"wonderful, timeless magazines"

TGIF!

This post on a local blog is interesting.

The blogger spotted a pile of magazines at a garage sale. He didn't get around to haggling. But lo - the mags didn't sell, and they were put for the garbo*...

"...there were all the Australian Gourmet Traveller magazines sitting on the top and neatly packed in plastic bags. Maybe 50 kg of them. They were pleading to be rescued, so I obliged.These are wonderful, timeless magazines. It's easy to see why they were kept. They not only have terrific stuff on food, but also terrific stuff on people and places. The articles are well written and very informative.

"I have in front of me on my desk the May 2002 issue. There is a large section inside about mediaeval Arab cookery. That'll probably ring the terror suspect bell in some distant computer. If you're looking for the recipe for bastourma and Egyptian fried egg salad then this is where it is. There's a few recipes which use pomegranate juice too. The magazines have reminded me that I have yet to obtain replacement pomegranate and fig trees for the back garden.

"Actually the recipe mentioned above is a bit too fiddly for me. I can manage the fried egg part okay, but sourcing the bastourma which is Turkish air-dried meat could be difficult. As for two and a half tablespoons of champagne vinegar, that would have to be substituted with the ordinary stuff we get from the supermarket.

"Anyway the magazines are very nice to flip through and eventually I'll select a recipe to try."

How's that for re-inforcing what I said in this week's tute: magazines are desirable objects, both for their form and function.

See you next week.

(*garbo: Australian vernacular for people who collect your rubbish/garbage).