Ooga booga
Winter has finally come, temperatures these days are around -10 to -15, and the snow cover is building up. Just in time for the ski season.
I'm currently busy as, trying to simultaneously write four conference papers, revise two journal papers, and review someone else's journal paper. And I've gotta do a good job of the review, because the editor who asked me to do it was the Savman, my old supervisor.
Two of the conference papers are for South Africa in September (a good month for cage diving with Great Whites), the other two for the next CDC, which is in Noo Orleans.
In other news, my german mate got climbing shoes and a harness for christmas, and the unigym has a good little indoor setup, so that's a weekly fixture now. My arms are as weak as buggery.
On the weekend I'm hosting a little do for oz day, so I'm starting to get the fridge prepared:
The local bottle'o only sells one brand of aussie beer, and its VB. Noice. I woulda thought it would be Fosters if anything. Mind you, a case of veebs set me back about 60 aussie bucks, but it's Australia day so you gotta make an effort.
After a year of drinking all those refined European beers, VB tastes refreshingly like vomit. It's great!
Anyone know how to make pavlova?
posted by I-Rock at 6:44 PM
6 Comments:
one year (when we were living in the US) we made an australian-shaped pavlova on oz day! Just an idea ...
Pav:
4 egg whites - beat w/ pinch salt for 5-6 minutes
gradually add 8oz caster sugar,
1tsp brown vinegar,
1/2 tsp vanilla essence,
& beat until stiff
sift 1 level dessertspoon of cornflour and fold in
pile (in a roughly circular shape)onto baking sheet, covered in baking paper (otherwise it'll stick!)...mum also recommended spraying the baking paper with water
bake in an electric oven: preheat at 400F and set at 250F and bake undisturbed for 1.5hrs
cover with yummy stuff: cream, passionfruit (might be tricky), banana and strawberries
enjoy!
:)
thanks girls - i foresee a great off-white gooey mess, but I'll give it a bash!
I think it's hard...
Is the yoghurt for Oz Day too?
I bought vegemite for $30 USD from Texas and had it shipped...
My Chairman ate some and I freaked out at him in a possibly career limiting move.
Noice reprazenting I rock!
My pares brought me some vegemite, so I'm fine for that.
The yoghurt started life Swedish, but after hanging around that much VB, it's started developing a bit of an aussie twang, and saying things like "strewth" and "flamin mongrels".
Tell that chairman to get his own honey smacks. And vegemite, while he's at it.
really it's not hard....just make sure you beat the bejesus out of the egg whites - they need to be nice and stiff! and do NOT open the oven during cooking otherwise it'll collapse and you'll be left with a flat crunchy piece of meringue...albeit something that would still be tasty covered in whipped cream and fruit
:)
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