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Juliana said:
My little brother works in the meat industry -- in a slaughterhouse.

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Yea when I was at college and my first year of uni my bf at the time worked at the meatworks. It was aiight pay as you worked your way up the classes. They had to do the halal meat thing sometimes as NZ exports so much meat overseas. Kinda interesting, the meat industry.

On a recent project I was working for a CRI here (Crown Research Institute) and I had to do a lot of business interviewing in the agricultural / pastoral sector. It was interesting talking about automation. It is still more economical in a lot of situations, for a lot of processes, to use people power rather than robotics. I thought that was quite novel actually.

Ooooh I LOVE eel ... smoked eel is gorgeous, especially in a pate.

I make a Fijiian dish called Kokoda, which is a delicate white fish marinated in lemon or lime juice to 'cook' it, then with fresh coconut cream, chilli, capsicum (pepper), and red onion. I throw cucumber in sometimes too.

It is totally delicious even if you aren't into raw fish ...