PHOTOS NOT RELATED TO FOOD.COM RECIPES, AND GENERAL CHAT !

[Zurie]

About your post re your weather, just before the food photos:

I sooo wish we could change places just for a day or so!! As I've said before, we live right on the sea (Indian Ocean), and honestly, it never ever goes above about 27 deg C., and we can usualy depend on wind and breeze.

BUT add the 80% or so humidity factor, and you feel like you're breathing water. It adds as much to the heat in summer as the winter wind adds the "chill factor".

Had such a bad night, kept waking up -- windows were open but not even a breeze. Had a fan which blew over us all night, but didn't make much difference.

We should have had the aircon on (we usually try not to keep it on through the night, to save electricity which is really expensive here). But I'm going to tell my (still sleeping) husband that I don't want another night like this one. The aircon must be on ...

It's just after 9am, almost no breeze, high humidity, full blaring sun .... everything promises another hot day.

Really -- I now know why I prefer winter. And I am starting to believe in global warming. Everywhere in the country it's either too unnaturally hot, or the most vicious thunderstorms rage.

(Steve, if you and wife ever wants to escape the winter cold for a while, think of Cape Town in Jan/Feb!! Visit the Winelands ... the harvest is on. And it is HOT as Hades there!!)

[Zurie]

For Steve -- some heat and sunshine!

Every wine farm has a restaurant and tasting cellar. And you're assured of hot days!!

[AskCy]

Thanks Zurie, I suppose we all get a bit of the grass is greener on the other side.... but our winters are LONG and DEPRESSING things... when you see rain in other warmer countries its a relief from the heat and it will pass in minutes/hours or maybe a day or so.... Here however when you see rain at the end of "summer" you know its on its way, the sun will go, the sky will darken and on and off you are justing going to get months of rain, cold, snow, freezing cold, rain, dark, gloom.....

so we fatten up for winter like big ol bears

[Zurie]

I understand! You make all that lovely food so you can all go curl up in an ice cave and hibernate ...

[AskCy]

lol yup !

by the way the last shot with the glasses on is fantastic, really sells the place

[AskCy]

tonight, roast pork (not had roast pork in our house for years as other half not keen, this was melt in the mouth tender, moist and flavour packed)...



Steve

[Debbwl]

Zurie, LOVE see photos of your part of the world it is so pretty.

Steve, delicious looking meals!

[AskCy]

Thanks Debs, I try

[AskCy]

Had a go at making the German snack food "currywurst" (but made a reasonable curry sauce, added sauerkraut to top it off)



having taken a liking to the sauerkraut, used some on the leftover roast pork with watercress for my bait at work


and last night had sausages again, this time with mash and leftover cauli-cheese, brussels and added peas... re-worked the roast pork gravy with onions to make the onion gravy..


Steve

[Debbwl]

Having Dutch roots all I can say is be still my heart!!

[AskCy]

lol which one ?....

look what I saw today...



middle of the town/village centre on some woodland...

[Debbwl]

Wow in the town center that is something!
The very first photo the dear has a sad look so I kind of like the one where she is scampering off.
Great action shots!!

[AskCy]

We have some very green towns/village where there are trees and such in parks, on sides of roads etc... This was actually behind the building I was in about 1 mins walk from the centre of town. Taken through mesh and the dirty window using my phone !

Only a baby, out in the snow.

[Zurie]

How wonderful, to see a wild animal in a town. A baby, in the snow ... I hope it found its way back to its mom!

[AskCy]

tonights Valentine meal...only had some braising steak in... so got the tagine out....

and then finished with cherry scones