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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21898 Gordon Gender:	I fell into May 23^rd, 2017 at 4:17pm a burning ring of fire
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #1 - May 23^rd, 2017 at 6:21pm Some tomatoes and coriander leaves would make a kickarse salsa! Great with corn chips and a beer.
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #2 - May 23^rd, 2017 at 6:36pm I just ate a Woolworths bought chilli,,, seeds and all. No heat at all
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #3 - May 23^rd, 2017 at 7:02pm WHY oh WHY do people buy fresh produce and meat from frikking “super” markets? Find a Farmers Market and get some REAL food with FLAVOR and NUTRITION!
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Reply #4 - May 23^rd, 2017 at 7:47pm

miketrees wrote on May 23^rd, 2017 at 6:36pm:

I just ate a Woolworths bought chilli,,, seeds and all.

No heat at all

I wouldn't bother if it was from just a generic pile of chillies, but this was obviously catering to the connoisseur. There were even 3 types of jalapenos, and out of shot was a hand written warning saying about the habanaros saying they are seriously hot!!!

I decided to start off tame tonight and had a jalapino fried and stirred into some red beans. Yummo.

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Reply #5 - May 23^rd, 2017 at 11:33pm

Jovial Monk wrote on May 23^rd, 2017 at 7:02pm:

WHY oh WHY do people buy fresh produce and meat from frikking “super” markets?

Find a Farmers Market and get some REAL food with FLAVOR and NUTRITION!

we have a couple of so called markets in ACT they are dearer and no better than woollies or coles.. well thats what I find.....for fruit and veggies that is....

its pretty sad... but we are basically stuck with fresh coming here on a Tuesday when the co called Markets are closed so they can serve the smaller shops .. and from then on its all down hill..

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #6 - May 24^th, 2017 at 12:07am Yeah. I use my supermarket for Paris Creek milk, butter & yoghurt, sometimes some icecreams, buy the mince for the dog (alternate that with chicken necks) sometimes some Kettle crisps, the plain salted kind and that’s it for food, really.
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #7 - May 24^th, 2017 at 6:26am Find a Farmers Market and get some REAL food with FLAVOR and NUTRITION! 600km round trip?
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #8 - May 24^th, 2017 at 7:17am I know, not easy for everyone, Mike. I just don’t like people seeing “super” markets as the be all and end all of food.
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Reply #9 - May 24^th, 2017 at 10:25am

cods wrote on May 23^rd, 2017 at 11:33pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on May 23^rd, 2017 at 7:02pm:

WHY oh WHY do people buy fresh produce and meat from frikking “super” markets?

Find a Farmers Market and get some REAL food with FLAVOR and NUTRITION!

we have a couple of so called markets in ACT they are dearer and no better than woollies or coles.. well thats what I find.....for fruit and veggies that is....

its pretty sad... but we are basically stuck with fresh coming here on a Tuesday when the co called Markets are closed so they can serve the smaller shops .. and from then on its all down hill..

Funny isn't it, in the most expensive part of Australia we're spoiled for choice and have the best produce of the country brought to our door for the lowest price.

The owner of Harris Farm lives in our hood and he's turned fruit and veg on it's head in Sydney.

Fresher, cheaper, imperfect pics and they've forced local supermarkets to up their game.

When you go to a Coles that has a Harris Farm near by, their quality is fist rate. If not, the quality is shtt.

https://www.harrisfarm.com.au/pages/our-stores

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Reply #10 - May 24^th, 2017 at 10:49am

“fist” rate eh? Hmmmm

My inner pedant comes out to play occasionally.

Joking aside, it does pay to look for sources of quality fruit, veg & meat.

The Paris Creek milk I buy is non–homogenised. Shake the bottle before pouring milk into your tea. The more that is done to the milk (skimmed, homogenised etc etc) the less food value it has.

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: I fell into Reply #11 - May 24^th, 2017 at 11:44am you need to go to NZ to see and taste real quality...sorry about that.. at the moment I seem to be buying potatoes with lots of black and or brown spots through them.... nothing seems to me to be like it once was...carrots even get black spots on them in the fridge...fed up with it.
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #12 - May 24^th, 2017 at 12:48pm It looks like Harris farm are doing for fruit what the bread shops did for bread. The supermarkets killed off the local bakeries for a good while, then they just sold boring white sliced until consumers went for the boutique bread shops again
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Reply #13 - May 24^th, 2017 at 2:15pm

miketrees wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 12:48pm:

It looks like Harris farm are doing for fruit what the bread shops did for bread.

The supermarkets killed off the local bakeries for a good while, then they just sold boring white sliced until consumers went for the boutique bread shops again

very true they came back with a vengeance didnt they...I am going to stop buying mince meat in supermarkets.. how its minced pings me off I always brown it before cooking it and they mine it in these spirals which remain in spirals long after its cooked... I dont like it..my local shop does mince the old way...I pay a bit more but at least it doesnt look like a badly matted cat.

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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #14 - May 24^th, 2017 at 5:58pm Sausages, never ever buy supermarket ones. Only from a great butcher that you can trust
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