tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post4896344437282403086..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: Spices and reconditioned rainbowsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-40797828602749734682010-03-27T11:28:34.052+11:002010-03-27T11:28:34.052+11:00Wallaby is much less gamey than 'roo (I've...Wallaby is much less gamey than 'roo (I've had fillets and pie and close to 'pest' status here thanks to bush clearing creating vast amounts of grass for them. I've been promised some Cape Barren goose breasts, and am supposed to go muttonbirding with my trusty native guide ;-) monday (might be next monday).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-85491872340352298612010-03-27T05:58:20.329+11:002010-03-27T05:58:20.329+11:00Actually I was thinking that your fame might not q...Actually I was thinking that your fame might not quite have spread to the Melbourne mail sorting centre. As yet. You still have time though to make your mark. [Australia Post did once pride itself on getting mail through, although that time is probably decades in the past now.]<br /><br />If I remember correctly the muttonbird season starts today. Although I also think it's been limited to aborigines under certain native heritage acts. So even though you are adjacent to the major rookeries for the short-tailed shearwater (<i>puffinus tenuirostris</i>), I don't know if you can actually gather them. They are even better than duck for duck-like recipes.*<br /><br />Although the official Cape Barren Geese season on Flinders (the only place they can be legally hunted in Australia) ends next month (if they haven't already filled the cull quota), so if you want to try that you might want to hurry. As with anything Tasmanian I expect there might be licences involved.<br /><br />Haven't thought of trying wallaby. If it's anything like roo it should be cooked lightly (medium rare at best). You must tell me what it's like. [Most of our local wallaby species are protected.]<br /><br />* I was amused by a cooking show that decided they were going to make quail a la orange. It required wrapping each of the tiny birds around a 500g block of butter that was about twice the volume of the bird itself, in order to make the bird oily enough for the recipe to work.Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-62111194480701757112010-03-25T14:27:25.319+11:002010-03-25T14:27:25.319+11:00Mike, blimey, that'd give the chooks rooster s...Mike, blimey, that'd give the chooks rooster something to look up to?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-9184309636762328192010-03-25T14:26:22.996+11:002010-03-25T14:26:22.996+11:00Ian, as that is the only part of the entire addres...Ian, as that is the only part of the entire address that got read, your test question has been answered. Flinders has neither kangaroo nor emu. It does have Wallaby, Cape Barren Geese and muttonbirds on the list of things I have not yet eaten ;-).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-48289943572023270992010-03-25T12:27:46.846+11:002010-03-25T12:27:46.846+11:00I like the notion of Dave trying to raise emu in h...I like the notion of Dave trying to raise emu in his backyard. That might keep the mice out, at least? Train them to be watch emu, attacking strange varmints?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422171964652699673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-16206170841840652902010-03-24T18:55:38.547+11:002010-03-24T18:55:38.547+11:00You've now got me wondering if "The Loone...You've now got me wondering if "The Looney Ex-South Africans" would have been sufficient to get it to you, without actually having added your actual postal address. <i><grin></i><br /><br />Still on the lookout for some aniseed myrtle and strawberry gum locally, but I doubt I'll have any success as they are rarely used. The first is rather overpowering if used blatantly, the second is only of use in desserts really.<br /><br />That only leaves the non-spices, such as Quandongs, Kakadu Limes, the various native plums (Illawarra, Desert and Davidson's), and Lilli-Pilli, as far as commercially farmed stuff is concerned for you to taste. Not sure if any of those plants would really cope with a life on Flinders though.<br /><br />And emu and kangaroo of course. What's the use of having national emblems you can't eat?Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.com