Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

US correspondent Paul Stenhouse talks to Jack about electric scooters coming to Auckland!
Onzo is the bike sharing company already operating.. they're bringing in 2,500 of them. 500 are coming next month, then another 2000 will slowly roll out. They go 30km/h, and can be left wherever. They're super handy!
Onzo will be getting people to help bring them in at night, charge them, an pay them for their efforts. 
 
Playstation taking us back to the future..
The original Playstation One is making a return. What a way to PRINT money!
It'll be super portable - it's just a bit bigger than your hand.. it's in the same wonderful shade of grey, it's got two replica controllers.. and an HDNI output. It won't ship with CDs, but it's all built in.Game sinslude: Final Fantasy 7, Tekken 3, Ridge Racer Type 4, Jumping Flash, Wild Arms...It will be available in NZ from Deember 3 in NZ for $169 NZD - Just in time for Christmas!

Lamb flaps have a reputation for being very fatty, and indeed there is a lot of external fat on the cut. Trim as much fat as you can from the cut before cooking. Cooking lamb flaps long and slow, will ensure that the fat melts out. Once cooked pour the cooking juices into a fat separator, returning the juices back to the pan. Allow the fat to harden before wrapping up in paper and disposing in the bin. Never pour melted animal fat down the sink as it can set hard and cause the pipe to block.
Mexican seasonings contain a blend of cumin, coriander, paprika, chilli, oregano.  Some ready mixes contain dried garlic, but fresh garlic has a sweeter more intense flavour.
Ingredients
2 lamb flaps
1 tablespoon mild or hot Mexican seasoning mix
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons oil
1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 juicy cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
1 pepper, any colour finely sliced,
2 cups lamb stock or water
To finish
500 grams tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup roasted peanuts
fresh coriander leaves to garnish
Method
Preheat the oven to 160°C.
Using a sharp knife, make skin-deep cuts in the meaty side of the lamb flaps about 1cm apart. Rub the spice powder and salt firmly into the meaty side of the flaps and set aside.
Heat the oil in a large oven-proof frying pan and cook the onion, pepper and garlic until the onion has softened and browned just a little. Set ingredients aside.
Add the lamb flaps to the pan, browning them well on the seasoned side only. Turn over. Scatter the onion mixture on top and pour in 1 cup of the stock or water. Cover.
Cook in the preheated oven for one hour. Remove the cover, scatter over the tomatoes and peanuts and pour in the remaining stock.
Return to the oven, uncovered, and continue to cook for 1- 1 1/2 hours or until the meat can be easily pulled from the bone.
Serve hot rolled up in wraps with additional salad ingredients, as a filling in tacos, or just as is with salad and potatoes.
Cooks Tips
If no lamb flaps are found near you, try the recipe with another cut such as a bone-in shoulder of lamb.

The New Zealand Herald's movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin talks to Jack Tame about the latest releases including:
Ladies in Black starring Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Noni Hazlehurst 
Christopher Robin starring Ewan McGregor, Chris O'Dowd, Hayley Atwell
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Exactly a year since the 2017 election Jack Tame gives his verdict on what the Labour-led government has gotten right, and where he thinks it has missed the mark.
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Tara Ward takes us through her picks for this week's viewing: 
Vanity Fair: the 2018 version of William Thackeray’s classic novel is a fresh, glitzy drama about the life of anti-heroine Becky Sharp (TVNZ1, Sunday & Monday night, 8.30pm)
Maniac: starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, this dark comedy is about two strangers involved in a pharmaceutical trial (Netflix)
Comedy Pilot Week: this week Three is screening four new Kiwi comedies, and viewers are encouraged to choose which could be turned into a series for 2019 (Three, starting Sunday 23 September)

Kevin Milne ponders the differences between men and women.  Are men from Mars and women from Venus?  Perhaps not!

Paul Simon’s farewell tour is nearly over.  It’s the end of 60 years of performing since he was 16 and he says he just wants to stop for a while to see what it’s like. He also leaves us with an album called In The Blue Light which features songs from his back catalogue, re-imagined and re-recorded. Andrew Dickens has been listening ...
As Paul Simon puts it, when you tour you basically play the same 35 songs over and over again, which makes you think about all the songs you wrote but don’t play.  So the album is 10 nuggets of underappreciated songs, reimagined.  There’s a jazz and musical tone to the performances which gives them a wistful air. They’re great songs and lovely performances but bit by bit I’ve been going back to the originals to appreciate their quality.  A lovely endpiece to a stunning 60 year career.  9/10

Catherine Raynes gives us her thoughts on 'Fear: Trump in the White House' by Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster $50  
 

US correspondent Paul Stenhouse talks to Jack about the latest Apple releases: 
Apple’s got new phones 
Apple will now have the: 7, 8, X ranges. The 5 and 6’s are over.
They’re keeping the X look - which some people thought might have just been an experiment - it’s got the edge to edge screen, the notch at the top for the camera.
The new phones:
X-S — it’s got the dual camera for portrait mode. It’s able to be used with one hand. It’s the smallest of the range, so XS kinda suits it.
X-S Max — the biggest iPhone yet. The iPhone 8 is 5.5 inches, this will be 6.5 inches. It’ll be a different ratio though - it’s much talller and skinnier than the older iPhones. 
X-R — it’s the cheaper model. The screen isn’t as high quality. It’s actually wider than the iPhone X-S. Basically if you don’t want portrait mode, this is a good choice. Fun colors. 
 Things to note:
+ Apple won’t be selling a phone with a standard headphone jack anymore. They’re really pushing you to go wireless.
+ Apple won’t be shipping the dongle with its phone anymore. You’ll need to buy it for $US9.
 I preferred the days when there was just one iPhone - it was simple. Now you’ve got to really think about what you want to use it for.
 
It was the Apple Watch upgrades that really caught your attention
Two very cool features: 
Fall detection & SOS — so this device could be a great investment for a grandparent!
Heart Monitor — it’ll let you know of any irregularities you should be concerned about.

This week NZ Herald's Damien Venuto and Jack discuss Serena Williams, Google and the right to be forgotten, Shane Jones' knack for integrating himself into the news and McDonald's - the most democratic brand in the world?