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Susanna Duffy

Public Speaker and Reconstructionist Cook Excessively fond of kitchen witchery, arm-chair travelling and historical detectives.

Lamb Shanks - just right for two

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What happened on the Ides of March?

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This is where I'm staying for well over a month

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Love this blog! A Welshwoman's Life in Sicily

To the ancient Greeks, Sicily was a land for Gods and Heroes.

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Growing tomatoes in buckets can provide a solution if you're short on space

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Beef Wellington - Classy, elegant in its individual serve and a pushover for the beginning Cook.

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French Green Beans, especially the tiny haricots vert, make a beautiful and appealing side dish.

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I remember Dublin Coddle from my childhood. Coming in the door from school, I would be hit by the awesome smell of bacon and pork sausage

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The mother of all dingoes was most probably a single pregnant female who trotted across the landbridge from Indonesia...

Our dragons may not be as big as the ones you read about in old legends but they're a good size just the same.

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In the Dreamtime, a terrible drought once swept across the land. All the creatures in the land met together in a great mob to discover the cause of the drought.

No one can ever forget Monkey Mia. I certainly can't.

Have you ever cuddled a koala? Don't try it with a Tasmanian Devil!

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Virginia Allain I had a chance to hold a young one in a zoo, but he was growling too fiercely.

He who laughs last, laughs longest and in the case of the Kookaburra it's true. A Kookaburra also laughs the loudest.

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A pair of Cane Toads, one male and one female, can populate the whole of Australia's Top End in less than a year. That's 1,349,129 square kilometres...

Kakadu National Park is a living cultural landscape, inhabited continuously by Aboriginal traditional owners for more than 50,000 years.

Nothing but dust, heat, flies and more dust. No water, scarcely anything green - just the orange and ochre of a stony, treeless desert

Like Apple Pie? Just wait till you try these apple dumplings! Little mini apple pies, fresh green apples wrapped in their own pastry shell and baked in a sweet cinnamon-flavoured sauce.

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Wendy Krick They look so yummy!

My four favourite butternut recipes and more!

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The Pallas Cat is the oldest living species of cat, traceable in the fossil record to 10 million years ago, one of the first two modern cats to evolve from Pseudaelurus, the prehistoric cat that lived in the Miocene epoch.

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The Chausie is an amazing cat and one you won't run across every day. To start with, Chausies are Hybrids

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You have to admit a Siamese has class!

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The Norwegian Forest Cat is a truly natural breed and really does originate from Norway.

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These little cats are the only naturally spotted breed of domesticated cat and the oldest of all house cats. And probably the prettiest.

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All the domestic cats you know today have a common ancestor - the African Wild Cat

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The Priestess at Delphi delivered her oracles to Generals, Kings and common folk, but what caused her prophetic trance? Was it God or Gas?

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What's on for St Patrick's Day in Australia?

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Make a special dinner for St Patrick's Day and decorate your house to suit your table.

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You can have the Luck of the Irish without being in Ireland. Any reason to have some holiday fun is a good reason, even you aren't Irish. You...

How about a Coffee and Chocolate Victoria Sponge for Valentine's Day. It's the simplest of sponge cake recipes, quick to make and fit for a Queen! susanna duffy

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Have you ever looked, really looked, at an egg? The glorious egg, with its deep links to Creation mythology, is one of the oldest symbols of life and rebirth known.

Whatever we feel about Easter, it's an occasion for laying the table with some special, and possibly sumptuous. food.

When I was a child, Hot Cross Buns were the big highlight of Easter.

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Easter began in an ancient celebration from our past, a celebration originally belonging to an almost forgotten goddess. Her name was Ostara.

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I like to double peel my fava beans. It takes a little longer but the end result is well worth it.

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Anything hearts and roses is fine, but a meal is the real heart of Valentine's Day. A specially cooked meal in a room decorated with Valentine's Day images.

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Macaroons are sweet, chewy, moist and marvelous, coconut and cakes

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It's not just the flavour of Red Velvet Cake, it's the amazing look of it.

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For someone with a sweet tooth it's a challenge to name the best dessert, but chocolate molten lava cake comes pretty close.

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Lamingtons, little Australian Sweet Cream Sponges

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It's not just little girls who appreciate a pink cake. I do, and so will you.

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Caramel cake is an absolute classic!

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Sweet sunny peaches, smooth vanilla ice cream and tart raspberry sauce, Peche Melba is a taste sensation.

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Peaches and Passionfruit in a quick no-frills trifle. Custard from the supermarket shelf and a sponge from the cake shop.

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Old Fashioned Steamed Pudding, Pure and Simple

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This Apple Brown Betty recipe uses apple cider for extra zing.

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Super Easy Cranberry Apple Pie - Ready-made pastry and a can of cranberries, turns out lusciously moist and slightly tart.

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Fresh pears are great for a snack, with cheese, in fruit salads, pies, cakes, and in curries and oh so lovely when poached

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Can we just say these are the top five books of Science Fiction and Fantasy to be found on Kindle? Classic collections with gripping tales from Andre Norton, Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Hugo Gernsback, Murray Leinster, Harry Harrison and more. Plus stories from that pioneer of science fantasy, Stanley G. Weinbaum.

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