One of Those Days

Woke up to the rain gently falling on the roof; just the kind of day to stay home on the couch with a good book. However, it was not to be.

We were late for the bus and had to catch it at Sophie's. I went to tuckshop then went to the grocery store and bakery. Then I came home and went to work for two hours; then I came home again and marinated two lots of wagyu meat - a marble score 6 batch  and a mince batch. Then I discussed a Grade 12 English assignment - a persuasive letter to the Minister for Immigration, pleading the case of asylum seekers in long term detention - while making 12 muffin sized sticky date puddings.

We have guests tomorrow night for dinner (three Americans and two of our beef team are heading out here for a look around but it looks like their trip to Surat might not eventuate - the rain will dictate that); hence the marinating beef for entree and the puddings for dessert. Our signature dish here, which may sound a little lacking in imagination, is Wagyu Burgers. That's what we're known for and that's what visitors come to sample and enjoy. The focus is on the meat itself, not on the accompaniments - so wagyu burgers it is. A bun, a slab of steak and some cooked onion - there's not much there to deflect attention from the meat. I've seen Japanese and Korean butchers eat three burgers and then mop up the juices, nodding approvingly all the while.

Meg and Chris are supposed to head north on Wednesday but we hear some roads are cut and more rain is coming so they will have to play it by ear.