Logs, March 15-29 & my first rijstaffel at home.

There are several things that I enjoy about Holland, besides the free radio.  One of them is rijstaffel, the classic Dutch-Indonesian feast.  My love affair with rijstaffel began in my 20's, when I owned a time share in St. Maarten.  A husband and wife team ran a tiny rijstaffel restaurant in the front room of their house, and we visited every trip.  Of course, we also had this wonderful meal on each of our recent trips to Holland.

A few weeks ago, I got this crazy idea to make my own rijstaffel.  Considering that I had only made one Indonesian dish before, and I knew next to nothing about Indonesian cooking, or if I could get the necessary ingredients locally, it seemed more than a little crazy.  But I can be a determined little bugger sometimes ;-)

For anyone who is curious, these are the dishes I chose :
Sate ayam & kambing - chicken & lamb satay
Daging rending - beef rendang
Daging semur - meat stew
Gule Kambing - coconut lamb stew
Martabak - lamb stuffed pancakes
Sambal goreng buncis - fried beans
Sambal goreng kentang - fried potatoes
Sayur ledoh - vegetable stew
Acar campur - pickled vegetables
Sambal ulek - chilli paste
Sambal kecap -  soy sauce with chillies
Sambal kacang - peanut sauce
Serundeng - fried grated coconut
Pisang goreng - fried bananas
Krupuk - shrimp crackers
Nasi putih - white rice

The sambal ulek came from a bottle, but everything else was made fresh (quite the organizational challenge).

Now, for those of you who came here for the logs :-)

March 15
15070,2 . 1610 .  Shortwave Papa, “I Put a Spell on You”, fading in and out, better at 1943 with ID, greetings, 25432
9600,0 . . 1840 . Radio Spaceshuttle, ID, address, rock, 33442, good signal, but bad het on top
15880,0L.1923 . Over 60 Degree Radio, rock music, 25431, moved to 13600L at 1925, “Let’s Dance”, 25442, then 12040L at 1940 with “Layla”, 25442, 9320L at 1957 with “Ruby Tuesday”, 25442
13905,0u.1926 . Baltic Sea Radio, slow songs, seagull ID, 25442
6940,0 . . 1932 . Premier Radio, BeeGees“Good Vibrations”, ID, greetings, “Baker Street”, 25442, up to 34443 at 2042 with Frankie “Relax”
6285,0 . . 1945 . Radio Joey, fading in with slow song, Dutch song, ID, 24442
6210,0 . . 2015 . Shortwave Gold, pop, jingle ID, 35443
6254,0 . . 2020 . Radio Marabu, female DJ in German, indie music, 34443
6265,0 . . 2025 . Delta Radio, pop songs, jingle ID, 35442
6380,0 . . 2033 . Radio Blauwe Panter, Dutch music, IDs, c/d 2036, 34442
6380,0 . . 2140 . Radio Abu Dhabi?, old country, start and stop, c/d 2144, 45444

March 20
6323,0 . . 2248 . Mustang Radio, Cindi Lauper“Time After Time”, ID, 45444,c /d 0030
6400,0 . . 2300 . Ronnie AM, oldies, just above the noise level. 25441
6305,0 . . 2308 . UNID, old country, no ID heard, 45443
5900,0 . . 2317 . Radio BarraQuda, classical music, ID, 25442
6295,0 . . 2335 . Radio Abu Dhabi, greetings, ID in English and Spanish, easy listening music, 45443
6746,8 . . 2340 . Pioneer AM Radio, instrumental synthesizer music, 25441, moved to 6802,8 for a few minutes at 2352 (24441), then back,
3905,0 . . 0015 . Skyline Int. Radio, greetings, ID, 34442
4026,0 . . 0020 . Laser Hot Hits, dance, ID. laser effects, 25442

March 21
6323,0 . . 1947 . Mustang Radio, ID, dance, just fading in 25442, c/d 1950
6290,2 . . 1951 . Borderhunter Radio, dance, ID, 25442, up to 45433 by 2025 with “Dragonslayer”, c/d 2047
5897,0u . 2002 . Radio BarraQuda, “I Did It My Way”, “Suspicious Minds”, 25442
6924,9 . . 2052 . Station QRP, country music, ID/email, 25431
6215,0 . . 2100 . Radio Uferlos, weak music and talk, 25441, finally caught an ID by woman at 2340, “It’s My Life” acoustic version
6305,0 . . 2110 . Enterprise Radio, rock ballad, ID and greetings, 24441, up to 35442 by 2130, Paul Simon “Late in the Evening”
6210,0 . . 2122 . Shortwave Gold, pop/dance, ID/email, 25441
6399,9 . . 2247 . Radio Carrierwave, pop music (maybe ELO), ID via Iann’s chat,
3905,0 . . 2310 . Radio Alice, with Akai, polka, ID, greetings, “Looking Out My Back Door”, 24442
4797,0u . 2315 . Radio BarraQuda, Van Morrison “Dancing in the Moonlight”, Kiss “I Was Made for Loving You”, 24442
6325,0 . . 2325 . UNID, weak music, c/d 2333, no announcements heard, 24441
7610,0 . . 0002 . Radio Latino, latin music, ID, “Heard it Through the Grapevine”, 25432
6305,0 . . 0017 . Little Feat Radio, music just at noise level, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 0020
6380,0 . . 0020 . Radio Abu Dhabi, couple old country songs, “Cotton Eye Joe” remix, long spam of dead air, more music, ID, 45443
6960,0 . . 0039 . Premier Radio Int., “Rock On”, ID, 34442

March 23
6295,0 . . 2106 . Radio Rainbow Int., ID, email, pop, 35442

March 27
6285,0 . . 2000 . Mustang Radio, ID, closing announcements, email, dance, 45444
6485,0 . . 2040 . Premier Radio Int., “Smooth Operator”, ID, Simple Minds “Don’t Forget Aboout Me”, 43443, ute QRM
6288,0 . . 2135 . Odynn Radio, Led Zep “Dream On”, Billy Idol “Rebel Yell”,  25441
6802,8 . . 2200 . Pioneer AM Radio, Queen, Amanda Lear “Queen of Chinatown”, “Queen of Hearts”, 45343
5897,0u . 2210 . Radio BarraQuda, opera, classical and jazz music, 25442, moved to 5900u around 2300
6400,0 . . 2215 . Ronnie AM, , polka, greetings, ID, 24441
6420,2 . . 2220 . Studio 52, polka, greetings, ID, 24441
6290,0 . . 2322 . Radio Abu Dhabi, “Marilu”, “Chicken Dance”, polka, ID, 45444

March 28
6397,0 . . 1955 . Radio Abu Dhabi, Abba “Dancing Queen”, “Fernando”, 33441
21570,0u.2002 . Over 60 Degree Radio, nice blues, ID, greetings, “Still Got the Blues (For You)”, 25432,
15880,0L.2035 . Over 60 Degree Radio, more blues, 25432
6910,0 . . 2043 . Premier Radio Int., ID, “Footloose”, 25432
5897,0u . 2100 . Radio BarraQuda, "Video Killed the Radio Star", 25442
12035,0L.2115 . Over 60 Degree Radio, live version of “Pride and Joy”, ID, greetings, 25442
6325,0 . . 2140 . Radio Norton, instrumental version of “Obladi Oblada”, “Amazing Grace”, ID, polkas, 33432, ute QRM
6289,5 . . 2210 . UNID, bits of songs, blues, “Locomotion”, c/d without announcement 2212, 45443

March 29
6235,2 . . 2010 . Radio Technical Man, dance, ID, email, SMS number, 35442, up to 44443 by 2145, occasional ute QRM
6380,0 . . 2100 . UNID, pop music, no announcements heard, 23341
7515,0 . . 2135 . Radio Latino, weak music, ID via Iann’s chat, 25341