Roast Turkey, Caravan Cooking. 06/11/2010
Is cooking roast turkey in the small portable, electric oven, while my husband is fishing being seriously disloyal? lol. Reg joked that, he thinks 'I have lost faith in him just because he didn't catch any fish last night and this morning'. He was beginning to catch up to 15 fish a day, not counting all he threw back. For once the dog is happy to hang around the camp and not want to go to the beach to see what dad has caught, she loves a bit of roast turkey skin. Oh the aroma! Breathe that in. J I am going to don my fat burners, lol, my gym pants, T top and joggers and go for a run before dinner so I can enjoy a little more of this. I love a roast. You are never short of something to blog about, just blog about your day. A Blog about my day Up at 5AM and two blogs written, breakfast in bed, while I answered emails. Then the caravan packed and hitched to the car. Reg, Indigo and I walked into Maleny and back along the Obi Obi creek boardwalk. Then I drove out of Maleny, had to do a hand break start of a steep hill and that sickening smell of clutch pad burning and realization I have car expense ahead, maybe I should not have bought those Pandora beads, oh well I am reminded that I must be frugal and stick to essential items to buy. Arrived at Kenilworth and set up the van. Very pretty town, we went for a walk. I enjoyed the Cheese factory, lol, I knew I would and I have already blogged three times about it so J, no more cheese talk, I will add that the yogurt was smooth and delicious too. There will not be any quick weight loss this week but I have enjoyed my gourmet treats and kept to portion control quite nicely. We walked around the town I took many photos, inspected the art gallery. Headed home as dark clouds gathered, and I ran on the oval.. Then that 30-minute Nanny Nap I needed Not a lot of blogging managed today, I aim to write in all ten of my blogs every day, but not at the expense of cutting back on enjoyable and active lifestyle, photography or art, meal preparation and eating and too much of my sleep time. It’s all a balance, and while I have a goal to write 10 blogs a day, and occasionally manage 12, I am comfortable if I only manage half that number if I can see I have had a great day in all other respects, as I have had today. It is all about balance. No point obsessing , overworking and losing the love for the art, of writing. Writing should be a joy not a chore. I am sure that readers had picked the difference in someone who is writing for the assignment and someone who writes for the love of it. Striving to write fewer posts, you have enjoyed personally researching and writing, is a better and a more sustainable blogging style, than automated mass produced, quantaty based, blog posts. With that ‘waffle’, and very satisfied after a great day, I’ll turn off the light and head to bed. Good night and happy Blogging about our day, tomorrow, fellow bloggers.:-) Mudgee farmer Bruce Davis creates new fruit 02/20/2010
This news story, appealed to me :-). Related Coverage
Whatever it is, it's a love child of the two, accidentally created by a retired NSW farmer. Bruce Davis from Mudgee in the state's central west couldn't believe it when he discovered he had grown a cross between a peach and a plum. The fruit looks like a peach from the outside, but resembles a red plum when bitten into. The unusual fruit is believed to be the first of its kind ever grown in the state. Mr Davis grows peach and blood plum trees alongside each other and believes the peach/plum tree may have grown from compost that contained plum seeds. "It's a really interesting piece of fruit and it's very tasty,'' Mr Davis said. A cross between a plum and an apricot, known as a pluot, has been grown in the past, but a peach and a plum is a new combination for NSW, Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan said. Paragraph. Popular stories in the news today.
Christmas dinner at my daughter’s home today was special. I realized that not only generations of family come together at Christmas but also generations of traditional Christmas cooking. My daughter’s mother in law made the rich fruit cake and the traditional Christmas pudding and it reminded me that firstly my own mother had made the cake, followed by me taking on this role for all the family get togethers and my sister in-law, Shirl had always made the pudding. This became part of our families tradition until my children grew up and assumed the role of the Christmas meal provider. For a while, it had been my role to provide the crayfish regardless of who was the host. That was back when I was exhibiting art, up until Christmas eve and lol J, could afford to buy crayfish for everyone. This year my daughter Leanne and the littlest granddaughter made their first ever gingerbread house. I was very impressed with itJ.. We had a great meal and I loved that it was not just a dinner but a meal brought together by the efforts of three generations. This extended family and tradition surrounding the food made the experience of eating a little of the festive fare, even more special. I skipped the cake and gingerbread house as I had custard and cream on the pudding and was well satisfied. Thank you Leanne for a perfect Christmas dinner. J xx Now lucky senior that I am, Reg and I head to our youngest daughter’s home tomorrow and on the 27th we repeat our Christmas meal with her and our eldest daughter and family and Carla will surprise us with how she and husband Sean, will host the family Christmas dinnerJ. Maybe it will be a BBQ, or one of Carla's spectacular roasts, with Pavlova or even ice cream as dessert instead of Christmas pudding. This is the beauty of Christmas dinner in Australia, 'anything goes,' it is all about celebration with family and whatever suits. |








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