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ABS Newsletter August 2020

 

ABS NEWSLETTER

August 2020

 

Contents:

  • Editorial

  • HRH Prince George Birthday Party

  • Events in August

  • Preview for September

  • Members´ Forum

  • ...the last page

Editorial

Dear members and friends of the ABS,

remember my happy July message, ever so optimistic? "Hurray - travelling and visiting events is back", yet  "... still abiding by the rule of social distancing". Well, apparently a number of people seem to have been overdoing it, with the result of a creeping return of that dreaded Covid 19 risk to numerous countries. So, better stay at home, doing some useful maintenance work, e.g. repairing your grandchildrens´ bicycles or, even better, teaching them to give your car a proper cleaning. Should you not have any grandchildren, why not take your dog for a nice walk? Should you not happen to have a dog, say something nice to your partner. Should you not have a partner, etc etc ... Life offers so many choices. Just have a look at this month´s  choice of recipes, contributed by ABS members Ian Murdoch, ABS Auditor, and Monika Fruth-Jonas, my ´better half´. Sadly, not so many choices are left for one-and-a-half million of Brits living in EU countries including Austria, as far as the outcome of Brexit on their future is concerned. Wolfgang Geissler, ABS board member, and his dear wife Mary happen to be two of them. Having spent over fourty years in the UK, Wolfgang has put together some of his very personal thoughts on that matter, as you´ll find further down in our Members´ Forum.

Thanking you for your considerate behavior in all Corona matters in connection with our ABS events and, looking forward to seeing you at one of our events again in the not too distant future,

yours ever,

Fred Fruth, Secretary General & Editor-in-Chief (due to current medical treatment, still not in the position of joining events)

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If you see news, hear news, or make news - we want to hear from you! 
Join our MEMBERS´ FORUM!

Send your contribution by email to  f.fruth@gmx.at

Thank you!


UND, wir sind übrigens auf facebook. Dort finden Sie viele Informationen für Anglophile - nicht nur über unsere Veranstaltungen. Also bitte Like, Comment and Share!
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HRH Prince George Birthday Party - a quick review

Ein kurzer Rückblick für alle, die diesmal nicht dabei sein konnten, von Wolfgang Geissler:

Am Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2020, lud Präsident Prof. Dr. Kurt Tiroch im Namen der Österreichisch-Britischen Gesellschaft (ABS) zur siebenten Geburtstagfeier „unseres“ Prinzen George ins und vor dem Café Ministerium am imposanten Georg Coch Platz und an der malerischen Ringstraße ein.

Bereits zum achten Mal kreierten die Mitglieder das berühmte „Prince George Cuvée“ unter der Aufsicht von Starwinzer Willi Opitz. Zum ersten Mal wurde auch ein  „Prince George Cheese“ von unserem Mitglied und Bio-Bauernhofbetreiber Ewald Wurzinger zusammen mit einer großen Käseauswahl zur Verkostung bereitgestellt. Die musikalische Begleitung kam diesmal von der hochtalentierten Künstlerin  Viktoria Marx.

 

 

Events in August

Wednesday, 12.08. Lecture in english from Peter Llewellyn-Davies, President and CEO/CFO of Apeiron Biologics: How APEIRON Biologics wants to conquer Covid-19. British Amabassador´s residence, 1030 Vienna. For further details see invitation from 21 July. Strictly for members only, no accompanying guests.

Dienstag, 25.08. Vortrag von Dr. Leo Hemetsberger, Philosoph, über "Grenzen des Wissens". Cafe Ministerium, 1010 Wien. Einladung mit weiteren Details in Vorbereitung. For members only.

 

Preview for September

Mittwoch, 09.09. Jubiläum, bitte vormerken!  "10 Jahre Austro-British Society". Einladung mit weiteren Details in Vorbereitung.  For members and friends.

11.-13.09. London-Reise zu "Last Night of the Proms"FULLY BOOKED.

Donnerstag, 17.09.Stephansdom, Feier anlässlich Restaurierungsabschluss der RiesenorgelAufgrund begrenzter Platzanzahl for corporate members only.

Mittwoch, 23.09. Vortrag Volker Seitz,Deutscher Botschafter i.R., "Afrika wird arm regiert - wie man Afrika wirklich helfen kann". Einladung mit weiteren Details in Vorbereitung. For members and friends.

 

MEMBERS´ FORUM 

(The opinions expressed are those of the authors)

 

Previously on “Brexit" by Wolfgang Geissler

This long running successful drama "Brexit” portraying Britain’s valiant struggle against the Brussels foe is now in its fourth year with the season's gripping final episode scheduled for Thursday, 31 December 2020 promising to be a real cliff-hanger.

The story is briefly told. A slim majority of the British electorate wants to leave the so called "EUSSR", a sinister, dictatorial bloc run by unelected gnomish Eurocrats in a far away place called Brussels, hell bent on enslaving England and the English. At the same time this slim majority is also anxious to rid itself of the troublesome European foreigners. Pretty Home Secretary Priti Patel claims that her biggest success since in government is the ending of "Freedom of Movement". For auto mechanic Vince from Hull this means nothing since he had rarely left this town beside the River Hull but when informed that the Scots opposed Brexit he was gobsmacked and looking with his watery blue eyes into the camera of Channel 4 News muttered: "I always thought that Scotland was part of England?" Rubbing his forehead with his oily hand he concluded with a slight hurt in his voice "if the Scots don't like it, then they can always leave."

A million and half of Brits living in Europe and consequently also in Austria are literally stranded, forgotten and ignored by their government and three prime ministers in a row, will face the certain prospect to be relegated from the status of a European citizen to that of a Third Country National by next year with more uncertainties to come.

 

Motivated by Pia Wieser´s recipes, Ian Murdoch and Monika Fruth-Jonas invite you to try their recipes, too:

Ian´s Roast Lamb

Ingredients for 4 -6 servings

  • 1 leg of lamb ( 3 - 3.5 lbs/1.35 -  1.6 kg )
  • 3 cloves garlic , cut into 12 slivers ( optional ) 
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 8 sprigs of fresh rosemary ( or 1 dessertspoon of rough-cut dried rosemary )
  • softened butter
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper 

For the gravy

  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 beefstock cube , crumbled
  • splash of red wine
  • hot water
How to proceed:
  • Preheat the oven to 200C ( 400F) 
  • If using garlic , make a dozen deep slits in the lamb .
  • Push a sliver of garlic into each slit .
  • Place the lamb in an oven tray. Spread softened butter all over the lamb and sprinkle with the lemon juice .Press the sprigs of rosemary into the softened butter , 4 sprigs each on the underside and top side of the joint .( If using dried rosemary , sprinkle it all over the  joint ). Season to taste with salt and freshly-ground black pepper .
  • Calculate the roasting time : 30 minutes per lb for well-done , 27 for medium
  • Place the tray in the oven . Roast for the required time , basting every 20 minutes .
  • When the lamb is cooked to your liking , remove it from the oven and  let it stand for 10 minutes while you do the gravy .

The gravy 

  • Take 2 tablespoons of juices from the roasting tray and blend in a pan with the flour and crumbled beefstock cube.
  • Place the pan on the stove over a medium heat and  stir in hot water  until the gravy comes to the boil and reaches  the thickness you want
  • Add the splash of red wine and return  to the boil.
  • Reduce the heat and simmer for another 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and pour into a sauceboat.

Done ! 

Tips :

  • You either like garlic or you hate it . If you hate it , leave it out. I do find though that it adds something to the dish.
  • For the splash of red wine, a cheap rough Italian one is perfect.

Bon Appetit !

 

Monika´s Yummie Cake recipe: Blueberry Limoncello Cake

  • 300 gr icing sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
  • 250 ml whipping cream
  • 100ml Limoncello
  • 400gr plain flour
  • one bag baking powder

How to proceed:

  • Beat icing sugar, eggs and vanilla sugar until they start to thicken
  • add whipping cream until creamy
  • add plain flour with baking powder and Limoncello
  • fill cake batter in greased floured baking pan
  • put in convention oven for approx. 60 minutes at 170 C
  • after cooling down, sprinkle with icing sugar
  • can be serviced with whipped whipping cream and vanilla ice cream

Enjoy eating it!

p.s.: Ian´s and my recipe could even go together as a two course meal!

 

*  *  *  *  *  *  *

... the last page

How BREXIT supports Boris J.´s anti-obesity campaign:

 

 

 



Happy reading!
Fred Fruth
Secretary General

 

 

Impressum:

Österreichisch-Britische Gesellschaft
Austro-British Society (ABS)

Garnisongasse 11/1, 1090 Wien
abs@legalconsulting.at
www.oebrg.at

Für den Inhalt verantwortlich: Fred Fruth

 

 

ABS NEWSLETTER

August 2020

 

Contents:

  • Editorial

  • HRH Prince George Birthday Party

  • Events in August

  • Preview for September

  • Members´ Forum

  • ...the last page

Editorial

Dear members and friends of the ABS,

remember my happy July message, ever so optimistic? "Hurray - travelling and visiting events is back", yet  "... still abiding by the rule of social distancing". Well, apparently a number of people seem to have been overdoing it, with the result of a creeping return of that dreaded Covid 19 risk to numerous countries. So, better stay at home, doing some useful maintenance work, e.g. repairing your grandchildrens´ bicycles or, even better, teaching them to give your car a proper cleaning. Should you not have any grandchildren, why not take your dog for a nice walk? Should you not happen to have a dog, say something nice to your partner. Should you not have a partner, etc etc ... Life offers so many choices. Just have a look at this month´s  choice of recipes, contributed by ABS members Ian Murdoch, ABS Auditor, and Monika Fruth-Jonas, my ´better half´. Sadly, not so many choices are left for one-and-a-half million of Brits living in EU countries including Austria, as far as the outcome of Brexit on their future is concerned. Wolfgang Geissler, ABS board member, and his dear wife Mary happen to be two of them. Having spent over fourty years in the UK, Wolfgang has put together some of his very personal thoughts on that matter, as you´ll find further down in our Members´ Forum.

Thanking you for your considerate behavior in all Corona matters in connection with our ABS events and, looking forward to seeing you at one of our events again in the not too distant future,

yours ever,

Fred Fruth, Secretary General & Editor-in-Chief (due to current medical treatment, still not in the position of joining events)

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

If you see news, hear news, or make news - we want to hear from you! 
Join our MEMBERS´ FORUM!

Send your contribution by email to  f.fruth@gmx.at

Thank you!


UND, wir sind übrigens auf facebook. Dort finden Sie viele Informationen für Anglophile - nicht nur über unsere Veranstaltungen. Also bitte Like, Comment and Share!
(Mit Klick auf das facebook Logo gehts zur Seite)

*  *  *  *  *  *  *

HRH Prince George Birthday Party - a quick review

Ein kurzer Rückblick für alle, die diesmal nicht dabei sein konnten, von Wolfgang Geissler:

Am Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2020, lud Präsident Prof. Dr. Kurt Tiroch im Namen der Österreichisch-Britischen Gesellschaft (ABS) zur siebenten Geburtstagfeier „unseres“ Prinzen George ins und vor dem Café Ministerium am imposanten Georg Coch Platz und an der malerischen Ringstraße ein.

Bereits zum achten Mal kreierten die Mitglieder das berühmte „Prince George Cuvée“ unter der Aufsicht von Starwinzer Willi Opitz. Zum ersten Mal wurde auch ein  „Prince George Cheese“ von unserem Mitglied und Bio-Bauernhofbetreiber Ewald Wurzinger zusammen mit einer großen Käseauswahl zur Verkostung bereitgestellt. Die musikalische Begleitung kam diesmal von der hochtalentierten Künstlerin  Viktoria Marx.

 

 

Events in August

Wednesday, 12.08. Lecture in english from Peter Llewellyn-Davies, President and CEO/CFO of Apeiron Biologics: How APEIRON Biologics wants to conquer Covid-19. British Amabassador´s residence, 1030 Vienna. For further details see invitation from 21 July. Strictly for members only, no accompanying guests.

Dienstag, 25.08. Vortrag von Dr. Leo Hemetsberger, Philosoph, über "Grenzen des Wissens". Cafe Ministerium, 1010 Wien. Einladung mit weiteren Details in Vorbereitung. For members only.

 

Preview for September

Mittwoch, 09.09. Jubiläum, bitte vormerken!  "10 Jahre Austro-British Society". Einladung mit weiteren Details in Vorbereitung.  For members and friends.

11.-13.09. London-Reise zu "Last Night of the Proms"FULLY BOOKED.

Donnerstag, 17.09.Stephansdom, Feier anlässlich Restaurierungsabschluss der RiesenorgelAufgrund begrenzter Platzanzahl for corporate members only.

Mittwoch, 23.09. Vortrag Volker Seitz,Deutscher Botschafter i.R., "Afrika wird arm regiert - wie man Afrika wirklich helfen kann". Einladung mit weiteren Details in Vorbereitung. For members and friends.

 

MEMBERS´ FORUM 

(The opinions expressed are those of the authors)

 

Previously on “Brexit" by Wolfgang Geissler

This long running successful drama "Brexit” portraying Britain’s valiant struggle against the Brussels foe is now in its fourth year with the season's gripping final episode scheduled for Thursday, 31 December 2020 promising to be a real cliff-hanger.

The story is briefly told. A slim majority of the British electorate wants to leave the so called "EUSSR", a sinister, dictatorial bloc run by unelected gnomish Eurocrats in a far away place called Brussels, hell bent on enslaving England and the English. At the same time this slim majority is also anxious to rid itself of the troublesome European foreigners. Pretty Home Secretary Priti Patel claims that her biggest success since in government is the ending of "Freedom of Movement". For auto mechanic Vince from Hull this means nothing since he had rarely left this town beside the River Hull but when informed that the Scots opposed Brexit he was gobsmacked and looking with his watery blue eyes into the camera of Channel 4 News muttered: "I always thought that Scotland was part of England?" Rubbing his forehead with his oily hand he concluded with a slight hurt in his voice "if the Scots don't like it, then they can always leave."

A million and half of Brits living in Europe and consequently also in Austria are literally stranded, forgotten and ignored by their government and three prime ministers in a row, will face the certain prospect to be relegated from the status of a European citizen to that of a Third Country National by next year with more uncertainties to come.

 

Motivated by Pia Wieser´s recipes, Ian Murdoch and Monika Fruth-Jonas invite you to try their recipes, too:

Ian´s Roast Lamb

Ingredients for 4 -6 servings

  • 1 leg of lamb ( 3 - 3.5 lbs/1.35 -  1.6 kg )
  • 3 cloves garlic , cut into 12 slivers ( optional ) 
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 8 sprigs of fresh rosemary ( or 1 dessertspoon of rough-cut dried rosemary )
  • softened butter
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper 

For the gravy

  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 beefstock cube , crumbled
  • splash of red wine
  • hot water
How to proceed:
  • Preheat the oven to 200C ( 400F) 
  • If using garlic , make a dozen deep slits in the lamb .
  • Push a sliver of garlic into each slit .
  • Place the lamb in an oven tray. Spread softened butter all over the lamb and sprinkle with the lemon juice .Press the sprigs of rosemary into the softened butter , 4 sprigs each on the underside and top side of the joint .( If using dried rosemary , sprinkle it all over the  joint ). Season to taste with salt and freshly-ground black pepper .
  • Calculate the roasting time : 30 minutes per lb for well-done , 27 for medium
  • Place the tray in the oven . Roast for the required time , basting every 20 minutes .
  • When the lamb is cooked to your liking , remove it from the oven and  let it stand for 10 minutes while you do the gravy .

The gravy 

  • Take 2 tablespoons of juices from the roasting tray and blend in a pan with the flour and crumbled beefstock cube.
  • Place the pan on the stove over a medium heat and  stir in hot water  until the gravy comes to the boil and reaches  the thickness you want
  • Add the splash of red wine and return  to the boil.
  • Reduce the heat and simmer for another 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and pour into a sauceboat.

Done ! 

Tips :

  • You either like garlic or you hate it . If you hate it , leave it out. I do find though that it adds something to the dish.
  • For the splash of red wine, a cheap rough Italian one is perfect.

Bon Appetit !

 

Monika´s Yummie Cake recipe: Blueberry Limoncello Cake

  • 300 gr icing sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
  • 250 ml whipping cream
  • 100ml Limoncello
  • 400gr plain flour
  • one bag baking powder

How to proceed:

  • Beat icing sugar, eggs and vanilla sugar until they start to thicken
  • add whipping cream until creamy
  • add plain flour with baking powder and Limoncello
  • fill cake batter in greased floured baking pan
  • put in convention oven for approx. 60 minutes at 170 C
  • after cooling down, sprinkle with icing sugar
  • can be serviced with whipped whipping cream and vanilla ice cream

Enjoy eating it!

p.s.: Ian´s and my recipe could even go together as a two course meal!

 

*  *  *  *  *  *  *

... the last page

How BREXIT supports Boris J.´s anti-obesity campaign:

 

 

 



Happy reading!
Fred Fruth
Secretary General

 

 

Impressum:

Österreichisch-Britische Gesellschaft
Austro-British Society (ABS)

Garnisongasse 11/1, 1090 Wien
abs@legalconsulting.at
www.oebrg.at

Für den Inhalt verantwortlich: Fred Fruth

 

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