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Discussion Thread 🦧 Thursday 8 May 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Thank you all for voting in the f&c vs. home salmon competition. Your input was greatly appreciated in assisting with this monumental decision. Strong start for the f&c party but some very compelling arguments for home salmon later in the day. I was changing my mind every 5 mins. My entire ethics and personality were at stake...

However, i regret to betray everyone's enthusiasm and inform you all that out of nowhere a third, unexpected candidate appeared about an hour into my salon experience and increasingly gained on the others despite a complete lack of campaigning. In the end, for the reasons outlined below, I went with this reliable third party.

The winner: fish curry and calamari masala from MKS Spices.

please find below my reasoning for this upsetting result

Haircut got delayed by halfa.
Google maps showed a 30 min plus drive back and the f&c wasn't going to stay fresh.
Didn't want to eat at the shop and get full whack of traffic.
But also increasingly convinced I didn't want to cook tonight after waiting so long. Wanted to eat as soon as I got home and not have to brave my local overstimulating shops. Did not want to clean up oil etc after frying salmon. Got started on an ebook that I wanted to get back to straight away.
Developed craving for spice due to unexpected pangs of comfort-seeking.
F&c is everywhere but MKS-style food is few and far between. Unlikely I'd go for weeks.
MKS was just a 4 min drive away and didn't add much to my overall travel time.
Remembered I needed to buy frozen green chillies anyway.
Bought like 3 meals worth of food (sans rice) for like $25
Had leftover rice at home
Bonus: got to buy some fresh string hoppers to eat over the weekend (definitely not easy to get anywhere else near town).

thank you and please enjoy your respective dinners. 🍽️ 🍛 🍲

[–] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the equivalent of if Pauline Hanson unexpectedly won the federal election somehow at the last minute

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago

No, it's the Greens goddammit! Pauline wouldn't put up with curry. She's the original f&c proprietor

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

out of nowhere a third, unexpected candidate appeared

boo

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel cheated!

Glad you were able to stock up though. 🙂

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Yes, I grabbed some frozen cluster beans as well (I always have a craving for this but you can't ever get it fresh here). All in all a good outcome. Next two weeks will be busy so f&c remains an option then.