"LucasP" wrote in message
...
"Michael" wrote in
u:

I dunno, have you tried Joseph EVOO:
http://www.primoestate.com.au/Oils/Default.htm?

It's not cheap at 40 bucks a 750,

Much the same reason I buy *good* Balsamic but don't buy the stuff
that's $300 odd for a 30ml bottle!!

I think you missed the point. I was responding to the 'their wogs make it
better than ours' notion. If you've tasted some good Aussie ones, you'd see
that's just not true. Besides, $40 isn't that expensive, IMO, if you use it
for dipping, or a drizzle over the top, and not frying, etc.. $300 is a big
jump from 40 and for 25 times less the fluid. I'd definitely call that
expensive, but it's all relative.

but there's a reason Ponytail Perry
and a lot of the top Aussie chefs use it.

To justify $40 mains dishes?

No, the taste. The brand of oil is hardly likely to even get a mention.
$40 mains are more Bris Vegas prices now, I'd be surprised if Syd-de-ney's
weren't more, especially the top ones.

Old Mother Ashby wrote in news:44599a14$0$16985
:


But, as I've stated quite recently, I have been using Olivado Avocado EV
Cold Pressed Oil of late.

But that's from NZ. Do you class that as 'local'?


No.

And I don't class it as olive oil, even if the lovely Jamie classes it
as the next "it" food ingredient. Sheesh!


I never said it was Olive Oil. I said it was EV Cold Pressed *Avocado*
Oil..... and it is *very* noice!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Steve Wertz wrote in news:8k254pv96k87
:


On Thu, 4 May 2006 01:53:12 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:


I betcha you Texans *hate* those movies, hey? :-)


They're certainly better than those Crocodile Dundee movies.
Ugh.



You Yanks seem to love 'em!! Him and the Croc Hunter, Steve Irwin!!

We do indeed. :-)
I must confess that, while I do NOT watch Croc Hunter (too stupid, I've
done wildlife rescue for far too long to enjoy stupidity), Crocodile
Dundee 1 and 2 are some of my favorite movies, but not because of the
critter aspect. 2 IMHO was better than 1, but it hit one of my pet
peeves.

I hate drug lords probably more than anything else on the planet next
to mindless terrorists.
Lack of respect for human life is something I have zero tolerance for.

Probably a side effect of working in health care. It's very easy to
take a life, and hard as hell to save one sometimes. :-(

Enough on that rant......




You guys must have a lot of fun Down Under if your national
newspaper finds stories of found goldfish worthy of print:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html



Ummmmm, look closely Tex...... it's a story from *New Zealand*, where
the men are men and the sheep are shit scared!!

I thought the story was rather charming. :-)
Someone that cared enough to save a measly goldfish is ok in my book.
We need more uplifting stories in our papers! I get SO sick of reading
about violence! It's discouraging and depressing.

We need more little uplifting human interest stories like that here!

It's the reason I seldom watch the TV news...




What kind of backwoods, backwards people would recognize a
neighbors goldfish and call the national newspaper??



Yup, that describe Nu Zeelund to a "T" :-)

Maybe I should move there.



The same
people who eat witchety grubs, that who.


Don't knock it till you've tried it Tex.

shiver Can't bring myself to eat bugs.
Just can't do it.

But then again, you lot eat cows balls. There must be some sort of
Freudian thing going on there.

ROFL! Well done! ;-D
Calf fries actually are rather good but not all Texans eat them. Trust
me.


;-P

Cheers!
Om (also a Texan......)

LucasP wrote:
Old Mother Ashby wrote in news:44599f4c$0$16988
:

Oh for crying out loud! Don't your newspapers (assuming you have them
where you live) have what is often referred to as an "odd spot"?
They'll
run a little piece of the "man bites dog" sort that they've picked up
from AFP or somewhere reporting news from all over the world. It was
one
of those, you great Texan lummox.


Awwwwwww, don't be too hard on him. The poor fella is obviously still
cut up about his fellow Yanks saying that nothing comes out of Texass
but steers and queers!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane

Worse dear.

Steers and Republicans.

sigh

Om

Steve Wertz wrote in news:bir0ydzzudyg
:

On Thu, 4 May 2006 09:19:53 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:

But then again, you lot eat cows balls. There must be some sort of
Freudian thing going on there.

ObFood: That's Colorado. The only people who eats gonads in
Texas are the Mexicans.


Ahhhh, I thought you guys were the same!!
Texass is where all the Mexicans coome from, isn't it?


I have yet to see them on the menu
anywhere, but I do see them in the Mexican markets (and they're
not cheap either).


Maybe you could get them to lower their prices for you if you shopped
there regularly?



So do you guys fight over who gets the kangaroo pizzle?


Pizzle?? What's a pizzle??

But no, we don't fight over animals testicles or reproductive organs.
Is it common practise where you come from?



Boy, when compared to that, the Olive Oil story from 2,000 miles
away must be making the front page in Australia all week long.
Let us know how it turns out.

They found out it was Dumb&Dumber from Austin, Texass who pulled the
robbery. They thought when they got the oil shipment, it was *black*
gold, not green gold.

Don't quit you're day job to become a comedian.



Only if you quit your part time job as a fact.

Do you know what a fact is??

It's a little creature that crawls around the ocean floor gathering
octopus farts for spirit level bubbles.

Now *that's* a fact!!


;-P


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Steve Wertz wrote in
:

On Thu, 4 May 2006 21:34:26 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:

Ahhhh, I thought you guys were the same!!
Texass is where all the Mexicans coome from, isn't it?

Uh, no. They come from ....[drum roll]... Mexico.


Yeah, that Texass, right?

You're all the same to me!!

(remember that little gem??)



But no, we don't fight over animals testicles or reproductive organs.
Is it common practise where you come from?

It is on Jerry Springer and Maury.


Don't know Maury, but have heard of JS.
JS gives a wonderful impression of you Yanks.

Seems you're all trailer trash who are screwing your own sisters and
sending your wives out to whore.

And you used to be such a wonderful country........ [Sigh]



Do you know what a fact is??

It's a little creature that crawls around the ocean floor gathering
octopus farts for spirit level bubbles.

Now *that's* a fact!!

Uh, I'll take your word for it. You must get some good weed down
there.


How much does it cost you Texass'ns for a humour implant?

Must be hellishly expensive. Not many of you seem to have had one.


:-)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Steve Wertz wrote in
:

On Thu, 4 May 2006 21:59:49 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:

Steve Wertz wrote in
:

On Thu, 4 May 2006 21:34:26 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:

Ahhhh, I thought you guys were the same!!
Texass is where all the Mexicans coome from, isn't it?

Uh, no. They come from ....[drum roll]... Mexico.

Yeah, that Texass, right?

You're all the same to me!!

Mexicans look like Texans about as much as Japanese look like
Africans.

(remember that little gem??)

Uh, you lost us again.

************************
Subject: Olive oil theft by Mafia
From: Steve Wertz
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,aus.food

On Thu, 4 May 2006 14:26:47 +1000, Geoff Muldoon wrote:

Typical clueless wannabe-know-it-all. Bet you're a Yank.

Apparently you're not following the thread. I'm a Texan. At
least for the last few years I am.

The cute "human interest" report is about an event in New Zealand.
Witchety grub eating is an Australian Aboriginal custom.

Same place as far as us dumb Texans are concerned.
************************************


But thanks for confirming that Texass'ns are dumb. They even forget what
they post!!



How much does it cost you Texass'ns for a humour implant?

Is not lack of humor, it's a failure to communicate humor.


You get an 'F' every time, don't you?



ObFood: Shrimp fried rice (rice fried in chicken fat with
soybeans, onion, cabbage and shrimp).


BLECH!!!

have you tried doing it in Peanut Oil.... rather than chicken fat!!


And do you leave your rice on a tray covered (bottom and top) with paper
towel, in the fridge for a couple of days before you fry it?

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Steve Wertz wrote in
:



************************
Subject: Olive oil theft by Mafia
From: Steve Wertz
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,aus.food

On Thu, 4 May 2006 14:26:47 +1000, Geoff Muldoon wrote:

Typical clueless wannabe-know-it-all. Bet you're a Yank.

Apparently you're not following the thread. I'm a Texan. At
least for the last few years I am.

The cute "human interest" report is about an event in New Zealand.
Witchety grub eating is an Australian Aboriginal custom.

Same place as far as us dumb Texans are concerned.
************************************

But thanks for confirming that Texass'ns are dumb. They even forget
what they post!!

I guess, just lik you can't tell Anglos from Mexicans, you also
don't know the different between "places" and "people".


Oh dear........ you really can't afford that humour implant, can you?

Maybe we here on aus.food and rfc should take up a collection to get you
one??



I thought you were smart enough to keep up with me,


Maaaaaaate.... I'm *way* ahead of you :-)


but you're
boring us now.

Oops....... [READ, I'm going to take my ball, and my tu-tu, and go home
and cry now. Those big mean Ossies have got me all confused :-( ]



[snip rest unread]



But you didn't answer my question....... do you put your rice on a tray,
with paper towel on bottom and top, and in the fridge for a couple of
days before you cook fried rice with it??

And why the *hell* would you use chicken *fat* to cook the rice when
there is plenty of good peanut oil out there??




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Steve Wertz wrote:
On Thu, 4 May 2006 21:34:26 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:

Ahhhh, I thought you guys were the same!!
Texass is where all the Mexicans coome from, isn't it?

Uh, no. They come from ....[drum roll]... Mexico.

But no, we don't fight over animals testicles or reproductive organs.
Is it common practise where you come from?

It is on Jerry Springer and Maury.

Do you know what a fact is??

It's a little creature that crawls around the ocean floor gathering
octopus farts for spirit level bubbles.

Now *that's* a fact!!

Uh, I'll take your word for it. You must get some good weed down
there.

-sw

ROFL!!!
Touche' Steve!

This thread is indeed highly entertaining....

Keep it up! Please!

Cheers!
Om (who is not Mexican but still enjoys Calf fries......)

Steve Wertz wrote:

The only people who eats gonads in
Texas are the Mexicans. I have yet to see them on the menu
anywhere, but I do see them in the Mexican markets (and they're
not cheap either).

Lamb fries are on the menu at Cattlemen's Steakhouse in Forth Worth and
even though I'm not Mexican, I've eaten them there.... they were about
as bland as cotton wool.

Our own Dave Ross has put calf fries on the menu of his Ranchman's Cafe
in Ponder some time ago... they were not there yet on either of my two
visits.

Victor

(Victor Sack) wrote in news:1hf1spl.syizlw6f4x6oN%
:

Steve Wertz wrote:

The only people who eats gonads in
Texas are the Mexicans. I have yet to see them on the menu
anywhere, but I do see them in the Mexican markets (and they're
not cheap either).

Lamb fries are on the menu at Cattlemen's Steakhouse in Forth Worth
and
even though I'm not Mexican, I've eaten them there.... they were about
as bland as cotton wool.

Oh yum!! NOT!!

But looking at the difference/sameness of names for different foods,
over here, Lambs Fry is a dish we cook that uses the lambs liver.

Usually cooked up with bacon and onions and in a gravy. Some people (and
there's no accounting for tastes anywhere!!) have it for breakfast.

You'll find it and many more aussie recipes here....

http://damsel2_2.tripod.com/ChowDown.html

Try the Chocolate crackles too....... all aussie kids love them!!





--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

"LucasP" wrote in message
...
(Victor Sack) wrote in news:1hf1spl.syizlw6f4x6oN%
:

Steve Wertz wrote:

The only people who eats gonads in
Texas are the Mexicans. I have yet to see them on the menu
anywhere, but I do see them in the Mexican markets (and they're
not cheap either).

Lamb fries are on the menu at Cattlemen's Steakhouse in Forth Worth
and
even though I'm not Mexican, I've eaten them there.... they were about
as bland as cotton wool.

Oh yum!! NOT!!

But looking at the difference/sameness of names for different foods,
over here, Lambs Fry is a dish we cook that uses the lambs liver.

Never had lamb's fry but pig's fry was a staple winter dish when I was
young. It was a mixture of pig's offal and we always had it on a Tuesday
because the butcher slaughtered on a Monday. About 15 cents-worth would
feed a family of 4, casseroled with onions.
Graham

In article uEb8g.144383$P01.73250@pd7tw3no,
"graham" wrote:

Steve Wertz wrote:

The only people who eats gonads in
Texas are the Mexicans. I have yet to see them on the menu


I take it that you are referring to prarie oysters.
G

Sometimes called swinging beef, too.

--
-Barb
http://jamlady.eboard.com Updated 5/8/06, Festival of Nations.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

graham wrote:
Never had lamb's fry but pig's fry was a staple winter dish when I was
young. It was a mixture of pig's offal and we always had it on a Tuesday
because the butcher slaughtered on a Monday. About 15 cents-worth would
feed a family of 4, casseroled with onions.

Oddly enough, I've never wondered what part of the pig was the
scrapple...

--Blair

In article .com,
"Blair P. Houghton" wrote:

graham wrote:
Never had lamb's fry but pig's fry was a staple winter dish when I was
young. It was a mixture of pig's offal and we always had it on a Tuesday
because the butcher slaughtered on a Monday. About 15 cents-worth would
feed a family of 4, casseroled with onions.

Oddly enough, I've never wondered what part of the pig was the
scrapple...

--Blair

Depends on who makes it.

When mom made scrapple, she always used leftover ham bone and skin.
Pressure cooked it for about 30 minutes then cooled it for skimming.

She used the stock from that to make scrapple.

It was wunnerful.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson