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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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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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“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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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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Neferti Gold Member Offline Posts: 7965 Canberra Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #15 - May 24^th, 2017 at 6:47pm Who eats minced meat OR sausages?
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #16 - May 24^th, 2017 at 7:34pm I mince meat and make my own sausages using real pig gut. Good fun.
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #17 - May 24^th, 2017 at 7:42pm Who eats minced meat OR sausages? I use beef mince every now and then,,, the low fat ones
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #18 - May 24^th, 2017 at 7:49pm For pork sausages you need 20% fat or they are dry and tasteless.
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #19 - May 24^th, 2017 at 7:51pm Not gunna eat poerk ones then!
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Reply #20 - May 24^th, 2017 at 7:53pm

Jovial Monk wrote on 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.

Try the butcher's where they sell bags of cut-offs for $3 only.

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #21 - May 24^th, 2017 at 7:56pm Neferti wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 6:47pm: Who eats minced meat OR sausages? I do. Tinned Spaghetti Sauce has minced meat in it, and Coles' 'Country Style' sausages make for good eatin' with American-style mustard.
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #22 - May 24^th, 2017 at 8:07pm On the odd occasion when I join in at a barbecue at work, I try a supermarket snagger and it must be 50% salt,,, nasty nasty
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #23 - May 24^th, 2017 at 8:09pm ’Erbert has heard of delicious and nutritious food and decided he wants nothing to do with it.
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Johnnie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 12485 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #24 - May 24^th, 2017 at 8:15pm I know Paris Creek milk well, it's pretty close to the old milk in milk bottles with two inches of cream on the top, I don't shake it I drink it in a gulp or try to get it in my morning coffee.
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #25 - May 24^th, 2017 at 8:21pm miketrees wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 8:07pm: On the odd occasion when I join in at a barbecue at work, I try a supermarket snagger and it must be 50% salt,,, nasty nasty There's only this one kind of sausage I buy - 'country style' sausages. The others are so stuffed with road kill they make me retch.
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Johnnie wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 8:15pm:

I know Paris Creek milk well, it's pretty close to the old milk in milk bottles with two inches of cream on the top, I don't shake it I drink it in a gulp or try to get it in my morning coffee.

The good old days when milk in a glass bottle was put on your door-step by the Milko ... and then a bird would come and peck through the silver or gold foil and lick up some of the cream at the top.

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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #27 - May 24^th, 2017 at 8:31pm The good old days when milk in a glass bottle was put on your door-step by the Milko ... and then a bird would come and peck through the silver or gold foil and lick up some of the cream at the top We had a cat that would burgle the milk. You could not do that now, some sphincter would poison your milk in a terrorist act
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I remember glass bottles here but don’t think that lasted much longer. I had a job helping a baker on his rounds (some of the things I experienced on that round! One house you could smell the piss (urine) from the front gate, another house the woman had a glass eye or “wall eye” so one eye would look at me, the other would be looking in a totally different direction) but bakers rounds didn’t last much longer either.

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Jovial Monk wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 8:34pm:

I remember glass bottles here but don’t think that lasted much longer. I had a job helping a baker on his rounds (some of the things I experienced on that round! One house you could smell the piss (urine) from the front gate, another house the woman had a glass eye or “wall eye” so one eye would look at me, the other would be looking in a totally different direction) but bakers rounds didn’t last much longer either.

Yeah, wouldn't go delivering at any ones door these days.

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #30 - May 24^th, 2017 at 8:45pm Incredibly, there's no more delivery service from Woolies and Coles any more. Service has gone down the toilet. And then they put in 9 more cashout counters at the Supermarkets with only two of them staffed at any one time.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #31 - May 24^th, 2017 at 9:11pm Get on the Lite’n’Easy diet, ’Erbert, they deliver.
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #32 - May 24^th, 2017 at 9:36pm Jovial Monk wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 9:11pm: Get on the Lite’n’Easy diet, ’Erbert, they deliver. We're not all flushed with funds enough to spend on such an extravagance.
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rhino Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17179 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #33 - May 24^th, 2017 at 10:01pm Lord Herbert wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 7:56pm: Neferti wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 6:47pm: Who eats minced meat OR sausages? I do. Tinned Spaghetti Sauce has minced meat in it, and Coles' 'Country Style' sausages make for good eatin' with American-style mustard. jeez Herb, you would be better off dumpster diving.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #34 - May 24^th, 2017 at 10:06pm Lord Herbert wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 9:36pm: Jovial Monk wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 9:11pm: Get on the Lite’n’Easy diet, ’Erbert, they deliver. We're not all flushed with funds enough to spend on such an extravagance. Then go vego, cheaper than being an omnivore. Occasional pigout on the stuff you mentioned.
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Black Orchid Moderator Offline Posts: 5828 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #35 - May 25^th, 2017 at 4:17pm Gordon wrote on May 23^rd, 2017 at 4:17pm: a burning ring of fire https://image.ibb.co/d5CrHa/2017_05_23_11_41_15.jpg https://preview.ibb.co/mnc2OF/2017_05_23_15_40_39.jpg I am sure you did the next day
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rhino wrote on May 24^th, 2017 at 10:01pm:

jeez Herb, you would be better off dumpster diving.

Who said I don't do that already? Once a week there are lots of Yellow bins out after dark waiting for collection in the morning ..... It's not just cats you hear rummaging around looking for half-eaten burgers and pizzas ...

You wait til YOU get old and live on a meagre pension ...

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #37 - May 25^th, 2017 at 6:36pm A ring of burning fire. Where's Karnal got to? Sitting in a tub of iced water somewhere?
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: I fell into Reply #38 - May 25^th, 2017 at 6:40pm And then they put in 9 more cashout counters at the Supermarkets with only two of them staffed at any one time. We have loads of self serve checkouts. Its difficult but I remain honest
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