What have I done? I'm in my seventies now and, over the years, have been a competent home cook. As a small boy, under my Dad's supervision (he said every bloke should know how to cook) I started with steak and eggs, grilled fish, fried fish, and pikelets, amongst other things. But always plain, simple and good family food. Breakfast food mainly, but with a lot of campfire cooking, including that old Aussie bush staple, damper. Damper is a simple dough mix, leavened with baking soda, cooked in a Dutch oven buried under the campfire coals.
