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    The days of the corner chippy ae long gone, though they are still there.
    Now in most cities you will find cusine from just about anywhere across the globe.

    If we walk along the main street here in Melbourne you could well consider you were somewhere else, the number of restaurants from so many different countries is amazing.

    As to Tassie, here on the big island there is a major campaign to encourage tourists there.
    But there is also one warning of the damage Salmon farming is doing to the island, though the Salmon from there is very good.

    French cusine a la Repatoir de la Cusine is rarely seen now, the modern style, much of which is colorful dressing of food is taking over.
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    A Frenchman once said 'Zee Eenglish cook book only needs one page'

    An Englishman retorted 'I found a French book with only one word ........"retreat" I thought it meant have another pudding, turned out it was the French Military Manual'

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    Quote Originally Posted by happy daze john in oz View Post
    The days of the corner chippy ae long gone, though they are still there.
    Now in most cities you will find cusine from just about anywhere across the globe.

    If we walk along the main street here in Melbourne you could well consider you were somewhere else, the number of restaurants from so many different countries is amazing.

    As to Tassie, here on the big island there is a major campaign to encourage tourists there.
    But there is also one warning of the damage Salmon farming is doing to the island, though the Salmon from there is very good.

    French cusine a la Repatoir de la Cusine is rarely seen now, the modern style, much of which is colorful dressing of food is taking over.
    Here in wild salmon country John. We have a saying. Real salmon don't eat pellets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Victoria Moss View Post
    Come to Tassie Lewis. The gourmet capital of OZ.
    Lots of lovely niche producers of fine wines, whisky, gin and of course cheeses and other yummy things like salmon etc.
    They have even put up signs now to direct tourists to all the right places to sample our lovely fare.
    To quote an old tourist ad "where the hell are you?" LOL closest I could find!


    UNESCO names Tasmania's Launceston a City of Gastronomy. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-...nomy/100611904

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    Most of the Salmon here in Oz is farmed.
    Though we do on the rare occasion get some Pacific Salmon that is fresh, does not stay in the shops for long even at the price they ask for it.
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    Hi Lewis, fist place I lived in Vancouver, Was deep Bay. Lovely area.
    Big problem with farm salmon. If any escape the enclosure, they contaminate the wild salmon.
    Not sure if I have mentioned this one before.
    Some fisheries genius back east, thought it a good idea to transfer Atlantic salmon to our west coast.
    What a mess that made of our fish.
    Never heard if he was ever brought to task about that.
    No doubt not, as he worked for the feds.

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    Not to be missed this way:

    Eog Cothi Pob

    Welsh Baked Salmon

    Baked salmon with fennel, lush.

    K.

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    Added to #78 .. Graham think it was that last exam where I heard one of the candidates had written on one of the papers , “ God only knows the answer to this question , I don’t “ Merry Christmas. When the marked papers came back from London , they had a written remark from the marker “ God gets full marks, you get none , Happy New Year “. So another one bit the dust , hope he enjoyed his Xmas at sea . Cheers JS
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