Monthly Archives: May 2009

Water Glass

Another one from the Water Balloon Popping session
Shutter Speed: 1/2000
Aperture: f/5.0
iso 400

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Balloon POP !!!

We were playing around with some shutter speeds today and *finally* cracked the perfect Balloon POP photo. It only took about 100 Shots :)
Shutter Speed 1/2000
f/ 4.0
iso 200

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Best Potjie Recipe Ever

• 16-20 chicken drumsticks and thighs
• 50 ml cooking oil (or olive oil)
• 50 ml brandy
• 1 tbls chopped garlic
• 250 grams bacon, chopped
• 2 onions, sliced into thin rings
• 3 stalks celery, cut into chunks
• 15 small new potatoes, whole and unpeeled
• 250 grams fusilli pasta
• 1 red pepper and yellow pepper, sliced into strips
• 250 gram whole button mushrooms
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
• salt and pepper

The sauce

• 1 can asparagus pieces liquid reserved
• 250 ml cream
• 750 ml water or white wine
• 1 packet cream of mushroom soup
• 1 packet instant cheese sauce
• 2 tbls aromat spice
• 2 tbls mixed herbs
• 1 tbls garlic salt or onion salt

Method

• Heat the oil in the Pot
• Fry the chicken pieces, a few at a time, until golden brown
• Add the garlic and brandy and heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently
• Sprinkle the chopped bacon over the chicken followed by the onions and celery
• Layer potatoes on top of the celery followed by the pasta
• Place the mushrooms on top of the pasta and add the peppers
• Sprinkle with cheese
• Mix the sauce and pour over the ingredients in the pot
• Cover and simmer slowly for approximately 60-75 minutes over medium coals (heat)
• Do not stir, mix everything just before serving
• Serve with a mixed salad

Serves 8-10

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It’s #MaxDay

So @Tertia had her baby boy Max this morning and after a couple of tweets from the SA twitter crew we got #MaxDay to the number 4 trending topic on Twitter.

Congrats to Tertia & Marko on Max born at 7:45am and weighing 3.515kg

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My signed Goldfish CD

My bud who is the manager at Suncoast Hotel got me a signed CD from the @Goldfishlive boys. Niiice !!

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