Published January 18, 2008 by Rebecca Matheson

With recommendation

Bec and Geoff are married

Hello. A two week hiatus is about the longest All Said and Done has ever seen. I did forget to wish myself/blog a happy 3rd birthday on December the 12th. So happy 3 years.

My mind can now muse wedding without being at all stressfully consumed. It is a strange thing, there is a whole side of my brain that has returned cleanspun. I have yet to wade through every single photo (Although I’m giving it a good shot – hurry up people if you haven’t posted them yet!) and present unwrapping will happen tonight.

We arrived back late last night… a good four hours later than intended as our car blew up on the way home. This was really the most major drama, bar the Spamalot tickets that were booked for the wrong date but that turned our stupendously and ended happily with far better seats than we started with. The car is probably very very dead and is sitting in a little town four hours away. Thanks to kind friends and parents we did arrive home, but somewhat more tired than you should be after a two week honeymoon.

As details are treacherous, especially when talking about your honeymoon, I shall outline the weeks away in a series of links. Where and what: the stay, entertainment and food highlights. No you’ll never know the whole story even if you tap into my brain, I’ve probably sub foldered everything. It’s safer you know.

After all that. I am very, very happy to be Mrs. Matheson and it sure is nice to be home.

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Published December 10, 2007 by Rebecca Matheson

Cooking with Google (Tomato and Pig)

Who says I can’t cook.

Tonight I made a variation of the following recipe (Inspired only by the fact that I had to make something with pork because I’d decided to use it). Click here for the recipe.

I bypassed the marinade as I was hungry and it was dinner time and Geoff and Laura were waiting around, so I just dumped it on as I fried it (or seared or whatever the heck you do with pork… cooked in a pan?) to add more flavour…

Of course my other shortcuts include minced garlic over garlic cloves, and I didn’t manage to toast the pine nuts (Because I couldn’t buy them like that and I confess that didn’t think about it enough to put them in our oven).

It tasted great though. Smelt spectacular and I’d do it again.

Exactly the same way mind you, cooking should not take hours. (And yes it did look a lot like the picture).

Props to Google for procuring a very happy to my stomach search on ‘pork medallion recipe’. You’ve done it again!

Cooking

Published November 20, 2007 by Rebecca Matheson

Eat before you die

If you’ve never had the experience of eating a Terry’s Chocolate Orange. It is time you do something about that. There’s nothing quite like it. Maybe I have a sentimental tie to them – as it was the first present Geoff gave me, but really, they taste fantastic. I don’t get them very often as they’re fairly expensive, at about $8AUD but when I do I never regret it and you wont either.

Cooking Life

Published August 24, 2007 by Rebecca Matheson

Meat costs a lot

Yesterday evening on the train home I got the idea in my head that I really wanted lasagna. I could’ve gone the stodgy store bought way, but instead I remembered (rightly) that lasagna packets have the recipe on the back. So I made it as they said, leaving out some of the chicken stock and nutmeg.

It was good and satisfying and successful, but it took far too long for an after-work dinner and cost too much (even if I did share with Paul and Geoff). Next time I’ll make mum’s version because it’s just that bit nicer, or Anne’s vego version, or add a bit more cheese sauce – there wasn’t quite enough for my liking.

I’d go vegetarian if it wasn’t for meat lasagna, pasta, roasts, pies, stew, curry…

Cooking Out of Home

Published June 13, 2007 by Rebecca Matheson

Cradle Mountain Post Visit

I am back. A beautiful few days, although very cold. We took the Spirit of Tasmania Ship down and despite taking precautionary measures I didn’t need to go anywhere near the seasickness medication. Describe the ship? Smaller than it looks. Shipish…

Cradle Mountain and the surrounding area was spectacular, to spare you a wordy description – and because I’m feeling lazy, I’ll share photos – after I explain a few things.

It was fairly cloudy the day we made it to Dove lake so the highest peak wasn’t visible. I was lugged on a ~~walk~~ torturous climb to Marion’s Lookout, it was worth every painful step. There were even patches of icy snow at the top, the view was excellent.

Food at the lodge was appealing and classy, although dinners were quite drawn out. Breakfast Buffets are always to die for, I’d have one every day if I could. All up, I ate way too much. Despite the simply ‘good food’, I experienced the somewhat cringing choice to try quail and also had a shot at duck. If you don’t think about what you’re eating (quail) then it tastes pretty darn good.

Accommodation at Cradle Mountain Lodge is fantastic! Let me prove it by pointing you towards their website and towards the image of what my room looked like: exactly. It is very much a Rebecca style place (cough-tasteful-cough) and the heaters were cranking sufficiently the whole time.

As for the ‘work’ side of things – for that is what it was – a work conference. Sessions were on the whole interesting and I really appreciate that I got more of a chance to discover the big picture of MBO. I think conferences like this also help me in regards to feeling just that bit more comfortable around people. If you dump anyone out of their working environment you see something a little extra.

Geoff – in my understanding – had great time! It was so much better having him there in terms of company and well… because I love having him around.

On the way back to Devonport a group of us made it to Marakoopa glow-worm caves.

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