Whoohoo! Drum roll...It may have been a frosty 1 degree when hubby ventured into Poultry Palace this morning, but there before him, in the purpose designed laying box(not really, just an old box...)was our first, perfectly formed, lightly speckled, brown egg. Can't actually believe (after ensuring WD wasn't pulling a prank) how chuffed I was. Amazing how the smallest things are so interesting nowadays, give me an egg over an Ipod any day. Perhaps I'm demented or maybe just a simpleton but this is such fun!
The Rabbitoh visited again a few days ago, though not with bunnies this time but with bits of Bambi. Having never roasted venison before, I was a little intimidated. It was a small piece of leg and turned out pretty well for a first attempt. I marinated it in a combo of red wine, garlic, juniper berries, dried herbs and pickled cherries. Think the cherries gave the meat a bit of a tapernade taste. Not bad and the leftovers made pretty decent sandwiches. Needs practise though - still have a small piece of leg and some small steaks - it will be interesting to see what I can do with those.
The local bakery has reopened and is selling delightful fare such as sauceage rolls -wonder if they are anything like sausage rolls or a completely different delight. Hard to tell really, as the 3 visits we have made, they were caught short and looked a bit like they'd been raided with almost nothing left for sale. Mind you, everything we've been able to buy has been great, which bodes well for a future time when they are more organised. They also managed to advertise their opening days incorrectly. Just hope they get it together before they turn off the whole populace and go broke.
Perhaps, along with makeup, I have to drop my habit of being a bit of a pedant...it clearly doesn't work in this environment. People seem to accept that it takes an age to get anything done or buy something they need. They also seem content that what they see in print is not necessarily (Tony Abbott-like) truth. So just turn up to the bakery and if they're open they're open and if they're not they're not!
Having said all that, a near-perfect evening was spent recently during the Savour Tasmania festival at Me Wah Chinese Restaurant in Hobart. Me Wah is renowned as one of Hobart's finest restaurants and they hosted visiting chef, Alvin Leung from Hong Kong. Weird name, pretty weird dude too...Chinese Canadian, I think I recall and quite the comedian. He put on a show suggesting he was just muddling along but what came out on the plates was a genuine first-class dining experience. It clearly was all an act, nothing was left to chance and an insider mentioned that there was endless experimentation and tweaking to achieve the end result. An 8 course degustation with 9 wines, bubbly to start, plus wines to match each course - truly memorable and absolutely stunning. The service was impressive too.
It's officially winter - June and cold and time to test the mettle. The newsagent has forecast snow for tomorrow. I'm hoping he's wrong. Arthur, our mid-week handyman is busy trying to patch all the holes in this house - it's like Swiss cheese! We also just got our first power bill which was about 50% higher than anticipated. The next one could be really scary.
Today is my 5th day off -just enough time to get over horrible, painful tendinitis in both elbows and back to work tomorrow for 3 days, then 4 days off. Isn't that what we all wish for - 3 days on, 4 days off? Suits me just fine but maybe not the electricity bill....
Monday, June 7, 2010
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