Homegrown chillies

I am a somewhat avid gardener, I only garden on my balcony though and have had some success growing things like Butternut pumpkin, Sage, Broad beans and Mexican hot chillies.

First season
Second season second year
The plants that produced all the chillies

One thing that surprised me is that the chilie plants lasted a good 2-3 years before they became to old to produce chilies and the frost here finally claimed them.

Amazing photo

Took this photo as we were heading back from a BBQ at nara peace park near civic in canberra probably the most colorful sunset I have seen. many thanks to Thien as without his help this photo would not have been possible.

Sunset over Burley griffin lake, Canberra Australia

Trying to recreate a flavor!

So I recently tried to recreate a flavor of a particularly well liked burger from a particular burger store.

it was according to the internet a simple recipe:

beef with garlic flakes and white pepper

sliced and browned sesame seed bun

Pickles tomato sauce and american mustard raw white onions sliced and american cheese.

The finished burg
Deconstructed burg

Tasted really good, but not as similar to the real thing as I would have liked. and after all the ingredients were calc’d in it was as expensive if not more expensive than just buying it from the store which surprised me.