I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

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Mar 7th 2011, 12:27 pm

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Re: I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

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I think you're not far off in that it's something dripping from the end of yer knob that looks like guacamole that you can catch

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Does golden shower count?

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Mar 7th 2011, 7:38 pm

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Re: I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

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of course. He's Australian

Its just us pommies who don't shower

Speak for yourself.

Mar 7th 2011, 9:07 pm

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Re: I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

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Hommous is just bad in this country. Even the expensive stuff from the markets tastes and looks like putty.

I now make my own. Infinitely better! (and it's pretty easy too)

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BULLSHEEET... you havent been to Coburg... dont tell me the Turks and Lebanese here cant make it properly.

The Lebanese and Turks make in their own shops dozens of fresh dips that you cant get anywhere else in Melbourne around here. There would be at least 8 places where you can buy home made dip in Coburg alone..... Actually make that more like 18 places.

I love the Beetroot stuff, and they mix it with different spices in each store.

The home of Turkish/Arabic/Lebanese/Italian/Greek/Macedonian food, Coburg and Brunswick.

You'd best get your bulk fix of anything like this... anyone thats interested that is here, if you want the Original Turkish and Arabic stuff that is.

http://www.basfoods.com.au/

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Mar 7th 2011, 9:39 pm

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BULLSHEEET... you havent been to Coburg... dont tell me the Turks and Lebanese here cant make it properly.-

I've been to Coburg umpteen amounts of times. I'm talking about the stuff you get in the supermarkets, delis and at Vic and Prahran market.

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The Lebanese and Turks make in their own shops dozens of fresh dips that you cant get anywhere else in Melbourne around here. There would be at least 8 places where you can buy home made dip in Coburg alone..... Actually make that more like 18 places.

I've tried a lot of the stuff from speciality shops and it hasn't blown me away. I've found a lot of the stuff the specialty Turk and Leb shops sell is the same as in the Vic market and it's marketed as "home made" but it's really not.

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I love the Beetroot stuff, and they mix it with different spices in each store.

It's very common.

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The home of Turkish/Arabic/Lebanese/Italian/Greek/Macedonian food, Coburg and Brunswick.

You'd best get your bulk fix of anything like this... anyone thats interested that is here, if you want the Original Turkish and Arabic stuff that is.

http://www.basfoods.com.au/

I've had better Turkish in London than I have in Australia. There's a much larger Turkish community there.

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Mar 7th 2011, 9:43 pm

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Re: I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

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Hommous is just bad in this country. Even the expensive stuff from the markets tastes and looks like putty.

I now make my own. Infinitely better! (and it's pretty easy too)

the only thing my husband missed when he came to the US. Now makes his own as well.

Mar 7th 2011, 9:50 pm

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BULLSHEEET... you havent been to Coburg... dont tell me the Turks and Lebanese here cant make it properly.

Talking about Coburg and the Turks...

Can you tell me of a proper Turkish Ocakbasi restaurant in Coburg/Brunswick?

Mar 8th 2011, 12:55 am

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Re: I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

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hommous that tastes like hommous from sainsbo's et al
(ie not like a mixture of sputum, semen and vomit)

ALDI's HOMMOUS!!!!!!!

you heard it here first

I thought this was going to be a Biggest Loser type achievement thread where you explain how you had lost 40 kilos and can finally see your knob

Mar 8th 2011, 12:56 am

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I thought this was going to be a Biggest Loser type achievement thread where you explain how you had lost 40 kilos and can finally see your knob

Mar 8th 2011, 12:58 am

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Re: I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

Make your own - it's so easy even pre-packed/pre-prepared/powdered/tinned/off the shelf Poms can do it

Mar 8th 2011, 1:16 am

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Re: I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

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Talking about Coburg and the Turks...

Can you tell me of a proper Turkish Ocakbasi restaurant in Coburg/Brunswick?

I'll ask

I'll be amazed if there isnt... and where are the large Turkish communities in London ? I've not seen them as densely populated as here. Which is surprising question seeing as I spent 22 years of my life living in London.

I dont think Restaurants are in the habit of supplying the Vic Market... the Delis may, the Restaurants certainly dont.

I know Beetroot dip is common... the way it varies in such a small locale snt though.

Errrm most of the Turkish places do Grilled meat if thats what your on about ? How many places in London do Whole Lambs ?

Try here for starters.

http://www.rumelis.com.au/home.asp?page=home

http://www.alasya.com.au/

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Mar 8th 2011, 5:17 am

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Re: I've found my HOLY GRAIL!

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I'll ask

There's something like 400,000 Turks living in London compared to Australia's population of 59,393 (2006 census).

In London the Turkish community is in areas such as Barnet, Enfield, Edmonton, Wood Green, Palmers Green, Islington, Stoke Newington, Haringey, Hackney, and Tottenham.

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Errrm most of the Turkish places do Grilled meat if thats what your on about ? How many places in London do Whole Lambs ?

Yep, seen whole lambs. Ocabashi is done over open coals which I don't remember seeing anywhere. Maybe a H&S issue.

Last edited by Deancm_MKII; Mar 8th 2011 at 5:20 am.