On a dark winter's night
celebrating 20 years
Nuke Free in NZ
a vandal chose my
ancient '91 Mitsi
to hit with eggs!
Returning with wing mirror
smeared I didn't twig why
til daylight hit.
An eggy stroke
20 years too late I laugh
as I scrub off yellow yoke
and egg shells on my
car's driving side.
Another Friday I escape
the rain in Queen Street,
Smith and Caughey's no less.
Idle eyes espy cockerel
egg cups with eggcosies
cellophane packed!
Knitted, pearl and pompom
decorated, surely designed
for English aristocracy
whose entry fee to their
stately homes would climb
steep - one cosy for their
morning egg labelled price
$24, no less! Has the
world and society gone mad!
But eggs aside it's so cold I'm into
Camel Soup
Pick a large saucepan out of your cupboard and chop up
a quarter of a cabbage, an onion, a slice of pumpkin,
a few cloves of garlic, a carrot, frozen vegies if you
want. Pick some parsley and add. Dribble a little oil
on top of the vegies and heat. Add a teaspoon of Bengali
Panch Phoran. I got my packet in Melbourne, not sure where
you buy it here but a few spices enliven soup. Panch
Phoran contains:- cumin seeds, fennel, fenugreek, mustard,
nigella, the last of which I thought was an Italian cook!
Add a handful of red lentils as this will thicken the soup.
Pour on boiling water to almost cover all ingredients and
simmer til soft. Blend or mash and serve with bread or baked
potato and then you'll warm up!
