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I was tagged by Jeanne, from Cook Sister for a meme.

I always find it so hard to do a meme, trying to find some interesting things to say about myself. Fact is, what I may think interesting, is so ordinary and downright boring to someone else.

I find this one an easier meme to do. Simply answering some questions. And it doesn’t even have to be exciting or interesting.

Ten years ago I was still living in Suffolk, England, after relocating there from SA, following my husband’s career. An interesting time, difficult, testing, scary, lonely and exhilarating all at the same time.

I enjoy snacking on a tomato sandwich, salty crisps, all fruit, ice cream and the BIG one…chocolate!

Songs I can join in singing are Moonshadow from Cat Stevens; Woman in love from barbara Streisand; Ship to shore from Chris de burgh; and I got a girl from Lou Bega.

If I were a millionaire, I would have had no clue as to how to handle it; I would have had my own jet and pilot; I would have had a house in every hemisphere, wherever the sun was; I would’ve never run out of chocolate; I would’ve seen to it that watermelon would always be in season.

Five of my long list of bad habits are being impulsive to the point of selfdestruction; seeing the cup half empty, letting emotions dictate my life; overdramatizing; procrastinating.

I like to sit in a streetcafe, sip a coffee and watch people go by; to make up stories about the people going by; to run around like a mad thing on the tennis court; to laugh out loud; and to smell perfumes in the perfumerie.

I would never again wear high heels; eyeshadow; nylon blouses; red nail polish or dresses with the zip at the back( in reality much less romantic than in a movie).

I enjoy playing with pretty tableware; complicated puzzles with many pieces; my art brush; words and my ever present camera.

I have to find 5 other people to tag, which is proving to be difficult, since I’m still very much the “new kid on the block”…I hope to have some names soon…

If you read here and haven’t been tagged before or would like to be tagged or even know of someone I could tag, please help me out, I’d appreciate it!

There is no greater satisfaction than coming home from the market with a basket packed full of seasonal delights….like peaches of all sorts and nectarines, all at their peak right now. I hardly get time to do something with them, they disappear fresh into a mouth as soon as they hit the fruit bowl on the dresser. Yesterday I kept four aside with the intention of making this light and fresh dessert. I ended up eating them fresh myself. But I managed to get hold of four ones.

A recipe from Cape Town food by Phillippa Cheifitz which I adapted a bit.

Nectarines with a rosé wine syrup

4 ripe nectarines: washed, unpeeled, halved and seeded
1 cup of water
2 cups of dry rosé wine
1 cup of sugar
1 vanilla pod, cut in half and seeds scraped
1 cinnamon stick
a handful of summer berries of your choice
mint leaves

Bring the water, wine, sugar, vanilla pod and seeds and cinnamon stick to the boil in a large saucepan and simmer until the sugar has dissolved.
Add the nectarines and immerse completely in the syrup, cut side down. Simmer gently for about 6 minutes, depending on the size of the nectarines. They should still have some firmness. Remove from the syrup.
Reduce the wine syrup over high heat until slightly thickened.
Pour over the nectarines and keep in cool place to infuse. If desired, it kan be refrigerated, until served. I prefer it room temperature.
Serve 2 halves in a pretty bowl, drizzle some syrup over and decorate with some summerberries of your choice and a mint leaf.

Serves 4

Commentaires

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–>OH MY GRACIOUS!!!! I AM SALIVATING ON MY KEYBOARD!!! GLORIOUS! SIMPLY ELEGANT!

Posté par lin, 24-07-2007 à 14:31

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–>Oh there are few things I love more than nectarines! They are so versatile and yet so fabulous eaten just as they are. I am trying to eat them as often as possibel while the season lasts. In fact, inspired by something I saw on your blog last week, I made nectarine quarters wrapped in Spanish ham and grilled as a starter this weekend – will let you know when I post about it 🙂

Posté par Jeanne, 24-07-2007 à 18:06

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–>Thanks Lin..oh dear, hope your keyboard’s OK, hie hie..
Jeanne, oh I will keep an eye out, it sounds great…glorious combination.
Ronell