{"id":1536,"date":"2011-06-27T18:06:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T08:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2011-06-28T23:54:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T13:54:36","slug":"romance-and-roast-duck-on-the-riverina-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?p=1536","title":{"rendered":"Romance and roast duck on the Riverina Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh yes, the romance of train travel may be a cliche&#8217; but have you ever thought about the romance that goes on among those who work the trains.\u00a0 Or what it takes to prepare a proper meal while rolling along.\u00a0 Today&#8217;s guests David and Joy took us to the buffet car of the Riverina express in the 50s, where Joy was a waitress and then the cook. David worked on the trains for 43 years, he swept Joy off her feet in romantic Junee.\u00a0 They have lots of great food stories, from WW2 bananas, to the 23 wild ducks and why a rolling kitchen needs an electrician always at hand (just in case your oven breaks down while cooking 23 wild ducks of course).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1541\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/0001-Arhs_junee_3291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1541\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1541\" title=\"0001-Arhs_junee_3291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/0001-Arhs_junee_3291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/0001-Arhs_junee_3291.jpg 440w, http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/0001-Arhs_junee_3291-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/0001-Arhs_junee_3291-150x94.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/0001-Arhs_junee_3291-400x251.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The connection from the Riverina Express leaves Junee for Narrandera<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>JOY&#8217;S LAMB&#8217;S FRY AND BACON<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>a.k.a. David&#8217;s favourite meal<\/p>\n<p>Soak 1 lamb&#8217;s liver (lamb&#8217;s fry) in a bowl of water<br \/>\nwith 2 teaspoons of salt for about<br \/>\n1 hour.<br \/>\nThen slice the lambs fry,\u00a0 dip slices in plain flour,<br \/>\nthen fry slices in a a small amount\u00a0 of oil,until a nice crusty brown<br \/>\ncoating is obtained.<br \/>\nTransfer fry into a saucepan, then make a thin gravy with plain flour,<br \/>\nscraping all the lovely crumbs from pan.<br \/>\nAdd 2 rashers of bacon,cut into small pieces, add to saucepan with fry and simmer<br \/>\nslowly until lambs fry is tender&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nserve with mash and crusty bread&#8230;.<br \/>\nserves as many as you like&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>BRANDY ALEXANDER PIE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A very easy pie, says Joy.<\/p>\n<p>1-2 sheets frozen, thawed shortcrust pastry<br \/>\n250 g. white marshmallows<br \/>\n1\/2 cup milk<br \/>\n1 tbs instant coffee powder<br \/>\n1\/4 cup warm water<br \/>\n2 tbs brandy<br \/>\n300 mL cream, whipped<\/p>\n<p>Decoration: whipped cream rosettes and chocolate mints<\/p>\n<p>Line a 20-23 cm fluted pie pan with pastry.\u00a0 Prick pastry with a fork, bake in a pre-heated 200C oven for 15 minutes, or until golden.\u00a0 Cool.<\/p>\n<p>Combine marshmallows and milk in a saucepan, heat gently, stirring occasionally.\u00a0 Dissolve coffee in water, stir into marshmallows.\u00a0 When smooth, remove from heat and mix in brandy.\u00a0 Cool.<\/p>\n<p>Fold in cream, pour into pastry case and refrigerate for 3 hours or until set.\u00a0 Decorate with cream rosettes and quartered mints.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>THE BELLY BULLETIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Seven fast food chains, including McDonald&#8217;s, Pizza Hut and KFC, signed an industry code of conduct in August 2009. This code allows the industry to self-regulate <strong>fast food TV ads<\/strong>, and limit advertising of unhealthy food to children.\u00a0 Two years later, a study led by Sydney University has found kids are still being exposed to the same number of junk food ads.\u00a0\u00a0 TV ads for junk food have stayed the same since 2009 :\u00a0 1 per hour overall and 1.3 during peak viewing times for children.<br \/>\n&#8220;Children&#8217;s exposure to unhealthy fast-food advertising has not changed following the introduction of self-regulation&#8221; the researchers said.\u00a0 They have called on the Federal Government to ban fast-food advertisements for children.<br \/>\nThe Federal Government says it is continuing to monitor the effectiveness of voluntary codes.<\/p>\n<p>The CSIRO has been given permission to conduct Australia&#8217;s first trial in which humans will eat <strong>genetically modified wheat<\/strong>.\u00a0 The wheat has been modified to lower its glycemic index and increase fibre.\u00a0 It is being grown in outdoor trials in the ACT.<br \/>\nThe CSIRO&#8217;s Matthew Morell say animal feeding trials of up to three months have been done.\u00a0 If the animal trials are found to be successful, the CSIRO will move to human trials in about 6 months.\u00a0 Dr Morell believes its a first for GM wheat. No genetically modified wheat strain has ever been approved for cropping in Australia, and Dr Morell is not aware of any being approved internationally.<br \/>\nGreenpeace says there should be animal feeding trials for at least two years, and that the short trial periods show that there is no real intention to test for negative health effects.\u00a0 The CSIRO has developed the GM wheat in a partnership which includes Europe&#8217;s largest grain company.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to participate in the <strong>community food gardens survey<\/strong> by Tara Baker , that I have previously mentioned on belly you now only have until this Thursday, June 30.\u00a0 Southern Cross University\u00a0 Honours\u00a0 candidate, Kara Baker,\u00a0 is interested in hearing from local community members from the Northern\u00a0\u00a0 Rivers\u00a0 to determine the likely community support for new\u00a0 gardens throughout the region.\u00a0\u00a0 The survey is anonymous and only takes a few minutes. The results of this research be part of Kara\u2019s Honours thesis and\u00a0 may also be published.\u00a0 <a title=\"LINK\" href=\"https:\/\/scuau.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_9ubtlzfLcBV57ms\" target=\"_blank\">LINK <\/a>to survey<br \/>\nIf you have any questions\u00a0\u00a0 Kara Baker, k.baker.11@scu.edu.au<\/p>\n<p>And finally, a disaster relief idea that should be very popular in Australia.\u00a0 One of Japan&#8217;s biggest brewers is planning to deploy a beer wagon\u00a0 to serve cold ale to tsunami survivors and people involved in reconstruction.\u00a0 The fast-chilling beer wagon\u00a0 will make the rounds of summer festivals and other events along the tsunami-devastated east coast.\u00a0 It is expected the<strong> beer will be served free to disaster survivors<\/strong>, and is also designed to help people who work up a sweat while working on reconstruction projects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>MUSIC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Serge Gainsburg &#8211; scenic railway<\/p>\n<p>Transvaal diamond syndicate &#8211; train a coming<\/p>\n<p>Elvis Presley &#8211; shake rattle and roll<\/p>\n<p>Tess Mc Kenna &#8211; Gippsland Train<\/p>\n<p>KIU &#8211; Trains<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh yes, the romance of train travel may be a cliche&#8217; but have you ever thought about the romance that goes on among those who work the trains.\u00a0 Or what it takes to prepare a proper meal while rolling along.\u00a0 Today&#8217;s guests David and Joy took us to the buffet car of the Riverina express [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio-show-posts","tag-liver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}