pie-eater 207 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 If I reply to Facebook when they send me their daily email asking me if I know Joe Bloggs, Mrs Miggin's cat and The Queen with "no I bloody well don't", do you think they'll stop sending me those annoying mails. It's not as if I even use Facebook! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 why are sardines packed so tightly in the tin. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 To get more of them in. Ponder no more! Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 So the "packed in like sardines" saying makes sense!! Why else? Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 I prefer "packed in like the 5.30 pm train out of Shinjuku" Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 ah, so you're the reason why there are women only carriages Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I prefer "packed in like the 5.30 pm train out of Shinjuku" 5.30?! Pfft that train is quiet.....don't you no how hard working Japanese people are?! They are still working at that time.....try 10pm and you'll see a different grade of "busy" Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Why don't they pack tuna into cans so tightly ? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 my word, they do it by hand. It's a hnad job http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc_Zim1Ra-0 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Why don't they pack tuna into cans so tightly ? they'll need pretty large cans. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 how about yellowfin tuna? How big are the cans? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 My auntie's mate used to work in a fish cannery.....they canned salmon and tuna, they are told how many bits to put in the cans Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 your autie's mate; did she always smell of tuna? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I am shocked that work so mechanical cannot be mechanised. How do they pitt olives then? By hand? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Mechanically, mostly! We do it by hand, but we only do a couple kilograms at a time! Here's one available in Australia (I hope the link is OK - if not, delete it, David!) http://www.theolivecentre.com/MA-TABLE-OLIVE-EQUIPMENT/Pitting-machine-Stones-Expelling-Machine-12-blades Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 nice machine. Bit noisy. How does one do it by hand? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 With ... ... this. One at a time, takes a few minutes to get through a kilo, hence they use the machines when they are pitting commercial quantities (like a couple tonnes at a time!) Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 how des one get oil out of an olive Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 and how do you get an extra virgin in it Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 how des one get oil out of an olive You milk it Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 how des one get oil out of an olive Several steps - first, pick the olives from the trees, second, get the fruit to the press as soon as possible (any more than 48 hours is not good!) third, wash them before turning them to mush with a hammer mill, fourth, swish the mush around until the oil globules merge into bigger ones, fifth, either put the mush on round "mats" and squash them until the oil runs out, or chuck it into a centrifuge, and set a divider at the point where the oil stops, sixth, leave the lot to settle, then decant the oil from the top, discard the crap from the bottom. As for extra virgins - never met one! EVOO = Extra Virgin Olive Oil - is the highest quality, based on a chemical analysis (<0.80% free fatty acid content) and taste test as free of all faults. The organoleptic (taste) test is conducted by trained tasters with educated palates (mine is crappy!). Next!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Delete the ve, and swap the i and l. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 So JA are the oil olives a different variety to the "table olives' or are they seconds? Olive Oil Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I love those massive Spanish olives stuffed with anchovie. And those massive Spanish olives stuffed with garlic. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 There is a joke about Popeye and rust. Link to post Share on other sites
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