Need assistance regarding Australian product.

[judydawn]

 This book is sounding more interesting each time you post something andie - you must do something about it before it is too late (sorry!).  Cook by day and write by night is my suggestion. 

[cookie1]

Yes Andiesenji you must. Even if you put these anecdotes you tell us in a special file on the computer. My Dad had many hilarious stories.  We wanted him to write them or tell them to a tape recorder but he flatly refused and if we had tried to secretly tape him he would have found out and not told us any more. Sadly these stories of his life and  wartime have all gone now.

[andiesenji]

I'm thinking about it.  The difficulty is not the time needed, it is the discipline required to actually do it and stick to it until it is finished.

Another problem is being a perfectionist in putting across an idea in the best language possible, so that it is easily comprehensible. 

I read a great deal and am constantly remarking aloud when I come across glaring errors in a book.  Many authors do extensive research about the background of a story set in another era but then use a word that is inappropriate. 
(I do the same thing with movies and TV shows that are set in earlier times.) 

I don't want to make the same mistakes and certainly wouldn't trust most editors to catch such errors.

I have a box full of micro tapes that I have dictated as ideas have occurred to me.   I do intend to transcribe them but to date have avoided that task.   Perhaps tomorrow.........


By the way, I have ordered the Australian mountain pepper and will report back when I have given it sufficient attention.
(I also ordered some more "rare" salts  and reordered curry sugar as my tin is near empty.)

[achookwoman]

Andi,  about the pepper seed/berries.  I think they are grown mostly in Tasmania,  although I have some I collected on Mt. Macedon.   Both the leaves and the berries are peppery,  the berries more so.  They are hotter than the other black peppers and I believe they are very expensive.   The small trees on which they grow are very dependent  on the climate and very difficult to grow.   I think I read that they sell for $1200 a Kilo. 

[andiesenji]

Andi,  about the pepper seed/berries.  I think they are grown mostly in Tasmania,  although I have some I collected on Mt. Macedon.   Both the leaves and the berries are peppery,  the berries more so.  They are hotter than the other black peppers and I believe they are very expensive.   The small trees on which they grow are very dependent  on the climate and very difficult to grow.   I think I read that they sell for $1200 a Kilo. 

That price sounds about right for the amount I paid at Salt Traders.  I've found their prices to be very fair and competitive in the past and I have purchased a great deal from them. 
I just love salts, various peppers and  the more exotic spices.   
I have been using grains of paradise since I discovered them many years ago and early on were very difficult to find.  The internet has made is so much easier for folk like me to indulge our desires.   At least the desire for food-related stuff.

[Ceejay]

Another one who is fascinated with your history and experiences Andie!  Bet that book will be a best seller!


I have a verbal agreement from a friend studying creative writing to do a book with me... but I sure hear you on that discipline side!