Last season, I hosted a Catholic TV show, “Katholiek Nederland”, on Dutch national television. Starting this week, will be co-hosting a show on Dutch radio as well.
Interesting to see that despite the secularism in Dutch society, it is now possible for a priest to be hosting programs like this. Unthinkable just a couple of years ago!
This videoclip gives an overview of the upcoming Catholic programming on Dutch national television and radio.
I never stretch before a run, but I sometimes do some dynamic stretching during the run.
In my ongoing quest to learn how to cook, I decided it was time to try an Indian dish. Or perhaps I should say: a UK-style Indian dish. A couple of years ago I spent some time in England with a couple of friends, and I learned that the Brits *love* curry. Whereas in the Netherlands Indian restaurants are rare, and can only be found in bigger cities, in England they are everywhere. Even the small village where we stayed had an Indian restaurant on the first floor of an inn, and one evening when we were all too tired to cook, we ordered our first Indian take-out meal.
It was delicious. Tender chicken, creamy sauces, hot spices and strange new flavors: I had never eaten something like that before.
So today, I was reading through one of Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks, and I found a section about Indian dishes. The first recipe was an easy one, promised Jamie Oliver, so I decided to give it a try. I copied the ingredient list to my iPod and spent almost 45 minutes at my local supermarket to try to get everything needed for the dish. I never used a number of these ingredients before, so it took me quite a while to locate them at the store!
First, I had to cut and prepare the chicken – a good time to train my knife skills.
Step two was the most elaborate one: the sauce. Onions, pepper, coriander have to cook in butter for about 10 minutes…
…after which I added the coconut milk, dried coconut, chicken, korma paste, chickpeas and a whole bunch of other ingredients. I let the whole thing cook for another 20 minutes.
Time to plate up with some spiced up rice, fresh coriander and some lemon slices. All in all, it was a lot of work, and not as easy as I had thought, but the result blew me away. So many new flavors, great texture and a delicious smell… this dish will become a regular favorite on the menu!
Check out the full recipe here: Jamie Oliver’s chicken korma
An impression of the start of the Catholic media conference ‘Testimoni Digitali’ (Digital Witnesses) in Rome.
Hi all, I have been posting a couple of videos from my stay in Rome two weeks ago. In the mean time, I have travelled back to Holland, and right now, I am back *again* in Rome, this time to speak at a Catholic New Media conference.
I would have preferred to stay here of course, but being a simple parish priest in Holland means that I have to be at my post during the weekends (i.e. at the altar).
I will first post some impressions of my current stay in Rome, and after that, I will go back and upload the videos of my previous visit. Hope you enjoy this videoblog!
In this video, I will show you the Passetto di Borgo Pio, an ancient escape route for the Pope between the Vatican and Castel San Angelo.
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