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Skriven 2007-09-03 09:19:35 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Hap Newsom
Ärende: AHHHHH BALONEY 70903
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 -=> Quoting Hap Newsom to Glen Jamieson <=-

Hap,
 
 ->  -> That has happened far too often, all over the world.  Thus carp are
 ->  -> found in rivers and goats everywhere.
 ->  -> 
 -> Rabbits, then foxes to eat the rabbits, except that they ate the
 -> small marsupial bentongs and bilbies instead.  Buffaloes and pigs
 -> fouling swamps in the tropical north, camels in the desert Centre,
 -> horses (brumbies) in the mountains, sparrows, starlings and Burmese
 -> doves in the cities, cats killing off small marsupials outside the
 -> towns, and even some ostriches competing against the emus.
 -> Unfortunately most of the Australian marsupials are not very bright, or
 -> otherwise equipped to defend themselves against the foreign invaders
 -> (including, of course, the gun-toting bipedal ones).
 -> 
 HN> Yep OZ has had it's share of ecological mishaps! I think you forgot
 HN> rats and goats...(and some say sheep as well!).

I remembered the goats.  The rats and cockroaches were unintentionally
brought in; they hitched a ride.  With the increasing water shortage in
Australia, some farmers are seriously considering giving up sheep and
allowing the kangaroo population to build up.  With increasing world
demand for very lean meat, the price has increased a lot, making 'roos
more viable as a main source of income.  With their sharp, little feet
and bad table manners, sheep are much more damaging to fragile, low
rainfall pastures than 'roos.
 
 ->  HN> than  your head! ) being used as decorative additions to fences and
 ->  HN> such.A good  sized abalone often runs over 12" in shell size (long
 -> 
 -> That would be a monster!  Very old, too.  The last time I visited the
 -> southern tip of NZ I met a man who was collecting empty pawa shells
 -> washed up on the beach.  He gave me a few.  In the nearby town of Bluff
 -> there is a house devoted to paua, with all kinds of jewellery and
 -> decorations.  The whole wall of one room is covered with paua shells.
 -> 
 -> There was also a framed letter from the Queen, congratulating the
 -> previous owners (now deceased) for attaining the age of 100, so perhaps
 -> there is something healthy and life-prolonging about eating abalone.
 -> 
 HN> hmmm you may have a point there lad! Let me know when you get your
 HN> letter!  chat with you soon

If I do it would not be thanks to abalone; I couldn't afford them!
The last time I ate abalone was in New Zealand on a previous visit to
the South Island, where the meat had been minced and formed into a
patty and fried.  A sort of abaloneburger; quite tasty.  As I will be
returning there next month for my grand-daughter's wedding, I might
have a chance to eat some more.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Haricot Mutton (Nz)
 Categories: New zealand, Lamb
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lb Neck and breast of mutton
      1 sm Turnip
      2    Sticks Celery
      1    Onion
      1 tb Tomato sauce (ketchup)
      1 sm Carrot
      1 tb Flour
      1 tb Drippings
      1 pt Stock
 
  Method: 1. Cut the meat into mouthful size pieces and trim off the
  fat.
  
  2. Slice up the vegetables.
  
  3. Melt the dripping in a pan. Dredge the meat with the flour and fry
  until brown.
  
  4. Take out the meat and fry the vegetables, then put all the
  ingredients in the pan and seson to taste.
  
  5. Simmer for one and a half hours. Serves 4
  
  SOURCE: *Kiwi Cookbook, by Alan Armstrong, Seven Seas Publishing Pty
  Ltd, PO Box 1431, Wellington, New Zealand, (C. 1968) ISBN 85467 016 5
  SHARED BY: Jim Bodle 5/93
 
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