Name that dish

During winter the price of bananas skyrocketed. From about 3.99kg they scaled the sheer cliffs of inflation to an exorbitant 18.99kg. My favourite fruit. I was a sucker for the Chiquita banana ads, and Make Those Bodies Sing. This self-enclosed delight was teasing me til finally I gave in and bought them anyway.

One night I was feeling very sorry for myself. I wanted to have a treat and thought of cooking up a steak. I prepared the grill and was pretty much ready to go and there in the corner of my eye, winking at me, a ripe yellow banana. It seemed extravagant at the time, a stroke of genius somewhat similar to the moment a guy decided to pop a few chunks of pineapple on a pizza and call it Hawaiian.

Grilled banana atop steak - magnifique!

Serve up a steak and grill some sliced banana on it for a few mins before serving. Otherwise, if you have no idea how to cook a steak, this is how I make them:

What you need
Beef steak with fat cut off (or leave it on and live life on the edge!)
Ripe banana
Steak seasoning
Garlic granules/ground
Mixed herbs
Oil
Tobasco sauce

Method

1. Make a little aluminium foil boat for your steak (unless you enjoy cleaning the grill drip)
2. Rub in garlic (or sprinkle if you've gone the slack way)
3. Shake on steak seasoning and mixed herbs
4. A dash of oil and then put under the grill on low
5. Watch some TV or cut up salad or boil vegies
6. Flip the steak when it's nice and brown
7. Shake on some steak seasoning for the underside and put under grill again
8. When that side is ready flip it over one more time and put on slices of banana
9. Banana will be melty like butter in about 2-3 minutes
10. Lashings of tobasco sauce and EAT

And on this one the ol' "only flip a steak once" rule doesn't apply. It's a half-flip, shielded by the narnies, luxuriating in its own juices.

Name this dish! (winner is: The Blonde Cow)

You know, like Havana Banana, Carnie Bananie, Blonde Cow...