Emma

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• Can you name this vegetable? (Slashfood)

  Oct 26th 2006 1:54AM These are yams! A very common New Zealand vegetable - perfect roasted (in their skins) with a nice leg of lamb, chick or any other piece of meat you like! For more information have a look here : http://laughinggastronome.blogspot.com/2006/08/yams.html

• Tips on refrigerated food safety (Slashfood)

  Aug 22nd 2006 9:56PM The mould you see on cheese is just the fruiting bodies of the mould. By the time you see the mould it has already spread through out the cheese so just cutting it off is only for aesthetic reasons. A good rule of thumb is that white, green or blue mould on cheese is fine to eat, but black or red/orange mould should be avoided and the whole cheese thrown away.

• 44°North Vodka is delicious (Slashfood)

  Jul 6th 2006 10:12PM The name and the bottle seem very similar to 42 below http://www.42below.com who also do flavoured vodka (manuka honey, feijoa etc) . . .

• You're such a heel! (Slashfood)

  Jun 29th 2006 10:14PM The absolute best thing to do with both the heels on a freshly baked loaf is to slather them with fresh butter and eat them while the rest of the loaf is still too hot to slice!

• Ice cider! (Slashfood)

  Mar 27th 2006 9:24PM Sounds a bit like apple-jack : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applejack !

• A toast to the Mona Lisa (Slashfood)

  Mar 19th 2006 11:22PM A Wellington bloke Maurice Bennett, has done loads of toast art - have a look - http://www.mauricebennett.co.nz

• D is for Delicious all Day Long at Slashfood (Slashfood)

  Jan 18th 2006 5:03PM Dog-shaped Durum-wheat dough !
  
  http://laughinggastronome.blogspot.com/2006/01/ravioli.html