Melbourne weather is changeable at the best of times but in Spring it goes nuts.
I spent a pretty blue-skied weekend clearing all the rubbish that the Ti-tree and Moonah insist on throwing down. They might be pretty but they make one hell of a mess. The mess was burning nicely - better now than in a summer bushfire - by late afternoon Sunday, when the sky turned that ominous shade of purple-tinged grey that says 'storm approaching'. Within five minutes a westerly gale-force wind whipped across from Point Nepean, sucking behind it several cloud-loads of rain which seemed to move horizontally. The rain failed to put out the fire and next morning there was a fresh load of wind-scattered tree rubbish to be picked up.
Today is a diamond. Still and warm. The bay is twinkling again and there is a slight haze on the bay, blurring the horizon. What's for lunch?
Potato and bacon frittata.
Fry two finely sliced onions and two chopped rashers of bacon in a little oil.
Beat five eggs with a quarter cup of milk in a large bowl. To the eggs, add the onions and bacon together with 500g of diced, almost-boiled potatoes and half a cup of grated colby cheese.
Pour into a greased pie dish. Bake in a moderate oven until almost set, finish under the griller to brown. Let stand five minutes before serving.
Makes an excellent lunch after a morning of gardening; or take a cold one along on a Spring picnic. And an umbrella.
I spent a pretty blue-skied weekend clearing all the rubbish that the Ti-tree and Moonah insist on throwing down. They might be pretty but they make one hell of a mess. The mess was burning nicely - better now than in a summer bushfire - by late afternoon Sunday, when the sky turned that ominous shade of purple-tinged grey that says 'storm approaching'. Within five minutes a westerly gale-force wind whipped across from Point Nepean, sucking behind it several cloud-loads of rain which seemed to move horizontally. The rain failed to put out the fire and next morning there was a fresh load of wind-scattered tree rubbish to be picked up.
Today is a diamond. Still and warm. The bay is twinkling again and there is a slight haze on the bay, blurring the horizon. What's for lunch?
Potato and bacon frittata.
Fry two finely sliced onions and two chopped rashers of bacon in a little oil.
Beat five eggs with a quarter cup of milk in a large bowl. To the eggs, add the onions and bacon together with 500g of diced, almost-boiled potatoes and half a cup of grated colby cheese.
Pour into a greased pie dish. Bake in a moderate oven until almost set, finish under the griller to brown. Let stand five minutes before serving.
Makes an excellent lunch after a morning of gardening; or take a cold one along on a Spring picnic. And an umbrella.
Oh I wish it was spring here . . . sigh . . . instead we are slipping in to winter and summer never even made much of an appearance! That fritta looks delish though. I may have to give it a try!
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frittata grrrr frittata!!! bad typing me. . .
ReplyDeleteMarie, spring is the season I look forward to most of all. (Frittata always trips me up as well - let's just call it an omelette!)
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