The run up to Christmas last year, we were all down with covid, this run up so far, I have had sciatica for 5 weeks now and on Monday 27th November 2023, Darren was diagnosed with shingles all over his face, not only the viral infection but also the bacterial. He said he had been feeling run down and tired for the past 2 weeks, then on Sunday night he couldn't get slept for the pain, he came to me Monday morning with what he thought was a cluster of cold sores on his forehead and cheeks, I went to the chemist to get his medication but he had to wait for the after hours doctors to open at 6pm before he could get a diagnosis and medication for it. He got strong antibiotics and codeine for the pain as well as antiviral cream.
With Australia day fast approaching, I had to share this Aussie icon. The pie floater is a meat pie submerged in thick pea soup, the pies are traditionally turned upside down sitting or sometimes submerged in the pea soup. The first time I had ever heard of this was while watching an episode of Billy Connolly's Australian tour. He was doing a show in Adelaide and indulged in one of these south Aussie icons. We tried a similar thing called a tiger pie from Harry's Cafe de Wheels on the Sydney harbour, the Tiger is a meat pie served with scoop of mash a scoop of mushy peas and a scoop of gravy, it was really delicious. A pie floater put simply is a meat pie on top of or covered in green pea soup with a choice of sauce squirted on top, the usual being ketchup, brown sauce, mint sauce, gravy or bbq sauce, some people also enjoy vinegar over their floater, I suppose the options can be endless, whatever 'floats' your pie!!. I searched a few variou...
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