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Garden Art and Design: A New Concept for Rethymnon |
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 Babis and Manolis Psistakis, who run a wholesale nursery in Chamalevri,
are opening their new GARDEN ART AND DESIGN centre at the Spili junction
of the National Highway—see map opposite. Both brothers are truly
knowledgeable, studied horticulture at university in the UK and speak
excellent English, - not to give the impression that we consider UK
horticulture to be superior in any way—we don’t. But for those English
speakers who enjoy gardening, whose Greek is not that great, and who
have problems translating plant names, this is a help. So, what’s
coming? Glazed pots and interesting plants from Italy, different types
of garden furniture and maybe even a gazebo! More details to follow. |
Recipe: Belgian Rabbit in Black-Cherry Beer (what else?!) |
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Ingredients: 2 rabbits, cleaned and ready to cook 2 tbs. flour 100 gr. butter 2 onions—chopped 2 carrots—sliced 1 litre Black - Cherry Beer A few tbs Jenever (Belgian spirit) 200 ml stock Bouquet Garni Raspberry vinegar 1 tsp. red currant jam / jelly 500 gr morello cherries (stones removed) 125 gr sugar (optional) Cinnamon stick Salt and pepper to taste |
Method: Cut the rabbits into portions and coat them with the flour. Brown the rabbit in the butter, along with the chopped onions. Then add the carrots and a bit more flour. Pour in the stock and half of the black-cherry beer and stir. Add the bouquet garni and salt and pepper to taste. Cover the pot and stew on a low heat for 2 hours until the meat is tender. In another pot add the remaining beer, the cinnamon stick and sugar, and bring to the boil. Wait for the liquid to thicken a bit. Add the morello cherries, jenever, raspberry vinegar and redcurrant jelly—cook for another 10 minutes. Remove the cinnamon stick and add the contents of the pot to the stewed rabbit. Serve with boiled potatoes. |
Rethymnon Shopping Tip We admit that black-cherry beer and Jenever might be a bit difficult to track down on Crete, though Carrefour in Heraklion do have a wide selection of Belgian beers, including raspberry, which will do just as well, and we do know of at least a couple of Belgians who live in Rethymnon! You could probably substitute raki for the jenever. |
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OK, OK, we are sadly warped individuals…. | ||
Pressing Need for Dial-a-Laundry in Rethymnon?? |
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This message goes out in response to a heartfelt plea from a valiant Swedish friend who works somewhat unsociable hours in a bar (very hard, too, we might add) and doesn’t have a washing machine. All well and good that there are ‘Laundry-Mats’ in town (and for those of you who don’t live here, no, ‘Laundry-Mat’ wasn’t a typing error, just one of the many examples of fusion Gringlish that we have come to know and love), but using these involves a journey, hassle, and time that would be better spent on more fruitful occupations—e.g. writing that novel, learning Japanese, winning the Nobel Prize, watching ’Animal Planet’, eating chocolate or sleeping. In short, ’Wash and go’ is a no go. What our friend needs to find is a ‘collect and deliver’ laundry service. |
This facility might be really useful for loads of people, especially in
the winter. Tumble-driers are an exotic, expensive and rare luxury on
Crete (we’ve yet to meet someone who has bought one here), hardly
surprising given the climate for most of the year, when you can just
hang your stuff on the line and it will dry in half an hour — a good
thing too, for ‘green energy’. Trouble is, though, in the winter, when
it rains (which it can do for days), using ’environmentally green
laundry tactics’ means that your damp washing does start to go really
green. And mouldy. And smelly. And it’s not very nice. |
Cocktail of the Month: Zombie |
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One of these is enough! |
Ingredients: Tropical fruit juice, dark rum, golden rum, light rum,
white rum, overproof rum….Mix equal measures of the different types of
rum EXCEPT THE OVERPROOF together in a long glass leaving enough space
to add some ice and the fruit juice. Drizzle A SMALL AMOUNT of the
overproof over the top. Approach with extreme caution One of these is enough |
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Mrs Beeton Groupies |
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