Irishmen and his family straight from The Emerald Isles gets off the boat at the O/S terminal in Sydney.
Afterputting the family in the nearest hotel his wife sends him out to get something truly Australian for their evening meal so they can all celebrate their arrival in their new homeland .
First place Patty comes to is a butchers shop in the Rocks so in he goes
Asking the butcher what was a typical Australian meal .
Butcher replies Snags Mash and Gravy .
Patty understands all about the mash and gravy part but cooking snagsthats another issue having come from a fishing village back home where fish was the mainstay in the daily diet
So how do you cook snags
No problemsaid the butcher just like cooking fish.
Patty knows how to cook fish in fact he considers himself a master at it .
Ill have 2 kg of those Australian snags that should feed my family of four
Patty takes the snags and off back to the hotel he goes
Next day Patty is back at the butchers looking in the window
Butcher calls out how did the snags go Patty , family like them ok
Yes they loved them replies Patty .
Ill have 4 kgthis time thank you
Thats a bit to many for a family of four Patty said the butcher
I dont think so Patty replies, last night once I gutted the little buggers there wasnt that much left to cook
Fish Snags
Irishmen and his family straight from The Emerald Isles gets off the boat at the O/S terminal in Sydney.
Afterputting the family in the nearest hotel his wife sends him out to get something truly Australian for their evening meal so they can all celebrate their arrival in their new homeland .
First place Patty comes to is a butchers shop in the Rocks so in he goes
Asking the butcher what was a typical Australian meal .
Butcher replies Snags Mash and Gravy .
Patty understands all about the mash and gravy part but cooking snagsthats another issue having come from a fishing village back home where fish was the mainstay in the daily diet
So how do you cook snags
No problemsaid the butcher just like cooking fish.
Patty knows how to cook fish in fact he considers himself a master at it .
Ill have 2 kg of those Australian snags that should feed my family of four
Patty takes the snags and off back to the hotel he goes
Next day Patty is back at the butchers looking in the window
Butcher calls out how did the snags go Patty , family like them ok
Yes they loved them replies Patty .
Ill have 4 kgthis time thank you
Thats a bit to many for a family of four Patty said the butcher
I dont think so Patty replies, last night once I gutted the little buggers there wasnt that much left to cook