Glasgow GTG January 2011 - Page 11

limey · 01-13-2011, 01:14 PM

I did feel a bit mean scooting SG around at full pelt, but hope that she'll be back to do the scenery justice another time.
Is this where I point out that down the road from me is a bunkhouse which sleeps 15 comfortably and which I'd be delighted to book for a Cellar Arran GTG sometime? Accommodation cost around $30/night plus food which we could do ourselves in the fully equipped kitchen ... transatlantic flights land at both Glasgow International and Prestwick International airports - each convenient for the ferry .... ?

Oh, and SG - this is the most fabulous photo-diary of our weekend. It brings it all back really vividly. Well done, and thank you for putting together such a great record of events!

Sundae · 01-13-2011, 01:48 PM

You're welcome darling, I just feel guilty that I couldn't do your island home justice.
I console myself that had we gone earlier the weather would still have been grim, and on top of that I'd have been as sleepy and sulky as a teenager.

You were not mean at all - taking me on a complete tour. I'd already expressed that I am a contented passenger, so it could not have been more ideal.

FTR other Dwellars - there are standing stones on Arran (something I love in a touristy way) and prehistoric remains, a brewery, a museum, a dairy (as in cheesemaking) and they have Viking festivals.

And it is in the Gulf Stream (like the Scilly Isles) so the climate is reasonable. Not that I noticed, but after all I chose to visit at the scrag end of New Year.

If the Kintyre peninsula is Scotland's cock, Arran is the ball-sack. But that's good. It means it's a fertile and protected place.

limey · 01-13-2011, 01:49 PM

Bawbag, hen, bawbag is what you mean

Undertoad · 01-13-2011, 02:20 PM

(checks) roundtrip from newark is about $800 pp.

kerosene · 01-13-2011, 02:53 PM

Sorry to drag this out. Dana, what you describe as chips sound like potato wedges to me. (Or what I have heard them called, I guess.) Usually fries or something similar would be served with bar food, here, but I suppose I have never seen lasagna at a bar (or pub, I guess?) It was just surprising to me and kind of cool.

Sundae · 01-13-2011, 03:01 PM

No apologies needed, it's a clash of cultures that can do with being explained.
I was the same about biscuits, and even now I'm not 100% - I think you have to taste the furriner's version to really be sure.

Below - chips. Although these look a little undercooked to me.
And wedges.
As per our understanding I mean.

kerosene · 01-13-2011, 03:06 PM

Ah, okay. See now, I have had fries on many occasions that look like the left...and they look much tastier than those on the right. I was in England many years ago and did get to have fish and chips at a pub a couple of times and the chips looked alot like those on the right only without all that brown stuff. the color of the ones on the left and the shape of the ones on the right.

zippyt · 01-13-2011, 03:17 PM

Looks like you Gals had a LARGE Time !!!!

DanaC · 01-14-2011, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kerosene

Ah, okay. See now, I have had fries on many occasions that look like the left...and they look much tastier than those on the right. I was in England many years ago and did get to have fish and chips at a pub a couple of times and the chips looked alot like those on the right only without all that brown stuff. the color of the ones on the left and the shape of the ones on the right.

Chips can also come out looking like wedges. But usually they are cooked differently. Potato wedges are usually baked with a coating. Chips are usually fried, but can be oven-baked. Generally speaking though, oven baked chips are either cheap and nasty pre-made things, or gourmet chips that are more like wedges. Standard chips from a chip shop are deep fried in oil or fat, and look more like the picture on the left.

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I always got the impression fries were made with potato that has been broken down and then reconstituted in some way. Pre-made frozen oven chips are similar i think, though what we call 'fries' are the super thin variety. Freshly made chips are just hunks of potato with no added ingredients at the cooking stage (no salt, no coating, no nothing), and minimal preparation: peeled cut into hunks and dropped into the hot fat.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2011, 10:13 AM

McDonald's fries in this country, are cut up potato, not reconstituted, and they're cooked three times. First parboiled, second, partially deep fried then frozen, at the fry plant. The third cooking, deep fry, at the store.

DanaC · 01-14-2011, 10:29 AM

Ahh: that's why they don't have the same texture then. Because they're cooked three times.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2011, 10:33 AM

McDs goes to a lot of trouble to insure the fries are exactly the same at every store in the country, They even stopped buying potatoes from anywhere but Idaho.

Undertoad · 01-14-2011, 10:37 AM

They requested a genetically engineered potato that would grow longer for longer fries.

Shawnee123 · 01-14-2011, 11:10 AM

Three words: Wendy's new fries.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

footfootfoot · 01-14-2011, 11:21 AM

Why is Dana so much shinier than SG and Limey?

01-13-2011, 01:14 PM	#151
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I did feel a bit mean scooting SG around at full pelt, but hope that she'll be back to do the scenery justice another time. Is this where I point out that down the road from me is a bunkhouse which sleeps 15 comfortably and which I'd be delighted to book for a Cellar Arran GTG sometime? Accommodation cost around $30/night plus food which we could do ourselves in the fully equipped kitchen ... transatlantic flights land at both Glasgow International and Prestwick International airports - each convenient for the ferry .... ? Oh, and SG - this is the most fabulous photo-diary of our weekend. It brings it all back really vividly. Well done, and thank you for putting together such a great record of events! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of Last edited by limey; 01-13-2011 at 01:15 PM. Reason: adding a bit

01-13-2011, 01:48 PM	#152
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You're welcome darling, I just feel guilty that I couldn't do your island home justice. I console myself that had we gone earlier the weather would still have been grim, and on top of that I'd have been as sleepy and sulky as a teenager. You were not mean at all - taking me on a complete tour. I'd already expressed that I am a contented passenger, so it could not have been more ideal. FTR other Dwellars - there are standing stones on Arran (something I love in a touristy way) and prehistoric remains, a brewery, a museum, a dairy (as in cheesemaking) and they have Viking festivals. And it is in the Gulf Stream (like the Scilly Isles) so the climate is reasonable. Not that I noticed, but after all I chose to visit at the scrag end of New Year. If the Kintyre peninsula is Scotland's cock, Arran is the ball-sack. But that's good. It means it's a fertile and protected place. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-13-2011, 01:49 PM	#153
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Bawbag, hen, bawbag is what you mean __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-13-2011, 03:01 PM	#156
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	No apologies needed, it's a clash of cultures that can do with being explained. I was the same about biscuits, and even now I'm not 100% - I think you have to taste the furriner's version to really be sure. Below - chips. Although these look a little undercooked to me. And wedges. As per our understanding I mean. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-13-2011, 03:17 PM	#158
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Looks like you Gals had a LARGE Time !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-13-2011, 02:20 PM	#154
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	(checks) roundtrip from newark is about $800 pp.

01-13-2011, 02:53 PM	#155
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Sorry to drag this out. Dana, what you describe as chips sound like potato wedges to me. (Or what I have heard them called, I guess.) Usually fries or something similar would be served with bar food, here, but I suppose I have never seen lasagna at a bar (or pub, I guess?) It was just surprising to me and kind of cool.

01-13-2011, 03:06 PM	#157
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Ah, okay. See now, I have had fries on many occasions that look like the left...and they look much tastier than those on the right. I was in England many years ago and did get to have fish and chips at a pub a couple of times and the chips looked alot like those on the right only without all that brown stuff. the color of the ones on the left and the shape of the ones on the right.

01-14-2011, 10:13 AM	#160
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	McDonald's fries in this country, are cut up potato, not reconstituted, and they're cooked three times. First parboiled, second, partially deep fried then frozen, at the fry plant. The third cooking, deep fry, at the store. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-14-2011, 10:33 AM	#162
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	McDs goes to a lot of trouble to insure the fries are exactly the same at every store in the country, They even stopped buying potatoes from anywhere but Idaho. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-14-2011, 10:37 AM	#163
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	They requested a genetically engineered potato that would grow longer for longer fries.

01-14-2011, 11:10 AM	#164
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Three words: Wendy's new fries. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-14-2011, 11:21 AM	#165
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Why is Dana so much shinier than SG and Limey? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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