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the end…

Joel — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:52:48 +0000

The Chinese adventure has drawn to a close, the next leg of our adventure begins. So this blog will be transitioning over the next few weeks.

Stayed tuned for a new direction…

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Australia Day BBQ

Ursuli — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:15:46 +0000

On Australia Day, we cooked up sausages, onions, sweet pumpkin, potato.

Lamb chops and a kilo of prawns.

We had Joel’s grandma and a family friend over, and chatted outside around the barbeque. It was a really nice Australia Day.

Bake your own bread

Ursuli — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:59:32 +0000

On Sunday night we baked our own bread.

It was so delicious when fresh out of the oven, with some butter and raspberry jam. It tasted like a big piping hot scone.

It’s so simple. We didn’t follow a set recipe from a book, we just made it up as we went along.

Basic Recipe:

3 cups plain flour

Enough water to get the right consistency

2 level teaspoons of dry yeast (added to warm water, and let to grow)

1 teaspoon of salt to taste.

Mixed in our Cuisinart DLC-2011BCN Prep 11 Plus Food Processor (totally worth the investment, it’s a wonderful machine).

Then, roll the dough around with your hands, on a flat surface covered with flour. Make into a log shape and put into a loaf tin.
Cover with cling-wrap and let it sit in a warm place to prove (this lets the yeast work on the flour and make it rise).

Bake at 150c for 40 minutes

Tip: Add some ice cubes or some water to a tray or baking tin, and put it in with the bread. This will increase the humidity of your oven and improve your bread baking success.

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Joel — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:04:52 +0000

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Love Joel & Ursuli x

Back on the Gold Coast

Ursuli — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:01:44 +0000

Tuesday we flew back into the Gold Coast. It’s been so nice to see some family, feel the sun and eat fantastic food! Oh how we’ve missed things like lamb, cheese, decent bread, our kitchen..

Here’s what we’ve been doing this week:

Baking and roasting. Mostly lamb and potatoes, but also one cake and one loaf of bread.

Drinking lots of tea from our little Chinese teapot.

Going to the beach to enjoy dinner on the sand.

It was too dark to take good photos at the beach, so we took photos on the way home.

And generally just having a great time. It’s so good to be back again!