On belly today Sister T chatted with Don Maughan, who grew up in Byron Bay in the 50s as the son of one of the two bakers. A radical baker who liked yoga and made brown bread as well as white. Then one day he needed money for something and his mum sent him off to Norco to get a job. Forty years later, he finally left, after a range of interesting jobs since his early apprentice days. He now has more time to carve interesting walking sticks and character filled gnomes. And learn the ukelele, although we were so busy talking that I forgot to beg for a tune. He’s promised to come back, after a little more practice, to talk cheese and play ukelele – a great combination! Check out the Norco website http://www.norco.com.au/about-norco-history.php for some related history. And we had lots of great plucking music from Leon Redbone & the Rusty Datsuns.
At the end of the show, Roger Gamble came on to quickly tell us about a new food care service on the Byron Arts and Industry Estate.
Details for Food care program:
Where – C3 church, 40 Banksia Drv. Arts and industry estate, Byron. ( 3 blocks back behind Maddog surf shop)
When – Every Thursday, 9am to 12pm and 5pm to 6pm…
Need – your pension, concession, or health care card with you to register.
MAN COMFORT FOOD FORMULA – by Donald Maughan
6 Pork Spare Ribs
6 chicken legs
Big cup of red wine (1 for the pot and one for you to drink as you work)
Olives – pitted
sun-dried tomatoes
6 big Mushrooms
1 celery stick
1 chilli (seeds out)
1 Tin tomato
375 g3 Potatoes cut into 1/6 chunks
.2 Carrots cut into 1/6 chunks
2 Bay leaves
Cardamon Seeds( fresh ground)Some spice like Chinese five spice or Moroccan Spice
ground pepper
Pre heat oven to 180oC.
Sear the pork on a very hot plate. Add everything (with the exception of the Potato and Carrots) into an oven proof container with a lid. Put in the oven cook, for1.5 hrs then add carrots and potato for the last 1 hour. Total cook time 2.5 hrs approximately.
Meat will be very tender.
Serve in a bowl with crusty bread and red wine. If you let the pot stand for approx. 30 minutes you can scrape excess fat of the top but I like the fat. Serves 3 people because when your lady is away you get your mates over to watch the footy and you always have at least two mates over.
Enjoy, Donald
love and chocolate covered gnomes,
Sister T