Amazing what you can do with No. 8 fencing wire
After the bustle of Christmas with it’s excesses, simpler foods are looking like better options for the new year period.
2010 was marked by my quest to create the perfect poached egg (and the odd coddled egg too). I’ve tried various different ways from cookbooks, TV chefs, web sites and word of mouth but the following link seems to have the methods that’s worked best for me:
Poached Eggs 101: How To Poach Eggs Perfectly Every Time @Not Quite Nigella
Related to that, check out Soft Boiled Eggs, Parmesan Chive Soldiers @Not Quite Nigella
I’m now on the lookout for some egg coddlers, though my new ramekins will do at a pinch.
A very quick trip to Port Waikato back in the middle of November.
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So:
The programme looks really interesting, so should be all go. (Though a bit odd to spend a leave day in on the uni campus)
Incredible Science is all about making science fun! In previous years, children have made computer games, played with slime and brains, discovered Antarctica, learnt about exploding volcanoes, break-dancing bacteria and crime-scene investigations, and even watched Dr Voldermort rid the world of Dementors!
What is Incredible Science?
The ‘Incredible Science’ festival is an annual one-day event held by The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Science on the first Monday of the July school holidays.
Aimed at primary and intermediate aged children, their families and teachers, Incredible Science is a fun, free day of interactive activities, lectures and shows highlighting the fun and diversity that science offers.
My bottle of Worcestershire Sauce is about to run out! A staple with tomato juice or in K’s variant of cheese-on-toast I will replace it this weekend – of course, with the Lea and Perrins variety not some other knock-off.
I’m always intrigued about what makes up sauces – so here’s Wired’s list for Worcester Sauce (at least as it’s sold in the US). See What’s Inside Worcestershire Sauce? Fermented Surf for Your Turf | Magazine
Photos from recent trip to Wellington (Click on photos for bigger pictures)
Wellington waterfront
Te Papa
Theological Scribbles: The joy of clarity has an amusing Venn diagram highlighting the differences between geeks, nerds and dorks.
What an interesting idea…
The development of Anzac Day and the ways it’s seen differently between New Zealand and Australia continues to interest me. Here’s a short article that notes one of those differences around the ‘pilgrimmage’ to Gallipoli that some New Zealanders and Australians take.
See Kiwis, Aussies differ over Anzac pilgrimage | Stuff.co.nz (From some research from AUT – see their Anzac Day lecture.)
It’s a bit like the differences between the war memorials on each side of the Tasman. In Australia they tend to list all who went overseas, while in NZ they list those who died overseas.
Okay, the blogging break ended up being a little bit longer than anticipated, and I’m still trying to decide what to do with blog. It’s been going since August 2003, developing from the previous phpWebSite-based site, through various incarnations. It was really helpful while writing the PhD and in the post-PhD period but I haven’t quite figured out what I want to do with it now – especially when I don’t have a lot of energy for it at the moment.
Still, inspiration might strike…and the blog break has been good in the interim.