I cant believe I just ate.....
Here be the place to spill that thing that you just consumed that you shouldnt have, or just cant believe you did.
For example....
Oh.my.god. I cant believe I just inhaled a *whole* pull-a-part Cheese n Garlic plaited loaf of bread.
Follow by 4 Orange Tim Tams. :blush:
You still in post-coital bliss? :)
[COLOR="Silver"](damn jealous - wish I could decide I wanted it and then just get it)[/COLOR]
I won't be able to contribute much to this thread - I have to think about everything I eat. Deliberately so.
I can't believe I had Branflakes with skimmed milk for breakfast doesn't really cut it. All you svelte beauties go ahead though, vicarious internet eating, yumyum.
I don't think I'm going to eat it, but I just noticed a tub of yogurt that had been lurking innocently in the fridge door ... use by 24th August! :eek: Tonight being rubbish night, I might open it before I toss it, just to see ... who knows it might be really good.
I just spent $18 on bread.
You still in post-coital bliss? :)
[COLOR="Silver"](damn jealous - wish I could decide I wanted it and then just get it)[/COLOR]
I won't be able to contribute much to this thread - I have to think about everything I eat. Deliberately so.
I can't believe I had Branflakes with skimmed milk for breakfast doesn't really cut it. All you svelte beauties go ahead though, vicarious internet eating, yumyum.
FTR....you so COULD!! decide you wanted it and then just get it.
Oh, and I have to work at staying svelte, I used to think about everything I eat, deliberately.....but now I am happy and in maintenance stage...so I eat enough healthy foods that the binges I will put in print here...are acceptable.
There IS light at the end of the tunnel, but you never want to leave yourself in total darkness on the journey there :)
What the hell is an orange tim tam?
What the hell is an orange tim tam?
The Tim Tam is the greatest thing on this planet.
Take two chocolate wafer biscuits, and put them either side of a layer of chocolatey cream. Coat the result with a thick layer of chocolate. Hmmmm. This is a Tim Tam.
Better yet, get the double coated version: add a second layer of chocolate around the first. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
There are many variations: orange, mint, dark, white, coffee...
Wanna be really indulgent? Do a Tim Tam Slam.
1. Bite a little off each end (or opposite corners), and what you have is two porous biscuits inside an impermeable chocolate tube. This can function like a straw.
2. Make a hot beverage. Coffee, mocha, or Milo are best. Some perverts use tea. This is wrong.
3. Hold one end of the Tim Tam in your mouth, and lower the other end into the drink. Suck the drink through the biscuit. The drink will dissolve the biscuitty part, and melt the chocolate, whereupon you gulp the biscuit into your mouth. If you time it right you can get simultaneous coffee, crumbly biscuit, and melted chocolate in you mouth. Ahhhgggghghghghghg.
Of course, if you get the timing wrong you may have mess everywhere or a choking hazard. It is worth the risk.
There are many demonstrations on youTube. I think the best is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm0N8Y34YNM&mode=related&search= All you svelte beauties go ahead though, vicarious internet eating, yumyum.
It may not settle on my hips honey, whats the betting it's more than settling in my arteries:P
I can't believe I have readdicted myself to fried breakfasts. What with that, the beer and the cigarettes, I can see me dead of a heart attack before I reach 40:P
I can't believe I ate a half chicken last night...of course, not in one sitting. But I ate some of it there, then finished it off at home later on.
If you ever come to St. Louis,
this is the place to go for fried chicken.
This is what I ate last night, except I had mashed potatoes and onion rings instead of the fries and slaw:
Damn Dude That looks like a fried Chehluhule Dog !!!!!!!!
Depending on when you guys get up here, maybe we can eat there one of nights you're here.
We plan on being there friday nite .
also where is a good place for those famous Raviolis ???
Where they were created...just ate
there tonight. Good stuff!
Oh That sounds KILLER !!!!!
an entire bag of Fritos.
RE: tim tams. snap, crackle and pop cereal has made a "straw' that is chocolate on the inside and wafer on the out that you suck your milk thru--is similar? No?
Tim Tam is Australia’s favourite chocolate biscuit. Around 35 million packs are sold each year - that's nearly 400 million biscuits. There are 8 delicious varieties of Tim Tam biscuits:
Tim Tam Original, Tim Tam Chewy Caramel, Tim Tam Double Coat, Tim Tam Dark, Tim Tam Love Potions Double Chocolate and Raspberry, Tim Tam Love Potions Chocolate Mud, Tim Tam Love Potions Sticky Vanilla Toffee, Tim Tam Latte.
And of course, Tim Tam Balls, which were launched in September 2005!
Tim Tam biscuits first hit supermarket shelves in 1964. They were named after a horse that won the Kentucky Derby in 1958. A member of the Arnott family, Ross Arnott, attended the race day and decided ‘Tim Tam’ was the perfect name for his new biscuit. The chocolate used to make Tim Tam biscuits has been specially developed by Arnott’s to give a slightly caramel taste. The cream flavour is a delicate mixture of vanilla, butter and chocolate that complements the biscuit base and the chocolate. It’s this unique cream which sets Tim Tam apart from any other chocolate biscuit.
I like doing a tim tam slam with icy cold milk. That way all the chocolate goes hard but the biscuit is soft and gooey.
There's nothing better when you really want a binge.
In addition to my usual breakfast of milk and carbs (this morning, 2 slices of toast with Trader Joes Blueberry preserves), I had a large piece of the yellow cake with milk chocolate frosting I made last night. :blush: MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I can't believe I ate more than half of two horrible meals today--for lunch, a "chicken caesar wrap" with way too much dressing and old, wilted lettuce; and for dinner, a supposedly grilled chicken sandwich that looked pretty enough, but amazingly had no flavor whatsoever. I usually make it a rule that if it doesn't taste good after the first bite or two, I put it down and back away...but I was having a long day stuck at work, and I needed "fuel." :greenface
ok, I went and bought a packet of tim tams after this thread today, and I can't believe, I just ate the whole lot. Didn't give the kids any!
Now I don't feel like eating dinner...and I feel sick. :alien:
I devoured a whole plateful of Beef Stroganoff. Ya know what? In this dish you absolutely need the piquant weight of sour cream for the proper effect: nonfat yoghurt is mere ersatz.
[edit] Come to think of it, sour cream on top of sauerbraten....
Second helping of home made chicken pie.....yummmm.....its cold here tonite, so they were perfect.
Agree with you re the sour cream UG.
Ali, I did the same thing on Sunday.
I can't believe i just ate a whole dinner on top of my packet of tim tams...with a bloody mary (sans worscestershire sauce because I discovered there was none in the pantry).
I'm all vitamin C'd up. C1 which would be from the tomato juice, and C2 which would be from the chocolate.
As long you didn't have any C4.
No, but i may have had the previous day. My arse was firing up well and truly.
2 slices of cold pizza for breakfast in spite of the fact that I may have an ulcer
Bought 2 jars of cheap Bolognese Sauce the other week. Well, a jar will do 3 meals and I can't make a sauce as cheaply (27p - about 50c a jar!)
Had the first tonight - with red onion, red pepper, red lentils, mung beans (green, for variety) and sweetcorn. Now, as I poured the jar in, my usually accurate nose caught a whiff of something unpleasant but all too familiar. Aniseed? Fennel?! No, since when is fennel a standard addition to bolognese, especially the cut price version?
So I checked, and there, the second to last ingredient, hiding in with the rest of the herbs (I don't always check that far down the list - just the main ingredients) was fennel.
So I added extra garlic and some Tabasco to make it into a spicy pasta sauce instead.
FENNEL?! I ask you!
Anyway, just had a bowl and I think it was diluted enough by my additions not to matter too much. I now have to go back and check the similar jars of Chilli and Sweet & Sour I bought.
I can't believe I ate a small bucket o'chicken.....
A 5 guys bacon cheesegurger and french fries.
Fennel is an abomination, I won't eat it even in sausage.
Give me all your fennel then, you guys. I love it!!
(I'll send you whatever cilantro I come across--bleh)
That's not a good trade. Fennel, anise, cilantro and cumin are the spices/herbs I won't eat... it makes indian food dicey although I love the indian food without cumin in it.
Fennel is an abomination, I won't eat it even in sausage.
I don't like it in stuff but I :heartpump it grilled... seems to kill the licorice flavor.
I love the indian food without cumin in it.
A non-sexual love, then?
SNIP
I love the indian food without cumin in it.
A non-sexual love, then?
Ten points, Monster. :lol2:
But it sounds like he does get funky with it, he just pulls out in time. Eatus interruptus.
i cant; believe that it took 36 posts for that to come out. looks like i have more work to do after all.
Hey, I like fennel seed in a tomato sauce. Adds a flavor note to the complex.
I also sometimes toss in a weensy handful of raisins. They hold onto their own flavor rather than suffusing anything into the sauce, so you're eating along on spaghetti sauce until you hit a raisin and suddenly here's a sweet note for just this mouthful. Quite nice.
UT, I'm sad for you though: no cumin = no chili. It just ain't chili without its cumin. Just a sort of insipid meat stew.
UT, I'm sad for you though: no cumin = no chili. It just ain't chili without its cumin. Just a sort of insipid meat stew.
Have to agree with Urbane there. No cumin = no chilli. I also like a bit of coriander in a chilli too.
I also sometimes toss in a weensy handful of raisins. They hold onto their own flavor rather than suffusing anything into the sauce, so you're eating along on spaghetti sauce until you hit a raisin and suddenly here's a sweet note for just this mouthful. Quite nice.
That's one of the great things about Chilean empanadas--that occasional sweet bit of raisin. Then the next bite might have a little salty olive...
And then there's that funny Cincinnati Greek take on spaghetti sauce and chili: considerable cinnamon in the works, and some allspice too I think. Distinctive enough that I think you can google recipes for it.
One of them
And one for the crockpot
Epicurious.com seems to have crashed or gotten swamped. Pity, it seemed they had a good article w/recipe.
European and particularly Finnish licorice are a great big improvement over the unpleasant stuff we know here -- full of molasses, which does a lot to smooth it out and make it fun. I'm a total convert now.
Panda brand makes a herbed licorice that comes off like what if Ricola made licorice. Also quite fun.
I had no idea that Cincinnati chili was Greek.
I'm told Greek restauranteurs started it, and that it evolved over some years.
I had a whole red onion at lunch.
I hadn't realised I already had onions last time I went shopping, so I bought another 3. Panicked by the fact I was becoming over-run with them I decided to use one of Nigella's tricks and soak the chopped onion overnight in lime juice. This made them crunchy and tasty without any of the "burn" you get when you eat them raw.
So I had cracked wheat, smoked salmon (trimmings, £1.18 a pack), red onion, sweetcorn with a lime and garlic dressing. And I don't smell of onions! [SIZE="1"]Just garlic.[/SIZE]
Marinated onions! Is that cool or what?
Aaand next on the platter: pickled!!
I do too know what pickled onions are! -- I just haven't eaten very many. First encounters with pickles -- that reminds me. A New Zealand friend of mine in high school got introduced to dill pickles on school lunch hamburgers. He thought they were absolutely awful. I tried to tell him about sweet pickles, or bread-and-butter pickles, but I don't think he ever believed me. He never did get a taste for them.
Minifob loves dill pickles. He'll eat them by the plateful. Now I know for sure he wasn't switched at the hospital. :)
I had octopus for the first time last night. As chewy as expected, I'm afraid.
I had octopus for the first time last night. As chewy as expected, I'm afraid.
Visit a really top class sushi restaurant. They can bring a live octopus to your table, chop off a tentacle and drop it, still writhing, onto your plate, and you are expected to eat it immediately.
I have
not had this. I've read, though, that the suckers on the tentacles will still be puckering and releasing as you chew ... suckering on to the roof of your mouth and the insides of your cheeks...
:eek:
There now, your dinner wasn't so bad, was it?
Now I like octopus. But that is just grim.
Visit a really top class sushi restaurant. They can bring a live octopus to your table, chop off a tentacle and drop it, still writhing, onto your plate, and you are expected to eat it immediately.
I have not had this. I've read, though, that the suckers on the tentacles will still be puckering and releasing as you chew ... suckering on to the roof of your mouth and the insides of your cheeks...
:eek:
There now, your dinner wasn't so bad, was it?
You're supposed to put them down your pants! It's AWESOME!!!
I didn't say it was bad, it was just chewy. It was just two pieces of nigiri, and it was cooked, so it's not like it was gonna ruin my dinner.
As for the writhing, sucking tentacle thing... Only in Japan.
I've read, though, that the suckers on the tentacles will still be puckering and releasing as you chew ... suckering on to the roof of your mouth and the insides of your cheeks...
Just like in Oldboy (which I highly recommend, but not fucking dubbed like this clip is):
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I get these coupons for up to $8 worth of hospital cafeteria food while momWolf is in the hospital. It's a kind of a bonus club. Instead of frequent flyer miles, I get food, a discount in the gift shop, and free parking.
Usually I'm there around or after lunch and I get the sushi plate (I'm a sushi wuss, so it involves some kind of seafood that's already cooked, like the crab, shrimp, or smoked salmon). Today I was there for dinner.
I had the meatloaf and the mac 'n cheez, some peanut butter cookies, and a Coke.
And two rounds of Tums. So far.
If you don't hear from me again, tell the CDC that it was the meatloaf.
A whole packet of pods after half a bagette with taramasalata
You know the yanks are going to ask ... what are pods? and that taramasalata thingy? Salata, I assume, means salad, but what's in it?
tums are great. I have them for indigestion. I wonder where else you can get them
taramasalata is a greek dip made with fish roe. It's very salty and garlicy and oniony.
Pods are...I'll get a pic. Just a minute.
Pods, are noteable for coming in strangely boring boxes and being amazingly mind-bendingly delicious! A little biscuit cup shape filled with Mars deliciousness. There's something about these…
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Taramasalata
Ingredients
1 6 oz jar Smoked Cod's Roe
6 slices White Bread
1/4 Spanish Onion grated
1-2 cloves Garlic mashed
8 tablespoons Olive Oil
Juice of 1 Lemon
6 tablespoons Double Cream
1 level teaspoon Gelatine dissolved in 3 teaspoons water
1 tablespoon finely chopped Parsley
Black Olives
Hot Toast
Method
Place cod's roe in a mortar. Trim crusts from bread; soak bread in water; squeeze lightly and add to cod's roe. Pound mixture to a smooth paste. Stir in grated onion and garlic. Then add olive oil, double cream and lemon juice alternately in small amounts, stirring well, until mixture acquires a smooth, uniform consistency. Strain through a fine sieve. (The above can be done in an electric blender, and in that case the mixture does not need to be sieved.) Beat in dissolved gelatine.
Pipe mixture into individual souffle dishes or ramekins, sprinkle with chopped parsley and garnish with black olives. Serve with hot toast.
I also like to stuff 2 inch lengths of crisp celery with this mixture as a light appertiser.
Chicken Fried steak with instant mashed potatoes and green beans (should these be crunchy???).
Now where's my Pepto-Bismol?
Crunchy-juicy green beans are lightly cooked, which is really all they need. The flavor, you notice, is superb.
Tums (tm) are worldwide, I think.
But hey, when I've got a bad stomachache I like soda bicarbonate in warm water too. Some gag on the sodium-ion taste, but for me it's the taste of relief. And the burps are kind of fun too.
I get these coupons for up to $8 worth of hospital cafeteria food while momWolf is in the hospital. It's a kind of a bonus club. Instead of frequent flyer miles, I get food, a discount in the gift shop, and [SIZE="3"]free parking. [/SIZE]
--snip--
Count yourself lucky on this score.
My mom recently fell and went to the emergency room. The doctors decided to keep her overnight. I stayed with her, naturally. When I emerged from the hospital the next morning, I found a $60 parking ticket on the car. Where it was acceptable to park at 9 pm, it was ... expensive to park at 9 am. At least mom's ok.
I am about to eat the head of a small smoked pig.
I plan on eating all of it.
Ate the body yesterday.
Leftovers from a cookout.
Not me, but my housemates have been eating
recalled food for the past two weeks.
:yeldead:
Count yourself lucky on this score.
My mom recently fell and went to the emergency room. The doctors decided to keep her overnight. I stayed with her, naturally. When I emerged from the hospital the next morning, I found a $60 parking ticket on the car. Where it was acceptable to park at 9 pm, it was ... expensive to park at 9 am. At least mom's ok.
Yeouch!
I have a couple of not quite legal places that I park (the area out back by the HR office, for example) and only use the parking garage when I absolutely have to. Even were I to pay for it, it's only $5, free if you're in there for less than an hour, which is never the case for me. One of the mysterious parts to the hospital parking situation is that while the self-park garage is $5, valet parking is $3.50 ... free if you're bringing a patient to the ER, because there is construction going on, so the ER spaces are no longer available as they are all reserved for ambulances, since they lost about half of their parking to the construction. The ER, though, is doing better than the radiation oncology center, which lost all of it's parking and their entire building. They're operating out of a series of trailers, as far as I can tell. This is a "city" hospital I'm going to, but one of the more suburban of the city hospitals, in terms of setting and feel. The real City Hospitals charge $10 an hour for parking, so I count myself lucky here.
I am about to eat the head of a small smoked pig.
I plan on eating all of it.
Ate the body yesterday.
Leftovers from a cookout.
:eek:
I am about to eat the head of a small smoked pig.
I plan on eating all of it.
Ate the body yesterday.
Leftovers from a cookout.
BRAINS!
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I just ate an entire Chipotle (1) burrito. I usually only eat half to 2/3rds, but I was reading and didn't notice how much I'd eaten until it was almost gone. Now my belly hurts.
(1) Chipotle is a chain that started here in Denver. I think McDonalds bought them out, but I don't know how far they've spread. Their burritos are the size of a puppy - and not some new-born poodle, these are like eating a two-week old lab puppy, wrapped in a tortilla and still warm and wiggly.
I just finished the last jar of fennel-polluted bolonese sauce. This time I had it with aduki beans, red onion, leek and sweetcorn (end of week vegetable use-up) and penne pasta.
I forget that bean-heavy pasta dishes are filling. I forced the last third of the bowl - silly of course, but I'd mixed it all in with the pasta by then and it gets flabby. The remainder of the vegetable sauce is in the fridge and will be split into two meals.
It was healthy and virtually fat free, but I am bursting at the seams.
I can't believe I just ate...a whole cup of Cheez fries. That's french fries with Cheez Whiz dumped on them. You eat them with a plastic fork.
Feeling so ill right now...
I just ate an entire Chipotle (1) burrito. I usually only eat half to 2/3rds, but I was reading and didn't notice how much I'd eaten until it was almost gone. Now my belly hurts.
Really? [size=1]I usually finish mine completely... I'm such a pig.[/size]
Really? [SIZE=1]I usually finish mine completely... I'm such a pig.[/SIZE]
I just found
this site, wherein you enter the ingredients of your Chipotle burrito or taco and it calculates the nutrition data.
Calories: 1060
Calories from fat: 426
Total fat: 48 g
Total Carbohydrate: 101 g
...
I don't know if those numbers are high or low.
I also had a sugary beverage.
I don't know if those numbers are high or low.
For me they would be very, very high. Like 2-3 days worth.
But I am obese and focused on losing weight.
For a man, for an active woman or simply as a treat they could be much worse.
For me they would be very, very high. Like 2-3 days worth.
But I am obese and focused on losing weight.
For a man, for an active woman or simply as a treat they could be much worse.
That's true, but I probably won't get to eat again for another three hours.
Oof. I just calculated my favorite item at Chipotle--chicken soft tacos with green salsa, cheese and lettuce.
Calories 649
Calories from Fat 242
Total Fat 27.5g
Saturated Fat 9.5g
Cholesterol 126mg
Sodium 1558mg
Without cheese, the numbers aren't much lower. What the hell are they putting in that chicken?
...
Without cheese, the numbers aren't much lower. What the hell are they putting in that chicken?
I think Chipotle chickens are all brain-fed.
BRAINS!
I know, high in LDLs, but good stuff.
Just for the sheer confessional value, these are the stats for a medium Sizzler pizza from Dominos. Which I used to have for dinner whenever I could afford it. And ate the whole lot, unless I could afford Chicken Strippers as well:
Calories - 1440
Total Fat - 49.6
Saturated Fat - 18.4
Salt - 10.4
Sweet dimply thighs. It might have made a difference if I read that last year.
BTW I didn't think Americans could think in metric? ;)
...
BTW I didn't think Americans could think in metric? ;)
Marijuana is sold in ounces, but cocaine is sold in grams, so we're required to at least learn that conversion.
Well the big flour tortilla alone is 330 calories (three small ones are 300.) The rice is another 240.
BRAINS!
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I just ate an entire Chipotle (1) burrito. I usually only eat half to 2/3rds, but I was reading and didn't notice how much I'd eaten until it was almost gone. Now my belly hurts.
(1) Chipotle is a chain that started here in Denver. I think McDonalds bought them out, but I don't know how far they've spread. Their burritos are the size of a puppy - and not some new-born poodle, these are like eating a two-week old lab puppy, wrapped in a tortilla and still warm and wiggly.
Spoken like someone who's never had the pleasure of a
Garbage Burrito from Rosa Maria's.
Pictures tomorrow. Yes, I took a picture of the burrito. Yes, it was twenty years ago. Yes, I still have the picture. No, I'm not still full.
--snip--
Calories: 1060
Calories from fat: 426
Total fat: 48 g
Total Carbohydrate: 101 g
...
I don't know if those numbers are high or low.
--snip
For me they would be very, very high. Like 2-3 days worth.
But I am obese and focused on losing weight.
For a man, for an active woman or simply as a treat they could be much worse.
Clarification please. I could possibly see how 48 grams of fat would be a "very, very high" value, one you would normally spread over two or three days. But are you saying that 1060 calories is two to three days worth of caloric intake for you?
350 calories a day? That says "hunger strike" or "malnutrition" to me.
Having said that, I am very happy to see your success! Congratulations!
[SIZE="1"]I am just not willing to cut my throat like that.[/SIZE]
Actually I did look at it again and considered clarifying, but it's an "I Can't Believe I just Ate..." thread not, "SG's MeMeMe Thread About Diet" - trying to save you all the pain!
I exaggerated basically. But I would back away so fast from anything that had those nutritional values I'd leave skidmarks in the supermarket.
I eat approx 1000, sometimes up to 1500 cals a day, depending on appetite and what I have prepared. For example if it's all veggie it will be lower than if I've used Quorn (fake chicken or beef soya protein)
I eat up to approx 30g fat a day. I do not deliberately keep it this low, but in order to eat more I'd be forcing myself to eat, which is counter-productive. Most of what I eat is pulses - mixed to help ensure protein, vegetables, fruit and semi-skimmed milk. I use olive oil for cooking, a little cheese and low fat blended butter on toast or bagels. I am never hungry, I occasionally indulge with a bag of pretzels, fried chicken, a McDonalds, a chocolate bar, but I am healthy and sane. Except right now I am craving cheese fondue. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.......... cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.
Chipotle burritos-the-size-of-a-sucking-pig do come off about like that. Hadn't known they were quite that caloric -- we've got a Chipotle in the next town up the road in this coastal Southern California county -- but they are indeed filling. Sounds like you'd want to skip the sour cream and stick with guacamole.
Australian? A beverage?
It's ice cream on a stick covered in chocolate
I posted a pic a while back in another thread, but I can't find it
Not sure about the Double Choc - perhaps chocolate ice-cream inside with chocolate ripples?
three bars of chocolate...well....two bars and a walnut whip... mmmm walnut whip..
Someone just delivered some food for the office....It came in a large foil pan, and according to the time stamp on my e-mail, at least 40 minutes before I got there.
The bottom layer was beef and green peppers. The middle layer was nacho cheese. And to top it off, were the tater tots evenly spaced for exact portioning. I feel so sick.....
:greenface
These are the ingredients for creating the doorway to hell. Do not attempt it. Even unwittingly.
Seen that tater tot layer thing before. No thanks! Just gimme straight nachos that are fire engine hot!
Oh gross. Sounds like someone tried to make nachos, but had to use up stuff from the fridge.
What are tater tots?
Have to say without knowing that it sounds yummy!
Last night, I can't believe I ate the last few handfuls of pretzels in the bag and a packet of beef jerky after having dinner. Am convincing myself that it was all low fat and better than most snacks... Just disappointed that I gave in to greed when I didn't need to eat.
Tater tots are grated potatoes that are made into little balls and deep-fried. They're very common in U.S. school cafeterias, and they're horrible for you - but delicious.
What are tater tots?
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That was a fine pictumentary on the marvelous Tot, classicman!
Oh gross. Sounds like someone tried to make nachos, but had to use up stuff from the fridge.
lol! That's why I started calling it the "tater tot surprise"!
:D
(Surprise that you made that and surprise that they ate at)
Turnips, pot licker, cornbread, hot souse, onions, sliced jalapeños, and a cold beer. Redneck supper.
I whole packet of Darrell Lea Bullets, plus a packet of DL peanut brittle fingers (OMFGGGGGG orgasm material).....err.....then some Cheddar Shapes.
Fucking hormones.
I went to the library in Woolwich today. Waited 30 mins for a bus that is supposed to be every 8-12 minutes. I should have walked up to the main road, but anyone who takes public transport will understand the feeling of "time invested" that keeps you at the stop.
Anyway, took my books back to the library and got a great haul in return including a couple of books I rarely look for and yet am excited to read (Last Exit to Brooklyn being one, as recommended by my hero Steve Pemberton). Anyway, get to the counter to check them out - I've only been and gone and forgotten my darn library card haven't I?
So I decide today is not my day and I am going to treat myself. I knew there was a Pie and Mash* shop in Woolwich so I asked while I was at the Post Office. Whaddyou know, it's literally round the corner.
So I had the unhealthiest lunch I have had in months. And I had dinner just now - aduki bean and mixed veg casserole, virtually fat free. I don't regret lunch, but it has made me feel like I've broken my diet. I'll put it behind me tomorrow though, no problem.
I went to my (much smaller local library) and got 8 chicklit books out after I went home and got my card. Venus in Furs better be there next time I get to Woolwich!
*For the uninitiated, "pie and mash" is a specifically South East London phenomenon, sold in tiled eateries with formica topped booths. You don't choose what's in the pie. Pie is pie, end of. And the green sauce is a pea and parsley sauce called liquor. Traditionally you soak the lot in vinegar. The shops also sell jellied eels. :yum:
That thing on the left is not what I would ever think of as "pie." What was in yours?
I gave in to the children and went to the amish smorgasbord again last night. It was "steak night", so I had a strip with carrots and broccoli, and then had turkey, mashed, and gravy... couldn't fit dessert in.
So what was in the pie SG??? I'm guessing at least one organ...
Mince meat.
That's all you need to know ;)
For reference, the bottom of the pie is made with suet pastry, so it it soft and sinks into the liquor. Only the top is short crust.
It has a distinctive flavour - I would recognise a Pie and Mash shop pie blindfold. I think it helps to grow up with it - the lady at the Post Office said she had hers with gravy and ketchup because "I didn't grow up round here". I shuddered.
I went to the library in Woolwich today. Waited 30 mins for a bus that is supposed to be every 8-12 minutes. I should have walked up to the main road, but anyone who takes public transport will understand the feeling of "time invested" that keeps you at the stop.
Off topic:
This reminds me of the time when I was new to Seattle. I was SCANDALIZED at having to pay for parking! About an hour of my pay would be needed to cover my transportation by car. F*** that. So, I got myself a bus schedule.
I read the schedule, found the bus stop nearest my house, and walked there the next morning. The times printed on the schedules are for some selected "time stops" along the route, and my bus stop was not one of these... And since this was my first trip, and to work (at a fairly new job) I wanted to err on the side of caution and get there early if necessary. I waited and waited... I became nervous. I noticed another bus stop nearby, and walked over to see the schedule printed on the pole (same bus number/route). Jackpot! This stop had an earlier time printed. So I waited there and sure enough, the bus rolled right up, and I climbed aboard.
What I didn't realize until later, speaking of "feeling of time invested", was that the bus stop, on the same route, was right across the street. Going in the opposite direction. Away from downtown.
:smack:
Sure! I caught an earlier bus. Moving in the opposite direction. I rode it to it's turnaround point, then back to my original stop, considerably later than if I had just stood pat, then onward toward downtown. Late. It was quite an embarrassing education.
I am such a big fan of authentic regional cuisines. Here's what a culture develops when the lower classes have limited access to herbs, no access to the expensive spices, a lot of fresh veggies are hard to come by off-season except for maybe the root vegetables which you can make last a long time... but there's always game in the field and cows and sheep in the pastures, and nobody really pays much for the kidneys.
They used to be sold by pie-men, who bought the meat fresh from Smithfield and the eels fresh from Billingsgate. Mincing meat of course stretches it further, and you can add bits and pieces to it - meat cuttings are all protein after all.
Buying from a pie-man was the equivalent of fast food :)
My grandparents were too young for the pie-man, but remember the ice-cart and the muffin man.
two peanut butter and honey sandwiches.
god I feel sick now.
What are tater tots?
Have to say without knowing that it sounds yummy!
One of the two known essential toppings for green-bean casserôle, SG. While beans-n-glop baked
en casserôle is edible, unless you have a violent antipathy to cream of mushroom condensed soup, the Tater Tots on top, baking into crispness, really add something essential to the dish.
The other known essential topping is canned Durkee crisp-fried onions, which like the Tots have a deep-fried garnishy goodness that greatly improves the casserole... okay, I'm leaving off the circumflex.
Green Bean Casserole's invention is well documented. It was a recipe specifically devised to use canned goods that practically every kitchen contained about all of the time. Actually, despite growing up in the Canned Food Decade of the Sixties, I never had the stuff as a kid, but learned the recipe aboard a nuclear submarine. :3eye:
I keep trying to make GB casserole only to find The Homeless Guy has eaten all the Durkees. Again! Like hand food.
When I was on vacation last week, a typical breakfast would include:
+ Fresh-squeezed orange juice
+ Strawberry/apple/banana smoothie (large)
+ Banana pancakes with real butter, fresh strawberry jam and syrup
+ Eggs
+ Crispy bacon
+ Bread
It's no wonder I gained a few pounds.
Why would you have jam and syrup? I guess you had it all in the one big bowl? ;)
My Dad loves jam so much (or he used to when we were growing up) he would have it on ice cream - with dessert syrup.
Then again he would have it on chocolate cake and with leftover Yorkshire puddings - Mum would always make extra so he could have one for supper.
Funny, he doesn't have a particularly sweet tooth - I inherited my love of cheese from him. Just loved the jam.
I love jam and cheese on hot scones. It's very yummy.
I just think jam and syrup on sweetened pancakes would have to be just sooooo sweet. I can't imagine being able to stomach it, and i have what I'd consider to be a very sweet tooth.
So what was in the pie SG??? I'm guessing at least one organ...
I'll have you know I have most* of my original organs! ;)
* Less one gallbladder.
But are you a meat pie Pie? Or are you.. a fruit pie?
on the subject of tim tams, I just opened a packet of 'pink wish' tim tams. They're strawberry filled and 10 cents from every packet goes to the breast cancer foundation. Anyway, I pulled the whole tray out of the packet to put them in a container and discovered to my everlasting shock and horror, that there's only 9 (NINE) in the packet!
Now i'm feeling so ripped off!!!
on the subject of tim tams, I just opened a packet of 'pink wish' tim tams. They're strawberry filled and 10 cents from every packet goes to the breast cancer foundation. Anyway, I pulled the whole tray out of the packet to put them in a container and discovered to my everlasting shock and horror, that there's only 9 (NINE) in the packet!
Now i'm feeling so ripped off!!!
Normal packs have eleven which is inconveniently prime and thus difficult to share. The double coated ones [drool] have nine, because they are extra thick. Are the pink ones extra thick too?
Put them in a "container"? That thing is usually called a "stomach" you know. ;)
But are you a meat pie Pie? Or are you.. a fruit pie?
or a fruit mince pie
I am a different Pie every day of the week. And twice on Sundays.
Today, I'm a
Meyer Lemon Tart.
Normal packs have eleven which is inconveniently prime and thus difficult to share. The double coated ones [drool] have nine, because they are extra thick. Are the pink ones extra thick too?
Put them in a "container"? That thing is usually called a "stomach" you know. ;)
No, there's no double coating or anything on the pink wish ones. They've just made the partitions between the slots where the biscuits go a bit wider.
I think they're trying to make up for the 10 cent donation. Either way, I feel ripped off, but I'll still buy them because they taste great, and it's for a good cause.
Do I look like the kind of girl who'd eat a whole packet of tim tams in one sitting? ;) lol
I am a different Pie every day of the week. And twice on Sundays.
Oh so you're a tart not a pie? ;)
:blush: Depends on how "saucy" I'm feeling. I go both ways.
Pleased to hear the pink theme is global. When I worked at Asda (who are a sponsor) I bought all sorts of pink products to support Breast Cancer, including a lovely rose wine... I felt all warm inside after drinking it, like everyone was my best friend ;)
I just bought the branded pink toilet paper this year - the difference between working 60 hours a week and working none!
No, there's no double coating or anything on the pink wish ones. They've just made the partitions between the slots where the biscuits go a bit wider.
I think they're trying to make up for the 10 cent donation. Either way, I feel ripped off, but I'll still buy them because they taste great, and it's for a good cause.
Cheap buggers. I'm sure they make more than 10 cents per pack, AND they'd get a tax deduction for the donation, AND they'd get extra sales from the publicity.
Do I look like the kind of girl who'd eat a whole packet of tim tams in one sitting? ;) lol
Some biscuits come in resealable (or at least closable) boxes. Tim Tams do not. There is a reason for this. :yum:
hehe...that's true. I have been known (and it's right here in this thread) to eat a whole pack in a sitting.
They really are the rolls royce of biscuits.
That is a nice looking lemon tart, that is.
Who's got nipples that at least sometimes look like the blossom end of the lemon -- the bit with the protuberance? :yum: Like Hershey's Chocolate Kisses are good too. :yum:
Very... tart-ly.
I bet Marge Simpson has!
Mine are pink rather than yellow, but now you mention it I can see the resemblance...
Due to the ring of tiny bumps around the main nipple, Dali sometimes referred to a woman's nipple as a "telephone".
I can't believe I just ate...
I was reading in the kitchen last night, and wanted a little something sweet before bedtime. I reached into the refrigerator, and found the quart carton (tall, thin, yellow) of eggnog. As I lifted it, I could tell it was nearly empty from how light it was. So I opened the cap, and chugged the last inch left in the carton.
Imagine my surprise when my efforts to save a clean glass were rewarded with a quarter cup of egg substitute. Raw and cold. Ew. It was about as gross as it sounds, nothing like Rocky at all. Urk.
LOL, w/sympathy. At least it was high-protein. Egg-whites really need egg yolks, usually, to be at their best.
A huge big bowl of Rice Bubbles with Milo on top.....breakfast ...err...at 9pm...of champions.
isn't nutrigrain the breakfast of champions?
At various times in my life, a "breakfast of champions" has specifically referred to:
--A kit-kat and a Coke
--Powdered sugar donuts and a Sprite
I had to eat the menu in question on a very regular basis (and specifically for breakfast) before I ever considered it for champion status.
I can't imagine having softdrink (soda/pop) for breakfast.
Maybe a donut with a coffee? I don't think I'd call it the breakfast of champions though. lol
I suppose I think of a champion breakfast as something healthy which will give you energy. Of course, that means I don't think nutrigrain fits the bill either. ;)
I'd go for a good quality muselie(sp?) with some yoghurt and fruit on top. Now that's a breakfast of champions.
Oats are good too...specially when you pop to dried fruit in at the start of the cooking process so it plumps up nicely. yummo!
Wheaties is the breakfast of champions.
I can't eat breakfast, it ruins my whole day.
I suppose I think of a champion breakfast as something healthy which will give you energy.
Well, sure, that was the original meaning of the cliche (maybe it's not a cliche in Australia? It was a Wheaties cereal slogan for years, as jinx noted.) But I make it a point to be ironic as often as possible, or insincere at the very least. :)
If it helps explain it any, it was only breakfast in that it was still morning and I had not eaten anything else. It wasn't like 7 AM in my pajamas or anything. The Coke/kitkats were while driving to school, and the donuts/Sprite were after I got to work at this particular employer who had really awesome powdered sugar donuts in the vending machine. They changed suppliers at some point, and that's when I stopped the habit.
yeah Clod, breakfast of champions is a slogan for nutrigrain over here, but I didn't know it was a slogan for a cereal over there although I suppose I should have guessed it must have been.
Ah. Cultural differences.
Let's hear it for two slices of cold pizza, from the fridge, in last night's take-out pizza box. Accompanied however.
Here's a good looking
Muesli recipe from Mister Breakfast's site. (Surf this site only if you want to awaken your appetite -- I rather avoid it unless I'm eating at the keyboard 'cos I think the place is calorically dangerous!) It seems homemade is the way to go with muesli, and it seems it should really include two particular ingredients to bring it to full potential: orange juice or concentrate in the soaking fluid, and either yoghurt or powdered milk to enrich. I picked that recipe of several on Mr. Breakfast because it had yoghurt and a banana in it. Muesli's pretty free-form. Adding powdered milk can do a lot for any muesli recipe.
No, no, no: This is the breakfast of champions:
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God, please let my SS be Australian...
Those sound SO good whenever you guys talk about them.
on the subject of tim tams, I just opened a packet of 'pink wish' tim tams. They're strawberry filled and 10 cents from every packet goes to the breast cancer foundation. Anyway, I pulled the whole tray out of the packet to put them in a container and discovered to my everlasting shock and horror, that there's only 9 (NINE) in the packet!
Now i'm feeling so ripped off!!!
They are good case. I'll send you a packet if you like.
Well, sure, that was the original meaning of the cliche (maybe it's not a cliche in Australia? It was a Wheaties cereal slogan for years, as jinx noted.) But I make it a point to be ironic as often as possible, or insincere at the very least. :)
If it helps explain it any, it was only breakfast in that it was still morning and I had not eaten anything else. It wasn't like 7 AM in my pajamas or anything. The Coke/kitkats were while driving to school, and the donuts/Sprite were after I got to work at this particular employer who had really awesome powdered sugar donuts in the vending machine. They changed suppliers at some point, and that's when I stopped the habit.
Thats what I was going for when I mentioned my seriously *healthy* snack of milo and rice bubbles.
I can't believe I ate Chrismas cookies with wheat in them yesterday... I paid the price.
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Does that mean that you ate nothing?
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Does that mean that you ate nothing?
Less than nothing, I guess.
Edit: with just a dash of flavor.
Oooops, was still thinking about little chocolate donut training.
Biscuit Ritter Sport! One of those big ones.
Ali, I would love that...but I am not sure what I could send you in return...any requests?
At various times in my life, a "breakfast of champions" has specifically referred to:
--A kit-kat and a Coke
--Powdered sugar donuts and a Sprite
We always referred to beer as The Breakfast of Champions.
Not a regular breakfast, but common if you were going over to Europe as the best time to catch the ferry was early in the morning, and the bar was always open. Also as a teenager, polishing off any cans left from the night before.
I can't imagine having softdrink (soda/pop) for breakfast.
Soft drinks for breakfast are a Whore's Breakfast. Not quite sure why, but refers to their hangover reducing properties I think.
I always have Diet Coke for breakfast. And elevensies. And lunch. and afternoon tea. and dinner. Often (but not always) at the same time as a huge cup of tea.
I always have Diet Coke for breakfast. And elevensies. And lunch. and afternoon tea. and dinner. Often (but not always) at the same time as a huge cup of tea.
Thats a bucket load of caffeine you're getting there monster! Or is it the de-caf coke? Do you sleep ok?
like a baby :D
and no, not decaf
Soft drinks for breakfast are a Whore's Breakfast. Not quite sure why, but refers to their hangover reducing properties I think.
Ah, yes, but an even Whore-ier Whore's Breakfast is a straight shot of rock gut. really,
really hangover reducing properties! :drunk:
I HUGE plate of calamari and fresh fish...I love being near the ocean....although I feel sick now, but I think that has more to do with the belly full of salt I took in rescuing a too brave 4yr old
I HUGE plate of calamari and fresh fish...I love being near the ocean....although I feel sick now, but I think that has more to do with the belly full of salt I took in rescuing a too brave 4yr old
DN - You risked your life and jumped in the ocean to save a small child from a Great White shark! You are my hero. And to think that you almost died in the process.
Wait, what? Ducks, please elaborate on this story!
Ha, its not as awesome as it sounds......T man loves the ocean and the tide was coming in really fast, the waves over here in the Indian Ocean are a lot more aggressive than the other side of Australia and the little turd was too far out when the big waves started pounding in.
Of course he got bowled over by the first BIG wave that came in and couldnt get his feet back under him before the next one came along, I went in for the rescue, but a drop off took me by surprise.
funny story Ducks :-)
Pizza
yeah, the child was wondering where the leftover pizza went. :)
Thread drift. Canned corn beef simmered with taters and onions over toast.
The simmering makes a sauce?
Cannned corned beef works quite well enough as the meat in Bolognese pasta sauce, too.
Meanwhile, around the house, we reckon pastirma substituted for Armour brand Chipped Beef would do nicely for creamed chipped beef on toast.
Meanwhile, around the house, we reckon pastirma substituted for Armour brand Chipped Beef would do nicely for creamed chipped beef on toast.
Yum...that sounds great on a cold winter day. That was my requested dinner on my birthday when I was a kid, but I've always had simple food tastes. :)
I can't believe I just ate Shawnee, I thought it was a fruitcake....sorry guys...
:D
The simmering makes a sauce?
Canned corned beef works quite well enough as the meat in Bolognese pasta sauce, too.
Meanwhile, around the house, we reckon pastirma substituted for Armour brand Chipped Beef would do nicely for creamed chipped beef on toast.
Yes and Mike gave me a deer camp recipe for canned beef. Just add canned hominy, well that saves peeling the damn taters anyway. No SALT. Black pepper ok. For SOS I just use ground round.
I've et a fair bit of hamburger SOS, and while it's reasonably filling, I don't think it's a patch on the chipped beef, which has a piquancy the Midwestern crumbleburger in white sauce lacks. The meat, in short, needs to be seasoned with something having a bite, to offset the blander starches that are most of the rest of the dish.
I can't believe I just ate Shawnee, I thought it was a fruitcake....sorry guys...
:D
Ooookay. This thread's just gone lezbo. [The Peanut Gallery cries, "Pics! Pics!"] Talk about drift.
I can't believe I just ate Shawnee, I thought it was a fruitcake....sorry guys...
:D
No, you were right, Shawnee is a fruitcake.
And not around apparently?
Oh, she only logs on at work, right?
Im still full from yesterdays feasting....Roast Pork, Turkey, Sweet Potatoes, Salad, Tiramasu, Pudding, Custard and Mud Cake.
Today is leftovers around the hotel pool :D
It's still Christmas here :p We're about the do the supper of whatever the hell anyone wants just so long as they vaguely had vegetables when we stuffed ourselves at 3pm
(Menu: Roast beef, yorkshire pud, roast potatos, sprouts, asparagus, mushrooms, real gravy followed by Christmas pud (covered with brandy and set alight), brandy butter, brandy sauce or cheesecake for the wimps.)
That last helping of pie.
Seriously, no... more... pie....
You can never have too much Pie!!
Pete cooked a 23 1/2 pound turkey yesterday. We made a run at it but srsly.
The last 2-3 weeks have been a serious glutton fest. Ugh. I need a salad.
I had a 2 cheeseburger meal from McDonald's yesterday. I can't believe I actually ate all of it!!
I can't believe I just ate ...
... big juicy stir fried fresh shrimp in sweet peppers with assorted fresh vegetables on rice with a coconut shake that was made from coconut milk, coconut flesh, and ice blended together, eaten at a bamboo table under the shade of palm trees five meters from a white sand beach with attractive lasses wandering by... for a total price of 90 baht ... just about US$3.
:D :D :D
...half a packet of raspberry pimms for breakfast.
you just ate your children?
Two mini chocolate pavs with whipped cream and banana.
I feel ill, and need to do an hour on the treadmill tomorrow per pav me thinks.
Half a maltloaf. With butter. It was last night, actually. But the guilt is still with me. My MIL brought it from the UK when she came at christmas, but didn't tell us -I just found it in a bag with loads of packs of cookies. I wasn't sure if it would still be any good because it was squished almost flat and a few weeks past the sell-by date, so I figured there was only one way to find out.
(It was good -I would probably have had the other half for breakfast this morning if beest had not gallantly rescued me by consuming the other half last night)
christ, i thought that said meatloaf
me too! I kept reading it and trying to figger out how she ate 1/2 a meatloaf
It was a really small loaf...a loaflet if you will.
A
bun!
I just looked up "sanga." Am I going to have to look up "maltloaf" too?
I did anyway, just for my 'satiable curiosity. Aside from the extract of malt it looks a lot like Date Nut Bread -- but gooier. Date Nut Bread only has islands of sticky goo -- marshes? -- that once were pitted dates. I can put up my mother's recipe on the Latest Recipe Thread if anyone wants.
Date & Nut Maltloafmy children
Kronos? Uranos?
Why do I insist on buying microwavable diet Mexican meals??? They always have some sort of unidentifiable meat in them that is referred to as chicken, but must be a puree.
I am going to be hungry in about an hour!!
Around here I'd never do that -- but I do live in a heavily Hispanic town in Southern California. They aren't about diet -- I've never seen sugar-free Jarritos sodas nor sugar free sodas in Mexican grocery marts -- but you can leave off the sour cream and rice in the burrito and lean heavily to the pico-de-gallo and other salsa.
I just voluntarily consumed pancakes with maple syrup.
One, I don't really like pancakes. Dense bread products just aren't my thing. I'd rather do something fluffier like a waffle. Two, I hate hate hate maple syrup. It makes me gag. When the kids have it, I make them eat on paper plates so I don't have to wash them.
But rarely, maybe once a year, out of nowhere I get a hankerin' for it. These were multi-grain pancakes so they had a nice texture, and the syrup was thinner and less pungent than your typical bottled product. Man, they were good. But even now, I can look back at the meal and say, "Nope, I'm good now. No need to eat that again."
Am I going to have to look up "maltloaf" too?
you just ate your children?
Kronos? Uranos?
Clever.
I was actually thinking of a Gary Larson Cartoon -insects having coffee one offers the other a snack "oh no, I just ate my young" or something to that effect. But I can't find it via google and all the far side books are still in the basement....
and then there's this
[youtube]K96Wg06Oq7A[/youtube]
(best recording I could find, sorry)
Fobble, all I can say is you have a very strange palate... me, I reckon Grade B maple syrup the food of the Deciduous Forest Gods.
I mean berry syrups at IHOP are, well, okay. My palate just can't tell me why they bother.
I see those at the grocery store all the time. Are they worth a try?
There are so many odd things in UK grocers that I just don't have the money and sense of adventure to try them all...
If they come with that pile of coke on the board, go for it.
I picked up two Soreen malt cakes today. They were two for £0.69. Not bad, not as sweet as I had expected, which is good.
If they come with that pile of coke on the board, go for it.
:lol:
thanks, I needed that.
in reply to PW's original question, although once posted, i see i missed a page!:
depends. You Americans aren't into malty fruity things as much as we Brits, but that said, beest is not a big fan of dried fruit, but can inhale a few buttered slices of maltloaf and want more. Very rich and sticky. They are one of the few items in the Uk that regularly go on "special offer" in the UK, so it's worth waiting until you see them "on sale".
2 for 69p? Fucking Hell! Mail me a load, will you? Where did you get them? -must set MIL onto it right away!
2 for 69p? Fucking Hell! Mail me a load, will you? Where did you get them? -must set MIL onto it right away!
The Co-Op (awesome building) in Newcastle city center has them on special. They have some pretty killer pita bread at 2 for 79p too.
My favorite snack is to walk to the Co-Op for cheap pita bread and then hit the Sainsbury's Local on the way back up the hill to grab their hummus, which is 10p cheaper than at the Co-Op. Yes, I like the cheap.
I should have thought of buttering the maltloaf. I'm not sure I really need to. It's pretty delicious all on its own.
Damnit, I think her nearest co-op is too far now she moved. Sainsbury's Houmous is far superior to Co-op's anyway. Co-op do a really good cheap bottle pub bitter.
If your local Sainsbury's does oatcakes (very thin and flat like crepes, 8"ish diameter, 6 in a pack), let me know -we're in business!
Have you been to Lindisfarne yet? Bamburgh? Seahouses? that's round where I used to live.
Damnit, I think her nearest co-op is too far now she moved. Sainsbury's Houmous is far superior to Co-op's anyway. Co-op do a really good cheap bottle pub bitter.
If your local Sainsbury's does oatcakes (very thin and flat like crepes, 8"ish diameter, 6 in a pack), let me know -we're in business!
Have you been to Lindisfarne yet? Bamburgh? Seahouses? that's round where I used to live.
I'll check Sainsbury's for the oatcakes. There are so many strange things in the stores here that I can hardly keep track. I'd be happy to put together a package if you're dying for oatcakes and maltcakes.
I've been so busy, I have been nowhere. This fact makes me kind of sad. The year is disappearing and I don't want to get to September and head home without getting to Scotland and a few places close to Newcastle.
On the way back to Newcastle at winter break I rode the train from London. That was a lot of fun. I'm totally addicted to the train after riding the great European rail system. (Eurostar is AMAZING.)
I can't believe I ate that entire 3 pack of chocolate caramel slice things. (Which are one of the few food items from England that North America needs to catch onto.)
You HAVE to go to Lindisfarne. And Alnwick Castle. And Craster where you can try the freshly snoked kippers. And Bamburgh.
I can't believe I just ate a stack of Tums two inches high. Not all in one bite, but over the course of the last 56 minutes.
You HAVE to go to Lindisfarne. And Alnwick Castle. And Craster where you can try the freshly snoked kippers. And Bamburgh.
snoke 'em if ya got em!
you have a problem with snoking? Were you snoked as a child or something?
Sunumono and sashimi deluxe, and it only took an hour and 45 fricken minutes.... you'd think it was a holiday or something :meanface:
I can't believe I just ate a large bowl of potato salad for dinner. With barbecue sauce on it.
Sounds kind of good, Clod -- but doesn't the BBQ sauce overwhelm the hard-cooked egg component of the potato salad?
I just discovered I rather like a dab of mustard on nachos. Plays well with the cheese sauce.
Last night I put horseradish cream and garlic in the mashed potato.
It was delicious.
Sounds kind of good, Clod -- but doesn't the BBQ sauce overwhelm the hard-cooked egg component of the potato salad?
I dunno, my tastebuds aren't very discerning to begin with. All I know is that years ago I discovered I liked it when those items on my plate accidentally collided, and I eventually gave up the pretense and started just applying it directly.
...same reason my SO puts creamed corn on his mashed taters. Why fight it.
I can't believe I just ate a large bowl of potato salad for dinner. With barbecue sauce on it.
Was it
solid?
A whole bag of funyuns...all of it just now.
funyuns are yumyuns
Was it solid?
Actually, yes, the recipe I make is quite sturdy. It's really more like lumpy mashed potatoes with stuff mixed in it. Very sculptable.
Very sculptable.
"Yeah, I've got one of those in my living room."
i like potato salad with pretty much anything.
i like baked beans on my potato chips
i like pickle and peanut butter sandwiches.
i just ate some sweet potato chips....
I see a potato trend here.
I can't believe I just ate a large bowl of potato salad for dinner. With barbecue sauce on it.
up the duff again?
I can't believe I just ate a large bowl of potato salad for dinner. With barbecue sauce on it.
I made potato salad for lunch on sunday. and ate two servings in the late afternoon for no good reason other than it was yummy so i had no room for the roast chicken dinner beest made :(
up the duff again?
Better fuckin' not be...
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i like potato salad with pretty much anything. . . i like pickle and peanut butter sandwiches.
Grilled cheese/peanut butter/ sweet relish sandwiches. Grew up on the things. Some may prefer dill pickle relish.
I finally got around to making those chocolate brownies and I ate three of them as soon as I sliced them. The first one was almost (but not quite) too hot to swallow...but boy was it gooooood. Mmmmmmm...chocolate...mmmmmmM
Hey, I always thought chocolate was the perfect sweet/candy flavor... and now I think I'm going for the Swiss Miss sugar free, plus a spoonful of unsweetened cocoa powder, now, right now... some more cocoa cuts the salty note of the Swiss Miss and enhances the chocolate. It's all about enhancing the chocolate....
This thread title has never been more appropriate.
Phew!
Family BBQ blowout...
Back on the diet tomorrow.
I had sausage, vegetable chips, cheese, white bread, mini profiteroles...
Although I stayed away from booze, Baileys cheesecake and tortillas, so I have some pats on back to give myself.
Grapefruit...that is all. Stupid fucking detox fucking diet.....8 more day, 8 more days
Well done on the Bailey's cheesecake. It looks bloody lovely in the pics.
Watched my dad taste his first avocado about an hour ago. It was hilarious. He did not find it tasty.
Avocados need salt.
Or the rest of the ingredients in guacamole.
I'll take all of his avocados. And yours. And anyone elses. Seems like here in CO you can't get avocado at a restaurant. Only guacamole, or "avocado spread." And they cost a fortune at the grocery store.
"Mind you, not as bad as the night Archie Pettigrew ate some sheep's testicles for a bet...God, that bloody sheep kicked him..."
- Ripping Yarns
from cookies (appropriately enough!)
I'll take all of his avocados. And yours. And anyone elses. Seems like here in CO you can't get avocado at a restaurant. Only guacamole, or "avocado spread." And they cost a fortune at the grocery store.
I just had an avocado tostada...slices of avocado on top...at a Mexican restaurant here in my town last night. You should come up here sometime and try it out. :)
Okay. I'll be right there.
Next to guacamole, "avocado spread" is wholly worthless. Trader Joe's offers a good "guac" kit, comprising[LIST]
[*]two Haas avocados
[*]one Roma tomato
[*]one lime
[*]two cloves garlic
[*]two green jalapeño peppers
[/LIST]
All fresh, about $3.50. Supply your own salt. Using a mixing bowl as your workplace, halve, pit, scoop out and moosh the avocados. Chop tomato, mince garlic and peppers. Quarter the lime for squeezing over everything. Stir and moosh everything together in the bowl, w/salt and lime to taste but it's likely to need the entire lime, the more so if you add in another 'cado. I like a lot of lime. Lemon juice is okay if you can't get lime, but lime adds a little something.
Next to guacamole, "avocado spread" is wholly worthless. Trader Joe's offers a good "guac" kit, comprising[LIST]
[*]two Haas avocados
[*]one Roma tomato
[*]one lime
[*]two cloves garlic
[*]two green jalapeño peppers
[/LIST]
All fresh, about $3.50. Supply your own salt. Using a mixing bowl as your workplace, halve, pit, scoop out and moosh the avocados. Chop tomato, mince garlic and peppers. Quarter the lime for squeezing over everything. Stir and moosh everything together in the bowl, w/salt and lime to taste but it's likely to need the entire lime, the more so if you add in another 'cado. I like a lot of lime. Lemon juice is okay if you can't get lime, but lime adds a little something.
mm-MMMMMMMM lime!
Cooked Chicken and Avocado Pasta for dinner, twas yum.
Betterer than that was the freakin' Chocolate Mascapone Pudding with Kahlua. oh.my.god.
I rock!
Mmmmm...that pudding sounds extremely close to a tiramisu.
Very, I was gonna make tiramisu coz its my fav, but the boys wanted to make this mess...was tasty as.
Pub lunch with Mum & Dad.
I was such a good girl - only a few chips, even though they were my favourite type - big & chunky. But more importantly - no booze. Diet Coke for me, although I was craving a cold pint of Stella.
Still, it was lovely of Mum & Dad to treat me (we went walking in the woods today), so I was glad to behave, and feel much better for not even asking for alcohol.
Cheese & onion sandwich, salad garnish and a few chips from the communal bowl.
Hmmm...cheese and onion could contribute to ones single status you know mate. ;)
BTW, that postcard arrived for the boys. They're going to get one and send it to you over the weekend. :)
Oh! those chips look bloody perfect! I could just eat some proper chunky chips!
The chips are fine, but shredded onion and shredded cheese between slices of white bread?
No UT. It's chopped onion and grated cheese.
Glad to have cleared that up.
Mmmmm, I'd love a cheese n onion sammich...but I suffer badly from onion breath for hours....so does everyone I guess....suffer from my onion breath ;)
BTW, that postcard arrived for the boys. They're going to get one and send it to you over the weekend. :)
Only just saw this - yay! Funnily enough, I put another one in the post yesterday morning, on the way to the woods.
Mmmmm, I'd love a cheese n onion sammich...but I suffer badly from onion breath for hours....so does everyone I guess....suffer from my onion breath ;)
Ummmmm, me too.
But the salad garnish had onion in too, so I figured I could strip the paint from the car and pretend it wasn't me. Also the other options weren't very inspired. I figured at least having onion in it allowed me to pretend it was healthy.
The chips are fine, but shredded onion and shredded cheese between slices of white bread?
English sandwiches are an abomination to most Americans, especially those who live in Sandwichland (Philly, NY, NJ).
I had a sandwich in the UK once that was diced lamb in some sort of Russian dressing kind of sauce. Similar to egg salad. It was really good.
English sandwiches are an abomination to most Americans, especially those who live in Sandwichland (Philly, NY, NJ).
But I luuurve cucumber and watercress tea sandwiches! [COLOR=Wheat]I replace the mayo with cream cheese...[/COLOR]
English sandwiches are an abomination to most Americans, especially those who live in Sandwichland (Philly, NY, NJ).
We invented them goddamnit!
You and your obamanations can go to hell.
Oh yeah, and nom nom nom ;)
Yeah, yeah you invented football too... no world cup since 1966!
When I was in Scotland I found the pub sandwiches to be pretty dry. Perhaps to get you to drink more beer?
The other big difference was that both the meat and cheese were shredded rather than sliced. Dunno what that's about.
I requested and received mayo on my sandwich, but they must have been concerned about my cholesterol. It was thinly spread.
The atmosphere was a lot more pleasant than your average McDonalds, though.
Like the language, sandwiches have morphed since coming to America.
Yeah, yeah you invented football too... no world cup since 1966!
Tcha. Two world wars and one world cup. That'll do.
When I was in Scotland I found the pub sandwiches to be pretty dry. Perhaps to get you to drink more beer?
I can't say - another time another place. Personally I found the food lovely but the Scots unsuited to any service industry. I'd never dare say though (did I say that out loud?!) :) Meh - I was there in the summer holidays and all the staff I encountered were approx 15...
Like the language, sandwiches have morphed since coming to America.
I accept that. And the sandwiches
may have improved...
All baiting aside, we (the Brits, not just the English) obviously have very different sandwich ideals. When I get my own place you are only welcome for traditional English fare. Then you can't compare it. But I will take you out. Then you can goggle at how old the building is, in true American fashion, while I slip you warm beer and stale pastry.
we have an excellent shop here run by two ex-Brits and the cheese and oinion sandwiches are YUMMY.
they serve a proper high tea which is fun but $$$, coffee, tea, wonderful scones that put starbucks to shame. Lovely place but the seats...itty bitty and a tad dainty.
Called Central Perc, in Oakwood. Lovely.
Here:
Central Perc European Café is reminiscent of the English proprietors' home country: like a good pub, service is 'come to the counter', with food then delivered to table; no pence are squandered on posh garnishes, and you're likely to be drawn into the neighborly banter between the regulars and their British hosts.
English accents can be found in the food, as well. In example, an unusual sandwich was served for Afternoon Tea. Frankly, I couldn't figure out what the devil it was, and so I asked Mike Morgan, Central Perc's owner. He eagerly explained his passion for the pungent ingredient, which was dark English pickles, like those Bridget Jones reaches for during a feeding frenzy. The Branston pickles are chopped, mixed with sharp cheese and onion, and smeared on brown bread. Hmm. Delicious, indeed.
True to British tradition, Central Perc serves piping-hot tea in beautiful English teapots. In lieu of china teacups, visitors sip their tea from generously sized, heavy ironstone mugs. Mike Morgan enjoys blending loose teas for his clientele. His signature Central Perc Blend is a high quality, smooth black tea with a touch of Earl Grey for depth, and it is offered for sale by the half-pound. Bencheley and Forrelli teas are also available in several no-fuss varieties, such as English Breakfast, Earl Grey and Mint. In addition to tea, the café serves gourmet coffee, soup, salads, sandwiches and fresh pastries.
Mike and his wife, Rose, hail from the Wirral peninsula in northwest England, an area that produced the first public park in 1847, which served as the model for New York's Central Park. The couple met when Mike drove the bus that Rose took daily to work. They married and made several visits to the States, and, in 1996, opened the café.
Bringing a bit of England to the Midwest has been warmly embraced; visitors love Central Perc's popular Afternoon Teas, served from 2 to 4 p.m. and priced at $10 per person. Afternoon Tea includes generous servings of three types of tea sandwiches, Rose's fabulous homemade pastries, and baked-from-scratch scones, slathered in thick butter, strawberry preserves and whipped cream. The tea menu changes seasonally or according to Rose's whims. Mike is meticulous about steeping tea for five minutes, and instructs new customers about how to approach the imposing three-tiered stand of Afternoon tea goodies, saying, "Begin at the bottom, and work your way to the top." A pot of just-boiled water is also brought to the table, to dilute the stronger tea at the bottom of the pot, or to warm up a cuppa that's been neglected during thoughtful conversation or a suspenseful novel.
The café is located on a shady, well-manicured boulevard, among upscale shops, fringed by the gracious, historical homes of Oakwood, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. Shelves of English china perch high on the neutral colored faux painted walls, sparkling in the gentle sunshine that floods in from the shop's full-glass front.
Central Perc European Café delivers a charming English-style tea experience.
they serve a proper high tea which is fun but $$$, coffee, tea, wonderful scones that put starbucks to shame.
Bringing a bit of England to the Midwest has been warmly embraced; visitors love Central Perc's popular Afternoon Teas, served from 2 to 4 p.m. and priced at $10 per person.
The shock of prices here would kill you - that's a bargain almost worth the airfare! :)
Yeah, Sundae. I realized that after I posted the review. To most Europeans, that is a steal. It's just that forty bux for lunch for four seems a lot, when, really, it isn't unless you're used to five bux a person for fast food - which is what most of us are doing. I'm gladly paying more money for better food these days. Six dollars a bunch for local grown strawberries versus 2 bunches for 4$ for those California monstrosities by Discoll farms.
The local strawberries are red inside. Driscoll's are white and taste the same way a forced December tomato tastes - yeeeeech.
We get a lot of strawberries grown in Spain. The type is Santa. They bounce. Seriously - there was a TV programme on teh evils of big supermarkets and they tested them. They are tough as old whatsits, they've been engineered that way to survive transit. And get this - the Spanish grow them for export to Britain. They won't touch them themselves. Bright red, flavourless, bouncy strawberries? Send them to the foreign devils! They eat big, squashy, untidy ones.
Yeah, you're spoiled for eating out prices. But then you add tax and huge gratuities I suppse. Still spoiled though :)
Even if we go to McDonalds it's unlikely we'll get out of it for under $50 for the 4 of us, and if we have a quick pub lunch or something like that, it can easily be over $20/head if you include 1 drink for each.
Fast food is much cheaper in the US than Aus thats for sure.
I have kinfolks who worked briefly on strawberry farms in Queensland.
The ones sent to the city were always the firm (to survive transit) ones, but they had generally been held in cool rooms for a week or two first until the market price was ready.
Meanwhile, the locals were buying bucketloads of fresh, ripe, soft, flavoursome strawberries at $2 per kilogram. "Seconds" were given away free to the pickers, and were sometimes used as compost or fertiliser, straight onto the garden, not because they were inedible, but simply because there was way too much. Life is hard, sometimes.
Life is too short to eat hard strawberries, I know that much.
My first job was picking strawberries for a local (large!) produce farm. 25 cents a quart. I never "liked" strawberries before that, but after being in the hot blazing sun for hours a juicy strawberry fresh-picked sure did taste good.
Now, my hometown has a
huge festival every year. The first year of this festival, my mom was Campfire Girl leader and we sold snow cones. There were like 20 people in attendance. Now, you can't even walk through the darn thing.
Ahhh, the good old days. :)
Now I need to stop there and get a quart of berries and a bag of shelled garden peas (eat 'em raw right out of the bag, it's like candy.)
Hey! Shawnee is Strawberry Festival Queen! ;)
Yeah, I never go to that festival because I freak in ginormous crowds. I heard the line for strawberry donuts was continually 30-40 people long all weekend. Nuts to that.
I go to Hidden Valley Fruit Farm sometimes...more likely Dorothy Lane Market. Our version of "Whole Foods" if you will.
Strawberry Festival Queen!
New Usertitle
We get good strawberries up here that's for sure. The ones from the glasshouse mountains are the best. A shop (that used to be local) sells them and they're the sweetest most delicious strawberries ever.
I do the almost hours drive to get them when they're in season...which will be soon. :)
Hey! Shawnee is Strawberry Festival Queen! ;)
Yeah, I never go to that festival because I freak in ginormous crowds. I heard the line for strawberry donuts was continually 30-40 people long all weekend. Nuts to that.
I go to Hidden Valley Fruit Farm sometimes...more likely Dorothy Lane Market. Our version of "Whole Foods" if you will.
Hahahahaaa...I haven't been to the festival in years, but in HS we loved it. We payed a quarter, I think, to have them page Mike Hunt. A few hundred times.
I used to go to the parade when my grandmother was alive, she lived a couple blocks away from a great vantage point and we could park at her house.
There are certainly tons of memories of my young days at that festival! That and the county fair. Sigh...good times!
Hey! Shawnee is Strawberry Festival Queen! ;)
C'mon S123 - get your usertitle on!
But but I like the one I have now.
Its not always about what you like, now is it? Bri went to a lot of trouble creating that for you. Its only polite to use it for the week.
Fine...you tell Conrad Birdie.
See now think of how happy she will be...
I can believe I just ate my third huge portion of hash browns and bacon this week. But it has to stop. And no, I'm not pregnant.
*throws rotten apples and bananas at monster*
SHADDDDUPPPPPPPPP I'm hongry!
A plate of egg and chips. Oh my God, it was the nicest meal I've had for weeks. Ma made it. Proper big chunky homemade chips (no uncoked bits sundae, they were done to perfection) with two (yes two!) fried eggs, with the yolks done perfectly. So nice I even ate the white of the egg, which I hardly ever do. Served with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and tomato ketchup and two slices of buttered white bread. *sighs* I am so full I feel like I will burst. Really, just burst. I couldnt eat another thing, even if it was just a wafer thin mint.
Mmm lovely.
Cube steak? with rice and gravey, fresh blueberrys.
Dana, how wonderfully English. :)
Yes! And to compliment that the next day I had our national dish: Curry *grins*
Was bloody lovely twas indeed. Mum again lol. She's an ace cook. Managed to make a vegetarian 'beef' curry with some kind of quorn type 'beef' substitute, which actually tasted like real beef. I'd have thought without the beef fat the sauce wuold have been lackiing something. I don't know how she did it, but it still tasted rich and savoury. Served with a beautifully creamy lentil dahl and her trademark fluffy basmati rice. And parathas on the side. Mmmm. I ate til I cuoldn't move lol.
I'd have thought without the beef fat the sauce wuold have been lackiing something.
Would your mum have used Ghee? You may or may not know that it's really just clarified butter, but it's used in a lot of Indian cooking if you're going to do it the traditional way. Obviously that sort of fat as opposed to oil gives you a richer flavour even in vego dishes. ;)
*smiles* oh I know all about ghee. Gran wuoldn't have conscienced cooking a curry without it lol. But no. She didnt have any ghee. I think she used olive oil and fried the spices up first and then fried the beef sub in that before starting.
Ghee is readily available over here, Ali - even in Aylesbury it's in the supermarkets.
Although in areas with an older Asian population (like Leicester) there are serious efforts being made to persuade people to cook with less damaging fats.
I've never used it myself, but many of the people and places who've cooked for me have done... It does add a certain something. But like frying chips in beef fat, I know I can enjoy perfectly well without the added health risks.
The other really nice thing about ghee is it is casein-free.[/public service announcement]
Ghee is readily available over here, Ali - even in Aylesbury it's in the supermarkets.
Although in areas with an older Asian population (like Leicester) there are serious efforts being made to persuade people to cook with less damaging fats.
I've never used it myself, but many of the people and places who've cooked for me have done... It does add a certain something. But like frying chips in beef fat, I know I can enjoy perfectly well without the added health risks.
I don't think you use enough of it when you're doing a large pot of curry that it'd harm you that much, if at all. When it all comes down to it, we do need to absorb certain fats anyway, so a small amount is good. Just don't use too much. That's my view.
Ghee is still an 'exotic' ingredient over here. We don't have a really huge Indian population so it's a bit out of the ordinary. I like using it though. I think it makes the food taste more authentic. i'm sure if I'd never tried it I'd never know the difference though.
I can't believe I ate...today, as in in a single day...: two complan drinks; fried eggs, mushrooms, baked beans and toast; a Chicago something-or-other, a cheeseburger, an apple pie and a taste of someone's onion rings (don't say it. I know you're thinking it. Just dont :P) from McDs; a cadbury's fudge and two kiddie portion, fromage frais pots...
I won't lie to you, I feel a touch queasy. I think I may have gone two kiddie portion, fromage frais pots too far.
Hot dog sausages with melted cheese wrapped in pastry and baked AND mashed avocado from a dispenser on a service station hot dog.
*grins* sunds damn tasty....tho i ain;t never heard of avacao on hotdog before :P
Welcome to the Cellar casimendocina!
...my way through this gastro itinerary, yesterday.
Breakfast: Two mini fake Italian rolls, one with Lloyd's BBQ chicken, and one with an extra-long Nathan's hotdog, folded in half.
Lunch: PB&J on grocery store wheat bread, and re-heated mashed potatoes. A truly disgusting combo.
Dinner: Whiz fries, half of a cheesesteak (onions, American cheese), and two slices of DiGiornio pepperoni pizza.
I'm still not sure why this happened. I'm not pregnant either, and I wasn't even hung over.
There must be something in the air. I've been stuffing my face with everything that doesn't move. :(
But, had a delicious pig sandwich at my friends' party, they roasted a hog. Damn that was good!
...Breakfast: Two mini fake Italian rolls, one with Lloyd's BBQ chicken, and one with an extra-long Nathan's hotdog, folded in half.
Lunch: PB&J on grocery store wheat bread, and re-heated mashed potatoes. A truly disgusting combo.
Dinner: Whiz fries, half of a cheesesteak (onions, American cheese), and two slices of DiGiornio pepperoni pizza.
I'm still not sure why this happened. I'm not pregnant either, and I wasn't even hung over.
Yep. sounds like hang-over food.
All of that would have cured any hangover, and then some.
*grins* sunds damn tasty....tho i ain;t never heard of avacao on hotdog before :P
Welcome to the Cellar casimendocina!
Specialty of the country that I'm in. There is avocado on EVERYTHING.
Specialty of the country that I'm in. There is avocado on EVERYTHING.
My guess is Chile?
rofl
Well....not really...not actually on the floor...but definately a lol.
Uh oh, you're in trouble now Dana. ;)
I know....what a double edged compliment that was huh? On the one hand I called her screen goddess beautiful...on the other I called her French!
My guess is Chile?
Correct.
Where else in the world is avocado a staple food?
Where else in the world is avocado a staple food?
Again, I'll have to go with Avocadostan.
I know....what a double edged compliment that was huh? On the one hand I called her screen goddess beautiful...on the other I called her French!
Did you mean to post in this thread, or in the one where you suggested I'd just walked off a French film shoot? If the latter - I was ridiculously flattered. And Diz now thinks he's in
Leon, and has developed an attitude to match.
I may be wrong of course. But as he doesn't post here, I'll keep it from him anyway.
Where else in the world is avocado a staple food?
My kitchen!
And on the topic of the thread... I just ate celery sticks filled with peanut butter and topped with spicy-sweet pickle relish. It was awesome.
I buy 4-6 avocados a week. Tacos aren't as good without them...
I had jacket potato (baked potato?), baked beans and an oven baked pork chop with the fat removed.
Healthy, yes, but about 3 times the size of any meal I've had in a while, where a potato on its own would count as the main meal.
Whew, do I feel bloated!
Oh buggeration....yes wrong thread lol. And that's exactly the kind of movie I had in mind.
Today I ate a pub lunch. It was my friend Craig's 24th birthday and I usually buy him lunch on his birthday down at the Plummet Line.
I didn't take camera (booo!) so will have to rely on description instead.
We both had 'Smothered Chicken' which is chicken breast smothered in a rich barbeque sauce and topped with bacon and cheese (melted). Served with chips (proper pub chips) and peas (Craig had beans) and on the side, I had mini cobs, with were bigger than I imagined and there were three of them, served with cajun spicy butter. Craig had onion rings.
Pub portions are ridiculous. Somehow I managed to eat most of it just because it was so damn tasty, but my did I feel bloated after!
Avocadostan continued
Not a song that will make any top 10, but perhaps relevant to the topic at hand...
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Song by Jens Lekman...
i was slicing up an avocado
when you came up behind me
with your quiet brand new sneakers
your reflection i did not see
it was the hottest day in august
and we were heading for the sea
for a second my mind started drifting
you put your arms around me
you put your arms around me
you put your arms around
blood sprayed on the kitchen sink
whats this? i had time to think
i see the tip of my index finger
my mind is slowly creating a link
from your mouth speaks your lovely voice
the best comments ive ever heard
oh honey you've cut off your finger
i bet thats gotta hurt
you put your arms me
you put your arms me
you put your arms around
i must've passed out on the porch
id never seen so many bright stars
when i wake up im in the waiting room
of the local e.r.
my hand is wrapped in toilet paper
and my shirts all blood red
i see you standing there like an angel
and i say baby i must be dead
you put your arms around me
you put your arms around me
you put your arms around me
Speaking of avocados, I was inebriated, shall we say, last night and when dinner time came I made myself a nice guacamole sandwich on olive loaf. :yelsick:
when dinner time came I made myself a nice guacamole sandwich on olive loaf. :yelsick:
On purpose?
On purpose?
well... yeah. it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Okay - I can believe I ate it, but this seems the most appropriate thread.
I had the Polpette al Forno. Beef meatballs, fire-roasted peppers, caramelised onions, garlic, chillies, pomodoro sauce and penne. The olives scattered randomly on top are from my Mum's pizza. I forgot to ask for it without olives -oops! She didn't mind. For one thing she wanted me to order because my Italian pronunication is better than hers, and for two they're so easy to remove!
Mum had the Napoletana pizza. Marinated king prawns, tuna, anchovies, black olives, caramelised onions, capers and dill. The pic does not do it justice. It was too fishy for my taste, but it certainly wasn't undercookd or flabby, which I think it looks in the photo.
Dad had lasagne (boooooring!) and we decided that did not warrant a photo.
Bed time snack. Raisins, dried cherries, frosted mini shredded wheat with a dab of vanilla ice cream. Nite all
Sundae Girl that meal looks... glorious. Did you manage to eat all that?
I hate this thread. grumble.
Not really, it just makes me really hungry. :(
Sundae Girl that meal looks... glorious. Did you manage to eat all that?
The pizza was Mum's - my pasta dish was the right size for one person. And yes, Mum needed help to finish the pizza. Dad and I stepped up to the plate... as it were.
Sauteed beet greens, zucchini, spring onions and farfalle pasta. With a little diced chicken for Mr. Pie, bits of smoked salmon for yours truly. Cherries for dessert.
The day before it was bbq turkey meatloaves with a saute of green peas, radishes and spring onions.
All veggies from our farm share -- we're getting more today.
Moving so quickly from oven to plate that it didn't even show up on film...
Made some cornbread last night.
Monster Cornbread. Four Cheese Cornbread.
Okay - monster because she sent it to me, as a complete darling.
Four cheese because that's what I added, just what we had in the fridge. Parmesan, mature (sharp) Cheddar, Welsh goat's cheese and danish Blue.
I couldn't resist a piece warm from the baking tray. Nor could Mum.
By the time they came home from Mass there were only 3 pieces left and they disappeared under our combined assault.
It was really, really good.
I'll take a pic next time, I promise. I still have a packet to go. I've been saving it for a special occasion, and having that many different cheeses ready to go was one :)
Added some Italian Herbs & Garlic - lazy but useful. And Cajun Spices - enough to give a sniff of a kick, little enough so that Mum could enjoy it too. I learned from eating a whole pan of Kick Yo Ass Hot that you can overdose on spicy cornbread...
...a Sally Lunn. The yeast-risen kind, I understand, from the castmember who baked it for us.
Came out a bit dry, but the whipped cream and the jam rescued matters. Syd thinks she might try a slightly shorter baking time as long as she's using a Bundt pan.
A Sally Lunn Recipe and commentary
Might try whipped-creaming 'em and parking them in the fridge overnight to moisten.
Indian food. Always gives me the runs. :yeldead:
Pizza makes me fart, Zero makes me burp.
Apparently, if I was dating half of the guys I work with, they would of dumped me about 10 minutes ago.
... but the other half would nominate you as team captain in the burpanfartathon at the local pub.
[COLOR="Wheat"](or, .... but are you dating half the guys you work with? :p ) [/COLOR]
Nah, I work with a bunch of early 20's, I shant be dating any of them.
My big himbo is lovely to look at though, 22, 6'3, football player.....he's very drool worthy, kinda thick, but you have to love him when he looks like that.
Nah, I work with a bunch of early 20's, I shant be dating any of them.
My big himbo is lovely to look at though, 22, 6'3, football player.....he's very drool worthy, kinda thick, but you have to love him when he looks like that.
I'm trying to imagine the conversation.
I'm trying to imagine the conversation.
Conversation?
Ducks: Hi, handsome - how are you feeling (flutters eyelids).
Himbo: Oh. Err. Good.
Ducks: Is there anything you'd like to ... do?
Himbo: Uh. mm. Footy.
Ducks: Oh. [winks, pouts] Anything ... else?
Himbo: Mmm. Yeah. Beer.
QUOTE=ZenGum;584533]Conversation?
Ducks: Hi, handsome - how are you feeling (flutters eyelids).
Himbo: Oh. Err. Good.
Ducks: Is there anything you'd like to ... do?
Himbo: Uh. mm. Footy.
Ducks: Oh. [winks, pouts] Anything ... else?
Himbo: Mmm. Yeah. Beer.[/QUOTE]
:lol2::lol2:
Two scrambled eggs, a giant fluffy pancake, and three pieces of bacon. Usually eat a bowl of granola for breakfast - pretty sure I'm gonna explode.
Pichanga
This would have to be one of the most disgusting culinary(?) items on offer here. It contains..potato chips, beef, chicken, fried egg, chorizo and hotdog sausages.
Last night's actually was quite edible. The first one I tried a few months ago was disgusting and inedible beyond belief.
Here it is in all its disgusting glory.
That looks perfect for the 4AM diner stop, after a night on the town. ;)
Your nutritionist does not approve. Sod em.
Much embarrassed shifting of feet, avoiding eye-contact and promising to eat more healthily in future (after throwing the empty M & M's packet in the bin).
Conversation?
Ducks: Hi, handsome - how are you feeling (flutters eyelids).
Himbo: Oh. Err. Good.
Ducks: Is there anything you'd like to ... do?
Himbo: Uh. mm. Footy.
Ducks: Oh. [winks, pouts] Anything ... else?
Himbo: Mmm. Yeah. Beer.
Sometimes, but usually its like....
Me: Did you call [important customer here]?
Himbo: (avoiding eye contact) Err, I will, when I get back from lunch, what do you think I should say?
Me: Fucking jesus, do I look like your Mother.....(notice the no question mark here)
Himbo: ....[too long a pause for my liking]
Me: I will beat you like a step child in a minute.
Himbo: Positions hands under Des & Troy for the obligatory flex, he even looks at them both to make sure my attention is on them
Me: That shit doesnt work with me, make the call.
Himbo sulks away whilst I am TOTALLY checking out his arse and doing that little smile that says "I have to luv him or I may kill him....plus he is totally hot".
Oh, and...
Casi - that looks awesome, gross but awesome.
Case - that looks great, recipe please?
Oh, and...
Casi - that looks awesome, gross but awesome. ?
It was. ...these 2 adjectives describe Chilean cuisine in general.
Case - that looks great, recipe please?
Will put my hand up for that one too.
Sometimes, but usually its like....
Me: Did you call [important customer here]?
Himbo: (avoiding eye contact) Err, I will, when I get back from lunch, what do you think I should say?
Me: Fucking jesus, do I look like your Mother.....(notice the no question mark here)
Himbo: ....[too long a pause for my liking]
Me: I will beat you like a step child in a minute.
Himbo: Positions hands under Des & Troy for the obligatory flex, he even looks at them both to make sure my attention is on them
Me: That shit doesnt work with me, make the call.
Himbo sulks away whilst I am TOTALLY checking out his arse and doing that little smile that says "I have to luv him or I may kill him....plus he is totally hot".
Can you put a % on the amount of time spent flexing Des and Troy?
:lol2:
Ducks, what kind of business is this? I think something mechanical, was it? Panel beating, perhaps?
Eggplant Parmesan from allrecipes.com:
INGREDIENTS
* 3 eggplant, peeled and thinly sliced (I didn't bother peeling them...why?)
* 2 eggs, beaten
* 4 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs
* 6 cups spaghetti sauce, divided (you probably don't need this much)
* 1 (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
* 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
* 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Dip eggplant slices in egg, then in bread crumbs. Place in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes on each side.
3. In a 9x13 inch baking dish spread spaghetti sauce to cover the bottom. Place a layer of eggplant slices in the sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Repeat with remaining ingredients, ending with the cheeses. Sprinkle basil on top.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until golden brown.
Can you put a % on the amount of time spent flexing Des and Troy?
Not enough ;) the boy is very well put together, and hilarious.
I wouldn't trade him for anything and his girlfriend is really lovely... I wonder how she puts up with him.
Bloody hell, Ducks. Your dialogue actually turned me on!
Although I admit, my libido is really perking up since I've come off the Trazadone. I mean... really.
I made some yummy potats the other night.
Nothing all that special - and certainly not by Cellar standards - but spesh for me just because I bothered to cook rather than just add water/ microwave/ unwrap.
Reviewing the photo. they look a little cold, and greasy. They weren't. They were hot and crispy and yum.
I think they look delish! Add a piece of poached fish and some steamed veggies and that is my idea of a perfect meal!
I can't believe I just ate two pieces of homemade scottish shortbread before breakfast, having just cancelled today's 2.5-hour gymathon and while thinking about the oatmeal I was going to make to fill me up and be healthy. My arteries are going to leave my body, turn round and strangle me ...I made the damn shortbread, I know just how much butter is in there.... :(
Bah, butter used in shortbread becomes benign, as do the sugar and flour. Even the salt becomes completely harmless in shortbread, my Grandma said so.
Oh, wait... she was a lying bitch... [SIZE="1"]nevermind[/SIZE]
shit, should never have clicked this thread.... now I want another piece!
MUST... GO... MAKE... PORRIDGE..... healthy filling stuff....... MUST RESIST URGE.
(and now I want hash browns and bacon too) Arg! I should go work out upstaris or something, but I was using the bonus free time to catch up on housework and paperwork.... )