~ Kim and Rachael's PUMPKIN Soup ~

SERVES: 4

Ingredients:

1kg butternut pumpkin, peeled and diced
2 tbs. red curry paste
300ml coconut cream
1/4 cup coriander, chopped

Method:

Saute pumpkin and red curry paste until it starts to catch on the saucepan.

ADD coconut cream to deglaze the pan, top with enough water to level with the pumpkin and bring to boil.

Reduce heat and simmer until the pumpkin becomes soft and mushy. Puree, season with salt and pepper and fold in chopped coriander.

Rachael Bermingham and Kim McCosker.

* BEST way to PREPARING Strawberries for EATING and USE in Recipes' !

DON'T wash Strawberries until you are ready to use or eat them. REMOVE from fridge 1 hour before eating, then wash with hulls intact (*THESE help keep the water from breaking-down the texture and flavour INSIDE the Strawberries). REMOVE hulls and slice as required!!

* Controversial COFFEE (Historical) ! ! *

"TRY adding a pinch of salt and a dash of dry mustard to bring out the flavour
- and never ever,
say the experts, boil it!

IRISH COFFEE is for those people who like a touch of drama when they entertain. It takes a while to make . . . but you've got all night.

In each pre-warmed Irish Whiskey glass - or coffee cup, pour:

1 tablespoon (Irish Whiskey)
and ignite it.

Then add immediately:

1/2 cup hot strong black Coffee.
1 teaspoon Raw sugar.

Stir until sugar is dissolved.

(OPTIONAL/float lightly whipped cream on top. Do not stir . . . the Coffee should be drank through the cream.)

When there is no plate warmer handy, we warm the cups or glasses in a very low oven for a few moments " (Helen Arbib & Pauline Clements).

* "It isn't so much what's on the table that matters as what's on the chairs" (SIR W. S. GILBERT,
1836-1911).

* "Change of food is to the stomach what change of air is to the general health . . ." (THE MODERN HOUSEWIFE.
ALEXIS SOYER, 1858).