Savoury Operations: 2015

Monday, 11 May 2015

WHY ANTI-MEAT PROPAGANDA IS COMPLETE BUNK by Tracie Harris

On a recent Facebook thread regarding a three part YouTube video addressing The Atheist Experience host Matt Dillahunty's views on meat/veganism, fellow co-host Tracie Harris wrote this wonderful response, which I felt needed to be shared with the world -

"Stop being an omnivore, Matt. You were born flawed and only by overcoming your humanity can you be a good human.

I don't really care what anyone's personal dietary choices are--to each their own. Like religion, it's none of my business until a person starts promoting it to others. But after I left the church, that's when I stopped apologizing for being a human.

I sometimes wish people who say things about how unhealthy eating animals is would take some anthropology courses before they speak. Nearly all of the studies on unhealthy meat eating do not take into account many forms of meat eating. The Inuit and the Maasai had fantastic health metrics, even while their diets were sometimes 100% meat products because growing food in many of the areas they inhabit isn't practical. Their health metrics (Inuit most dramatically) declined considerably after they began incorporating Western diets into their traditional lifestyles.

Meanwhile in the Americas, European explorers sometimes did very poorly on treks where the Native American guides fared quite well, because the Europeans tended to eat mainly muscle, where the indigenous people would eat organ meat and other parts of the animal--that are vitamin rich, but considered inferior meats by Western people.

The Western diet is garbage, and the way in which we eat meat is often not the best way to eat it. But that should *never* be confused as "eating meat is inherently unhealthy for a species that is known to be an evolved omnivore." That claim is actually ludicrous for anyone to believe if they understand that we are scientifically classed as ominivores, and humans have developed meat eating diets on every continent upon which they exist.

I also find it extremely offensive that people call meat eating inherently unethical--which is one of the most disgustingly ethnocentric claims a person can make--basically vilifying nearly every known culture historically and globally (certainly almost every single indigenous population) for surviving in concert with their human heritage.

The "science" behind these ideologies is garbage science. And the fact it's so readily accepted in the face of contradicting realities that stare them in the face, is a testament to their bias".

Sunday, 8 March 2015

INSTANT NOODLES!

LOOKS LIKE ILL BE MAKING MY OWN INSTANT NOODLES FROM NOW ON

I FEEL LIKE LAMB!

I COULD ALWAYS GO A GOOD LAMB PIE,

LIKE THIS LAMB NECK SHEPHERDS PIE

OR THESE MOROCCAN STYLE LAMB PIES

AND WHO CAN PASS UP A SUCCULENT LAMB ROAST,

LIKE THIS SLOW ROASTED LEG OF LAMB WITH GARLIC AND ROOT VEGETABLE MASH

OR THIS MAPLE AND HONEY ROASTED EASY CARVE LEG OF LAMB

AND I LOVE THIS IDEA USING LAMB FOREQUARTER/GRILLING CHOPS,

INDIAN GREEN LAMB CURRY

AND MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE, LAMB LOIN CHOPS

YOGHURT LAMB WITH FREEKAH PILAF

Sunday, 18 January 2015

Keg & Brew

Formally the KB Hotel, the Keg & Brew has fantastic

beer, bourbon and food!

Keg & Brew's Bourbon, Beer & Bites.

EL LOCO

MEXICAN HOT DOG!!

Review from a customer - "Succulent looking

sausage on a soft roll piled with pico de galo,

pickled jalapeno, mayo and grated haloumi

cheese so fine it melts from the heat of the sausage"

merivale.com.au/elloco

El Loco

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

2015 BEER LOG

This is my very own beer log displaying any and all beer I will taste/drink in 2015.
All entry's will include Brewery/Brand, beer name/style and my personal rating.
The rating system is simple - 5/5 Superb
4/5 Tops
3/5 Standard
2/5 Sub-standard
1/5 Shit
This list will not include any of my own home brew, but beware, I will rate
anyone else's home brew!
This post will be updated every time I try a different beer.

BRIDGE ROAD BREWERS BEECHWORTH PALE ALE 4.5/5

KILLER SPROCKET RYE IPA 4/5

BRIDGE ROAD BREWERS CHEVALIER SAISON 5/5

EXIT BREWING #004 IPA 4.5/5

KOOINDA BOUTIQUE BREWERY BLACK IPA 4/5

MURRAY'S CRAFT BREWING CO RUDEBOY PILSNER 4/5

TOOHEYS BREWING OLD BLACK ALE 3.5/5

SIX STRING BREWING CO. DARK RED IPA 4/5

ASAHI DRY BLACK 1.5/5

COOPERS BREWERY BEST EXTRA STOUT 4/5

SIERRA NEVADA SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HARVEST FRESH HOP IPA 4/5

LORD NELSON BREWERY SEASONAL ALE 4/5

COOPERS BREWERY SPARKLING ALE 4.5/5

4 PINES BREWING COMPANY STOUT 5/5

MOON DOG CRAFT BREWERY LOVE TAP DOUBLE LAGER 4/5

ENDEAVOUR VINTAGE BEER CO. 2014 RESERVE AMBER ALE 3.5/5

SIX STRING BREWING CO. PALE ALE 4/5

4 PINES BREWING COMPANY EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER 4/5

JAMES SQUIRE ONE FIFTY LASHES PALE ALE 3.5/5

CASCADE PREMIUM LAGER 3.5/5

COOPERS BREWERY PALE ALE 4/5

SIX STRING BREWING CO. SAISON 4.5/5

SIX STRING BREWING CO. CORIANDER, LIME LEAF + LEMONGRASS HEF 5/5

SIX STRING BREWING CO. PALE LAGER 4.5/5

SIX STRING BREWING CO. BLUEBERRY HEF 3.5/5

4 PINES BREWING COMPANY KOLSCH 4/5

SIX STRING BREWING CO. ONE IMPERIAL/DOUBLE IPA 4.5/5

ADNAMS GUNHILL DARK RUBY ALE 4/5

MURRAY'S CRAFT BREWING CO MOON BOY GOLDEN ALE 4.5/5

SIX STRING BREWING CO. TWO 4.5/5

WOLF OF THE WILLOWS ISA - INDIA SAISON 4.5/5

BREWCULT BUGGIN' OUT BLACK IPA 4/5

BADLANDS BREWERY BREWBACCA KOLSCH 3.5/5

CARLTON & UNITED BREWERIES CARLTON DRAUGHT 3/5

CARLTON & UNITED BREWERIES SHEAF STOUT 4/5

JAMES SQUIRE NINE TALES AMBER ALE 3/5

MURRAY'S CRAFT BREWING CO PUNCH & JUDY'S ENGLISH BITTER 4/5

CARLTON & UNITED BREWERIES CARLTON BLACK 3.5/5

THE AUSTRALIAN BREWERY SAISON D'HERETIQUE 4.5/5

GREEN BEACON BREWING COMPANY WINDJAMMER IPA 4.5/5

BREWCULT HOP ZONE SESSION IPA 4.5/5

ARCTIC FOX CHOCOLATE STOUT SEASONAL BREW 4/5

YOUNG HENRYS BREWING COMPANY ESTHER'S ALE 3.5/5

XXXX GOLD GOLDEN LAGER 2.5/5

CORONA EXTRA LAGER 2.5/5

HUNTER BEER CO OYSTER STOUT 4.5/5

GREEN BEACON BREWING COMPANY 3 BOLT PALE 4/5

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. HOPTIMUM (2014) DOUBLE IPA 4.5/5

MURRAY'S CRAFT BREWING CO CLARENCE SESSION TRIPEL 3.5/5

MOON DOG CRAFT BREWERY COLD DRIP WAR AMERICAN PORTER 4.5/5

EDGE BREWING PROJECT ANGRY PIRATE RUM SOAKED OAK IPA 3.5/5

RED ISLAND BREWING CO. QUIET DEEDS WHITE IPA 4/5

VAN DIEMAN BREWING STACKS BLUFF OATMEAL STOUT 4.5/5

TOOHEYS BREWING DARLING PALE ALE 2.5/5

FOGHORN BREWHOUSE EXTRA, EXTRA SPECIAL STRONG BITTER 4.5/5

FOGHORN BREWHOUSE BITTER WINTER BACK ALE 4.5/5

BIGLAND BEER THE BITTER DECAYING DEAD IPA 5/5

MORNINGTON PENINSULA BREWERY BROWN ALE 4/5

TWO BIRDS BREWING TACO WITBIER 4.5/5

EXIT BREWING #007 SMOKED STOUT 4.5/5

THE AUSTRALIAN BREWERY INTO THE VOID OATMEAL STOUT 4/5

ARCTIC FOX CHOCOLATE STOUT SEASONAL BREW 3.5/5

MASH BREWING COPY CAT AMERICAN IPA 4.5/5

MURRAY'S CRAFT BREWING CO FRED AMERICAN IPA 4.5/5

TUATARA BREWERY BLACK TOASTED MALT STOUT 4.5/5

NOMAD BREWING CO. FRESHIE SALT AND PEPPER GOSE 4.5/5

YOUNG HENRYS BREWING COMPANY REAL ALE ENGLISH BITTER 3.5/5

TEMPLE BREWING COMPANY NEW WORLD ORDER AMERICAN STOUT 4.5/5

BIGLAND BEER OAK AGED STOUT 4/5

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. HOP HUNTER AMERICAN IPA 4/5

MOUNTAIN GOAT BEER CROSS BREED: SEEDY GOAT (2015) PORTER 4.5/5

MOUNTAIN GOAT BEER SUREFOOT STOUT 4/5

FOGHORN BREWHOUSE BETTER THAN JAMES BROWN AMERICAN BROWN ALE 4.5/5

FOGHORN BREWHOUSE ROARING FORTIES BEST BITTER ENGLISH BITTER 3.5/5

BIGLAND BEER BELGIAN ALE 4.5/5

WHITE RABBIT DARK ALE BLACK LAGER 3.5/5

AUSTRALIAN BEER COMPANY YENDA IPA AMERICAN IPA 1/5