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		<title>Ass Rolls Anyone?</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2009/11/04/ass-rolls-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; If you know me, you&#8217;d know that I can&#8217;t stand when there are blatant errors in spelling, particularly on a restaurant menu or sign.  I forgive it a bit more when it&#8217;s an ethnic restaurant and English is not their first language but it blows me away that anyone would print a menu or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=709&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Masterchef Australia Finale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it amazing? Apparently approximately 3.7 million Australian viewers (that&#8217;s not even counting the regional country areas) tuned in Sunday night for the Masterchef Australia two-hour finale show &#8211; that&#8217;s nearly 20% of the country&#8217;s population and highest rated non-sports show ever!  It is so interesting to see that a food-related show was more popular [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=681&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finally a Picture of Our Cuddly Possum</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2009/04/15/finally-a-picture-of-our-cuddly-possum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I was bitching about the tedious task of having to always have our garden draped with bird-netting due to these cuddly Ring-tailed possums that live and forage in most urban neighbourhoods around here. When I tell my friends in the U.S. that we have Possums, most think of those ugly triangular-faced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=672&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter and Food&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2009/04/15/twitter-and-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/?p=661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t even upgraded my iPod to an iTouch (I have an old iPod Mini) nor have I purchased a new laptop in many years. I have only just upgraded my mobile phone that includes a good camera, MP3 and internet capability but I can barely keep up with technology. Twitter is, of course, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=661&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Reason for U.S. Obesity</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/09/03/one-reason-for-us-obesity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Soda]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desperatelyseekingcrab.wordpress.com/?p=533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I personally feel that SODA and its INEXPENSIVENESS in America, is one of the many causes of the huge obesity problem in the U.S.A.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, Australia has a big problem too but the stats don&#8217;t lie, the U.S.A. is the fattest nation on earth and it is because junk food is so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=533&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Permies!!</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/30/permies/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/30/permies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OMG!!!  After years of dealing with the Australian immigration, we have now been granted Permanent Resident (&#8220;Permie&#8221;) status!!!  It has taken nearly 8 months since we applied for it and after 3 different visas prior to this and thousands of dollars later, we have the right and privilege to come and go freely from this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=525&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Omnivore&#8217;s Hundred</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/24/the-omnivores-hundred/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/24/the-omnivores-hundred/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Quiz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Omnivore’s Hundred Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. Below is a list of 100 things that Andrew Wheeler, co-contributor of Very Good Taste blog in the UK thinks that every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=497&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Garden Friends II</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/21/my-garden-friends-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/21/my-garden-friends-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day, I&#8217;ll take a picture of a Ring-tailed Possum.  There is a whole colony that lives around here and they let us know it by leaving lovely droppings all over the place &#8211; on our fence and near the plants.  I just sweep them up and throw them in my plants as fertilizer.  These [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=469&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RIP Leroy / Daffodil Day</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/17/rip-leroy-daffodil-day/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/17/rip-leroy-daffodil-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people including myself have been following veteran American journalist Leroy Siever&#8217;s daily blog &#8220;My Cancer&#8221; on NPR (National Public Radio) in the U.S. and around the world.  His daily journals on his struggles and thoughts about his cancer formed a community &#8211; a community of so many people around the world who have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=432&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want a Unique Hospitality/Food Job? Part II</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/07/want-a-unique-hospitalityfood-job-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/07/want-a-unique-hospitalityfood-job-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So in my first post on weird ads for hospitality jobs, I mentioned both a position catching chickens and being a &#8220;glassy&#8221; here.  What I found hilarious about the &#8220;glassy&#8221; job was that it required a resume and preferably previous &#8220;experience&#8221;.  I am not mocking the job at all as it is an integral part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=397&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life is Boring without Carbs</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/06/life-is-boring-without-carbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, my acupuncturist Dina put me on a low-carb (NOT NO-carb) diet for two weeks and also told me to keep a food diary and write how I feel each day.  As soon I heard low-carb, I dreaded it partly due to my experience years ago with trying to do the Atkins diet which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=388&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bye Bye to Starbucks in Adelaide</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/01/bye-bye-to-starbucks-in-adelaide/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/01/bye-bye-to-starbucks-in-adelaide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Adelaide metropolitan area only opened three Starbucks stores, with its first one opening in March 2006 and there was very little hype when they came to town, except made by the ex-pats.  In fact, I had been in there only once before yesterday, its closing day, because we have better local coffee chains such [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=336&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Typical Aussie Sausage Sizzle</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/07/31/a-typical-aussie-sausage-sizzle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On any weekend, if you go to the local DIY store like Bunnings (our version of Lowe&#8217;s/Home Depot/B &#38; Q), you will almost certainly smell hot sausages and onions in the parking lot as you enter the store.  It&#8217;s called a &#8220;sausage sizzle&#8221; and for a couple of bucks, you get a slice of squishy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=339&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4th of July in Oz</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/07/29/4th-of-july-in-oz/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/07/29/4th-of-july-in-oz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ambrosia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budweiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ex-pats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jell-o Shots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kalua Pig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lomi Salmon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer&#8217;s Baked Beans Did you know that the term &#8220;POTLUCK&#8221; is rarely used outside of the U.S.?  Well, my husband tells me that it isn&#8217;t used in the U.K. and I&#8217;ve never heard it used here in Australia.  Any Canadians out there?  Do you use the term &#8220;potluck&#8221; to mean &#8220;bring a dish&#8221; to parties?  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=259&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The Fabulous Array of Dishes for the Potluck!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Jennifer&#039;s Baked Beans</media:title>
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		<title>My Garden Friends</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/07/25/my-garden-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crested Pigeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Rosella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magpies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post isn&#8217;t about food but I couldn&#8217;t resist sharing these photos.  Winter is a pretty dead time in my garden (plant-wise) but it is the time of year when I put out bird seed and everyday, I get excited by the different varieties of birds that visit me.  The wonderful birds &#38; wildlife is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=310&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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