jekni

Received these for my birthday:

http://t2tea.com/tea-ware/tea-pots/2-cup-tea-pots/tokyo-tpot-black/

http://t2tea.com/tea-ware/tea-cups/crackle-tcup-green/

together with a box of Earl Grey.

Absolutely loving the tea adventures. Brewed masala chai is my current favourite, having a pot every night before bed.

Today I made two varieties of Oatmeal Cookies from a recipe I ran across in a book I read this weekend. So we have Cranberry/White Chocolate/Pistachio and Cranberry/White Chocolate/Macadamia. Recipe made lots, we have 3 dozen of each although they are smaller than commercial size I would guess. To spark the flavour up a bit I added the zest from a tangello to the macadamia ones and a quarter teaspoon of cardamom to the pistachio ones. And because it was a USian recipe I used my USian measuring cups and spoons, courtesy of [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com].

Last night we had dinner at The Punjabi Hut at Erindale (they have another place in Queanbeyan also). Us, the girls and the in-laws. Food was really nice (except that the Butter Chicken was inordinately sweet - weird) and tasty; spices nicely balanced and not over-hot for the girls. Much better than the Chalisa in Tuggeranong where John & I went a few weeks back. Looking forward to our next visit, lots on the menu tempted us. Am now inspired tostart teaching the girls some Indian recipes - they've got nori rolls down pat now - hmmm, my butter chicken and kulfi might be good places to start. Wanders off to check spice cupboard......