Happy Australia Day, everyone! I have a number of things to get done today, so this will be short-ish … Here are some food pics so you don’t lose interest completely in this site! Lunch, 24/01/2006. Having had pizza so recently I resisted going with what I really felt like, which was a hamburger and […]
Just before I get ready for bedtime, here’s a photo of the pizza we had last night. The first was BBQ chicken and bacon pizza from Dominos. 22/01/2006. The toppings for this pizza are Dominos’ famous BBQ sauce, mozzarella cheese, seasoned chicken, Don smoked bacon and onion. This was the first time we tried this […]
Mzn tagged me for this meme back in December, and somehow I missed it (oooops!). So this is a rather belated response… my top ten favourite foods in no particular order (only ten?!) As you’ll see, I’ve cheated a little and packed as much as possible within ten categories. Lotus root soup. This is my […]
For sweets, a big fruit platter was served, featuring grapes, rockmelon, mango, and nectarines. My sister-in-law made the birthday cake using a special recipe for diabetics (Mama is diabetic). There is no sugar in the recipe. There’s a spoonful of honey and some apricot nectar added, and of course, the sweetness provided by the fruit. [&helli…
Mama is my paternal grandmother. We celebrated her birthday (actually, I don’t know how old she is) with dinner at my parents’ house. Mum cooked three spring chickens in the turbo broiler. The meat fell off the bone, and the skin was delicious. Mum also made char siu (chinese barbecue pork). According to Mum, she […]
Yesterday afternoon, Jac sent me a text message: “What do you want for dinner?” I texted back: “Something with chicken and vegies. No preference whitey or asian”*. When I got home after 6pm something smelled good in the kitchen. It was the big pot of chicken stew Jac was cooking. Oh, it was really goooooood. […]
The asbestos roof removal project is finished and I’ve moved back into my office at uni. The food places downstairs which were closed during the roof project are all open again too, thank goodness. I celebrated my return to office life with a pie for breakfast this week. Aroma didn’t have my favourite, the chicken […]
As tagged by Kalyn. Here are ten little known facts about me (it’s up to you if they are interesting!). 1. I have a special talent for peeing into specimen jars without making any mess. 2. The most public place I have done hanky panky with another person is in the middle of the crowd […]
As tagged by CW: Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Crew member at McDonald’s Forrest Place in the city. I got this job just so I would be able to afford moving out of home. Read my trip down McMemory Lane. Cafe waitress and then assistant manager. I started working at Lawley’s on Beaufort […]
Our friend Michaela came over for dinner on Monday night. We made garlic bread: First course was vegetable slice, served cold. Using a recipe from a magazine (sorry, I haven’t tracked it down) Jac sliced up various vegetables e.g. eggplant, zucchini, capsicum, seasoned them with Moroccan spices and panfried them. They were then placed in [&he…