Category: Australian
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Traditional Christmas Dinner – Part A
This post, and the next two, are from an article we wrote for Club Marine magazine in 1993. (Use the Print button at the top of this page for a hardcopy or pdf of the recipe in this post.) What is a traditional Australian Christmas dinner? There is no strict formula for a traditional Australian…
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As Easy As … No. 1
“It’s a piece of (cheese)cake!” For a long time I thought the expression “as easy as pie” referred to the act of making a pie. That, of course, never made sense to me as I have generally found pies rather difficult to make, even mud ones. But then I discovered that the expression refers to…
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What’s in the Fridge? No. 5
Slow-Cooked Curry Stir Fry Every now and then we receive a call or email from our friend Alistair saying: “Hi guys, I’m thinking of cooking one of my stir fries on … night. Want to come over?” Well of course we would, we might even contemplate cancelling other engagements just to be there! So what…
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Champagne-Style Cocktail – With Pernod!
This is our version of an exotic Champagne-style cocktail. It is quite affordable and very popular with our friends. We came across it more or less accidentally when, some years ago, we had made a Pernod based granita for dessert. Some days later there was still quite a lot of the granita in the freezer,…
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Made At Home – No. 3
In reading the contents of this post, also check: Food Safety Is Paramount It makes sense that dill pickles should involve dill. However, the key ingredient is the seed, not the herb part. While green dill is relatively easy to find, the seeds can be difficult to track down. You might have more luck finding…
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Shoots and Sprouts
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If you will excuse the pun, there are always new products sprouting up in the markets and supermarkets. Recently we noticed a new range of shoots and sprouts: radish, rocket, watercress, chervil, sorrel, chives, … They aren’t inexpensive, but they do look terrific. Great for garnishes. And depending on how many you have, you can…
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Making The Impossible! No. 2
It is impossible to make flour based cakes and puddings in the Microwave oven! Right? Well we have stumbled across a self-saucing chocolate pudding that gives a great result when microwaved. The background Some weeks ago we were over at Olive’s Cottage at Windermere. It was just a few days after the flood scare for…
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What’s in the Fridge? No. 3
How to use up those almost finished bottles and jars of jams, chutneys, etc., that clutter the fridge? Lamb can be the answer – it is possibly the most robust of all the meats! An acquaintance once told me about a method for cooking a whole leg of lamb smothered in a bottle of ………
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Poached Whole Quinces
Are quinces not one of the most remarkable of fruits! On our recent visit to Olive’s Cottage at the end of April we had offered to take dessert for lunch with several friends. The quince tree in the cottage garden was full of fruit – not ripe enough to use. However, it gave us the…
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Made At Home – No. 1
We have just returned from staying at Olive’s Cottage in Windermere for several days. With autumn well under way in Tasmania, the herbs were looking a little ragged and needing trimming while the lemon tree had a handful of fruit that needed to be picked. We were thus prompted to make three items we regularly…