Oh Hi! Um, sorry. Yeah, I know, it’s been too long. I’ve missed you too! Well, you know… I’ve been busy. So, actually my space bar was ripped off my laptop and hidden in a dark corner of my house and then my computer slowed to a screeching halt… and oh, then I started reading books again – I know – the Twilight series really is addictive isn’t it! But it’s over now, and then my lovely mum in law fixed my computer by doing a complete overhaul and we found the space bar! See! Look… !!!! :D But I’m back now and ready to show you some tasty treats!
Pate!!
Fresh, local pate at that too! Pate is one of those things that I have really fond memories of from when I was a kid. My mum was a big pate fan (Actually, I’m pretty sure every adult during the 1980’s was a fan of pate – along with smoked salmon, purple eye shadow and Dire Straits). And it was one of those things that even after I found out that it was made of animals livers, I kept on eating it! See, this news would have usually put me off most foods, but not pate. It transcends race, creed and mere offal…. It’s like making a silk purse out of a sows ear.
Actually this sort of food is generally my absolute favourite type of food, which I’ve probably mentioned on this blog a billion times already but I think it’s really important. You can do wonderful things with food and other things with not much money. In another example of this I recently made some gorgeous bread by using this recipe. My first ever time making bread from scratch (without a bread maker) It was divine! It cost me about 60 cents for the ingredients – and about 3 minutes work. This in comparison to an ‘artisan’ loaf at the markets for $6 a pop! There are so many wonderful things that can happen with a tiny bit of extra effort and less cash.
Anyway, I digress – I’m pretty sure an absence of almost a month from blogging is bad for my little fingers – they’re getting run off their feet with this ranting!…. I was talking about Pate. This Pate. More specifically Free range Goose Liver and Black Truffle Pate, made here in SE Queensland.
Yes.
That’s right.
So creamy. So smooth. Delicate but rich. Luxury OFFAL!
Also a Chili Crab Pate, which was more like a terrine and very delicious.
I guess a good way of describing how good they both were is that every time I tried one I would exclaim that it was my absolute favourite, then scooped a little pate from the other and exclaimed with equal sincerity that that one was now my favourite.
Look! Even our Puss wanted some – but with such a kick from the chili we thought better of it!
We got these at the Jan Powers Markets, but it’s also at a few other spots too – check out their website for the details.
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OK… so as i’m typing this my V button just popped off the keyboard. Moral of the story for any new parents out there – Close your laptop when you’re finished with it!
(I’m sure some grammar nazis would suggest that perhaps hiding my exclamation point key would be a good thing. )
Fancy that! Goose liver pate in Brissie…what an awesome find. Thanks for sharing! BTW, kudos to mother in law for fixing computer. It’s usually the other way around!
Hehe – i know! She’s a dab hand at fixing PCs. It was awesome! I, on the other hand, have an aversion to PCs. If my PC was a puppy, I’d have the RSPCA knocking on my door!
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