Save it for later…

I mentioned the other day that Melissa took it upon herself to cook dinner…with the doting mum hovering around to lend a hand. I did not peep to have a look so I wouldn’t know who exactly did the most work. LOL!!! Anyway, we had grilled lamb with some leftover beef thrown in as well…

…and there was really too much for us to finish so we saved it to heat it up and eat the next day. Unfortunately, it was kind of dry and hard or tough and needless to say, we just had a bit more of it and as a result of that, we still had quite a bit left. My missus asked whether any of us still wanted to eat it and was thinking of throwing it away. Tsk! Tsk! For one thing, our imported Australian or New Zealand beef and lamb do not come cheap and it would be such a waste to just dump what was left into the trash can. I told her to put it back into the fridge and I would use it for something more manageable the following day.

What I did was I cut the meat into very tiny bits – perhaps our knives are no longer sharp or it is harder to mince meat that is already cooked and that would explain why I did what I did…and then, I threw in one Bombay onion, chopped and some crackers that I had pounded using the lesung batu ( mortar and pestle). You can use any crackers you like as long as they are the bland or the salty ones like cheese crackers, for instance. Lastly, I added an egg, beaten…and mixed everything together till it all became kind of sticky and could be rolled…and that was exactly what I did. I rolled it into round balls and pressed them down to flatten them to form patties and I deep fried them in a bit of oil…

I did not add any seasoning as the meat had been marinated already before the grilling so there would be enough taste and flavours without any necessity of adding some more but I guess you would need to do that if you’re thinking of making the same using fresh minced meat.

Nope, the black patches in the patty…

…were not burnt parts – those would be the colour of the marinated and grilled meat.

I managed to make five for lunch and Melissa had two and my missus and I had one each…and obviously, Melissa loved them so much as she asked me what I added and did to make those patties. Of course, we saved the solitary one that was left for her for dinner and she saved it till she had eaten everything else that evening before she finished it off.

She has this habit of putting what she likes the most by the side to save it for later…ever since she was small. I did not know at the time and I thought she was leaving behind the stuff she did not like and she was so upset when I just picked those up and popped everything into my mouth! How was I to know? Anyway, after she told me why she did that, I never did it again. Hehehehehehe!!!!

For one thing, I wonder how many of you out there would do the same? Personally, I would eat the goodies first as I would think that having had my fill, I would not enjoy anything that is nice quite as much anymore after that. Come, tell me – do you eat what is nice first or do you, like Melissa, save it for later?