Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Feed: Grandpa's Kitchen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310533#post310533 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310533#post310533 Um, guys. You know what I did? I forgot I had a separate food blog and just put the post in Hard News. And then I went out and couldn't do anything about it for hours.

So can you help me out and re-publish your excellent comments in over on…

]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:49:11 +1200 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310530#post310530 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310530#post310530 2 hours | 25 min prep | SERVES 5 , 500 ml

1 cup water
1 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup tomato paste (1 small can)
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
1/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
1/4 cup pitted dates (chopped fine)
3 tablespoons blackstrap molasses
3 tablespoons apple…

]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:16:01 +1200 Raymond A Francis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310528#post310528 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310528#post310528 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:39:49 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310525#post310525 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310525#post310525 Reminds me of the kea recipe:

Or the spotty recipe: feed spotty to cat, eat cat.

One thing we're losing with urban densification is all those vege gardens. My great-grandparents had a fruit trees on Auckland's North Shore when I was a kid. Which I was not allowed to climb…

]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:25:43 +1200 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310523#post310523 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310523#post310523 3. Throw away the kea and eat the stone.


God damn it. My history book says it was a Pukeko!!!

]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:35:58 +1200 Howard Edwards https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310521#post310521 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310521#post310521 Reminds me of the kea recipe:

1. Place kea in large billy with a stone and cover with water.

2. Bring to boil and simmer for 5 hours.

3. Throw away the kea and eat the stone.

]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:23:59 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310519#post310519 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310519#post310519 This is interesting. The last of my grandparents to die, my maternal grandmother, became a really rubbish cook in her latter years. She started boiling the crap out of vegetables and relying on Maggi packets. But yet Mum has various recipes from earlier that are ok.

Nothing with garlic or…

]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:55:32 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310518#post310518 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310518#post310518 Strain through Ian’s underpants and add a small bottle of Worcester sauce (not necessary)
Snort.

Can we assume you'll be following more modern standards of hygiene? Just curious, in case you ever offer it as a BBQ condiment. :-)

]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:49:32 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310517#post310517 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-feed-grandpas-kitchen/?p=310517#post310517 Discussion from blog post.

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