On any weekend, if you go to the local DIY store like Bunnings (our version of Lowe’s/Home Depot/B & Q), you will almost certainly smell hot sausages and onions in the parking lot as you enter the store. It’s called a “sausage sizzle” and for a couple of bucks, you get a slice of squishy [...]
Archive for July, 2008
4th of July in Oz
Posted in American, Australia, Ex-pat Experiences, Holidays, Miscellaneous/Quirky, tagged 4th of July, Ambrosia, Australia, Budweiser, ex-pats, Independence Day, Jell-o Shots, Kalua Pig, Lomi Salmon, Potluck, Red Velvet on July 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Jennifer’s Baked Beans Did you know that the term “POTLUCK” is rarely used outside of the U.S.? Well, my husband tells me that it isn’t used in the U.K. and I’ve never heard it used here in Australia. Any Canadians out there? Do you use the term “potluck” to mean “bring a dish” to parties? [...]
My Garden Friends
Posted in Birds, Garden, Miscellaneous/Quirky, tagged Australian Birds, Crested Pigeons, Eastern Rosella, Garden, Magpies, Parrots, sparrows on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This post isn’t about food but I couldn’t resist sharing these photos. Winter is a pretty dead time in my garden (plant-wise) but it is the time of year when I put out bird seed and everyday, I get excited by the different varieties of birds that visit me. The wonderful birds & wildlife is [...]
Want a Unique Hospitality/Food Job?
Posted in Australia, Ex-pat Experiences, Jobs, Miscellaneous/Quirky, tagged Aussie Slang, Australian Slang, Chicken Catcher, glassy, weird jobs on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Every Saturday, I thumb through the large “Career One” section of our local paper to see if anything jumps out at me as interesting or worth applying for. Although winter tends to be a pretty slow time of year for job ads, I have recently (in the last month) found two ads that made me [...]
Japanese-style Fried Oysters
Posted in Asian, Deep-Fried Food, Japanese, Oysters, Seafood, tagged Japanese, kaki fry, oyster fry, Oysters, panko, tonkatsu sauce on July 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I LOVE oysters. This is surprising because I hated them as a kid and when I tried my first raw oyster in the mid-90s (at the London Beer Show) , I got violently ill. Instead of putting me off of oysters for life, I fell in love with them and even did an in-depth study [...]
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