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[Milagai]

Kerry - your blog is really inspirational, the pictures,
recipes and your lovely daughter....
and the details of your daily rounds - how do you do it all?

Did you say you have other children?

Thanks so much for taking the time to share all this with us.

Here is a link for a recipe for the beaten rice you bought,
that you said you didn't have a recipe for...

http://www.recipezaar.com/33025

Makes a great breakfast or afternoon snack dish...

Milagai

Edited by Milagai, 25 September 2006 - 07:58 AM.

[ludja]

Thank you for an amazing blog, Kerry. I'm looking forward to trying the Vietnamese Chicken reciipe you shared with us and I really enjoyed getting a glimpse of that part of the world and of an interesting island culture. Thank you for sharing your week with us in beautfiul pictures and words.

[srhcb]

I really enjoyed this blog. It contained just the right balance of on and off topics, with enough of a unique geographical and personal aspect to make it different.

One thing I'm left with though is the feeling that, amazing as it might seem, we've only seen one dimension of your life? With respect for your time, I would never expect you to do this again from your "home base", but maybe you could just tack on an extra post about a family meal after you return there?

THANX SB

[Kerry Beal]

Last food picture for this blog. I made some gingerbread to take for rounds this morning, which mean I arrived 10 minutes late with an oven mitt on.







You know that lovely sunrise. Well remember, 'red sky in morning, sailors take warning'. It's not so nice now.



The only picture I could find of myself in my computer (with the exception of the one blowing out Kira's first year birthday cake candle, and that one you ain't gonna see).

There is one picture taken recently of me by the photographer from the spectator when they did an article about me just before I came up north. I'll add a link to it here if anyone is interested in that picture. By the way I don't really have that double a chin, picture angle you know.

I've had a blast this week. Thanks to all for your input and good wishes. Thanks also to all those who PM'd me and told me about the special people in your lives. It really touched me.

Thanks for not abusing me for having dinner at Boston Pizza (this is eG after all). Thanks Seema and Migali for the beaten rice recipes, I'll be trying those really soon.

If you want to check on the progress of pig packaging, check in on the thread 'Confections, what did we make' here. And I'd love it if you'd drop in on my eG confectionary course.

Gotta get back to work now, I'll check in for any final questions for the rest of the day.

[Anna N]

Great blog, Kerry, but then I knew it would be! Thanks.

[Kerry Beal]

I really enjoyed this blog.  It contained just the right balance of on and off topics, with enough of a unique geographical and personal aspect to make it different.

One thing I'm left with though is the feeling that, amazing as it might seem, we've only seen one dimension of your life?  With respect for your time, I would never expect you to do this again from your "home base", but maybe you could just tack on an extra post about a family meal after you return there?

THANX SB

I'd love to. Do you know off hand if I can still add things weeks later?

[miladyinsanity]

The only picture I could find of myself in my computer (with the exception of the one blowing out Kira's first year birthday cake candle, and that one you ain't gonna see).

There is one picture taken recently of me by the photographer from the spectator when they did an article about me just before I came up north.  I'll add a link to it here if anyone is interested in that picture.  By the way I don't really have that double a chin, picture angle you know.

I must be blind but I don't see a double chin.

This definitely ranks as one of my favorite blogs so far!

[Kerry Beal]

Kerry - your blog is really inspirational, the pictures,
recipes and your lovely daughter....
and the details of your daily rounds - how do you do it all? 

Did you say you have other children? 

Thanks so much for taking the time to share all this with us.

Here is a link for a recipe for the beaten rice you bought,
that you said you didn't have a recipe for...

http://www.recipezaar.com/33025

Makes a great breakfast or afternoon snack dish...

Milagai

No other children. This one kind of put the boots to those plans. And hubby and I are no spring chickens.
Thanks for the recipe. I can't wait to try it. I was also sent one for a sweet dish make with it.

[Kerry Beal]

There is one picture taken recently of me by the photographer from the spectator when they did an article about me just before I came up north.  I'll add a link to it here if anyone is interested in that picture.  By the way I don't really have that double a chin, picture angle you know.


I must be blind but I don't see a double chin.

This definitely ranks as one of my favorite blogs so far!

The double chin is in the spectator article.

Edited by Kerry Beal, 25 September 2006 - 11:28 AM.

[Toasted]

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your blog. Your daughter is beautiful and your energy and ability to get things done amazes me! My favorite part was the homemade pasta. I have the same pasta maker and it took me a long time to figure out how to make something edible with it. Now I'm kind of getting the hang of it and I've realized how delicous homemade pasta really is. Thanks and blessings to you and your family.

[Kerry Beal]

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your blog.  Your daughter is beautiful and your energy and ability to get things done amazes me!  My favorite part was the homemade pasta.  I have the same pasta maker and it took me a long time to figure out how to make something edible with it.  Now I'm kind of getting the hang of it and I've realized how delicous homemade pasta really is.  Thanks and blessings to you and your family.

Thanks Melissa,

I love your avatar. That might as well be a picture of my brother as a young child. He always was a curious sort. Stuck his first fork in the socket at a very young age. He had a laboratory in the basement (he was a very bright boy, won science fairs all over Canada and the US) and I recall one evening during dinner, a small explosion, followed by some yelling, as he burned all the hair and some of the skin off his arm when some of his chemistry equipment blew up.

He was 10 years older than I and a whole lot smarter. I remember one day, parents where out, he was in charge and the hamster had injured himself and was bleeding to death. I sat at the top of the stairs, awaiting the results of the surgury to 'save the hamster's life' going on in the lab. Shit, was I naive. But you notice who ended up the physician. Now he comes to me when something needs sewing back together - a cat, a head wound from falling on the boat, a turkey that needs trussing for thanksgiving.

[srhcb]

maybe you could just tack on an extra post about a family meal after you return there?

THANX SB

I'd love to. Do you know off hand if I can still add things weeks later?

I'll ask Susan "Snowangel" if she could arrange it?

Otherwise, just a regular post would suffice.

THANX SB

[Sugarella]

I enjoyed this blog very much, Kerry. I've never been that far north yet.

And thanks for sharing so many recipes.....

[monavano]

Kerry,
Thank you for your blog. I have anxiously checked in to follow it all week. Really, I was hooked immediately. I enjoyed learning about a place I've never been. You seem like an amazing woman, doctor and mom.
Thanks for your inspiration!
Ramona

[Ling]

I had a thought this morning brought about by the interest in the retro lemon pudding and a little comment I saw on the dessert thread by Ling about pineapple upside down cake.  The comment was "I haven't made that since I was 14". 

So the question is this - should we start a thread, challenging Ling to bring some retro desserts up to date, and in the process get her to teach us how she accomplishes the lovely appearance on all her desserts?  What do you think?  Ling you can weigh in on this too, but majority rules!

I worked all day yesterday and was a bit behind at catching this, but what a fun idea! Look for Kerry's thread in the Pastry forum soon....

(And also, thanks for a wonderful blog. I really loved the chubby chocolate pig...so cute! )

[H. du Bois]

Thank you, Kerry, for that fascinating glimpse into your world.