Bruce Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Gott in himmel Phil, sie sprechen deusch sehr terribel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 [ATTACH]49204._xfImport[/ATTACH] Just my luck. . . 250 Million year old salt,. . .and it's no good after next year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 And now honey has a 12 month use by date too. In spite of the fact that 2000 year old honey has been found inside pyramids, still edible. Watch out for shop bought water going off - it has a use by date. Tank water must be better - no use by date there in spite of the inevitable bird poo and frog content. (Flavour enhancers) Doncha feel so much safer thanks to our guvmint makin all these rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 How much food ends up in landfill because of these stupid "Best before" and "Use by" dates? How often has your missus told you to throw out a perfectly edible item just because of those dates? What amazes me is that often these dates are given for foodstuffs that are what they are because they have are the result of ancient food preservation techniques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Nah, we employ an ancient (non governmental endorsed) three step process after glancing at the 'use by'....... Step 1. Inspect - has it changed shape or colour? Step 2. Sniff Step 3. If product passed tests 1 & 2, Taste. Maybe I borrowed this process from the SAS survival guide, but I'm pretty sure it's been working successfully for thousand of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Here is one product that fails Steps 2 and 3, but if it doesn't, it is "off". Stinking Bishop cheese - Wikipedia I bought some during a holiday in England, but could not get it past my nose into my mouth. If anyone has had the misfortune to come upon a decomposing human corpse, that smell would be like a room freshener in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 How much food ends up in landfill because of these stupid "Best before" and "Use by" dates? How often has your missus told you to throw out a perfectly edible item just because of those dates? What amazes me is that often these dates are given for foodstuffs that are what they are because they have are the result of ancient food preservation techniques. Oddly enough. . . .My mate Roger called in a couple of weeks ago and asked me if I'd be interested in some freezer stuff, that he'd recovered form his relative's freezer, following her recent demise. . . . . I said I'd have a look. . .he dragged in a cloth sack full of potato wedges, joints of Beef, Steak and Ale pies. . .and a big slab of lean, back bacon ( unsmoked ) containing around 240 rashers. . . . I chipped off some of this bacon and it defrosted and it cooked beautifully. . .even though it was marked as 'Sell by' October 2016. . . . . terrific stuff. . .been having it for brekky (and combined with fried egg) sarnies at lunchtime for a while now. . . however,. . .I'm not sure what we are going to do with a huge plastic sack of frozen parsnips. . .any ideas on a good recipe Ladies ? ? ? ?. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Here is one product that fails Steps 2 and 3, but if it doesn't, it is "off". Stinking Bishop cheese - Wikipedia I bought some during a holiday in England, but could not get it past my nose into my mouth. If anyone has had the misfortune to come upon a decomposing human corpse, that smell would be like a room freshener in comparison. Ah,. . .well,. . you're supposed to consume that along with some salty crackers ( Ritz ? ) and a bottle of Good quality Port Sir,. . preferably when you are already three quarters Pi$$ed. . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Gott in himmel Phil, sie sprechen deusch sehr terribel. Ich kenne meinen Freund . . . Ich tue es nur, um Marty's Frau zu beeindrucken. . . . .Und ohne Google übersetzen ,. . .i würde mit der Sprache, die Sie sehen, Probleme haben. . . Ich bin nur ein paar Tage in Deutschland geblieben. . .aber das war 1987. . Ich habe alles gelernt, was ich dort gelernt habe. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Cheese? I bought some expensive award winning cheese from Bruny Island. Before we made it our b&b, we had the windows down, trying to get some air that didn't have us gagging. Drank our nice red without cheese on our crackers. Couldn't make my mouth open to taste the stuff. Luckily they didn't bill us for a new fridge after we checked out - don't think you'd ever get the smell out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Well Phil, your few days in Germany were more than I have ever had. But one of my great grandfathers was the blacksmith at Hahndorf (Adelaide hills), and his name was August Haebich, so I always thought I should know a little German. Well it sure is very little. In fact, I learned only some French at school, et tout le mond rire quand je parlez fraincais. Je avez un Alice Springs accent trez terrible. But an unfulfilled ambition of mine is to go to a beer hall in Munich und trink out of steins mit lids und sing songs und wear lederhosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Ich kenne meinen Freund . . . Ich tue es nur, um Marty's Frau zu beeindrucken. . . . .Und ohne Google übersetzen ,. . .i würde mit der Sprache, die Sie sehen, Probleme haben. . . Ich bin nur ein paar Tage in Deutschland geblieben. . .aber das war 1987. . Ich habe alles gelernt, was ich dort gelernt habe. . You want to do WHAT to my wife?? Oh... impress her. Good luck with that.... Cheese?I bought some expensive award winning cheese from Bruny Island. Before we made it our b&b, we had the windows down, trying to get some air that didn't have us gagging. Drank our nice red without cheese on our crackers. Couldn't make my mouth open to taste the stuff. Luckily they didn't bill us for a new fridge after we checked out - don't think you'd ever get the smell out of it. Ah, you haven't smelled stinky cheese until you've been to a French cheese shop. My missus likes their goat's milk cheese - I think it smells like wet dog, so haven't even tasted it. Oddly enough. . . .My mate Roger called in a couple of weeks ago and asked me if I'd be interested in some freezer stuff, that he'd recovered form his relative's freezer, following her recent demise. . . . . I said I'd have a look. . .he dragged in a cloth sack full of potato wedges, joints of Beef, Steak and Ale pies. . .and a big slab of lean, back bacon ( unsmoked ) containing around 240 rashers. . . . I chipped off some of this bacon and it defrosted and it cooked beautifully. . .even though it was marked as 'Sell by' October 2016. . . . . terrific stuff. . .been having it for brekky (and combined with fried egg) sarnies at lunchtime for a while now. . . however,. . .I'm not sure what we are going to do with a huge plastic sack of frozen parsnips. . .any ideas on a good recipe Ladies ? ? ? ?. . . . How long to keep the chops? Article said that lamb that had been accidentally frozen for a year was still edible. Latest I heard, 6 months was the limit for meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 But an unfulfilled ambition of mine is to go to a beer hall in Munich und trink out of steins mit lids und sing songs und wear lederhosen. Been there done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Meat frozen to minus 18 degrees C will be edible for umpteen years. Its only the flavour that changes. I bought a frozen chook at Aldi & the best before date is in 2020 some time. I remember in my youth (the early 70s) hitch hiking around Europe on less than a dollar a day the staple was cheese, bread and salami & possibly an onion & tomato. It was easy to find the cheese shop. You could smell it half a block away. Once you get past the smell many of the stinky ones taste really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Once you get past the smell many of the stinky ones taste really good.[/QUOT That doesn't only apply to cheese! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jerry_Atrick Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 With her name, she was always going to head this way.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 [ATTACH]49216._xfImport[/ATTACH]OK RED. I'll Ring you back Later, OOPS, No House phones on NBN. OK to use "Smoke signals" spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I'd pay 5G's for fast internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Didin't have a chance to go through all those redecoration faux pars, but I loved the ceiling fan "prop strike"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 And the "Door" with a corner cut-out, How much better it would look with a semicircular cut-out!. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 My ex-soninlaw Has had a complete face lift, and he looks young again, after looking a lot like his father!, Hair dyed darker as well. taken at least 30 years off his appearance. Thailand of course. (Aus prices much too dear) spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 [edit] - both photos taken in Lonon (the one on the right is in a tube - definitely not me!!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Obviously eating too much liver. Looks as if he dressed with Gay abandon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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