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Reply #160 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 11:07am

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Those 15" ones do exist but hard to come by. Paid $205 for this one.

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Reply #161 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 11:32am

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Derek, it would have been a bargain at twice the price, ain't hindsight a marvellous thing. pd

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #162 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 1:50pm

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Derek
More than happy to give it a home I promise that it will be with a caring and appreciative family who will lavish it with love and affection tah tah tah Grin

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Reply #163 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 5:22pm

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Furphyslinger wrote on Oct 28^th, 2006 at 1:50pm:

Derek
More than happy to give it a home I promise that it will be with a caring and appreciative family who will lavish it with love and affection tah tah tah Grin

Furphy

It's value has increased at least threefold since I bought it. Grin

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Reply #164 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 8:34pm

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BLOODY HELL, In 2 months and the eleventh page , we have gone from cooking a Galah to a $600+ camp oven.
Just imagine cooking COCKY in a $ 600 pot, would still tase the same. A bit like Galah I guess.

Brings back memories of things like Freshwater Mussels cooked in the coals on the river bank. Enjoyed the Prarie Oysters a lot more than the mouthful of warm mud.
Topnot pigeons were a favourite along with the big Western River Blue Crays

Who knows as to where such a mundane topic will lead.

On Butchering
Remember well the days as a Jackeroo when I had to kill a sheep every 3 days, meat would only last 3 days back then (no freezers). The dogs ate well. Get up before daylight next morning and cut the bloody thing up. No bandsaw just a knife, axe and cleaver, the chops had to be perfect. The butcher (ME) got the scrappy ones. Shearing and Crutching time was worse could be up to 4 a day to kill depending on the size of the team and the cook's menu. At least the cook cut them up.
Got to kill a beast about twice a year, was a big occasion. Also used to catch a few suckers and fatten them up for a bit of Pork.
Place had a bore about 300 yards from homestead no hot water system as water was as hot as. Had cooling tank for cool water. Pigs were scalded at the bore head just the right temp for it.
Had a great time there 90,000 acres of wild country full of Scrubbers and rough horses, reconed I could ride a bit before i went there soon found out and learnt sooner. Was 15 at the time

BUT I STILL HATE BLOODY MUTTON

Kev

I started out with nothing and still have most of it

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Reply #165 - Oct 29^th, 2006 at 2:19pm

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Could it be Sooty that we old codgers still have something of value and interest to pass on to those who are astute enough to listen I still believe that experience is the real educater in a persons life and I am happy to learn from everyone and pass on a little wisdom of my own now and then anyway these stories of what we got up to are just great reading and I enjoy reading others yarns as well as telling of a few of my own.
Lets just bore them anyway Grin

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Reply #166 - Nov 1^st, 2006 at 6:15pm

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Guys
Cooking Galah is rapidly heading towards the 2000 mark a real milestone for this chat room it must be the special flavour of the hardwood stick when it is cooked.

Grin

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Reply #167 - Nov 1^st, 2006 at 6:52pm

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G'day furph.
Nah mate, its the real true flavour of galah. And everyone who gets a taste loves it. Roll Eyes

And geeez, arn't there still a few about? Wink

cheers mikel

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Reply #168 - Nov 1^st, 2006 at 9:05pm

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yes theres heaps the little bliters keep me awake when im camping so may have to throw one on the barbie Roll Eyes

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Reply #169 - Nov 2^nd, 2006 at 11:45am

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Yep, lots of galahs around, are we talking the ones who sit in the fast lane doing 60kph or those pink and gray buggas that are so tasty if cooked right ?
I live in an area where there are thousands sulphur crested cockatoos and I hate them with a passion, they are noisy and destructive and strip the new growth and young fruit off my fruit trees, I call them flying rats.
On the up side we also have rainbow lorrikeets, black cockatoos and many others but no galahs, maybe they got eaten out !
Rob.

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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