A mate of mine prays at the alter of potato gems in the air fryer. But they have to be Birds Eye. No other brand is good enough apparently.
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I read an article once by a fly fisherman whose chosen late night meal when dashing out to his shack near Cooma was Birdseye fish fingers in a bread wrap with salad. But he spent most of the article talking about Clarence Birdseye who took flash freezing of fish from Inuits, and invented commercial production using it.
I Loved potato gems as a kid. Havenāt had them for years.
Oakleigh is more than 5km away, so does anyone know a good recipe for those almond / butter flavoured greek biscuits? Not sure what theyāre called but theyāre very crumbly, often come in a sort of crescent moon shape, and of course drowned in an outrageous amount of icing sugar.
If anyone lives within 5km of beaconsfield, my friend has a slow cooked business and is doing a COVIDSafe click and collect from his home tomorrow night. Iāll be sitting down to @westozziebomber quality brisket burgers tomorrow night.
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They are called kourambiethes. Canāt help with a recipe Iām afraid as my mum just keeps chucking stuff in the mixing bowl until sheās satisfied.
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Kourabiedes are a poor greekās Melomakarona
Melomakarona covered in coconut instead of nuts are my fave.
Well Iām sure thatās the only way to get them perfect! Guess Iāll find out if a google recipe can live up to the bakery standard tomorrow.
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Just make Melomakarona instead
@em2009 @Europhoric - this in an article from the recent Weekend Australian magazine about Greeks in Australia, and how theyāve continued their Greek traditions in food (and other things) here in OZ. Itās a good read and I expect a lot will ring true.
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Not Greek - Italian (not sure if this matters?) - but I tried a Sylvia collica (?) recipe once for Ricciarelli, and it was awesomeā¦
Heaps wrings true. My Yiayia and her brother are both in their 90s. We are not 100% sure but we believe he is 97. Only stopped driving last year. Still gets on the bus, goes shopping at Highpoint, buys his own ā ā ā ā and does everything at home. If you walked past him you would probably mistake him for someone in his early 70s. His wife was much the same. She passed away 10 years ago in her mid 80s through cancer, but I kid you not you would mistake her for being 50.
It has to be diet and geneticsā¦ and not working too hard
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my mums family is from the mountains and most of the relatives get well into their 90s, olive oil and mountain air it seems.
also a lot of hypochondriacs, my yiaiya if you believe her has been dying for 30+ years.
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They are the very best biscuit ever invented
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Mrs Sās 98 year old aunt, who lived in Canberra, had stopped driving, but got around on the buses for shopping, trips to the city, etc. She was heading for the bus one day, saw it was coming, so ran to the bus stop to make sure she didnāt miss it.
She went strong to 99 but hit the final hurdle just short of the ton.
Pure Pom through and through, and what they used to call a good plain cook.
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Thanks mate. Iām pretty close and just checked the menu. Looks good. Will give it a go soon. Cheers.
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As the possessor of the worldās sweetest tooth, Iāll have the first plate, please.
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