For millions of years, the success of the homo sapiens sapiens depended on their skill as hunter gatherers....
It's depressing, the state of world affairs today. Why can't we all just get along like the ingredients of a well made curry do? The exotic flavours coming together, complementing each other, and creating a whole which is greater than the sum of its parts. We take our first bite and every little morsel makes passionate love with our tastebuds. It sends us into ecstacy that lasts far longer than the most mind blowing sex we have ever had. Of course, the only downside is that the post coital 'afterglow' is a pregnant belly.
But I don't care, I'm preggers already and that's not going to stop me from eating some soul food.
His Royal Orangeness Karl Willem demands that all food served in our Orange Doghouse is made of the best ingredients. More importantly, the ingredients should be ethically sourced, a fair price paid to the producers, and they must have the lowest 'food miles' possible.
Clap yo hands and sing like Frankie Laine - Hey, good looking/What you got cooking/How's about cooking something up for me/Hey Sweet Baby/Don't you think maybe/We could find us a brand new recipe/
While The Nashman's version of South East Asian curry simmered, we headed to our neighbours' crib to forage for some berries for dessert...
HRO Karl Willem and PA Gromit merrily foraging for wild berries. The graveyard is one of our best kept secrets for sourcing organic blackberries.
It was too early in the season, the berries are not yet ripe for picking. I tried some of the darker ones but they were still sour.
We went deep into the woods behind the graveyard but we really were too early for berry picking.
Hey, did I just fall into an open grave? HRO Karl Willem and PA Gromit bark with hysterical laughter at my predicament.
Buddha be praised, right in front of my window is a big big Mulberry tree with lots of sweet and sun ripened berries ready for picking.
The best part of foraging for food (or growing your own) is that it's very sustainable as long as you only take what you need, leaving some for others. Greed and hoarding - they are modern constructs. Man may have evolved this far that we can rant a lot about trivial stuff on our blogs, but there are some things from our nomadic caveman heritage that are worth keeping.
Time for us dawgs to dig in on that soul food....I'm free and I'm ready/So we can go steady/How's about saving all your time for me/No more looking/I know I've been cooking/How's about keeping steady company/
The dawgs have dinner of Nashman Beef curry, handmade steamed shrimp and veggetable dumplings, and steamed jasmine rice
The main event was Nashman Curry. Sure, it may look like shite but immodesty aside, this is orgasmic soul food. Simple, yet good fun.
Ingredients: Beef, turmeric, coriander, ginger, garlic, onion, pepper, loads of chilis, fresh lemongrass, coconut milk and oil, kaffir leaves, lime zest, salt, and most importantly some TLC.
Dumplings dipped in the Nashman's garlic ginger soya sauce.
I did not eat everything like a pig of course and saved the leftovers. Curry actually tastes better after two or three days when the cocounut and curry have time to age and evenly infuse the beef with flavour.