purple king beans and a ripe lime – there were two japanese seedless mandarins in this shot but they were eaten.

pepe said:

purple king beans and a ripe lime – there were two japanese seedless mandarins in this shot but they were eaten.

Nice looking beans Pepe!

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

purple king beans and a ripe lime – there were two japanese seedless mandarins in this shot but they were eaten.

Nice looking beans Pepe!

thanks oc – planted in december and they surprising luv the cold mornings – so december is the right time to plant them here – the bride’s mother (L1) taught me that one.

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

purple king beans and a ripe lime – there were two japanese seedless mandarins in this shot but they were eaten.

Nice looking beans Pepe!

I could taste them when I enlarged the photo.

i bought 52 indigenous native understorey plants and grasses for $65 locally yesterday. last evening all the grasses were planted in the old lawn area by the pool. ms pepe has given up on her swarths of interlocking colour that was her original concept. instead there is now a definite contrast of leaf shape and size.

i have planted three banksia trees (a local gum-sized tree with banksia flowers), two native apricots and six flinders ranges wattles. i have found spots, and dug holes, for the rest of them between the 18 indigenous trees. i will plant tonight – and put tree guards around and mulch with pine needles.

i need heavy rain in about a week – thanks.

pepe said:

i bought 52 indigenous native understorey plants and grasses for $65 locally yesterday. last evening all the grasses were planted in the old lawn area by the pool. ms pepe has given up on her swarths of interlocking colour that was her original concept. instead there is now a definite contrast of leaf shape and size.

i have planted three banksia trees (a local gum-sized tree with banksia flowers), two native apricots and six flinders ranges wattles. i have found spots, and dug holes, for the rest of them between the 18 indigenous trees. i will plant tonight – and put tree guards around and mulch with pine needles.

i need heavy rain in about a week – thanks.

awesome :)

pepe said:

i bought 52 indigenous native understorey plants and grasses for $65 locally yesterday. last evening all the grasses were planted in the old lawn area by the pool. ms pepe has given up on her swarths of interlocking colour that was her original concept. instead there is now a definite contrast of leaf shape and size.

i have planted three banksia trees (a local gum-sized tree with banksia flowers), two native apricots and six flinders ranges wattles. i have found spots, and dug holes, for the rest of them between the 18 indigenous trees. i will plant tonight – and put tree guards around and mulch with pine needles.

i need heavy rain in about a week – thanks.

oh, this should be a lovely show in a few years…willing the rain your way Pepe!

pepe said:

i bought 52 indigenous native understorey plants and grasses for $65 locally yesterday. last evening all the grasses were planted in the old lawn area by the pool. ms pepe has given up on her swarths of interlocking colour that was her original concept. instead there is now a definite contrast of leaf shape and size.

i have planted three banksia trees (a local gum-sized tree with banksia flowers), two native apricots and six flinders ranges wattles. i have found spots, and dug holes, for the rest of them between the 18 indigenous trees. i will plant tonight – and put tree guards around and mulch with pine needles.

i need heavy rain in about a week – thanks.

fantastic Pepe. That will all look great in a few years :D

thanks for your comments.
i expect 2-3 years will produce some size in grasses and understorey.
managed to plant all the holes (14) but no guards or mulch. a few specs of rain fell while i was planting.

i found a likely spot for my lemon myrtle too. does it tolerate wind?

intermittent rain here and i don’t mind getting a bit wet at all.
the extra inch of clay on the shoes is annoying tho’.

since sunday i and the ms have planted 70 new (mostly native) plants. ….and its raining.

-10 lepidosperum mysinoidi (?), convolvulus erebescens, acacia ligulate, a. notablis and retinodes
- grasses – austrodanthonia auriculata, cymbopogan ambiguus, dianellas and enchylaena tomentosa (upright pink)

sheesh – this topic will be returning to conversational english as soon as i unknot my tongue.

pepe said:

intermittent rain here and i don’t mind getting a bit wet at all.

got some rain coming down here now, with a rather chilly change :)

my first cornish pasties. very successful with tom sauce.
no turnips tho’ – so they’re not my ‘to plant’ list

so they’re not my ‘to plant’ list
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they are on my ‘to plant’ list.

pepe said:

my first cornish pasties. very successful with tom sauce.
no turnips tho’ – so they’re not my ‘to plant’ list

Looks good. MrBL is a mix of Irish and Cornish and our surname is classic cornish.

We had a dinner disaster tonight. I forgot to put the paddle in the bread machine so our pizza dough was still a gluggy mess when it should have been finished. We started it mixing again, with the paddle, and went to Hungry Jacks. Not my choice. :(

The pizza dough is in the fridge to be turned into fresh garlic bread to go with tomorrows steak.

Looks good. MrBL is a mix of Irish and Cornish and our surname is classic cornish.
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thanks BL – my mum was of cornish stock and used to cook six dozen of these on a saturday. she would roll out the pastry to a metre square and then cut circles in it with a saucepan lid.

sad about the pizza dough. my usual trick is to forget the yeast.
cyas tomorrow.

pepe said:

my first cornish pasties. very successful with tom sauce.
no turnips tho’ – so they’re not my ‘to plant’ list

Thank goodness I had breakfast before I saw that pastie..:P

bubba louie said:

MrBL is a mix of Irish and Cornish and our surname is classic cornish.

We had a dinner disaster tonight. I forgot to put the paddle in the bread machine so our pizza dough was still a gluggy mess when it should have been finished. We started it mixing again, with the paddle, and went to Hungry Jacks. Not my choice. :(

The pizza dough is in the fridge to be turned into fresh garlic bread to go with tomorrows steak.

There’s quite a few Cornish families up around my hometown: they came over as miners…they were a distinct sub-culture (I mean that anthropologically speaking, not socially-snoot speaking) until about 20 years ago…might still be, for all I know…they lived over the mine where they worked until about 40 years ago which probably explains why they had a slightly different outlook…

Glad the bread dough is going to turn out OK: there’s a theory that a dough left to rise in the fridge makes a better bread as it takes longer to rise…fresh home-made garlic bread BL you are becoming domesticated LOL

And is it true that Hungry Jacks’ isn’t as good as the advertisements? The burgers look awfully small in the ads: 2 bites and they’re gone…

Thread hijack! (Sorry Pepe)

And is it true that Hungry Jacks’ isn’t as good as the advertisements? The burgers look awfully small in the ads: 2 bites and they’re gone…
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Not great but better than Maccas.

14mm of rain.
i think the peas and barley might emerge between the orchard trees after all.

i had to prop up the new broccoli plants with mulch because they weren’t self supporting on that narrow stem of theirs. i found a large skink asleep in the mulching straw. after a minor fright i put him back to sleep under the capsicum plant. someone thinks it’s winter already.

about a month ago the frogs were making a racket but they are all quiet now so i guess breeding season is over.

my wife carpools with 2 other regulars and a couple of irregulars – all women.
it may seem an easy thing to do – carpool – but you should hear the daily revisions of arrangements! someone’s got a sick mum and has to rush home after work, someone’s going somewhere after work that is closer to work than to home, there’s kids to drop off, after work drinks that will delay everyone’s departure time, people to pick up on the way to work etc, etc, etc.- it’s more complex than the national budget.

hijackers unite LOL.

pepe said:

my wife carpools with 2 other regulars and a couple of irregulars – all women.
it may seem an easy thing to do – carpool – but you should hear the daily revisions of arrangements! someone’s got a sick mum and has to rush home after work, someone’s going somewhere after work that is closer to work than to home, there’s kids to drop off, after work drinks that will delay everyone’s departure time, people to pick up on the way to work etc, etc, etc.- it’s more complex than the national budget.

hijackers unite LOL.

Of course the men would just ask their wives to come and pick them up…

ducks for cover

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

my wife carpools with 2 other regulars and a couple of irregulars – all women.
it may seem an easy thing to do – carpool – but you should hear the daily revisions of arrangements! someone’s got a sick mum and has to rush home after work, someone’s going somewhere after work that is closer to work than to home, there’s kids to drop off, after work drinks that will delay everyone’s departure time, people to pick up on the way to work etc, etc, etc.- it’s more complex than the national budget. hijackers unite LOL.

Of course the men would just ask their wives to come and pick them up… ducks for cover

the husbands were all present at one carpool discussion and one of us suggested a simplified ‘drive for week at a time’ arrangement. much discussion ensued – mostly among the intrigued but skeptical women – and after a time the bloke was told to buzz off and stop being so simple.

basically (for men and women) carpooling to work is difficult because life goes on before and after work.

pepe said:

Of course the men would just ask their wives to come and pick them up… ducks for cover

the husbands were all present at one carpool discussion and one of us suggested a simplified ‘drive for week at a time’ arrangement. much discussion ensued – mostly among the intrigued but skeptical women – and after a time the bloke was told to buzz off and stop being so simple.

basically (for men and women) carpooling to work is difficult because life goes on before and after work.

LOL! “the camel was designed by a committee!” I’ve sat through ballet meetings, all mothers, and some of the rot (nothing personal regarding Ms Pepe and her carpooling friends) that gets introduced into a meeting made yours truly feel as if I was not living in the real world…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Of course the men would just ask their wives to come and pick them up… ducks for cover

the husbands were all present at one carpool discussion and one of us suggested a simplified ‘drive for week at a time’ arrangement. much discussion ensued – mostly among the intrigued but skeptical women – and after a time the bloke was told to buzz off and stop being so simple.

basically (for men and women) carpooling to work is difficult because life goes on before and after work.

LOL! “the camel was designed by a committee!” I’ve sat through ballet meetings, all mothers, and some of the rot (nothing personal regarding Ms Pepe and her carpooling friends) that gets introduced into a meeting made yours truly feel as if I was not living in the real world…

LOL! “the camel was designed by a committee!” I’ve sat through ballet meetings, all mothers, and some of the rot (nothing personal regarding Ms Pepe and her carpooling friends) that gets introduced into a meeting made yours truly feel as if I was not living in the real world…
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i’ve been ruminating on this whilst drinking my third coffee.

because it’s so difficult to be part of a team the rewards have to be collossal.
…and they are.
members of a committee get to strut the stage as important members of society on the day.
members of a carpool save two thirds of their petrol money and get driven to work two days out of three. when they arrive at work they are an ‘in group’ who have bonded, and they form an alliance at meetings. thus their power is enviable.
and for some reason (known only to women) they can merrily chat away in the passenger seats, unconcerned, as the driver applies lippy in the mirror whilst driving at high speed in peak hour traffic.

ducks and runs away. cyas.

pepe said:

LOL! “the camel was designed by a committee!” I’ve sat through ballet meetings, all mothers, and some of the rot (nothing personal regarding Ms Pepe and her carpooling friends) that gets introduced into a meeting made yours truly feel as if I was not living in the real world…
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i’ve been ruminating on this whilst drinking my third coffee.

because it’s so difficult to be part of a team the rewards have to be collossal.
…and they are.
members of a committee get to strut the stage as important members of society on the day.
members of a carpool save two thirds of their petrol money and get driven to work two days out of three. when they arrive at work they are an ‘in group’ who have bonded, and they form an alliance at meetings. thus their power is enviable.
and for some reason (known only to women) they can merrily chat away in the passenger seats, unconcerned, as the driver applies lippy in the mirror whilst driving at high speed in peak hour traffic.

ducks and runs away. cyas.

The bus sounds a lot easier to me!! Luckily I live and work near good public transport. Actually it’s not luck, that’s why we bought the house :)

the abutilons (chinese lantern) bushes have grown this autumn.

they are now four years old and each of the three plants cover a 2.5m dome. since late summer they have spread, covering one water bowl, the fennel, two eggplants, a chilli, the sage and are pushing the kaffir lime to one side. they might have been watered three times during the summer and have grown so much leaf they might not flower well.

i don’t have a camera at present to show you how they provide a very big, dense hedge hiding the fence and budlejas behind. i have just pruned the garlic chives and planted lettuces which made me aware of how things have changed in the abutilon bed whilst i wasn’t looking.

pepe said:

the abutilons (chinese lantern) bushes have grown this autumn.

they are now four years old and each of the three plants cover a 2.5m dome. since late summer they have spread, covering one water bowl, the fennel, two eggplants, a chilli, the sage and are pushing the kaffir lime to one side. they might have been watered three times during the summer and have grown so much leaf they might not flower well.

i don’t have a camera at present to show you how they provide a very big, dense hedge hiding the fence and budlejas behind. i have just pruned the garlic chives and planted lettuces which made me aware of how things have changed in the abutilon bed whilst i wasn’t looking.

‘What colours do you have in the Abutilons Pepe? I’ve got some too. We had to move ours beause they got too big where they were. Not the best of moves really because they haven’t done much good since then. In fact we’ve lost 2. Fortunately MrP planted lots and lots and lots and lots of cuttings when they were transplanted so I can replace the lost pink and red ones. Anyone want some Abutilon plants? lol. Other than those we have white, yellow, orange and one that has red and yellow flowers. As plants I love them because they are always green and flower for most of the year. Up here that is. Don’t know about down your way.

p/bucket is playing up after offering me big prizes and being rejected.
1st photo – new hall navel and kaffir lime with the abutilons behind the lime.
2nd photo – japanese seedless mandarins as big as my fist
don’t bother clinking ‘photobucket’

blowups don’t work for me.
p/bucket is drunk
i’ll leave it for now and hope it sorts itself out.

pepe said:

p/bucket is playing up after offering me big prizes and being rejected.
1st photo – new hall navel and kaffir lime with the abutilons behind the lime.
2nd photo – japanese seedless mandarins as big as my fist
don’t bother clinking ‘photobucket’

what the…? broccoli just appeared on my screen – grumble.

pepe said:

pepe said:

p/bucket is playing up after offering me big prizes and being rejected.
1st photo – new hall navel and kaffir lime with the abutilons behind the lime.
2nd photo – japanese seedless mandarins as big as my fist
don’t bother clinking ‘photobucket’

what the…? broccoli just appeared on my screen – grumble.

Kaffir lime? I’m envious…. will have to get me one of those.

pepe said:

p/bucket is playing up after offering me big prizes and being rejected.
1st photo – new hall navel and kaffir lime with the abutilons behind the lime.
2nd photo – japanese seedless mandarins as big as my fist
don’t bother clinking ‘photobucket’

Pics wouldn’t work for me and I wanted to see your abutilons as well.

pepe said:

pepe said:

p/bucket is playing up after offering me big prizes and being rejected.
1st photo – new hall navel and kaffir lime with the abutilons behind the lime.
2nd photo – japanese seedless mandarins as big as my fist
don’t bother clinking ‘photobucket’

what the…? broccoli just appeared on my screen – grumble.

Your citrus look abundantly healthy Pepe and go the broccoli! PB is still playing silly so couldn’t see all of them.

Kaffir lime? I’m envious…. will have to get me one of those.
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they are easy growing here PM.
put in a tahitian lime – they are more versatile – a squeeze in cold water, cocktails, in beer even (corona) and better than lemons because they have more flavour.

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

pepe said:

p/bucket is playing up after offering me big prizes and being rejected.
1st photo – new hall navel and kaffir lime with the abutilons behind the lime.
2nd photo – japanese seedless mandarins as big as my fist
don’t bother clinking ‘photobucket’

what the…? broccoli just appeared on my screen – grumble.

Your citrus look abundantly healthy Pepe and go the broccoli! PB is still playing silly so couldn’t see all of them.

thanks orchid.
i put grape marc around the base of the 8 citrus today in the hope that a more acidic soil will fix the iron and magnesium deficiency visible on their leaves.

pepe said:

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

what the…? broccoli just appeared on my screen – grumble.

Your citrus look abundantly healthy Pepe and go the broccoli! PB is still playing silly so couldn’t see all of them.

thanks orchid.
i put grape marc around the base of the 8 citrus today in the hope that a more acidic soil will fix the iron and magnesium deficiency visible on their leaves.

Ah – that must be the deficiency that Photobucket won’t let me see LOL!

pain master said:

pepe said:

pepe said:

p/bucket is playing up after offering me big prizes and being rejected.
1st photo – new hall navel and kaffir lime with the abutilons behind the lime.
2nd photo – japanese seedless mandarins as big as my fist
don’t bother clinking ‘photobucket’

what the…? broccoli just appeared on my screen – grumble.

Kaffir lime? I’m envious…. will have to get me one of those.

You can get tiny baby ones in herb sections at nurseries for a couple $. As long as you’re not in a rush to use it that is.

pepe said:

blowups don’t work for me.
p/bucket is drunk
i’ll leave it for now and hope it sorts itself out.

They came up just fine for me, you have a marvellous orchid and it has given me ideas for mine…

pepe said:

Kaffir lime? I’m envious…. will have to get me one of those.
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they are easy growing here PM.
put in a tahitian lime – they are more versatile – a squeeze in cold water, cocktails, in beer even (corona) and better than lemons because they have more flavour.

Am I right in thinking that tahitian limes are more useful in cooking as well…?

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Kaffir lime? I’m envious…. will have to get me one of those.

You can get tiny baby ones in herb sections at nurseries for a couple $. As long as you’re not in a rush to use it that is.

You’d probably have a better chance of establishing it in problem soils, if it’s that small…along the lines of native tubestock “takes” better than the more advanced speciments…

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

what the…? broccoli just appeared on my screen – grumble.

Kaffir lime? I’m envious…. will have to get me one of those.

You can get tiny baby ones in herb sections at nurseries for a couple $. As long as you’re not in a rush to use it that is.

we’re not spoilt for choice for Nurseries up here unfortunately :(

The Kaffir lime leaves are particularly good in some dishes but the Tahitian lime is used as a lemon substitute and is very fashionable and therefore most often seen in cookbooks.

The eight citrus trees were all bought for $20 each from hardware stores and supermarkets. They were one metre high specimens in 200mm diam. pots. I have had no problems with these and I knew at the time that specialised Riverland growers were selling $80 trees that were reputed to be superior.

I have three oranges (navels – 1xWashington, 2x New Hall), 2 mandies (Japanese seedless, Imperial), 2 limes (Kaffir and Tahitian) and one Lisbon Lemon. I could try a Valencia orange and a Persimmon if I felt the need for more citrussy stuff.

pepe said:

The Kaffir lime leaves are particularly good in some dishes but the Tahitian lime is used as a lemon substitute and is very fashionable and therefore most often seen in cookbooks.

The eight citrus trees were all bought for $20 each from hardware stores and supermarkets. They were one metre high specimens in 200mm diam. pots. I have had no problems with these and I knew at the time that specialised Riverland growers were selling $80 trees that were reputed to be superior.

I have three oranges (navels – 1xWashington, 2x New Hall), 2 mandies (Japanese seedless, Imperial), 2 limes (Kaffir and Tahitian) and one Lisbon Lemon. I could try a Valencia orange and a Persimmon if I felt the need for more citrussy stuff.

Go the valencia, the juice lasts longer than the navel, which bitters within hours.
The lime has a flavour all it’s own, but once the fruit turn yellow they are as a lemon in flavour.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

The Kaffir lime leaves are particularly good in some dishes but the Tahitian lime is used as a lemon substitute and is very fashionable and therefore most often seen in cookbooks.

Go the valencia, the juice lasts longer than the navel, which bitters within hours.
The lime has a flavour all it’s own, but once the fruit turn yellow they are as a lemon in flavour.

Interesting info there…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Kaffir lime? I’m envious…. will have to get me one of those.
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they are easy growing here PM.
put in a tahitian lime – they are more versatile – a squeeze in cold water, cocktails, in beer even (corona) and better than lemons because they have more flavour.

Am I right in thinking that tahitian limes are more useful in cooking as well…?

You only really use the leaves of the Kaffir lime.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Kaffir lime? I’m envious…. will have to get me one of those.

You can get tiny baby ones in herb sections at nurseries for a couple $. As long as you’re not in a rush to use it that is.

we’re not spoilt for choice for Nurseries up here unfortunately :(

Can you take one on a plane? I can get you one if you want it.

turnips are up. they’re a crop grown especially for cornish pasties. very easy veges to grow.

my peas have been replanted – just a few below birdnetting this time. not up yet.

there’s good evidence that lacewings are breeding well. i’ve been spreading sand for pathways and they are all full of ‘ant lion’ traps.
the paths are also riddled with bird tracks and when we started pruning the overgrown abutilons there were large numbers of birds nesting inside the bushes. so the bird numbers are up, they are hungry and have done damage to many young seedlings. still – the chance of finding bird nests when pruning makes that chore more interesting and the good noisy minor and new holland honeyeater are here in numbers. did you know new holland is insectivorous?

pepe said:

there’s good evidence that lacewings are breeding well. i’ve been spreading sand for pathways and they are all full of ‘ant lion’ traps.
the paths are also riddled with bird tracks and when we started pruning the overgrown abutilons there were large numbers of birds nesting inside the bushes. so the bird numbers are up, they are hungry and have done damage to many young seedlings. still – the chance of finding bird nests when pruning makes that chore more interesting and the good noisy minor and new holland honeyeater are here in numbers. did you know new holland is insectivorous?

So many birds, besides being a charming addition to your garden (you must be doing something right?) can only be good, right? Apart from the seedling-eaters, I mean…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

there’s good evidence that lacewings are breeding well. i’ve been spreading sand for pathways and they are all full of ‘ant lion’ traps.
the paths are also riddled with bird tracks and when we started pruning the overgrown abutilons there were large numbers of birds nesting inside the bushes. so the bird numbers are up, they are hungry and have done damage to many young seedlings. still – the chance of finding bird nests when pruning makes that chore more interesting and the good noisy minor and new holland honeyeater are here in numbers. did you know new holland is insectivorous?

So many birds, besides being a charming addition to your garden (you must be doing something right?) can only be good, right? Apart from the seedling-eaters, I mean…

right – the insects and birds are more interesting than the plants really.

pepe said:

there’s good evidence that lacewings are breeding well. i’ve been spreading sand for pathways and they are all full of ‘ant lion’ traps.
the paths are also riddled with bird tracks and when we started pruning the overgrown abutilons there were large numbers of birds nesting inside the bushes. so the bird numbers are up, they are hungry and have done damage to many young seedlings. still – the chance of finding bird nests when pruning makes that chore more interesting and the good noisy minor and new holland honeyeater are here in numbers. did you know new holland is insectivorous?

My latest invaders are the King parrots an bats. My informal hedge of cherry guavas are in full fruit and local wildlife are making pigs of themselves. Parrots by day and bats all night long. Noisy buggers too.

Had a flock of 24 black cockatoos flying around today. They are pretty noisy too but not as bad as the bats. I thought they might be going to attack one of my trees for the borers again. They didn’t but I bet they were wrecking somebody elses tree though.

My latest invaders are the King parrots an bats. My informal hedge of cherry guavas are in full fruit and local wildlife are making pigs of themselves. Parrots by day and bats all night long. Noisy buggers too. Had a flock of 24 black cockatoos flying around today. They are pretty noisy too but not as bad as the bats. I thought they might be going to attack one of my trees for the borers again. They didn’t but I bet they were wrecking somebody elses tree though.
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those bats – the big furry ones – have colonised adelaide for the first time. the theory is – competition from other bats have forced them to extend their territory into s.a.

i have some virulent, thriving, fast growing young broccoli plants in my garden with all their leaves shredded by sparrows. the plants were free of the caterpillars and any form of problem, but the birds decided they were succulent and started pecking them from the lower leaves, then graduated to the upper leaves. i am hoping it was just the shortage of water that caused this phenomena. now that it has rained i will liquid fert and hope they recover.

planted cabbage and silver beet seedlings yesterday so the rain and lightning have been doubly welcome here.

pepe said:

i have some virulent, thriving, fast growing young broccoli plants in my garden with all their leaves shredded by sparrows. the plants were free of the caterpillars and any form of problem, but the birds decided they were succulent and started pecking them from the lower leaves, then graduated to the upper leaves. i am hoping it was just the shortage of water that caused this phenomena. now that it has rained i will liquid fert and hope they recover.

When my broccoli was in their leaves where getting eaten quite drastically, more than you would expect from caterpillars. Turned out one of the chooks was getting in and snacking on succulent broccoli leaves. The grew beautiful heads despite the scarcity of leaf. Got more seedlings growing now so will have to find somewhere to plant them soon.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

i have some virulent, thriving, fast growing young broccoli plants in my garden with all their leaves shredded by sparrows. the plants were free of the caterpillars and any form of problem, but the birds decided they were succulent and started pecking them from the lower leaves, then graduated to the upper leaves. i am hoping it was just the shortage of water that caused this phenomena. now that it has rained i will liquid fert and hope they recover.

When my broccoli was in their leaves where getting eaten quite drastically, more than you would expect from caterpillars. Turned out one of the chooks was getting in and snacking on succulent broccoli leaves. The grew beautiful heads despite the scarcity of leaf. Got more seedlings growing now so will have to find somewhere to plant them soon.

good news on the broc heads growing despite being leafless.
i have 6 big broccoli nearby that i planted in december. its a pure fluke, but they have been producing good heads all autumn. these plants are untouched by the birds. so it’s only the young leaves that the birds eat.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

i have some virulent, thriving, fast growing young broccoli plants in my garden with all their leaves shredded by sparrows. the plants were free of the caterpillars and any form of problem, but the birds decided they were succulent and started pecking them from the lower leaves, then graduated to the upper leaves. i am hoping it was just the shortage of water that caused this phenomena. now that it has rained i will liquid fert and hope they recover.

When my broccoli was in their leaves where getting eaten quite drastically, more than you would expect from caterpillars. Turned out one of the chooks was getting in and snacking on succulent broccoli leaves. The grew beautiful heads despite the scarcity of leaf. Got more seedlings growing now so will have to find somewhere to plant them soon.

good news on the broc heads growing despite being leafless.
i have 6 big broccoli nearby that i planted in december. its a pure fluke, but they have been producing good heads all autumn. these plants are untouched by the birds. so it’s only the young leaves that the birds eat.

nope – the spoggies are still devouring the young broccoli leaves. so it wasn’t moisture that made them do it. i’ll sprinkle liquid pigeon poo over the leaves and see if they change their little minds.

the rain is around and we are getting some. excellent for the new natives, cabbages and the peas which have just emerged below birdnetting.

the newly planted lemon myrtle is ok but either the wind or the cold are effecting it and it looked better in a pot under the verandah.

the grape marc under the citrus trees is going mouldy – which i presume is a normal decomposition process.

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

pepe said:

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

they look good enough to eat :)

did the mincer do the trick?

they look good enough to eat :)

did the mincer do the trick?
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the mincing is something i had to do for mum when i was… say 10-12 y.o. so i knew how to chop the stuff and force it thru’. all good.

the pastry needs a fair bit of practice and that top roll is tricky – but i’m getting there.

all pasties are accounted for.
i’ll make another batch tomorrow.

pepe said:

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

Good job Pepe. I’ve never made a pastie in my life. You put me to shame.

pepe said:

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

Yummo, I see a few brews were downed whilst watching the oven work?

pomolo said:

pepe said:

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

Good job Pepe. I’ve never made a pastie in my life. You put me to shame.

You’d be hard to find a Qbilly who can make a Pastie… the Tully Bakery is the closest I can find to a real Pastie to date. And for shame Pomolo, even I have made a Pastie or two in my time. I made wholemeal pasties once…. not a winner.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

Good job Pepe. I’ve never made a pastie in my life. You put me to shame.

thanks – altho’ i have never made an anzac. so i might need you to post a recipe when it’s time to try those. my mum would produce cartloads of what we called ‘nutties’. i think they might have been anzacs with some ingredients changed.

pain master said:

pepe said:

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

Yummo, I see a few brews were downed whilst watching the oven work?

well i’m married to a victorian and she leads me astray LOL.

first and last photos show how sparrows have shredded my best young broccoli seedlings. … and yet spinach and old broccoli right alongside are untouched.

photo1 – onions, celery, lettuce, kale, beet and cabbage all growing well together.
photo2 – summer celery decides to come good now that it’s cold and wet
photo3 – asparagus growth

lavender for the ladies
warning; next shot is of spiders !!!!!

these spiders (4 in all) have trapped themselves in my old kitchen sink under the garden tap. i think they are dumb juveniles because there is a way out. the thing is – the other creature that traps itself here is a big coachroach and i’m pretty sure the roach and the spider have some sort of relationship. don’t have a clue what it is tho’.

pepe said:

these spiders (4 in all) have trapped themselves in my old kitchen sink under the garden tap. i think they are dumb juveniles because there is a way out. the thing is – the other creature that traps itself here is a big coachroach and i’m pretty sure the roach and the spider have some sort of relationship. don’t have a clue what it is tho’.

if there is a way out they are not trapped, but maybe get good pickings off other insects that fall in?

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

these spiders (4 in all) have trapped themselves in my old kitchen sink under the garden tap. i think they are dumb juveniles because there is a way out. the thing is – the other creature that traps itself here is a big coachroach and i’m pretty sure the roach and the spider have some sort of relationship. don’t have a clue what it is tho’.

if there is a way out they are not trapped, but maybe get good pickings off other insects that fall in?

they walk around in circles trying to get out – i think?
if they are still there tonight i might install an elevator – spiders of today are useless not like their old parents LOL.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

these spiders (4 in all) have trapped themselves in my old kitchen sink under the garden tap. i think they are dumb juveniles because there is a way out. the thing is – the other creature that traps itself here is a big coachroach and i’m pretty sure the roach and the spider have some sort of relationship. don’t have a clue what it is tho’.

if there is a way out they are not trapped, but maybe get good pickings off other insects that fall in?

they walk around in circles trying to get out – i think?
if they are still there tonight i might install an elevator – spiders of today are useless not like their old parents LOL.

ugly looking spideys… noticed your warning about the spider shot, yet you didn’t warn us about the Lavender???

warning warning – a very bad shot of my kaffir lime that might make PM jealous
butchered abutilon in the background

Good growing Pepe :)

Love the kaffier lime. I must get one.

pepe said:

warning warning – a very bad shot of my kaffir lime that might make PM jealous
butchered abutilon in the background

envy definitely, but not jealousy.

Happy Potter said:

Good growing Pepe :)

Love the kaffier lime. I must get one.

we are trying to strike some by using leaf striking methods… it works well for other tropical leafy plants, so we thought we’d give it a shot. If it works, we win, if it don’t, we order a plant from the Nursery.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

Good job Pepe. I’ve never made a pastie in my life. You put me to shame.

You’d be hard to find a Qbilly who can make a Pastie… the Tully Bakery is the closest I can find to a real Pastie to date. And for shame Pomolo, even I have made a Pastie or two in my time. I made wholemeal pasties once…. not a winner.

I doubt that pasties are a q’ld thing at all. You rarely see them in a shop and it has never dawned on me to ask for one in a cafe. It’s very possibly our education is lacking there.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Good job Pepe. I’ve never made a pastie in my life. You put me to shame.

You’d be hard to find a Qbilly who can make a Pastie… the Tully Bakery is the closest I can find to a real Pastie to date. And for shame Pomolo, even I have made a Pastie or two in my time. I made wholemeal pasties once…. not a winner.

I doubt that pasties are a q’ld thing at all. You rarely see them in a shop and it has never dawned on me to ask for one in a cafe. It’s very possibly our education is lacking there.

itsa temperature thing…. colder climes require warmer lunches.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Good job Pepe. I’ve never made a pastie in my life. You put me to shame.

You’d be hard to find a Qbilly who can make a Pastie… the Tully Bakery is the closest I can find to a real Pastie to date. And for shame Pomolo, even I have made a Pastie or two in my time. I made wholemeal pasties once…. not a winner.

I doubt that pasties are a q’ld thing at all. You rarely see them in a shop and it has never dawned on me to ask for one in a cafe. It’s very possibly our education is lacking there.

They look beaut, no matter what the fold is like :D

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

i made 11 of these using mum’s method of cutting a circle out of the pastry with a saucepan lid. works better. these smaller ones are a better size.
i still need to master that pastry folding at the top.

Good job Pepe. I’ve never made a pastie in my life. You put me to shame.

thanks – altho’ i have never made an anzac. so i might need you to post a recipe when it’s time to try those. my mum would produce cartloads of what we called ‘nutties’. i think they might have been anzacs with some ingredients changed.

Love to share it with you.

125g butter/marg
1 tab syrup
1 teas carb soda
1 cup sugar
2 tabs water
1 cup coconut
1 cup rolled oats

Bring to the boil margaring/butter, syrup. carb soda and water. Add to flour, coconut, sugar and oats. Mix all together. Form balls of batter into flattened biscuits and bake at 180c for 10 to 15 minutes.

May your biscuits turn out as well as your pasties.

pepe said:

first and last photos show how sparrows have shredded my best young broccoli seedlings. … and yet spinach and old broccoli right alongside are untouched.

I picked a bok choy today and it had 4 leaches in it. Now explain that if you can? I know leaches don’t eat vegetables…………do they?

pepe said:

warning warning – a very bad shot of my kaffir lime that might make PM jealous
butchered abutilon in the background

Puts mine to shame!!

pepe said:

lavender for the ladies
warning; next shot is of spiders !!!!!

Thank you Pepe.

pepe said:

these spiders (4 in all) have trapped themselves in my old kitchen sink under the garden tap. i think they are dumb juveniles because there is a way out. the thing is – the other creature that traps itself here is a big coachroach and i’m pretty sure the roach and the spider have some sort of relationship. don’t have a clue what it is tho’.

I’d rather the lavender thanks.

hehe!

Hammy the hamster prefers organic food: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_20926.cfm

Some light relief after reading that GMOs eventually make hamsters sterile (http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_20908.cfm)

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

You’d be hard to find a Qbilly who can make a Pastie… the Tully Bakery is the closest I can find to a real Pastie to date. And for shame Pomolo, even I have made a Pastie or two in my time. I made wholemeal pasties once…. not a winner.

I doubt that pasties are a q’ld thing at all. You rarely see them in a shop and it has never dawned on me to ask for one in a cafe. It’s very possibly our education is lacking there.

itsa temperature thing…. colder climes require warmer lunches.

You can’t say that about the good old meat pie though.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

I doubt that pasties are a q’ld thing at all. You rarely see them in a shop and it has never dawned on me to ask for one in a cafe. It’s very possibly our education is lacking there.

itsa temperature thing…. colder climes require warmer lunches.

You can’t say that about the good old meat pie though.

no I can’t… that’s the hole in my plot. Having said that, the Mexicans make a far superior Meat Pie then any Qbilly can. Out of the Bakerys I have tried.

They look beaut, no matter what the fold is like :D
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from the mouth of her majestic, stardom-attracting-ness herself. LOL. ta HP. they are a big hit and they are useful little parcels – even if you’re not down a mine.

some late, breaking news – the ugly looking, dumb juvenile spiders have escaped the pit trap. …and we’ve had another 25mm of rain – these two facts might be related.

Love to share it with you.

125g butter/marg 1 tab syrup 1 teas carb soda 1 cup sugar
2 tabs water 1 cup coconut 1 cup rolled oats

Bring to the boil margaring/butter, syrup. carb soda and water. Add to flour, coconut, sugar and oats. Mix all together. Form balls of batter into flattened biscuits and bake at 180c for 10 to 15 minutes.

May your biscuits turn out as well as your pasties.
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ta pomolo. duly noted. what flour?
you make it sound easy – but i’m suspicious of anyone who has made a few thousand of them.
i suspect i can botch ‘em.

pepe said:

They look beaut, no matter what the fold is like :D
———————

from the mouth of her majestic, stardom-attracting-ness herself. LOL. ta HP. they are a big hit and they are useful little parcels – even if you’re not down a mine.

some late, breaking news – the ugly looking, dumb juvenile spiders have escaped the pit trap. …and we’ve had another 25mm of rain – these two facts might be related.

enough rainfall to maybe float the spiders to freedom?

pepe said:

They look beaut, no matter what the fold is like :D
———————

from the mouth of her majestic, stardom-attracting-ness herself. LOL. ta HP. they are a big hit and they are useful little parcels – even if you’re not down a mine.

some late, breaking news – the ugly looking, dumb juvenile spiders have escaped the pit trap. …and we’ve had another 25mm of rain – these two facts might be related.

lol Pepe!
Great drop there, is the tank filling ? Spidys are pretty cool creatures. They can walk on water(some) and ride the liquid out of a trap.

pepe said:

Love to share it with you.

125g butter/marg 1 tab syrup 1 teas carb soda 1 cup sugar
2 tabs water 1 cup coconut 1 cup rolled oats

Bring to the boil margaring/butter, syrup. carb soda and water. Add to flour, coconut, sugar and oats. Mix all together. Form balls of batter into flattened biscuits and bake at 180c for 10 to 15 minutes.

May your biscuits turn out as well as your pasties.
———————————
ta pomolo. duly noted. what flour?
you make it sound easy – but i’m suspicious of anyone who has made a few thousand of them.
i suspect i can botch ‘em.

I know the answer I know the answer! lol! Plain flour.

I’m making coconut macaroons today. Yum!

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

They look beaut, no matter what the fold is like :D
———————

from the mouth of her majestic, stardom-attracting-ness herself. LOL. ta HP. they are a big hit and they are useful little parcels – even if you’re not down a mine. some late, breaking news – the ugly looking, dumb juvenile spiders have escaped the pit trap. …and we’ve had another 25mm of rain – these two facts might be related.

lol Pepe!
Great drop there, is the tank filling ? Spidys are pretty cool creatures. They can walk on water(some) and ride the liquid out of a trap.

tank is a quarter filled. very nice.

the pit trap drains so no – they didn’t float. but i did have a big and obvious stick for them to escape by. so they finally got so soaked they stopped messing around and just climbed out i guess.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Love to share it with you.

125g butter/marg 1 tab syrup 1 teas carb soda 1 cup sugar
2 tabs water 1 cup coconut 1 cup rolled oats

Bring to the boil margaring/butter, syrup. carb soda and water. Add to flour, coconut, sugar and oats. Mix all together. Form balls of batter into flattened biscuits and bake at 180c for 10 to 15 minutes.

May your biscuits turn out as well as your pasties.
———————————
ta pomolo. duly noted. what flour?
you make it sound easy – but i’m suspicious of anyone who has made a few thousand of them.
i suspect i can botch ‘em.

I know the answer I know the answer! lol! Plain flour. I’m making coconut macaroons today. Yum!

how much flour and why wasn’t it in the list of ingredients? honestly why do i have to keep you girls in line? you are becoming as slack as me / I.

macaroons? hot, delicious winter biscuits? my cooking knowledge is very restricted.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Love to share it with you.

125g butter/marg 1 tab syrup 1 teas carb soda 1 cup sugar
2 tabs water 1 cup coconut 1 cup rolled oats

Bring to the boil margaring/butter, syrup. carb soda and water. Add to flour, coconut, sugar and oats. Mix all together. Form balls of batter into flattened biscuits and bake at 180c for 10 to 15 minutes.

May your biscuits turn out as well as your pasties.
———————————
ta pomolo. duly noted. what flour?
you make it sound easy – but i’m suspicious of anyone who has made a few thousand of them.
i suspect i can botch ‘em.

I know the answer I know the answer! lol! Plain flour. I’m making coconut macaroons today. Yum!

how much flour and why wasn’t it in the list of ingredients? honestly why do i have to keep you girls in line? you are becoming as slack as me / I.

macaroons? hot, delicious winter biscuits? my cooking knowledge is very restricted.

Did you guys watch Poh and the Frenchie make the Macaroons a few weeks ago… I seem to recall GF mentioning that she is going to make them shortly… might have to go ask.

Did you guys watch Poh and the Frenchie make the Macaroons a few weeks ago… I seem to recall GF mentioning that she is going to make them shortly… might have to go ask.
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i looked macaroons up. ….. and i did see a poh episode where they made pyramids of these biscuity things.
a bit too light for my taste – and sweet – but i don’t recall having had many.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Love to share it with you.

125g butter/marg 1 tab syrup 1 teas carb soda 1 cup sugar
2 tabs water 1 cup coconut 1 cup rolled oats

Bring to the boil margaring/butter, syrup. carb soda and water. Add to flour, coconut, sugar and oats. Mix all together. Form balls of batter into flattened biscuits and bake at 180c for 10 to 15 minutes.

May your biscuits turn out as well as your pasties.
———————————
ta pomolo. duly noted. what flour?
you make it sound easy – but i’m suspicious of anyone who has made a few thousand of them.
i suspect i can botch ‘em.

I know the answer I know the answer! lol! Plain flour. I’m making coconut macaroons today. Yum!

how much flour and why wasn’t it in the list of ingredients? honestly why do i have to keep you girls in line? you are becoming as slack as me / I.

macaroons? hot, delicious winter biscuits? my cooking knowledge is very restricted.

1 cup of flour.
‘Flour’ in a recipe is always plain flour, unless otherwise specified.

Typing out recipes has its hazzards. When one repeatedly cooks so many of the things you’re on auto pilot and forget to add measurments and sometimes whole ingredients. You expect something so well known to be common knowledge, lol. I do it enough too.

Coconut macaroons, fluffy moist little towers of coconut, toasted.

pain master said:

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

I know the answer I know the answer! lol! Plain flour. I’m making coconut macaroons today. Yum!

how much flour and why wasn’t it in the list of ingredients? honestly why do i have to keep you girls in line? you are becoming as slack as me / I.

macaroons? hot, delicious winter biscuits? my cooking knowledge is very restricted.

Did you guys watch Poh and the Frenchie make the Macaroons a few weeks ago… I seem to recall GF mentioning that she is going to make them shortly… might have to go ask.

No I missed it. Bugga.

1 cup of flour. ‘Flour’ in a recipe is always plain flour, unless otherwise specified.
Typing out recipes has its hazzards. When one repeatedly cooks so many of the things you’re on auto pilot and forget to add measurments and sometimes whole ingredients. You expect something so well known to be common knowledge, lol. I do it enough too.

Coconut macaroons, fluffy moist little towers of coconut, toasted.
————————
typing recipes is difficult. thanks for the directions – make more sense now.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

how much flour and why wasn’t it in the list of ingredients? honestly why do i have to keep you girls in line? you are becoming as slack as me / I.

macaroons? hot, delicious winter biscuits? my cooking knowledge is very restricted.

Did you guys watch Poh and the Frenchie make the Macaroons a few weeks ago… I seem to recall GF mentioning that she is going to make them shortly… might have to go ask.

No I missed it. Bugga.

see the website…. that French dude seems to be a great source of pastry knowledge. Poh has certainly surrounded herself with some pretty decent chefs in this series.

pain master said:

see the website…. that French dude seems to be a great source of pastry knowledge. Poh has certainly surrounded herself with some pretty decent chefs in this series.

good for her :)

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

see the website…. that French dude seems to be a great source of pastry knowledge. Poh has certainly surrounded herself with some pretty decent chefs in this series.

good for her :)

I was certainly a cynic of the whole masterchef process… but I do like how the winner of last year (whom I didn’t rate as a chef) is now stuck to the tabloid trashy supermarket magazines covers and Poh has now created a quality teev program with some very clever and influential chefs. Me thinks coming second didn’t hurt her career at all.

I still don’t pay too much attention to it…. especially that fat cravat wearing judge, how did he win a Logie for that effort?

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

see the website…. that French dude seems to be a great source of pastry knowledge. Poh has certainly surrounded herself with some pretty decent chefs in this series.

good for her :)

I was certainly a cynic of the whole masterchef process… but I do like how the winner of last year (whom I didn’t rate as a chef) is now stuck to the tabloid trashy supermarket magazines covers and Poh has now created a quality teev program with some very clever and influential chefs. Me thinks coming second didn’t hurt her career at all.

I still don’t pay too much attention to it…. especially that fat cravat wearing judge, how did he win a Logie for that effort?

We love Poh, and we had no idea she was from Masterchef until several weeks into Poh’s Kitchen, when someone at work told me. Never seen an ep of Masterchef.

pain master said:

I was certainly a cynic of the whole masterchef process… but I do like how the winner of last year (whom I didn’t rate as a chef) is now stuck to the tabloid trashy supermarket magazines covers and Poh has now created a quality teev program with some very clever and influential chefs. Me thinks coming second didn’t hurt her career at all.

I still don’t pay too much attention to it…. especially that fat cravat wearing judge, how did he win a Logie for that effort?

I have been following the current series more assiduously than the first. These people are really putting their heart into it with a passion that I can’t truly relate to but recognise that for them it is important. And being thrust into a situation where you are living with the people you are competing against really creates some ambivalent emotions. You can’t help but warm to some of them and admire the talent that they clearly demonstrate. Of course there is an element of showmanship and suspense that is obviously for the audience but it works.

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I struggle with the concept of cooking as entertainment (despite being a fan of Iron Chef) and it certainly is not a sporting contest. I dislike immensely the Jamie Oliver style of Cooking programs where one is subjected to a music montage of mouths making a right mess of themselves eating what has been just created. Jamie’s guilty of it, Nigella should be hung for it and even Ainsley heads that way from time to time. Maybe its a British thing. But give me a recipe, instructions and a finished shot. I do not need to see some pomp and ceremony at the dinner table. (despite being a fan of Heston’s Feasts)

before you say anything, I am wearing a white t-shirt with the words “Hypocrite” emblazoned across my shoulders… might make a fetching tattoo.

pain master said:

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I struggle with the concept of cooking as entertainment (despite being a fan of Iron Chef) and it certainly is not a sporting contest. I dislike immensely the Jamie Oliver style of Cooking programs where one is subjected to a music montage of mouths making a right mess of themselves eating what has been just created. Jamie’s guilty of it, Nigella should be hung for it and even Ainsley heads that way from time to time. Maybe its a British thing. But give me a recipe, instructions and a finished shot. I do not need to see some pomp and ceremony at the dinner table. (despite being a fan of Heston’s Feasts)

before you say anything, I am wearing a white t-shirt with the words “Hypocrite” emblazoned across my shoulders… might make a fetching tattoo.

Hehehe :) I can’t say that the people eating has ever bothered me, but much as I love Jamie’s shows, I can’t stand the way he is constantly saying literally when there is absolutely no need to. As in, “I’m literally just going to add a splash of this”.

bon008 said:

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

good for her :)

I was certainly a cynic of the whole masterchef process… but I do like how the winner of last year (whom I didn’t rate as a chef) is now stuck to the tabloid trashy supermarket magazines covers and Poh has now created a quality teev program with some very clever and influential chefs. Me thinks coming second didn’t hurt her career at all.

I still don’t pay too much attention to it…. especially that fat cravat wearing judge, how did he win a Logie for that effort?

We love Poh, and we had no idea she was from Masterchef until several weeks into Poh’s Kitchen, when someone at work told me. Never seen an ep of Masterchef.

Poh got her own show and the lady who beat her got Glad ads. LOL

bon008 said:

pain master said:

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I struggle with the concept of cooking as entertainment (despite being a fan of Iron Chef) and it certainly is not a sporting contest. I dislike immensely the Jamie Oliver style of Cooking programs where one is subjected to a music montage of mouths making a right mess of themselves eating what has been just created. Jamie’s guilty of it, Nigella should be hung for it and even Ainsley heads that way from time to time. Maybe its a British thing. But give me a recipe, instructions and a finished shot. I do not need to see some pomp and ceremony at the dinner table. (despite being a fan of Heston’s Feasts)

before you say anything, I am wearing a white t-shirt with the words “Hypocrite” emblazoned across my shoulders… might make a fetching tattoo.

Hehehe :) I can’t say that the people eating has ever bothered me, but much as I love Jamie’s shows, I can’t stand the way he is constantly saying literally when there is absolutely no need to. As in, “I’m literally just going to add a splash of this”.

He gives me the irrits, but I quite like Nigella because she so obviously loves to eat.

Bubba fav is Huey, lmao

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

pain master said:

I was certainly a cynic of the whole masterchef process… but I do like how the winner of last year (whom I didn’t rate as a chef) is now stuck to the tabloid trashy supermarket magazines covers and Poh has now created a quality teev program with some very clever and influential chefs. Me thinks coming second didn’t hurt her career at all.

I still don’t pay too much attention to it…. especially that fat cravat wearing judge, how did he win a Logie for that effort?

We love Poh, and we had no idea she was from Masterchef until several weeks into Poh’s Kitchen, when someone at work told me. Never seen an ep of Masterchef.

Poh got her own show and the lady who beat her got Glad ads. LOL

LOL I think Poh was the better ‘chef – cook’ Julie won a lot of hearts being a housewife , Mum etc…..

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Poh got her own show and the lady who beat her got Glad ads. LOL

LOL I think Poh was the better ‘chef – cook’ Julie won a lot of hearts being a housewife , Mum etc…..

at each stage it is down to who made the better dish on the day. They both made great dishes but also some disasters. It was a case of if the disasters happened at a crucial time. If I remember rightly too, Poh was eliminated at one stage but got a second chance.

The Estate said:

Bubba fav is Huey, lmao

Grrrrrrrrrr

bluegreen said:

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Poh got her own show and the lady who beat her got Glad ads. LOL

LOL I think Poh was the better ‘chef – cook’ Julie won a lot of hearts being a housewife , Mum etc…..

at each stage it is down to who made the better dish on the day. They both made great dishes but also some disasters. It was a case of if the disasters happened at a crucial time. If I remember rightly too, Poh was eliminated at one stage but got a second chance.

Pohg’s much more natural in from of the camera too.

bluegreen said:

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Poh got her own show and the lady who beat her got Glad ads. LOL

LOL I think Poh was the better ‘chef – cook’ Julie won a lot of hearts being a housewife , Mum etc…..

at each stage it is down to who made the better dish on the day. They both made great dishes but also some disasters. It was a case of if the disasters happened at a crucial time. If I remember rightly too, Poh was eliminated at one stage but got a second chance.

she did indeed, but least she could skin a fish!

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

The Estate said:

LOL I think Poh was the better ‘chef – cook’ Julie won a lot of hearts being a housewife , Mum etc…..

at each stage it is down to who made the better dish on the day. They both made great dishes but also some disasters. It was a case of if the disasters happened at a crucial time. If I remember rightly too, Poh was eliminated at one stage but got a second chance.

Pohg’s much more natural in from of the camera too.

You been into the sherry this arvy there Bubba?

Dont get me wrong Julie deserved to win, I just prefer Poh I guess ? Cant remember, was Poh a tear dropper also like Julie ??

We spent most of today at the Guitar and Amp show. Youngest son played this moring and then we came home had some lunch and went back to watch is teacher’s band play this afternoon.

It’s certainly good value if you like music. $20 for adults and there’s lots of guest performers giving workshops and performances. Michael Fix was on this afternoon and I bought his classic CD.

If you ever get the chance to see this guy play DON’T miss it.

Youngest son scored 1st prize in a raffle and had the choice of a Yamaha Pacifica or a thing called a JamVox. He took the JamVox. It extracts the guitar from any MP3 and lets you use any song as a sound track for your own guitar.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

at each stage it is down to who made the better dish on the day. They both made great dishes but also some disasters. It was a case of if the disasters happened at a crucial time. If I remember rightly too, Poh was eliminated at one stage but got a second chance.

Pohg’s much more natural in from of the camera too.

You been into the sherry this arvy there Bubba?

I mear slip of the finger.

bubba louie said:

He took the JamVox. It extracts the guitar from any MP3 and lets you use any song as a sound track for your own guitar.

cool!

bubba louie said:

We spent most of today at the Guitar and Amp show. Youngest son played this moring and then we came home had some lunch and went back to watch is teacher’s band play this afternoon.

It’s certainly good value if you like music. $20 for adults and there’s lots of guest performers giving workshops and performances. Michael Fix was on this afternoon and I bought his classic CD.

If you ever get the chance to see this guy play DON’T miss it.

Youngest son scored 1st prize in a raffle and had the choice of a Yamaha Pacifica or a thing called a JamVox. He took the JamVox. It extracts the guitar from any MP3 and lets you use any song as a sound track for your own guitar.

Nice one, but what’s it got to do with Pepe’s place in May, I dunno!

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

We spent most of today at the Guitar and Amp show. Youngest son played this moring and then we came home had some lunch and went back to watch is teacher’s band play this afternoon.

It’s certainly good value if you like music. $20 for adults and there’s lots of guest performers giving workshops and performances. Michael Fix was on this afternoon and I bought his classic CD.

If you ever get the chance to see this guy play DON’T miss it.

Youngest son scored 1st prize in a raffle and had the choice of a Yamaha Pacifica or a thing called a JamVox. He took the JamVox. It extracts the guitar from any MP3 and lets you use any song as a sound track for your own guitar.

Nice one, but what’s it got to do with Pepe’s place in May, I dunno!

Good question. I was aiming at chat.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

We spent most of today at the Guitar and Amp show. Youngest son played this moring and then we came home had some lunch and went back to watch is teacher’s band play this afternoon.

It’s certainly good value if you like music. $20 for adults and there’s lots of guest performers giving workshops and performances. Michael Fix was on this afternoon and I bought his classic CD.

If you ever get the chance to see this guy play DON’T miss it.

Youngest son scored 1st prize in a raffle and had the choice of a Yamaha Pacifica or a thing called a JamVox. He took the JamVox. It extracts the guitar from any MP3 and lets you use any song as a sound track for your own guitar.

Nice one, but what’s it got to do with Pepe’s place in May, I dunno!

Good question. I was aiming at chat.

yay!! i win most abused topic of the month.
that jamvox is interesting. i used to prepare to play basketball by listening to music. the trick was to isolate one instrument and just listen to it – and then add a second instrument – and a third. one thing musician are awesome at is timing – and timing is everything in basketball as well.

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Nice one, but what’s it got to do with Pepe’s place in May, I dunno!

Good question. I was aiming at chat.

yay!! i win most abused topic of the month.
that jamvox is interesting. i used to prepare to play basketball by listening to music. the trick was to isolate one instrument and just listen to it – and then add a second instrument – and a third. one thing musician are awesome at is timing – and timing is everything in basketball as well.

and by introducing basketball to this thread… you’ve hijacked your very own work. Kudos!

and by introducing basketball to this thread… you’ve hijacked your very own work. Kudos!
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chuckle – you noticed.
so who’s going to win – lakers or celtic?

don’t answer that – i’m hoping that Collie or Veg might have an opinion LOL.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

itsa temperature thing…. colder climes require warmer lunches.

You can’t say that about the good old meat pie though.

no I can’t… that’s the hole in my plot. Having said that, the Mexicans make a far superior Meat Pie then any Qbilly can. Out of the Bakerys I have tried.

Depends where and whose you buy, as with everything.

pepe said:

Love to share it with you.

125g butter/marg 1 tab syrup 1 teas carb soda 1 cup sugar
2 tabs water 1 cup coconut 1 cup rolled oats

Bring to the boil margaring/butter, syrup. carb soda and water. Add to flour, coconut, sugar and oats. Mix all together. Form balls of batter into flattened biscuits and bake at 180c for 10 to 15 minutes.

May your biscuits turn out as well as your pasties.
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ta pomolo. duly noted. what flour?
you make it sound easy – but i’m suspicious of anyone who has made a few thousand of them.
i suspect i can botch ‘em.

Oooops! Boo Boo. 1 cup plain flour. sorryeeeeeeeee!

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

You can’t say that about the good old meat pie though.

no I can’t… that’s the hole in my plot. Having said that, the Mexicans make a far superior Meat Pie then any Qbilly can. Out of the Bakerys I have tried.

Depends where and whose you buy, as with everything.

I’ve tried enough Bakeries in SA and in Qld, and a good pie/pastie in Qld would struggle to sell in SA. Having said that, I have found one or two okay Pies in Qld.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

I was certainly a cynic of the whole masterchef process… but I do like how the winner of last year (whom I didn’t rate as a chef) is now stuck to the tabloid trashy supermarket magazines covers and Poh has now created a quality teev program with some very clever and influential chefs. Me thinks coming second didn’t hurt her career at all.

I still don’t pay too much attention to it…. especially that fat cravat wearing judge, how did he win a Logie for that effort?

I have been following the current series more assiduously than the first. These people are really putting their heart into it with a passion that I can’t truly relate to but recognise that for them it is important. And being thrust into a situation where you are living with the people you are competing against really creates some ambivalent emotions. You can’t help but warm to some of them and admire the talent that they clearly demonstrate. Of course there is an element of showmanship and suspense that is obviously for the audience but it works.

Thank you BG. You articulate better than I, so ditto from me.

bon008 said:

pain master said:

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I struggle with the concept of cooking as entertainment (despite being a fan of Iron Chef) and it certainly is not a sporting contest. I dislike immensely the Jamie Oliver style of Cooking programs where one is subjected to a music montage of mouths making a right mess of themselves eating what has been just created. Jamie’s guilty of it, Nigella should be hung for it and even Ainsley heads that way from time to time. Maybe its a British thing. But give me a recipe, instructions and a finished shot. I do not need to see some pomp and ceremony at the dinner table. (despite being a fan of Heston’s Feasts)

before you say anything, I am wearing a white t-shirt with the words “Hypocrite” emblazoned across my shoulders… might make a fetching tattoo.

Hehehe :) I can’t say that the people eating has ever bothered me, but much as I love Jamie’s shows, I can’t stand the way he is constantly saying literally when there is absolutely no need to. As in, “I’m literally just going to add a splash of this”.

Usully along with a bit of saliva from his lisp. Yuk!

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

no I can’t… that’s the hole in my plot. Having said that, the Mexicans make a far superior Meat Pie then any Qbilly can. Out of the Bakerys I have tried.

Depends where and whose you buy, as with everything.

I’ve tried enough Bakeries in SA and in Qld, and a good pie/pastie in Qld would struggle to sell in SA. Having said that, I have found one or two okay Pies in Qld.

I’d like you to try one from my very own town. I had my first one from our shop (they make their own) only last week and I was wrapped. I don’t eat many bought pies but it was a chilly day and the pies were hot. I’ve been planning just when I can come up with a good enough excuse to go and get another one.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

no I can’t… that’s the hole in my plot. Having said that, the Mexicans make a far superior Meat Pie then any Qbilly can. Out of the Bakerys I have tried.

Depends where and whose you buy, as with everything.

I’ve tried enough Bakeries in SA and in Qld, and a good pie/pastie in Qld would struggle to sell in SA. Having said that, I have found one or two okay Pies in Qld.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Depends where and whose you buy, as with everything.

I’ve tried enough Bakeries in SA and in Qld, and a good pie/pastie in Qld would struggle to sell in SA. Having said that, I have found one or two okay Pies in Qld.

I’d like you to try one from my very own town. I had my first one from our shop (they make their own) only last week and I was wrapped. I don’t eat many bought pies but it was a chilly day and the pies were hot. I’ve been planning just when I can come up with a good enough excuse to go and get another one.

sounds promising… tell me more… chunky steak or minced meat? extras? mushrooms? bacon? mushy peas?

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

I’ve tried enough Bakeries in SA and in Qld, and a good pie/pastie in Qld would struggle to sell in SA. Having said that, I have found one or two okay Pies in Qld.

I’d like you to try one from my very own town. I had my first one from our shop (they make their own) only last week and I was wrapped. I don’t eat many bought pies but it was a chilly day and the pies were hot. I’ve been planning just when I can come up with a good enough excuse to go and get another one.

sounds promising… tell me more… chunky steak or minced meat? extras? mushrooms? bacon? mushy peas?

I can’t tell you much except I had a chunky steak but they have all the assorted fillings. I haven’t ever tasted any others though.