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Skriven 2008-01-07 14:07:51 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Carol Shenkenberger
Ärende: KUDZU   80107
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 -=> Quoting Carol Shenkenberger to Glen Jamieson <=-

    
 > All they need is a good marketer.  With the increase in USA of
 > population of Hispanic and Filipino origin, a demand for goat meat
 > should develop.  Around here, the increasing Middle Eastern population

 CS> Possibly, but hasnt happened yet.  *Huge* beef industry here.  One of
 CS> the things you have where you are, is more variety in meat types than
 CS> USA folks commonly find.  If you perused our stores when last here, you
 CS> will have noticed that.  Beef, pork, chicken, and if lucky may see lamb
 CS> or duck. 

I was lucky enough to find good goat meat in Texas s/markets close to
the Mexican border.  Also such goodies as 6 or 7 varieties of chilies,
cheap limes and other Mexican foods.  Up in NYS there were some other
items which I don't see so much of.  I was tempted to grab a Canadian
goose I saw in the local s/market car park, but Joan said that was not
approved behaviour for visitors, so I let it fly off.  Later, she
bought a dressed goose, which we cooked.  It was OK, but not extra
special.  Lots and lots of fat!  In the Adelaide Central Market, apart
from the usual meat, we do have quails, ducks, pigeons, venison, goat,
kangaroo, wild and farmed rabbits, and sometimes pheasants and on
occasions even black-fleshed chickens.  What is good is that "variety
meats", such as beef and lamb tongues and hearts, kidneys and livers
are available.  I often buy duck livers, which are cheap and good.

 >  CS> You have to see a 10 acre wooded lot with nothing but dead trees under
 >  CS> kudzu cover to grasp what we here think of it.
 > 
 > That would be a depressing sight!

 CS> And a common one in parts of the south.  You can just be driving along
 CS> the interstates and see these huge stretches 5 miles long of it,
 CS> growing over trees and everything in it's way.

As I said elsewhere, it needs someone to see it as a means of capturing
solar energy, which could then be exploited.

 CS> It's a bit funny actually.  Food kops want lower fat beef, then rave
 CS> over kobe beef for it's fatty quality.

Different Food Kops serve different masters.
 
 >  CS> My own mini-rant, is that I think we should all be looking closer at
 >  CS> 'farm raised seafoods' as a decent option for the regular meals.  If
 > 
 > I completely agree with you there, as fish are far more efficient at
 > converting vegetation into meat, and fish meat is healthier for humans
 > than fatty pork, lamb or beef.

 > eaten as a staple in the Philippines is farmed.     Now all we need is
 > to start up fish farms next to the kudzu crops.  Tilapia should eat it.

 CS> There is resistance in the USA mind set on this idea.  You can even
 CS> see it here though mildly and mostly on overseas 'farm practices'.  I
 CS> suspect this will dwindle in the next year or so as the product is
 CS> getting pretty much impossible to tell the diffrence.  It never was all
 CS> that obvious and now, you cant really tell anymore.
 
 > Same here.  Fish farming is steadily developing as an industry, and the
 > flavour is improving.

 CS> Yes, Bangus and tilapia are two that come to mind.  I've also had some
 CS> farm trout recently that was *superb* and will happily get such
 CS> anytime. 

Locally farmed salmon and trout are becoming popular here and in NZ,
and the quality is excellent.

 > That is hopeful.  Let us hope that the trouble is treatable.  From what
 > I have heard backs can often have minor faults which do not get worse.

 CS> Cant say more yet, the Friday appointment making didnt happen as we
 CS> had some pipes burst (24F, something like -4C) so I got caught up in

Sorry for you!  Here I turn on the cold tap and the water is too hot to
keep my hands under.  After a few hot days, today is almost cold, at
only 29C (84F).

 CS> that.  I have to wait til Monday to make the appointment with the
 CS> followup specialist. 

Homo Sapiens is not a good design.  Mammals were constructed to walk on
4 legs, not two.

 >  CS> Oh and talk about Cool timing?  CT Ruth's gift for me just arrived!
 >  CS> It's 2 microwavable rice bags with an extra removable outer cover
 > 
 > Glad that helps.  Take to bed and lie on it, also.

 CS> I did!  I put the big one on my back, and the little one on Don's
 CS> shoulder under his sweatshirt.

That is very good.  Some foods are quite useful that way.  I can buy
Pakistani basmati rice in 1 kg zip-top cloth bags which would be
perfect for that purpose.  Have you ever tried a packet of frozen peas
placed on the nose bridge to stop a nose bleed?


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