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381 days ago

A Spherification workshop

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

With Chef Cory Campbell of The Grove Restaurant, unlocked new skills for our Diploma chefs using products and techniques refined by Albert and Ferran Adria at El Bulli Restaurant, Spain around 2003. The students then went on to experiment with their own dishes.

There are two types of spherification. First you can take a liquid, such as juice or puree, add a minute amount of calcium salt (Calcic) and drop them into a bowl of alginate (Algin - a natural product extracted from brown algae) and water. They will form tiny balls of jelly that resemble caviar.

Reverse spherification is when you take a liquid containing a mixture of two calcium salts (Gluco: calcium gluconate and calcium lactate) and submerge it in a bath of alginate (Algin) and water.

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3 days ago

Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.

This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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Do you think NZ should follow suit? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.

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Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
  • 84.6% Yes
    84.6% Complete
  • 13.9% No
    13.9% Complete
  • 1.4% Other - I'll share below
    1.4% Complete
1537 votes
15 hours ago

It’s Riddle Time – You Might Need an Extra Cup of Coffee!

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

Nobody has ever walked this way. Which way is it?

Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.

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2 days ago

What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.

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