tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post6427730297513940305..comments2024-03-26T20:55:47.726+11:00Comments on Green Gourmet Giraffe: Ukes, Labour Day and Pumpkin facon soupJohanna GGGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-31125512509919696142012-03-21T20:37:53.474+11:002012-03-21T20:37:53.474+11:00Some real fancy Ukulele over here.
Like that fifth...Some real fancy Ukulele over here.<br />Like that fifth picture.Haddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573906991666088642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-73446160331553744872012-03-20T20:55:30.485+11:002012-03-20T20:55:30.485+11:00Thanks Deb - this is really an excellent facon - h...Thanks Deb - this is really an excellent facon - hope you enjoyJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-21996086911638173602012-03-20T20:55:09.019+11:002012-03-20T20:55:09.019+11:00Thanks Cakelaw - I liked the relaxed vibe of the f...Thanks Cakelaw - I liked the relaxed vibe of the festival - and there was lots of room for sylvia to run aroundJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-70380839293714805752012-03-19T13:56:57.534+11:002012-03-19T13:56:57.534+11:00Enjoyed your post. Your soup looks delicious!Enjoyed your post. Your soup looks delicious!Carol @ Always Thyme to Cookhttp://theresalwaysthyme.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-28373509653124929572012-03-19T12:07:03.367+11:002012-03-19T12:07:03.367+11:00A lovely post and the soup looks delicious. I am t...A lovely post and the soup looks delicious. I am tagging the facon to try too--I have been looking for a good bacon substitute. Thanks so much for sharing it with Souper Sundays (it's in this week's roundup). I hope to have you back again soon. ;-)Deb in Hawaiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753889028487254096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-48049541235439799222012-03-17T22:08:58.483+11:002012-03-17T22:08:58.483+11:00The ukelele festival looks like it was fun! Never...The ukelele festival looks like it was fun! Never heard of it. Your soup looks devine - perfect for the colder weather that is looming.Cakelawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205068748520541380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-12190825656104520502012-03-17T00:00:08.445+11:002012-03-17T00:00:08.445+11:00Thanks Ashley - and don't you hate throwing ou...Thanks Ashley - and don't you hate throwing out marinade - I don't normally know what to do with mine but this one just was too good to throw out!Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-3444374081082369942012-03-16T23:58:50.130+11:002012-03-16T23:58:50.130+11:00Thanks Joanne - the orange cake was really lovely ...Thanks Joanne - the orange cake was really lovely - and so is the marinade in soup :-)Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-13710215987185800352012-03-16T23:57:34.527+11:002012-03-16T23:57:34.527+11:00Thanks Lorraine - glad you enjoyed the photos - an...Thanks Lorraine - glad you enjoyed the photos - and highly recommend the facon - even was wondering if I could be ambitious and use it to try a veg version of your bacon jamJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-22348031822514529372012-03-16T23:56:31.754+11:002012-03-16T23:56:31.754+11:00Thanks Ricki - you really should make the facon - ...Thanks Ricki - you really should make the facon - it is fantastic - and I think the marinade would go well to flavour lots of soups - and the decorated ukes were amazing - don't know how long the festival has been going but it had a nice vibe to itJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-43861167507224111602012-03-16T23:55:28.621+11:002012-03-16T23:55:28.621+11:00Thanks Mel - I actually had kept some bacon marina...Thanks Mel - I actually had kept some bacon marinade for a couple of weeks from an old batch of bacon and used that as well for frying the bacon - which made it soft though E reminded me that bacon isn't always crispy - but I was pleased it kept well and I had some ideas for using up the marinade - like the sound of marinated mushrooms - I wonder if it could be incorporated into Matthew's Delicious Tofu or a gravy?Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-13326191817889733332012-03-16T23:52:20.332+11:002012-03-16T23:52:20.332+11:00Thanks Kari - I think our perspective on history c...Thanks Kari - I think our perspective on history changes with age but having those around us who love it helps. We have people in my family who are passionate about family history and I feel lucky to have learnt a bit about my family from them.<br /><br />I have always loved history and loved studying it at uni. It is only more recently that I began to appreciate early history periods such as medieval history or roman history - but I have read a lot about 20th century history - it is a century of such intense change that is still amazes me even how much change I have seen in my lifetime. So maybe that is why I am so enamoured of our wonderful 19th and 20th century buildings in Australia.Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-35243107231372713912012-03-16T22:55:14.503+11:002012-03-16T22:55:14.503+11:00Thanks Hannah - there are too many of these girls ...Thanks Hannah - there are too many of these girls bout these days who just don't understand how different it could be - maybe Margaret Atwood's the Handmaiden's Tale should be compulsory reading at schoolJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-55398696868501243332012-03-16T06:45:41.015+11:002012-03-16T06:45:41.015+11:00Great idea for the leftover marinade! I never know...Great idea for the leftover marinade! I never know what to do with mine. That sauteed bacon and corn looks so delicious I can't wait to try out that tofu bacon! And I love that penguin ukelele. :)eatme_delicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657772782487330009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-54116843579590488932012-03-15T22:16:10.146+11:002012-03-15T22:16:10.146+11:00Your friend's cake looks gorgeous, but this pu...Your friend's cake looks gorgeous, but this pumpkin soup is what really takes my breath away! What a great use of that leftover marinade!Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17133232352924060797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-21709509344431153992012-03-15T16:31:22.929+11:002012-03-15T16:31:22.929+11:00Sylvia's purple ukulele is absolutely gorgeous...Sylvia's purple ukulele is absolutely gorgeous! :D ANd thank you for sending those lovely pictures of her, she has grown up so much! Every time you mention facon I think to myself that I really should try to make it! :DLorraine @ Not Quite Nigellahttp://www.notquitenigella.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-11004429596161530312012-03-15T13:56:23.587+11:002012-03-15T13:56:23.587+11:00I love that Melbourne has a ukelele festival. And ...I love that Melbourne has a ukelele festival. And I love that Sylvia has her own ukelele (and so fetchingly decorated, now!). :) Great idea to add the marinade to soup--I am going to do that next time. Because I am definitely making that facon!Rickihttp://dietdessertndogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-19331490264314391202012-03-14T20:34:45.679+11:002012-03-14T20:34:45.679+11:00Love the photos of the ukeleles from the festival ...Love the photos of the ukeleles from the festival and also Sylvia's decorated one. <br /><br />The pumpkin soup sounds great, the addition of tofu bacon marinade sounds like a great idea. If I am cooking up tofu bacon for brunch, I throw some mushrooms into the left over marinade and fry them up but the rest of the time my marinade is wasted. You have inspired me to think of other uses for it in the future! :)Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10057980932079998162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-63670598197376244092012-03-14T14:59:38.787+11:002012-03-14T14:59:38.787+11:00This is such a thoughtful post and I loved reading...This is such a thoughtful post and I loved reading it and following your thoughts alongside the pictures (and thank you, very much, for my mention!). <br /><br />History is something I think I grasp the importance of more and more with age - aided, in part, by my mother being a librarian / archivist who has grown into her role in such a way that I'm surprised our family history isn't already written up and published! Who we are is shaped so much by our pasts, but it is so easy to forget that. These days particularly I think it is easy to take things for granted, because so much of the 'fighting' has happened for us, even before our lifetimes. I also share your love of buildings that capture history and do miss that in Australia, and here in Perth relative to elsewhere in Australia; the centuries old buildings in Europe send shivers down my spine sometimes, thinking about all they have seen and held.<br /><br />Moving on from that essay - thank you for the thought provokation and well set out ideas. I also liked the ukelele images and the sound of that cookbook! Very quirky indeed!Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350144954173714085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-8780612900009297412012-03-14T14:17:29.444+11:002012-03-14T14:17:29.444+11:00Oh heavens, yes yes yes. I will never forget the g...Oh heavens, yes yes yes. I will never forget the girl in my college who was dancing around in mini shorts in front of boys crowing about how she "like, totally, like, hated feminism". GAH! School? Shorts? Freedom to speak her mind? DUE TO FEMINISM AAAAAH.<br /><br />*calms down*<br /><br />Love the crispy topping here!Hannahhttp://wayfaringchocolate.comnoreply@blogger.com