October 2011
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meklarian asked: Happy Halloween, Jane. :) Hope you're having a blast in Korea.
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Tomato Shrimp Cocktail Recipe
Four medium- sized tomatoes One 8 oz. can shrimps Salt and pepper Lettuce Lemon and parsley to garnish SAUCE Half cup cream Two teaspoons tomato paste or sauce Two teaspoons brandy Quarter teaspoon Worcestershire sauce One teaspoon lemon juice Good pinch mustard Salt and pepper to taste Cut a slice from the round end of each tomato, scoop out the pulp, leaving a quarter-inch shell. Drain, sprinkle...
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Thanks for all the holiday wishes.
Waiting, waiting, waiting for our plane.
I should be packing & instead I’m Tumblring. I’ve uploaded a mega-batch of images, quotes, stories to hopefully keep you entertained while I am away.
On the plane to South Korea tomorrow, to a little traditional Korean guesthouse in Seoul. Bim bim bap, bulgogi and kim chi, here I come.
Then to Milan for a couple of days, a classical concert at La Scala.
Then to Malta to visit an...
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“.. peace and quiet of camps like Daly River. Anyone with a vehicle, or for that...”
– Up The Track, 1979, Max Colwell
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“I know that cheeses are very salty, but one in ten of your guests will, like...”
– A peculiar salt addiction, with a side order of radish / watercress passion.
Cheese and Cheese Cookery, 1967, T. A. Layton
Truthful Tuesday
Here’s another snippet from my degenerate hospitality non-career. idol-hands asked for another story, so that’s where you can lay the blame.
I did the classic Aussie living and working, with my boyfriend, in an English pub in Weybridge on the outskirts of London. It was run by Dave and his wife, who’s name I have erased from my memory. She had thick, pale, yellowy skin like a...
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November I'm outta here.
Don’t worry kiddies. Unless Tumblr fails me, i’ll queue up MadMeals posts to cover when I’m away.
meklarian asked: Wow. Quite the tour. Enjoy your trip!
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Hold me now, I might faint.
Booked into Dinner by Heston http://www.dinnerbyheston.com
All the dishes on the menu are at the ancient end of cooking.
Nothing within the timeframe of MadMeals, not that I care.
Any Heston Blumenthal for me.
Can’t wait for late November 10pm on a Wednesday night.
10pm, is that 3rd sitting?
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Reblog with Urban Dictionary's top definition of...
jane
short term name for marijuana…people who smoke pot often love Jane’s the name of the most beautiful woman in the world, other woman were so jealous of Jane’s that they made up a term for Jane’s calling them plain because it rhymed and made them feel better about themselves cause they were not names jane and they are ugly. janes are always the girls with the...
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“Promptly at 12 noon on Sunday we sit down to Rijsttafel. … Rijsttafel is a...”
– In Melbourne, there’s Ricetable in South Yarra. Fun for the event, though no Malay boys wearing songkoks, and I think there’s better Indonesian food elsewhere in Melb. I’m more into Nasi Padang so don’t be put off trying it. Makanan Java is a bit too halus for my kasar...
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My personal take on OccupyMelbourne
Another non-MadMeals post, sorry.
I’m obviously not in Swanston St, Melbourne demonstrating. I’m resting instead. I’m quite surprised by the police reaction given I’ve been involved in peaceful marches before here and it’s all been happy banter (plus interminable speeches). But then they weren’t sit ins.
I have it pretty good (very good in fact) & Melb...
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“Brie (France). … If Roquefort and Stilton are the kings of cheeses, Brie...”
– I must be feeling capricious today because I’m a woman. Or I’m unripe or something. Maybe I’m perfection. Who knows?
Cheese and Cheese Cookery, 1967, T. A. Layton
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Truthful Tuesday (Wednesday or whatever day it is...
My last post reminded me of the other odd hospitality place I worked late 80’s.
I used to work for a crime boss and I didn’t know until I had already left and saw his head on the nightly news. He was convicted of drug and prostitution rackets.
I worked in a deli / café he owned in St. Kilda. In retrospect it must have been for money laundering because it wasn’t a vibrant...
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Chicken and Avocado Soup Recipe
16 oz. can chicken soup milk 1 avocado 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon cream salt, pepper Choose a nice ripe avocado. Remove flesh from inside, push through fine sieve; mix in lemon juice immediately so that the avocado keeps its fresh colour. Put soup and a soup can full of milk into saucepan; bring to boiling point, stirring. Reduce heat, add avocado purée, cream, salt and pepper to taste....
