In my kitchen…
…is a mountain of chicken wings, freebies from our Saturday purchases at Haverick Meats. We were feeding our young friend Robert, who singlehandedly ate half the pile…
In my kitchen…
…are loaves of Iggy’s Breads, a gift from our friend Craig. I don’t buy bread, but if I was going to, it would be from Iggy’s, as these are some of the finest loaves I’ve ever tasted…
In my kitchen…
…is a magnificent five kilo piece of premium grassfed rump. We now make all our mince at home, using an ancient attachment on the Kenwood…
We ended up with eight 500g packs of amazing mince, which were flat packed and vacuum sealed for freezer storage…
In my kitchen…
…is Italian candied orange rind, a new discovery from Southern Cross Supplies. I cut away the thick pith and dipped them in dark chocolate…
In my kitchen…
…are more tempering experiments, this time comparing the Amedei Chuao, Callebaut Sao Thome and Cacao Barry Tanzanie origin chocolates. All three are magnificent, although I still prefer the Amedei…
Pete’s favourite is the Sao Thome, which he describes as “manly, a bit like what you imagine Old Gold should taste like”…
In my kitchen…
…is Pepe Saya buttermilk, a delicious byproduct of the butter making process. It’s completely different from commercial buttermilk, and still has small pats of butter floating in it…
We used a little of it in pancakes on the weekend…
Finally, in my kitchen…
…are today’s garden pickings, including broccoli, kohlrabi, rainbow chard, celery, leek, basil, coriander, mint and fresh garlic. They all went into a Thai green curry for dinner…
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Tell me, what’s happening in your kitchen this month?
If you’d like to do an In My Kitchen post on your own blog, please feel free to do so. We’d love to see what’s happening in your kitchen this month! Please link back to this blog, and let us know when your post is up, and we’ll add it to our monthly listing.
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Here are this month’s posts…
Mel @ The Cook’s Notebook
(Mel’s first IMK post!)
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe
Siobhan @ Garden Correspondent
Lizzy @ Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things
Claire @ Claire K Creations
(watch Claire’s IMK video this month!)
Shirley @ The Making of Paradise
Anne @ Life in Mud Splattered Boots
Mel @ The Adventures of Miss Piggy
Sally @ My Custard Pie
(very late October post!)
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 
Oh wow Celia, another fabulous IMK post from your kitchen. You always have the most wonderful things to share with us.
:-) Mandy
Mandy, thank you! It was a bit of a slow month because I’ve been sick for a couple of weeks (still fighting off this chesty cough – almost gone!). Hope you’re having a great week, can’t wait to see what’s in your kitchen this month! :)
Hi Celia, I love the look of that candied orange dipped in chocolate – my very favourite things together.
It is also great to see real buttermilk – what a treat.
I am a bit late with my IMK post this month. Some of my photos are down south and I am in Perth, so it will be delayed a few days. Sorry.
Glenda, it will be a treat to see your IMK post whenever it goes up! :) The buttermilk is amazing. Btw, did you want me to send you some mahlep?
It’s still Halloween here! And I am all behind in making treats for Frank to enjoy while I go to see what Hurricane Sandy left behind on Chincoteague Island! I may do a post later from what I like to call my “test kitchen” at my niece’s house.
I love the look of your meats- chicken wings and mince. There is something about a wing that has a special flavor all its own. They might be the smallest piece of the chicken- but they cost almost as much as breast meat, here.
And orange peel and chocolate is my very favorite sweet! Candied orange peel is just a good deal all around. It actually hurts me to see my husband throw away the peel of his orange.
Great post- you have a loving kitchen, Celia, all of the time!
Heidi, I’m so glad you waited and didn’t drive off earlier, or you’d have been right in the middle of the storm! Chicken wings are my second favourite bit of the chook, right after the back. :)
I should fly there :) to your kitchen. It is so nice and full of so many delicious things :) Thank you, have a nice day, love,nia
Thank you, Nia! Hope you’re having a great day too!
OMG – that bread looks delicious and anything with chocolate I am so there – ha! Happy Halloween:)
Renee, thank you! Hope you’re having a fun Halloween too – we don’t really celebrate it here.
Great collection of goodies, Celia! Loved the buttermilk product, as well as that amazing bread!
and, anyone who tempers chocolate is a hero in my book. I tend to lose my temper… (hehehe could not resist….)
Sally, you know how hardline I am about bread, but the Iggy’s loaves are always amazing! And yes, cranky chocolate is always a problem.. :D
Your kitchen is always so exciting Celia – and the things you are up to too.
Thanks Sally – such treasure in your kitchen this month too! :)
What lovely happy food pictures :) What happened to the other kg of beef? or was it on the bone? WIll try and do a post this month when I get home from Dad’s again xx
Hi darling, hope you’re having fun at your dad’s! The extra kilo was fat, which I cut off. I toyed with the idea of trying to make suet, but just decided it wasn’t worth my health. :)
Good morning Celia, and friends… when I first saw your email in my IN box, I thought, OMG it cannot be November already! But it is. And you have such an assortment of delicious goodies in your kitchen.I haven’t played with orange dipped in chocolate for years… it’s so easy and so delicious. And I love the Pepe Saya products. The man is a genius!
Lizzy, I know! Hasn’t the year just whizzed past! The Pepe Saya buttermilk is astonishing, as is the butter. We popped into the factory shop to buy it! The orange rind is a new product – a little gelatinous like the Italian cedro.
What beautiful things you have. I love the look of those chicken wings. How did you cook them? And I have a problem where when presented with a platter of these I tend to over-eat. I like it when there’s a communal bowl for all the bones in the middle of the table so no one can know how many I’ve had. I’m so impressed that you make your own mince and package it like that – very sophisticated! xx
Charlie, I just took the premarinated chicken wings from the packet and put them on a tray and baked them. :) When you spend $50 at Haverick’s, they give you a free packet of chicken wings – Pete and I paid separately (it was a huge shop!), so we got two, which was enough for half the meat for dinner!
The mince thing came about because I got a bee in my bonnet about grassfed beef, and whilst I could buy slabs of it for steaks and cubed meat, I couldn’t guarantee what was going into our mince. And we eat a LOT of mince! So we decided we had to make our own – it’s actually an easy process, and we only need to do it once every couple of months (or whenever we can get grassfed rump at a reasonable price).
What a great feature! So many lovely things going on!
Thanks Clare! Do feel free to join in! :) Just remember to link back here and let me know if you post, and I’ll add it to our list!
Time really flies,I can’t believe its november,christmas is around the corner. It was nice to be in your kitchen
Sponge, it’s very nice having you visit our kitchen, thank you! :)
I’ve only had Iggy’s a couple of times but like you, if I didn’t make it that’s the one I would be buying. I’ve seen people lining up in the dark to buy early morning bread, an orderly rush before it all sells out.
I would love to be a bakers apprentice there for a couple of days!
It’s a wonderful organisation, Brydie! Really high quality standards, which shows in their finished loaves!
Fabulous garden pickings Celia, just fabulous!!
But it is the orange dipped in chocolate that got me, I have a favourite chocliaterie in the vilage we stay in France, and they make these……. I realise I have withdrawl symptoms and need a fix !!
Claire, they’re very moreish – we nibbled our way through them fairly quickly. I’m hoping to make more for Christmas! :)
My favourite is definitely your garden harvest. Considering how excited I get being able to pick a few tomatoes and herbs I can’t imagine what it must feel like to be able to pick an entire meal from your backyard.
I didn’t know you were a cryovac fan too? I love mine. So much more efficient to be able to flat pack things in the freezer.
The breads look delicious but I think you’d give them a run for their money.
Claire, your garden is looking good – it’s taken us a few years, but the garden is now feeding us regularly, and it is just the best feeling ever! I adore my vac sealer – it’s just a cheapie, but it’s still working quite well!
I really enjoy these glimpses into the kitchens of some of my favorite bloggers, and yours is no exception, Celia. Those chicken wings look oh, so very good. Like you, I make my own mince. I like the idea of controlling my ingredients and store-bought mince is such an uncertainty. And that’s a wonderful harvest in your photo but, I have to ask. What? No broccoli rab? :)
Hehehe…you got me, John! :) The weather has really warmed up, and all our raab plants have shot to seed! I think it might be a cooler season plant here, but we did get one more large pasta dish from the plants last week. I think the remaining plants might now be for the chickens.. :)
The chocolate covered orange rind is to die for, as you know I am a chocoholic so anything with chocolate is my favorite. I too make my own ground meats, yes, it is really easy. Hope you are now fully recovered.
Norma, a big thank you – when we were mincing in the kitchen and meat juices were splattering everywhere, I said to Pete, “hang on! I remember, Norma said to put cling film over the bowl!”. I hope I remembered that correctly, but anyway, it worked brilliantly, and the kitchen was nice and clean after the mincing! :) I’m feeling better thank you, but still have a lingering cough that I can’t seem to shake. x
Glad the cling film over the grinder and bowl worked and you did not have to clean splattering meat juices from the walls and counter.
Norma, it worked brilliantly, and the kitchen didn’t look like a crime scene! Thanks again! :)
Lovely post again thanks Celia. My week has been dreadful – flat out with conference organising and complicated by my sons tonsillectomy which went pear-shaped when he haemorrhaged once he got home. So my kitchen hasn’t seem too much action this week. In it right now is my cleaner – whew!
Oh Amanda, I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope your son is feeling better – scary stuff when things go crooked post-op! Hope next week is a little less frantic!
Hello Celia, so much goodness in your kitchen once again. That chocolate looks familiar! Lucky me! I have read so much about Iggy’s bread, this looks delicious. I also dream of having access to Pepe Saya products, perfect for your pancakes. I love your curry ingredients…that is just kitchen garden perfection isn’t it?
Thank you for allowing us all to share our kitchens, my post is linked.
Jane, I wish you could try the Pepe Saya goodies, both the butter and the butter milk are just so delicious! Thanks for sharing your kitchen this month, and yes, being able to “shop” in our garden is just the best thing ever!
Gosh November already, I just love the IMK’s :)
btw I have been look for a food vacuum sealer but there are so many out there – which one do you use would you recomend it?
Priscilla, doesn’t time fly! I bought a cheapie vacuum sealer from Deals Direct (a “Eurolab”) because I wasn’t sure how much we’d use it. It turned out that we use it all the time, and I’m waiting for it to die so I can buy a good one, but it’s still working! :) It works well enough, but I’d quite like one that has a better suction.
Goodness! I wish I was in your kitchen! I’ve been meaning to try Pepe Saya’s butter, but I can’t bring myself to purchase it just yet…especially not after learning how to make butter from you!
Things I managed to make last weekend was yogurt with berry coulis, cultured butter and spiced cheese herb bread.
Soy, it’s lots of money, isn’t it? The Pepe Saya butter is worth it though – we buy it from the factory in Tempe (just behind the new Ikea) for $7.50/225g and keep it just for eating and spreading butter. It lasts for a few months and it’s a really nice treat.
Since you’re making butter, here is the nice video from Pepe Saya on how they make it:
http://pepesaya.com.au/Butter_Page.html
Hey Celia, I just checked out the video…….I’m in awe, Pepe Saya’s looks even better now and worth every cent. I did wonder how I could improve the texture of the butter I make and looks like kneading by hand might do the trick. Thanks 8)
Congrats Celia, you have some real buttermilk there – the only kind there used to be before technology stuck its ugly nose into the tent (and applied the name buttermilk to something non-deserving).
Doc, it’s amazing how different it is!! Makes me realise that what we buy in the supermarkets is really just flavoured milk! :)
In your kitchen looks wonderful and inspiring as always. I’m happy to say, in my kitchen is/was… hooray… Kensington Pride mangoes now that they are $2 each. I’ve made mango salsa twice this week :)
ED, cool! It must be getting towards Christmas if the mangoes are in season! :)
Oh your blog is such a great resource Celia! It was good to go back and read the post about beef – I also seek out grass fed beef. And orange rind dipped in chocolate is something I really like. It’s the kind of thing I could sup on in a quiet little corner and be content. Those pancakes with the buttermilk must have been really delicious, I never realised that the supermarket buttermilk wasn’t the real deal. I never leave your kitchen without inspiration and something else to think about: I thank you Miss Celie!
Ah Jan, you’re always so kind, thank you! I’ve become a little obsessed with grassfed beed – nice that it’s becoming more widely advertised these days!
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After missing last month I made sure this months IMK was up on time. I always enjoy seeing what’s in your kitchen, that rump must make for extremely tasty mince! Did you get it at a special price? cos rump’s pricey here and is rarely minced.
Sue, the rump wasn’t cheap (I often find it cheaper), but it was incredibly gorgeous. We paid $10/kg for it, and lost a kilo in fat, so it worked out at $12.50kg for the mince. We usually eat 500g at a family dinner, so $6.25 for the meat in the meal. Decent mince from the butchers here costs about the same, although the stuff from the supermarket is usually cheaper than that. Great to peek in your kitchen this month! :)
Your in my kitchen posts always leave me thinking, “now why can’t I do that?” You challenge us all to be better.
Maureen, you always say such nice things, thank you! :)
I’ve been toying with a vacuum sealer, I notice you say you are waiting for yours to reach its end, do you have ideas on what you would go for next time? I feel I would get a lot of use out of one and could justify the purchase. Lovely pickings from the garden, you are so far ahead of us in the southern tablelands.
Alison, when the vac sealer dies, my plan is to go into Chefs’ Warehouse and ask Chris and David what I should buy. I trust their opinion very much! :) Hope your garden takes off soon!
I love Grass Fed beef…so much tastier (and kinder). We’re going to buy ourselves a vacuum sealer thingy for X-mas so we can start buying our free-range meat in bulk.
My post for the month is up here: http://www.theadventuresofmisspiggy.com/2012/11/in-my-kitchen-november-2012.html
Mel, we use our vac sealer all the time – I’m hanging out for a better one. The cost isn’t in the sealer but rather the bags – they can get quite exy!
We can get through a mountain of chicken wings for one meal too Celia :) They are soo good aren’t they? I think that butter milk looks amazing, I bet it just tastes fantastic! So many goodies in your kitchen, as usual :)
My second favourite cut of chicken Becca, after the backbone. The wings are easier to eat though! :)
That bread looks delish.
I think I’m coming down with a cold so tonight I’ll make French Onion Soup. I’ve been messing around with making quick dinners using tortillas pressed into muffin cups then filled.
I’m also intrigued by a recipe for making salads in advance by layering the ingredients in wide mouth mason jars. Looks fun!
Hugs and sniffles, Maz.
Oh hon, I’m sorry to hear you’re not well. I’m still fighting off the very last of this cough – hope you’re better soon too! xx
We are on the same wavelength, we also had Thai green curry for supper. Love the candied orange peel. I think I might go and make some :)
Tandy, great minds think alike! :) I must admit, my curry looked a bit odd with chunks of kohlrabi in it, but it tasted divine!
When I saw Iggy’s Bread, I had to click over. How could you have a New England bread that I enjoy in your kitchen. It really is a small world.
Karen, isn’t it just such a small world! Igor (the founder of Iggy’s) now lives in Sydney, and their bread is truly amazing!
I love everything in your kitchen this month (not that I don’t normally) but that buttermilk sounds really fascinating. Must buy myself a bottle of it! :D
Lorraine, it’s been lovely to have – might try using the last of it in a cake tomorrow!
Real buttermilk is so exciting a treat that makes everything fluffy and tasty. I haven’t tried the Pepe Saya only Myrtleford but there is definitely a dairy farmers conspiracy here with availability The chocolate oranges were delicious. I also prefer Amedei chocolate over “mans ” chocolate…..sorry Pete. Ha and Iggys bread … those sticks can disappear in a heartbeat. Lovely kitchen goods Celia, as usual
T, the butter factory factory is just behind Ikea – you should pop in! The buttermilk was $5 and so fresh! That’s ok, let Pete have the Sao Thome, more Amedei for us! :)
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I love these IMK posts!! I have just done mine!!
Fabulous Zirkie! Thanks for playing! :)
More wonderful things Celia. My mother always told us to never buy mince – I’m not sure if it’s because you don’t know what’s in it or the risk of contamination (one bit of nastiness on a slab of beef isn’t too bad but once that’s minced up into lots of little bits and generally spread around the whole heap …). Your vegetables look deliciously fresh, especially now that we’re into the root vegetable time of year.
My post is up.
Thanks Anne – that’s good advice from your mother, I’m sure. I’ve never been completely confident about which bits end up int he mince!
Hi Celia. My IMK post, at last.
http://passionfruitgarden.com/2012/11/03/in-my-kitchen-november-2012/
Cheers
Hi Celia! I’m so glad I can finally comment on this ( we’ve had a massive hurricane leaving us without power for 5 days- only my cell works!) Such lovely things in you kitchen this month. The buttermilk was especially intriguing. I’ve never seen it like that! And your veggies looked so fresh. Do you make your own curry paste? I’ve always wanted to learn :)
Emilie, I’m so sorry to hear you were struck by Sandy! I’m glad you’re all ok. I’ve tried making my own curry powders and pastes before, but the premade versions from Thailand are sooo good that I don’t bother anymore. I’ve also found a local store which grinds their own curry powder, and it’s become our house staple!
This is so much fun – glad to have found your blog. “In My Kitchen” post is up here:http://theorangebee.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/in-my-kitchen/.
Thanks for inviting others to participate – I really enjoyed snooping in everyones kitchens!
Thanks for joining in! Look forward to peeking in your kitchen! :)
Do you do it monthly? Glad I could join in the fun!
I have the same Cacao Barry Tanzanie origin chocolates drops! I love them though! :) What tasty foods you have in your kitchen!
Sophie, you make such beautiful chocolate in Belgium! I love the Tanzanie too! xx
This is a lovely idea. You have some great stuff in your kitchen
Thank you! These posts are good fun! :)
Those little candied oranges.. I’d love a bite. In fact, I’d love to be at a workshop of yours.. where you share everything you know about chocolate!! It would be so fun!!
Barbara, you’re right, that WOULD be fun! Wish I could just send you some, but I doubt it would make it to Canada in one piece!
It would be fun.. but yes.. we live so far apart:) I will just have to try making some!!
I did put up a post, Celia.
Sorry it is so late, big storms got in the way! :)
Hooray! Thanks Heidi! xx
In one of your frugal posts you said to leave expired cream in the fridge for another week or so, then make butter – is this cream store bought pasturized or farm fresh raw cream?
Hi there, thanks for your comment. We have used cream that is up to a week past its expiry date (it’s a point of debate here though – it is common practice apparently, but I still don’t like it, although it does produce more flavoursome butter). That’s shop bought pasteurized cream – we can’t normally get our hands on fresh raw cream (although we did just last weekend!). :)
Thank you – I’ve just had a look at the old posts, and have amended them slightly.
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You know how much I love these posts. I love your goodies…those pancakes look amazing….We are all ok after SANDY. Thanks for asking…others had and are having a horrrible time. Friends have lost their home, cars, everything…very sad…
Thanks Norma. I’m so glad you’re ok, but sorry to hear about your friends..
Those chicken wings, that bread, real buttermilk! There is so much good stuff happening in your kitchen this month. I finally got around to posting my November IMK. Stop by some time…
I love your candied orange in chocolate – sounds lovely – something I have always wanted to try making. And the chocolate experiments sound like fun – would love to help you with testing.
Have finally got around to doing an in my kitchen post at http://gggiraffe.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/in-my-kitchen-november-2012.html