Gluttony

Haven't eaten much meat for the whole week last week (except for the 2 lamb shanks I had at the Sky City casino...special at $4.95 between 2-6pm)...so I managed to finish slow cooking the lamb shanks I purchased yesterday. I have not finished them yet. They are sitting in the fridge but seeing as I have today to cook, I decided (pre-planned from yesterday actually) to cook another lot of stewed beef with carrots (surprise, surprise). I may hate carrots from now on...

I decided to be slightly different this time. I added carrots, a small stick of celery and some sliced tomatoes and ginger to the beef stew. The ginger will usually calm any strong smell down...not that I mind beef smell. Actually I love beef smell such as the smell you get from Beef Brisket...anyway, I added the ginger for my wife's benefit. She doesn't like beef smell so by masking/neutralising it with ginger, she might think it is a variety of brown chicken.

This was a very simple dish, and I usually add too many spices that the real taste of the meat disappears. This was around lunch time after I had my lamb shank lunch. I left it cooking in the crockpot (kind of a lazy way of cooking but effective). Went to visit my parents then came back home and fell asleep. Unless I'm really tired, I cannot have deep sleeps in the afternoons especially if there was constant barking and 50 cent in the background. Later I found what caused this constant barking...the neighbour accidentally kicked their ball into my backyard. "Come on Phillipe, kickze ball like I told you..." My dog has never seen a rugby ball so she thought it was an alien from outer space and constantly barked at it until she got tired and bored. No doubt my neighbours watched her bark at it for ages unable to do anything from a distance.

Woke up and felt hungry so I went to look at the food I was slowly cooking the whole afternoon. I was very surprised by the finished product. The tomato added a hint of spiciness to the taste and the celery's done something to the aroma...this certainly encourages me to try simpler ingredients when cooking in the future...

Going back to the real topic of this entry...As the food I cooked was very appetising...I ate too much. I always do this to myself...My tummy hurts now..had to go to the bathroom 3 times in the past 2 hours. Hopefully its gone by tomorrow morning or I'll have to call in sick.

My tummy is quite sensitive yet I never learn my lesson. Because I don't get to eat beef often, I somehow eat heaps if I do get the chance.

I'm also lactose intolerant yet I love dairy food like milk, cheese, ICE CREAM!... I usually try subtitutes like soy milk (which I also love) and a little cheese. But eventually I developed some sort of intolerance to soy milk too...not sure why... No matter, I can drink more soy milk than normal milk. Ice Cream I like very much. Usually go for Vanilla or Cookies n Cream. No chocolate but will eat it if I have no choice.

Oh yes...I did eat ice cream this afternoon...could have contributed to my sore tummy...