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[Tracieknits]

@juliana.rivers Here is that recipe: 257 calories per serving.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chili-w ... 001687650/

I never add the sugar, but I use 90% chocolate instead of 100% (baking) chocolate

Not a lot we can do about the past but we can aim to move forward together. Certainly a lot needs doing in the area of Aboriginal health. Read this to get the picture:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/featur ... 93929.html
Anyway, I'm spending the day lounging on the sofa, listening to ABC FM and reading a book, when I'm not checking in here. I will be having a lamington later as a special treat!

@juliana.rivers Here is that recipe: 257 calories per serving.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chili-w ... 001687650/

I never add the sugar, but I use 90% chocolate instead of 100% (baking) chocolate

yumyum, thanks. i guess i can substitute Chicken mince for turkey mince as few Aussie butchers carry turkey. and Canned Chipotle chilles in adobe sauce.. i guess i can substitute my fresh garden chilles or the ones i steal from the Turkish neighbour up the street (with his approval) he grows them in the front yards.

[Debs]

Yay, Triple J hottest 100, always listen!!! Got it on right now actually #40.

I don't know Sallyo, Adam Goodes is a fantastic role model for young Aborigines and reconciliation, and someone that youngsters will certainly listen to, more than someone like Ita Buttrose or a Nobel prize winner. Having just been into Port Hedland shopping, and seen the appalling poverty and disadvantage, any indigenous person has to be a step in the right direction. It is a depressing and sobering expirience walking around some of these northern towns.

I'm glad you are all enjoying yourself, I shall have a celebratory spoonful of peanut and cacao butter!!!

The Quakers had one of the first meeting places in Steyning in Sussex where I grew up, not a million miles from Lewes. I have traced my family on my mother's side back to 1500s peasants! Back to 1600 on my dad's side. Good sturdy Anglo peasants all the way I'm afraid

Oh goodness, chipotles, love em!!!

Not a lot we can do about the past but we can aim to move forward together. Certainly a lot needs doing in the area of Aboriginal health. Read this to get the picture:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/featur ... 93929.html
Anyway, I'm spending the day lounging on the sofa, listening to ABC FM and reading a book, when I'm not checking in here. I will be having a lamington later as a special treat!

OMG i didnt know this statistic.

One third of indigenous Australians die by the age of 45, while their average life expectancy is more than a decade less than non-indigenous Australians. The rate of rheumatic heart disease among indigenous Australians is the highest in the world - 75 times higher than the rate of their non-indigenous counterparts.


so sad

love the carefree feeling that this day brings. but i guess with such facts, it does make you reflect.

there must be a latin/spanish grocer in Sydney, Juliana? - Casa Iberica in Melbourne stocks all those sorts of things, quite an education to go there & look around - my favourite are ancho chillis - Jamie Oliver uses them a lot in his cooking, and says they're like the "base drum" of the chilli world

yes, truly heart-breaking stuff @Juliana.Rivers, not well known or understood in white australia. I guess awareness is the first step to change?

@debs, nothing wrong with Anglo peasants! Once of my ancestors, transported for life on the second fleet, was a Shropshire highwayman. I guess otherwise he would have been hanged, changing my little circle of family a bit I guess! He became a brickmaker in western sydney after he was pardoned, there's still a street in Blacktown that bears his name - but he got a "land grant" (read: stolen from the Aboriginal people).Tricky! I love that first episode of "first australians" that documents this time - not all completely horrible, by any means. Again, good to know about! Allows us to change the future...

The Chile con carne is well underway.

Meat barbequed by OH.. all 5 kilos of beef, pork and lamb. (we make enough to freeze for many meals) and the stewing of all the ingredients is happening.

i thought id jump in and help and have boiled the soaked kidney beans and chopped my onions.

ive also stolen the fresh chillies from my Turkish neighbour front yard (he says i can anytime)

im getting hungry as the smells from the kitchen are wafting into the office.

there must be a latin/spanish grocer in Sydney, Juliana? - Casa Iberica in Melbourne stocks all those sorts of things, quite an education to go there & look around - my favourite are ancho chillis - Jamie Oliver uses them a lot in his cooking, and says they're like the "base drum" of the chilli world

There is an Argentian butcher near me i probably need to visit or jump online for stuff like that.

I have this amazing Bobby Flay book i rediscovered the other day plus a Gourmet mexican cookbook that has recipes for adobe sauce.

[Debs]

Love the articles. Good one in the Age as well
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/put-aw ... 31fm4.html

What an ecletic bunch we are, articles from Al Jazeera, thank you Chook!!! Chilli, and thank you Sallyo for your activism. I wish I was there for March 15th, but I shall be postal voting for sure.

You are Australian nobility jools7!!

Wow, a feast fit for an Argentinian!!!

I stand corrected Debs, re Adam Goode. You are more in touch with the situation over there.

The Chili last night was divine. Its always a little different as we arent into exact measurements around here. Nearly forgot the chocolate.. helps with the rich flavour.

6 x meals all in the freezer for future (non fast) nights.

Picture of the plated up chili

[Tracieknits]

@juliana.rivers Here is that recipe: 257 calories per serving.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chili-w ... 001687650/

I never add the sugar, but I use 90% chocolate instead of 100% (baking) chocolate

yumyum, thanks. i guess i can substitute Chicken mince for turkey mince as few Aussie butchers carry turkey. and Canned Chipotle chilles in adobe sauce.. i guess i can substitute my fresh garden chilles or the ones i steal from the Turkish neighbour up the street (with his approval) he grows them in the front yards.

Chicken mince will do nicely

As for the Chipotles in Adobo sauce, I'm afraid there is no substituting that so easily. If you can't actually find these in your foreign foods area of the store, then your best approximation is going to be dried, smoked chipotle peppers. These are very light to ship and I could probably mail you some if you can't find them. They are smoked jalapenos and have a very distinctive flavor. YOu might be able to substitute using a combination of fresh jalapeno chilis *and* smoked paprika, but it would only be an approximation. But the adobo sauce is another few layers of flavor. Adobo is vinegar, tomatoes, garlic, oregano and more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobo

It's worth checking to see if any mexican ingredients are in a big market near you. The cans are small, only about 8 ounces/1 cup/ 200g

[Tracieknits]

Okay I've scrolled down and your pictures are GORGEOUS!!!! That's definitely an event, right there Lovely chili!!

And Jools - yes Ancho is my favorite chili pepper when I don't want that smoked flavor. It's wonderful too!

@juliana.rivers Here is that recipe: 257 calories per serving.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chili-w ... 001687650/

I never add the sugar, but I use 90% chocolate instead of 100% (baking) chocolate

yumyum, thanks. i guess i can substitute Chicken mince for turkey mince as few Aussie butchers carry turkey. and Canned Chipotle chilles in adobe sauce.. i guess i can substitute my fresh garden chilles or the ones i steal from the Turkish neighbour up the street (with his approval) he grows them in the front yards.

Chicken mince will do nicely

As for the Chipotles in Adobo sauce, I'm afraid there is no substituting that so easily. If you can't actually find these in your foreign foods area of the store, then your best approximation is going to be dried, smoked chipotle peppers. These are very light to ship and I could probably mail you some if you can't find them. They are smoked jalapenos and have a very distinctive flavor. YOu might be able to substitute using a combination of fresh jalapeno chilis *and* smoked paprika, but it would only be an approximation. But the adobo sauce is another few layers of flavor. Adobo is vinegar, tomatoes, garlic, oregano and more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobo

It's worth checking to see if any mexican ingredients are in a big market near you. The cans are small, only about 8 ounces/1 cup/ 200g

I will take a look around Tracie. Thanks for your advice. and kind of you to offer to mail them. am sure i can find them around here.