tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post6192338964056107307..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: The "slow food" movement shits me.Stubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-73892097584443230372008-12-04T11:00:00.000+11:002008-12-04T11:00:00.000+11:00Rip my sleeve, Boogey, all the while crying out "I...Rip my sleeve, Boogey, all the while crying out "I haff no son" in a thick yiddish accent - as I believe is the accepted protocol in these situations.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-44183024405939890562008-12-04T10:43:00.000+11:002008-12-04T10:43:00.000+11:00Ramon, what are you going to do when your son grow...Ramon, what are you going to do when your son grows up and wants to work for the Liberals, then later join <I>The Australian</I> as a journalist, all the while raising owls for a hobby?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-88271225611924231352008-12-04T10:32:00.000+11:002008-12-04T10:32:00.000+11:00An organic alternative to Ecstasy for ravers?Might...<I>An organic alternative to Ecstasy for ravers?</I><BR/><BR/>Might be a good way to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-75462214852652841592008-12-04T10:16:00.000+11:002008-12-04T10:16:00.000+11:00Anybody know any recipes for all the owls that are...Anybody know any recipes for all the owls that are infesting this wide brown land of ours.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-81576443188183752122008-12-04T10:03:00.000+11:002008-12-04T10:03:00.000+11:00Also, it'd be nice if someone could come up with a...<I>Also, it'd be nice if someone could come up with a commercial use for all the cane toads that are about.</I><BR/><BR/>An organic alternative to Ecstasy for ravers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-6043226255880131352008-12-04T09:43:00.000+11:002008-12-04T09:43:00.000+11:00Of course there's no reason to stop with kangaroos...Of course there's no reason to stop with kangaroos. I can't be the only person to have wondered what koala tastes like (slight eucalyptus flavour maybe?).<BR/><BR/>Also, it'd be nice if someone could come up with a commercial use for all the cane toads that are about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-9031462592962432852008-12-04T09:20:00.000+11:002008-12-04T09:20:00.000+11:00Alex - Nah, all they'd need is a big multi-hectare...Alex - Nah, all they'd need is a big multi-hectare station and the farmers could use a eucalyptus leaf to round up the roos.<BR/><BR/>Farmer: (whistles) Phweeeeeeewweeee<BR/>Skippy: You called? Where's the emergency? <BR/>Farmer: Bang!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-27961723974994182922008-12-04T08:58:00.000+11:002008-12-04T08:58:00.000+11:00Whilst I am a fan of locally sourced, home grown a...Whilst I am a fan of locally sourced, home grown and home cooked food, (control issues?...) I suspect the slow food movement is also somewhat derived from a human impulse to enunciate a point of difference. We love to demonstrate how special, distinct and knowledgeable we are, and this food esoterica is a lovely way to to it.catlickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576403056383762758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-51675426655592831942008-12-04T08:38:00.000+11:002008-12-04T08:38:00.000+11:00But Patch, while a roast shouldn't be skimped it d...But Patch, while a roast shouldn't be skimped it doesn't require looking after either, chuck it in a hot oven in the morning, turn the oven off and leave it closed. Turn it back on 30 minutes prior to serving to finish off the meat and it's done.<BR/><BR/>Roast Lamb in the crock pot is good too, with a bottle of Rose, 10 or so garlic cloves and a couple of other bits and pieces.<BR/><BR/>I'm making cabbage rolls tonight, you guys suck, I'm going away tomorrow so I don't have the time for this but now I have a craving! 1 hour in the steamer and 30 minutes in the oven, not mention rolling the damn things! Summer is for easy food!!!!!!!!WitchOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562967775567670188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-14604700863621885362008-12-04T08:06:00.000+11:002008-12-04T08:06:00.000+11:00Why do we eat beef instead of kangaroo, when the l...<I>Why do we eat beef instead of kangaroo, when the latter are better adapted to our environment, and the taste isn't that much different?</I><BR/><BR/>Sounds good to me, but as far as I know, kangaroos don't have the same herding instinct that sheep, cows, goats, horses, etc. do. So I imagine that they would be a nightmare to try and farm on a large commercial scale. Unless you set up some sort of battery-farm - feedlot system, which I can't imagine would be great for the environment either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-48986445085201977892008-12-03T22:09:00.000+11:002008-12-03T22:09:00.000+11:00I'm a keen cook too, and a slow cooked roast or to...I'm a keen cook too, and a slow cooked roast or tomato sauce for pasta or home made stock are all great. Didn't anyone's mum have a crock-pot? They were great - stick everything in before leaving for work, come home to a delicious meal. There's a new version (called a miracle pot I think) that you heat up initially then it cooks with no power for a long time. <BR/><BR/>I'm with you Wari on the microwave rice cooker, I par cook brown rice in it so I can make risotto or congee (theres another slow cooked food) out of it without it taking ridiculous amounts of time and chicken stock. I'll do small amounts of pasta in the rice cooker and its great for cooking potatoes for mash. It saves stove-top space when you are using a number of pots and pans, and is easier to wash up. Its a great invention. The microwave is also great for loosening up those packs of ready cooked hokkien noodles or defrosting whole limes I've frozen.patchouligirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462983717621525841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-16884203559124107102008-12-03T19:44:00.000+11:002008-12-03T19:44:00.000+11:00Ramon, Wari, play nicely. Slow food is bullshit. O...Ramon, Wari, play nicely. <BR/><BR/>Slow food is bullshit. Only some dishes need to be slow cooked, Lamb Shanks used to be a throw away item until people started cooking the bejesus out of them and making them palatable. Of course, I have the best recipes for Shanks!<BR/><BR/>I also make a great soup out of beef shin bones (BIG dog bones), sadly once I say they're for human consumption and ask for the ones out of the fridge I get charged human prices. Cabbage rolls also take time but look at the ingredients you're working with.<BR/><BR/>Slow food is not a requirement and my microwave is for reheating and defrosting only. If a meal cannot be made and served in under 45 minutes MAX, 15 minutes otherwise, then forget it. Why waste my time? I love food, I love eating I don't love fucking around with food I could be eating in a few minutes if prepared and cooked properly*.<BR/><BR/>*My way.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, food is a slight obsession with me, I love it, I love it so much. Taste, smell, look, feel it, it can be the most erotic, the most sickening, the most emotional moment of your life if it's the right meal at the right time with the right balance for all the senses.WitchOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562967775567670188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-75011532920518973772008-12-03T18:53:00.000+11:002008-12-03T18:53:00.000+11:00It'll end up like whatever the latest indie music ...It'll end up like whatever the latest indie music trend is this week:<BR/><BR/>"Yeah, I really loved that pickled llama shank in goat's curd with turnip and wild rice recipe - you know, the one that I used to bake in a tajine for 17-and-a-half hours - until everyone started to cook it. Its newfound popularity has, like, ruined it for me."<BR/><BR/>With any luck, all the foodie wankers will turn from slow food to what I think should be the next great taste sensation for the "my food is so much more exotic than yours" set - cannibalism*.<BR/><BR/>Problem solved.<BR/><BR/>* The previous nasty comment does not necessarily correspond to the views of TSFKA management.<BR/><BR/>Anyone offended by that comment should report it immediately to the internet police or their mother, stat.<BR/><BR/>** Good to see you back, Ramon.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13276765027706053664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-81019993854461096872008-12-03T18:49:00.000+11:002008-12-03T18:49:00.000+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13276765027706053664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-22513638062187341712008-12-03T16:49:00.000+11:002008-12-03T16:49:00.000+11:00It's astonishing the ways people can totally fuck-...It's astonishing the ways people can totally fuck-up good food, Melba.<BR/><BR/>I had the worst meal of my life in Budapest because I insisted we eat "traditional Hungarian food".<BR/><BR/>If I didn't have my head up my own arse, I would have noticed all the Hungarians were eating Chinese and pizza - and with good fuckin' reason.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-44067835871382106792008-12-03T16:44:00.000+11:002008-12-03T16:44:00.000+11:00No, not that type of foam,Ramon. More the kind you...No, not that type of foam,Ramon. More the kind you see in the little waves at the beach. With bubbles, and stuff.<BR/><BR/>It's all that Spanish chef's fault, the el Bulli one. I blame him. They call it molecular gastronomy. I call it wankerdom.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-80633648912560535002008-12-03T16:31:00.000+11:002008-12-03T16:31:00.000+11:00I'm all for the traditional Mediteranean diet - ci...I'm all for the traditional Mediteranean diet - circa a few centuries BCE - no water, just wine and ale, and big servings of burnt sacrificial livestock. I just don't know how this new diet would go down in the public service though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-69816169902326250502008-12-03T16:30:00.000+11:002008-12-03T16:30:00.000+11:00"Foam"?The sort they make polystyrene cups out of?..."Foam"?<BR/><BR/>The sort they make polystyrene cups out of?<BR/><BR/>Sounds delish!!Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-4793231477615398152008-12-03T16:28:00.000+11:002008-12-03T16:28:00.000+11:00Please substitute "herbicide" for "pesticide" in m...Please substitute "herbicide" for "pesticide" in my last comment. Then ignore it as it does not go to Ramon's point, which was about pesticides.catlickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576403056383762758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-6718465479807308352008-12-03T16:12:00.000+11:002008-12-03T16:12:00.000+11:00Can I add my hatred of dishes containing foam or a...Can I add my hatred of dishes containing foam or anything with "smoked air" to your hatred of the Slow Food Movement, Ramon?<BR/><BR/>Fuck Foam, I say.<BR/><BR/>It could be a new movement.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-23354746267718185502008-12-03T16:05:00.000+11:002008-12-03T16:05:00.000+11:00"“Lobbying against the use of pesticides.” Well, w...<I>"“Lobbying against the use of pesticides.” Well, why not genetically engineer plants to be pest resistant so you don’t need pesticide? Problem solved."</I><BR/><BR/>Trouble is they have engineered the food to be pesticide resistant so they can actually spray the crop (canola) rather than use traditional cultivation techniques. We therefore get more pesticides in the food, and Monsanto sell more pesticides to the farmer.catlickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576403056383762758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-48305644887412535792008-12-03T15:42:00.000+11:002008-12-03T15:42:00.000+11:00I'd never thought about the origin of the 'slow fo...I'd never thought about the origin of the 'slow food' movement before :) I'd just assumed it was a reaction against fast food, like Mcdonalds etc and parents being slackers and feeding their children on chicken nuggets etc, like my brother in law does. <BR/><BR/>I saw him deep fry bacon the other day.Mad Cat Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940290694429568842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-51568227379926760912008-12-03T15:08:00.000+11:002008-12-03T15:08:00.000+11:00Organic Free Trade Coffee tastes like Organic Free...<I> Organic Free Trade Coffee tastes like Organic Free Trade Dirt.</I><BR/><BR/>I beg to differ Pers. The oldies grow coffee up in the Byron Hinterland and it is great coffee. It may or may not be fair/free trade but it is organic by default ie Dad is too tight to pay for expensive fertilisers.<BR/><BR/>And it is 'native' coffee too so sod off to all that Brazilian/Guatamalan dirt eh!homesickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871859873854371963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-63960600313902748632008-12-03T14:51:00.000+11:002008-12-03T14:51:00.000+11:00Interesting point, Christian.My point is that it's...Interesting point, Christian.<BR/><BR/>My point is that it's meaningless to talk about "local" food.<BR/><BR/>Historians of the Roman Empire have discovered goods and food from Judaea popping up in Britian in the 4th century CE.<BR/><BR/>The point being, humans have always traded food and always will.<BR/><BR/>My, we have some interesting discussions here.<BR/><BR/>Wari, I was just pointing out Witchie likes cooking.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-45964827478872567792008-12-03T14:48:00.000+11:002008-12-03T14:48:00.000+11:00I must firstly go to bat for our beloved Witchie. ...I must firstly go to bat for our beloved Witchie. Why did you pick on her Ramon?<BR/><BR/>Bring it on Boogey and Perseus re the GM stuff. But I'm with Boogey on this one. As is the case with nearly all genetic programs, the old adage, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" applies. We know how to fuck with the little buggers but we really are barging in where angels fear to tread. "Let's just change this and see what happens. Want to try some?" Easy easy I say.<BR/><BR/>That said this "slow food" bullshit is just that, bullshit. Thanks for the insight above Christian.<BR/><BR/>Now for my mate the microwave.<BR/><BR/>Being a sole parent (OK I've got a maid and a babysitter) I cook almost every night. The microwave is great for cooking rice, almost all vegetables (Emma loves her broccoli and mashed potatoes) and of course for defrosting and heating up pre-prepared stuff. And what's wrong with re-heating pre-prepared stuff I ask? And of course for heating up that cup of coffee you completely forgot about while you were running around in the mroning like a mad idiot. I love my microwave.wari lasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510841562408680249noreply@blogger.com