Category: Australian
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A Church In Crisis – Scones, Jam And Cream!
(Updated August 2021 with extra scone recipes – See pdf below for further recipes including buttermilk, lemonade, coconut cream.) We have a meeting with some or our Windermere neighbours over scones, jam and cream. (Continued from: Soup and Golf ) The neighbours rally Windermere is a semi-rural settlement with houses on half-acre or bigger blocks…
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Soup & Sand Wedges – And Two Great Views!
A winter stay at Olive’s Cottage In the middle of June we flew to Tasmania to stay at Olive’s Cottage for three days. The main reason was one of my sisters was having a big birthday. A special lunch was arranged. We knew we wouldn’t have much time for cooking during our stay. After picking…
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Indigo Valley – Home Grown Produce!
Several years ago, Barry and Liz wound up their professional jobs in teaching and accounting-law in East Gippsland, and moved to the Indigo Valley in north-eastern Victoria. That enabled them to relocate to Liz’s family home and farm, where several siblings live nearby. We recently made the four hour trip up from Melbourne to see…
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What’s in the Fridge? No. 8
Lamb Leg Roasted in Chutney Slow-cooked lamb recipes are everywhere, with many celebrity chefs publishing their own version. Their recipes sound exotic and magical, offering special results; and generally they do. However, you don’t need an exotic recipe to produce a wonderful result. Try this surprise method then experiment with your own versions. Don’t be…
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Chicken – With Mango Vinaigrette And Coriander Butter!
This post is from an article we wrote for Club Marine magazine in 1997. The food shots date from that period too. We think this recipe has as much appeal today – 2018 – as it did when it was first created. (Use the Print button at the top of this page for a hard…
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The Simplest, Most Perfect Dessert!
Some years ago I had what, for me, was the most perfect of desserts. It was at The Willows, in its period as a fine dining restaurant in a lovely old mansion in St Kilda Road, Melbourne. It was lunch time, a warm December day and there were five of us around the table. Looking…
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A Way With Avocado!
Avocado Vinaigrette This dish was fashionable some decades ago. You don’t see it often now, but if you do, typically it is over-done, over-worked, over-flavoured and over-dressed. It makes a great entree; very refreshing and it feels healthy. Print recipe. We like ours simple: Halve each avocado, remove pip. Place each half on a serving…
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What’s in the Fridge? No. 7
Banana Bread We recently had short notice that interstate friends were in Melbourne and turning up for morning tea. We had about two hours to put something together. We could have gone shopping. Instead we searched the fridge and freezer. We found five frozen bananas, some frozen cream and a pack of frozen butter. (If…