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Friday, May 05, 2006
I am hungry for a jaffel
I had a last-minute invite tonight for an escape to Bragg Creek, where we would have a campfire and cook jaffels for dinner. It didn't take long to convince myself that I could take a break from my ongoing work! Alas, the invitation was cancelled and I felt a bit crestfallen.
I was flooded with memories from Australia. Jess introduced me to toastie-toasties (jaffels) with ham, tomato, cheese, and baked beans inside! Before I met her in Coral Bay, I had never heard of jaffels before - Cormac had a jaffel iron amongst his camping gear in Julia (his green Mistibushi Pajero) the entire time and never busted it out!
A jaffel is a bread-pie that you can make over coals or in an open fire. A jaffel iron is two indented squares of cast iron such that, when you press them together, an inner pocket is created. Butter one side each of two slices of bread. Place one slice into the bottom side of the jaffel iron, butter against iron. Place your toppings on top of that slice, and be generous! Put the second slice of bread on top, butter up, and bring the top side of the iron down, closing the jaffel iron. Cook. A perfectly cooked jaffel will not be burnt - the outer bread shell will be golden brown, and the insides will be hot (cheese melted)! Enjoy!!!!
I remember Cormac, Kell, Jess and I caravanseraid from Exmouth to Tom Price one day, we didn't quite make it and pulled off the road to camp at dusk. It was a long, warm day of driving; Cormac had to fill Julia with petrol from the reserve fuel cans (there's no roadhouses), and Jess accidentally killed a bird with her car. We found a grove of trees sticking out of the dry, red earth and built a campfire. Jess made jaffels with canned chilli, I think, and we slept on the ground, next to the fire and under the stars. We saw a UFO that night, it was unlike anything I had seen before. In the morning I remember being drawn to a particular bird that sounded like rattling wood, I wish I could recall it's sound or appearance now.
Just a bit north of Port Hedland, we camped at a 24 hour rest spot, on a river (can't recall the name). We were far enough north for saltwater crocodiles to be a mild concern (or not, depends who you talk to) - Jess slept in her car, I slept in a front seat of the Pajero, and Kell and Cormac braved it sleeping under a mosquito net hung from a huge eucalypt! We first had jaffels for dinner, over a small fire between our vehicles. When we woke in the morning, we had breakfast jaffels!
My favorite jaffel: crunchy, natural peanut butter, sliced banana, and honey. Substitute jam for honey if you like, but honey is the tits!
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I was flooded with memories from Australia. Jess introduced me to toastie-toasties (jaffels) with ham, tomato, cheese, and baked beans inside! Before I met her in Coral Bay, I had never heard of jaffels before - Cormac had a jaffel iron amongst his camping gear in Julia (his green Mistibushi Pajero) the entire time and never busted it out!
A jaffel is a bread-pie that you can make over coals or in an open fire. A jaffel iron is two indented squares of cast iron such that, when you press them together, an inner pocket is created. Butter one side each of two slices of bread. Place one slice into the bottom side of the jaffel iron, butter against iron. Place your toppings on top of that slice, and be generous! Put the second slice of bread on top, butter up, and bring the top side of the iron down, closing the jaffel iron. Cook. A perfectly cooked jaffel will not be burnt - the outer bread shell will be golden brown, and the insides will be hot (cheese melted)! Enjoy!!!!
I remember Cormac, Kell, Jess and I caravanseraid from Exmouth to Tom Price one day, we didn't quite make it and pulled off the road to camp at dusk. It was a long, warm day of driving; Cormac had to fill Julia with petrol from the reserve fuel cans (there's no roadhouses), and Jess accidentally killed a bird with her car. We found a grove of trees sticking out of the dry, red earth and built a campfire. Jess made jaffels with canned chilli, I think, and we slept on the ground, next to the fire and under the stars. We saw a UFO that night, it was unlike anything I had seen before. In the morning I remember being drawn to a particular bird that sounded like rattling wood, I wish I could recall it's sound or appearance now.
Just a bit north of Port Hedland, we camped at a 24 hour rest spot, on a river (can't recall the name). We were far enough north for saltwater crocodiles to be a mild concern (or not, depends who you talk to) - Jess slept in her car, I slept in a front seat of the Pajero, and Kell and Cormac braved it sleeping under a mosquito net hung from a huge eucalypt! We first had jaffels for dinner, over a small fire between our vehicles. When we woke in the morning, we had breakfast jaffels!
My favorite jaffel: crunchy, natural peanut butter, sliced banana, and honey. Substitute jam for honey if you like, but honey is the tits!
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