More
things I love that I've lost since moving to Oz.

Ham.

They can't do ham for shit over here. It's really,really, rubbish. How the fuck can they fuck ham up?

Probably the same way they fuck bacon up 'cos that's shite as well. It looks wrong (it's PURPLE), it smells wrong, it doesn't cook the way I'm used to and it tastes wrong.

And don't get me started on Aborigine art.


Then again there is a lot of things I like. Like Kangaroo meat. That's gorgeous. And the coffee is great as well. Beats UK and USA coffee hands down.
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 12:57, 24 replies)

Kangaroo meat
is the dog's bollocks, I agree. Hardly any fat and fucking delicious. There was a rather good shop in Morpeth that sold it (and ostrich / venison / wild boar etc) but as it was tucked away behind the main street where the old taxi office was, it died a death after about a year. I was gutted.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:01, closed)

Oooooh
I'm quite partial to Aboriginal art.
It's all over my didgeridoo....

And purple is my second favourite colour after brown ;o)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:03, closed)

I
eat Skippy at least once a week. It's cheap as fuck over here (as you'd expect as there's millions of the jumpy bastards).

I've finding all sorts of different ways to cook it.

And it's nice almost raw....
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:04, closed)

Doubly Agreed.
Roo meat is amazing!

Can't get it for love nor money back here though, unless you're willing to go in to a Walkabout!

Croc steaks are rather nice too... *noms*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:04, closed)

Bugger
I always harboured a yearn to try a Skippy Steak.

*is a vegetarian*

Just don't tell anyone I said that, okay?

*edit*

Croc steak I'm fine with. Any creature that sees me as prey is fair game as far as I'm concerned. If I won a fight to the death with a croc I'd have to cook and eat the bugger afterward.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:05, closed)

Aussie tucker
The pie floaters in Adelaide or to die for.
I reckon wallaby is better than roo meat though - it's leaner.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:09, closed)

Skippy
My local Tesco used to sells kangaroo from time to time, as did a butcher near where I used to live...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:15, closed)

Have you tried Korean meatballs?
They're the dog's bollocks!
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:19, closed)

D-i-T
Try: www.keziefoods.co.uk/

They do deliveries, although I think you have to order in bulk though!
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:33, closed)

Kangaroo Meat? Croc Steaks?

ostrich? / venison? / wild boar?

Oooh it all sounds yummy, but just the thought of it makes my gout twitch.

*hobbles to toilet*

*curses carniverous tendancies*
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:38, closed)

Bacon...
Curing your own is actually pretty easy if you want to give it a bash, the level of satisfaction in scoffing a hot,crispy, thick cut rasher of your own creation in a bacon sandwich is pretty hard to beat. I am a sad bastard for this kind of thing though having built a cold smoker with my nieghbour in their garden. All the rest of the exotic protein described above is making me drool....
(Oil Slick, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:46, closed)

Cheers, DG!
I'll make some freezer space!

I used to work in a restaurant that also had its own farm where they bred (I was going to say reared, but thought better of it) Ostrich for meat and eggs.

Ostriches are evil, evil bastards. It's your duty to eat them, the feckers.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:58, closed)

DiT
Try Borough Market. There's a stall that def does ostrich meat/eggs, and I have a vague notion it might do roo meat as well.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 14:21, closed)

^
Superstar! I work on Borough High Street, and I never even thought of that!

*spangs self*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 14:45, closed)

I expect
the coffee in Oz has improved considerably since Starbucks fucked off?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 14:50, closed)

gammon
I never had gammon when I was there either.

For decent roo meat, get a big bastard rifle and tootle to Cape Shanck - thers loads of the buggers down there
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 15:03, closed)

miss v lost
These are not things you have lost. They are things that were part of your life, but, through your own decision to move to a country on the other side of the world, are no longer. Unless you have lost your passport and cannot be issued a replacement the solution to your problem is quite simple.

Fucking tourists... :)
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 22:36, closed)

Kangaroo meat?
Even my boxer dog won’t eat it – must be an acquired taste I guess.
The coffee truly is excellent in Oz. And Aborigine art? I put that in the same league as those velvet prints of horses etc…and most “Aboriginal art” isn’t made by Aborigines anyway – the whities knock out loads of it up here in Cairns and sell it for inflated prices to unsuspecting tourists. The genuine Aboriginal artists get royally ripped off for the stuff they do make.

Just got back from a UK vacation and I know it’s really sad, but I miss the black forest gateau from Tescos. And Twiglets, Tizer and Revels…
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 22:48, closed)

Bacon
Make your own, its easy. You can get curing salts on the internet. I make my own bacon, just buy a chined loin of pork, or belly pork for streaky, smother it in maple syrup then put it on a home made trivet of some sticks of wood my husband had left over in the garage. i clean up the sticks in a weak solution of bleach. smother it in salt and rub it into the meat for a week, the soak it in water for 2 hours, freeze it, then cut it. hey presto, you have bacon. I bought an electric slicer for £58 and a vacuum packer for about £35 from jlmdirect.com, ok you will find something in Oz but don't suffer bad bacon !
( Tiggy the diver, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 1:25, closed)

And
Marmite.

Vegemite is OK but it hasn't got the bite of Marmite.

And the crumpets are crap here.

But the slovakis (kebabs) are just out of this world. You can't even compare British kebabs vs Slovakis because they're not in the same league.

Other things I like here.

Wildlife. Loads of exotic birds. Possums - cut little buggers. Bats. There's a fruit bat that visits the fig tree next door. It doesn't land - it crashes into it. Funny as fuck.

Fishing. The fishing over here is magic.
Aussies. Most of the Aussies I've met are great. They really love to talk.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 1:25, closed)

What about the cheese?
I'm Aussie and found the fluorescent orange colour of UK cheese to be quite disturbing. Surely you can't miss that?
(pseudomonkey is not a real monkey., Thu 21 Aug 2008, 1:45, closed)

Cheese
.
Yes, I do miss UK cheese. There's quite a few you can't get over here - Stilton being the one I miss the most.

Some of the Aussie cheeses are OK but to get the good stuff, you have to go to foreign delis.

I don't know which English cheese you tried mate - probably Red Leicester or something like that. Most English cheeses aren't coloured.

And while we're on about cheese, I love that one of the most popular brands over here is COON. Makes me giggle...

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 4:13, closed)

stilton
I'm not an expert on cheese but I think stilton is like champagne in that you can only label your product with that name if it comes from a certain location/region etc. Hence no champagne or stilton comes from Australia but equivalent products carrying different labels are produced.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 10:04, closed)

British cheese
For the win!

The coloured stuff is artificially enhanced to appeal to those that like their food flourescent. I usually go for the uncoloured (but I do like Red Leicester).

American cheese, in my experience anyway, is crap. Blue or Monterey Jack is about your lot, and it officially has no taste whatsoever. (I am generalising a bit - you can get some more interesting stuff but it tends to be in specialist stores rather than Wal Mart, at least it was when I was last there in 2000. No offence meant).
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 21 Aug 2008, 10:59, closed)