War Room Lounge v71: Alleged Land Vegetable

[Higus]

So they looked like jelly donuts?

Da fuq kinda jelly donuts they making at Tim Hortons?

 

[Limbo Pete]

If you do an apprenticeship here, then all the theory, occupational work and safety etc is taught at TAFE.
The also have diplomas for stuff like hairdressing, retail management, sign writing, garden design and landscaping etc.
However there's also the option of doing courses which are accredited towards bachelor degrees at uni, and there's a bunch of industry training such as CISCO CCNA etc (although I did that at Uni).

Unless you're in a specific vocation program, it's pretty typical for your credits to be university applicable, even if you arent going for a transfer degree. You can even apply some high school courses as university credit.

 

[Fawlty]

it's pretty typical for your credits to be university applicable,

God bless Oregon lol.

 

[Limbo Pete]

God bless Oregon lol.

Fair enough, fair enough lol

 

[Ruprecht]

So it's like squirrel, lean and gamey but you can put it in a nice broth and it's good.

Croc (I'm hypothesizing here) seems like it would be somewhere between shellfish and frog, a reptile nd amphibian thing, but similar meat.

Not sure about squirrel, but I eat Roo steaks all the time. Takes a bit of practice to cook it properly though, as it's extremely lean.
Easy way out is using it in a curry, cooked in a pressure cooker.

Croc tastes a lot like chicken, but less stringy and if you overcook it then it tends to go rubbery like squid. I like it Thai style, especially with chili, lemongrass and star anise.

 

[Ruprecht]

My experience was classes taught by folks who had work experience in the field. One dude I recall was retired from government work.

TAFE is explicitly more practical and vocationally oriented, but has a bad reputation here. A lot of which is because it has no real entry requirements and was the venue of choice for permanent dole bludging students (back when that was possible).
The only TAFE lecturer I know is a former heroin addict, jailed for armed robbery, who reformed himself when he had a kid. Still not sure where he picked up his IT skills.
Funnily enough when I had to go to court for "Speed Dangerous", the case before mine was a TAFE lecturer who was busted for growing 100 dope plants hydroponically in his home (not sure if he was a horticulture lecturer). He got a smaller fine than I did and no record.
You can see what I'm getting at about the reputation of TAFE lecturers though...

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Not sure about squirrel, but I eat Roo steaks all the time. Takes a bit of practice to cook it properly though, as it's extremely lean.
Easy way out is using it in a curry, cooked in a pressure cooker.

Croc tastes a lot like chicken, but less stringy and if you overcook it then it tends to go rubbery like squid. I like it Thai style, especially with chili, lemongrass and star anise.

Sous vide.

TAFE is explicitly more practical and vocationally oriented, but has a bad reputation here. A lot of which is because it has no real entry requirements and was the venue of choice for permanent dole bludging students (back when that was possible).
The only TAFE lecturer I know is a former heroin addict, jailed for armed robbery, who reformed himself when he had a kid. Still not sure where he picked up his IT skills.
Funnily enough when I had to go to court for "Speed Dangerous", the case before mine was a TAFE lecturer who was busted for growing 100 dope plants hydroponically in his home (not sure if he was a horticulture lecturer). He got a smaller fine than I did and no record.
You can see what I'm getting at about the reputation of TAFE lecturers though...

 

[Fawlty]

A shoeless horse burst into the library and trampled all through the psychology section before the librarians managed to get hold of it.

Spoiler

It was shod in Freud.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

I make a mean goat curry.

 

[Ruprecht]

Good tips I can relate. If I can behave myself long enough to not get banned' Id love to share recipes.

Is curry your favorite to take out the gamey taste with meat? We were poor and ignorant so we just did salt and pepper and the sun to make it edible.

I like the gamey flavour of the steaks, but I can't get enough spicy food so I cook a shitload of curry.
Lately I've been doing an Oz version of South African Bobotie (almost like a shepherds pie with custard on top instead of mashed potato), using roo mince and spiced up with Trinidad scorpions.

 

[Fawlty]

I make a mean goat curry.

Unofficial national dish of Jamaica (officially it's ackee and saltfish, which is a really tough ask on a hangover). Never had it until I was there...so delicious.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Unofficial national dish of Jamaica (officially it's ackee and saltfish, which is a really tough ask on a hangover). Never had it until I was there...so delicious.

I make mine Hawaiian style (big surprise I know) so it’s got coconut milk and is probably closer to a southeast Asian curry than a Jamaican one. I know I shared my Hawaiian style oxtail stew recipe with @LogicalInsanity too. But the flavors are much more like a Chinese soup than a Jamaican stew. For some reason there’s that overlap with black Caribbean food in the type of dishes but the flavors and ingredients are very different.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

I make mine Hawaiian style (big surprise I know) so it’s got coconut milk and is probably closer to a southeast Asian curry than a Jamaican one. I know I shared my Hawaiian style oxtail stew recipe with @LogicalInsanity too. But the flavors are much more like a Chinese soup than a Jamaican stew. For some reason there’s that overlap with black Caribbean food in the type of dishes but the flavors and ingredients are very different.

Dont get mad but I topped my dish with Sriracha...best condiment in the history of condiments

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Fuck man.. Fuck. Six people got shot outside my friends tour. My buddy gave CPR as long as he could, dude died.

Sucks. Fucking sucks.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

I make a mean goat curry.

Chicken ain't that expensive, brah.

I make mine Hawaiian style (big surprise I know) so it’s got coconut milk and is probably closer to a southeast Asian curry than a Jamaican one. I know I shared my Hawaiian style oxtail stew recipe with @LogicalInsanity too. But the flavors are much more like a Chinese soup than a Jamaican stew. For some reason there’s that overlap with black Caribbean food in the type of dishes but the flavors and ingredients are very different.

Coconut milk for curry, to me, means Thai. Ginger, lemongrass, lime leaf, and fish sauce means good to go.

Fuck man.. Fuck. Six people got shot outside my friends tour. My buddy gave CPR as long as he could, dude died.

Sucks. Fucking sucks.

Damn. Makes sitting at home sound alright.

 

[Ruprecht]

Dont get mad but I topped my dish with Sriracha...best condiment in the history of condiments

I noticed a Sriracha Mayo has just popped up in my local supermarket. Sriracha is so popular it's not even in the "Asian Foods" section anymore.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Just trimmed the full-packer brisket. Only one minor cut suffered. Three dogs feasted on beef fat. One dry-rub applied (salt, pepper, celery salt, garlic salt, paprika). Operation "don't fuck up $70 worth of meat" begins in about 10 hours.

 

[Fawlty]

I make mine Hawaiian style (big surprise I know) so it’s got coconut milk and is probably closer to a southeast Asian curry than a Jamaican one. I know I shared my Hawaiian style oxtail stew recipe with @LogicalInsanity too. But the flavors are much more like a Chinese soup than a Jamaican stew. For some reason there’s that overlap with black Caribbean food in the type of dishes but the flavors and ingredients are very different.

Jamaican style typically uses allspice pretty heavily, which is fine but not ideal for curry imo. Coconut milk usually, but sometimes not. What kind of pepper do you use?

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

I noticed a Sriracha Mayo has just popped up in my local supermarket. Sriracha is so popular it's not even in the "Asian Foods" section anymore.

Asians taking over. I've been telling you all

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Asians taking over. I've been telling you all

Are you saying they're "over-looked"?