The second in the "cook off" series sees the land down under take on the Spaniards.
If you missed part one of the "cook off" then let me explain. We pick one game a day from the World Cup and look at the game through the eyes of their national dishes, rather than stats, formations and who should be playing. So in the match of national dishes, just who would come out on top? Today it is Australia's Meat Pie against Spain's Gazpacho Soup, taken from the recipes featured in The Sixty6 Unofficial World Cup Cookbook available in PDF form from http://www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk/apps/webstore/products/show/4984730 for only £1 or the smashwords store at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/448943 also coming soon to Kindle and Google books.
The Line Ups - The Australians
The Aussies' Meat Pie has to be the most suitable national dish for football! Synonymous with Aussie Rules Football, the humble Meat Pie ticks all the boxes for the average football fan when it comes to our own matchday grub, even if over the years such newcomers as the "Chicken Balti Pie" have emerged on the scene at UK grounds.
The Line Ups - The Spaniards
One of Spain's well known dishes is the Gazpacho, or to put it in layman's terms, cold tomato soup with a few extras. Gazpacho was used in the cookbook for its ease to make and speed in preparation.
The Cook Off
Spain's World Cup in Brazil has been a torrid affair and the form carries on into this culinary match off. Even though Gazpacho has the chill on its side to make you focus on the game in hand, it is no match for the manly meat pie, with football running through its veins.
The pie crust absorbs any feeble pressure from the Gazpacho from the kick off and the relentless domination of meat (no this is not Men Only reader's letters if you have joined us halfway through) sees the Aussies win by a handsome margin, just in time to wash it all down with a good old beer, leaving the Spanish crying into their Sangria. It just has not been their year.
Verdict: A resounding 4-0 victory for Australia.
Headlines: "Gazpacho fails to cool Aussie meat feast"
For more culinary football banter and chat see www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk
Also see the You Tube videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jcZ735VtU
Produced by Sixty6 Magazine - www.sixty6magazine.co.uk
Illustrations by Andrew Booth of SmoothBooth Design.
More blogs to come.
If you missed part one of the "cook off" then let me explain. We pick one game a day from the World Cup and look at the game through the eyes of their national dishes, rather than stats, formations and who should be playing. So in the match of national dishes, just who would come out on top? Today it is Australia's Meat Pie against Spain's Gazpacho Soup, taken from the recipes featured in The Sixty6 Unofficial World Cup Cookbook available in PDF form from http://www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk/apps/webstore/products/show/4984730 for only £1 or the smashwords store at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/448943 also coming soon to Kindle and Google books.
COOK OFF NO.2 - MEAT PIE V GAZPACHO SOUP
The Aussies' Meat Pie has to be the most suitable national dish for football! Synonymous with Aussie Rules Football, the humble Meat Pie ticks all the boxes for the average football fan when it comes to our own matchday grub, even if over the years such newcomers as the "Chicken Balti Pie" have emerged on the scene at UK grounds.
The Line Ups - The Spaniards
One of Spain's well known dishes is the Gazpacho, or to put it in layman's terms, cold tomato soup with a few extras. Gazpacho was used in the cookbook for its ease to make and speed in preparation.
The Cook Off
Spain's World Cup in Brazil has been a torrid affair and the form carries on into this culinary match off. Even though Gazpacho has the chill on its side to make you focus on the game in hand, it is no match for the manly meat pie, with football running through its veins.
The pie crust absorbs any feeble pressure from the Gazpacho from the kick off and the relentless domination of meat (no this is not Men Only reader's letters if you have joined us halfway through) sees the Aussies win by a handsome margin, just in time to wash it all down with a good old beer, leaving the Spanish crying into their Sangria. It just has not been their year.
Verdict: A resounding 4-0 victory for Australia.
Headlines: "Gazpacho fails to cool Aussie meat feast"
Also see the You Tube videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jcZ735VtU
Produced by Sixty6 Magazine - www.sixty6magazine.co.uk
Illustrations by Andrew Booth of SmoothBooth Design.
More blogs to come.
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