Cooks Column
Pesto 5 ways
Don’t you just LERV pesto? Well, here’s a treat for you: Pesto in five versions!
Past Issues
November 7, 2024
Garden Hints & Tips
Summer herbs for flavour
On a visit to one of my favourite spots …The Benowa Botanic Gardens, these gardens are in Southport on the coast and if you are in the area are a must visit. There are several areas in the gardens where families congregate to relax, play, eat or just to explore.
Cooks Column
Date and Apple Squares
Here’s a date and apple slice that you can almost convince yourself is good for you. So much fruit and rolled oats - you can almost feel it doing you good.
50 Years Ago
Dairy news and missing men in early November 1974
Big news of the month was the announcement of commencement of the new plant at Ibis Milk Products at Stanhope to produce dried milk powder, with cheese production to be scaled back. New equipment was reported to have cost $2 million. Police news Police co-ordinated searches for two men reported
History
Family Contribution To War Effort
The Koch family made a significant contribution to the Australian war effort during the World War 1. No less than four members of the family are listed on the Colbinabbin and Rushworth (Shire of Waranga) war memorials. This is all the more surprising because the family was of Prussian descent,
Past Issues
October 24, 2024
50 Years Ago
Another road toll victim in October 1974
Another road toll victim in October 1974 The district was shocked by the death of Greg Brown, son of local pharmacist Ernie Brown and wife Joyce. Greg died instantly when his car failed to take the bend from Murchison Road into Wigg Street, and plunged into the gutter behind what
Garden Hints & Tips
Gardening tools I cannot do without - Part 2
Gardening tools I cannot do without - Part 2 I am a big believer in using gardening as an exercise, but I also believe in just sitting in the garden with a cuppa or a beer and enjoying just looking at the garden and its wildlife. As I have aged
Cooks Column
Orange and olive oil cake
Here’s a challenge for you. If you made the orange cake featured recently in the News, here’s another - almost the same - from another writer on the Cooks Column team. Have a go at this recipe and tell us which one you preferred. You might even like
50 Years Ago
Gumboots at Elmore, prince at Nagambie, October 1974
An already wet year was worsened when heavy spring rain brought more flooding near Corop and a very muddy start to the opening of the Elmore Field Days. Anyone without gumboots might as well have not paid the entry fee, as Ayson’s Reserve had been inundated the weekend prior.
Cooks Column
Mei Goreng
Mei Goreng This is a classic Indonesian dish using traditional flavours of garlic, chilli, palm sugar and lime. You can substitute the tofu with chicken, adjust the ingredients to suit the fresh produce available in any season, and experiment with different mixes of Asian greens and herbs - the final
