Burns & Boboties

It's been over 3 years since I made bobotie, which really is scary as it shows how fast time can whiz by. With the advent of freezing evening temperatures and quickly cooling afternoons, and the fact that it's Saturday, I took the lamb mince out of the freezer and got to work this afternoon. I find it about a 2 hour process, so it's just not a practical weeknight dish.

Of course there's the prerequisite burn because I don't seem to understand the spatial concept that my hand cannot occupy the same area that the molecules of the hot metal oven wall live in. Owie.

Just waiting for the custard on top to set, and we'll be eating South African fare. I suppose I'll have to try it with kangaroo one day just to get that Australian flair.

Autumn Days

The days are turning cool and the leaves are turning in Victoria - perfect fireplace weather. Of course it helps if you bring the wood in from outside. That was part of the plan today, but we've spent a great day with a friend who came over, and that bit of the plan got modified to either sometime tonight, or tomorrow. Preferably tomorrow as it it easier to see the centipedes and evict them off the logs before carrying them into the house.

Last night we had a lovely event at church called "Live at Oasis" with impersonator Ben Price. It was great to enjoy an evening of humour that you can actually bring the kids to (even if they don't understand all the jokes!) The caretakers of the hall we rent were worried we might have too large a crowd, so Andrew & I helped out by directing traffic in case we were overflowing. It was a great reason to play with our orange traffic torches and portable ham radios!

Afterwards, a group of us went to the "Pancake Parlour" (amazingly they are open to 3 am on Fridays & Saturdays). It was a foggy autumn night, which is very cozy when you are home in front of the fire, but since I wasn't, hopefully we'll get another one soon!