Fish Kebabs...Jamie Oliver

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Crumpets

I want to post this recipe especially for one chess player....Earl... he said that he hasn't eaten crumpets and wants to know more...so..here's some work to catch-up on!...Earl!

Ingredients: 350 g plain flour
1 level teaspoon salt
5ml baking powder
300 ml milk
sunflower, oil for frying and greasing
cooking rings or crumpet rings

How to: Tip the flour into a bowl and stir in the salt and baking powder. Add the milk. (I usually like to add 1 egg too....it's up to you if you want!) Beat the mixture well for about 5 minutes with a wooden spoon. The mixture should be quite liquid and of a spoonable consistency. Grease the cooking or crumpet rings with sunflower oil and smear a light covering of oil over the base of a solid frying pan. Place the rings on the base of the pan and heat. When hot, spoon in the batter to about half-fill the rings. Cook the mixture over a gentle to moderate heat for about 4-8 minutes. Remove the rings and turn the crumpets over. Cook for about 2-3 minutes until lightly golden.
Serve the crumpets hot with melted butter+honey/syrup. Enjoy!

Stirfry

This was really great! On these pics you can see wat you need....the red cabbage can be replaced with green cabbage and leeks/celery with onions. Add the fried chicken and serve with rice! Yummy! Enjoy!

.....carrots...sliced...
.........beans......cut
..........leeks......can be replaced by onions.........cut
...... celery ....sliced
........skinless chicken breasts.......cut.....fry.....

......red pepper ...can be replaced by green pepper...
........mushrooms, sliced.....
.......ginger....sliced........
........cloves of garlic (about 3)........crushed......
.........eggplant......sliced ....and sweet corn......
First, fry the carrots, beans, cabbage and sweatcorn, till tender and crispy........then

add the other greens. Lastly the ginger and garlic and then soya sauce according to taste.

Don't forget the salt and oil of course!...

Trout a la..mine!

For those chess players, who know about my trout...ok, here they are! And the dish! I prepared trout...for the first time myself...and I have to say first...that I HATE these heads still being attached! I know it is etiquette...to serve trout in Restaurants with these heads attached...but I am no Restaurant owner!....this is a private home! lol.....I couldn't get rid of these heads fast enough...not that I found that a very pleasant act! Well, to be honest...not again...can Tesco and these other supermarkets take notice please! Stop selling trout with heads attached! I don't like it...! I felt like King Henry VIII....he beheaded his wives...half of them! He had SIXwives! ...This is the evidence for a couple of chess players that demanded to see the evidence...well, see with your own eyes.....I'm "tough" ....hey!









This is what I did...I had in the fridge...leeks...tomatoes, onions...you can also see some lemon juice, garlic and dried thyme! I added salt and oil too...

What I did was...chopped the leeks...put in oven pan...see the picture! Then the fish on top...with chopped tomatoes, onions, salt, crushed garlic, dried thyme...you can use fresh thyme of course instead...and don't forget a bit oil and lemon juice....according to taste! Basically...use your imagination! Everything goes in the oven....for about 20 minutes...oh, a hot oven of course...gas mark 6.....and...voila! Trout a la...yours! Serve with whatever you want...I served it with greens, potatoes...and salad...very delicious! Any comments?...feel free to add your recipe here in the comments box!

Bokkenvolle...recipe!

I posted earlier about this "Bokkenvolle"....and I promised I will come up with the recipe....well, I haven't made it myself yet, but one thing I can say about the Bokkenvolle....this is brilliant! You won't believe how delicious it is...!!
You need: brown sugar, sticky type..in South Africa you get "tricale" brown sugar, the sticky type
cream
bread dough



I found this bread recipe...try it...again not one I have tried out...



5 cups white flour
2 tablespoons yeast (or 2 x 7g pkts)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups warm-hot water
1/4 cup cooking oil

Put 4 cups of the flour, yeast, sugar and salt into large bowl.
Pour in hot water and oil and mix until combined- it will be sticky.
Add the remaining flour in increments until dough is no longer sticky.
Knead for about 5 minutes until dough is elastic and smooth.
Place dough back into bowl and cover with a damp teatowel and let it rise until double its size- about 1/2 hour.



Now for the Bokkenvolle!

Roll small pieces of dough..like golf balls. Put in oiled oven dish/pan....
Cover the rolls with brown sugar...be generous with the sugar! Don't worry
if there's some at the bottom of the dish/pan....
Pour cream in the dish, about 1cm thick in the bottom, at least...
Bake in hot oven...180 C....for an hour+


It takes longer than the plain bread rolls due to the cream...it gets soaked up by the breadrolls.
Serve and enjoy!!

Comfrey pizza

This is....Comfrey and it is similar to Spinach!

I used to make this "pizza slices" as a Sunday-evening snack...it is really delicious, even more with lemon pepper! We couldn't find lemon pepper at the supermarket(s) where we usually buy...so we've brought with us...all the way...from SA...a huge bottle, because we love it! But I 've heard of people making their own...so I guess you can do that too...

Basically, what you need is quite clear on the pictures! Slices of bread, butter, mushrooms, onion, tomato, cheese and your spices. I think the steps are very obvious, leave me a note if I need to explain more!

What I can say about the Comfrey...don't eat it too often, like in twice per week...and cook it like spinach...on the pictures you can see...I added potatoes and onions and I mashed it...then it goes on the buttered slices of bread...all other toppings on top....and then your cheese, put in the oven till cheese melted and voila! The Comfrey is easy to grow, we found some in our garden and were pretty much surprised. It's the first time since we're in the UK (almost 4 years now) that I make it...used to make it back home as a snack and it turned out very deliciously!...again...

Boerewors...sausages

Get yourself some boerewors (sausages) recipes made of beef/mutton/pork and enjoy Boerewors.../sausages....like the South Africans do!

Potjie kos --- more recipes

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DUH!!!

WE KNOW (click on link here)THIS for AGES!!!!Wake up Britain!!! You are a FIRST WORLD COUNTRY!!!!!!!!

The evidence has always been cleared!! Read THISon Yahoo....

As a teacher...I've always asked parents NOT to give their children these sweets, crisps, fizzy drinks and other rubbish....when I know their children are a bit hyper....this is really NO NEW news to any teacher...!! (well, hopefully not new news to all teachers...worth being one!...yes, one teacher --- Assitant Head's daughter...!! admitted the one day that she doesn't know about Hubble and what it is!!...that's why I say..."worth being one"..)....and it shouldn't be "news" to parents too....only to the people who found it out just now...after the "clear" evidence...!! We know it for ages, how can they say it is only now from "clear" evidence...!! The "evidence" was clear for the last 10 years or more!! Can more parents come and shout it out loudly!! and support the teachers in this difficult task to get parents NOT to buy all those rubbish for their children if we ASK them not to!!!!

One morning, a little boy stood in the line, having a chocolate while lining up!! One of the "hyper" boys.... His mum was there...standing with other parents...I asked her politely to take the chocolate...I mean, it was 5 to 9 in the morning!! How can a child have chocolates that time of day...before going into school!! His mum went to him (Peter...name changed)...and said..."Peter, your teacher says you can't have this chocolate...give it to me please..).... I mean!!! Put the blame on the teacher for taking away the chocolate....she's not willing to take it upon her and say..."Peter, you can't have the chocolate, you know it is not good for you..."...no!! Too easy to say..."your teacher says..." !! Please, oh please...save the nation with parents like that!!

Pap dis--recipe..South African side dish with BBQ!

As I promised some of my chess players....and all other people from other countries...this dish is a must if you're having a BBQ. In South Africa we like to have it as a side dish, some people won't make it, but instead having Pap...which is well-known to the "Southerners" in America as "porridge". (They also call it "grits"). In South Africa we also call it "porridge"...in English...but this dish is known for the Afrikaans word..."Pap dis"...which means..."porridge dish"....


Please click HERE for the recipe and all the pics...step-by-step!

Vet koek / Phat cake...

Please click HERE for a fantastic recipe! In Afrikaans as well as in English.

Chakalaka--for your bbq!

Chakalaka
Chakalaka is as South African as rugby, braaivleis and sunny skies! Even Chevrolet is back now!
Chakalaka is an ideal side dish or usually eaten with pap at the barbeque.
This is how you make it:
2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 green pepper, chopped
1/2 cabbage, shredded
1/2 cauliflower, broken into small florets
3 carrots, grated or julienned
2 - 3 chillies (depending on taste)
2 tomatoes, chopped
410 gram can baked beans in tomato sauce (optional)
salt to taste
Heat the oil and fry the onion, garlic and pepper until soft. Add cabbage, cauliflower and carrots and cook until limp. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for about 10 minutes. Serve as a side dish at braais or over pap

Food and menu

This picture is not mine, I found it on the net....the bowl on the right is a salad, called "three bean salad"...I don't know if you know this salad, quite nice, you just mix the beans and ..whallah! you've got a salad!

And here...ladies and gentlemen....for the.....boerpampoen!

It is the bottom one, but this is a pic from the net, and it doesn't have those "cracks"....but oh dear! It is sooooooo......nice! I want my mummy!!!!!!!
And this menu....during our visit to Pelgrims Rest...the historical town in the Eastern part of the country, Mpumalanga....which means "where the sun rises"....

Found this pic just now on a site....this is the Boerpampoen/pumpkin