Posts by Hebe
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Up Front: An Open Letter to the Labour…, in reply to Darel Hall,
Brendan did a great job in Chch Central, and it was a shame he lost. Incidentally, what was the turnout of still-resident voters like in Central last time? Maybe a higher turn-out would unseat Nicky Wagner.
All the Christchurch Labour MPs -- and National and Green MPs -- have worked like buggery since the earthquakes started and deserve to be thanked for it.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to John Armstrong,
My old friend and flatmate lived on Frying Saucers for at least a year. When my bestie and I were 20 and living above Aro Valley we survived on Gold Coin Chinese takeaways and Weetbix (not together but sometimes sequentially), coffee and unfiltered Camels for five months, with the odd trip to the shop at the top of Cuba Street for pate rolls and to Dorothy's High-Class Cakes.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to John Armstrong,
The world should know about Peanut Slop
Shouldn't you have stayed with Frying Saucers?
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Russell Brown,
Leftover potatoes – boiled, roast, baked, whatever
I rarely leave leftover spuds in the frdge else my beloved commits vile acts passed down from his Scots grandmother: split scones and potatoes fried in butter for breakfast with any under-employed bacon he can find. Gross; I have never been tempted to try it.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Ross Mason,
Woodburner cuisine: I have only cooked on top of the burner so this is an interesting advance.
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Up Front: An Open Letter to the Labour…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Which means either it was not communicated terribly well, or those damn pesky voters kicked Cosgrove's tyres, looked under the hood and didn't much like what they saw.
Green voters don't seem terribly strategic on the whole. They can be irritatingly principled; I'm willing to hold my nose and vote for the bigger picture at times, but most Greens I know won't.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Master kitchen hack: teach your children to cook. In time it'll halve their student loan
Snap. My angel [preen and fluffing of mother hen feathers] is a champion cheesecake-maker. His brother -- who has requested good blue cheese from Canterbury Cheesemongers (go there; they really need customers since the earthquakes) for Christmas since he was knee-high -- does beautiful bread.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Thrash Cardiom,
Ommmm
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Gareth,
Pizza hack 2: brush the risen pizza base with a smite of olive oil to help stop glugginess.
Garlic must: Always wash hands with cool or cold water and a little soap after handling garlic. Using hot or warm water opens the pores and skin retains the pong.
Parmesan: use a potato peeler: produces wide thin shavings that seem to keep the taste better than fine shreds.
Graters: never buy a conical grater. I did a few weeks ago and everyone in the house has now hideously grated their fingers. It's going.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Gareth,
I'm working my way through the two Ottolenghi books - Plenty and Jerusalem.
Thanks for reminding me about Ottolenghi, I haven't got to him yet. He's on my list. Another on the list is an old friend who cooks in London these days, Margot Henderson, who has written a book called "You're All Invited". It will be bloody brilliant, and she's so little known here back home. A link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/19/margot-henderson-rochelle-canteen-interview