BRAD MURPHY, ST ALBANS FOOTBALL CLUB COACH, FORMER WESTERN BULLDOG
FB: How would you rate your cooking skills?
BM: After living for years with footballers and close mates, I did rate my cooking skills quite highly. But since marrying an Italian, it’s fair to say I’m hopeless.
FB: What is your signature dish?
BM: Steak and three veg. Basic, but done well.
FB: If you could only have one more meal, what would it be?
BM: Entree – fresh seafood platter with crumbed calamari. Main – medium-rare eye fillet with a garlic sauce and cooked tiger prawns; surf ’n’ turf. Dessert – home-made apple pie with Oreo ice-cream.
FB: What is your favourite TV food show and who is your favourite TV food person?
BM: I’ve religiously watched MasterChef for about eight years and was also lucky enough to coach the 2014 winner Brent Owens in 2016 (managed the one senior game). I get into the cooking shows MKRand MasterChef.
FB: What is your favourite food?
BM: My favourite food is probably chocolate. I can comfortably eat a whole family block during a movie.
FB: What is your favourite drink?
BM: Non-alcoholic is coffee. I didn’t drink it until I was 24 or so. Now I’m addicted. Johnnie Walker Blue Label, plenty of ice and a dash of Coke while watching the footy is perfect.
FB: Which five people would you most like to invite to dinner?
BM: Lebron James – my sporting idol. Will Ferrell – funniest man alive. Mila Kunis – my hall pass. Nelson Mandela – legend. Deborra-lee Furness – inspirational leader in adoption.
FB: Do you you have a kitchen tip for us?
BM: Buy a meat smoker and slow smoke/cook a brisket over eight to 10 hours. It may change your life. You’re welcome!
Brad is an ambassador for Adopt Change, an organisation that believes every child has the right to grow up in a safe, nurturing and permanent family home. For more information, head to adoptchange.org.au
FOOD NOSTALGIA
I read the loveliest article the other day, about the food tastes and smells that bring the past back to life. Charles Purcell, in The Age’s Sunday Life magazine, recalled how Violet Crumbles take him right back to his youth in the ’70s and ’80s, sending him into a world of the Polly Waffle, the Chokito, BMX riding, Super Mario and picnics at the beach.
My favourite foodie memory stretches back to 1990, during my first ever overseas trip. I ate clam chowder at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. I remember clearly the sounds and the smells that surrounded me on that chilly, cloudy day, the squawk of hungry birds and the exciting bustle of activity around me. The soup was warming and delicious and sublime. I have never tasted anything like it since – and I know I never will.
My hubby has two favourite nostalgic food memories – fish and chips on the beach at Williamstown and battered hot dogs on sticks at the Brisbane show. He calls them Pluto Pups; I remember them as Dagwood Dogs. They remind me of my childhood outings to the annual Korumburra Rodeo!
I read the loveliest article the other day, about the food tastes and smells that bring the past back to life. Charles Purcell, in The Age’s Sunday LifeIs there a particular food or drink that evoke for you fond memories of another place and another time? I’d love to hear about them.
