. Just a rinse won’t do.

Yes. Rabbit meat (wild) should be cheap as chips and a possible solution to a serious pest problem. I understand farmed rabbit has a cost, but wild is perfect low income protein.

Indeed, I have overlooked these. You are quite right.

I shall add this to the list of proper tributes to the new goddess Aspartame. That is, Aphrodite’s whiny younger sister. So far her tributes are : sugar substitutes, “diet” soft drink, vegan bacon, analogue cream, carob ‘chocolate’, anything marketed as a vegan “burger” or “sausage”, and plant mylks of any kind. The goddess of fake food.

For crying out loud, please, if you are going to go vego (and why not) then embrace it! Enjoy all the wonderful vegetarian & vegan food available. Don’t do fake shit that only looks like the real thing and is full of salt & fillers and ‘modifiers’ etc. That stuff just can’t be good for you.

/rant over

Marge by any other name - is still shit.

Whole rabbits for $25? Scandalous. I think I’ll borrow one of the neighbourhood greyhounds and take a walk down Merri Creek. Still, it’s nice to know that one can still buy bunnymeat. Thanks for keeping an eye out for me!

Thanks chef!

A solid chunk (baked in a loaf pan) of mince, chopped onion, breadcrumbs, grated veg (any), an egg, and herbs/spices/flavourings to taste. All mooshed up by hand and then topped with any one of a tin of crushed tomatoes, a shittonne of cherry tomatoes or chopped regular ones. Bake covered for 1 hour at 180 deg C till you hear it bubbling in the pan, then take cover off pan and bake for another 30 mins to let the excess liquid evaporate. Tomatoey top should be just a tiny bit caramelised. Remove from pan and serve in slices with carb & salad or as per CEO’s suggestion. At it’s best cold the next day in a sanger. And the juice that remains in the pan is definitely the cook’s perks.

Best teenager kibble on record (yes I’m including spag bol in that reckoning). And a good way to insert veg into reluctant children (of any age). Some persons (whom I will not mention but the Two Fat Ladies are prominent among them) wrap the mooshed up chunk in bacon slices, bake on a shallow tray and omit the tomatoes. This is good but in a loaf pan is the go to imo.

Meatloaf sanger please chef.

Single or dual serve options might also increase the customer base.

You can make it from any mince. Best one I ever made was with duck using shot birds that were too damn old and gamy to roast. Did it up with lots of orange zest and it was very very nice. Rabbit is another fave but buying rabbit meat is pretty expensive nowadays.