dominoes pizza

just wondering, Dominoes mentioned on TV that they modified the cooking time of their Pizzas but assured their pizzas are not changed. I just bought one and hmm, nice and crispy. However, come the second piece, something is very different. I was like eating a cream soda biscuit. the whole base was so thin and so was the edges.

Feedback:Domino's Pizza - New Zealand Hi Ann, We can confirm that there should be no changes to the quality and taste of our pizzas and would like to look into this further for you. Please forward your feedback and contact details to feedback@dominospizza.co.nz and we will address this further. Thanks, Carmel

The above is my feedback. I bought my pizza at Pt Chevalier road, today (12 Jan 2016 )

Loropetalum chinense/ the Chinese fringe flower

Loropetalum chinense is commonly known as the Chinese fringe flower. Two forms of L. chinense exist; a white- (to pale-yellow-) flowering green-leafed variety and a pink-flowering variety with leaves varying from bronze-red when new to olive-green or burgundy when mature, depending on selection and growing conditions.
They are evergreen with branches forming horizontal layers. The leaves are alternately arranged, ovate up to 5 cm long by 3.5 cm wide, and have a slightly abrasive feel.

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bunny tail aka Lagurus ovatus

This plants or beach grass have a fuzzy touch which looks like the tail of a bunny rabbit. It is called bunny tail aka Lagurus ovatus

They grow on New Zealand beaches, and I once picked them in Grey Mouth. These ones are in Whatipu.

Florists like to use this as a dry flower.

Road side flowers.

When my family and I came back to New Zealand in 1999. We were driving along the motorway, I thought I had died and  gone to wild flower garden. The road side and the middle divider were full of flowers.
When they were first planted in 1998 it was envisaged that they would improve the appearance of the motorways and reduce maintenance costs and the time that crews would spend tending to the wildflower gardens.
The flowers did not seed well because of poor ground conditions and because it was not their natural environment. Over time the beds became infested with brassicas and other unwanted weeds, the areas looked untidy for most of the year and proved expensive to look after, which meant that the gardening crews spent more time exposed to motorway traffic. 
The wildflowers were not as long for this world as initially hoped.  
Now I see a sea of yellow wild flowers. Not as attractive as before, but good enough for me. Can't see the yellow flowers, as they were tiny ones.

would you eat something made of chicken feathers????

E920, a pastry conditioner made from ground-up poultry feathers, would you eat something made of chicken feathers????

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11570077

Controversy over new vegan pie

6:25 PM Wednesday Jan 6, 2016

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Gemma McLeod with her vegan pie (Gemma's Gourmet Mexican Vegan Pie) which is selling out in Z petrol stations around the country. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Z Energy's new vegan pie offering has feathers ruffled over one decidedly non-vegan ingredient.
A customer revealed today that the gourmet Mexican pie - with a spicy tomato, sweetcorn and onion filling - contained E920, a pastry conditioner made from ground-up poultry feathers - meaning the prize-winning baked good is definitely not suitable for vegans.
The claim was made on the petrol station's Facebook page, with Z Energy confirming the ingredient in a follow-up comment.
"We've just checked with our pie makers and the E920 that has been used to date has been chemically derived from poultry feathers," the post read.
"This was an honest mistake which our bakers have fixed.
"While only the tiniest trace of this product was used in our pies - 0.0023 per cent - we understand the principle here and no future vegan pies, including the ones being baked today, will contain this product.
"To demonstrate how seriously we take this, a production run of these pies using this ingredient are now being donated to charity rather than sold at Z sites. Thanks again for bringing this to our attention."
The pie, which won a customer competition to be sold in Z petrol stations over the summer holiday period, had sold in the thousands in its first five days on the racks - with some stores selling out.
Gemma McLeod, a health food blogger from Auckland, beat out stiff competition to be the vegan winner, with four of the top five entries being vegan.
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• Who ate all my pies? Teen's winning entry a big hit

- NZ Herald

crinum lilies in Summer

The poor crinum plant is slowly going to  hibernate  in winter.The flowers are not as fresh.
The leaves are big blades and the pink flowers are big blooms of lily. This clump is grown next to my garage.

Crinums are a large family, belonging to the amaryllidaceae group.

Mandevillas

I saw this beautiful crimson Mandevilla at my friend Connie's house. Her friend from Canada gave it to her. Connie's friend was delighted that the Mandevilla here bloom for a long period.

Mandevilla (play /ˌmændɨˈvɪlə/)[2] is a genus of plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae, the Periwinkle family. It consists of about 100 species, mostly tropical and subtropical flowering vines.

Mandevilla is native to Central and South America and many Mandevillas come originally from the Serra dos Órgãos forests in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The genus was named after Henry Mandeville (1773-1861), a British diplomat and gardener.[3]

Mandevillas develop spectacular flowers in warm climates. The flowers come in a variety of colours, including white, pink, yellow, and red. As climbers, Mandevillas can be trained against a wall or trellis to provide a leafy green and often flowering picture of beauty. They have a tendency to attract insects like mealybugs and scales.




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