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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Ah come on, where's your sense of adventure?it's only a 13 hr flight from Perth to Tokyo (10hrs if we fly to/from Sydney)... I'm sure that's just around the corner isn't it? :wink:
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My desire to visit Australia has an inverse relationship to the size of the spiders I see there online: The bigger the are, the more determined I am to keep my distance. :wink:



ElizabethB said:
I have eaten it all when it was considered awful offal and very cheap. Can afford only for special occasions.
Dad would make a Debris - an offal stew. It contained everything karadekoolaid mentioned and liver and tongue.
Mom does not remember what happened to the enormous cast iron pot Dad used for his Debris. He would roll over in his grave if he knew how much the ingredients would cost today.
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I love offal, too. I grew up eating scrambled eggs and brains. Liver, gizzards, tongue, tripe...mmmmm.

Funny trivia for ya'll. In Japan, offal are called "hormones" -- I have no idea why, but bring someone to a restaurant that doesn't speak the language and that word stands out. I've seen many a perplexed look over dinner.
 
TastyReuben said:
Same here.
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I hear they are pretty tasty. I don't care to eat one, though. Here is one in my garage...

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madebyyouandi said:
My desire to visit Australia has an inverse relationship to the size of the spiders I see there online: The bigger the are, the more determined I am to keep my distance. :wink:





I love offal, too. I grew up eating scrambled eggs and brains. Liver, gizzards, tongue, tripe...mmmmm.

Funny trivia for ya'll. In Japan, offal are called "hormones" -- I have no idea why, but bring someone to a restaurant that doesn't speak the language and that word stands out. I've seen many a perplexed look over dinner.
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It's not the big ones you need worry about... the bigger and more intimidating they are, the less if a problem they are, and to be honest, my biggest concern is the snakes.... I've met quite a few of the big spiders in this part of Australia and they see not the venomous ones... It's the little spiders that are the problem, but the only really seen to like air conditioned houses in towns and cities... So living rurally I haven't actually met one yet in 5½ years living here! Hubby met one in IKEA's car park in Canberra the first year we were here though.
We frequently find hand sized huntsman spiders in our home. We just catch and remove them to the garden. We have a 'kit' for catching spiders safely... the bigger the glass required, the further down the track they get escorted! Lol

This makes interesting reading. What to do if you find a spider: complete guide

We also ensure that once a season, an insecticide bomb is let off under the house and in the roof space. Termites are a problem, and I'm not keen on ants (childhood phobia that's about the only thing I'm not happy around) plus the biggest nuisance are flies and on a sheep farm and with free range chooks, we have to stay on top of them. Both chook houses have a naturally derived fly spray in them to keep the chooks less pestered by flies in there (if you've a strong stomach, look up 'fly strike'. It isn't just a chook problem, but all farm yard animals and wild animals as well, I'll not link to it because quite frankly even reading it isn't pleasant, let alone seeing images. Our landlord lost multiple sheep to it last season and we've just lost our first (ever & hopefully last) chook to it, so something you help protect them is essential) and to be honest, you'll be far more annoyed by the bugs than you will the things that eat them...
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
It's not the big ones you need worry about... the bigger and more intimidating they are, the less if a problem they are, and to be honest, my biggest concern is the snakes.... I've met quite a few of the big spiders in this part of Australia and they see not the venomous ones... It's the little spiders that are the problem, but the only really seen to like air conditioned houses in towns and cities... So living rurally I haven't actually met one yet in 5½ years living here! Hubby met one in IKEA's car park in Canberra the first year we were here though.
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So reading between the lines, what you're really saying here is that you want low tourism and low immigration. Got it. Noted.

I can not imagine how I would actually react if I came into any space and saw a hand sized spider. I just know, it would not be a masculine reaction.
 
madebyyouandi said:
So reading between the lines, what you're really saying here is that you want low tourism and low immigration. Got it. Noted
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Err, that's not what I'm saying and i don't understand how you came to that conclusion either. I'm a Scot, married to an Englishman, taking out Australian citizenship, after his work offered to pay us to live and work in Australia 6 years ago. Until 5½yrs ago we lived and worked in the UK when not attempting to cycle settings the world.
I'm exactly what you're saying I don't want! :o_o:

Seriously it's the little spiders that are the problem. Even the UK has a venomous spider (albeit rare) and a venomous snake.

madebyyouandi said:
I can not imagine how I would actually react if I came into any space and saw a hand sized spider. I just know, it would not be a masculine reaction.
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Our biology lab as school used to be filled with them (in glass tanks). The conservation group that met on a Friday after class used to get to handle all of them, feed them and clean them out, along with giant Malaysian cockroaches and other weird and wonderful insects. I was always that kid on school open days that was holding the biggest, scariest, insect (or other) to get other kids to hold them (aka be braver than their parents)...
 
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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
It's not the big ones you need worry about...
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Yes, the spiders in Texas that will mess you up are very small ones called a Brown Recluse. There are between .25 and .75 inches/6 and 20 millimeters in size. Some of them have a venom that can cause skin necrosis in a pretty big spot -- basically, the skin dies in a circle around the bite.

I seriously doubt you can eat them, but some people eat scorpions (which we also have in parts of Texas). Insects overall are something I don't think I could eat. The thought of what I am eating would make me gag.

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caseydog said:
Yes, the spiders in Texas that will mess you up are very small ones called a Brown Recluse. There are between .25 and .75 inches/6 and 20 millimeters in size. Some of them have a venom that can cause skin necrosis in a pretty big spot -- basically, the skin dies in a circle around the bite.

I seriously doubt you can eat them, but some people eat scorpions (which we also have in parts of Texas). Insects overall are something I don't think I could eat. The thought of what I am eating would make me gag.

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We've already established we have scorpions. It came as a very big surprise one morning when I was walking around the house barefoot and found it in the sitting room. Luckily I'd been in Australia looking enough by then to know to look where you walk and to look up and around when you open the door to the outside before you walk out and not afterwards! The scorpion is apparently a very good sign of a healthy environment. Personally, I'd prefer that particular healthy environment be outside of the house!
 
Well I suppose Venezuela also has loads of insects, spiders, scorpions and snakes. Plenty of them, but nowhere near as dangerous as Australia. I´ve found scorpions in the kitchen and in the garden; sometimes, I pick them up, put them in a jar and take them to the local health dept. where they use them for anti-venom serum. I´ve seen three or four snakes in the garden, but only 40% of Venezuela´s snake are venomous. I just shoo the things out. Snakes won´t attack you unless you really provoke them.
spiders are everywhere, but the nasty ones are way out in the forests and jungles, so no problem. The biggest pain are the flies and mosquitoes - the latter can transmit all sorts of diseases, including dengue fever.
 
Le´ts veer it back on!
There´s something in Venezuela which we call "Ocumo Chino", but in English it´s Taro Root.malanga, colocasia. A friend in SE Venezuela sent me a photo of some yummy fritters she made with taro and saltfish. The good thing is, there´s so much starch in the vegetable, you don´t need to add any egg to bind!
Anyone used this?
 
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