https://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/tag/food/ Recent content in food on Oxymoronical Hugo en-us Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:45:01 +0000 https://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2013/04/afterburner-steak-rub/ Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:45:01 +0000 https://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2013/04/afterburner-steak-rub/ <p>This is a recipe for a steak rub that I made up last night. It came out pretty well and everyone enjoyed it. It slightly caramelises the surface of the steak infusing it with herby goodness and after you enjoy that flavour a nice kick of heat comes in the after taste.</p> <ul> <li>1/4 handful fresh sage, finely chopped</li> <li>1/2 handful fresh thyme, finely chopped</li> <li>1 handful fresh parsley, finely chopped</li> <li>2 tsp salt</li> <li>1 tbsp brown sugar</li> <li>2 tsp black pepper</li> <li>1 tsp cayenne pepper</li> </ul> <p>Mix it all together in a bowl, rinse off your steaks and apply liberally to each side about half an hour before you plan to start cooking. These quantities should make enough for 4 small steaks.</p> https://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2012/10/six-hour-chilli/ Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:51:36 +0000 https://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2012/10/six-hour-chilli/ <p>I’ve enjoyed making and eating chilli ever since I was in university. It has a lot of appeal for your average student:</p> <ul> <li>You can make it in bulk and live off it for a few weeks</li> <li>You can make it spicy enough that you start bleeding out of your nose (and thus totally impress all your friends)</li> <li>It’s dead simple and really hard to screw up</li> </ul> <p>The great part is that really once you have the basic ingredients you can just go nuts, vary up the ratios, add extra bits and pieces, whatever you fancy. Eventually though I discovered that I was getting a bit too wild and really wanted to nail down a basic “good” recipe to work from. It took a couple of tries but here it is. It’ll take around six hours to cook, an extra hour for prep depending on how lazy/drunk you are.</p>