Food and Drinkies

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The Anatolian coffee used to taste Greek?

Neither Plato nor Aristotle have anything about the subject.

I always feel like I'm drinking from the Murray R, whenever I'm given a Moslem coffee. Never had a Greek one, so I can't comment.

Yes!!!!

Definitely tastes earthy/ muddy, pooish lol....the Turkish coffee my ex bought in a jar from the supermarket once was gross, it has a horrible gritty mouth feel and I still think it's the casings off the coffee beans that noone else wants that they pulverise with dirt.

I like espresso, and am really very fussy about my coffee.
I am a tea drinker, but really enjoy a nice espresso when out, if it's well made. We are lucky here in Ballarat, spoilt for choice, many cafes and tea rooms with mini- book or antique shops attached.. . The best kind of Cafe is one inside a book store.

Both Greek and Turkish coffee are grind to powder, most grinders can't do it so have to finish it in mortar with pestle in old fashion way.
If you want good coffee have to do all steps yourself roast, grind and brew.

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Vegemite.lol. it's like charcoal but only better

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charcoal is darker.

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One day I might try it. But I'm really a cheesymite guy

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Anyway the time has come to start cooking Sunday duck from my family secret recipe.

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As long as it's not the one from Chinese Sydney for Bin Chickens

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I was just looking through Woolies and Coles 1/2 price 'specials' for the week and it's unbelievable.

English muffins $3.10. Since when did a pack of English muffins rise to $6.20? What the ...?

Red Rock Deli chips. $3.00 1/2 price. Full price $6.00 for packet of chips? Aldi equivalent is $2.99 full price and just as good if not better.

Flip yogurts are now $4.20 ea. A couple of weeks ago they were $3.90 and you don't ever get a 1/2 price option.

100gm block of Lindt chocolate on 'special' for $8.50. 100gm?

Morning Fresh dishwashing liquid $6.00 for 400ml. They used to be 500ml just a little while ago and the list goes on and on. The prices keep rising and the sizes keep shrinking drastically. Just a few months ago 500ml 1/2 price special was $2.95. So now you pay 5c more for 100ml less?

Meanwhile Coles just posted a profit of $1.08 billion. Up 2.4% from 2024. Woolies just posted a $1.39 billion net profit.

How do young people who are renting and have families survive? I'm disgusted. This is criminal.

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How do young people who are renting and have families survive?

At least 70 per cent of young Austalians currently experience financial stress, especially those renting or raising children of their own.
To cope, young people have been cutting back on both essential and discretionary spending, with less money available for items like petrol, bills, clothes, and holidays.
The ongoing financial hardship and uncertainty have led to increased stress, with many young Australians reporting worsening mental health and feelings of hopelessness.
The cost-of-living crisis is putting strain on community services as more families struggle to meet basic needs and food security becomes a concern for some.

In Australia, there were close to 24,100 hospitalisations for intentional self-harm hospitalisations in 2023–24 (AIHW 2025).