The White Hat Food Guide

Newsletter - 20th April 2011

Contents

Eating down the food chain
Picnic Kits – Going to the stadium kit
A Brief History of Food in Australia – part 3
Sustainable food
Cooking roo
Kangaroo tail soup
30 Minute Meals
The Going to the Opera on the Grass Kit
A Brief History of Food in Australia – part 4
Corned Beef with White (Hat) Sauce
Kohlrabi
The White Hat Quiz

It has been quite some time since we sent out a White Hat Food Newsletter due to other pressing projects. However, we’re back and possibly on a monthly basis. Who knows? We certainly don’t.

Eating down the food chain - eating less meat

Many out there advocating a more sustainable way of eating that reduces carbon footprint and encourages sustainable methods of food production in a world where human population is skyrocketing suggest that we should be trying to eat further down the foodchain. “What!” I hear you say. “I didn’t fight my way to the top of the foodchain in order to become a vegetarian.” Maybe not, but most of us could probably eat less meat.

Of course, if you’re a vegetarian it is not possible to eat less meat, but for those brought up on an Anglo diet of meat and three veg we probably can. Unfortunately the area of meat and sustainability sometimes gets muddied by mindless quoting of figures from different countries. There is no doubt that sheep and cattle kept in heated barns in the colder climes of Europe or America and fed on corn and grains have a high carbon footprint. However the figure can’t immediately be transferred onto sheep and cattle munching outside on the rich pastures of New Zealand or on the saltbush of semi-arid Australia. However we increasingly see the words ‘grain-fed’ on meat packaging as though it was a self-evident positive. And then there’s kangaroo, but that’s an emotive issue so we wouldn’t dare venture there.

Picnic Kits

This section of the newsletter can now be found at The White Hat Guide to Picnic and Barbecue Kits

A Brief History of Food in Australia - part 3

This section of the newsletter can now be found at White Hat's Brief History of Australian Food

Sustainable Food

This section of the newsletter can now be found at The White Hat Guide to Cooking Kangaroo & Wallaby

Cooking Roo

This section of the newsletter can now be found at The White Hat Guide to Cooking Kangaroo & Wallaby

Kangaroo Tail Soup

This section of the newsletter can now be found at The White Hat Recipe for Kangaroo Tail Soup

30 Minute Meals

Jamie Oliver’s recent TV series on 30 minute meals had numbers of interesting ideas and techniques. However it has drawn a surprising amount of negative feedback on the internet. Try doing a search you’ll see what I mean. Without having looked too closely, it may be that many of the ingredients were not readily or cheaply available in American supermarkets. However for many of us in Australia they are readily available from our local market, kitchen garden or apartment balcony so don’t cause any dramas. The use of wooden chopping boards as preparation and serving platters has already got a firm foothold in this household.

As a contrast you may care to watch Rachael Ray who was doing half hour meals for quite a while before Jamie. She has one of the most-watched cooking shows in the world and forms an interesting contrast.

The Going to the Opera on the Grass Kit

This section of the newsletter can now be found at The White Hat Guide to Picnic and Barbecue Kits

This section of the newsletter can now be found at White Hat's Brief History of Australian Food

Corned Beef with White (Hat) Sauce

This recipe can now be found at The White Hat recipe for corned beef

Kohlrabi

This section of the newsletter can now be found at The White Hat Guide to Kohlrabi

Our other two picnic kits in the next newsletter.

The White Hat Food Quiz

Food names

1. What food is named after an Earl?
2. What dish is named after an opera diva?
3. What drink is named after an Emperor?
4. What dish is named after a ballerina?
5. What drink is named after an order of monks?
6. What dish is named after a hotel? (or an hotel for the pedantic)
7. What food is named after an army corp?
8. What dish would you like to have named after you?

No prizes – just glory and a warm inner glow.

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