In My Kitchen - May 2025

Did everyone have as mad an April as we did?  There was so much happening: birthdays galore, medical and other appointments, short stories to write for competitions, blog posts, and general living.  

As Mr P. is the President and I am the Vice-President of our local Historical Society, we attend two meetings a month, and do the various bits and bobs that go along with that.  And of course, we had gone away at the start and end of the month, and I had the bronchitis which knocked me out of things for a couple of weeks.  How the heck did we get everything done?

I usually bake Anzac biscuits for Anzac Day (25th April), but as we were going away the next day (actually on Anzac Day), I decided to give it a miss this year.  I have sometimes made 5 or 6 dozen biscuits!  They hold a service just near our local Historical Society each year, which is widely attended, so we headed there, then headed south for our weekend away (in honour of Mr P.'s birthday).

 

passionfruit butter cake for Mr P.!  (bought in)

I'm looking forward to a quiet May, hopefully!  But I have a feeling that ain't gonna happen :=) 

In My Kitchen:

a few more goodies from the local Japanese store

Love the Pikachu furikake jar.  And it's so tasty!  The Kit-Kats were 'adult' flavour apparently, which meant little to no sugar.  I liked 'em!

Easter chocs from Coco88

and a few more chocs, and some local honey

oh yes, another cookbook! Donna's latest

more herbs and seeds from Herbie's Spices

and some goodies from a new Asian store

I thought they were little lollies top-left, but no, it's some sort of Rubik's cube, and the tiny beads are meant to zip around all over the place.  Mr P. and I could NOT get them to move at all :=)  But happily, there were some wee lollies lurking in the orange cardboard packet.

I love Gewurzhaus goodies!

We visited their shop when in Melbourne recently.  It was heavenly.  I bought some real cinnamon, as normally I buy Dutch cinnamon which is of course cassia rather than the real stuff.

I bought some coffee pods at a new (for us) coffee shop on the Southside

and I made citrus cordial for Mr P.

and I made hummus with lots of garlic!

and a friend gave us Easter treats

and the curveball: I bought her at the Logan Art Gallery - a ceramic lizard
Artist: Alysen Moloney 

c. Sherry M.

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