Well... Jordan has made it to the land of Oz. It is definitely nice to have her here, she’s just a little piece of home. After she was re routed through Cairns she made it to Melbourne only three hours late. After I picked her up, we had a bit of lunch (pre-packaged frozen lasagna) and then I had to go to class. As she washed the previous 20 hours of flying and travel off of her and got cleaned up, I was learning about the History of Ireland. People were spouting off facts left and right and I knew nothing but the capital of Ireland and the difference between Northern Ireland and Ireland. After class was over I went and talked to the professor saying I knew absolutely nothing about Ireland besides its geographical location and apparently its capital city and she just seemed absolutely delighted. As if me being able to learn from everything she could teach was better than teaching the others who already knew a pretty fair amount about the subject.... Anyway, after calming my fears about Irish History, I took Jordan to the grocery store. I promised that our previous frozen lunch wouldn’t be what I’d make her eat on a daily basis. So, it was back to the Big W. After a walk about the store and trying to find the cheapest deals on food we walked out of there with a $67 grocery bill that we split, which I didn’t think was too bad for the next 10 days for two people. Certainly cheaper than eating out, where the minimum on any meal is around 18-20 dollars.
After getting back to my place, Jordan started pumping up her air mattress, which I have to say looks quite comfy... I may have to find a way to use it in conjunction with my bed, but I digress... any way, whilst she was doing that I started to cook our truly Australian dinner. As a bit of a welcoming meal, we purchased two Kangaroo steaks. Now, I hadn’t tried this either, so this was a new experience all around. I googled how best to cook them and it looked as if dicing them up like beef tips and cooking them in butter or oil until they were medium rare to medium was the best way to do it. I obviously chose butter because it tastes better, but details, details. So I seared the little Roo just until it was pink in the middle and took it off the heat. I topped the meat with sauteed portobello mushrooms and a side of green beans and buttery toasted bread. Yum... I’m hungry again, just talking about it. As we both looked skeptically at our plates, we found the best way to eat it was to simply dig in. It was a bit chewy, but I suppose that comes with any gamey meat, but the over all taste was pretty good. I can’t really compare it to anything I have ever had before. You could taste a bit of steak flavor just like in a beef steak, but it didn’t taste like beef. I was really expecting it to taste like deer, but that wasn’t it either. It was unique all on its own. And, seeing as we both ate every last bit of it, it must have been pretty good! I think what really made the meat flavorful, besides the butter, was the fact that we bought it pre marinated in garlic and herbs. I think it made it a lot more tender and delicious than it could have been otherwise.
After dinner, Jordan just wanted to go to bed, as if the last 30 hours of her being awake was some sort of burden on her liveliness, but being the good friend that I am I made her stay awake! After watching some Australian TV, where Jor marveled at the constant talk in an Australian accent, I finally broke out some hot tea and my personal favorite, Tim Tam’s. If you don’t know what a Tim Tam is, don’t worry I will be bringing plenty home for people to try... That is if I can get them past my mother, who if given the chance would probably be keeper of the Tim Tam’s (love you mom). All-in-all it was a very Australian, very pleasant day with good company, who only complained a little bit about tiredness.
On a side note, I can’t believe I have already been in the land of Oz for twenty days now. In some regards it feels like I have been here longer, but looking back (especially the fact I have completed an entire week of classes) I only feel like I have been here for a couple of days.
Well it took Jordan all of about 2.8 milliseconds to fall asleep, so I suppose I better catch some Z’s myself. Until next time, no worries!
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