It was only about 3 weeks ago when I read that almost the same amount of men die from prostate cancer as compared to women who die from breast cancer. This came as a surprise as I never expected that Prostate cancer has affected just as many men.
Hence, during the month of Movember (formerly known as November) I will be growing a Mo to help raise funds and awareness to help men tackle their own health issues against depression and prostate cancer.
You can donate by clicking this link https://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-details.php?action=sponsorlink®o=1909021&country=au and donating online using your credit card or PayPal account, where all donations over $2 are tax deductible.
The money raised by Movember is used to raise awareness of men’s health issues and donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue - the national depression initiative. The PCFA and beyondblue will use the funds to fund research and increase support networks for those men who suffer from prostate cancer and depression.
For those that have supported Movember in previous years, you can be very proud of the impact it has had.
Thanks for your support and please pass this on to those who can help support my handlebar mo.
With the US elections nearing, George W Bush is soon going to have to move out of the White House… so Domain decided to put the White House up for sale =)
In addition, George is now going to need a new job (though I’m sure his Congressional Pension would cover the expenses). Hence MyCareer did a similar campaign called “Help George W Bush find a new job” -
It only it were true! The guys at Retail Me Not, mock Wall Street asking the public to spend $700 bn and get a 25% discount… not a bad deal =)
Last night I had Sushiv (www.sushivmathur.com) over for dinner and decided to cook a recipe from Gordon Ramsay. It’s Herb Crusted Lamb (but I’ve modified it a bit)
Gordon used a rack of lamb while I used individual lamb cutlets.
So I’ve outlined my version of the recipe below, and you can have a look at Gordon’s video further below.
So here goes:
Ingredients
Lamb cutlets (says 3 - 4 pieces per person)
Continental Parsley
Rosemary
Bread (stale is fine, just something that makes good breadcrumbs), I used a baguette
French Dijon mustard
Method
On a plate, lay out the lamb cutlets and season with salt and pepper. I like Gordon’s style of doing this on the plate, because any of the seasoning that is outside of the lamb bit can be swept up and absorbed as you move the pieces of lamb around - so make sure you use every bit of season on that plate!
Start the oven at 180*C. On a pan, drizzle some olive oil and place the lamb on medium heat just to give it some colour. Once you have colour put the lamb on a wire-rack and place it in the oven for 10 mins.
Meanwhile, in a blender tear bits of your bread (I used half a baguette) with some parsley and rosemary. Drizzle in a bit of olive oil - not too much. Blitz the mixture until you have some a nice texture of herb breadcrumbs.
Take the cutlets out and brush each side with Dijon mustard and coat it all over with the herb breadcrumbs. Do this for each cutlet and place it back on the wire-rack. Put it back in the oven on the top shelf so that the heat crisps the breadcrumbs. Do each side for 5 - 7 mins.
You can serve this up with mash potatoes, green beans (which I love to cook with garlic and Marsala wine) and some wilted spinach.
Enjoy!
Here is Gordon’s video:
It would seem that News.com.au has certain priorities. They make no attempt to focus on the breaking news section which lists that an “Ausie (sic) tourist was kidnapped and raped”, nor do they believe that they should talk about either the fuel prices, stock market plunge or a powder scare for the NZ Prime Minster.
But that they should let all of us know with a big focus image on the headline news, that some woman, 3 months before her wedding was told by her fiance that he had 4 kids - a secret she was never aware of during their relationship.
Great News!
