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Inspiration right under my nose

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INSPIRATION RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE

dave-fellows-profileDave Fellows
The TooMoo220 man

October 9: Maroochydore

Sunshine Coast Australia

Sometimes it’s nice to be reminded that inspiration can be right under our noses; this week was for me, one of those weeks where a succession individuals I may have in the past been guilty of underestimating, or just not fully appreciating opened my eyes to their true potential and intestinal fortitude.

Each in their own way stepped up, giving me cause to step back and look on with deep felt admiration, enjoying the luxury of time to fully appreciate their effort, their commitment and their courage in the face of their respective challenges.

Age was no barrier, neither economics, education or sexuality; the diversity of the challenges ranged from international competition at the highest level through securing a new job, raising the bar in community service, or trying a task for the very first time in front of onlookers without the benefit of rehearsal. All risked failure, all risked personal disappointment, all put that and ego aside to stand tall.

Some were family, some colleagues, some dear friends but all opened my eyes to the realisation that inspiration for most of us can often lay right under our nose.

Some would cheekily suggest the thing right under my nose I seem to be most conscious of is my mouth and that I spend way too much time worrying about what goes in it rather than what comes out of it, hopefully this weeks realisation will release my inner sage and adjust the balance a little.

In the spirit of the emerging enlightened, I put this breakfast right under your nose.

Open the fridge and grab whatever is under your nose

in my case it was

Bacon the ugly bits

Fresh Sage leaves

Fruit of the moment and

Camembert cheese

I presented it on dry wholegrain toast

Drizzled in real maple syrup and

Seasoned to my taste

Place your version right under the noses of your breakfast guests, step back and give them the opportunity to view you, from a whole new perspective

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Its bacon and its tasty

Perfect Balance

Dave Fellows Perfect Bacon :1
Dave Fellows PROFILEOK get ready this BACON BACON BACON… To be creative is a gift, a gift that allows you to derive pleasure from something you conceive of and bring to fruition, it is in many ways unsurpassable in the joy it can bring you personally; this joy is often magnified when to your delight your creativity is enjoyed by others.
The creatives among you will understand exactly what I’m talking about.

On the flip-side there can be an even greater joy experienced when someone of their own volition gets creative and shares their creativity with you, particularly if that someone is important to you and has taken the time and care to create something truly unique and refined that fits a place in your psyche so snug that it becomes perfection personified.

I had just such an experience earlier this week, I was blown away by the thought, by the genuine uniqueness, the non “cliche-ness” and the beauty of the idea let alone the craftsmanship required to bring it to reality.

Regular readers of my Bacon Posts will know my love of simplicity my preference for simple clean bacon dishes tweaked with a touch of difference to make them surprising, unique and wondrous.
You have probably also noted that I don’t get so excited by the excesses of gluttony to be found in copious quantities of grease, cheese or egg often associated with bacon.

But here I was stopped in my tracks by what I would otherwise have promptly dismissed had I read it on a menu. “Bacon Cheesecake” sounds positively cholesterol; had i not been presented with it in all its godlike glory.

They say we eat with our eyes, never has this been more true.

This is art, this has been thought through, it spoke to me on so many levels
it couldn’t be dismissed I had to try it, wouldn’t you?

To my absolute delight it sliced perfectly, the baked cheese cake style filling held together beautifully maintaining its integrity right to the final crumb on the extreme point of the first slice as it eased out of the whole.

On my plate it cut easily with side of my fork, the texture in my mouth was dreamy and the flavours balanced perfectly to provide a light savoury flavour with elements of sage, celeriac, lemon, and of course bacon, delightfully combined to leave a truly once in a lifetime impression.

Of even more significance was that this was made by my daughter and she nailed, visually, architecturally and contextually it was perfect, and I got to savour and enjoy it in the spirit it was intended with the person who intended it; I am blessed.

I will gladly post the recipe for “perfect balance bacon cheesecake” if you request it
Importantly though; I hope you are fortunate enough to experience perfect balance for yourself and that when you do; you are sufficiently aware to recognise your own special recipe.

Enjoy

Dave Fellows Perfect Bacon :2written by Dave Fellows of the TooMoo220 fame….the TooMoo22o0 has to be experienced its a stunning Queensland ride…not to short and not to far…just enough time to make new friends and tell a few “porky pies” a long the way…and no you don’t haveto be a whacky bacon lover like Dave, but it could help?

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Bacon Flavoured Seaweed

Some TooMoo secret Sauce?

Actually it could be the TooMoo220’s Breakfast of Champions…

Whats next Dave …Carbon flavour Bacon? or maybe Bacon Flavoured Carbon could go a little more viral?

 

Bacon Flavoured Seaweed

by Dave Fellows
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Dave Fellows Bacon flavoured Seaweed“Don’t be coming the raw prawn with me”

A couple of weeks ago I was inundated with posts from concerned “Baconisters” pointing out a collection of articles proclaiming a newly discovered seaweed that when fried, tasted like bacon. A ridiculous proposition we know as bacon already tastes exactly like bacon, thereby rendering the impersonator completely useless … Ooo I can hear the Vegos collective squeal of protest echoing from the valley floor already, however while I may love you dearly, you voluntarily surrendered yourself to a life of bacon celibacy when you signed up to your legumous cult.

Anyway seaweed bacon got me thinking and this morning I prepared a far more palatable option for my guests

“Bacon a la mere”

Prawns, large Australian Tigers to be precise peeled with the heads tossed in with the bacon served on dry toast with fresh ground pepper and a generous grind of sea salt

Delicious and healthy with a touch of flare that will have your guests completely flummoxed at your capacity to elevate their breakfast experience as the vego on the other side of the table sucks seaweed and smiles weakly through green teeth.
Enjoy but don’t gloat

TooMoo

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The Chant of Bacon …the end of ride climax?

The Smell of a Bacon Chant
by Dave Fellows the TooMOO220 man
a classic Queensland Cycling Experience

Eye of Spitting Bacon
Spinach fresh to the wilt
Pop Toasted Pumpkin
All over Maple be spilt
with Veins of Cheese Blue
All Ugly Nature be purged from you

This weekend Ugly Nature was in the house and feeling decidedly vindictive.

Refusing to succumb, I sought inspiration from within … the fridge.

With a little sizzle, smoke and swagger you to can work up a potion to defeat ugly nature.

As you serve this dish hold hands with your guests and make the chant

Laughter will ensue and purge the ugly beast at least for the duration of the feast.

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Vote BACON

Polling Day BrekkyVote BACON politicised not homogenised

By Dave Fellows – the TooMoo220 Classic Man
Has a good ring to it …don’t you think

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This morning I chose to replace fantasy with symbolism for my breakfast with the following garnish.
Broccoli in a cursory nod to the greens, regardless of your leanings a little is good for you, while too much will result in certain constipation.
Blueberries represent the sweet looking promises that always end up slightly bitter.
Mushrooms for how the political leaders see the voters
The big red strawberry off to the side is there purely to distract you from the main issue, which like most big red strawberries these days will be hollow and devoid of flavour.
A couple of cherries sit precariously on top, just out of reach they will teeter and fall at the slightest change to the make up of the final ensemble
The entire illusion is underpinned by “White Toast”, white toast looks for all the world to be a healthy inclusive brown, yet remains decidedly white on the inside.

There is only one thing in this meal you can rely on to deliver what you need for a fulfilling existence and that my friends is Bacon.

Bacon keeps it’s promises
Bacon won’t lie to you
Bacon is dependable
You can dress it up you can dress it down, but underneath it’s still bacon

So all that is left is to eat it!

Great pic and recipe Dave

Steve has modified this recipe to exclude any political predictions by Dave…actually by the time anyone reads this everyone will know the result.

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Dave makes a Mountain out of a Molehill

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The Making of a Molehill

By Dave Fellows.

Thats Dave the Too MOOO or Not toMOOOO  Challenge guy! see below one of Queensland’s top up and coming multi day events…
Life it seems is full of challenges, some at random as if the universe has decided to test us or perhaps frustrate us as we go about our daily lives. Most of these challenges are mere molehills we handle in our stride; a small percentage are mountains requiring us to dig deep in order to face them; however again we pretty much manage to get through whatever we are confronted with and usually emerge a better person as a result.

Then there are the challenges we set for ourselves, these may be in any discipline from intellectual to physical however the one thing they have in common is that we have chosen to confront ourselves with the possibility of failure in order to advance ourselves.

This morning I embarked on my challenge, a bike ride surprisingly enough that involved hills followed by hills and then a couple of hills to round out the day, hills have always been mountains to me, they certainly have proven to be more than a challenge on many an occasion. This morning I was feeling even more apprehensive than usual as I was to be riding with a group I knew was laced with some good riders particularly of hills, however I showed up determined to risk failure in order to conquer a mountain.

I decided to look at the days ride in increments rather than the whole, layers if you like, breaking the ride down into bite sized pieces, reducing the mountain to a series of molehills and it worked! as I summited each molehill I looked ahead only to the next molehill which i knew I could achieve in relative comfort.

Molehill by molehill I climbed my mountain.

Excited I decided to reward myself and applied the process to my breakfast but this time in reverse.

Layers of dry Seeded Toast, Bacon, Charr Grilled Peppers for sweetness, Bacon, Avocado for creaminess and Bacon I built a mountain, molehill by molehill.

You too should find your molehill and conquer it, then another and another; pretty soon you’ll have a mountain like this one to reward yourself.

Enjoy

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