Comments on: Kirsty Presents: Oz Mex

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:08:31 +0000

Thanks for the heads up on The Cook’s Thesaurus, Zoe, I’ve bookmarked it for future reference.

FXH, I think that you’re not likely to get rid of the gamey-ness of kangaroo, it’s like the sliminess of okra: it just is. I do think it takes the fruit in this recipe very well. That said, I can appreciate that if you associate with last resort food, ala Spam, then there might be no getting over that for you.

By: Crit

Crit — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:25:38 +0000

There’s an online shop for Mexican stuff… http://www.montereyfoods.com.au/
if it’s of any use to any of you. I aheven’t used it yet. but lack of good mex ingredients is one of the bloke’s many complaints.

By: Francis Xavier Holden

Francis Xavier Holden — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:33:06 +0000

Sounds good – I agree with whoever – you have to cook with whats in the cupboard and substitute.

I’ve had no success with roo, so much so I’ve given up. I would appreciate if some of the kitchen staff here at PDP would do a post or two on how to handle it.

In theory it should work but it allways seems to taste too gamey and chewy and dry to me.

I’m not sure if it’s a hangover from my farm days when roo was what you ate if you couldn’t afford anything else and were sick of rabbit.

By: librarygirl

librarygirl — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:59:41 +0000

I too have hyperventilated in Books for Cooks.
The only place in the world, it seems, where I could get the Barbara Pym Cookbook – TWO copies, different editions.
Plus the Constance Spry Cookbook in an early (and immaculate) edition.
Forget Borders and Dymocks, I’d like a Christmas voucher from there!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:13:29 +0000

Fortunately, they have not managed to get their online store working yet, although it’s promised.

By: ampersand duck

ampersand duck — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:06:52 +0000

I have been to that shop, and another time I took best Beloved, who also didn’t know which way to look. He decided to set his limit, and researched preserving and jam books. It’s more than a smorgasbord, it’s death by cookbook.

They do mail-out, if you’re looking for something, and they stock secondhand versions of things, so the thing you’re looking for can be less money than you think.

Gertrude Street, where it is, is one of my FAV Melbourne streets.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:30:47 +0000

I couldn't be trusted in that shop. I went to one like it in San Diego a bit (my ex-grandparents-in-law lived there) and found it Very Hard. I think it's important to make substitutions; it's part of what makes you a good cook. As for the tomatillos, I've copied an image of the entry from Cook's Thesaurus, a brilliant reference and substitution guide that doesn't permalink individual entries. Click to enlarge it to readable size:

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:49:12 +0000

I have two things to say about this.

1) nomnom
2) want