Sunday

This is a belated post about Sunday just gone.

On Sunday morning we went to the Canning Vale Markets. We used to go to CVM (I’ve just created this acronym, which I think makes it sound a lot cooler than it really is… sounds like FHM or STM) all the time, but somehow, with everything we’re busy with, my thesis/tutoring, Jac’s hockey, crap to do around the house, socialising etc., we just haven’t gone for ages. Anyway, this weekend we decided we would go to CVM to buy some fruit and veges and see what other bargains we could find at the secondhand goods stalls.

Part of Sunday morning at CVM is having an overpriced and unhealthy breakfast. The eating area is really quite gross – it’s dirty and ugly and thoroughly unappetising – but that’s part of the ritual, I guess. Shut out everything else and breathe in burger. Jac had a bacon and egg burger. You can’t really see the egg in the picture as it’s buried under all the bacon. It was really quite good egg – gooey but not overly runny yolk. The burgers come minus sauce so you can add whatever sauce you want from the napkins, salt and sauce area. Jac squirted lots of barbecue sauce in her burger.

Bacon and egg burger

I always go for a hamburger, which consists of a large beef pattie, melted cheese, lettuce and tomato. I added tomato sauce to it.

Hamburger

Sometime ago, like years ago, as we walked past the big bins (I think Americans would call them dumpsters) next to the food area, Jac said “Don’t look now, one of the food kiosk guys is throwing up into the bin”. Since that day, every time I’ve been near there I’ve always thought about some guy spewing into the bin. Of course, I never let it stop me feeling hungry and stuffing my face! Heheh.

I picked up a 96-cd wallet for $10 and a selection of secondhand books, including The Yellow Story Book by Enid Blyton, The Three Investigators – The Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs (for the bargain price of 20 cents!), the Trixie Belden Mystery-Quiz Book #1, Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express by Victor Appleton II and Down with Skool! by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle (This is such a classic! I can’t believe I didn’t own a copy of it!). Of course, I haven’t catalogued them yet, and they are the newest part of the pile of uncatalogued books in the already bursting study. We also bought some fruit and vegetables – the best buys were a beautiful plump bunch of fresh bok choy for $1.00 and a bag of lovely field mushrooms for only $3.99 a kilo. Jac also bought a curry plant in a wee pot for $2.00. I also bought a pressie for my brother – you know how people have those car air-fresheners in the shape of a tree? My brother always has one of those smelly trees hanging in his car. Some old guy was selling apple-flavoured car air-fresheners in the shape of an Australian One-Day Cricket Team shirt for $2.00 each, and since my brother is into cricket and car air-fresheners I got one for him (I like cricket too, but not car air-fresheners, so I didn’t get one for our car).

That evening, we decided to have fish, vegies and rice for dinner. I stir-fried the vegies – bok choy, champignons, onions, green beans, garlic and sliced garlic tofu with oyster sauce.

Ovenbaked shark filet, rice and stir-fried vegies

Jac oven baked shark filets wrapped in alfoil. She flavoured them with soy sauce, crushed garlic, ginger and a drizzling of sesame oil. That shark was bought from the supermarket, and was really good. I like a nice fleshy bit of fish. They did a great job fileting too – I didn’t find any bones at all. The sesame oil, ginger and garlic had really gone through the fish, and it tasted just beautiful.

Oven baked shark filet

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