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found this description of the meltique process online.

The merchandise, called “Meltique Beef,” will be produced from sub primal cuts of raw, boneless beef cuts, such as the striploin, tenderloin, chuck roll and ribeye. These cuts will be trimmed, first, to the buyers’ specifications. The trimmed cuts will then be mechanically tenderized and injected with a liquid mixture to produce a meat product consisting, by weight, of beef (81 percent) with the following additives,--viz., water (12 percent), vegetable oil (6 percent) and marbling mix (1 percent). The marbling mix, which contains small amounts of solids and flavoring ingredients, appear to provide the semblance of small marbling lines of fat in the finished product. The addition of the water/vegetable oil mixture is said to be similar to the French “larding” process. The soluble oil is inserted into lean meat “to baste the meat internally through the cooking process.” After the injection of the meat with the liquid mixture, the beef cuts are rolled in a polyethylene sheet to form a consistent shape, or are cut into portion controlled, consumer size servings,--as, for instance, into individual steaks. The wrapped steaks or beef cuts are then frozen before packaging in export cartons of random weights, between 45 and 60 pounds. After importation, the beef will be used in food service, restaurant and catering applications.

source:http://www.faqs.org/rulings/rulings2004NYR01015.html

it could be meltique beef, artificially marbled aussie beef.

Have you tried meltique? I just googled it and it looks interesting but I'm skeptical. Would appreciate any firsthand accounts.

I had not been aware of Meltique Beef...but have goggled it and am quite amazed. How do they marble it?. I have to say that the photos look very similar to the steak I have,so I will just wait until its cooked before my 'critique' is published !!

I have tried meltique, it does melt in your mouth like wagyu but does not taste like wagyu. would not eat it again.

it could be meltique beef, artificially marbled aussie beef.

Have you tried meltique? I just googled it and it looks interesting but I'm skeptical. Would appreciate any firsthand accounts.

it could be meltique beef, artificially marbled aussie beef.

BKK-SYD, you are stuck with 747's with mostly older style biz class. If you fly BKK-MEL, you will fly the brand new A340-600's with great seats & interior. Then you slum it on Jetstar or Virgin blue to SYD

Aplogies for getting all Hi-So on everyone, but does the BKK-SYD route have flatbed sleepers in Business these days? Flying overnight down and late afternoon back up. Have heard mixed reports.

The Thais dont get Kenyan animals. In other news the Aussies don't get Thai elephants.

Great?

He has almost $2Billion in loose change he has to spend it somewhere before inflations eats it up.

The man sure has peace of mind with all these crazy projects going on while he's already under fire.

I think Thai farmers have done ok without major subsidies. European farmers only survive through subsidies, without this subsidies & other tariff barriers they could not compete with asian & african producers.

It's time Thai exporters started to learn how to compete in a globalizing world... Still not capable of standing on their own feet

Their is no infringement of "Grammy" trademark in Thailand. The recording academy in the US didn't bother to protect the name in Thailand.

I always found it ironic that Grammy, the Thai company's name, itself infringes on what is actually a registered trademark of the Recording Academy in the USA which organises and awards the music awards known as "The Grammys".

With that incredible hypocracy in play, I find it difficult to find any sympathy at all for their position on copyright violation. And I even work in the media industry.

You might not fly ever again, all airlines worldwide have such incidents. The pilots handled it well, everyone is OK!

Hmmm gives you second thoughts about flying TG.

I tried this a few months back at maccas silom, no breakfast menu. I only went into maccas, because it was a monday morning, no street vendors.

if so which stores as i went to one in silom road at 8am on a weekend and it had the normal lunch menu instead of a breakfast menu.

I don't know, but if you go back to Adam & Eve that could explain it

Africans tend to be "bigger" than their Asian cousins.

How come i dont know African are Asian Cousins???

What makes Asian cousin of Africans ?

This is one stereotype Africans don't seem to object.

I hope they sent the large size?

Africans tend to be "bigger" than their Asian cousins.

I was in a similar situation when I was in BKK a few months back. Bangkok Bank told me it would take a month to clear my aussie cheque. I mailed the cheque back to Australia to a friend, who then deposited the cheque to my account at my bank. I accessed the cash later using my debit card.

I just got a check for a few hundred dollars from a US bank. I tried to deposit it in my savings account at UOB today and was told it would cost $30 and take a month.

Does anyone know of any better options?I have an account at Bangkok Bank too, but I can't see them being any better.

TIA

Kibaki signs away 175 animals to Thailand

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Standard Team and PPS

President Kibaki and Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shanawatra yesterday witnessed the signing of a pact by their Foreign Ministers, which will see Kenya export 175 wild animals to the Asian state.

Source : http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=31968

Try travelling to the US or the EU on an African passport, its lots of fun

Never had any problems in asia or australia though.

Bluebear, I differ with you.

The emphasis on native english speakers is part of the problem. They should emphasise on qualifed teachers. Bachelor of Teaching degree, and government endorsed professional english teaching certification(teaching license of sorts)

Speaking english does not mean you can teach it, most native speakers unless qualified cannot teach grammer properly. It get really technical when you have to explain tenses, punctuation.......... plus most native speakers still speak a sub-set of english with its unique regional variations.....american english, oz english, saffa english, singlish

....Don't you think that the students will learn better if they are taught by native Thais?? Some teachers are from UK, some from US, some from Australia and some from some other country, all having completely different accents!! How do one expects to learn with such a confusing environment?

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How many English teachers can speak or even know basic communication in Thai? And how do they (non Thai speaking teachers) expect to teach students English? Somebody gave the example of Indians/Phillipinos/Africans having better English, the difference is that instead of teaching the accent they emphasised on teaching the language itself. Accent can be corrected once you know the language. And there are so many accents in English these days that its no more relevant......

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To the 1st point Thats how the thai english is such a mess it is at the moment. It was left to soley thai teachers who "spoke" english

2nd point

As others have said the native language is genreally not used by the teacher in the classroom. Why when you only have 1 hour ( or 2 or 3.... ) in a week do you waste that time by speaking in the native tongue that they hear the other 167 hours?

Also If you want to learn a language you go to the original source. Think of it like copy a recording on a tape, after a while the tape is unintelligible.

Who would you like to learn French from - a frenchman or a quebecois or a cajun?

Same with English. Learn from those countries where it is the national / legal / majority / spoken at home language. Not Indian / Phillipines / Malaysia etc.

I am not saying that there are good teachers only from UK / NZ / US etc etc and there are only bad ones from the rest of the world but the best teachers are at the end of the day native language speakers.

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Thailand has Asian neighbours that speak english. It would be cheaper to recruit a Indian, Malaysian, Filipino, Singaporean with a bachelor degree in teaching English.

The ministry of Education here could coordinate with western uni's training english teachers, could send their students to do the practical teaching course component here. Many students would jump at the chance to come over for a semester to get course credits & have a holiday, plus you would not have to pay the students.

Those from The African continent would buys them....In Thailand The Nigerians,South Africans, Guinee, Senegalese most all african nationality in Thailand would buys them....

This is all the sindicate....Some african nationals would come to Thailand set up here for acouple of months buys a fake French or Portugese PAssport and fly away....

This is what they do....

Afterall Most africans can Speak French...So thats where it all begins for French passport

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quick round up all the africans!!!!

No Africans were mentioned in the story, how do you make the connection ???

get a quote from zuji.com.au or travel.com.au , then ask your travel agent to beat it.

New livery pic http://www.airliners.net/open.file/797472/M/

The new Thai Airbus A340-500 is ready, first pic is here http://www.airliners.net/open.file/797472/M/

The new livery looks great

Do they take off the "United Nations Food Aid" sticker before they serve it

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That said! Ethiopian food is great, quite spicy. Try Injera(sp!) , its a huge flatbread with sauces,veggies & meat on top, for you to dip with......

You can book the non-stop flight already. This confirms the airbus is definately on its way. I got the flight details below from zuji.com.au

Flight: Thai Airways Intl Ltd flight 790 on an Airbus Jet

Depart: Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) May01 at 12:40am

Arrive: New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) May01 at 6:35am

Travel time: 16 hours and 55 minutes

Thai Airways is acquiring Airbus A340-500, similar plane that Singapore Air is using for its nonstop SIN-LAX & SIN-EWR.

Thai Airways should be starting on May 1st non-stop BKK-JFK, LAX flight should come online later

Might of known it would have been blamed on a farang.

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Hey Dave a farang is exclusively a white European. Ya live and learn

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hey doc What planet are you on?? you mean to say that americans or canadian are not considered as farangs??? even negro's are called farang.

as you said you live and you learn

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I ( unlike you ) am here on THIS planet. Americans and Canadians of the white variety are considered as Europeans. African's are NOT farangs. Wake up sunshine .... ask about.

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White foreigners are Farangs. Black foreigners are Negroes.

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I thought it was "farang dum"