{"id":347,"date":"2012-09-04T21:52:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T11:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=347"},"modified":"2012-09-05T19:33:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T09:33:03","slug":"random-lunch-challenge-fish-and-cheaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Random Lunch Challenge &#8211; Fish and cheaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=347\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>The economist Milton Freedman once said &#8220;There&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch.&#8221;<br \/>\nBut there is the Random Lunch Challenge.<br \/>\nOur aim is to get the best bargains and sales at the market on a Saturday to concoct an interesting, tasty and substantial enough lunch for 4 under $10.<br \/>\nNot free, but cheap.<br \/>\nIt is random.<br \/>\nIt is getting more challenging.<br \/>\nThis week, boys got that bit more risky in choosing something to cook.<\/p>\n<p>On passing the fishmongers, one boy saw something for $7 a kilo.<br \/>\nFresh sardines.<br \/>\nThose tasty, eat &#8217;em bones and all little fishies that boys used to devour from the tin when they were younger.<\/p>\n<p>Very enthusiastically, half a kilo was bought and with very little input from yours truly, boys went on to purchase some sourdough to make toast, some red capsicum to grill with a glug of &#8220;Good&#8221; olive oil to create a soft unctious sweet bed to lay the fried sardines on (topping the toast), sprinkled with smoked paprika and a squeeze of lemon juice. An unconscious Spanish flavour palette- flavours pulled together from their experience.<br \/>\nLove their thinking.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sardines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-357\" title=\"sardines\" src=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sardines-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sardines-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sardines-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sardines.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLoved the result\u2013in the end.<br \/>\nLoved that it cost\u00a0 $7.50 with 1\/4 loaf left (to later make crunchy fattoush style salad).<br \/>\nLove that boys learned\u00a0 that it is always good to check with the fishmonger if the fish have been scaled and gutted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economist Milton Freedman once said &#8220;There&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch.&#8221; But there is the Random Lunch Challenge. 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