The horses are thinking about the big day to come ...
... and the friends of the horses are having fun and thinking about nothing much at all!
Next episode coming soon ...
November 26, 2012
November 17, 2012
The true meaning of DIVINE #2
A gorgeous new photo of
The Most Beautiful Building ever (big call, I know!!)
... and what about that building on the left - delectable NYC art deco steel.
Photo from The Retrologist Nov 16 2012
November 15, 2012
Way Out West #3: Tree vs Road
Tree 1, Road 0
One minute out of the "CBD".
A beautiful big eucalypt. The tree was there first - and stayed there.
Further along the road, the tree's little sister can be seen.
Why were those trees left: a) when the road began and b) when the bitumen was laid.
Silly questions - just happened that way...
November 14, 2012
Way Out West #2: Yellow Paint
Looks like somebody in Charleville got a bargain on yellow paint!
(And personally, I'm glad they did - what a great colour it is against that deep blue sky and the red dust.)
There it is again!
It's everywhere!!
The true meaning of DIVINE
Pandan Jellies ... DIVIIIINE!!!
Gorgeously pretty delectable delight from Malaysia.
The delicate exotic flavour is from the combination of coconut milk and pandan* essence.
The intriguing texture and lovely colour is from agar-agar and coconut milk.
Very easy and quick to make, even if you are nowhere near Malaysia!
My personal best serving suggestions:
1. For a special breakfast - with a good cup of coffee. A blissful start to the day.
2. Or later in the day with a nice glass of golden wine ... mmmmmm ...
How to make Pandan Jelly
~ 500 ml (2 cups) Water
~ 3 tsp Agar-Agar powder
~ 150 g sugar
~ Couple of drops Pandan Essence* (extract)
(I just dip the end of a teaspoon in the bottle - essence is quite thick)
~ 160 ml Coconut Milk
In a medium saucepan, combine water, agar-agar powder and sugar and bring to the boil.
Reduce the heat and simmer until agar-agar and sugar completely dissolve - about 10-15 mins.
In a bowl, mix the coconut milk and pandan essence. Then pour into the simmering agar-agar mixture, stirring constantly until the mixture comes to a boil. Once it reaches a rolling boil, take the pan off the heat immediately and pour contents into a shallow glass dish or cake tin measuring approx 16cm across.
Set aside to cool before chilling in the refrigerator. Cut as desired and serve chilled.
Can be kept in the fridge for several days, covered.
*The leaves of the pandan plant provide a commonly used flavour in South-East Asian cooking. You can buy it in highly-concentrated "essence" form at Asian grocers or online.
November 8, 2012
Way Out West #1
Really far far out west: Charleville
A proud and tough town.
A long way from Brisbane - 740 kms - and happy about that!
Serious "Outback Country".
Get there faster
"Get there faster"!
Definitely true if your journey is to be 740 kms.
Definitely true if your journey is to be 740 kms.
But waiting is slow ...
And it's a good idea to have
Something To Do!
Something To Do!
... or somewhere to walk to! (maybe a plane?)
Guard dogs
Airport guard doggies -
three of them
(three parent-kiddy sets, that is).
In good positions for surveillance
but not such good positions for collecting donations
which is in fact their purpose.
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