• An amazing and heart-warming story when an old woman finds her dog in the middle of an interview after a tornado destroys her house! (Irrespective of the pros and cons for us getting so much US news). I wish I wasn't thinking it's too good to be true and wondering if it the dog was planted there in a "re-enactment"? - miranda
  • One thing you have forgotten to tell your adult children, is that they may be required to care for you in your twilight years, particularly if you develop dementia. They will then be the parent and you the child. The adult children may have to feed, shower, toilet and dress you, and hopefully you will have brought up those adult children to be as reliable and caring to you, as you were to them! I am now mother to my 88 year old father and don't ever want to let him down! - Anna Spencer
  • Oh god I hear you jennifers. I too have an 8 yr old son & dinner time can be interesting at times...for all the wrong reasons! - Pixie
  • Why do I get the impression that John Jay is either a fan of or an agent for the Westboro Baptist 'church'? - Will Marshall
  • Why is it that whenever there is a natural disaster in the USA our media is full of it for days? But if something happens elsewhere in the world, it's hardly mentioned, if at all. The Victorian bush fires and the Queensland floods were mentioned one day in the US media and forgotten the next - but we get a barrage every time there is a storm over there and it lasts for weeks with all sorts of stories about answered prayers and heroism - which never seems to happen anywhere else in the world. Have you ever also noticed that if there is a blizzard or a heat wave, it always stops at the Canadian border? None of these things ever happen in Canada. This constant Americanisation really gets up my nose. I have met adult Australians who didn't really understand that we are not part of the USA. I fully understand why the French are so ... French - and want to stay that way and not become a cultural colony of America as we have become. - Jack Richards
  • says so much about the human animal bond - life's experiences teach you who is loyal and truly loving and they are the ones you're most likely to reach for when you're at your lowest - melissa
  • Gee Jack, you've sure stirred up all pumpkin-scone bakers from Akerman's blog. They must be desperate for attention to chase you all the way to here. I think many of those extreme-right women secretly have the hots for you - and that's why they go out of their way to find you. By the way, I read your comments on Rudd's blog about SSM. I couldn't agree more! - Yasmina
  • Congratulations PJ and team!! A beautiful garden. Connecting to nature is what it's all about. - Fairy The Green One
  • Yes, and you are about as far from being a "rocket surgeon" as anyone who has ever graced this site. - Wendy Harmer
  • Relax Harry, I normally leave my contributions to online debate to a single entry or two but the response to my very brief comment led me into this discussion. You're right to say I had some connection with the writing, hence my joining in. But the connection was based on my not liking it. That's fair enough, people write pieces for sites like this in the full knowledge that they will be critiqued and that not everyone will like what they have said. If authors don't like it, they shouldn't put their writing out there. You may have noticed that I was not alone in criticising the article and so far no one has actually rebutted any of the points I have made - just complained about the way I have made them. If you disagree with the substance then go ahead and say where. I remember well being 16, but I'm not sure that it has much to do with what I wrote. Whatever poor behaviour I exhibited then - and there surely was some - my mum didn't write open letters about it to the paper or whatever media were available then. You've engaged me online without actually suggesting where I was wrong, but have you had a word with your mum re. what she publicly implied about the behaviour exhibited by you and your siblings? I gotta admit being part of this thread has been pretty enjoyable but it's probably for the best that I normally wouldn't have time to follow something like this over a couple of days - one could get sucked int pretty easily I guess. - Sly Place
 
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ROASTED EGGPLANT, HERB & POMEGRANATE DIP

By The Hoopla
August 24, 2012

Food stylist and writer Cherie Hausler shares her recipe for Roasted Eggplant, Herb and Pomegranate Dip. Perfect for afternoon nibbles.

INGREDIENTS

2 large organic eggplant

1 tbsp organic coriander seeds, dry toasted and ground in a mortar and pestle

1/2 tbsp organic dried oregano

1 tbsp organic dried mint

1 tbsp pomegranate molasses (from Middle Eastern food stores)

1/2 cup fresh organic chives

2 tsp salt flakes

1 tbsp organic extra virgin olive oil

METHOD

Pre-heat your oven to 180C. Prick the eggplants all over with a fork and place them into a baking dish with a drizzle of oil. Roast until soft all the way through, about 30-40 minutes.

Remove the eggplant from the oven and leave to cool before cutting open and scraping the fruit from the skin. Discard the skin into your compost bucket and place the roasted eggplant into a food processor with all other ingredients and blend until smooth. You may like to add a little extra oil depending on how much moisture your eggplants managed to hang on to throughout the roasting process. Spoon into a bowl, sprinkle a few extra toasted coriander seeds on top and serve with your favourite bread or crackers.

 

*Dividing her time between freelance food writing and styling in Sydney and the restaurant she co-owns in Bangkok, Cherie Hausler made a ‘tea change’ to include the Barossa Valley when she decided the only way to balance her food-filled life was to add an organic veggie patch and some chooks into the mix. Juggling the renovation of a 160 year old bluestone farm house in the Barossa, amongst designing menus, regular contributions to Delicious Magazine and the odd TV show, has given Cherie the perfect fresh air and open country base to grow and collect seasonal fruits and herbs to hand blend for her tea range, Scullery Made. For more Cherie’s culinary journey go to her website here. 

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