“You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.”
– Dave Barry
Month: November 2006
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Behind the bowlers arm
Originally uploaded by RaeA.
“When the angels add my days and say my time is up
I’ll say to them now hold on please there’s one thing you forgot
I know each man must leave this world behind when he gets called
But we had a deal that you won’t count the days I watched the bat & ballAnd the angels, they’ll know where to find me
There’s no place I’d rather be
Right behind the bowlers
They’ll know where to find me, ten rows back with sunburnt knees
Right behind the bowler’s arm”– Paul Kelly
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great injustice
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.”
– Bertrand Russell
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Quick Egg Pie
This is a quick egg pie, good for breakfast or dinner.
Ingredients:
2 sheets of puff pastry
6 Eggs
2 slices of ham
half a capsicum
4 cherry tomatoes
mustard powder, salt and pepper for seasoning
Method:
Pre-heat a moderate oven
Get a muffin pan and prepare it for pastry, the silicon one’s need nothing, others might need to be lightly oiled/greased.
Cut the sheets of pastry to fit inside the muffing holes. on mine I just cut the sheets into 4, and fold them so they fit. Don’t cut off the excess, just leave it stand outside.
Finely slice the ham and capsicum, and tomatoes.
Put a slice of tomato in the base of each pasty cup.
Evenly divide the ham and capsicum between the cups, put half in the botom, and keep the rest for after putting the egg in.
Break an egg into each pastry case.
Add the remaining capsicum, ham, and a pinch of mustard powder, and use a skewer to stir them in and break up the yolk.
Float the remaining slices of cherry tomato on top. Salt and pepper to taste.
Place in oven and cook until firm all the way through, and puff pastry has crisped up – about 15-20 minutes.Serve as a breakfast treat or with a salad for dinner
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enlightenment not brilliance
Think of those who gained enlightenment upon hearing the sound of bamboo when struck by a tile or seeing blossoms in bloom.
Does the bamboo distinguish the clever or dull, the deluded or enlightened; does the flower differentiate between shallow and deep, the wise and stupid?
Though flowers bloom year after year, not everyone who sees them gains enlightenment.
Bamboo always gives off sounds, but not all who hear them become enlightened.
– Dogen 1200-1253
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Salad of Char Grilled Chicken & Thai herbs with a Chilli & Tamarind dressing
500 grams of chicken breast, char grilled, cooled & chopped.
8 red shallots, finely sliced
2 stalks of lemon grass, tender part only, micro planed
8 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
3 tablespoons of ginger, julienne
Half cup of coriander leaves*
quarter cup of mint leaves*
1/4 cup Viet mint leaves*
250 grams chopped cos for the base.
*Never cut herbs with a knife, if leaves are too big just tear with your fingers.
Dressing
3 tablespoons of palm sugar, grated.
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1.5 tablespoons of lemon juice or lime juice
1.5 tablespoons of tamarind water
1 hot red chilli, deseeded & finely choppedMethod
To make dressing, dissolve palm sugar in fish sauce and combine with remaining ingredients.Combine all salad ingredients in a bowl, toss with dressing & serve on chopped cos lettuce base on serving platter.
Garnish with crispy fried shallots & coriander sprigs.Red shallots can be substituted with red onions, but flavour will be less intense.
Always grate palm sugar if using in recipes that don’t require heating. If you cut with a knife the larger pieces of sugar will be harder to dissolve.
Serves 4
modified from a recipe from the James Street Cooking School
