ANZAC Biscuits

[nev]

I was referring to the whole cookbook (because she does not only cook roast chicken). She has so many recipes for carbs and desserts too.

But what do I know. Burbage is always right.

[Pinklepurr]

I'm not a fan of ANZAC biscuit - I hate dried dessicated coconuts . Arnott's recipe looks yum tho.

Jamie's recipes are easy peasy, but nowhere as tasty as Nigella's. A friend gave me my first Nigella recipe book, and I'm hooked . My only gripe is, ALL her recipes are so unhealthy. A stick of butter (250g) for one roast chicken is heart attack on a plate. Sigh. I don't know how anyone can cook like her and still look like her.

Doesn't she have a "personal trainer" at the moment and has joined her husband on a vegetable diet or something??? She is still nice and curvy, although I see her knees are making it into some papers.

[Burbage]

Burbage is always right.

Now you're getting it.

[Burbage]

We have our own Dr Atkins!

Not exactly. But let's put it this way. Glucose is the primary energy source for the body. But excess glucose and glucose spikes cause the body to lay down more adipose tissue. If you avoid glucose spikes then you don't lay down excess fat. Therefore to avoid getting fat you avoid glucose, not fat.

The Atkins method is to remove all glucose sources from the diet in order to force catabolism on the adipose tissue in the body (and by the by you also avoid blood sugar spikes). The body will break down adipose tissue into fatty acids for use in fatty acid metaobolism which happens in the liver and the waste product is ketones. The brain cannot use fatty acids as a source of energy, but it can use ketones. Excess ketones are excreted.

In general the Atkins method is only to reduce weight. Once the weight is gone, or you are already of a normal weight, the key to staying slim is to avoid excess glucose: sugar and starches. There is nothing wrong, ever, with eating complex sources of carbohydrate: fresh fruit and vegetables, but the atkins diet removes these as well in order to force catabolism.

[Bender]

catabolism

Sounds like a religion.

[Burbage]

catabolism

Sounds like a religion.

Ignoring everything from the outside and digesting yourself?

[Kooky]

No, that's cannibalism, silly.

[Bender]

Today is ANZAC Day.

It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

Silence for one or two minutes is observed in the ANZAC Day ceremony as a sign of respect and a time for reflection, to honour the sacrifice of those who died in war.



(Dawn Service picture courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.)

[Burbage]

I had this brilliant idea for promoting my play. I was going to go down to the ANZAC parade, and in the middle of the two minutes silence shout out: " Come and see the Shoe-Horn Sonata!!"

[baloo]

Good idea. Make sure your health insurance is up to date and that they don't exclude idiocy in their T&C

[Burbage]

I thought about that. That's why I got our producer to do it.

[Kooky]

Burb, I'm shocked. ANZAC Day obviously means a lot to quite a few people here and I wonder why you would feel it appropriate to post something smartarse right after Bender's post.

[Burbage]

It's a thread about biscuits.

Oh well, yes, irreverence is me.

[Bender]

On ANZAC Day it's also a long-standing tradition to have a few beers and play Two-up. For those who don't know the game, here's a quick rundown:

Two-up is a gambling game thought to have originated in the early nineteenth century on the Australian goldfields. The game had its hey-day with the diggers (soldiers) stationed in Flanders in the first world war. It remained popular for Australian troops during WWII and is an institution in pubs and clubs on ANZAC Day.

It is allowed to be played legally in public only on ANZAC Day (except at the Musician’s Club in Broken Hill and a designated two-up school in Kalgoorlie). You can play it any time in an Australian casino.

Two-up can be played with either two or three coins. The traditional game is played with two coins, and the modern game is played with three, thus giving a quicker result (i.e. 2 Heads or 2 Tails). In the casino version of the game punters cannot place wagers with other players but in the diggers' version they can bet with as many people as they like.


How to play Two-up:

To stage a game requires a quiet spot, with a flat area big enough for an 18- or 20-foot radius circle clearly etched in the dirt. Two up is played by any number of players who surround the ring and take turns at being the 'spinner' (player).

The game is managed by a 'boxer' who oversees the game and betting and a 'ringer' or ringkeeper who looks after the coin tosses in the ring. A ‘cockatoo’ keeps a lookout for the ‘Law’ in an illegal game.

• The ‘ringer’ will call for a ‘spinner’ who will place a bet with the ‘boxer’. When this is set, side bets may be made by the other punters, for either 'heads' or 'tails'.
• The ‘ringer’ will then call "Come in spinner", and the ‘spinner’ will then walk into the centre of the ring and toss the two coins up into the air using a paddle known as a 'kip'.
  
  - if the coins land with two heads facing up, it is called "Heads" and he wins;
  - if they are one of each,called “Odds” he throws again;
  - two tails is called “Tails” and he loses. The ‘spinner’ passes the ‘kip’ to another person.
• The spinner must throw heads three times in a row before he can collect the winnings. The boxer takes a commission out of the kitty that the spinner wins.

[Fat Bob]

First time I was asked to play two-up was by a girl at a rugby event (on, funnily enough, ANZAC Day). I got all excited. Even more so when I saw the paddle. Didn't first understand what the coins were for.....

....but then found out it was basically betting whether two coins would both come up heads or tails. And having a jolly good scream thrown in to boot!

Was nearly disappointed until I came out $50 up.