Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Herbal Holiday – Hong Kong
Herbal holiday part3: Originally I had a number of herbal adventures planned for this part of our journey. We were to spend 5 nights in Hong Kong and this was going to be the fun bit – the non family part of the trip. YAY! The Hong Kong Tourism Board runs a free Chinese Medicine [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in General,Travel by anke
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Herbal Holiday – England
Herbal holiday part 2: From Frankfurt we flew to the UK. We stayed in a gorgeous little Dorset village called Mudeford. Temperatures were 10 – 20 degrees warmer than Germany which made outings a little easier. Unfortunately we didnt get to do too many outings since this part of our journey was dedicated [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Garden,General,Travel by anke
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Herbal Holiday – Germany
Hello herb lovers, Finally, the pictures are uploaded, resized and ready to go. Our trip (over Christmas & New Year) started in Germany. As I mentioned before for me Germany is herbal heaven. People know about remedies and use them freely. Doctors and pharmacists dispense herbal based medication instead of or to complement standard [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in General,Travel by anke
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Herb Gardening – Not Holidaying
Happy Valentine’s Day herb lovers, I realised today that I STILL havent written about our holiday. This post is no different it’s also not about the holiday This is about the new herbal project. A herb garden! Yes, yes, I know…..an endeavour that is fated to end in misery, given my history with growing anything. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Garden,General,Recipes by anke
Monday, February 4th, 2008
Mint Sauce revelation & Success
Me again herb lovers, After the last post I tried to look up the origin of mint sauce. While I didnt actually get anywhere with that, I did get distracted with the fact that it is supposed to be thick and resemble thick cream in consistency. Uhm……mine didnt look like that. So I looked [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General,Recipes by anke
Monday, February 4th, 2008
The Non-sauce-y-ness of Mint Sauce
Hello herb lovers Why is mint sauce called mint sauce? It’s not a sauce, it’s an infused vinegar. I pondered this question as I looked for a suitable recipe online. When we were in the Uk I encountered the fascination of the English with this particular condiment. Since the light of my life is [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in General,Recipes by anke
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
A herbal opportunity missed…
Hello herb lovers I popped over to the Green Flea Community Market in West End with the boys this morning. It has such a great atmosphere, unlike any other market in Brisbane. It’s worth the 30 minute drive for us just to soak it all up, oh and buying fresh produce and tasting unusual, [...]
