The Generation Gap
January 11, 2024 9:09 AM Subscribe
Every January, there's a new Australia Day lamb ad. This years is about the generation gap.
That was lit
posted by Doleful Creature at 9:15 AM on January 11
posted by Doleful Creature at 9:15 AM on January 11
Poor Gen X. We always get
posted by Hamusutaa at 9:18 AM on January 11 [17 favorites]
posted by Hamusutaa at 9:18 AM on January 11 [17 favorites]
Sleigh!
posted by MonsieurPEB at 9:22 AM on January 11 [1 favorite]
posted by MonsieurPEB at 9:22 AM on January 11 [1 favorite]
Thus is the elixir of redemption revealed.
POOR LITTLE LAMBIES
posted by tspae at 9:28 AM on January 11 [1 favorite]
POOR LITTLE LAMBIES
posted by tspae at 9:28 AM on January 11 [1 favorite]
Glad to see that Gen X was
I could relate to that abbreviated moment.
posted by Dip Flash at 9:29 AM on January 11 [1 favorite]
I could relate to that abbreviated moment.
posted by Dip Flash at 9:29 AM on January 11 [1 favorite]
awww that's pretty cute. As a Gen X I
posted by supermedusa at 10:06 AM on January 11 [6 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 10:06 AM on January 11 [6 favorites]
You bought the trophies for us!
I felt that.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 10:08 AM on January 11 [5 favorites]
I felt that.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 10:08 AM on January 11 [5 favorites]
Your phone torch is on!
posted by AwkwardPause at 10:28 AM on January 11 [3 favorites]
posted by AwkwardPause at 10:28 AM on January 11 [3 favorites]
Wiping a tear from my eye. What can’t lamb do?
posted by Going To Maine at 11:21 AM on January 11
posted by Going To Maine at 11:21 AM on January 11
Say what you like about Gen X, we’re
posted by maniabug at 11:40 AM on January 11 [7 favorites]
posted by maniabug at 11:40 AM on January 11 [7 favorites]
Previous jumbuckery
Sadly the linked videos all seem to be Private or Deleted.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 11:59 AM on January 11
Sadly the linked videos all seem to be Private or Deleted.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 11:59 AM on January 11
The generation gap is a mighty mighty big hole, after all.
posted by nickmark at 12:11 PM on January 11 [1 favorite]
posted by nickmark at 12:11 PM on January 11 [1 favorite]
Sadly the linked videos all seem to be Private or Deleted.
The oldest links are almost twenty year old .wmv files, so I'd frankly be flabbergasted if that wasn't the case. You can still enjoy the sparkling and timeless wit of mefites through the ages, I guess.
That said, most of the youtube links in the chronological history of the contribution to the Australian zeitgeist by Sam Kekovich (as an avatar of Meat and Livestock Australia) in this post appear to be live.
posted by zamboni at 12:12 PM on January 11
The oldest links are almost twenty year old .wmv files, so I'd frankly be flabbergasted if that wasn't the case. You can still enjoy the sparkling and timeless wit of mefites through the ages, I guess.
That said, most of the youtube links in the chronological history of the contribution to the Australian zeitgeist by Sam Kekovich (as an avatar of Meat and Livestock Australia) in this post appear to be live.
posted by zamboni at 12:12 PM on January 11
They captured my generation so perfectly that
posted by hippybear at 1:39 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 1:39 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
"Good to have the country back together" / "We were never that far apart, sweetheart" hits different in a referendum year.
posted by third word on a random page at 6:00 PM on January 11 [3 favorites]
posted by third word on a random page at 6:00 PM on January 11 [3 favorites]
FYI the older guy at the end wearing a suit at the BBQ was John Howard. I figured he was some major political figure but I didn't know him, and I heard the query's rapid answer as "johnallen", so I had to scroll through the YT comments to find out. Posting to perhaps save you from that soul-sucking task.
posted by intermod at 8:58 PM on January 11
posted by intermod at 8:58 PM on January 11
FYI the older guy at the end wearing a suit at the BBQ was John Howard
intermod, the joke is that the older guy at the end ISN'T former Prime Minister John Howard, but rather the Lamb marketing board man - but the younger generation don't know what John Howard looks like anymore.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 12:54 AM on January 12 [1 favorite]
intermod, the joke is that the older guy at the end ISN'T former Prime Minister John Howard, but rather the Lamb marketing board man - but the younger generation don't know what John Howard looks like anymore.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 12:54 AM on January 12 [1 favorite]
>FYI the older guy at the end wearing a suit at the BBQ was John Howard
Yeah nah, it's Lambassador and former Aussie Rules player Sam Kekovich. That's the joke, that young people don't recognise politicians.
posted by goo at 1:10 AM on January 12 [1 favorite]
Yeah nah, it's Lambassador and former Aussie Rules player Sam Kekovich. That's the joke, that young people don't recognise politicians.
posted by goo at 1:10 AM on January 12 [1 favorite]
Mistaking people for Prime Minister John Howard is kind of a thing in Australia (or so I've come to believe)
I was a little disappointed the guy at the end of the commercial wasn't John Howard the actor.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:34 AM on January 12 [1 favorite]
I was a little disappointed the guy at the end of the commercial wasn't John Howard the actor.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:34 AM on January 12 [1 favorite]
I like how the word Lambassador has been thrown into this discussion like it's a real word.
I mean, I'm very much in favor of consuming lamb. Gyros is one of my favorite forms of meat for a long time now, sadly not too much available around here except for at Arby's which is questionable as a source.
But lamb "on the barbie" as I think the Aussies might put it [has the slang changed, has the movie made saying "lamb on the barbie" obscene?] is a thing I have never done, and have had lamb in any form other than ground in a shepherd's pie or small lamb chops entirely unknown.
What other forms of lamb are eaten in Australia that I might want to be aware of and strive to find here in the lamb-poor United States? Maybe I might find something I like?
posted by hippybear at 7:26 PM on January 13
I mean, I'm very much in favor of consuming lamb. Gyros is one of my favorite forms of meat for a long time now, sadly not too much available around here except for at Arby's which is questionable as a source.
But lamb "on the barbie" as I think the Aussies might put it [has the slang changed, has the movie made saying "lamb on the barbie" obscene?] is a thing I have never done, and have had lamb in any form other than ground in a shepherd's pie or small lamb chops entirely unknown.
What other forms of lamb are eaten in Australia that I might want to be aware of and strive to find here in the lamb-poor United States? Maybe I might find something I like?
posted by hippybear at 7:26 PM on January 13
I like how the word Lambassador has been thrown into this discussion like it's a real word.
Nah, it’s perfectly ridgey-didge, as far as Meat and Livestock Australia is concerned. There may be a Lambassador near you. They certainly have recipes!
posted by zamboni at 8:19 PM on January 13
Nah, it’s perfectly ridgey-didge, as far as Meat and Livestock Australia is concerned. There may be a Lambassador near you. They certainly have recipes!
posted by zamboni at 8:19 PM on January 13
What other forms of lamb are eaten in Australia that I might want to be aware of and strive to find here in the lamb-poor United States?
Pretty much any form that beef or pork comes in (though actually, I don't think I've ever seen lamb ribs). In the UK you can get frozen minced lamb, which yes, is probably usually used to make shepherd's pie, but lamb burgers are good- plain, or with Greek or Middle Eastern flavouring. Or make sausages with it, or do a keema curry.
Chops to fry or grill or broil, cutlets, steaks, chunks to skewer and grill (or broil), bonier chunks to stew (the sweetness of lamb comes across in stews- personally I like to temper it by putting in tomatoes and wine, but you can also lean in to it by doing a tagine with apricots. Lamb and bean stew is terrific, with turnips if you like turnips, a navette d'agneau). Fatty breast to smoke. Joints to roast- leg or shoulder are very good. Poke holes with a knife and put in slivers of garlic and/or rosemary leaves, cook to your preferred rareness. I like it pretty pink, but it has a decent amount of fat so well-done works too. Or for very fancy and expensive, a crown roast- rib roasts tied into a circle that you can fill with stuffing.
It's been a staple across most of Eurasia and Northern Africa for millennia, so there are a lot of good recipes about! Northern China has stir-fried lamb with cumin, for example.
(And for all of these, if you can get mutton- mature sheep meat- instead, it's got a more intense flavour. It's usually the meat in a "meat curry" over here, as it's often both cheaper and stands up to spicing better than lamb.)
posted by Shark Hat at 3:09 PM on January 14
Pretty much any form that beef or pork comes in (though actually, I don't think I've ever seen lamb ribs). In the UK you can get frozen minced lamb, which yes, is probably usually used to make shepherd's pie, but lamb burgers are good- plain, or with Greek or Middle Eastern flavouring. Or make sausages with it, or do a keema curry.
Chops to fry or grill or broil, cutlets, steaks, chunks to skewer and grill (or broil), bonier chunks to stew (the sweetness of lamb comes across in stews- personally I like to temper it by putting in tomatoes and wine, but you can also lean in to it by doing a tagine with apricots. Lamb and bean stew is terrific, with turnips if you like turnips, a navette d'agneau). Fatty breast to smoke. Joints to roast- leg or shoulder are very good. Poke holes with a knife and put in slivers of garlic and/or rosemary leaves, cook to your preferred rareness. I like it pretty pink, but it has a decent amount of fat so well-done works too. Or for very fancy and expensive, a crown roast- rib roasts tied into a circle that you can fill with stuffing.
It's been a staple across most of Eurasia and Northern Africa for millennia, so there are a lot of good recipes about! Northern China has stir-fried lamb with cumin, for example.
(And for all of these, if you can get mutton- mature sheep meat- instead, it's got a more intense flavour. It's usually the meat in a "meat curry" over here, as it's often both cheaper and stands up to spicing better than lamb.)
posted by Shark Hat at 3:09 PM on January 14
Every time I see the word mutton I'm reminded of the phrase "mutton dressed as lamb" which when I encountered it meant an older gay man dressing younger in order to be attractive to a younger set of potential mates.
posted by hippybear at 3:41 PM on January 14
posted by hippybear at 3:41 PM on January 14
Every time I see the word mutton I'm reminded of the phrase "mutton dressed as lamb" which when I encountered it meant an older gay man dressing younger in order to be attractive to a younger set of potential mates
Interesting: I've never seen it applied to men, including gay men -
mainly to middle aged women who were dressing as though they were the age of their teenage/20-something year old daughters.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 7:34 AM on January 18 [1 favorite]
Interesting: I've never seen it applied to men, including gay men -
mainly to middle aged women who were dressing as though they were the age of their teenage/20-something year old daughters.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 7:34 AM on January 18 [1 favorite]
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