Five of everything

Hello! Not going to be long today, I have more exciting things to do, such as eating dinner with my whole family (my mother and my sister and myself : ) ) as my sis is on her way here. I'm making a recipe that is a big hit in Australia with my other family (my husband) and I am perplexed that an Australian recipe for Italian chicken meatballs cannot be made in the Netherlands! The Dutch don't do chicken mince, simple as that. Oh well, beef is fine too. Hope it tastes alright.

Not been a very exciting day, I'm afraid. A lot of sorting through Mum's laundry room, which is where junk ends up if it needs to be out of the way quickly. It goes very slowly, clearing Mum's house, as it turns out she has five of everything. At least. And in the case of laundry liquid, most of the bottles were near empty, but there were five of each. And in Holland it's common to have separate liquids for whites, blacks and colours, and then there's fabric softener and also Oxi gel. Luckily it was washing day as well, so I just washed our clothes with combined dregs of whatever was left. Efficient, yes. That's me.

I fought a major battle with the mother regarding throwing stuff out. Sometimes I win, sometimes she wins. I told her she could keep 20 of her (1 million) jam jars, to put her jam in when she makes the next batch late this summer. She ended up sneaking another five in. This is how it goes. In the end we managed to get a carload of stuff to the the apartment, some of it to keep, some of it to give away. At least it's organised and out of the house. Still, it's only a tiny dent in an otherwise huge mountain of stuff to move, but it's something.

I'm drinking cherry coke right now. One of the many things that is not readily available in Australia. Yum. Really enjoying my meals at the moment, brown bread with cheese, crusty rolls with ham, potatoes, beans. Nothing spectacular, but just super tasty in my opinion. I love the Dutch cuisine. Oh, I'm going to try to upload some pictures of my dinner last night, Andijviestamppot met rookworst. (Endive bake with smoked sausage). See how it goes.

Bye!