Seafood, poultry, red and white. They are all types of meat. Meat that I love to eat. However lately I have found myself quite disturbed by both the treatment of animals before they are slaughtered to be put on our plate, and also the amounts we are slaughtering for long term sustainability. After watching a few documentaries recently, it has opened our eyes to the fishing industry and also the way animals (cows, chickens, etc) and kept and then killed for mass production. End of the line (http://endoftheline.com/) really opened our eyes to the current fishing problems around the world. You hear a lot people saying a lot of things you may not understand, this doco fills in all the blanks. There are so many fish out there that are on the verge of extinction and most people aren’t even aware of it. The doco claims that fish won’t...
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Taylor waterproof meat thermometer
My birthday was a few weeks back and (among other wonderful things) stud got me a Taylor meat thermometer as recommended by a die-hard-BBQer friend of ours. Geez my man knows me well! A small little barbeque for the two of us mid week was our first chance to use it. Nothing fancy at this stage. No BBQ ribs, roast chicken or melt in the mouth meat. Just a few steaks and sausages to get our “thermometer sea legs” if you will. I had printed out a temperature grid for a different types of meat to make it easier for stud to know when to stop and off he went. The thermometer was easy to use, very accurate, and great for someone (stud) who usually slices things open – thus destroying that initial gasping moment of slicing in to a surprisingly perfectly cooked slab of meat – to check...




