Barry Myler of West Wollongong writes: “We were doing the Herald Superquiz over breakfast (a family tradition) when we were confronted with the following question: ‘Which Italian cheese is served with a side of maggots?’ It turns out that my answer that ‘no cheese is ever eaten with maggots’ was wrong. The correct answer is Casu martzu from Sardinia. Have any C8 readers experienced this treat and can they tell me what it tasted like?” Hopefully not. It ain’t exactly legal.
“As part of the Black Friday sales I received an email from the CEO of my wine provider,” says Michael Ward of Mosman. “His name? Justin Dry.”
Items from readers that attended Bathurst Teachers’ College (C8) are taking on Tied-Test proportions, one reader, Rod Allan of Kelso has fond memories of his time at B.T.C. and found the food generally palatable. “There was, however, one exception: a regular mid-week evening meal of mince, onions and tomatoes labelled by students as ‘Train Smash’,” a meal fellow student Katrina Avery of Fullerton Cove described as “Not our favourite meal but well remembered.”
Bathurst local, Kaye Price says: “It could be an urban myth, but when we came to Bathurst many years ago we were told that B.T.C. students staged a demonstration at the Bathurst Gaol - protesting about the poor food the inmates were receiving. It ended abruptly when they discovered the food the prisoners were getting was better than what they were being served in College.”
“These people whinging about B.T.C. need to recall their good fortune,” reckons Kent (hold the) Mayo of Uralla. “I was a student there in 1964-65. We were all on government scholarships, providing free tuition, accommodation, and three meals a day. OK, it wasn’t five star, but nor were the public schools to which we were randomly appointed, anywhere from Bellevue Hill to Broken Hill. It was a good system, worth revisiting.”
One of our favourite Georges is back: “Our family have handed down a George Reid door stopper (C8) through four generations,” reveals Cecily Chittick of Wyong. “We will not be telling our daughter that one was sold at auction for $700. Times are tough for the young, but tradition is tougher and more important.”
“I viewed a photo of some driverless Sydney Metro trains in Herald the other day,” reports David Corry of Como West. “I noticed that they had windscreen wipers. Why?”
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