My day

[freddie*rooster]

After several hours during the week clearing and cleaning up a messy garden my day started like this

[j*oono]

How do they know that the roses aren't passing on the disease to the grapes?

[bushies.girl]

Good q Joono .... I dont have an answer but I remember being told this yrs ago, didn't think to ask why? lol


I find Treloars a great site for rose info, I have been there a number of time omg the roses they have growing there is astounding.

[katydidthat]

Bushies, I cooked san choy bow today, and also Vietnamese spring rolls. I used the same meat mix for both. I didn't have capsicum, so I used tomato instead (one thing I like about Asian cooking is that there are few hard and fast rules).

For those who don't know, Vietnamese spring rolls are made with rice paper circles that you soak in hot water to make then soft, then add the ingredients and roll them up. They are not fried, like your usual spring rolls.

They are a great recipe for kids to play with ... put out cooked mince meat and a variety of other foods and let them make their own rolls.

With the san choy bow, we used baby cos lettuce. If I'd thought about it, I'd have had sour cream available for dolloping (yes, I love fusion).

[bushies.girl]

Oh wow Katy, they both sounds delish 🙂 I am not a great fan of pork, could I use chicken mince instead of pork. Sour cream sounds yum!

Hubs is creating home made pizza atm with tossed sald and garlic bread   ..... all lo cal of course lol

[j*oono]

I have always called them just rice paper rolls Katy.  I do make them sometimes but I also buy them for lunch often because they sell them in the bakery where I shop.  

I call the deep fried or cooked ones spring rolls.  I have made some with pork mince with spring roll wrappers and cooked them just in the oven.  They are yummo.

[katydidthat]

Yes, Bushies, I used chicken breast mince.

For some people, the *fat* is a key feature of san choy bow ... one of the recipes I read talked about the pleasure of fat covering your fingers. ICK.

I cooked the meat in water. I would probably have used sesame oil for flavour if we had any. But, generally, I cook any mince in water rather than oil. Better taste and better for your health 🙂

I made (and I might be repeating myself here) pizzas using the bread recipe I posted here ... awesome.

[katydidthat]

Joono, they are yummy, aren't they? I like it that they are nice and fresh rather than fried.

I do occasionally like them fried ... how do you cook them in the oven?

[bushies.girl]

Oh yuk re fat Katy, dont like the sound of that ....We use sesame oil for all our stir frys, give it a better flavour imo Is chicken mince leaner than pork mince?

I just buy the aldi pizza bases, easy peasy for me lol I bought a bread maker once, couldnt never get the bread to come ok, so I go rid of it

[j*oono]

I'm trying to find the recipe but I can't remember where I put it.  From memory they are just sprayed with an oil spray and baked.

[katydidthat]

I think fat is generally yucky, Bushies ... but I love pork crackling and chicken skin. Yes, chicken mince is generally less fatty than other mince.