Happy August everyone!
A couple of things…
Firstly, a reminder that the 4th International Scone Week begins on the 11th August! Here’s our post from 2013 – hopefully we can have as much fun this year!
Secondly, if you do an IMK post, please let me know. You can leave a comment on my blog, or send me a tweet or email, but please don’t assume I’ll see your post and add it to the list otherwise. I’d hate to leave anyone off the list, but there are so many contributors now that I can’t keep track of you all without your help. Thanks!
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In my kitchen…
…are brownies for my young friend Red Roars, who is in the middle of exams. I used this recipe…
In my kitchen…
…is a new attempt at pulled pork. I skinned cheap pork hocks, seasoned them with a brown sugar spice rub, then baked them in presoaked Römertopfs for four hours at 135C. Unlike my usual recipe, I didn’t add any water, but I did turn the meat over and basted it in its juices a couple of times during the cooking process. The result wasn’t quite as tender as the other method (which could have been because of the cut I used), but the meat was incredibly flavoursome…
In my kitchen…
…is an automatic egg cooker, picked up from Aldi for under $20. My friend Carol swears by hers, and I’m hoping it will help us deal with our current egg glut…
And speaking of Carol, in my kitchen…
…is the last bar of nougat that she brought us back from Spain. The other two were absolutely delicious…
In my kitchen…
…is a one kilo box of Buderim Naked Ginger, which we found at Costco. We eat a lot of ginger at our house…
The naked ginger is still candied, but without the heavy sugary coating. I’m not sure how it can be low GI, as it’s still very sweet…
In my kitchen…
…is lots and lots of confit. A dedicated post is on its way…
In my kitchen…
…is fancy Italian pasta, picked up for $1 a packet on sale at our local Italian supermarket…
In my kitchen…
…are bags of Antico Molino Caputo Semola di Grano Duro Rimacinata. Along with regular bakers flour, this fine remilled semolina flour forms the backbone of most of my sourdough baking. The Caputo brand is of a particularly high quality…
In my kitchen…
…are our first limes ever off our dwarf tree…
In my kitchen…
…is a Spanish stew, made with chick peas, pork belly, potatoes and chorizo. The recipe comes from David Tanis’ One Good Dish…
In my kitchen…
…is smoked salt! It’s widely available here now. Tanya, this photo is for you…
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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. Please upload your post by the 10th of each month.
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Here are this month’s posts…
Bernice @ Dish ‘n’ the Kitchen (Calgary, Canada)
Emily @ Cooking for Kishore (New Jersey, USA)
Moya @ Food & Tools (Bahrain)
Shaheen @ Allotment2Kitchen (Wales)
Christine @ Food Wine Travel (Brisbane, QLD)
JJ @ 84th & 3rd (Sydney, NSW)
Clare @ The Life of Clare (Geelong, VIC)
Serena @ Anything But Toast (Canberra, ACT)
Siobhan @ Garden Correspondent (Ulupinar, Turkey)
Mel @ The Cook’s Notebook (Brisbane, QLD)
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella (Sydney, NSW)
Claire @ Claire K Creations (Brisbane, QLD)
Vicki @ Boiled Eggs & Soldiers (first IMK post! Sydney, NSW)
Danielle @ The nOATbook (Melbourne, VIC)
Anne @ Anne Lawson (Melbourne VIC)
Laila @ Table of Colors (Finland)
Indira @ I’ll Cook, You Wash (first IMK post! Georgetown, Guyana)
Tania @ The Cook’s Pyjamas (Perth, Western Australia)
Liz @ Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard (Gold Coast, QLD)
Gretchen @ Feeding My 3 Sons (first IMK post! South Carolina, USA)
Emma @ SurreyKitchen (Surrey, UK)
Ngan @ Ngan Made It (San Francisco, USA)
Diane @ Photographs and Recipes (Massachusetts, USA)
Nicole @ Miss Food Fairy (Melbourne, VIC)
Becca @ The InTolerant Chef (Canberra, ACT)
Fiona @ TIFFIN – Bite Sized Food Adventures (Brisbane, QLD)
Mandy @ The Complete Cookbook (Sundays River, South Africa)
Jennifer @ Milk and Honey (Gippsland, VIC)
Jason @ Don’t Boil The Sauce (Melbourne, VIC)
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe (Melbourne, VIC)
Ella @ Mulberry and Pomegranate (Sydney, NSW)
Jane @ The Shady Baker (Broken Hill, NSW)
Sherry @ Sherry’s Pickings (Brisbane, QLD)
Lisa @ I’ll Be There With A Fork (Brisbane, QLD)
Fran @ Life in the Food Lane (from Maine, USA this month!)
Taryn @ The Wooden Spoons (Canberra, ACT)
Kim @ A Little Lunch (Oklahoma, USA)
Kari @ Bite-Sized Thoughts (London, UK)
Maree @ Around The Mulberry Tree (Gippsland, VIC)
Greg and Katherine @ Rufus’ Food and Spirits Guide (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
Glenda @ Healthy Stories (Melbourne, VIC)
Emma @ Gustoso (Brisbane, QLD)
Nancy @ Jamjnr (Shanghai, China)
Misky @ The Chalk Hills Kitchen (West Sussex, UK)
Anne @ Life in Mud Spattered Boots (Essex, UK)
Sandra @ Please Pass the Recipe (Melbourne, VIC)
Joanne @ What’s on the List? (Adelaide, South Australia)
Ardys @ Ardysez (Alice Springs, Northern Territory)
Charlie Louie @ Hotly Spiced (Sydney, NSW)
Tania @ My Kitchen Stories (Sydney, NSW)
Debi @ My Kitchen Witch (Sheffield, UK)
Tandy @ Lavender and Lime (Gordons Bay, South Africa)
Sally @ Bewitching Kitchen (Kansas, USA)
Francesca @ Almost Italian (Melbourne, VIC)
Glenda @ Passion Fruit Garden (Perth, Western Australia)
Liz @ Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things (Canberra ACT)
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 
Great collection, as usual – my semolina flour is the exact same brand… we are basically sisters in flour!
I am joining in this month, dear…. my post is going to go live in exactly 15 hours! YEAH!!!!!!!!
Hooray! Will look out for it, Sally! Sisters in flour, love it!! :)
Great post – as always! And congratulations on your very first limes from your very own tree !!
Cecile, it’s the tiniest little tree too – we’re pretty excited that it’s finally fruited! :)
Happy August to you too Celia. If only all exams desks had been made of chocolate brownies – I suspect I might have studied with more enthusiasm! That brand of semola rimacinata is now available in Brisbane. I had to walk my feet off to find the flour when I initially wanted to make your ciabatta but now I see it popping up in a few places and my initial thoughts were that it must have been triggered by more readers of FJLC looking for it. I’m so glad you’re going to do a post on confit cooking. I’ve always wanted to give it a go but find it a little intimidating. I’m intrigued by the automatic egg cooker – I must tell ‘my girls’ about that. We have them corralled now so that they can’t rake and chomp all over the garden and they are a bit put out – one did go ‘over the wall’ briefly – she landed on the top of the chicken wire which wobbled backwards and forwards and the look of consternation on her face was very funny. Thanks for a nice post Celia.
Jan, the confit post is coming up next, and it’s written just for you. Ha! That sounds so PR-ish, but honestly, I wrote it because I always used to think confit was intimidating, and then one day I figured out it just wasn’t. :) I’m glad you have the chooks away from your garden beds now!
All looking good Celia as usual Celia. How wonderful to grow your own limes – did you do something special with them? I candied some ginger without coating it in sugar and sometimes slip a couple of pieces in with some dried fruit for Bill’s packed lunch – just to keep him on his toes. Intrigued by the egg cooker.
Anne, they’re sitting on the kitchen bench and we’re just admiring them at the moment. The tree has taken a few years to fruit, so we’re feeling really chuffed at the moment. I’m hoping the little egg cooker will be the business – it certainly promises a lot in the blurb!
Happy August! I am always amazed at how punctual you are with your IMK posts. The brownies look delicious. I am using some limes lately. I wish I could grow them here! I have been debating for a while if I should get an egg cooker.
In my kitchen right now is a yeast pumpkin bread loaf and pumpkin chip cupcakes. Also the preparations for making a big batch of tomato soup which will be canned
Manuela, I’ll give the egg cooker a whirl and let you know how I go. It was a cheap punt from Aldi, or I wouldn’t have bought it, but it does promise to cook 7 eggs at a time!
Hi Celia, Can’t wait for international scone week! Looks like you have been busy lately but you are always busy. You have also found some great produce.
Here is my post http://passionfruitgarden.com/2014/07/31/in-my-kitchen-august-2014/ have a great month. G
Glenda, those sourdough scones you’ve been baking looked amazing! :)
This has given me the inspiration to re-attempt making a good gluten free scone from scratch.
Cool! Look forward to seeing them! :)
that’s a lot of ginger!!! I’m really looking forward to your confit post. I haven’t attempted that yet…will try when I get a new oven without collapsing racks otherwise could be dangerous!
Bernie, we’ve just been eating our way through the box! I hope you get a new oven soon – collapsing racks sounds worrying!
I’m fascinated by your egg cooker. Will you make deviled eggs? (my fav) It’s hot here so I’m not spending as much time in the kitchen as usual. Need to plan some meals for the BBQ. Hugs and good eats, Maz.
Maz, I don’t think so – boiled and poached as far as I can tell. My most recent fascination has been with US bbq – which is funny given that I don’t even own a bbq! :)
We have a small gas grill which is great for keeping the heat outside but we do our BBQ ribs in foil in the oven ala Alton Brown. :-)
Another fun month in your kitchen! It all looks so wonderful. I am jealous of the limes. We had a drawn lime tree years ago and it died after a couple years.
We’re lucky that it’s fruited – the kaffir lime and finger limes aren’t looking particularly good at the moment, but this little Tahitian is doing well!
Maybe we will try limes again sometime! I finally managed to get up my own In My Kitchen post! I have been meaning to do it for months and never seem to get it done!
Ooh lots of exciting things – love the Spanish one pot dish and thanks for the salt photo! Isn’t it pretty?! My parents are at their home in London right now so I am going to ask my mum to try and track some down for me – I don’t think it will be a problem there. Will have to give some thought to making scones soon too :)
Chica, would love to see your scones! The smoked salt is really lovely – and let me know if you want me to email you the stew recipe (I wasn’t planning to write it up). x
Oh yes please! We love chick peas and I’ve just bought the most enormous slow cooker which I’m experimenting with so this would be a perfect dish :)
Sent! :)
I am keen to learn how to use the Italian semolina flour in sourdough cooking. The brownies look deliciuous- lucky Red!
Francesca, can I offer you a recipe? If you have access to the semola rimacinata (it’s quite different from fine semolina, in that it’s actually a finely remilled flour), you might like to give our sourdough ciabattas a whirl.. :)
https://figjamandlimecordial.com/2011/03/23/ciabatta-con-semola-rimacinata-di-grano-duro/
Thanks Celia, what a great idea, I’m heading into the city later today so will source some semolina rimacinata as well as many other flour products. Its all pretty exciting and suits the wet cold weather.
And another IMK post out. Thanks Celia.
http://almostitalian.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/in-my-kitchen-august-2014/
Do you reckon it’s our age, Francesca? We’re both up and chatting at 5.30am… :D
It’s just ridiculous, when will I ever get a decent sleep! But Mr T swears he hears me snoring at times so I must get some. My head is often too busy for sleep although put on the TV and I manage a good catnap. Age or madness?
David Attenborough or Stephen Fry are my guaranteed insomnia cures. Something about their voices… :) But I hear you, the early waking is doing my head in a bit too (4.45am this morning) …
Ahahhahah Stephen Fry, YES, insomnia cure.
Feeling happy that you have picked your first limes, how delicious! We thought we bought a lime, among the citrus we bought for pots, but they turned out to be all lemons, despite the ‘lime’ tag. Oh well. Love the look of your brownies Celia.. and the pulled pork, yummy! Have a great August xo
Thanks darling! Bummer about the citrus, but lemons are good too! :) Have a great month, hope this is the month you get to lose the boot! xxx
I think there are at least 3 of us up and chatting at 5.30am, though yours was not the first chat and it is now 6.21!! Very interesting post Celia… not much happening in my kitchen so I’ve written about what we ate on our travels… hope that is okay. Will let you know when it’s ready.
Ardys, maybe we need to start the old woman’s chat room.. :) Look forward to reading about your travels – and yes, of course it’s ok! xx
I’ve a similar egg cooker Celia, and it’s great for steam ‘boiling’ them. I don’t like the texture of the ‘poached’, they go quite rubbery though. Hope you gets lots of use from yours :) Your pork looks yummy and your brownies are awesome! I still have no normal limes or lemons cropping,I must need to feed mine more. Lots of lovelies as usual lovely! Xox
Ooh Becca, thanks for the tip, I don’t want to waste my girls’ lovely offerings on rubbery poached eggs! I’m impressed you can grow citrus at all down there – it’s so cold! :)
Another lovely collection, Celia. I bought 2 “patio” limes last year, which are a dwarf variety. As soon as I got them home they started dropping leaves, so I repotted them – only to find they were utterly pot-bound. They’ve been struggling ever since. I despair of ever getting fruit off them.
Amanda, we’ve never had luck with citrus in a pot – in fact, we have very little luck with anything other than succulents in pots. I think it’s the daily watering – we never seem to get around to it! I wasn’t sure about the dwarf limes, but I’m much happier now one of them has actually fruited! Hope you’re enjoying Vietnam – love the photos!
Happy August to you too, the year is flying by way too fast. Congrats on your first lime harvest how exciting. Looking forward to reading about confit.
Norma, I was barely on the internet in July, so I feel a bit like I’ve lost a month of seeing what everyone’s up to. I love the IMK posts as they give me a chance to catch up. Hope your garden is growing well! x
It´sn´t August 1st yet , here in Argentina, but, tomorrow morning I´ll see if something new is happening in my kitchen….not much but I ´ll do my best!
Your brownies made me envious of your friend!!!
Ale, look forward to it, but please don’t worry if you’re busy, there’s always next month! :) And you wouldn’t be envious of my young friend – he’s doing his matriculation exams! :)
I love the look of your confit duck and can’t wait to see the end result. I often see fancy pasta for $1.00 but we have to buy spelt as so many in this house are trying to cut back on gluten (somehow the gluten in spelt is okay). I would love to try that nougat! I love crystalised ginger but hate the amount of sugar so need to buy some Buderim ginger. How fortunate to have an egg glut! I buy so many cases of eggs and every time I reach for yet another carton, I keep thinking I need my own hens xx
Charlie, you’d love the Buderim naked ginger – it really is perfect without the sugary coating. You can get it anywhere now in small bags. I wish you had chooks too – I can only imagine how much you’d love them – if the girls didn’t eat them! :)
Oh how I love the first of the month! It took me until the 24th of last month to get through all of the IMK posts. I’ve just planted my first lime tree so I’m envious of yours and also of the egg glut. The dog forced his way into the pen yesterday and ate what few eggs there were.
Jo, it’s so good of you to read all the posts, thank you! I try to read a few every day – it’s so lovely and gentle and soothing to peek into everyone’s kitchens. And sounds like you need new chooks! :)
Hugely jealous of your ‘first off the limetree’!! Own fault!! As will only eat non-white pasta have to watch put for the specials: GroceryRun not bad!!!
Eha, sounds like Grocery Run works well for you – so glad to hear that! :)
It does – and so do Stephen Fry [have always loved the guy to bits !!] and David Attenborough !!!! Could not ‘do’ without either!!!!!
Wow, you have wonderful goodies in your kitchen this month. I use my egg boiler a lot so hope yours proves to be just as useful. And a glut of eggs would result in a lot of ice cream for me. My post will be up in 2 hours :)
Tandy, I’m trying it out this weekend, so I’m pretty excited! We don’t do icecream much anymore – the older we get, the less Pete and I seem to be able to stomach milk and cream. Looking forward to reading your post! :)
Everything you post looks so good. I’m eking out our chorizo – last night I fried it with a couple of onions and incoporated it with http://www.notquitenigella.com/2011/01/06/5-minute-spanish-potato-omelette/ :)
ED, I’m SO happy you’ve enjoyed them so much! They’re from Black Forest Smokehouse in Marrickville, and we think they’re the nicest ones we’ve ever tried! I’ve been saving your Johnny Cash post to read with a cup of tea this weekend – I’m a huge fan! :)
Hi Celia, i’m very excited about your confit duck, i’m looking forward to that post. I love naked ginger from Buderim too. Leah just gave me a bottle of their ginger cordial which is equally fabulous. Here’s my contribution. Thanks for hosting this wonderful forum. http://wp.me/p2frs2-1Dw
Thanks Sandra! Isn’t the Buderim ginger just so fabulous? We love their stuff. Have a great weekend!
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G’day! A great collection this month Celia! The egg boiler reminds me of childhood fun! I could go for a brownie right now!
I’d love to participate re your International Scones Week too!
Cheers! Thanks for hosting this great series each month! Joanne
Joanne, please join in, would love to see your scones! I’m going to experiment with the egg boiler this weekend! :)
I love pulled pork, and that looks fantastic!! Happy August to you, Celia.
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Yaay! Thanks Misky! Cold but sunny here this weekend, what’s it like in West Sussex? :)
Sunny and about 24C, although a bit of rain expected tomorrow. We can use the rain; it’s been very dry here in July. xx
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I couldn’t get past the duck confit….. Cannot wait!!! great post…
Thanks Mimi! We’re drowning in confit at the moment – as usual, I’ve gotten a little carried away..hahaha
You can never have too much confit!!!
Celia you always have such wonderful goodies in your kitchen! I’d have to day that my favourite is your first limes. How exciting!
Claire, we’re just so thrilled that we keep looking at them, trying to figure out the best way to use them! :)
I am so jealous of your lime tree. I’ve never tried making pulled pork before, I must give it a go soon as it is so delicious. The automatic egg cooker looks like a neat kitchen gadget too. I didn’t know about 4th international scone week. I’ll have to reblog my devonshire scone recipe. Thanks for telling me. I am so excited about my second IMK post. I’ll let you know when it is ready to go up. Happy August Celia. Emma.
Emma, that’s fabulous, look forward to your post! And please join in with scone week – it’s a bit of lark, and we kind of made it up a few years ago.. :)
Here’s the original post on International Scone Week…
https://figjamandlimecordial.com/2012/08/06/international-scone-week/
Our lime tree looked like it was starting well, but only ended up with a few fruit. My only knowledge of confit is hearing the term used on Masterchef, I look forward to your post on it.
Danielle, I wish I understood how citrus worked! Of the three limes we planted – the Tahitian has just made its first fruit, but the kaffir lime is looking poorly, and the finger lime is nothing but a mass of thorns. It might not survive our garden given that it lives next to the driveway!
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Celia, it is looking delicious, as usual! And inspiring to do an IMK again this month. From “my” Maine kitchen, this time…
Look forward to reading it, Fran! :)
A great look into where the magic happens, Celia.Love that you’ve always got some sort of baked goods on display, like today’s brownies. Yum! They’ll make up for the lack of tromboncino. :)
I buy Caputo flours, too. Coincidentally, my Italian market is also called Caputo’s. They’re different companies and I’ve no idea whether they’re in any way related. No matter. I like and use both.
John, the trombies will be back in one form or another, we’ll just have to find a different bed for them. We’re still eating the monster mutants from last year – my creativity with them is quite stretched. :) The Caputo flours are really nice – they have a great pizza flour as well. We usually use the Granoro flours, but the last batch we bought was buggy, so I’ve made the switch.
I always feel like I have just been travelling the world whenever I come and read one of your posts Celia :). You are a most accomplished and adventurous cook and I love getting ideas for my own kitchen from yours. I also love that you use frugal as well as expensive cuts of meat for your meals and as Stevie-boy eats meat, it gives me some great ideas for his meals as well. Cheers for your ongoing hard work and coordination of this event, it really is appreciated :)
Fran, you say the nicest things, thank you. :) We love meat, but we try to buy higher welfare meat, which is never cheap, so we balance that out by trying to stretch it as far as possible, and to use as many bits and pieces that might otherwise be rejected. That does mean we end up with occasional offerings of trotters and pigs’ ears – haven’t been able to bring myself to cook intestines yet! :)
So long as the “bits” inside the intestines are missing and they have been washed out they are amazing for sausages and home-made haggis (I had a Scottish grandfather). I was raised on thrift but only learned that it WAS thrift when I left home and realised that what we had been eating came from cheaper cuts. Grandma and mum were both amazing cooks and what they cooked and how they prepared it has stayed with me and followed me into my vegan exploits only it’s VERY hard to replicate brawn and pigs trotters if you are vegan ;)
Confit duck is Rich’s favourite to order when we eat out so I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Although with his high cholesterol I should be helping him to steer clear! Congratulations on the limes – especially as they are so expensive in the summer months. My post is up now. Thank you for hosting I know it must be a lot of work x
Nancy, it is a bit of work, but I LOVE being able to catch up with everyone every month! Life has been so busy of late that I’ve fallen behind on my blog reading, so the first week of every month feels like a chance to touch base with all my friends.. :)
Btw, are you on twitter? For some reason I thought you were, but I can’t find you now…
Love the peek in your kitchen. What dishes do you use the smoked salt for? Congrats on your limes :) Have you heard of a lemonade fruit? My sister gave me some recently which she picked up at her local greengrocer, the juice is delicious in mineral water, tastes like lemonade but milder less sickly sweet.
Stefanie, I often add the smoked salt to my Romertopf porks – we don’t have a bbq, so it’s a little bit of added flavour. And lemonade fruit – I have seen it, but have never tried it. Sounds delicious!
I love pulled pork, but I’ve never made it.
Here’s my contribution for this month – http://www.gustoso.com.au/blog/challenge/in-my-kitchen-august-2014/
Thanks for playing, Emma! :)
Oh I love naked ginger. I really should switch back to it instead of the regular crystallised ginger. I actually consider crystallised ginger to be my ‘lollies’, and it’s good because I can only eat so much of it before my mouth tells me to stop, but with some lollies I can eat a whole bag. I’m also quite intrigued by the smoked salt. It’s not something I’ve come across before, but I can imagine it adds some interesting flavours.
Here’s my IMK for this month: http://healthystories.com.au/2014/08/in-my-kitchen-august/
Glenda, we eat the naked ginger as “lollies” too – it’s our after dinner treat. I used to dip them in chocolate, but then I eat far, far too many of them. The smoked salt is lovely – quite a few brands of it available now!
Oooh I’m hoping to do mine either next week or the week after. Oh hang on, that’s too late isn’t it? Eek!
Next week is fine! :)
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Hi Celia, I’m very much looking forward to your confit post and I love the look of your brownies too! I am such a big fan of smoked salt, I really need to pick some up for my kitchen too :)
My IMK post is up now and I’m about to pop around and check out every body else’s. Thanks Celia!
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Thanks Taryn! Look forward to peeking into your kitchen! :)
The brownies and smoked salt are calling to me, and making me wonder what smoked salt brownies would be like…I like salted chocolate and smoky things so it seems like it out to be a good pairing!
I’ve just published my August IMK post – http://www.bitesizedthoughts.com/2014/08/in-my-kitchen-august-2014.html :)
Kari, what an interesting combination – the whole chocolate/caramel/salt combo is very big at the moment!
Happy August to you Celia. Looks like another interesting collection from your kitchen:)
Thanks Jody! Have a great month! :)
Your kitchen must have smelled extra good with all you have been cooking. I’m looking forward to your confit recipe. Yum.
Thanks Karen! The confit post is coming next! :)
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If I were in the middle of exams, I won’t be able to focus with all those goodies surrounding me!
Julie
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Julie, I hope that’s not the case! They’re supposed to keep him up late at night when he’s studying! :)
Hi, Celia! Your pulled pork would do an Oklahoma barbecue proud! The brown sugar spice rub sounds fantastic and those fresh limes are begging to be squeezed over a taco or fajita… with a brownie for dessert, of course. ;) (Nice of you to make them for your young friend!) My IMK post will be up and running shortly. Thanks for another month of kitchen fun!
Kim, you have no idea how happy your comment makes me – I’m a bit obsessed with American style bbq at the moment! Which is ironic, as I don’t actually own a bbq. :)
Thanks for linking us up. We’ll send you a note or leave a comment more quickly next time. The pulled pork looks wonderful, so do the limes.
Greg, thank you and that’s all fine, but do let me know if I ever miss out on your post! :) Lovely to peek into your kitchen!
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Another wonderland of delicious goodies. The smoked salt looks very nice, big crystals too. Didn’t know you used the Caputo semolina. They really know how to make flour. Sounds like your girls are happy if they are laying a lot of eggs.
T, I used to use the Granoro remilled sem because it was always on special, but the last batch I had was really buggy. Johnny ordered a ten pack of the Caputo for me, and it’s superb!
My word! Those brownies and the smokes salt make me want to get baking and go smoked salt hunting respectively! What a lovely month in your kitchen Celia. Congratulations on harvesting your own limes too!
I’ve just published my contribution for August: http://withafork.blogspot.com/2014/08/whats-in-my-kitchen-august-2014.html
Thanks Lisa, we’re pretty excited about the limes! :)
hi celia
that is very exciting about your own limes. i am jealous:) everything is so interesting in your post. i am a huge fan of smoked salt too. I buy the yakima apple wood smoked version- it takes me back to childhood and smelling woodsmoke around the hills where i lived. My post is up: http://sherryspickings.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/in-my-kitchen-august-2014.html
thanks for hosting.
Apple wood smoked salt? How cool is that! I’ll keep my eyes open for it, Sherry!
Hello Celia, it is busy and colourful in your kitchen as always! You had me at the chocolate brownie!
Once again, a girl can never have enough good quality flour. The Spanish stew looks like perfect winter food. I am fascinated with the confit. Off to read your next post now.
My post is linked, thank you for being a lovely host x
Jane, I think the Spanish stew might be the perfect dish to pop into your wood oven once the bread is out – don’t know why I think that, but I do! :)
Always so many wonderful things in your kitchen Celia. I am positive we get that same pasta here and my Pete would love that salt.
I will do my IMK post tomorrow morning.
Have a beautiful week ahead.
:-) Mandy xo
Mandy, I’ll think of you when we next make pasta! :)
Lots of good stuff – I am most excited that you are getting limes off your tree (ours had a good yield a few months back but now it is the lemon tree that is doing well) and the smoked salt – and intrigued by the semolina flour – I use it in pizza dough quite a bit but haven’t used it in sourdough baking.
I have posted my August In My Kitchen at http://gggiraffe.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/in-my-kitchen-august-2014-and-vegan.html
Johanna, I used the remilled semolina in most of my loaves – I love the chewiness and elasticity it imparts on the crumb!
Wow Celia, I woo love to be in your kitchen this month, with all of those delicious treats!! How wonderful are limes this year. It has been such a spectacular winter for citrus, it’s the first time my father in law had limes on his Tahitian lime tree (and not just the blossoms) in about 20 years!! Your limes look just right to be squeezed over some frangelico on ice!!
Frangelico! I’m giving that a miss for a couple of months – don’t ask.. ;-) And yes, the citrus has been amazing this year, hasn’t it!
Hi Celia. You have some seriously good goodies in your kitchen this month. I want a huge bowl of that Spanish Stew when I get back from the gym this morning. Can you arrange that for me? LOL
Here’s my In My Kitchen post for this month:
http://milk-and.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/in-my-kitchen-august-2014.html
Have a fantastic week.
Jen, sorry, but if you CHOOSE to go to the gym, then you’re on your own.. ;-)
Please add me onto the list as well Celia! I have been a bit excited about truffles this month :) xox
Oooh, can’t wait to see them Becca! xxx
Ooops, here’s the link!
http://intolerantchef.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/in-my-kitchen-august-2014.html
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I’m just loving this time of month Celia. Lots of amazing inspiration from kitchens all over the world. Lots more people to meet this month I see which is fantastic – a big welcome to everyone. Thank you again Celia. This is such a fantastic party – I love being a part of it. Here’s IMK this month http://missfoodfairy.com/2014/08/04/in-my-kitchen-august-2014/ Hope you enjoy :)
Nicole, we love that you’re always at the party too! :)
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Celia – I was just thinking about scone week & how I haven’t made any in a very long time. I wonder if those brownies were only for your friend in the middle of exams – no help from your family? A brown sugar rub sounds delicious on the pork & is something I haven’t thought to try although it definitely seems to be a winner.
Love that egg cooker! I take it the chooks have been productive? The cooker looks like it does more than just hard boil the eggs (based on the picture). I’ll be interested in hearing how that works out.
Wow – smoked salt…I can’t wait to hear what you do with that since you’re always so creative I’ll bet you’ve got plans. All that food is making me very hungry – wish I had all of it for lunch right now.
Thank you always for hosting the IMK posts. You are a gem. And, I do have mine finally ready to go:
http://dianeskitchentable.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/in-my-kitchen-august-2014/
Hooray! Look forward to reading it, Diane! Hope you’re well and truly healed after the op now! The egg cooker made the most perfect soft boiled eggs for dinner the other night, but Becca warned me against using the poaching function.. :)
Celia, I am in love with pulled pork at the moment, and yours looks so tasty. It is on my list of things to try to cook, so one day soon….. And those brownies, YUM! I have mentioned brownies in my In my kitchen post
http://annelawson.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/in-my-kitchen-3/
but I can’t lay any claim to cooking them. Thanks again for hosting the posts. There are lots of interesting kitchens to visit this month.
Thanks for playing, Anne! Look forward to your brownies! :)
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Celia, that Spanish stew and pulled pork look delicious, and International scones week sounds like a lot of fun. You have so many goodies in your kitchen, makes me want to go shopping immediately! Thank you for hosting IMK and here is my post:
http://ngansequitur.com/2014/08/05/in-my-kitchen-august-2014.
Ngan, the Spanish stew was sooo good – Pete’s already said we have to make it again! :)
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Hi Celia, Just letting you know that my IMK for this month is now up, Finally :) I’ve been doing so much cooking I have hardly had time to write… Thanks again for this fantastic opportunity to share and to see what is happening all over the world, it is wonderful!
http://www.themotherhubbardscupboard.com/?p=958
Liz x
I saw all your slices! You’re been on fire! :)
I may not be the Tanya the salt picture is for but snap! I have smoked salt in my kitchen this month as well :)
I am loving that you are really into pulled pork at the moment. I feel like I need to get on the bandwagon but I am enjoying your adventures along the way. ( and making notes ;) )
Tania, I’ve figured out that pulled pork is a very economical way for us to eat meat – it ends up in several dinners because it’s so versatile! :)
Pulled pork is on my list of things to do…perhaps a new enthusiasm! And the ginger looks wonderful :) I think I woulud eat like candy. My IMK post will be going up in just a few minutes.
Thanks for playing, Laila! I’m getting a cup of tea and then joining you at your kitchen table (it always feels like that.. ) :)
Hi Celia! Here’s my first IMK Post: http://illcookyouwash.wordpress.com/2014/08/06/in-my-kitchen-july/ . I’m really happy to be a part of this great party! :)
Cool! Thanks for joining in Indira! :)
Well it seems I’ve commented on everyone’s post except yours… I am committed to getting a Romertopff after all of your posts but the thing that really took my fancy this month is the fact that you used cheap pork hocks to make that delicious looking pulled pork. Great idea. I have a microwave egg boiler. It’s all I use. 4 eggs in 10 minutes, no fuss, no cracks, all good. Easy to mak a batch to have for lunches. Cheers. xx
I have a whole post drafted re those hocks, Fiona, but it keeps growing! :)
Hi Celia, I’m new to your great site and I love what you are doing with “In My Kitchen”. I’m going to try the pulled pork too! You have inspired me to do my first post on what’s in my kitchen; http://www.boiledeggsandsoldiers.com/2014/08/in-my-kitchen-august-2014/
it’s a wonderful way to share, thank you.
Vicki, fabulous! Thanks for playing!
Hi Celia, there really are times I wish I could lick the screen….and actually get a taste. (no flirting I promise)
The pork and confit looks sensational and I can almost smell the limes from here!
cheers
Jason
Ha! The confit was great fun to make.. :)
Looks like another fine month at your place, Celia!
Thanks hon. Hope all is well in sunny Qld! xx
Hi Celia, just posted my In My Kitchen – sorry for being so tardy and absent of late. Hope it is not too late!
Serena, not at all, nice to visit your kitchen again this month! :)
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Happy August Celia and love that you have fresh limes in your kitchen. My limes tree only flowered this year after five yersrs of waiting. So my one lime is going to be very precious. Love confit of duck and look forward to seeing your post. The brownies look fab. Wonder how you will like your new egg cooker? My IMK post is up… I look forward to the next :)
Moya, they take forever to flower, don’t they? We have three limes in total, and they are indeed very precious…
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Hi Celia! Crystallized ginger is the best, all purpose fixer! The limes look lovely, I’m looking forward to mine later this summer.
Here is my IMK post Hope it’s not too late: http://cookingforkishore.blogspot.com/2014/08/in-my-kitchen-august-2014.html
Thanks for playing, Emily! :)
Hi Celia, just made the deadline of the 10th month, my post is up http://allotment2kitchen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/august-in-my-kitchen.html
Also, brownies have been requested by one of the nieces (again).
Shaheen, wonderful! Hope your nieces like the brownies! :)
OOOOp! I posted this by mistake on your July IMK post. Hubby is chomping at the bit to sit down and watch a movie so he’s wanting me to hurry it up.
I did it! Just squeaked by….it’s really difficult when the 10th ends up on a busy summer weekend ;)
thank you so much Celia!!
http://dishnthekitchen.wordpress.com/2014/08/10/in-my-kitchen-august-2014/
Oh Celia… you must be exhausted! I am, it took me 3 days to get through all the IMK post this month! Very exciting for you that it has grown so much! I am starting a “Recipe of the Month”, where (in the last week of the month) I post my favourite recipe that I have made from another bloggers page! I decided to do it to motivate me to not just file away all the lovely recipes but to actually make them! See you next month! Liz x
Hi Celia – you do an amazing job keeping up with so many of the IMK posts and IMK does a great job of bringing people together. And you also have so much warmth and generosity in your kitchen – those brownies look like just the thing to get anyone through exams, the smoked salt looks delicious, love the sound of nougat as a souvenir and I am intrigued by your use of semolina in your sourdough baking.
Here is my IMK post
http://gggiraffe.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/september-2014-in-my-kitchen-vegan-mofo.html
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