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Tassie Christmas: The Other Shit

7 Jan

Tassie really is the best place in the world. If you disagree I’ll spike your water with Bhut Jolokia.

I had such a ball down there at Christmas doing stuff and things. I thought the best way to sum up all the non-chilli related experiences would be to simply caption some photos. Enjoy!

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Good times were had at the Great Lakes Hotel. Got pretty loose, ate roo rissoles and wasted a million bucks on fucking Irish bingo.

The highlight of any Tassie trip are these bastards! I got this one for free at Bronte Park General Store because it was 2 days old - score!!!!

The highlight of any Tassie trip are these bastards! I got this one for free at Bronte Park General Store because it was 2 days old – score!!!!

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Family on Christmas day doing what they do best – drink and bullshit. Backgournd L to R: Cow (Dad), Sammy, Norton, Pepsi, Dave. Foreground L to R: Mum, Fiona.

Mad Dog snr and Mad Dog jnr, at the Great Lakes Hotel, discussing how to pick up the local birds.

Mad Dog Sr and Mad Dog Jr, at the Great Lakes Hotel, discussing how to pick up the local birds.

The dogs: Maxie, Pruey and Charlie. This was taken at the Hobart farmers market. This market is awesome!

The dogs: Maxie, Pruey and Charlie. This was taken at the Hobart farmers market. This market is awesome!

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Here I am visiting The Beer Gardens, where the mythical Beer Tree was in bloom! Thanks Johnny M for giving us the guided tour.

The trouts don't stand a chance with this sexy beast on their case. Even Jessie is frothin'

The trouts don’t stand a chance with this sexy beast on their case. Even Jessie is frothin’

Drank some awesome stuff with this old bastard! This pic was taken at the end of the trip once we were beered out!

Drank some awesome stuff with this old bastard! This pic was taken at the end of the trip once we were beered out!

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Quite nice conditions on Great Lake. That’s Mad Dog out on the point.

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Tassie Christmas: The Chilli

3 Jan

I’m from Tasmania (probably why I’m such an idiot). So for Christmas I thought it best to go and visit the family and get into the Christmas cheer. Oh, and also go hard on the chilli!!!

Tassie isn’t the greatest place to have a chilli related experience. Due to the cool climate, chilli’s aren’t a great crop in Tassie. Despite this I managed to acquire some intense sauces and meals.

I thought the best way to summarise my Tassie experience would be photos with captions. I’ll split the 10 day trip into 3 posts.

I’ll give these sauces a full review in the near future.

Enjoy…….dickheads

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The Chilli Factory – Devil’s Delirium: I got this sauce from Mundy & Sons butchers in Hobart. Fuck it’s hot. I thought this was a fitting purchase being in the land of the devil. Mad Dog looks pretty pleased with himself, note that this photo was taken before he ate the sauce!

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I had a kick-arse brekky at Pump House and requested some Tabasco, they brought me this – much better than Tabasco! Still not very hot but great on their baked eggs with chorizo.

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Johnny M cooked Mad Dog and I a beautiful feast up at the lakes. We tried our best to ruin it with the Boomslang sauce (pictured on the table). Despite the head exploding and arse bursting heat of the sauce, the meal was epic!

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I was stoked to find a chilli chocolate within a mix from Norman and Dan! Unfortunately this is a gimmick. It had a nice fruity flavour, but no discernable heat.

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My uncle Doozie had this bad boy on offer for Christmas day. She hot! A very delicious sauce from an Aussie manufacturer.

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Christmas eve dinner at Pruey’s. Note the nearly empty jar of Devil’s Delirium next to my thumbs up. We went super hard on that sauce.

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This is why the Devil’s Delirium was nearly empty in the previous photo. Fresh baked bread at Mad Dog’s shack, fucking coated in molten lava. This fucked us hard. Good times, good times.

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