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Police Recipes Police Recipes HEARTY, COLD-CURING CHICKEN SOUP As winter approaches and friends and family start to sniffle, get cracking on this cold-curing chicken soup! It can be stored in the freezer and thawed for a quick meal when you want to ward off the wog, or when you’re simply too tired to cook. Chock full of fresh veges, wholesome goodness, and tasty deliciousness, it satisfies even the most miserable patient. What do I need? • 1/2 cup dried beans • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 1 chicken cut into serving pieces • 1 cup grated onions • 1/2 cup grated carrots • 1/2 cup grated celery • 1 tablespoon minced garlic • 1/2 cup grated zucchini • 1/2 cup grated yellow squash • 2 litres chicken stock • 400g tin of tomatoes • 4 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley • 3 bay leaves • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper • 1/3 cup uncooked long-grain white rice • 1/2 cup chopped shallots • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme • 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley • 1 cup torn spinach leaves What do I do? 1) Put beans in saucepan and add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and stand for an hour (while you’re preparing the rest of the soup). 2) Heat oil in large pot over mediumhigh heat. In batches, cook chicken on both sides until evenly brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to plate. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the pot. Tip: You can use a barbecued chicken to save time. Quickly sear it to get some flavour in the pot, then transfer to plate. 3) Add onions, carrots, and celery to pot. Cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes. 4) Add garlic and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. 5) Stir in zucchini and yellow squash and cook for 1 minute. 6) Add stock, drained beans, tomatoes, 4 sprigs parsley, bay leaves, and cayenne pepper. 7) Return chicken to pot and bring to a boil over high heat. 8) Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until beans are almost tender, about 1 hour. 9) Transfer chicken pieces to a plate again. Cool slightly, then remove meat from the bones. Discard skin and bones, and return chicken and any accumulated juices to the pot. 10) Add rice, shallots, thyme, rest of parsley, and spinach and simmer until rice and beans are tender, about 15 minutes. 11) Discard bay leaves, and serve hot with crusty bread. Recipe source: Inspired by a recipe on About.com Home Cooking Do you have a favourite recipe that you’d like to share with members? E-mail us at journal@qpu.asn.au 52 Queensland Police Union Journal June 2013
Book Review - Police Don’t Move – Tales of Policing Australia’s Gold Coast Book Review Police Don’t Move – Tales of Policing Australia’s Gold Coast By Andrea Appleton ‘Enjoy the rollercoaster ride as we find ourselves immersed in all sorts of bother, meeting all manner of folk, and trying to make sense of the impossibly senseless.’ Nick Wood is a retired QPS officer who worked as a Constable on the Gold Coast from 1997 to 2007. After medical retirement, he found himself reminiscing about ‘the most fascinating decade of [his] life’, and about the officers and staff of the QPS, whom he rates as among the finest people he has known. About five years into retirement, Nick read an ebook by an English bobby, Wasting Police Time, and found it very entertaining. He thought he could also produce a book about real life policing, and decided to write about his experiences on the road at the Gold Coast. He asserts that all characters who appear in Police Don’t Move are real, yet have been blessed with name changes. The jobs are also real, and each chapter is devoted to a particular job or shift to provide a snapshot into life as a general duties officer on Queensland’s glitter strip. Nick’s conversational, ‘no holds (or swearing) barred’ writing style makes it easy to imagine you are partnering up with him on his rounds, and just like a GDs officer, you never know quite what to expect, or who exactly you might meet. There’s the young male on a chick’s pushbike who ‘downs his dreadful generation X shorts to stun us with his blindingly white bottom’. There’s the mangy pig with the gammy leg that lives in a caravan park and is lovingly christened ‘Officer’. There’s the drunk guy who provides a false address that just happens to lead to a house containing two hundred cannabis plants, and the parents who want to cash in their chips at the casino before being taken to identify their five-year-old son who drowned in a hotel pool. Some of the jobs Nick attends—and the situations he finds himself in— will be familiar to many officers, and Nick’s wry recounting and observation will undoubtedly ring true. Of course, some other jobs are truly one-of-a-kind, and are in turn perversely funny, shockingly sad, or downright unbelievable. Police Don’t Move is a great read for those looking for an insight into an officer’s life on the beat. It’s also an easy, entertaining read for QPS and other officers who will find themselves reminded of their own shifts, scrapes, and service by the stories of Nick Wood. Police Don’t Move is available online at Amazon, iTunes, and Kobo, and there are easy links to these stores on Nick’s blog: http://policedontmove. blogspot.com.au/p/my-books.html Nick Wood Amazon, iTunes, Kobo 2013 RRP: $9.99 Queensland Police Union Journal June 2013 53
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Page 9 and 10: Southern Region Roundup DARREN LEES
Page 11 and 12: Far Northern Region Roundup MARTY B
Page 13 and 14: Northern Region Roundup PETER THOMA
Page 15 and 16: Central Region Roundup BILL FELDMAN
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Page 23 and 24: QPU Conference 2013 QPU Conference
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Page 27 and 28: The QPU’s New Life Members STEVE
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Page 33 and 34: Vale Gene Poole A TRIBUTE By Sergea
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Page 45 and 46: Your dream home now has a dream rat
Page 47 and 48: International Police Perspectives C
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Page 51 and 52: Day in the Life of Senior Sergeant
Page 53: Fast-track your savings with a QPCU
Page 57 and 58: THE GOLD COAST POLICE LEGACY RACE D
Page 59 and 60: Police Living Police Living Picture
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