Recipes

This then is the traditional Swaggies Christmas "Turkey"

Galah stew

Ingredients:-
1 Galah, about 2 - 3lbs
2 sticks celery, cut into 2" lengths
2 carrots, peeled, halved and quartered
2 large potatoes, peeled and cut into 4 pieces each
1t. salt
1/2t. pepper
2t. sugar
own choice of herbs [in a piece of cheesecloth]
1 cup oil
3 cups chicken stock [or cubes] or white wine
prepared turkey stuffing
1 axe-head

Method:-
Fill the cavity of galah with the turkey stuffing. Put oil in dutch oven and brown galah on all sides. Pour off the oil, and remove galah. Place prepared vegetables on base of dutch oven, and replace galah on top. Pour in chicken stock [and open a flagon of two penny port] herbs, salt, pepper and sugar. Put the axe-head in beside the galah, cover and cook on high until it comes to a rolling boil. Turn down heat and simmer. To test for doneness, poke a skewer into the axe-head, if it is tender, the galah is cooked. Drink the port

This is an Indonesian prawn dish that I ate when on the islands. It has nothing to do with Galah stew you Galah

Australian Jingle Bells

Dashing through the bush,
in a rusty Holden Ute,
Kicking up the dust,
esky in the boot,
Kelpie by my side,
singing Christmas songs,
It's Summer time and I am in
my singlet, shorts and thongs

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut !,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

Engine's getting hot;
we dodge the kangaroos,
The swaggie climbs aboard,
he is welcome too.
All the family's there,
sitting by the pool,
Christmas Day the Aussie way,
by the barbecue.

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

Come the afternoon,
Grandpa has a doze,
The kids and Uncle Bruce,
are swimming in their clothes.
The time comes 'round to go,
we take the family snap,
Pack the car and all shoot through,
before the washing up.

While every effort will always be made to maintain total accuracy, to err is human. It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend; one's present or future thirst; the excellence of the wine; or any other reason.