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The runaway bride & other trifling matters


Hello.


Eugenia has run away. She left me a note that, as her less significant other, suggesting I should do this week’s blog. And why has she run away you may ask? For me to answer this truthfully would be to reveal that I have already leaned towards the use of one of a blogger’s primary tools.

Exaggeration.




You are right, I should be honest with you in my first blog. It is true she is not up to putting he fingers on the keyboard this week. It is true she is not currently in my view. It is true I am undertaking this task at her request, to be more honest if one being honest can be more honest…at her instruction.


You see Eugenia has been hobbled by a chronic issue with her lower back, legs, thighs, knees, hip, upper back etc. This injury has been the attention of radiologists, multiple physiotherapists, doctors, and chemists as we searched out the right balance of physical therapy, chemistry, ointments, liniments, heat packs and needling to alleviate her suffering. Nothing to date has been successful sadly.




I do not wish to burden you with thoughts of Eugenia’s ill health but rather illicit sympathy towards me, her less significant other, for it is I who lies as a direct target support for Eugenia.


Anyway, enough of that I do believe I am to record the events of the week. What did I watch? YouTube videos on back surgery. What did I eat? Lamb backstrap after performing close inspection of the sinews within the meat. Where did I go? To the bedroom and back. I did indulge in a movie if that is worth sharing. It was called About Schmidt. It is about a guy whose wife dies.


If I was to review the week at all in our lives it was to be dominated by the resignation of our most admired Premier, Gladys. Her resignation shocked many and was unsurprising, it appears, to a fewer number whose knowledge of the details around her prior dealings with my money have been greater than mine. The $10 note missing from my wallet is now explained.


Her demise does raise the issue about trust and a very fundamental question around forgiveness. How many rights cover up a wrong? My grandmother taught me that once you burn the cake there is no going back …unless you cut and run it into a trifle.



She told me that what binds the bits n pieces of the trifle together is the cake and the jelly, maybe that makes humanity a little like cake and jelly.. largely crumby and very wobbly. Her recipe is here.




Did you like the segue into the cooking section of the blog? I have kept it simple and easy this week here.


There is a lot to learn from cooking, which I have been doing more of lately. Preparation, a plan, and quality ingredients make the best meals. Which probably why state politics always feels more like a quick takeaway than a five-star dining experience.


Today the sun is shining, spring is hanging in the air with the delta strain of Covid, I am wearing a mask and tending to Eugenia. She prefers me to wear the Chris Hemsworth one... you can get it here:




Probably won’t be asked again.

TSLO (The less significant other)








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Sour Cherry & Turkish Delight Rocky Road

Deliciously Decadent

This is one of those recipes that

is ridiculously easy - more of

an assembly job, than actual

cooking. But it is also one that is

somehow more than the sum of

its parts - really just a collection

of delicious things bathed in

chocolate. But with tart sour

cherries, roasted pistachios and

gloriously pink Turkish delight,

what could go wrong? A word

of warning though - cut it into

small pieces, it is rather rich.

 

Ingredients:

360g good quality dark

chocolate, roughly chopped

100g marshmallows, cut in half

200g Turkish Delight, chopped

roughly

100g dried sour cherries

75g roasted pistachios

15g freeze-dried raspberries

(optional)

Method:

Line an 18cm round tin (or

similar) with baking paper,

leaving plenty of overhang to

allow you to easily remove the

rocky road from the tin when set.

 

 

Method:

Melt chocolate in a heat-proof

bowl set over a saucepan of

simmering water. Remove from

heat and allow to cool slightly.

Place marshmallows, Turkish

Delight, sour cherries, and

pistachios in a large bowl,

tossing to combine. Pour over

melted chocolate and stir gently

until all ingredients are coated in

chocolate.

Spoon into prepared tin,

squashing down and smoothing

lightly with the back of a spoon.

refrigerate until set (at least 3

hours).

Slice into portions with a hot

sharp knife and serve with tea or

coffee. I like to wrap individual

wedges in cellophane and ribbon

to give away as gifts. Rocky Road

will keep in the fridge for up to 2

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