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[Shalmanese]

Anybody got any big plans for Australia Day?

Some friends of mine are coming up from Canberra and we're going to have this for lunch:



Should be fun.

[Dim Sim]

Your menu sounds lovely Shal, I wish I am up in sydney so I can invite myself,
in Melbourne we are having another hot one, I was told it is going to be in the 40Cs , last night in the balmy backyard we had garlic prawns , Mussels cooked in a chilli tomato and salami sauce with potato, a green salad with cos, avcocado, and white peach, and a simple dressing of vino cotto and Mt zero organic evvo ( it is the only Australian evoo I like) a nice crusty baguette to dip in those lovely garlic prawn flavoured oil. and a few bottles of Australian sparkling whites, oh and a few james boag Tassie premium largers , and fruit to finish.
Today, Australia Day, it will be too hot to cook, I might do something with a smoked trout I have in the fridge, may be a salad with horseredish cream, or a sandwish, or a pasta , I don't think there will be many people doing the good O' Australia Day BBQ in Melbourne.
Let us know how you lunch go, and do post some picts, love your cooking class post in the other forum.

[whisks]

my sister made a pavlova
we had a barbeque
went to the pieman's place for a party to watch all the goings on on sydney harbour, the opera house and everything else on macquarie street (and also got to meet the eggman's wife!!!!)....oddly enuf, the pieman didn't put any pies out, which i thot would be easy enuf for him to do
and had rachel perlow's rainbow jelly, but in australian colours (yellow and green)
sofar, it's been great.
we might top it off with chinese takeaway - more australian than maccas, i say.

[SBonner]

After having a great holiday in Australia we had afew friends over an Australian brunch prior to heading off to work rather late I was inspired by the breakfast at Bill's so we went for:

Ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter
Coconut bread
sweet corn fritters
black and white pudding (it was Robbie Burns day on the 25th)

Happy holiday.

Stephen
Vancouver

[PCL]

Spent most of the day sailing to avoid 40 degree oven on shore. Ate cold chicken sandwiches for lunch, and massive home delivered Indian with bone-in goat curry, sensational stuff for a hot evening... And to top it all off, a couple bottles of chardonnay and dry and dry's....

[Shalmanese]

Commentary here.

Pictures here:

[fou de Bassan]

What lovely pics! It looks like such a refreshing meal.
Sub par food for us but a great day at the beach dolphin watching.

[Dim Sim]

Ohh... Shal , you 've done it again.

[Shinboners]

That looks superb Shal. I'm very envious of those who tucked into all that food.

I don't think there will be many people doing the good O' Australia Day BBQ in Melbourne.

Wimps!

I did the BBQ at lunchtime - just a few sausages, a couple of lamb chops (inspired by that ex-Rooboy, Sam Kekovich, and his TV ad), and a salad.

[Dim Sim]

(inspired by that ex-Rooboy, Sam Kekovich, and his TV ad)

and Glenn McGrath and Masterfoods,
How could you ? in that heat ? did your bbq melt to the ground ?

[Shinboners]

(inspired by that ex-Rooboy, Sam Kekovich, and his TV ad)

and Glenn McGrath and Masterfoods,
How could you ? in that heat ? did your bbq melt to the ground ?

Sam Kekovich > Glenn McGrath.

As for the BBQ, I stood inside under the air conditioner, and raced out every few minutes to keep an eye on things. Needless to say, everything got somewhat overcooked! Hey, I didn't say the food was any good, did I?

[Cedreena]

We had large Australian beef T-bones as we always do on Australia Day, wth a green salad and potato salad made with my own fair hands and of cause home made mayonnaise. All washed down with a few glasses of Australian Red. Followed by nothing, we were too full to eat anything else after those giant T-bones.