A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own

[Ruthie]

Swoon.

[T42]

Last week I discovered a wedge of Parmesan in the top of the fridge. The "best before" date was about 6 months back. Pshaw.  The flavour was powerful and the flesh seemed to be full of little crystals that crunched a bit. Wonderful stuff.  Nearly gone now. Experiment to be repeated.

[Jaded]

They weren't crystal, they were insect shells.

[T42]

Gimme more.

PS: HAH !!  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_crystals

That looks like my cheese, too.

[Cudzoziemiec]

The Guardiaspoon has a taste test of baked beans.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/27/baked-beans-taste-test-heinz-v-supermarket-own-brands
They talk more about the sauce than the beans. Fair enough. For me, though, baked beans have always been about beans, not sauce. Especially tomato sauce; there just isn't anything tomatoey about it for me. The sauce is just a brightly coloured lubricant.

[Mrs Pingu]

Gimme more.

PS: HAH !!  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_crystals

That looks like my cheese, too.

Ooh, interesting. We have some aged gouda in the fridge, that we brought back from Amsterdam 

[Aunt Maud]

Well I've got some parmesan which I bought back from Costco, Lakeside, Essexland.

[Ruthie]

I'm trying not to be appalled by the idea of a protein bar made of mashed insects. 

http://www.wildinspirationboxes.com/#!Insects-the-new-to-go-food-to-keep-you-going/iab04/5720897f0cf269c350f133ed

I'm failing.

They're probably a really great idea and very good for you.

 

[Cudzoziemiec]

I remember a doco about people living on the shores of Lake Malawi trapping a certain type of fly that swarms there every year in nets, then making fly patties. This was a luxury food for them, not essential protein but something they looked forward to all year, like Christmas.

[Ruthie]

They can have the Zoic bars then.

Although if they like eating midgies maybe we should recruit them to come and live in Shetland.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I don't think the Malawian flies are quite the same as midges. Anyway, surely it would be more appropriate with midges just to take a million little bites out of them but not eat them up?

[Ruthie]

Good point.

How many Malawian Christmases would it take to make a dent in the Scottish midge population?

<ponders>

[citoyen]

I'm trying not to be appalled by the idea of a protein bar made of mashed insects. 

http://www.wildinspirationboxes.com/#!Insects-the-new-to-go-food-to-keep-you-going/iab04/5720897f0cf269c350f133ed

I'm failing.

They're probably a really great idea and very good for you.

 

I would rather eat that than drink this. [NB might be a bit NSFW, and certainly transgresses the boundaries of taste and decency, for all sorts of reasons]
 

[Kim]

I'm trying not to be appalled by the idea of a protein bar made of mashed insects. 

http://www.wildinspirationboxes.com/#!Insects-the-new-to-go-food-to-keep-you-going/iab04/5720897f0cf269c350f133ed

You've seen Snowpiercer, right?

[andrewc]

I'm trying not to be appalled by the idea of a protein bar made of mashed insects. 

http://www.wildinspirationboxes.com/#!Insects-the-new-to-go-food-to-keep-you-going/iab04/5720897f0cf269c350f133ed

You've seen Snowpiercer, right?

You'll all be eating maggots soon,  at least 2nd hand ones.   http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-17/nrn-flys-for-food/7037064

And Ruthie,  you're a cyclist!  Insects are part of your natural diet.....  cough, hoik, spit....

[hellymedic]

They can have the Zoic bars then.

Although if they like eating midgies maybe we should recruit them to come and live in Shetland.

There is too much wind for midgies in Shetland.
I can't remember getting any midge bites the summer I lived in Shetland.

[mrcharly-YHT]

zoic bars - high in protein.  Um, 20% sugar, 15% protein?  That's not high.

I really agree  with all the sensible reasons for eating insects rather than beef etc, but the figures suggest there are sod all insects in a zoic bar. Mostly dates and cashews I think.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I'm trying not to be appalled by the idea of a protein bar made of mashed insects. 

http://www.wildinspirationboxes.com/#!Insects-the-new-to-go-food-to-keep-you-going/iab04/5720897f0cf269c350f133ed

I'm failing.

They're probably a really great idea and very good for you.

 

I would rather eat that than drink this. [NB might be a bit NSFW, and certainly transgresses the boundaries of taste and decency, for all sorts of reasons]

I'm going to assume that's something you heard of in your previous employment.

[Cudzoziemiec]

zoic bars - high in protein.  Um, 20% sugar, 15% protein?  That's not high.

I really agree  with all the sensible reasons for eating insects rather than beef etc, but the figures suggest there are sod all insects in a zoic bar. Mostly dates and cashews I think.

High in sugar!

[Jurek]

Just been given a bottle of this:

I wonder what German Sauvvy will taste like?

[citoyen]

I'm going to assume that's something you heard of in your previous employment.

Seen yesterday in the other place, actually.

Thinking about it further, the thing that bothers me most is not the idea of using the bacteria in that way - which is essentially no different from how yoghurt is made. Nor is it the source of the bacteria that concerns me - as the spiel says, it's treated before use to ensure any possible contaminants are removed. It's the marketing angle that really makes it so distasteful - as if the physical properties of the bacteria's host provide some quasi-spiritual benefit to the drinker, or make it a satisfactory proxy for acutally getting up close and personal with the young lady in question.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I'm not sure which other place you're referring to, not that it matters, but it's precisely that marketing angle that made me think you must have got it from that other magazine, or similar. Though in fact I only watched the first few seconds of the video so I'm not sure, but I'm presuming this is beer made from some random unknown young lady, in which case it's a sort of comestible porn but somehow worse; but if it's a homebrew kit to use with a cooperative volunteer, maybe that's okay. Leads to all sorts of possibilities though, I mean there must be yeasts all over the body.

[citoyen]

it's precisely that marketing angle that made me think you must have got it from that other magazine, or similar.

Yes, I can see why that might be.

Though in fact I only watched the first few seconds of the video so I'm not sure, but I'm presuming this is beer made from some random unknown young lady, in which case it's a sort of comestible porn but somehow worse;

Oh, it's even worse than that - the young lady providing the bacteria has been chosen specially for her physical attributes, as if that will somehow add to the appeal of the product.

but if it's a homebrew kit to use with a cooperative volunteer, maybe that's okay.

Yes, though the end product would probably be undrinkable. Certain types of bacteria can be used to create particular effects, for particular styles of beer, but it needs to be carefully controlled. In general, you want to keep all bacteria away from beer - bacteria is the most common cause of failure in home brewing.

[Ruthie]

I'm trying not to be appalled by the idea of a protein bar made of mashed insects. 

http://www.wildinspirationboxes.com/#!Insects-the-new-to-go-food-to-keep-you-going/iab04/5720897f0cf269c350f133ed

You've seen Snowpiercer, right?

Um, no 

[Ruthie]

I'm trying not to be appalled by the idea of a protein bar made of mashed insects. 

http://www.wildinspirationboxes.com/#!Insects-the-new-to-go-food-to-keep-you-going/iab04/5720897f0cf269c350f133ed

You've seen Snowpiercer, right?

Um, no 

I just googled that.  It's got that Jamie Bell in it 

Is it any good?