Weird News Article

Welcome to Monday! I hope your weekend didnt go too fast. Even if it did, you're halfway through Monday now and its a short weeks so really, you're nearly half way through your week...kinda.

Anyway, as the children were sleeping I decided to look at the news website and came across this article which made me giggle;

A CHEF at a trendy New York bistro is letting diners munch on fig and paprika cheese made from his wife's breast milk.

Daniel Angerer, who runs Klee Brasserie in the city's Chelsea neighbourhood, said customers started demanding his custom-made "human cheese" after he blogged about his efforts to make it, the New York Post reported.

"The phone was ringing off the hook," the chef explained. "So I prepared a little canape of breast milk cheese with figs and Hungarian pepper."

"It tastes like cow's milk cheese, kind of sweet," he added, noting that the flavour depends on what the cheese is served with and "what the mother eats."

The response among those who tried the cheese was described as generally positive, although many customers were too squeamish to attempt it.

"I think a lot of the criticism has to do with the combination of sex and cheese, but ... the breast is there to make food," said Lori Mason, Angerer's wife, who is mother to the couple's 10 week old daughter Arabella.

The restaurant was inundated with creepy queries since it began offering customers a taste, she said.

"Some people who clearly have issues have ... emailed me saying, 'I wasn't breastfed as a child, so can I taste your breast milk?'" she said.

Mason politely declined the offers.

"I'm not here to walk people through their psychological problems," she said.

That said, Mason is now prodding Angerer to make gelato out of her milk.
New York health chiefs said that even though department codes do not explicitly forbid the practice, they advised Angerer to refrain from sharing his wife's milk with the world.

"The restaurant knows that cheese made from breast milk is not for public consumption, whether sold or given away," a spokeswoman for the city Department of Health said.

Now, I'm all for cooking and eating weird and wacky food, but seriously, I dont think I would be game enough for this.

Raya X

Pizza Scrolls

So I was asked to make some Pizza Scrolls for my friends engagement party after I made them for our New Years festivities and as I was making them I thought "Hey, why not post the recipe onto my blog..." and so I am...

It is a pretty simple recipe that started out as a kids recipe in a book that I altered (which I do with nearly all recipes) and then I realized that they were delicious and that most adults are really children and we all love something simple, bite size and delicious!

Ingredients:
Puff Pastry sheets
Tomato paste (go for the stuff with garlic etc so it adds a bit more flavour)
Salami - Chopped into 1cm pieces
Ham - Chopped into 1cm pieces
Pizza Cheese
Parmesan - Shaved (buy a block of parmesan and shave it yourself for the best flavor)
Salt and Pepper (of course)
Egg and milk (for the egg wash)

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Lay the defrosted Puff Pastry sheet out on a bench, slop a good spoonful of tomato paste on it and spread to the edges. Don't go overboard on the tomato paste or any other ingredient as its going to be rolled up at the end and you want to be able to taste every flavor and not be bombarded with an overload of cheese etc.

Ok, so now sprinkle the ham, salami and a handful of cheese over the pastry.
Again, DON'T overdo the cheese. If it looks too sparse, thats fine - you're going to get about 4 layers of it once its cooked so don't stress.

Sprinkle a pinch of Parmesan over everything, along with some salt and pepper.

Wet one of your fingers with water and run along one of the edges of the pastry (this will be the edge that gets folded last and sticks the roll together) then start rolling the pastry from the opposite end towards the wet end.

Once rolled up, cut with a sharp knife into 1-1.5cm rolls and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Mix egg and milk together and brush over the rolls with a pastry brush.

Place in oven and bake until golden brown (about 20 mins)

With Parmesan cheese always get a block instead of grated, and preferably buy a european parmesan as they make it right. Parmesan is not supposed to smell like vomit like it does in Australia. It is actually a super creamy cheese with a bite, but not one that leaves your mouth tasting like you've just woken up lying next to an empty bottle of tequila and the only memories of the previous night are the sand inside your pants and the above mentioned taste in your mouth.


Raya X

Adventures to Luna Park

Today I went to Luna Park with the little girl I nanny and we took some photos. Although I'm no photographer like alot of my friends, these are my favorites...

Hello smiley face, what are you so happy about? Perhaps its that you have a prime position on Sydney Harbour? Or that every day you get to see people walking around, holding hands, kissing, playing games and grinning as largely as you?
This is written all through Balmain and I love it.
The only letters I want are Love letters.

Good news people! Its Wednesday evening which means you have come through the first half of the week relatively unscathed (I hope) and now you are on the home stretch to the weekend. Hooray!

Raya X

Pondering Photography

I am venturing into photography and my favorite photos are the ones that show you exactly whats going through someones mind or whats going on around them, in the one shot.

I stumbled across this one and I really enjoy it. It is a woman who has her children hanging off her, relying on her for comfort, food and very obviously - rest.

Then you move to the womans face, and written on it are so many things. "What will I feed my children tonight?" "Where will we sleep tonight?" "How will I protect them for another day?" "How will I heal my heart while I protect theirs?"

Life seems so tough some days and we have to struggle on, rely on the strength God gives and just keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Raya X