I just had a delicious swim in the pool that I'm 'pool-sitting'. The water temperature was 29 degrees C!
On the weekend I watched the tragedy that is Iron Chef America. A complete reproduction of the original, done remarkably badly. The highlight was tarragon salt which sounds like a great idea to me. Fresh tarragon + sea salt + coffee grinder. However, I also watch the challenger make tilapia noodles by turning the fish into a paste, adding some kind of cross linking enzyme that had a name like DR-DETH-54, and squirting the final mixture into a tank of hot water. Fish paste noodles...gross. I don't even think tarragon salt could save them.
I went back to the United Church on Sunday and this time I made much more of an effort not to be a shy turtle and it was great. I finally got to meet Pastor Rita (who was in Europe on my first visit) and she was lovely. I was even brave enough to stay for orange sherbert icecream afterwards. Who could resist??
The 'cook-out' on Saturday was fun. I took some lamb chops to put on the grill and had to fight to keep them!! Apparently they looked tasty, and they were! The butcher here cuts them so they're about an inch thick, as opposed to about 1cm in Australia, which means that for thems of us who likes out meats rare...read me (still making up for years of being stupidly vego) you can cook then to caramelised perfection on the outside and still have them deliciously rare in the middle. Alan, I know you're probably not reading this but it works a treat!
Apparently chuck a wobbly is another Australianism unheard in Texas. Can someone please explain where that one came from? I used it by accident today and a few heads turned in confusion. I didn't realise I had so many of these things in my vocab!
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I think Margate should have orange sherbet! Glad to hear u braved the church again and survived. Fish paste sounds bad... I made dessert for grandparents in grafton. Apple crumble was foolproof but i had to rearrange the pear cobble recipe.. and then didn't realise the oven was full so it sat around a fair while before being cooked and didn't rise. Not iron chef material!!! But at least I don't add Dr Deth enzymes.
Not sure about the 'chuck a wobbly'. Its interesting to think about all the different expressions! I found a few things were named differently even in England. I was reminded of one yesterday while watching the first new Dr Who to be on here (I saw it at Christmas just before leaving UK!) - he pulled a 'satsuma' out of his pocket. I say it was actually a mandarin!
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