Articles on Food
Understanding food is key to good cooking.
In our articles section we give you the background on various aspects of food and cooking.
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State Sausage King Competition
Myself (Peter Manifis), Uncle Vince Garreffa from Mondo Butchers and the wonderful Verity James from the A.B.C. worked together for the entire week in this exciting competition.
Butchers from all over Perth sent in entries.
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Exmouth Fresh Prawns
The term green prawn is used for when a prawn is uncooked.
Green, wild-caught prawns have a shelf life of around 4 hours before they start going black. This is why we don’t get fresh green prawns in Perth!
But we do get Fresh Cooked Prawns.
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Chicken At It's Best And Worst
It has only been since the 1960s that chicken has become a "cheap meat". Before then, roast chickens were saved for special occasions and families would gather around to enjoy their rich flavour. The industry has evolved from "the backyard" to a major food category. Within this broad category there are three distinct segments of chicken available to Australian consumers today.
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Easter, Good Friday and Tradition
Good Friday: the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches as a fast in memory of our Savior's passion or suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion. In the Orthodox Church the feast of Easter is officially called Pascha, the word which means the Passover.
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