Dec 25, 2004 05:01 am happy xmas!
Merry Xmas from New Zealand
Posted on Dec 25, 2004 12:25 am
BoysMum
Member Since: Apr 22, 2004
It is xmas evening here and its been a grand day...as per usual...summer...food...good company...family...friends...drink...and...heaps of music!
Merry xmas for today for Europe and for tomorrow for the States...and happy new year!
Cheers,
BM :-)
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Dec 25, 2004 12:07 pm no snow on the ground, the vikes loose at the last second to the pucking fackers, I have to find room for about a billion new toys...bah.
Dec 26, 2004 09:28 am The best of Holidays to ya BM!
Was thinkin bout ya watchin the news. Looked like even down under was I might nippy. They were airing shots of folks in sweat shirts at the beach. Better than here, 8 inches of snow and no degrees F. Frost on the Pumpkin, so to speek!
Dec 31, 2004 08:14 am Yah Walt...its funny how y'tend to take a little more notice of things to do with where people y'know live...its been a little chilly than usual here...the grass isn't growing well either...but I've just come back from further north and the weather there was mighty fine.
Cheers and happy new year Walt,
BM :-)
Dec 31, 2004 08:27 am Happy New Year BM too...
and also, happy new year to YE ALL at HRC.
Have a good one.
Coco.
Dec 31, 2004 08:51 am Hey Coco...have y'been away for holidays? How's the top secret project?
Cheers...
BM :-)
Dec 31, 2004 01:47 pm Happy New Year Boys mum. What part of NZ are you in?
Dec 31, 2004 05:24 pm Y'been to NZ Karyn?...Christchurch is the major city (400 000) in the South Island.
Cheers and Happy New Year t'ya too,
BM :-)
Jan 01, 2005 05:41 am Yep, I've been to Christchurch, Dunedon, Invercargill, Wellington, Masterton, Wanganui, Auckland. Sorry, I'm sure I spelled some of those names wrong.
I love the fish & chips there (wrapped in greasy news paper) Hmmmmmmm... I looove it. Why oh why can't they do fish & chips that way in America I have no idea. Watties tomato sauce hmmmmmm. If they sold that here in America, Heinz ketchup would go out of business. Smoked eel hmmmmmm. Also, white bait in scrambled eggs with Abolony fritters with Watties sauce. I'm not to fond of pork bones and puha (I know I'm spelling alot of this wrong) The country is also very beautiful.
Jan 01, 2005 05:54 am Wow...y'know everything...were you here on business?...how long ago?
:-)
Jan 01, 2005 06:04 am Ah..the commonly known as "chippie" ye canny whack the chippie.
I may even induldge in some awful greasy (in paper of course) fish n chips or mibbe a smoked sausage supper for ma tea...
The joy that is NEW YEARS DAY...
HAPPY NEW YEAR TI YI ALL....
Coco.
Jan 01, 2005 06:25 am It was years ago for a vacation. I'd like to go back someday. There is the best leather shop located close to Christchurch square I'd like to spend about $3,000 dollars in if it's still there. Apparently Americans are also incapable of making a decent leather coat as well as fish & chips.
You really should taste the fish & chips here so you can appreciate what you have there, though I'm sure you do. Curry rolls and deep fried pineapple rings are not to be found here as well. Ok, I've got to go. I'm drooling on my key board. :)
HAPPY NEW YEAR COCO ! ENJOY YOUR FISH & CHIPS. DAMMIT :)
Jan 01, 2005 06:42 am Heaps of leather shops here...and plenty of leather in the square...is that US$3000?...you'll pick up a bit for NZ$6000.
Kiwi's are brought up on fish 'n chips...usually Friday nights. There is an annual national competition...best fish 'n chips in NZ. hahaha!
Cheers and Happy New Year Karyn and Coco and all,
BM :-)
Jan 01, 2005 06:48 am Ah..now I could start sellin fish n chips on ebay huh!! hehehe...mibbe get a wee bity cauld (as in cold) but still good!
All the best to yes both...
Coco.
Jan 01, 2005 07:08 am Lol...fish 'n chips on eBay...you'll make a mint...so...thats the top secret project? hehehe!
Happy New Year Coco...
:-)
Jan 01, 2005 07:17 pm Karyn, there was a specialty shop somewhere in LA that had Watties. If I remember the name I will let ya know.
But, all thsi talk of fish n' chips is making me very hungry for them. True, not a decent place to get them round here, but the boyz and I have found one place called Macs that dont do half bad a job on em. But still no greasy newsprint around em.
And I like em with a heavy dose of malt vinager. And a malt beverage as well.
And welcome to the new year one and all.
Jan 01, 2005 07:58 pm Thanks Noize, that would be cool. Have a great NEW YEAR everybody.
Jan 02, 2005 12:09 am Wow...all over the world people also talk about fish 'n chips wrapped in newspaper...yah Noize...I like 'em with vinegar too...and they tend to go very well with a lager.
Watties tomato sauce?...is there another?...but sorry to tell you this...Watties is now owned by Heinz...the sauce however, still tastes like Watties...children all over NZ love Watties tomato sauce.
Cheers,
BM:-)
Jan 02, 2005 12:30 pm Watties is now owned by Hienz !!!! THEN WHY ARE THEY KEEPING IT FROM AMERICANS !! Are they just trying to protect their ketchup ?
Jan 02, 2005 12:40 pm Gotta agree, our standard ketchup doesnt do it if you ever get to taste Watties. I suppose Hienz has some reason why they dont want to release Watties over here.
Jan 02, 2005 12:47 pm I think their ketchup would quickly disappear. It's hard to describe taste, but it might be just a little sweeter and spiceier than ketchup.
Jan 02, 2005 04:02 pm Yep, I believe you are correct Karyn. The sugar content is a bit higher, and a bit of spicy, that would make sense as well as it has a bolder flavor then most ketchup.
As for heinz ketchup dissappearing, I doubt that would happen. They would find a way to market them both, probably subliminal messages while your eating you hot dog with Heinz on it.
Jan 02, 2005 04:18 pm I must be bored today, but I checked out getting a can of Watties. It's $3.00 for the Watties and $9.00 for shipping. pretty pricey tomato sauce.
Jan 02, 2005 04:40 pm That is getting it shipped from NZ though I suppose. If they would just import it to us we would be fine.
I was going to do the same thing though Karyn, check and see if I could order it from anywhere on line.
And I got to thinking as well, why dont they have it at Outback Steakhouse's? They promote that stupid Jackaroo crap, but not the good stuff from their neighbor's?
Jan 02, 2005 04:41 pm You know anyone here Karyn?...otherwise next time I'm in the States...I'll bring some sauce with me...won't cost you $9 then:-).
Watties...who'd have thought that others besides Kiwi's would feel so strongly?
Cheers,
BM:-)
Jan 02, 2005 04:56 pm happy new year everybody.
i dont want to be seen as heretical here, but Heinz ketchup seems perfectly spicy to me. if you ever eat it alone (yes, i have done this, dont ask why) you can notice the fabulous spice content. but if you go any sweeter, you get into Hunts territory, a ketchup i firmly believes bites the big one. a better ketchup in the world than Heinz? that is something i would have to taste to believe! americans suck at everything culinary! at least grant that we have pretty good ketchup!
Jan 02, 2005 05:30 pm forty, believe me, if you tried Watties you would defo taste the differance. And as for the spicy part, I am one of those who doesnt like my patatoe chips plain. If I dont have any dip, its the ketchup bollte every time. So ya, Heinz does have a git of bite, but it is very difforant then from Watties.
Jan 02, 2005 05:49 pm Ketchapeno mun! Iz rely goot mit curry on brats! La la la laaa laaa!
Jan 02, 2005 05:52 pm Thanks Boymum, your very generous, but I think there needs to be a serious investigation into why Heinz is withholding this from the USA. I think it boils down to fear. It would certainly pose a threat to their #1 product. I've also heard of record companies signing artist and shelving them because they were to similar to a very successful artist they already had. Something smells foul in the ketchup industry here. :)
Forty mile, once you taste Watties you'll feel betrayed, like something has been kept from you. Everything you've ever had with ketchup your whole life could have tasted much better. It's sad really.
I've known other Americans who have been to NZ. The universal concensus is Heinz ketchup isn't even close to Watties.
I think america is tops in many other foods such as pizza and fried chicken for instance. I've heard pizza in Italy isn't even close to as good as pizza here, though I can't speak from experience.
Jan 02, 2005 06:21 pm If Watties is better, I would guess it obvious why they are withholding it. It's kinda like the car manufacturer that buys the rights to the 100 miles per goal engine, then burns the blueprints...buying this "Watties" stuff could very well be a strategic manuver to KEEP them from coming to the US...clever, actually...
Jan 02, 2005 06:33 pm Clever and sad. If you can't compete, buy your competition. Boysmum could tell us if Heinz ketchup is available in NZ, and how it fares in sales compared to Watties. That would be interesting.
Jan 02, 2005 07:38 pm dB could be onto something there, I never thought of it that way. That would make sense though, the corperate world is greedy and underhanded sometimes. And ya, I would really be interesed to see if heinz ketchup is sold in NZ or not.
Jan 02, 2005 08:08 pm Greedy and underhanded? That's smart business the way I see it.
God bless capitalism.
"keep your friends close and you enemies closer..." - Bill Gates.
Jan 02, 2005 08:22 pm Heinz is sold in NZ...I don't buy it myself becos it doesn't taste as good to me...as to sales in NZ...I don't know...sorry:-(
But Bill Gates...he knows heaps...:-)...wonder what he thinks about this saucy affair?
Cheers,
BM :-)
Jan 02, 2005 08:32 pm Never mind all this red sauce stuff...
ye canny whack...the BROON (brown) SAUCE!!
Aye, yi cannot whack the broon sauce for sure. Lashings of good, runny broon sauce with chips...
Hmmmm....tops!
Coco.
Jan 02, 2005 09:27 pm coco, you must be refering to A1 steak sauce. Tuna used to eat his fries and chips with it.
If not, maybe I dont want to know about dipping chips in broon sauce.
As for Bill Gates, I'm sure if he wants some Watties sauce he just sends the maid on the learjet and she brings him back some.
Jan 02, 2005 10:14 pm oh...hang on...
someone here used the word curry. a webpage mentions cloves. which is it?
if the additional kick is curry powder, i'm already a big fan. i mix curry in with my heinz. my parents lived in germany for a few years and over there curried ketchup is sold in bottles.
i would guess that heinz doesn't have anything up their sleeves. ask any american 'would you like curry in your ketchup?' and they will have no idea what you're talking about. i therefore think that the thinking of heinz is something like: 'are they ready for it yet? how do we market this flavor?'
good thing they bought wattie's, cause if the curry flavor was introduced by another company heinz would have some serious competition on thier hands.
Jan 02, 2005 10:21 pm coco, what is broon sauce?
my parents talk about pizza in italy all the time, karyn. i might not remember what they've said very well, and different regions do i differently, but i think i know one variety: it's got fresh sliced tomato instead of sauce, homemade dough brushed with olive oil, and unmelted mozzarella cheese--if there's cheese at all. basil leaves are crucial. pepper on the crust sometimes. and of course everything must be fresh.
i often have a pizza at a restaurant called carraba's here in florida which makes it in this style and it's fantastic. nothing like american pizza (that's fantastic in its own way.)
new italian pizza law:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3753575.stm
Jan 02, 2005 10:24 pm No no Forty,
That was me. I lived in Germany for a couple of years. I just threw that in out of bordom. Spent two hours recording a keybord piece they guy was having difficulty with. So I droped in real quick. Why I mentioned it was because I found a ketchup that has jalapeno in it. I used to love to go out evenings and get a currywerst mit pomfrets for a snack. The Ketchapeno ketchup mixed with cury is the closest thing I have found to the hot blend I used to buy. Your cloves thing is probably right.
Jan 02, 2005 10:30 pm update: the german curry ketchup my parents used in ehrlangen was made by heinz.
so they must not want to introduce it here for some reason. makes no sense to me, what with all the huge proliferation of 'intense new flavors' in ALL food areas these past ten years. maybe heinz thinks americans are not sophisticated enough and will think a curry flavor is somehow 'foreign.' then again, most americans dont use curry or dont know what it is, so heinz might have a point.
what is ketchapeno? you buy that here and mix curry in?
Jan 02, 2005 10:36 pm www.ketchapeno.com is where you can find it on the web. Mixed with cury and dried mustard it makes a sauce' similar to what they used in Germany on bratworst as a snack. They sold it in three 'heats' cool, mild, and hot. I liked the hot, so the jalapeno may be overkill for many.
Jan 02, 2005 11:06 pm Ketchapeno is at Super Target. I got one of those about 2 miles from here. I am gonna get me some of that tommorrow and try it. Both the boyz love hot sauce as well so they will probably like that.
So Walt, you mixed in your own curry and dried mustard? Or does it come that way?
Jan 02, 2005 11:14 pm Hey Noise!
It comes without the cury and mustard. I recomend if you are going to try it, make little piles of cury and mustard and 'test' mix it as you would soy and horseradish for sushi. It's kinda 'to taste'. It is served in Germany as a runny paste', best I can describe over bratworst. Of course the pomfrits (french fries) come with mayonaise. That and a good German beer and you have an authentic snack from the motherland!
Jan 02, 2005 11:18 pm OK Walt, and in this house fresh bratworst is a big hit. You can find me grilling them in a foot or two of snow on the deck. I imagine the sauce will be a hit as well. I just hope they have it as the web page stated.
And ya coco, we are all curious now about this broonsauce.
Jan 02, 2005 11:38 pm Is that worcestershire sauce Coco?...Kiwi's also use worcester sauce on steak and on chips.
Cheers,
BM :-)
Jan 02, 2005 11:55 pm Bm, you had to bring another of my favorites in didnt you. Now I am craving a big huge piece of rare meat with good soaking in Lee and Parins (sp)
Worchestershire.
Jan 03, 2005 06:34 am Lea and Perrins...people all over the world talk about the weather...and sauce! hahaha!
Cheers,
BM:-)
Jan 03, 2005 10:24 pm Thanx BM, I knew I spelled it wrong. To lazy to run upstairs and look at the bottle. I use that stuff in tons of differant foods. My favorite is egg salad with a good dose of it.
No wait, in Bloody Mary's!!!
Jan 04, 2005 12:00 am Yup...pretty good in Bloody Mary's and Bloody Mary's without the vodka too.
Cheers,
BM:-)
Jan 04, 2005 12:40 am Agree on both counts. I do a V8 with it on mornings when I just dont know what to drink to wake me up. And that usually works well.
Jan 06, 2005 01:48 am hello, heinz.
i've always been a fan of your ketchup above all others, but recently it has come to my attention that you are marketing interesting ketchup varieties overseas. as a sauce freak, i would like to remind you that in america you have a greedy population of novelty-seeking food-eaters weaned on exciting and 'extreme' taste sensations, always prepared for something new. we like the new kickr's, of course, but to learn that there's this taste sensation called wattie's (which you own) that people do backflips over, and that in germany you market a curried ketchup...
well, what can i say? please, please, PLEASE bring those amazing-sounding products to america.
sincerely,
jm
Jan 06, 2005 04:20 am Dear Jim
Thanks for you're saucey little letter. I didn't know what you were refering to at first, took me a while to ketchup.
As you may be aware, our products vary from country to country, due to the use of local produce in our products. For example: Watties sauce is made exclusively from cane toads, this has help lower the incidents of toad licking but increased stoned hot dog eaters.
As for ketchapeno, the clue is in the name ketcha"peno" as to what it's main ingredient is, it's stiff competition in the world of sauce Jm.
Worcestershire sauce sounds posh, doesn't it Jm? Those daft English will buy anything. Haven't they heard of the shire horse from worcester?
So there we have it Jm, it's all down to the availability of revolting ingredients... taste good though, don't they?
Look out for a new sauce available soon "wretchup"
Jan 06, 2005 08:01 am Dear Mr dansaltdog,
It has come to our attention that some sauciness is afoot and we relish the opportunity for debate. Since you have informed our competitors of the secret ingredients that flavour our sauce's we are now in a bit of a pickle.
For your information we do not advocate the use of dogs in making Heinz 57...it’s all sauerkraut anyway. But now that you have ketchedup please note the following facts beHeinz our products:
In the US we like to refer to Cane toads as spring chickens which are high in protein, low in carbohydrate and finger lickin’ good. There was a rumour that Mrs Bobbit secured an internship in product development, but to our knowledge, that didn’t stand up to investigation.
The horse to which you refer, emmigrated from the US back in 1873 with his trainer Mr Radish.
We are informed that "wretchup" is only served to visiting VIPs in the Heinz Field corporate boxes during Steeler games. However, in Heinzite a global launch might be more appropriate.
With our condiments,
Teresa and John
Jan 06, 2005 09:33 am Dear Teresa and John
Thank you for your incest in my letter.
I'm afraid that I cannot reveal the sauce of my information, but I am also led to believe that a set of action figures are to be released to mark the launch of a soon to be released fish and chip accompaniment called "stitchup". The figures are: Bunny Boiling Barbie and Counsellor Ken, Sue'm Cindy and The Cabbage Patch Prosecutor. As soon as you get them home they rob you blind, change your will and kick you out of the house, at which point you will be eligable to receive the limited edition figue "Bankrupcy Barbie".
Dansaltdog
Jan 06, 2005 09:33 am Quote:
Thank you for your incest in my letter.
ummmm, eww...
Jan 06, 2005 10:21 am Dear Mr Dansaltdog,
I have to go to bed now....but...I'll..be...baaaack!
Jan 06, 2005 02:27 pm hahahaha
i was justing my (actual) letter to heinz. you're right though; i should take this straight to teresa and john.
Jan 06, 2005 07:10 pm As and English ex-pat in the USA, this thread has been BRUTAL on me.
Fish'n'chips in the paper.....
Mushy peas
Daddies Sauce
HP Sauce (NOT THE US VERSION)
Birds Custard
Pie and Mash and Eels (Okay, so I'm a Londoner)
Marmite
Youngs Ale
60 bob ale (Coco's so lucky)
Proper bangers
late-night-London-doner-kebab-after-the-pub
I hate this thread....
Jan 06, 2005 08:14 pm Now that I have stopped rolling on the floor with tears in my eye's I must ask, even though I am afriad of the answer.
TallChap, What exactly is Birds Custard? I am imagineing what it is, and hoping I am wrong.
Jan 06, 2005 08:55 pm yeah and what are mushy peas, HP sauce, pie and mash and eels, marmite, and bangers?
Jan 06, 2005 10:27 pm Dear MrDansaltdog,
My fellow Barbies and I, have become aware of a clever ruse to discredit us. Today I am Lawyer Barbie and it is nothing short of one big fat lie...girlfriend, that I need Cindy or those babies that are too dumb to be born with parents!
As you may be aware, I am able to trace my lineage back 500+ generations to my eponymous ancestor Lili from Germany. And like me, she brought a great deal of comfort to those who bought her and took her home.
Although I am made completely of polyvinylchloride, this does not mean I am so plastic as to have no feelings. Ken is indeed my brother...but we had hoped that had been long forgotten.
I am accustomed to a certain lifestyle...what can I say? One day I'm a dentist the next, I've been summoned to the Imperial Russian Court...in my spare time I rock it up hard and ride my Harley...I don't think you quite understand what it takes to look that good swishing my long luxuriously blond locks out of my helmet...and all in slow motion.
The fate of the world is in the hands of this one beautiful girl...no-one understands this more than Mr Trump...he married "Don't get angry darling, get even" Barbie.
What...ever!
Barbie Handler-Mattel
(Did I do that right? Does my butt look big? My butt looks big?)
Jan 07, 2005 05:48 am Dear Barbie
I feel that I have touched upon a nerve. A bit miffed that you were designed short of a few crucial parts perhaps? And I know that my action man did take advantage of you a few times, but hey, being a soldier can get lonely. You try being left outside for the entire winter and having your head bitten off by the dog, not to mention being dressed up in girl's clothes by the neighbour's daughter and forced to wear badly applied lipstick, what was she thinking?
Jan 07, 2005 08:41 am Watties, fish 'n chips, Worcestershire sauce, and now humour...
Man...you people every thought of immigrating?
Cheers,
BM:-)
Jan 07, 2005 09:21 am Hey BM, I may no nothing about Watties, but I have the measure of fish and chips and mushy peas for that matter and as for the late night kebab and the chili sauce stains all down the front of my shirt, an experience that can never be replaced, or forgotten (those stains never come out)And add the smell of some half cooked kebab that appears to linger on every item of clothing, even those not worn the previous night, and lurks in every corner of the house, despite every window being opened fully, to that head which pounds with the ferosity of a thousand drummers all out of time, from the excesses of the night before, which was only going to be a quick pint down the pub but turned into crawl around every bar in town... and that magic moment of wisdom and enlightenment appears "I'm never, ever doing that ever again...ever!!!" But a moment not to be taken too seriously, as there is always next week
Jan 07, 2005 12:52 pm "When daylight appears
Through a crack in the curtain
I’m laying in bed
Staring up at the skirting
I’m alone in my room
But someone is turning the key in the door
And I wake up to find
It’s still daylight outside
There’s a taste in my mouth
Like the thoughts in my mind
And I wake up to find
That I left on the light the world can take a jump
I’m feeling like a lump when daylight appears
Through a crack in my mind
I won’t ever go drinking again...."
-- Squeeze
That's funny - the smell of kebab that never goes away.....ah, you wax lyrical, my friend.
For those who don't know what anything is in the list above, describing them for you won't make you any happier. Believe me. you'll thank me later - especially with pie and mash and eels and marmite.....
For those who do know what they are (like the kebab/chili sauce stains...), you may have an idea why I miss them all so madly!
Whatever did we do before we had nostalgia?
P.S. - BoysMom: 'Action Man' is the British Version of 'G.I. Joe.' Only he's more handsome, and gets to the battlefield three years quicker.............(Oh, sorry, I could not resist)
Jan 07, 2005 01:46 pm we have mushy peas here. they're served in school cafeterias across the nation!
Jan 07, 2005 04:39 pm Tall Chap: hey man, i'm sorry you have to live without these taste bud luxuries. jellied eels, no matter how disgusting they sound and look, I just can't help myself but buy some if I get the chance.
pie and mash, well it's been a few years since i've had that, but the thought of that parsley liquor seeping into the pie crust and spilling onto the mash whilst sitting in a tiny cafe (pronounced kaf, of course) umongst the local old boys, dressed in cap and scarf and sounding like they are recovering from a bout of severe TB as a result of their smoking 60 senior service a day... just gets my taste buds tingling.
Probably hasn't helped much has it
Jan 07, 2005 05:33 pm I should know better than to bandy words with musicians....bunch of poets. You really have a way with words, dan..... The flat capped old soaks, smelling of barley wine and Capstans....
Didn't help, no.
My daughter asked me, at dinner the other night, "Dad, what's in this sausage?"
I had to reply, "You know, that's never a good question to ask."
Haggis is one of the most wonderful foods on earth, but not when you think about what's in it! Yuck! Marmite is a "yeast extract" made from brewery by-products. It's scraped from the bottom of the barrel. Nasty! But soooo good on toast! That parsley sauce - "liquor" - on the pie and mash is the liquid the eels were stewed in, with parsley added. Nice, huh? Mushy peas are dried marrowfat peas that are soaked and boiled. Sound appetizing? Not really, but they're fabulous with fish'n'chips. That said, it's those foods we all grew up with/on that we miss most. Of course, if I went back on the diet I grew up on, I'd probably keel over! Fat, lard, grease, oil, and suet.
Anyone have a food they really miss?
Jan 07, 2005 06:21 pm Tell me that's not true about the parsley liquor. What is it with this country that we have to use every bi-product and left over, we've not had rationing since the war, we're supposedly a rich country, what are we doing still using juice of eel!!?
Funny you should mention lard. apparently there is a european lard shortage... wtf. How can anyone run out of lard? mind you, I think I'm storing quite a bit just above my belt. But you would think that they would make a lard alternative "I can't believe it's not lard" or "hardly lardy". But the most bizarre thing is, if there's a shortage, that means there's a demand. Who eats lard? "what have I got in my sandwiches this morning dear?" "well it was going to be lard... but the only thing left at tescos was eel juice".
And you're right, best never to ask what goes in a sausage
Jan 07, 2005 06:42 pm I still want to know about the Birds Custard.
Jan 07, 2005 06:49 pm Hey noize, it's not what it sounds. No young women "birds" are sacrificed to make it. It's far more politically correct than that.
Sometimes the "not knowing" is far better than the knowing. Sorry, just can't tell ya
Jan 07, 2005 07:04 pm "Hardly Lardy"
- you made coffee come out of my nose! That's the funniest thing! I hear a song coming on! At least an album name! ROTFLMAOUTBCAAIHTEM !!!!!!
(rolling on the floor lauging my *** off until the boss comes around and I have to explain myself - and the coffee droplets on my monitor).
Lard shortage? Really? How are the collieries going to operate when the miners don't get their Yorkshire Puddings? Arthur Scargill couldn't stop them working quicker than a Yorkshire Pudding drought.
"Where'ts bluddy dripping lass?"
"Ee, by gum, lad, there's nowt int Yorkshires!"
In California there is a strong Spanish/Mexican influence (from pre-union days), and a large Latino population. Since the Mexican-American diet does call for Lard (or Manteca) on occasion, it's absolutely everywhere. You can buy big two gallon buckets of it. There's even a city in California called "Manteca."
Lard, California.
If they sold donkeys, would they be Lardasses? Sorry, that was cheap.
And sorry, yes, the eel juice thing is a reality. It's one of those things, like the sausage, that it's best not to know. Come to think of it, those pies are suspect too. I know one pie shop that got busted for horse meat.....
But, I still ate all the pies.
Jan 07, 2005 07:09 pm Birds Custard:
Chemist in Northern Englad, in the mid nineteenth century, by the name of Bird. His wife was allergic to eggs, so she couldn't eat custard. She was upset about that. Bird came up with an egg-free powder that, when mixed with sugar and milk, produced a egg-free custard. Sold in tins, it's the most popular custard sold in Britain (but nowhere near as good as the Ambrosia ready made in the can....damn, now I miss that. Thanks).
Yellow and viscous and very sweet. It usually served hot over cold fruit pies and crumbles (cobblers) or steamed sponge puddings (whole different story there...), or served cold in a trifle.
Bugger. Now I miss trifle.
Jan 07, 2005 10:02 pm OK, that clears it up. And no, I didnt think it had anything to do with young birds of that nature. But it does sound good.
And yes, I am one of those who will eat anything. I really enjoy trying new and differant foods, as does Tuna my son. Hagis, yes I have enjoyed it. And yes it didnt settle well knowing after what it was, but I got over it quickly. Blood Sausage, Head cheese, any animal part pickled.
Only 2 things food wise I wont eat that I have tried. Canned peas, I love fresh peas, and waxxed beans. We had waxxed beans so often when I was a child, the site of them now makes me nausiated to the point of wretching.
One of my assistant scout masters is married to a gal from the UK and she is constantly having things sent over, so Marmite has been had by all in this house. I will have to ask her about the Bird Custard, you have made me curious to try it.
Jan 08, 2005 02:14 am Mmmmm....trifle...my favourite...you had to bring it up Tallchap.
When I was growing up an occasion was never an occasion without a trifle...now I am 'chef de trifle' of my family.
How come you're a missing it in the states?
I make it with different stuff depending on the occassion - sponge cake, sponge fingers, chocolate cake...actually...you could use any cake...I like to make my own custard for special occassions...and I like to serve individual desserts and in different shaped glasses....yeah!
What about bread and butter pudding...yum.
Cheers,
BM :-)
Jan 09, 2005 05:44 pm I gotta stop reading this thread, it just make me hungry and then I gotta go eat something I know will stick to some part of my anatomy that I would rather it didnt.
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Jan 13, 2005 06:51 pm Heinz Baked Beans!
Heinz Crem of Tomato Soup
This list keeps getting longer.
I'd just about kill for a "Flake"
Jan 13, 2005 07:05 pm what's a flake?
i'm going out now to get some 'whole animal nectar.'
Jan 14, 2005 04:43 am What, no flakes?
Imagine lying in a poppy filled meadow, soft focus, close up on a gypsy beauty, sniny red lushous lips. Gentle music sways it's way across the rolling hills until it engulfs this romany goddess, swirling the hair that could tell a thousand stories gently back and forth across her perfect face. Her eyes, as big and as bold as the planets, gradually close until eyelashes that are as long as time itself, meet in a gentle embrace. The mouth which blossoms with all the allure of the scented poppies, opens purposefully, reflecting the sunlight in droplets of glistening dew to match the nature of the wilderness, where this siren lays and beckons her victims.
Time stands still... for only a second.
Towards her mouth comes this bloody great lump of chocolate, aptly called flake, cause it crumbles all over yer blummin clothes and the carpet, and makes a right bloody mess. A stroke of advertising genius, the flake girl was always held up as the most beautiful woman in the world, by all us male chocolate eaters of course.
Jan 14, 2005 12:43 pm that sounds a superior product. i could be into flakiness.
Jan 14, 2005 02:02 pm OMG, I'd forgotten all about HER.
Wow! Now I definitely want one.
You know Dan, sometimes you can suck the romance out of things......"make a right bloody mess..."
Let me enjoy the memory of HER for another minute....
"I would I wish a careless child...."
Dammit, I came over all Byron
Jan 15, 2005 12:18 am DSD, you made me almost swallow my tongue with that one. I was visualizing as you painted this wonderful picture, then WAM right over the noggin with a mallet.
And are Flake dark or light chocolate?
Jan 15, 2005 11:10 am Yeah, sorry about that guys.
But chocolate aside, the flake girl is way out of our league anyway. I think I'd stand a better chance with the "lard" girl.
And Noize, it's a six inch milk chocolate finger... how's the visualising now?
Jan 15, 2005 01:56 pm My favourite is a luxury flake...a flake coated in lovely rich chocolate...mmmm!
Chhers,
BM:-)
Jan 15, 2005 08:33 pm Man you guys are realy hurtin me here. I got a tooth ache and the side of my face is now like a golfball. Stopped by to see dB earlier to oreder some Girl Scout cookies from his daughter and it wasnt to bad then, just hurtin. Now it is throbing and I cant eat a damn thing.
Maybe I can purrae me a chocolate bar and suck it through straw. I wonder how a snickers will do in the blender?
Jan 20, 2005 07:37 am Now this really is the tops.
I discovered today a new type of flake, called praline flake. Now I have absolutely no idea what praline is, but man does it taste good.
Odinarily I would not have tried it (thinking about your tooth ache Noize(how is that by the way?) and my ever increasing trouser size) but purely for research purposes only, thought I should dabble...4 praline flakes later, I'm feeling a little bit sick, but sooooooo contented, and not a trace of chocolate anywhere on my clothes, just a bit around my chops.
It's about time the flake girl made a comeback.
Jan 20, 2005 08:11 am pra·line ( P ) Pronunciation Key (präln, pr-)
n.
A confection made of nut kernels, especially almonds or pecans, stirred in boiling sugar syrup until crisp and brown.
Jan 20, 2005 08:39 am Cheers dB
I've decided that praline is now a new friend of mine, we shall be getting together on a regular basis, first thing in the morning and in between meal times me thinks
Jan 20, 2005 12:21 pm ya can get it in icecream too
tasty
Jan 23, 2005 07:09 pm Kemps® Pralines and cream. That is one of my favorites. I do so prefer a good chocolate ice cream though.
Jan 24, 2005 07:03 am Ahhhh...yis have all missed the best thing to go wi yer breakfast i.e. yer sausages (link and square), bacon...
Yi need - BLACK PUDDING!!! Hey Noize, ye thought haggis wis good, ye wanna try some black puddin...top stuff man.
Its made with blood tae, and oats/other bits n bobs...generally SOUNDS Awful but man, its the business.
Coco.
P.S. Many other wee delicicies we have here...ye canny whack em!
Jan 24, 2005 07:12 am "Black Pudding", sounds like that could be the name of some rogue, underground punk band.
Jan 24, 2005 02:23 pm Aye...could be dB..top man...but, alas, here's what it actually is:
"type of sausage made from congealed pigs blood with spices and lumps of fat, wrapped in a length of intestine."...and it tastes...bloody marvellous!!!!
But, it has to be made in Scotland by a butcher named Hornig!! The best in the world....BAR NONE!
If ye ever can try it...do it man.
Coco.
Jan 24, 2005 02:25 pm oh jeezuz, you eat that ****?
bloody awful sounding...blood and lumps of fat...
Jan 24, 2005 04:16 pm Hey dB
Aye, we eat that man and I tell ye this - It sounds soooo much worse than it tastes...I eat loadsa good food man...liked baked tatties, chicken, good stuff...but ye whack black pudding!!
Oh yessss...in fact, its like - a delicisey!! Honest, its like, imagine eating a big black sausage, but spicy and hot..its real, REAL cool man!
If ye'r ever over here, try some (but likely, it'll be toned doon crapy stuff - if you get it ootside i.e. a cafe or whatever)....ye must locate a butcher and get you some Hornig! Top top puds!
Top grub man...top...
Coco.
Jan 24, 2005 04:17 pm not a chance, unless I am on some reality show doing a challenge I would NEVER eat such muck.
Jan 24, 2005 04:22 pm Muck!! Nae muck there bud..its TOP NOSH!!!!
I Tell ye what muck is...muck is caviare! **** and no mistake! hehehe...
Well, tell me, do ye eat minky junk food of any description at all???? I hope not Mr dB!!! I eat none of that crap - just good, wholesome, bloody black pudd!!!! Ye CANNY whack it...
Sorry to digress the thread n'all but YIS MUST try it.
Coco
Jan 25, 2005 04:22 am I remember being forced to eat black pudding by my folks when I was a kid. Fried in a large dollop of lard, served with fried bread, egg, bacon and of course... ketchup. I can't say they were happy memories though Coco.
My mum also made us eat tongue... TONGUE!!! I recently spoke to my mum about this and reminded her about the tongue sandwiches she would make us eat, and her reply was "well that was before I knew what it was"... I nave no idea, to this day, what on earth my mum thought "tongue" might be. One would have thought that the clue was in the name though
Jan 26, 2005 07:01 am See, this is where its all wrong my friend.
As I say, it HAS to be made by Hornig, made here in Scotland, and it should NEVER, NEVER be fried in stinkin lard.
The way to do it is, defrost/cook from chill in a clean grill. Turn over regularly as its just like a big spicy sausage.
When piping hot, take out, smoother in brown sauce and viola!
Remember: The proof is in the pudding..in this case the BLACK pudding...as I say, there is LOTS of rubbish black pudding out there...get a good one and ye'll love it!
TOUNGE! NO CHANGE MATE...Id never touch that rubbish for sure.
Coco
Jan 26, 2005 07:08 am you'll eat BLOOD, but not tongue, now thats some twisted friggin' values there bud ;-)
Tongue is just meat...just another meaty, muscle chunk of the body...blood is...well, blood. What are all you scots vampires or somethin'?
Jan 26, 2005 07:59 am Hey Coco, wasn't it Burns night last night?
Did ya read the Selkirk Grace and pipe in the haggis, or is that just what we see on the telly?
Jan 26, 2005 01:47 pm Hey dB
Theres blood in yer steak, mince, and all beef man!! In fact, some bams eat it rare!! thats uncooked to me..sodd that!!
Nah, its no like raw blood. MAn, let me find ye a picture then ye'll see what I mean. I looks like a big burnt sausage...thats all. Its all good.
Dansaltdog - naw naw..thats all crap man. Burns night wis last Friday and aye, its traditioanl to eat haggis, tatties and neeps (potatoes and turnips)..I HATE haggis and turnip tho love tatties.
As for the pipes - man - that IS an artform. I canny play as neither can 90% of us..media crap. But I tell ye this, its an art. The faither in-law can play, hes good, and its bloody hard. Also, I may add, the LOUDEST unamplified instrument in the world!!!!!!!!!
Now that is something you cannot whack!!
In fact, I tell ye - pipes are so loud, ye can hear em blocks and blocks and blocks away - and thats just ONE set!!!! What a noisey thing they are..top top.
Coco.
Jan 26, 2005 01:54 pm Yes, I know it's in my steak, but that is entirely a different thing, eating steak makes you a typical carnivore, like myself. Blood is part of it. Eating blood itself makes you, well...yuck, I don't even wanna think about it...
Jan 26, 2005 01:58 pm Naw....its only a part of the puddin..thers oats, cereal and other crap in there too man!
Here..check this oot.
images.google.co.uk/imgre...3D%26safe%3Doff
Now, theres many here but ye can see its no as bad as it sounds!
Coco
Jan 26, 2005 01:59 pm I would add these are NOT Scots made..so ours are better!! Cause we, are masters at makin pudds, sausages etc and have the best highland cattle in the world...best Aberdeen Angus steak etc (funnily enuff!) hehehe
Enuff disin ma puds! hehehehehe
Coco
Jan 26, 2005 02:03 pm Ack...ye have nae taste ma friend..nae taste!
Anyways, whats wrong with a wee bit of vampiring..its only pigs blood!! Nae humans man!
Still...bet somewhere on earth some hannibal lectre type dude DOES have a pudd made with human blood.
Bampots the world over.
I'll send ye one over...ye'll love it man!
Coco.
Jan 26, 2005 02:03 pm perhaps I don't, but I speak better :-p
Jan 26, 2005 04:07 pm I think not my friend...I showund like shaun connery...do you swee!
hehehehe
Adios
Coco
Jan 26, 2005 06:21 pm Right, like I was going to miss this one.....
Black Pudding: Yum! Fantastic stuff. We have an Irish pub nearby that serves good breakfast/lunch stuff, with some traditional Irish, and British dishes. There was black pudding, so I had to order it. My American wife was very hesitant, but as soon as she tried it, she was in heaven. You 'canny whack it!', as Coco would say.
Tongue: Fantastic stuff. The tongue is just one HUGE muscle. Very good meat. Thinly sliced, on a sandwich with some mustard. A treat.
Strange how the US palate is so fickle, in general (gross generalization, but you get the point). Wouldn't eat, say, Haggis, but think a hot-dog is great..... Balking at the fat content of black pudding, but having just one more Oreo cookie....
"Big Mac, large fries, fried apple pie......oh, and a DIET Coke..." Right.
Butter on a sandwich? Yuck, they say. Lets just spread this mayonnaise real thick, though (oil and eggs...).
Coco: Your thing about pipes. Absolutely true. Amazing instrument, but a real threat when in the wrong hands. Should be licensed, really. Unlicensed pipers should not be allowed to play in earshot of any sentient being. A bad piper is pure torture.
I love the Cumbrian pipes too.
Ir'n Bru, and that....
Jan 26, 2005 07:42 pm Good man TallChap!! Goood man...
Aye - if ye can get some real Black Pud..you simply cannot whack it at all! Good on ye..its top stuff. Glad ye can get it over there tho I doubt it'll be as spicy as oor stuff but hey, its better than hot dogs for sure!!!
Sorry man, I canny eat tongue..just canny do it. But, hey, if ye like it - good stuff.
Pipes - well, again, a top noisey instrument..the best kind. Also - I have heard some of the best/worst pipers here in Edinburgh..dont expect to hear a good one in the street...tehy mostly busk to earn money to drink, to busk..blah blah...by the end of it they are so pissed, they cant play!!!
Irn Bru - top drink (next to beer)!
Good man TC...keep it real man!
Coco.
Jan 29, 2005 01:31 am I will be searching for that stuff coco. And there is nothing wrong with tongue at all. As TallChap states, thinly sliced on a samich witha tad of mustard. Some of our old Mexican friends served it at their sons graduation party and some peeps were eating it without knowing what it was. They loved it, then they didnt after finding out what it was.
coco, what is this broon sauce anyway?
And gotta agree on the Pipes thing as well. I love that instrument's sound. When I went to a Korn show this fall, Jonathon Davis brought his out and played it standing about 20 feet back from the mic and it was way louder then the dang amplified drums.
OK, off to find me some black pudd.
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