tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post913530350150864106..comments2023-09-13T22:50:53.945+13:00Comments on 4kiwiwannabes: Just for Fun...Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10806914269096266121noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-5948510789763621902008-08-12T21:54:00.000+13:002008-08-12T21:54:00.000+13:00Thank you Steve Butler!I'm happy to have the Cereb...Thank you Steve Butler!<BR/><BR/>I'm happy to have the Cerebos salt label cleared up. I was really pretty happy with my "See how it runs" theory that it was a mouse.<BR/><BR/>That's a great picture of the old cardboard salt can. Morton's salt still comes in a cardboard container like that to this day back in the states. It's iodized salt too. Americans don't eat nearly enough fish to get their iodine the Maori way.<BR/><BR/>I think I might have The Staggers in a non-bovine form.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070951525184172272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-61679668596922751122008-08-11T23:02:00.000+13:002008-08-11T23:02:00.000+13:00The cow cockie term may be traced to here:http://...The cow cockie term may be traced to here:<BR/>http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Reference/FoodDrink/DrinkLocal/Milk/<BR/><BR/>the lump inn the drawing is actually a very poor (pour!!) rendition of the little bird's left wing - I must admit this is a very bad piece of printing on the label by the manbufacturer.<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebos<BR/><BR/>However the most important piece of information on the salt canister for newlty arrived Americans (or anybody else for that matter ) is the word "Iodised" at the top of the label.<BR/>By reading your blog I see that you are very consious of the health and foods - <BR/>When the first settlers arrived in NZ they were mainly from northern England and farmers - they immediately settled into the bush and slashed and burnt back the land for farming - they intoduced european farm stock of cattle and sheep and went about their lives - unfortunately many farmers became ill and farm animals died mysteriously with "Staggers" - soon the Europeans began to get sick , many died, and many fell ill with "Goitre" an inflamtion of the thyriods that gave people enormous growths about their necks.<BR/><BR/>Scientists of the time eventually worked out that New Zealand as a newly evolved volcanic Island pushed up from the seabed had a deficiency of many "Trace" elements in the young soil - one of the main elements missind was Iodine. (Maroris did not get the disease as they ate mainly seafoods and the ocean and its fish is full of Iodine).<BR/>The New Zealand Government made it compulsory for salt to be sold with "Iodine" in the 1930's so that ne warrivals would get the trace element into their diet.<BR/><BR/>see:<BR/>http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/processed-food-retail-sale/fact-sheets/iodinelongqas.htm<BR/><BR/>finally found this image that perhaps could be called a better concept of the boy trying to catch the chicken.<BR/>http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2407/2080290636_7522fc5433.jpg?v=0<BR/><BR/>(that was a lot of fun tracking that down - must have too much time on my hands!!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-77551283272133672802008-08-11T10:18:00.000+13:002008-08-11T10:18:00.000+13:00Thanks, Steve Butler.So it's a bird. Maybe a bird...Thanks, Steve Butler.<BR/><BR/>So it's a bird. Maybe a bird with a lump of salt on his head? A tumor?<BR/><BR/>I wonder where the term "Cow Cockie" comes from.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070951525184172272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-23036343257678339162008-08-08T16:54:00.000+13:002008-08-08T16:54:00.000+13:00As a local I may be able to give some insight:The ...As a local I may be able to give some insight:<BR/>The boy running with the salt shaker is trying to pour salt on the birds tail - when I was a very young boy I was told by my mother that if you could get close enough to pour salt on the birds tail it then couln't fly away - of course you could never get that close to a wild bird anyway - a great way for mothers to get kids out of their hair (and if salt runs freely it is dry packed and wont clog the salt shaker).<BR/>Golden Syrup is not corn syrup but sugar cane syrup - commonly referred to as "Cockies Joy" as in post war periods this was a cheap food spread for farmers families (Cockie is short for "Cow Cockie" a Diary Farmer.)<BR/>The Watties company is already owned by Heinz but the NZ in the beaNZ is to say it is a New Zealand product.(the company's push to say well made NZ).<BR/>Hope that clears up a few questions.<BR/><BR/>Nice casual blog well done - hope the weather gets warmer down Wellington way - remember winter is really six bad weeks from the shortest day (june21st)steve_butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512157713588772728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-13528442196687722442008-07-28T15:36:00.000+13:002008-07-28T15:36:00.000+13:00Hmm... This weekend I decided that it's definitely...Hmm... This weekend I decided that it's definitely a mouse. I figure "See how it runs" is a reference to the Three Blind Mice and "see how they run."<BR/><BR/>It looks an awful lot like a chicken though. I may contact the manufacturer to clear this up.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070951525184172272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-36117647206599091232008-07-28T15:19:00.000+13:002008-07-28T15:19:00.000+13:00I took another look at the salt. It's definitely ...I took another look at the salt. It's definitely a chicken. They must really like their salty chicken over here!Brandiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07284791015309652563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-56557189377180202452008-07-26T06:35:00.000+13:002008-07-26T06:35:00.000+13:00So, Watties = Heinz? I think so.m/bSo, Watties = Heinz? I think so.<BR/>m/bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-56598989802952841462008-07-24T19:00:00.000+13:002008-07-24T19:00:00.000+13:00Does the golden syrup taste like Maple?Is is suppo...Does the golden syrup taste like Maple?<BR/>Is is supposed to?<BR/>M.MLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187317305652056053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-85500816627229465492008-07-23T23:12:00.000+13:002008-07-23T23:12:00.000+13:00Not a drop of corn syrup in ANY of that."See how i...Not a drop of corn syrup in ANY of that.<BR/><BR/>"See how it runs?" is kind of like "When it rains it pours." on Morton salt.<BR/><BR/>Apparently if you make salt you need to think of some kind of clever double entendre for the packaging.<BR/><BR/>What I can't figure out is whether that's a mouse, a chicken, or a salty mouse-chicken beast that he's running after.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070951525184172272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-80845447526978902602008-07-23T21:23:00.000+13:002008-07-23T21:23:00.000+13:00"Se how it runs!"? What does that mean?Also, ther..."Se how it runs!"? What does that mean?<BR/><BR/>Also, there IS an extra I in aluminum (aluminium).Brandiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07284791015309652563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711173746782839483.post-73650064999114672242008-07-23T21:21:00.000+13:002008-07-23T21:21:00.000+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brandiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07284791015309652563noreply@blogger.com