Any Other Hobbies?

[Grott]

Don't think they ate the horses then.

I think they did when the horse was stuffed. Parts for glue, parts for consumption.

 

[Matplat]

They say horse meat is actually pretty good

I agree with 'them'. In france they have entire butchers dedicated to horse meat La Boucherie 'Chevaline'.

Pretty similar to beef.

 

[Mardoo]

Yep. Horse is delicious. Dog isn’t bad either. In all likelihood I’ve eaten cat, but didn’t find out til years later so I can’t really say how it was.

 

[Dave70]

One of my hobbies is watching lifestyle programs, in this case it was a segment from Adam Liaw's 'Hidden Japan' series and posting links to recipes from the episode.
In this case, it was horse rump, sous vide style. Mmmm..taboo-ish....

http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/horse-rump-tataki

 

[wide eyed and legless]

We have abattoir's here which slaughter the Brumbies and are then exported to Europe for human consumption.
I believe they ate horse meat in the UK in the 1st World War, but prior to that when a horse or ponies working day's were over it was off to the Knackers yard where they were processed for pet meat, livestock feed, leather and glue.
I would bet there is still the odd human consumed in Borneo, when I was there there was an article in a newspaper where a guy was charged with cannibalism, his excuse was that he had died and he was his friend, so he wouldn't have minded, and he only one leg.
And up in the wilds of Derbyshire......

 

[SnailAle]

Pretty sure we still have a horse processing abattoir in SA don't we? Meat gets sent overseas though.

 

[wynnum1]

According to the Australian Horse Welfare & Rescue News Blog, there are two abattoirs in Australia that prepare horsemeat for human consumption, with a combined kill rate of about 8400 horses a year. The meat is exported to Italy and France and other countries in Europe, as well as throughout Asia. The Italians make sfilacci di cavallo, a cured horsemeat, the Dutch eat it smoked and the Japanese like to eat it raw – horse sashimi.

 

[SnailAle]

According to the Australian Horse Welfare & Rescue News Blog, there are two abattoirs in Australia that prepare horsemeat for human consumption, with a combined kill rate of about 8400 horses a year. The meat is exported to Italy and France and other countries in Europe, as well as throughout Asia. The Italians make sfilacci di cavallo, a cured horsemeat, the Dutch eat it smoked and the Japanese like to eat it raw – horse sashimi.

I generally steer clear of animal rights groups as their figures are either incomplete at best, or completely fabricated at worst. Ladt time i checked there was actually a group around against the extinction of kangaroos.

Still far be it from me to judge someone else on what they call food, be it a non meat diet or an animal that we don't generally view as food here. To a Hindu eating a cow is taboo or pig to a jew and I won't give them up.

I saw horse done in Japan on tv once and it looked pretty damned good! Plus one for the cooking shows (not the competition ones). I've learnt some good eats from the cooking channel.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Thank God* this thread has not derailed



*..or whatever deity suits you

 

[Lionman]

Horses for 5 courses.

 

[goomboogo]

Dog isn’t bad either.

Imagine how tough and chewy this sucker would be.

 

[Schikitar]

Hmmmmm, I also dabble in PC/console gaming as well as drumming, running and cooking.. did I mention beer? Yes, beer.

 

[FarsideOfCrazy]

Remote control cars. My second born son and I love to bash the rc cars. We've got 2, an Arrma typhon and a Arrma Kraton. Running these bad boys around is a bit of a hoot especially when we go away at easter and there's about 7 or 8 cars running around the BMX track. They can travel up to 100km an hour with the right gearing and battery. We just run them about the 60k mark and that is more than fast enough.

 

[SnailAle]

Remote control cars. My second born son and I love to bash the rc cars. We've got 2, an Arrma typhon and a Arrma Kraton. Running these bad boys around is a bit of a hoot especially when we go away at easter and there's about 7 or 8 cars running around the BMX track. They can travel up to 100km an hour with the right gearing and battery. We just run them about the 60k mark and that is more than fast enough.

100km an hour? Bloody hell!

 

[Aus.Morgo]

Can't imagine there would be much left of an RC car if it hit a hard barrier at 100kph I have a hard enough time with trees with my drone at 60kph.

 

[manticle]

My other hobby is throwing rocks at drones.

And jet skis

 

[Aus.Morgo]

You must be that little guy I kept buzzing the other day, gotta practice on your throw

 

[droid]

Jet SKi's are only good if you're riding them, FPITA if you're having a nap in a hammock

 

[Judanero]

I seem to share a few same hobbies as some other members, I usually have a few on the go at any given time and work on wherever my motivation is at the time.

-Roasting coffee (built a convection oven type roaster, and currently have five coffee plants, one that has beans to harvest this year but to be honest they will produce nowhere near enough to supply our households coffee habit)

-Building a bass guitar (1st build is a couple kit bits- three piece alder p-bass body and a Canadian maple j-bass neck with Indian rosewood fretboard. I want to get used to everything before I build one from scratch. I will put a Tasmanian Eucalypt burl drop top on the body,I have Dimarzio split 127 pups, Wilkinson tuners, and a Babicz bridge).
I will likely build one more bass but from scratch, and then maybe a couple guitars.. So am starting to amass some luthier tools!

-Drawing/ painting (graphites/ charcoals/ acrylics/ oils)
-Building a smoker at the moment (old oven with a keg on top, planning on electric)
-Refurbish/ customising a couple Technics 1200 turntables

 

[eldertaco]

They say horse meat is actually pretty good

I had horse in Japan. It was served to us sashimi style on a plate but the idea was you could put it in a boiling broth at the table for however long you wanted.

I dunno it wasn't that different to steak to be honest, although obviously nothing like a proper Wagyu steak from Matsusaka/Kobe.

edit: Matsusaka not Matsushita

 

[Dae Tripper]

Mad keen fisher, brewer, and other things not for posting on the Internet. Caught this Kingfish just the other week.

 

[manticle]

other things not for posting on the Internet.

Meth lab?

 

[Danscraftbeer]

Past recordings of some hobbies I threw up on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/user/RAWSET/videos
Not updated because i cant be farked to hours of youtubing on top of the evolved commitment of hobbies etc. I am a six stringer guitarist out of practice but made home studio compositions to most of those youtubes above, the earlier ones.
Much of these hobbies which are shared by other mad people who home brew as well I see.
All relates down to mechanics and technical's, food, gardening, music, brewing, gardening, food, eating drinking good food, music and alcoholic beverages and even non alcoholic beverages in pursuit of uniqueness and goodness.
This forum really does cover it all and more!
Including the derailments of topics can be very amusing too.

 

[Dae Tripper]

Meth lab?

LOL Yeast Lab is as hectic as it gets.

 

[eldertaco]

One other thing I like doing is bbqing. American or otherwise, it's all good to me.

Here's some pics of the last brisket I did on the UDS.

 

[SnailAle]

One other thing I like doing is bbqing. American or otherwise, it's all good to me.

Here's some pics of the last brisket I did on the UDS.

Look at the bark on That!

 

[eldertaco]

Yeah it was amazing, best I've made so far. Looks burnt but it's just bark with perfect amount of crunch.

 

[droid]

ATGATT
Trying to learn Ollie's on the grass, then the very first attempt on the deck...straight up and straight down, can only imagine the same thing but on an abrasive surface at speed

An x skater dude at work gave me a knuckle punch after telling him the story, does that mean I'm cool or something? Lol

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Use to go fishing until we realised that it was becoming all about drinking, so we cut out the fishing and just drink instead.

Do you still take the tackle?

 

[altone]

I used to like racing cars and just driving and keeping mobile my 250HP Toyota MR2 0-100 in 5.2 secs.
Now I just watch the motor racing when I can.

Too old now, so I cook, grow fruit veg and herbs in my tiny yard and am planning on building a model railway 1 day.