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A Perfect Day

A PERFECT day here in Hawera, I was getting a little low on my special coal range wood but fortunately I received a firewood delivery, that needed stacking,  mint, I had good reason to get out in the sun. I didn't get a picture of the perfect day, so you get the firewood instead! Excitement of the day was ordering my breakfast from Someday CafĂ©, I went for the two course option, a bacon and egg panini, with coffee and friand, luxury I say. Town was quite busy when I went to collect it, people were obviously getting out and about, this is the bit where I offer my condolences to Auckland and Northland who are still taking one for the team!

The shark delivery arrived this afternoon, I love shark, it is my second favourite fish after my mate Homer’s filleted flounder, you can laugh, but I suggest you reserve your judgement until you give it a crack, you won’t go back to un-filleted. Anyway I digress, the shark, what I cannot stand is how some wanker dreamt up the name lemonfish, to make it more attractive to those idiots that think meat comes from the supermarket and the like. A bit of a fucking misnomer if you ask me, I take great delight in going into shops and asking for shark.


I roasted a whole celeriac last night, so I cut a steak off that and fired it and a large red onion steak in the oven to roast up a bit, added a couple of tomato slices a bit later.  Then I cooked up some mushrooms and the fish, served it all with lettuce and some mayo which I doctored with tarragon and preserved lemon.

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