Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
Jan 13th 2009, 10:50 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
Thanks to Grayling for hijacking the post and creating a debate on the fishing industry of Australia. :curse:
Quite impressive how people take time to query whether the fish at Sydney markets are from Sydney waters? or do you ask for a written guarantee receipt with each prawn?
I prefer to sit on the harbour with my jaffa cakes!
Quite impressive how people take time to query whether the fish at Sydney markets are from Sydney waters? or do you ask for a written guarantee receipt with each prawn?
I prefer to sit on the harbour with my jaffa cakes!
Jan 13th 2009, 10:57 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
Get yourself out of town to some of the roadside retailers they average $10 bucks a box around here with about 10-12 per box. Try before you buy though as they often pass Turpentine Mangoes off as Bowen
Exotic fruit is something else we've come to enjoy a lot more of here. Living rural we don't pay the big bucks that you guys in the city do either. There's usually someone bringing excess fruit into the local club for folks to take home. I don't remember the last time we bought Lemons
Jan 13th 2009, 11:01 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
Most older mango trees are Kensington Pride [Bowen] The newer variety are the Calypso ones with a smaller seed, just as tasty but a smaller mango [easier to package]
Get yourself out of town to some of the roadside retailers they average $10 bucks a box around here with about 10-12 per box. Try before you buy though as they often pass Turpentine Mangoes off as Bowen
Exotic fruit is something else we've come to enjoy a lot more of here. Living rural we don't pay the big bucks that you guys in the city do either. There's usually someone bringing excess fruit into the local club for folks to take home. I don't remember the last time we bought Lemons
Get yourself out of town to some of the roadside retailers they average $10 bucks a box around here with about 10-12 per box. Try before you buy though as they often pass Turpentine Mangoes off as Bowen
Exotic fruit is something else we've come to enjoy a lot more of here. Living rural we don't pay the big bucks that you guys in the city do either. There's usually someone bringing excess fruit into the local club for folks to take home. I don't remember the last time we bought Lemons
Not us though, we have to pay $6.99 a kilo!!!
Jan 13th 2009, 11:04 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
Unfortunately, as there are only the two of us. it often goes off before we have time to get through it.
Hence we tend to buy smaller quantities now.
BTW I am after a tinny for the river and lakes but not sure what size I can handle (launch/retrieve) on my own....any suggestions?
G
Jan 13th 2009, 11:07 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
I did get a shock the other day as Deb needed some Limes for a curry, they were astronomical per Kilo. I bought her one & some lime juice in a plastic bottle
G go something about 3.5m up to 20 hp you'll be fine on your own. I launch & retrieve my 5.5 on my own but it's bloody hard work, not something I relish
Jan 13th 2009, 11:08 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
If you can find a 10 year old that is.
Personally my favourite food discovery here, is the more or less Authentic real pizzas from the Original la Porchettas down in Rathdown st Carlton..... Just up the road from my kids primary school. They seem different to the other La Porchetta brands.
Also the real doner kebabs we get here in Coburg, with the home made bread etc.
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Jan 13th 2009, 11:11 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
Thanks.....I need to go to a ramp and watch other old buggers at it to get an idea....I had a boat around that size in mind.
As for lemons and limes.....we have several trees but can't get at them for all the weeds that have sprung up
G
Jan 13th 2009, 2:33 pm
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Miss little tins of flavoured tuna out in Australia, could have lived off those.
Jan 14th 2009, 12:16 am
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Jan 14th 2009, 12:38 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
I have an addiction to Farmers union iced coffee...why dont you find iced coffee in the UK I will never know.
Sushi, yes its in the UK but its everywhere here and cheap to eat.
Morton bay bugs...yummy
Smoked Oysters....yes the cheap kind in the tin, love em.
The good old Tim tam slam (could you do this with penguins?)
Fresh smoothies.
Flake & Barra.
Sushi, yes its in the UK but its everywhere here and cheap to eat.
Morton bay bugs...yummy
Smoked Oysters....yes the cheap kind in the tin, love em.
The good old Tim tam slam (could you do this with penguins?)
Fresh smoothies.
Flake & Barra.
Jan 14th 2009, 12:49 am
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Re: Whats the best food product you have found since you have been in Oz?
I can't stand them though, but my wife and daughter have them almost every day.
Jan 14th 2009, 1:04 am
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