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Non Thermomix Recipes / Chai Tea Recipes
« on: May 18, 2014, 10:31:16 pm »
These recipes were from a website (www.cathasspices.com) back in 2006 which now seems to have disappeared.  I think there must be as many family variations of spices and quantities as there are cups of tea. . . it's just a matter of experimentation and personal taste! :D

Basic Chai Tea  - (serves 2)

2 cups water
1 Tablespoon of black or green tea leaves
1 Tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
6 whole cloves
small pinch ground ginger
1 cup milk (optional)


Put all ingredients except the milk into a suitable saucepan.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 1 1/2 minutes
Add the milk, baring back to the boil, and simmer for a further 30 seconds
Strain and serve

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Chai Tea - No. 2 - (serves 2)

2 cups water
1/2 cinnamon stick
9 cardamom pods
8 whole cloves
4 teaspoons sugar or honey
3 teaspoons black tea leaves
1 cup milk (optional)

Put all ingredients, except the milk, sugar and black tea, into a suitable saucepan.
Bring to the boil, turn heat down, and simmer for 6 minutes.
Add the milk, sugar and tea leaves, bring back to the boil. and simmer for a further 30 seconds.
Let stand for 2 minutes.
Strain and serve.

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Chai Tea No. 3 - (serves 2)

2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
10 cardamom pods
6 whole black peppercorns
6 teaspoons sugar or 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
3 teaspoons black tea leaves


Put all ingredients, except the sugar and black tea, into a suitable saucepan.
Boil for 5 minutes.
Add the sugar and tea leaves, bring back to the boil, and simmer for a further 30 seconds.
Let stand  for 5 minutes.
Strain and serve.

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Chai Tea No. 4  -  (serves 6)

7 cups water
4 teaspoons fennel seed
1 1/2 cinnamon sticks
8 cardamom pods
8 whole cloves
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
4 Tablespoons honey
2 Tablespoons black or green tea leaves
1 cup milk (optional)

Put all ingredients, except the milk, and black tea, into a suitable saucepan.
Bring to the boil, turn heat down, and simmer for 6 minutes.
Add the milk and tea leaves, bring back to the boil, and simmer for a further 1 minute.
Let stand for 4 minutes.
Strain and serve.

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Chai Tea No. 5  -  (serves 6)

7 cups water
3 star anise
2 cinnamon sticks
6 cardamom pods
6 whole cloves
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon fennel seed
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
Small pinch fenugreek seed
2 Tablespoons honey
2 Tablespoons black or green tea leaves
1 cup milk (optional)

Place all ingredients, except milk and tea leaves, into a suitable saucepan.
Bring to the boil, turn heat down, and simmer for 6 minutes.
Add the milk and tea leaves, bring back to the boil, and simmer for a further 1 minute.
Let stand for 5 minutes.
Strain and serve.

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Non Thermomix Recipes / Recipes for Autumn Baking
« on: May 18, 2014, 09:17:39 pm »
In the SMH/The Age over the weekend 16 great looking recipes for autumn baking . . .
http://www.goodfood.com.au/photogallery/good-food/cook/recipes-for-autumn-baking-20140516-38eef.html

Mandarin Pudding (Steve Manfredi)
Sticky Date Pudding (Caroline Velik)
Brigitte Hafner's west country apple cake
Mary Moody's rhubarb and apple crumble
Caroline Velik's lemon and lime delicious
Karen Martini's pear tart with thyme, gorgonzola and walnuts
Mum's apple pie by Caroline Velik
Lemon chocolate tarts
Jeremy and Jane Strode's candied cumquat bread and butter pudding
Steve Manfredi's lemon pie
Neil Perry's Italian apple cake with Grand Marnier mascarpone
Jeremy and Jane Strode's rhubarb and lavender cream tart
Sweet grape flatbread
Rhubarb yoghurt cake
Real lemon pie
Neil Perry's key lime pie

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Chit Chat / Natural Cleaning Using Vodka :)
« on: May 14, 2014, 02:58:16 am »
I haven't tried this yet, but maybe it's worth a "shot" . . !! ;)
Good for chicken coops and kitchens so it says . . !! ;D ;D ;D

http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2013/01/vodka-shaken-not-stirred-natural.html

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Chit Chat / Some cooking mistakes and how to avoid them . . . .:)
« on: April 29, 2014, 11:20:59 pm »
Came across this today.. some interesting tips there!

http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/techniques/cooking-questions-tips-00400000064986/print-index.html

and this one . . .
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/biggest-kitchen-mistakes/story-fneuz8zj-1226899470556

Love the quote, "cooking shows are partly responsible for a rise in kitchen fires."  Said chef also needs a couple of rounds with a big wet fish and 30 lashes with a wet (maybe make that a dry one!) noodle for the comments about his mother's cooking. Mini rant  - pet peeve!. . he's still alive and kicking to tell the tale, he didn't starve and should be thankful he didn't have to scavenge through garbage just to find a bite to hold body and soul together.  What was, was . .mother probably was doing the best she could with what she had at the time. Get over it, feel blessed and thankful for what you had that millions of others didn't without this all too common imperious, pretentious nonsense.  (I feel better now . .  :-)) ;D ;D ;D)

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Chit Chat / Effective Cockroach Control??
« on: April 12, 2014, 01:17:24 am »
I'm nearly at my wits end with the Northern Beaches Roach Brigade!  They're totally ignoring - albeit "sniggering" - I can even hear them! at - my efforts to bar their unwelcome entry or to move them on to a more heavenly existence >:(

I've recently had fantastic results using a mixture of honey and boric acid (1:1) to rescue the house from a plague of tiny black ants (mixed a spoon each of  boric acid an honey - or you could use jam, etc. Placed a smear on a small piece of paper and put it in their tracks. 2-3 days later there was not a trace of them.) so went searching the net to see if something similar would work for roaches.

This is what I'm trying today . . . . .
http://housekeepingexpert.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/eradicating-cockroaches-by-easy-and.html
(sugar powder = icing sugar)

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Chit Chat / Cooking Class for Children in Sydney
« on: January 06, 2014, 11:37:30 pm »
This recommendation was just posted by Jo of Quirky Cooking - sounds great! :D

http://brendajanschek.com/kids-cooking-classes/




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Non Thermomix Recipes / Party Food recipes (Good Food section of SMH)
« on: December 30, 2013, 07:57:38 am »
There are 20 ideas (and the recipes) for party food . . . .

http://www.goodfood.com.au/photogallery/good-food/cook/party-food-20121220-2bp0p.html

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These are sample recipes from Hayden's new book, Dish it Up

Bali-style pancakes with banana, coconut and honey
Prawn and avocado rolls with homemade seafood sauce
D.I.Y. Pad Thai

http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/cook/hayden-quinns-summer-feast-20131216-2zgi6.html


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Chit Chat / Tick induced allergy to red meat :(
« on: December 26, 2013, 11:54:57 pm »

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/just-one-bite-ticks-and-allergies-on-the-north-shore-20131226-2zxru.html

Now it seems official - for just over 3 years now I've not been able to enjoy the simply grilled lamb chops I was raised on -  or any other red meat for that matter! My first experience was when my body reacted in such a way my torso resembled one of those relief maps (all in red, raised vast areas) of the world.  When this happened (of course, late at night :-))) I honestly thought something had gotten into the bed and had bitten me all over ???  I had a shower, poured what seemed gallons of white vinegar over the affected areas, etc, etc, etc.  Within a couple of days, those bright red incredibly itchy "continents" gradually began to fade into pale pink.  We examined the contents of the previous night's meal - a beautifully spiced casserole with lamb chops  . . was it the spices?  The second time it happened - it was after eating steak.  After a couple more experiences  I began to blame the meat, I changed butchers (several times :-))), blamed additives in the meat - whatever I could think of next.  (even Ikea Swedish meat balls - I loved them!! - even produced angry red hives within an hour)

It wasn't until I mentioned it to a new friend who was a naturopath and she asked if I'd been bitten by ticks that some explanation, as weird as it seemed, was out there. . . . .I thought for a moment, the last one been almost a year before when I had one on the back of my neck.  Later, a dr asked the same question but didn't confirm anything.  So, now I guess it's official . . thanks to the SMH ;D ;D  I've stuck to seafood, poultry, all manner of egg dishes, etc, and I thank my lucky stars though as it seems I can tolerate small amounts of chorizo . . .  but I do miss a lamb roast!!  :'( :'(

I'm not sure if it will ever go away, just not willing to take the risk atm . . . .

I live on the northern beaches of Sydney and I wonder if this phenomenon is confined to this area or is it becoming widespread.  If you do live in a "tick area" please take extra care and be more than vigilant in checking yourselves (and your pets - vet fees are exorbitant!!) for them and pulling them out asap.



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This is NOT a TMX recipe, so Moderators, please move it if you  think it is best found in the non tmx recipe section.  . . .

I was just having a quick look in the food section of the New York Times and saw this.

http://www.nytimes.com/recipes/1015757/dark-chocolate-and-pomegranate-bark.html  (interesting to see the measurements in gms!!)

In the Northern Hemisphere, pomegranates are usually in season from around September to February. In the Southern Hemisphere, it around March to May. - So, if those Antipodeans among us wanted to make this for a Christmas treat, we might have to think up a substitute for the pomegranate seeds - although I can't think of anything that would compare colour wise!!  Does anyone have any ideas . . . .? ;D

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Chit Chat / OCTOBER - Buy Nothing New Month
« on: October 03, 2013, 10:37:20 am »
This is something I only heard about this morning on the ABC Breakfast Show.  Thought maybe someone was trying to tell me something after my post in the Shopping Thread . . . ;D ;D

For those interested, have a look at this sites . . . I'm in for giving it a go  . . not sure I could do it for 12 months though.  We'll see . . .any takers?? ;D ;D

http://www.buynothingnew.com.au/

http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/moneymag/latestmoneyarticles/8400929/greensaver-something-old-nothing-new

http://www.acfonline.org.au/news-media/blog/green-spring-clean-get-rid-your-unwanted-stuff-and-support-acf

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Chit Chat / Brilliant German advertising! :-)
« on: September 25, 2013, 12:50:52 am »
I follow an American chook blog and FB - and this is a post as of this morning.  You may have to have a thing for chickens to appreciate this, but it really is extraordinarily clever!!

The Chicken Chick at Egg Carton Labels by ADozenGirlz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLwML2PagbY&feature=youtu.be

The advertising genius behind this commercial HAS to be a chicken-keeper!
Chickens may appear to have bobble heads when they walk, but their heads are actually staying still relative to the movement of their bodies. If chickens' eyeballs worked the way ours do, they wouldn't need the vestibulo-ocular reflex, (aka: tracking, dead reckoning ability). In order to see things clearly while on the move, this rapid communication between their bodies and eyes allows them to keep their heads still while their bodies move. Cool, huh? More on this reflex here: http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/?quid=472



Mercedes-Benz TV: MAGIC BODY CONTROL TV commercial "Chicken"
www.youtube.com
As part of Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive MAGIC BODY CONTROL ensures optimum driving comfort. Find out more at http://www5.mercedes-benz.com

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Non Thermomix Recipes / 31 ways to use Lemon Peel
« on: August 27, 2013, 01:56:32 pm »
http://thankyourbody.com/31-ways-to-use-lemon-peel/

Thanks to Jadey for bringing this wonderful link to our attention . . . :D

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