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    Calls for permanent replacement surface as Today show host takes summer break

    I never understood the attraction of Stefanovic. I have always thought of him as an insufferable bore. But David Campbell is very entertaining and likeable. I am enjoying seeing him in the mornings.
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    You won't believe what's in ALDI's ‘crazy’ new Christmas range!

    Very disappointed in Aldi this year. For the last few years we have really enjoyed their salmon with orange and maple glaze for our Christmas dinner. We want it to be our Christmas tradition but this year, oh dear, it is not available. They have another but it won’t be the same.
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    What do you think of the new newsletter template?

    I liked yesterday’s but not todays because the font is way too small making it difficult to read.
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    Mum reveals how much you're paying for everyday grocery items: ‘This is interesting to see’

    So many things that I used to buy I now don’t because the price rise is excessive in my view. I would like to think that others are doing the same. Perhaps the big supermarkets will then get the message that we will not pay these grossly inflated prices and bring them down to a more reasonable...
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    Salmon and Creamed Spinach Fettuccini

    I wonder, are bags of creamed spinach even available in Australia? I’ve never seen them in a supermarket.
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    SDC Trivia Game #173 - 15/11/2023

    Needs to be updated. Queen Elizabeth is no longer alive and hasn’t been for some time.
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    November Competition: Christmas Memories!

    At Christmas my dad would tie forks and spoons on strings to the handle on our bedroom door so that if we tried to get up early and rush to open our presents he would hear and order us back to bed till a suitable time when he and mum would let us out so that they didn’t miss out on seeing our...
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    Did the recent Optus outage affect you? You might be eligible for compensation.

    To compensate some , who can provide receipts , and not others is discriminatory. Is my despair at being unable to contact an ambulance or emergency service not worth anything?
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    Baked crab cakes irresistible

    It would be more considerate if recipe submitters would adjust their American recipes to to show Australian ingredients to better suit this Australian audience.
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    Canadian bewildered over Aussie term: ‘What is this, Harry Potter?’

    The man is obviously not a reader. If he has lived this long he mustn’t have done much reading not to have encountered the word fortnight in any books before.
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    Apple pie bread pudding

    This recipe is similar to one of my favourite winter desserts from the Esk Valley (Tasmania) CWA cookbook. If you put a crumble mix on top of the pudding and bake it then you have a really Australian dessert.
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    Rediscover the 140-year-old 'magical soap' that cleans almost anything

    As a child I couldn’t use any bath soap as it would aggravate excema. The only soap I could use was Sunlight laundry soap and still do.
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