Posts by Thrash Cardiom
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Get a few big mushrooms, 7 - 10cm across. Remove the stalk remainder and spread about a tablespoon of finely chopped garlic and italian parsley over the gills. Drizzle a little quality olive oil over the garlic/parsley. Season and then grill low under a slow grill. The bowl of the mushroom will fill with mushroom juice forming a dark lake when they are ready to eat.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to Gareth,
I use fine semolina for the same effect.
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When baking bread measure the main ingrediants by weight and use a 5 parts flour to 3 parts water ratio. ie 500gms flour to 300gms water. Add salt, oil, and yeast (between 1 & 3 teaspoons). More salt and oil retard the rise. A longer rise gives a better flavour – try rising overnight in the fridge.
Substitute 150gms fine semolina and increase the water slightly for a more elastic and airy dough. Use lots of semolina when forming the loaves/buns. It stops things sticking to everything and gives a good outside texture when baked.
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When making gravy for a roast, remove most of the fat from the pan and heat whats left to a reasonably high heat on an element. Pour in a glass of wine or stock and reduce it down deglazing as you go. When the pan is crackling ie just about back to the left over fat, proceed to make gravy as you normally do. This greatly improves the flavour.
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Hard News: Done like a dinner, in reply to Sacha,
What's the projected impact on Dunedin?
Some structural damage but I was thinking more of the continuity of the power supply.
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Not to rain on anyone's parade but would anybody seriously consider placing a major data centre in the South Island with the Alpine fault ready to rumble at any time?
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I really enjoy these Friday columns. I love the new music I hear through them. Here's an NZ one I found through National Radio a month or so back - Sheep, Dog & Wolf - Ablutophobia
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It’s good to see more cycle lanes being put in and things made safer for road sharing like yellow lining more areas of road adjacent to cycle lanes but they can’t do it to every street in the country.
The local district council recently put cycle lanes on most streets in the main towns in this district. The amount of venom directed at both the Council and cyclists because of this is incredible.
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@ Yamis. Ok. Fair enough then.
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I'm not a cyclist and do drive. I am very aware of cyclists and do give them a wide space when passing, don't pass until its safe and so on. However, I think some cyclists could also be a bit more aware of traffic. On a number of occasions I have been happily tootling along on our local state highway doing the speed limit when I round a corner only to find a bunch of 6 or so cyclists riding 3 or 4 abreast and suddenly having to reduce speed very fast. The cyclists usually are all geared up and look like they are training - there are no signs warning of a cycle race, no chase cart etc. This is not safe behaviour on the cyclists part.
In the below Herald article is a photo show two cyclists riding two abreast against the flow of traffic with one clearly in the car lane. Is this safe behaviour let alone legal riding (and I am aware cyclists are allowed to ride two abreast).
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10688860