Ozzie?

[ibjamn]

I was looking at recipes for crawfish monica and ran into a recipe for monica on an Australian radio station's website! 102.7, Triple R FM. The recipe was pretty authentic, but added, "If you can't find crawfish, yabbies are a very good substitute".
What the heck is a yabbie??

[tangledupinblue]

OH MY GOSH, look at this thing. I just googled it.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o133/klsarge/Yabbie.jpg

One of the bonuses of living in outback Queensland is the Yabbies, they grow even bigger than this one.

[Zydekitten]

Wow - Yabba Dabba Doo!!!! :eek:

[steffie]

Wow - Yabba Dabba Doo!!!! :eek:

LMAO!!!!!!

[ozzie]

Looks like you have it sorted!

A yabby is a freswater crayfish. Lots of folk grow them in their dams. In Queensland we call them redclaw. We have a barramundi fish farm (the we I work for that is) and we keep a small pond for redclaw, just in case the crabs are scarce. In Western Australia, where I grew up, we called 'em jilgies.

I thought your crawfish were like our crayfish, but maybe not 'cos our crayfish are saltwater.

[ozzie]

Here's a link to Sydney Fish Market... lots of great seafood recipes under 'Fishline'.

http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/

[Zydekitten]

Looks like you have it sorted!

A yabby is a freswater crayfish. Lots of folk grow them in their dams. In Queensland we call them redclaw. We have a barramundi fish farm (the we I work for that is) and we keep a small pond for redclaw, just in case the crabs are scarce. In Western Australia, where I grew up, we called 'em jilgies.

I thought your crawfish were like our crayfish, but maybe not 'cos our crayfish are saltwater.

I SO love the nicknames Aussies have for things - our good, good family friend Di-Ann, who's from the Sunshine Coast, cracks us up when she's here with the Aussie terminology: bubbies, googy eggs, white coffee, etc. (I have no idea if those are spelled correctly BTW).

Next time I talk to her, I'll have to tell her that I now know about yabbies! :D

[steffie]

I SO love the nicknames Aussies have for things - our good, good family friend Di-Ann, who's from the Sunshine Coast, cracks us up when she's here with the Aussie terminology: bubbies, googy eggs, white coffee, etc. (I have no idea if those are spelled correctly BTW).

Next time I talk to her, I'll have to tell her that I now know about yabbies! :D


what's white coffee?

[ozzie]

I didn't even know the term 'white coffee' was odd! :D

Um, a cup of coffee with a dash of milk.

[Zydekitten]

I didn't even know the term 'white coffee' was odd! :D

Um, a cup of coffee with a dash of milk.

Well, it's not odd per se - but it seems to be unique to OZ . . . in a past life, I used to be a barista, and I'd never heard of it before meeting Di-Ann. :D

[ozzie]

I drink my coffee long and black, but hell I might just ask for a white one somewhere... just for the fun of it. Doesn't take much to amuse me!

[grisgris]

Hot damn Ozzie didn't know yall had crawdads down under? I learned something new today.

[bluesmama]

I didn't even know the term 'white coffee' was odd! :D

Um, a cup of coffee with a dash of milk.

AKA Coffie milk

[dumbtourist]

Hot damn Ozzie didn't know yall had crawdads down under? I learned something new today.
Crawdads??? Those look like small lobsters!

[breambob]

OH MY GOSH, look at this thing. I just googled it.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o133/klsarge/Yabbie.jpg

One of the bonuses of living in outback Queensland is the Yabbies, they grow even bigger than this one.

Not sure if I wanna suck that head. It might suck back.
Friggin muntants. But I remember now y'all had some nuclear tests out that way back in the 60s.

;)

[Priestboy]

Well, it's not odd per se - but it seems to be unique to OZ . . . in a past life, I used to be a barista, and I'd never heard of it before meeting Di-Ann. :D

i have a cousin who's a barista - she got me out of a traffic ticket once...oops, that's a barrister, isn't it??;)

[Zydekitten]

i have a cousin who's a barista - she got me out of a traffic ticket once...oops, that's a barrister, isn't it??;)
Well, unless she can also make you a stiff foam latte . . . ;)

[ozzie]

lobster = crayfish

Be nice breambob... them boys from the bush gotta get their kicks somehow! :D

[pokerchick66]

Crawdads??? Those look like small lobsters!

I know! I'm thinking those would look real good in a crawfish boil.