Australian oranges are in California, first of the season - Page 1
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author: Lawsen
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2011, 06:33:09 am
content: What things do you have are from Australia, besides the orange and wines for cooking?http://www.alicewhite.com/aboutus/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrah#Arrival_in_AustraliaShiraz wine from Southeastern AustraliaI do not own this car. The new GMC Chevy Camero chassis is designed and tested in Australia by Holden GM Limited. The Chevy SS R, Super Sport Roadster car/pickup truck body was first designed by Holden GM, Australia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HoldenAustralia makes all sorts of geology, oceanography sonar for sea bed stratigraphy exploring, and mining equipment, but the list is only limited to what I actually have in my house.EEVBLOGI do not have any oscilloscope made in Australia.I can find a made in Holland, Philips PM2505 analog multimeter and PM2518 C sized battery powered digital multimeter in the closet, but no multimeter from Australia.Multimeter calibration service business in Australia, but too far from what I am at the present:http://www.multimetercalibrationsaustralia.com.au/index.htmlVideo game development hand held console, fun:http://shop.4dsystems.com.au/poga-portable-gaming-console/289-poga.htmlThey have a GPS module that will work for geology, too.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2011, 02:41:36 pm
content: The weird thing is that we have Californian oranges for sale in our shops!Isn't International trade wonderful!And,Aussie wines are for drinking,not cooking.Alice White wines!---------Never heard of 'em!73,VK6ZGO

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 20, 2011, 11:29:18 pm
content: I never buy food and fresh produce from overseas, as a rule.If you can't grow your own food, you are fundamentally screwed.The exception would be the occasional Swiss chocolate or something from our NZ cousins.Dave.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 20, 2011, 11:38:35 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 20, 2011, 11:29:18 pmNo but Coles & Woolies do. Add to that some bizarre labelling laws and the consumer no longer has any clue where stuff comes from.It's a pity the only politician arcing up about it, is himself, barking.

author: gregariz
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2011, 12:02:16 am
content: I often buy overseas food here in the US... the local stuff will kill you.. Twinkies are a known deadly itemI have been known to source and devour yorkie bars and hobnobs. Marmalade and jams here of course are just flavoured corn syrup so you really have no choice. Vegemite and Marmite are available and again no choice... and then there is the beer.. nuff said..

author: SgtRock
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2011, 12:41:02 am
content: Greetings EEVBees:--Lately we have been able to get Fosters here in Florida, and I will have to say that it is definitely better than the "Lucy's Panther P*ss" an Air Force buddy of mine smuggled back from Thailand.--Two things (available here in Florida) that you are missing out on in OZ; (1 Gator tail, although I suppose you have Croco tail. (2 Armadillo, very tasty. We like to call it "Possum on the half shell."Three weeks in the lab will save you a day in the library every time" Stanley Williams, HP LabsBest RegardsClear Ether

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2011, 02:08:54 am
content: Quote from: Uncle Vernon on September 20, 2011, 11:38:35 pmHow so?Most thing I see are clearly labeled Australian Made and then they usually differentiate into specifying use of local and/or imported ingredients.If you want to support Australian then if it ain't labeled Australian, and/or made using local ingredients, then don't buy it, not that hard.We buy all of our fresh produce and meat from local wholesalers though, not coles and woolies if we can avoid it. But the fresh fruit and veg I see in COles and Woolies appears to be clearly labeled.Dave.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2011, 02:43:55 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 21, 2011, 02:08:54 amsee below"'We don't think consumers really understand the difference,'' Clare Hughes, food policy officer at the consumer group Choice, said.For a product to claim to be Product of Australia, it must be grown, processed and packaged in this country.It is possible to buy products labelled Made in Australia that were made entirely with imported ingredients, as long as they were processed in Australia."Read more:http://www.smh.com.au/national/made-in-australia-if-only-it-was-sown-and-grown-here-20100305-popu.html#ixzz1YYAr9IUbQuoteQuoteWas even easier before Keating stuffed thing up, when "Australian Made" meant made in Australia. I don't have any issue with imported product provided it is presented from a level playing field and not just dumped at the expense of our local industries. My preference is to buy locally wherever possible, it's not always easy.

author: nukie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2011, 03:31:13 am
content: Actually, I find it a challenge to buy imported fresh produce, there are not plenty. There are so many items that is made & produce locally. Unless of course you are looking at Asian groceries. I was a little disappointed to find that Bushells tea are not made locally anymore. Speaking about imported goods taking over local produce, I bet it will happen sooner or later seeing how expensive they are getting.

author: wtkevin
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 10:04:39 am
content: I love the Australian Shiraz Wine - it is the best wine. My all time favorite. There is nothing more suiting to a delicious steak than a really dry Australian Shiraz wine. Simply divine. I love it so much that if my local store doesn't have any I get some bottles of Australian Shirazwines deliveredbecause I would never want to get dry on them.And it always is a great treat for guests or Housewarmings.

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 10:16:27 am
content: Quote from: SgtRock on September 21, 2011, 12:41:02 amHaven't tried that one.Palm corned beef = the best canned corned beef ><Do people in Oz eat kangaroo? Taboo?

author: johnboxall
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 11:12:04 am
content: Quote from: slateraptor on April 23, 2012, 10:16:27 amWe have it about once a fortnight. You can get marinated steaks from the supermarket, and also nice sausages. Quite tasty and also very lean.

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 11:15:40 am
content: Yes you can get kangaroo in some supermarkets, mostly only done as mince. it's leaner than beef so its not quite as tasty, but good for spaghetti sauce.I like Australian Shiraz, but my favourite wine, well that I can afford, is NZ white, cool climate wine from Marlborough region.Yes the sausages are nice.

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 11:25:10 am
content: If the locals eat it, I'm def game for some exotic Australian kangaroo on the barbie.P.S. Add Australian camel to the list of crazy shit to eat before I die.

author: Teknotronix
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 11:33:50 am
content: Quote from: slateraptor on April 23, 2012, 11:25:10 amIf you get hold of some, don't cook it too much. It can go rubbery quite quickly.

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 11:39:53 am
content: Quote from: Teknotronix on April 23, 2012, 11:33:50 amMy best guess is that kangaroo meat is not unlike wild deer here in the US: tough and gamey if not carefully prepared, which is why I suspect sausage and hamburger are perhaps more common than steak, as other comments have indirectly alluded to. Yeah?

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 12:11:30 pm
content: Actually what's been going off here at the moment is Blue Fin Tuna. I've met/know 3 people in the last 2 weeks that have caught one. one was 22 kilo. One guy bought into work today some sushi he'd caught on the weekend.Wish my boat was bigger.

author: steve_w
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 12:14:50 pm
content: I submit the humble tim tam to the list of things that we enjoy everyday that our overseas friends miss out on.In a previous life I had a lot of dealing with US engineers and every time that came out we would serve tim tams as a treat at smoko and invariably when they went home several instrument cases went home full of tim tams.From what i have been told by my American colleagues Australian biscuits beat anything in the US by a country mile, however our ice cream sucks big time. I won't mention the beer, BTW I haven't seen fosters sold in a pub here for years, apparently we export it to GB and Florida. Give me a Coopers pale ale any day. Oooops have I mentioned the beer? :-)

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 01:48:07 pm
content: How about Vegemite? Is it really as ubiquitous as us Americans led to believe?

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 02:29:42 pm
content: Quote from: steve_w on April 23, 2012, 12:14:50 pmThat's probably due to US using high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener instead of sugar. American food companies love to use that in everything and it just doesn't taste right.Quote from: steve_w on April 23, 2012, 12:14:50 pmSee if you can find any 'Kohu Road' icecream around your area, we definitely export to AUS (from NZ).It's the best ice cream i've ever had.Even their sorbet range beats most regular ice cream while being much healthier. (Their dark chocolate sorbet is awesome)Be warned though, It's around 4 times the price of normal icecreamhttp://www.kohuroad.co.nz/index.html

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 02:46:01 pm
content: Quote from: Psi on April 23, 2012, 02:29:42 pm...which is comparable in price to thecryogenically frozen ice cream franchisethat recently went bankrupt here in the US.

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 03:08:19 pm
content: I have Vegimite rather than Marmite as my wife picked up the taste for it when she visited Australia she also wears boots made in Aus. I run several programs made in Aus. Auslogics and NCH.Very often here in dear old blighted we do not know the true origins of products,all down to some crazy packaging laws that allow things to be claimed as British made if the last process was the greatest value so some thing arrives from China or somewhere else and is either put into a cardboard box or even just the box shrink-wrapped and that action is put down in the ledger as the most expensive process and bingo you can plaster the union jack all over it.

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 03:15:50 pm
content: Quote from: G7PSK on April 23, 2012, 03:08:19 pmLOL! ...or until the thing being "shrink-wrapped" starts screaming autonomy and independence.

author: MikeK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 09:17:07 pm
content: The really bad thing about Australian oranges in California is that the peels are on upside-down.

author: quantumfall
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 10:00:29 pm
content: Quote from: MikeK on April 23, 2012, 09:17:07 pmI laughed at that, thanks is good to laugh.

author: quantumfall
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 10:15:00 pm
content: Quote from: gregariz on September 21, 2011, 12:02:16 amJust my opinion I'm not a nutritionist but, have a balanced diet, what ever that is. cut out sugary processed food, eat wholemeal bread rather than white. Fresh vegetables if you can get them rather than frozen. I think onions and root vegetables with fiber are good for you. One school of thort is nuts are very good and essential for heath. You need fat as well apparently it transports minerals and vitamins but as usual I'm not totally sure how all this works or if its correct, You get so many things that change its hard to know.

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 10:24:39 pm
content: Quote from: quantumfall on April 23, 2012, 10:15:00 pmWhat's with all this discrimination against white bread?

author: quantumfall
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 10:34:08 pm
content: discrimination well you have to. I still enjoy a good white roll and some toast. what can I say. I'm guilty.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 10:47:45 pm
content: Quote from: quantumfall on April 23, 2012, 10:15:00 pmYes, I don't understand those who want to eliminate all fat from their diet.You are much better off lowing your (natural and added) sugar intake.Dave.

author: quantumfall
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2012, 11:05:57 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 23, 2012, 10:47:45 pm

author: steve_w
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 01:45:30 am
content: Slateraptor,Vegemite would be in 90% of kitchen cupboards. I have it pretty much every day for breakfast.

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 07:19:55 am
content: If you totally eliminate fat from your diet your nervous system will be in trouble. Fat is a constituent of nerve sheaths (myelin) without it nerves don't work, it would be like an electric circuit without insulation.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelin

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 07:34:32 am
content: Quote from: steve_w on April 24, 2012, 01:45:30 am<troll>Only because Marmite is currently out of stock.</troll>

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 09:18:56 am
content: Seems like every country around the Pacific has its "weird to the rest of the world" something-or-other.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 09:01:05 pm
content: Just looked in fridge, got Marmite there. NCP Yeasts factory is still near me, and allows me to tell wind direction. Stocks of Marmite were still on the shelves when I looked this weekend, so no shortage here in South Africa. Bovril as well, but no Vegimite, that stuff tastes bad.Best was going to the Yeast plant at SAB and getting freshly dried yeast straight from the steam dryer. Lovely crunchy flake with a lovely aroma and incredible taste. Too bad frank lost the franchise and had to close, now have to get from upcountry, made locally and then shipped inland and then back, instead of me driving out and collecting it.I used to buy Kiwifruit years ago from the farm, when a box off the farm stall cost as much as one single fruit did in the supermarket, and tasted better as well. Now they are much cheaper when in season.

author: siliconmix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 09:17:48 pm
content: if i eat too much marmite i get thrush. before man took a liking to clear beer (when glass was invented) the lees was consumed also which is high in the b vitamins that beer robs you of in the first place .

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 11:34:54 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on April 24, 2012, 09:01:05 pmIt's out of stock in NZ and i think AUS maybe having issues too as the only marmite manufacturing plant for NZ/AUS was damaged in the Christchurch earthquake and needs to be rebuilt. Will take 2-3 monthsLuckily i managed to get a supply before it ran out.Quote from: SeanB on April 24, 2012, 09:01:05 pmAgreed

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 11:43:10 pm
content: All this Vegemite/Marmite haterade action makes me wish I could pick up a bottle of each and give 'em a taste test. I'm assuming it's one of those acquired taste things, which makes it even more intriguing.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 24, 2012, 11:50:19 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on April 24, 2012, 09:01:05 pmYou mean Chinese gooseberries?Quote from: Psi on April 24, 2012, 11:34:54 pmProof positive that Vegemite is an effective measure in earthquake prevention! Regular Aussie consumption of our beloved Vegemite has ensured our national geology remains much more stable that the land of marmite eaters across the detch. Years ago a batch of kiwi manufactured marmite made it to Newcastle and look what happened there!Go the Warriors today! The thinking New South Welshman's second team.

author: gregariz
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2012, 12:14:36 am
content: Quote from: slateraptor on April 24, 2012, 11:43:10 pmIf you are on the west coast/region you can find Vegemite in the World Market stores, along with TimTams, hobnobs, beer etc. You can find marmite at Fresh'n'easy (which is owned by tesco)http://www.worldmarket.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=vegemite&origkw=vegemite&sr=1

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2012, 12:39:58 am
content: Quote from: gregariz on April 25, 2012, 12:14:36 amNope. Florida.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2012, 01:16:55 am
content: There are a few types of marmite sold with the same name.For example. UK marmite is quite different to NZ marmite

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2012, 11:55:00 am
content: Vegemite has a different taste from Marmite despite them both being yeast extract. The Vegemite sold here in the UK is made in Australia. Not sure if it collects air miles or gets sea sick.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2012, 11:59:00 am
content: Although I'm a "card carrying" Aussie,I actually prefer "Promite" to Vegemite----it isn't quite as salty!

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 26, 2012, 10:12:00 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on April 25, 2012, 11:59:00 amAlways though those in the west might bat for the other team. There's my proof. Far too many moustaches for any thinking community. Hell through the 70's and 80's even women and children over their all had moustaches. Deeply suspect.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2012, 01:29:23 am
content: Promite is as Aussie as Vegemite,if not "Aussier"(if that's a word)!And,I'm definitely in a minority in WA--most people are Vegemite freaks!