cathrowan

I enjoy trying different proteins besides the standard beef/pork/chicken/lamb. My list to date includes elk, alligator, emu, moose, rabbit, and snake. (That last one I feel no need to try again. It was so lean that even the mayo couldn't offset the gristly texture. Sort of like shredded elastic bands.) Today the Crooked Fork food truck had an alpaca burger on offer. He described as like a mixture of beef and lamb. Which I suppose is a place to start from, but I now know the flavour as its own thing. It was good!

He's promising kangaroo for Friday.

Recording the process for posterity.

First, rummage through the fridge, find the leftovers from last night's dinner: a small piece of left-over moose round steak and a dozen fried mushroom slices. Recognize that there is no way this will feed 2 people.

Assemble salad from ingredients on hand:
- 3/4 cup dry couscous, steamed (amount chosen because that was what was left in the package)
- one chopped green onion
- 1/2 diced English cucumber
- 1 tomato, seeded and diced
- 8 leaves of basil (rau que) sliced into strips
- dressing of juice of 1/2 a lemon and equal amount olive oil, a few grinds of black pepper
Cube the steak, add it and the mushrooms, mix, and chill for an hour.

Dinner! And there were leftovers...