Folks, can I ask a favour this month? If you do an In My Kitchen post, could you please also make a point of reading and commenting on a few of the other IMK posts as well? (I know many of you already do this, thank you!)
As the gathering picks up momentum, it’s hard for us to get to every post, but it’s always lovely to have a virtual cup of tea with a few of our fellow bloggers! Thanks! xx
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In my kitchen…
…are the most gorgeous lilies ever, a gift from my neighbours Brett and Liz. They’ve flowered continuously for ten days, scenting the room with their sweet perfume…
In my kitchen…
…is a very special bag of Amedei callets, a belated birthday present from my friend Tania…
I used the 70% cacao drops in our favourite River Cottage chocolate cake, but we’ve also been eating them straight out of the packet…
In my kitchen…
…is Bobotie! After reading about this traditional dish on Tandy’s blog, I asked my South African neighbour Brett about it, and he made me some to try. I was so excited that I had to hop onto Twitter to tell Tandy and Mandy about it straight away…
It’s absolutely delicious, and a completely different flavour to any savoury mince dish I’ve tried before. Brett’s beef mince and sultana version is seasoned with garlic, curry powder, chutney, Worcestershire sauce, turmeric, vinegar and apricot jam. Here’s the recipe that he used…
In my kitchen…
…are new Turkish plates, bought with birthday money from my folks. They’re handpainted in food safe glazes, and we believe the little lip is meant to be a pouring spout. I bought the set from Moya at Turkuaz Motif (their new shop is at 127 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest)…
In my kitchen…
…were milk and dark Easter chocolates. I only made a few this year, but Small Man helped with the eggs, so it was a real family affair…
In my kitchen…
…is our third attempt at char siu. This batch was a great success…
My sons ate the entire half a kilo’s worth at dinner, so the only photos I have are these ones taken at night under the fluoro lights.
I used the Gourmet Traveller recipe and followed the instructions exactly (I bought the fermented red bean curd in Flemington)…
In my kitchen…
…are treasures from Glenda and Maus’ Passion Fruit Garden kitchen – homemade red wine vinegar, homegrown pickled capers, and extra virgin olive oil from their trees. They were over for a visit from Perth, and Glenda carefully packed these goodies in her luggage for me…
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Finally, in my kitchen…
…is the end of a looong quest to replace my worn out silicone spoons. Over the years, I’ve gone through half a dozen of these – the heads have eventually cracked, and the handles have splintered away from daily use.
I tried very hard to switch to wooden spoons, but just didn’t like the feel of them. Other silicone spatulas had handles that were too short, or heads that were too soft to really scrape food around in the wok. Eventually, I found these by Chasseur. They were perfect, and felt so much like the original, that I bought six of them.
In the photo below is the last of my original spoons (green) and the new blue and red Chasseur ones…
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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.
Here are this month’s posts…
JJ @ 84th & 3rd (Sydney, NSW)
Kim @ A Little Lunch (Oklahoma, USA)
Andrea @ Shabby Chick (Cotswolds, UK)
Gail @ Using Up The Veggie Box (first IMK post and a new blogger! Ballarat, VIC)
Glenda @ Healthy Stories (Melbourne, VIC)
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella (Sydney, NSW)
Moya @ Food & Tools (first IMK post! Bahrain)
Aneela @ The Odd Pantry (first IMK post! San Francisco, USA)
Bernice @ Dish ‘n’ the Kitchen (Calgary, Canada)
Becca @ The InTolerant Chef (Canberra, ACT)
Tina @ The Rogue Sparrow (Australia)
Danielle @ The nOATbook (Melbourne, VIC)
Clare @ The Life of Clare (Geelong, VIC)
Selma @ Selma’s Table (London, UK)
Shaheen @ Allotment2Kitchen (Wales)
Kari @ Bite-Sized Thoughts (Western Australia)
Sandy @ Vegans Eat Yummy Food Too! (Sydney, NSW)
Maureen @ Orgasmic Chef (Sunshine Coast, QLD)
Francesca @ Almost Italian (Melbourne, VIC)
Andrew @ Andrew Faith (Blue Mountains, NSW)
Taryn @ The Wooden Spoons (first IMK post! Canberra, ACT)
Leah @ Sharing The Food We Love (Brisbane, QLD)
Fran @ The Food Marshall (Canberra, ACT)
Mandy @ The Complete Cookbook (Sundays River, South Africa)
Ale @ Ligera de Equipaje (Argentina)
Ardys @ Ardysez (Alice Springs, Northern Territory)
Jason @ Don’t Boil The Sauce (Melbourne, VIC)
Fiona @ TIFFIN – Bite Sized Food Adventures (Brisbane, QLD)
Jane @ The Shady Baker (Broken Hill, NSW)
Tania @ My Kitchen Stories (Sydney, NSW)
Misky @ The Chalk Hills Kitchen (West Sussex, UK)
Liz @ Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things (Canberra, ACT)
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe (Melbourne, VIC)
Debi @ My Kitchen Witch (Sheffield, UK)
Lisa @ I’ll Be There With A Fork (Brisbane, QLD)
Jennifer @ Milk and Honey (Gippsland, VIC)
Anne @ Life in Mud Spattered Boots (Essex, UK)
Tania @ The Cook’s Pyjamas (Perth, Western Australia)
Mel @ The Cook’s Notebook (Brisbane, Queensland)
Charlie Louie @ Hotly Spiced (Sydney, NSW)
Lauren @ Living the Savory Life (Perth, Western Australia)
Sandra @ Please Pass the Recipe (Melbourne, VIC)
Joanne @ What’s on the List? (Adelaide, South Australia)
Tandy @ Lavender and Lime (Gordons Bay, South Africa)
Kylie @ Town Mouse Country Mouse (first IMK post! Northern Victoria)
Glenda @ Passion Fruit Garden (Perth, Western Australia)
Anne @ Anne Lawson (late April post – Melbourne VIC)
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 