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Jul 26, 2021
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Sorry, should have read freshwater CRAY fish
Bloody auto correct 🙄
Looks fabulous. Especially the souffle.

Are crayfish common in Australia? Are there saltwater crayfish? In the US, crayfish are common in Creole and Cajun cooking (primarily in the South).

Edited to say I'm too lazy to fix the site's auto correct for CRAYFISH.
 
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Yes, yabbies are commonplace in rivers, streams and dams (small water storage ponds on farms and rural properties)
Not sure why they are difficult to find retail

Popular pastime for kids is to tie a piece of meat on s as string and toss it into the water. Line up a few of them and check a few minutes later.
If they are biting it’s not unusual to find 2 or 3 on a piece of meat

In Western Australia they are called marrons and can grow up to 1 1/2 lb
I much prefer marrons to lobsters or the (saltwater) crays we get here
 
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The previous Vintage Port vs cheese tasting dinner featured a HUGE variety of cheese - soft, hard, blues (French, Italian, Danish, Aussie and English)

Not surprisingly the Stilton reigned supreme.

Even the much vaunted cheddars (including the excellent Montgomery)
only to an honorary mention. Perhaps best with tawny ports

Unlike France and The UK where you have specialist cheesemongers (who will give expert guidance about the cheese ready to eat on the day) buying cheese in Sydney (except for one or two shops) can be a bit of a crapshoot
 

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Looks amazing, I love Stichelton. Stilton melted over pears on toast with lots of black pepper is to die for.
I've always fancied trying stichelton but it's just not available here.

I'm a huge fan of blue cheeses (cow's milk only, no goat) and one trick we used to do when I worked in a hotel was to get a whole wheel of stilton, cut out a cone shaped wedge on the top of the wheel and pour in some aged port and replace the plug.

Best done a week before christmas (topped up as required) and at christmas you cut it open to find pink port streaked stilton...lovely stuff :)

I used to enjoy venison from Thetford Forest near you, but the less said about that the better ;)

Regards,

Jay.