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Deboned duck
Yeah, I spent way too long deboning and stuffing a duck. Thank goodness for YouTube guides. With a grain allergic child, chocolate soufflé with cornflour was a great Xmas pud substitute. Put a dry rub on a brisket for smoking tomorrow too. Have had worse Christmas days.
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Happy Luna New Year
Celebrating by cooking duck and cleaning the kitchen. That’s the spirit.
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Snapper and oysters
Yup. Charcoal cooked snapper, Sarawak style. Big advantage of Malaysian in-laws. I seem to have accidentally kept my falcon. Oh dear. Three cars. That wasn’t the plan. My Dec 99 AU may be an example of ‘survivor bias’, but it still is a very reliable and comfortable tourer. Though it has been down graded to…
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Hot crossed buns
I have been making at least a few batches of hot crossed buns every year for many years. But Amelia turned out to be so sensitive to wheat that initially I couldn’t even cook wheat containing meals in the same kitchen. I tried making various wheat free versions. But now that we are wheat, egg,…
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A view that no longer exists…
A photo from 2009 when we still lived in the flat in Sutherland. Now there is a block of flats and a rail commuter car park where this photo is looking. Our house is great, but we can’t see the horizon for sunrise or sunset. I miss sunset especially in autumn as it mostly…
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The story of Amelia’s Easter (in pictures)
Well, most chocolate contains milk/wheat derived sweetener these days. But thankfully, plastic eggs you can fill with your own treats can be found!
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Amelia turned 3
By next year I guess she will have mastered this ‘blowing out candles” thing. So make the most of it while you can.
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Breakfast at Amelia’s
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Because sometimes you need a day off
Brunch at Circular Quay. Sunny days. Better than the alternative.
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Because pookie daughters REALLY like sushi
Your browser does not support the video tag So, this is right side up on the iPhone, upside down on Chrome/Windows7, not supported by Firefox/Windows7, and I can’t be bothered testing elsewhere.