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Potato Salad With German Sausage

August 31st 2010 02:59

potato salad German sausage seeded mustard

The following recipe and pictures demonstrate German Potato Salad. There are innumerable versions of potato salad which vary from country to country, region to region and season to season. They may include bacon, sour cream, boiled eggs or crab meat while others prefer a strictly vegetarian version with onion, cucumber or celery.
The best potatoes for salad are waxy varieties including kipfler, desiree and southern gold.

potato salad German sausage recipe ingredients

Ingredients
2 Potatoes
1 Spring onion
80g (3oz) German sausage
90ml (3floz) Mayonnaise
25g (1oz) Seeded mustard
½ Cos Lettuce
Salt and Pepper

Method
Place the potatoes in a pot of cold salted water and bring it to the boil. Root vegetables should always be started in cold water and leaf vegetables in boiling water.
Wash the lettuce and allow it to drain.
Allow the potatoes to cool then cut them into cubes with the skin left on.
Thinly slice the sausage and combine with the potato.
In a separate small bowl, combine the mustard and mayonnaise. It may be necessary to thin it down with a dash of water or vinegar.
Add the dressing to the potato and sausage, and mix them together without breaking up the potato.
Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
Arrange the lettuce in a salad bowl and tip the potato salad in.
Decorate with finely sliced spring onion.

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Australian Native Wildlife - Silver Gull

August 29th 2010 11:36

Australian native wildlife birds silver gull

Seagulls are a common sight in Australian coastal cities and may include the Pacific Gull, Kelp Gull and Silver Gull along with Skuas and Terns. The Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) is by far the most widely distributed, inhabiting all coastal regions of Australia, parts of New Caledonia, New Zealand and South Africa as well as extending far inland.

Seagulls were somehow aware of the rare flooding of Lake Eyre, 700km north of Adelaide, and flocked there in droves for the bountiful aquatic creatures that sprang to life. In some indigenous communities, seagull eggs are an important source of bush tucker
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Would You Eat Seagull Eggs?

August 27th 2010 06:54

Seagull eggs are a nutritious indigenous food resource but would you eat them? I have tried quail eggs and duck eggs, but not seagull eggs. I have heard they taste fishy and could even pose a health risk. I also like fish eggs but I expect them to taste a little briny.

Indigenous populations in the UK, Norway and other Scandinavian countries traditionally eat seagulls eggs served hardboiled with salt. Seagulls lay their eggs on rocky outcrops and offshore islands so it can be a risky job collecting them

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Chicken and Mushroom Pie - Step By Step

August 25th 2010 02:01

I have previously demonstrated how to dismember a chicken and use the breasts for Cajun spiced chicken, chicken breast with blue cheese or corn crusted chicken breast. I also used the bones to make chicken stock and the wings for Coca Cola chicken wings. In the following recipe with step by step pics, I use the legs to make another of my hearty winter pies, chicken and mushroom.

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Deadly Australian Wildlife – Redback Spider Kills Snake!

August 23rd 2010 10:35

Deadly Australian Native Wildlife Redback Spider

An office receptionist got a nasty shock when she found a 70cm long snake entangled in the web of a deadly Redback Spider. Tania Robertson, a receptionist at an electrical firm, came in to work on Tuesday and spotted the dramatic scene next to a desk in her office. The snake, which had obviously died from the spider's poisonous bite, was off the ground and caught up in the web.

venomous redback spider bite kills snake

It is believed the snake was bitten on Monday night. A red mark on the snake's stomach was evidence of where the spider had started consuming it. Throughout Tuesday, the spider fed on her prey, and on Wednesday she rolled it up and started spinning a web around it while lifting it higher off the ground

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Less Junk Food Advertising Targeting Australian Kids?

August 20th 2010 03:54

No child should be inadvertently led into unhealthy lifestyles through advertising campaigns designed by the junk food industry, Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Christine Milne said earlier this week. Senator Milne announced a Greens initiative to remove junk food advertising from commercial television between the hours of 6:00am and 9:00pm.

“It is well known and well documented that one in four Australian children is obese or overweight, and as many parents know, junk food advertising aimed specifically at children is a prevalent feature on kids television,” Senator Milne said

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Italian Osso Bucco – Braised Veal Shanks

August 19th 2010 01:52

Veal shanks are a cross section of the leg, with a round segment of bone in the centre and are relatively inexpensive. The bone marrow is an important feature of this dish; the name Osso Bucco means ‘bone hollow’. Traditional Osso Bucco was not made with tomato as it is a New World fruit. The modern version does include tomato and is usually served with risotto or mashed potato. I prefer to cook the potato in the baking pan with the meat. The starch in the potato helps thicken the sauce and there is less washing up. This is an ideal hearty winter dish and using the oven also warms up the room.

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Jimmy Barnes Headlines ‘A Day On The Green’ At Sirromet Winery

August 17th 2010 02:54

Australian Rock Star Jimmy Barnes Sirromet

Jimmy Barnes will headline a spectacular Aussie line up featuring Vanessa Amorosi, Tex Perkins, Mark Seymour, Diesel, Richard Clapton, Dan Sultan, Michael Spiby, Swanee and Mahalia Barnes at Sirromet Winery at Mount Cotton on Sunday the 14th of November.

Barnsey, who has returned to his roots with a brand new rock album, ‘Rage And Ruin’, will be accompanying his daughter Mahalia to the show, and possibly on stage, as the artists are planning guest performances during each others sets

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Greens Challenge Garrett To List Koalas As Vulnerable

August 16th 2010 01:25

Australian native wildlife marsupials koalas mating

The Australian Greens are calling on Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to immediately list the koala as a vulnerable species until more information about the nation-wide numbers and health is known.

In Sydney with NSW Senate candidate Lee Rhiannon on Thursday, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said a national inquiry into long-term health of koala populations is needed

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Chicken Breast With Blue Cheese Filling

August 15th 2010 12:35

Stuffed chicken breasts are always moist and the following recipe, with step by step pics, is also a good way to use up the uneaten blue cheese from the leftover cheese platter. I have used Misty Mountain Blue Vein Cheese from Witches Chase Cheese Company at Mount Tamborine in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Chicken breasts can be expensive but a whole chicken is relatively cheap. Using a sharp knife, it can easily be portioned into two chicken breasts, two thighs, two drumsticks and a carcass for soup, stock or pet food. Raw chicken bones splinter but it is okay to feed cooked chicken bones to dogs.