Monday, May 12, 2008

pizzas

I made delicious pizzas last night. (i'm modest like that...)

For the record (and maybe for Adele?) here are some of my regular topping combinations (in order of putting them on the pizza). I should come up with names for them.

-tomato paste
-mozzarella cheese (sprinkle some on the before the toppings)
-mushrooms (lots of them)
-chopped olives (lots of them)
-chopped sun-dried tomatoes (not too many)
-mozzarella cheese

-tomato paste
-mozzarella cheese (sprinkle some on the before the toppings)
-mushrooms (lots of them)
-Camembert
-cranberry sauce
-Smoked chicken (or not, to leave it vege)
-mozzarella cheese

-tomato paste
-mozzarella cheese (sprinkle some on the before the toppings)
-dessicated coconut (sprinkle over cheese)
-sliced banana
-chopped mango
-Smoked chicken (or not, to leave it vege)
-apricot/mango sauce or spicy mango chutney
-mozzarella cheese
-natural cashew nuts (sprinkle over just before it's finished cooking)
-natural yogurt (pour over just as it comes out of the oven)

For the bases there are many options... sometimes I use wholemeal pita bread. Sometimes I use turkish bread, or flat-bread. Sometimes I make my own (water, yeast, flour and sugar... real easy).

Cook at 200degrees celcius fan-bake for 10-12 minutes.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

what did they expect?

Ernie blogs yesterday from the Telecommunications Day -

"New Zealand has fallen from 14th to 16th on The Economist Intelligence Unit's annual e-readiness rankings.

Meanwhile Australia has jumped from 9th to 4th.

Given the focus the government has put on the Digital Strategy over the past several years this is not the news we want to hear."

What did they expect?