Eric from Cape York Connections posted:

Karsten you have good coffee at blue polls we were there about 2 years ago and had a lovely morning tea.
The kids loved the milk shakes.
Very nice indeed.

All the best
eric

Karsten from Birdsville Studio posted:

Cheers Eric,

Next time you'll have to try one of our great curries too!

GO_OFFROAD posted:

I have Jack Daniels coffee 8-)))

Member - Ruth D (QLD) posted:

At Budgerygar in the late 60's there was an old bloke ran the fences and dingo baited and he made the best coffee I ever tasted - billy of hot water and used Coffee/Chickory - he also made the best brownie (a fruit cake for Australians not an American brownie) in the hot coals.

Bob Y. - Qld posted:

Would have been that "Turks Head" brand, Ruth, eh?

Reckon there'd be a few station stores that would still have a tin or two of that stuff, stuck away in a dusty corner. Was a good brew, though don't think I appreciated it too much in those days, food was main interest, most of time.

Member - Rick (S.A.) posted:

Bob & Ruth

Seeing as how Birdsville is in SA I thought you'd be using BICKFORDS chickory coffee essence for that sort of thing. It is fantastic with cold milk to make iced coffee - almost better than Farmers Union. Much cheaper, though.

BTW, I use a $ 14 old fashioned percolator. The grounds go in the top & the stem, hollow, bubbles water up, cascades over the grounds to return to the main body as freshly perked coffee.

Like Willem, I reealise that only MUSCAT can be drunk around the fire whill doing all of this.

Cheers

Member - Ruth D (QLD) posted:

Bob forgot to say that we take the plunger camping also. Oh yes, and it wasn't at Budgerygar it was at "Gartmor" near Tambo.
Rick from SA - Willem gave the MUSCAT a little nudge last night - but he and I tested a bottle of Ballantines (quite nice really).
And yes Bob it would have been Turk's Head - after all we are good Queenslanders, although I have to say that I do know the Bickford's brand now there is no customs collection point here and we have free trade between the States (wish it was free freight) and am partial to their Lemon Lime and Bitter and the Ginger Beer is quite good but I'm more partial to the Saxby one.

Bob Y. - Qld posted:

rick,

The daughters have been guilty of using that Bickfords chicory/coffee essence, but iced coffee needs to have ice-cream in it. First ran into bickfords about 40 years ago, we used to get B's tomato sauce, in a couple of flavours, on Barkly Tablelands.

But what I ned to say is that B. make the best lime flavour cordial, that was ever put into a drop of rum and water, would crawl over broken glass to get a rum, bickford's Lime and water. Nectar of the Gods!!!

Hooroo...

Member - Gajm (VIC) posted:

Mate I LMAO off at your tag line

Baz (NSW) posted:

Well worth the money, it makes a great cappucino and when you add a little extra to warm you up it's peeerrrfect, hey John !! Very easy to use.
Comes highly recomended by this family !! Kerry and Ness say hi John and Heather.

Baz. (NSW)

Member - JohnR (Vic) posted:

Baz, you, Kerry and Vanessa now have given me a new hurdle in understand what I need to take with me to say I am well equipped for the cold. I don't mean the dogs either mate. LOL I reckon that little hip flask had the liquor that made me smile ;-)

We remember you all very well from the Forest Community. Please say hi to the girls.

Member - JohnR (Vic) posted:

Just leave the Earl Grey at home when you camp near me RB, I have got over it. Love my Darjeeling though. EB, IB OP. Love the nice Jasmine too though as a digestive. Reckon I may make a pot right now.......

Leave your foreign mate Charles out of discussion here though. Very Camp. LOL

Member - Rick (S.A.) posted:

Well done!

good touch of humour. Haven't observed many foxes paws lately by the Windsor mob. Must be one coming soon.....

By the way, old sausage, our Queen, Chassers's mum, - I'll bet she has never smelt wet gidgea or cooked on the coals of a mulga fire.

Who'd wannabe in her shoes?.........Nah, not me

Cheers

Baz (NSW) posted:

It's Irish breakfart for me, to be sure, to be sure, and a drop of whiskey, Irish of cause, must be in the blood.

Baz.

Member - Ruth D (QLD) posted:

Hey Rick Blaine, can I be in your camp please. EG gives me a stinking headache (must be the bermagot) but I just love Vintage Darjeerling when I can get it and especially Assam. I'm with you that the time of the day is the decider in what tea. When my kids were tiddlers they would make a tea tray for me and I would have to guess what the mix of tea was - gosh there was some terrible pots of tea - but they did it with love. As for Lapsang Souchong - that beautiful smoky really long leaf tea - you'd swear you'd boiled the billy on a really smoky fire. Think I'll put the kettle on.
As for you Rick from SA - you leave Betty Windsor and Phil the Greek alone - poor Chukka, he doesn't need any help from us with his fox pas.

Eric from Cape York Connections posted:

They still make that sh-t ,ouzo yuck.

Not for me
Eric

Brad posted:

Hey, relax....