The Squash Killer

Hi All

Last night saw Trevor, sorry Mr. Pigg give me a real good drumming at squash. I went down five games to love and on top of that he even clinched a white wash game.

Anyway, after that the Fam and I went up to Andre and Malinda's because our lovely Malinda celebrated her birthday. Being a Monday night we did not go overboard, but the eats that where laid out where top class. We have a shop that sells homemade goods baked by Ladies from around town, they all get a cut from the proceeds. My favourite is Aunty No.5 for sweet stuffs and Aunty No.4 for the savoury.

Anyway it seems that our National Road Authorities are now staring to get serious about road happenings and drunk drivers. The demerit system will start in Feb 08 and I personally think it is about time.

To those supporters of the Rugby make sure and arrange your parties on Saturday night at someones home like I am doing, nothing better than having a few mates over for a BBQ and a beer during the football.

I am going to leave you with a nice marmalade recipe I came across while browsing thru the Avocado mag. Nice and easy to make.

Have a Good One.

FIVE-FRUIT MARMALADE

Combine all the winter citrus fruit to create the best-ever marmalade.

INGREDIENTS

1 lime, juice and zest

1 lemon, zest

1 grapefruit, zest

2 naartjies, zest

2 oranges, zest and juice

750ml water

560g sugar

METHOD

Combine all the zest and juice and as many pips as you can find(the pips contain the much needed pectin) in a large bowl, add the water, cover and leave to soak overnight.

The next day, bring the juice and the zest mixture to the boil in a large saucepan and simmer until the liquid has reduced by half.

Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the sugar until dissolved. Return it to the heat and boil until it reaches jelling stage.

Meanwhile, sterilises the glass jars and the lids.

Once the mixture has reached jelling stage, bottle into the sterilised jars while the mixture is still hot and seal well.

Makes 3 medium jars.