Slipper lobsters, Balmain bugs, Moreton Bay bugs

This weekend is the Labour Day weekend holiday in Victoria.

Celebrating the Australian labour movement and specifically the achievement of a working day limited to eight hours, the Labour Day public holiday is fixed by the various state and territory governments, and so varies considerably. It is the first Monday in October in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Labour Day is the first Monday in March. In both Queensland and the Northern Territory, it is the first Monday in May. (Wikipedia)

We are both retired so the weekend holiday is not as special as it once was when we were working, nonetheless my husband decided it would be a good excuse to get some seafood for dinner as a special treat.We didn’t do anything special to the seafood just prepared our seafood sauce and then proceeded  to eat with a little lemon juice and bread and butter.

These are known by a variety of names, slipper lobsters, Balmain bugs and Moreton Bay bugs.  The Balmain bug name is the Sydney version or New South Wales version and the Moreton Bay bug is the Queensland version.

The prawns we had were king prawns.

This is our seafood sauce recipe:

3 tblsp mayonnaise

3 tblsp tomato sauce

1 tblsp brandy

4 tblsp cream

1 dessertsp Worcestershire sauce

few drops Tabasco sauce

salt and pepper

Apparently a Moreton Bay bug  is one of the foods you must eat before you die! It comes after Clam Chowder.