Comfort Food
Death of a Schnitzel
31 Jan 2008 09:22 PM
I was reading the article in Good Living today about
the new photography book by Melanie Dunea, "Last
Supper" where she's taken pictures of some of the world's top
chef's and what their last meal would be if they could choose
anything in the world. The article is a great piece, and the book
sounds extraordinary and damn I wish I could go to the Melbourne
Food and Wine Festival dinner where some of the meals are prepared
by their chefs!
Of course, all this got me thinking about food, or more precisely, got my thinking about food directed towards what I'd eat for my last supper. That and I already felt like death form having been drinking gin all night, the choice was easy. Good old fashioned comfort food. My last supper would have to be my favourite meal from childhood, my mother's chicken schnitzel either with Continental tomato pasta or mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes. No, definitely the mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes... I guess the reason I have such fond memories of it is because out of the standard meals my mother made, it was the nicenesst and least often burnt. Sure she made some other exceptional meals but they were usually the more complicated or time-consuming things that we'd only see on a special occasion.
She hit on a winner one day when she ran out of breadcumbs and made her own using the left over multi-grain bread, the nuttiness of the fried grains added a nice touch. I haven't had any bread in my house for a few weeks now, so I added some LSA to the breadcrumbs instead, and of course. Another option is adding Krummies, they're pre-crushed corn flakes, and everything knows that corn and chicken go well together.
The easiest, and cleanest way to pound out a chicken breast is between two sheets of plastic wrap. It helps keep the chicken intact too in case you get a little heavy handed with the meat mallet.
Of course, all this got me thinking about food, or more precisely, got my thinking about food directed towards what I'd eat for my last supper. That and I already felt like death form having been drinking gin all night, the choice was easy. Good old fashioned comfort food. My last supper would have to be my favourite meal from childhood, my mother's chicken schnitzel either with Continental tomato pasta or mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes. No, definitely the mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes... I guess the reason I have such fond memories of it is because out of the standard meals my mother made, it was the nicenesst and least often burnt. Sure she made some other exceptional meals but they were usually the more complicated or time-consuming things that we'd only see on a special occasion.
She hit on a winner one day when she ran out of breadcumbs and made her own using the left over multi-grain bread, the nuttiness of the fried grains added a nice touch. I haven't had any bread in my house for a few weeks now, so I added some LSA to the breadcrumbs instead, and of course. Another option is adding Krummies, they're pre-crushed corn flakes, and everything knows that corn and chicken go well together.
The easiest, and cleanest way to pound out a chicken breast is between two sheets of plastic wrap. It helps keep the chicken intact too in case you get a little heavy handed with the meat mallet.
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