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THAT Zappo The Magician has a Magic Carpet Ride show at Equippers Church Masterton in the School Holidays. Thursday 12 July at 10.30am. $4 per child, parents and caregivers FREE.
THAT Zappo The Magician has a Magic Carpet Ride show at Equippers Church Masterton in the School Holidays. Thursday 12 July at 10.30am. $4 per child, parents and caregivers FREE.
Besides having meetings to fulfill the Long Term Plan obligations and try and keep our rate increase – 4.31% – down to the bare minimum our usual Focus Groups and meetings have kept all Councillors very busy.
I attended an excellent Combined Council Meeting in Greytown with presentations on Local Governance the hot topic, Earthquakes and Faults, the Wellington Free Ambulance, Earthcare – our waste collectors, Destination Wairarapa and the proposed Wairarapa Arts Festival. … Continue Reading
Tasty Shepherd’s pie
Ingredients
I kg lamb shoulder meat cut into 5cm squares.
1 onion diced.
1 carrot diced.
1 leek finely chopped. 100ml port.
2 large mushrooms
10 button mushrooms halved.
2 tsp tomato paste.
2 cloves garlic chopped.
500 ml lamb stock.
1tsp grd. coriander.
1 tsp grd. cumin.
1 tsp salt.
4 tbsp olive oil.
1 bay leaf.
3 sprigs thyme.
6 peppercorns.
750 gr. Potatoes.
Milk and butter.
Method
Sprinkle lamb with coriander, cumin and salt. Heat oil in deep pan and brown the meat.
Then remove the meat, pour off any excess fat and add the vegetables and tomato paste, cook until they start to brown.
Then add port and stir well. As it begins to bubble add thyme peppercorns, and bay leaf, stirring well.
Pour into casserole dish with lid adding stock and meat, stirring to mix. Cook for two hours at 150 degrees.
Check occasionally to ensure the meat is not drying out.
When cooked the meat should be almost falling apart.
To finish the pie:
Mash potatoes well using more butter and milk than usual to ensure a moist mix.
Spoon the mix onto the casserole and cook with lid off at 180 degrees until topping is brown (aprox 30 minutes).
The Martinborough Friendship Club pulled out all the stops to make their celebration of the Queens 60th Jubilee the best of occasions.
Most attending made the effort to embrace the occasion by dressing up in very fine attire and even the most modest went to the effort of wearing strings of beads and tiaras. … Continue Reading
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