Comments on: Feeding The Shearers http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/ Simple Living... Frugality... Gardening... Cooking From Scratch... Knifty Knitter Projects.. And More. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:16:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-12486 admin Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:01:18 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-12486 Hi Lisa, I am in Australia but I think farming is a far cry from the life on a station. I couldn't do that! Then again, I guess it's what you get used to. :-) Nice to know that someone in the trade gets paid well! Lightening Hi Lisa,
I am in Australia but I think farming is a far cry from the life on a station. I couldn’t do that! Then again, I guess it’s what you get used to. :-) Nice to know that someone in the trade gets paid well!
Lightening

]]> By: Lisa - Longreach, QLD http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-12485 Lisa - Longreach, QLD Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:00:43 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-12485 Never seen those shoes on a station. Must be an American thing. As for cooking, if I only fed my shearers that I'd get shot. Working men get a working meal. No fancy stuff like lammos. Real, hearty, well stocked food that is doled out every day at the same time. Daily meals number six per day. First up is breakfast which consists of a full cooked meal, morning smoko is tea/coffee/hot chocolate with sandwiches and a slice of carrot cake (or biscuits) followed by lunch which again is a fully cooked meal which could go from tuna mornay to lasagne or something of that kind. Afternoon smoko is lighter - bread and brew or a thick slice of walnut cake then dinner which, again, is a fully cooked meal. Dinners can be shanks to brisket to steak - any kind of meat meal really - with roasted vegetables, pies, casseroles and there are vegetarian alternatives such as eggplant curries etc - simple food but extensive. Stuff that'll keep them going. There's no dessert. Apple or pumpkin kumera pie or sorbet is provided as an appetiser after the meal. The preference is to eat something sweet at smoko rather than in the evening. Catering is indeed a skill because it's part of a trade and that is why, as a station cook (and trade qualified cook), I am well paid for my efforts. Never seen those shoes on a station. Must be an American thing.

As for cooking, if I only fed my shearers that I’d get shot.

Working men get a working meal. No fancy stuff like lammos. Real, hearty, well stocked food that is doled out every day at the same time.

Daily meals number six per day. First up is breakfast which consists of a full cooked meal, morning smoko is tea/coffee/hot chocolate with sandwiches and a slice of carrot cake (or biscuits) followed by lunch which again is a fully cooked meal which could go from tuna mornay to lasagne or something of that kind. Afternoon smoko is lighter - bread and brew or a thick slice of walnut cake then dinner which, again, is a fully cooked meal. Dinners can be shanks to brisket to steak - any kind of meat meal really - with roasted vegetables, pies, casseroles and there are vegetarian alternatives such as eggplant curries etc - simple food but extensive. Stuff that’ll keep them going. There’s no dessert. Apple or pumpkin kumera pie or sorbet is provided as an appetiser after the meal. The preference is to eat something sweet at smoko rather than in the evening.

Catering is indeed a skill because it’s part of a trade and that is why, as a station cook (and trade qualified cook), I am well paid for my efforts.

]]> By: Linda http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-5310 Linda Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:55:06 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-5310 I was one of those kids that came around to see what cakes my aunty had made that day and to have a mug of her tea. Mum made cooked lunch I think from memory. She had some aluminium tea pots, large, not as nice as Aunty's. Anyway, I have them now to remind me of shearing. My Nana used the classic simplicity chocolate cake without the cocoa for her lamingtons. I was one of those kids that came around to see what cakes my aunty had made that day and to have a mug of her tea. Mum made cooked lunch I think from memory. She had some aluminium tea pots, large, not as nice as Aunty’s. Anyway, I have them now to remind me of shearing.

My Nana used the classic simplicity chocolate cake without the cocoa for her lamingtons.

]]> By: trashalou http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-4779 trashalou Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:11:45 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-4779 Nice lammis Lightening! Have tried to make them here but think the damp air may affect the taste ;-) Nice lammis Lightening! Have tried to make them here but think the damp air may affect the taste ;-)

]]> By: Maggie http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-4765 Maggie Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:48:30 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-4765 Ok, that's not what I pictured Lamingtons to be. Perhaps I was thinking more along the line of Lady Fingers? Still looks good though! Those shoes are very intriguing....and comfortable? and ewwie at socks and sandals! So taboo! Ok, that’s not what I pictured Lamingtons to be. Perhaps I was thinking more along the line of Lady Fingers? Still looks good though!

Those shoes are very intriguing….and comfortable?

and ewwie at socks and sandals! So taboo!

]]> By: lightening http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-4758 lightening Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:06:28 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-4758 Kelley - yep, I can see how the shoes would be the ONLY reason you wouldn't want to be a shearer. LOL. River - not a skill I'd say I have learnt yet. I guess cooking for camps would be another way. Sharon - thanks for sending her my way. I'm glad she enjoyed it. :) Lynette - yes, hospitality seems to be a rarer gift these days. We're all so busy. :( Lauren - ROFLOL. My kids complain that the shearers get all the good stuff! Trish - thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed. Kim - feeding other workers is another interesting issue. It's not really that common around here although we had a few "caught short" when we were finishing off this house. No-one told them the nearest shop was 25km away. LOL. Magpie - good question. I'll have to find out from Farmboy how many sheep we have. I've never spun any myself. My dad has a spinning wheel so maybe one day I'll "inherit" it and give it a go. Perhaps I should ask him if I can borrow it? Kelley - yep, I can see how the shoes would be the ONLY reason you wouldn’t want to be a shearer. LOL.

River - not a skill I’d say I have learnt yet. I guess cooking for camps would be another way.

Sharon - thanks for sending her my way. I’m glad she enjoyed it. :)

Lynette - yes, hospitality seems to be a rarer gift these days. We’re all so busy. :(

Lauren - ROFLOL. My kids complain that the shearers get all the good stuff!

Trish - thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed.

Kim - feeding other workers is another interesting issue. It’s not really that common around here although we had a few “caught short” when we were finishing off this house. No-one told them the nearest shop was 25km away. LOL.

Magpie - good question. I’ll have to find out from Farmboy how many sheep we have. I’ve never spun any myself. My dad has a spinning wheel so maybe one day I’ll “inherit” it and give it a go. Perhaps I should ask him if I can borrow it?

]]> By: magpie http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-4750 magpie Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:59:47 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-4750 Fascinating. How many sheep? Do you sell all the wool, or do you spin all or some? Fascinating. How many sheep? Do you sell all the wool, or do you spin all or some?

]]> By: frogpondsrock http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-4748 frogpondsrock Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:20:31 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-4748 My Friend still cooks for her shearers but as she is getting on a bit, she doesn't do them a hot lunch anymore.. but they are still fed really well.. I still put on a big feed if I am having work done around here.. cheers kim :) My Friend still cooks for her shearers but as she is getting on a bit, she doesn’t do them a hot lunch anymore.. but they are still fed really well.. I still put on a big feed if I am having work done around here..

cheers kim :)

]]> By: Babyamore (Trish) http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-4746 Babyamore (Trish) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:17:13 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-4746 very interesting on shearers tucker Lightening. I have enjoyed it. very interesting on shearers tucker Lightening. I have enjoyed it.

]]> By: Lauren (thegreensaver) http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/comment-page-1/#comment-4745 Lauren (thegreensaver) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:13:19 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/04/01/feeding-the-shearers/#comment-4745 I must be hungry. I have visions of trading in my accounting skills to become a shearer so I can be fed like that, lol. I must be hungry. I have visions of trading in my accounting skills to become a shearer so I can be fed like that, lol.

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