Country Cooking
Aug 1st, 2013 |
By N8N
There’s nothing like dunking a spicy gingernut biscuit in a steaming cup of tea. But in 2009 the nation’s favourite dunking fodder vanished from supermarket shelves, along with chocolate chip cookies. Griffin’s had closed its Lower Hutt factory and moved operations to Auckland which had, National Radio reported, resulted in “minor teething issues”. This meant
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Tags: Gingernuts, home baking, home made gingernut recipe
Jun 27th, 2013 |
By Annette Taylor
I’m sure that’s what Marie Antoinette said. Brassica oleracea is, after all, a star of a vege, nutritious and utterly easy to grow. Easy to mistake cake for kale, after all. Even though it’s highly unlikely the former French Queen ever said anything of the sort, back in the 18th century. Up until the Middle
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Tags: easy to grow winter veges, kale, kale chips, winter garden
Mar 29th, 2013 |
By N8N
This Christmas Kelly Dyer made the mistake of giving N8N two bottles of her lemon cordial. We have been perstering her ever since for more. In the meantime, here’s the recipe. The hot summer days are coming to an end but there’s still nothing quite like a cold glass of cordial at the end of
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Tags: country cooking, home-made drinks, Kelly Dyer, Making lemon cordial, refreshing drinks
Nov 27th, 2012 |
By Annette Taylor
We had Daleks for lunch the other day. They weren’t in the slightest bit metallic and went down very easily. Preceding the extraterrestrial would-be masters of the universe, we had tagliatelle with lemon, baby artichokes and asparagus, and very nice it was too. Some young ‘uns were joining us for lunch with their parents, and
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Tags: Dalek cakes, edible daleks, how to make Dalek cakes
Jun 16th, 2012 |
By N8N
Years later, I can still remember the shock. Casually I had enquired what David would like as a special birthday meal. After some serious thinking, he’d said one word. Tiramisu. I had thought he’d suggest a fine steak, followed by some lovely custard. But no. Tiramisu, pronounced and prepared properly. Isn’t that one of those
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Tags: cooking, Italian dessert, Megan Mills, Tiramisu
May 28th, 2012 |
By N8N
It’s difficult to find fresh banana leaves. Thank goodness I live in Gordonton. A couple of banana leaves, a nice bit of pork, some annatto seeds and a splash of tequila and you’re halfway to making Puerco pibil. This is now a firm favourite in our household, it’s unlike anything I’ve ever tried – a
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Tags: annatto seeds, banana leaves, Mexi Foods, Once upon a time in Mexico, Puerco pibil, Robert Rodriguez, slow-roasted pork, Taste Cafe