Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 518854 times)

hellymedic · « **Reply #2050 on:** 11 February, 2017, 05:37:43 pm »

It has taken nearly three months for a member of this parish to Facebook/rediscover something I disliked before Xmas.

Dibdib · « **Reply #2051 on:** 13 February, 2017, 08:05:21 pm »

I was jokingly moaning on Twitter that as I had no beer in the house, I'd have to drink - gulp - wine. The horror.

An hour later, Wadworth brewery down the road in Devizes see the tweet and decide they're going to post me a case of their excellent 6X and IPA.

Winner!

woollypigs · « **Reply #2052 on:** 13 February, 2017, 10:38:31 pm »

And now the got a loyal customer for years

citoyen · « **Reply #2053 on:** 13 February, 2017, 11:02:48 pm »

Quote from: Dibdib on 13 February, 2017, 08:05:21 pm

I was jokingly moaning on Twitter that as I had no beer in the house, I'd have to drink - gulp - wine. The horror.

An hour later, Wadworth brewery down the road in Devizes see the tweet and decide they're going to post me a case of their excellent 6X and IPA.

Winner!

Ashaman42 · « **Reply #2054 on:** 14 February, 2017, 05:53:31 am »

That's fantastic

T42 · « **Reply #2055 on:** 14 February, 2017, 08:19:25 am »

Quote from: Dibdib on 13 February, 2017, 08:05:21 pm

I was jokingly moaning on Twitter that as I had no beer in the house, I'd have to drink - gulp - wine. The horror.

An hour later, Wadworth brewery down the road in Devizes see the tweet and decide they're going to post me a case of their excellent 6X and IPA.

Winner!

I could do with another cuppa (hint, hint).

woollypigs · « **Reply #2056 on:** 14 February, 2017, 08:23:19 am »

Quote from: T42 on 14 February, 2017, 08:19:25 am

Quote from: Dibdib on 13 February, 2017, 08:05:21 pm
I was jokingly moaning on Twitter that as I had no beer in the house, I'd have to drink - gulp - wine. The horror.

An hour later, Wadworth brewery down the road in Devizes see the tweet and decide they're going to post me a case of their excellent 6X and IPA.

Winner!

I could do with another cuppa (hint, hint).

T42 I pretty much did the same to Yorkshire Tea and they send me a few bags to me and my friend in Denmark and they even remembered my birthday

T42 · « **Reply #2057 on:** 14 February, 2017, 09:30:21 am »

Aha! Must try that. Ta.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2058 on:** 14 February, 2017, 06:41:41 pm »

Tonight I shall sing what I eat. Bass.

Basil · « **Reply #2059 on:** 14 February, 2017, 08:15:36 pm »

Which reminds me. I filleted an absolutely fee-youge sea bass yesterday. It would have been easier if I'd had a decent knife that i could sharpen properly.

Wasn't there a kitchen knife thread somewhere?

Dibdib · « **Reply #2060 on:** 15 February, 2017, 08:42:55 pm »

My free beer arrived today - three bottles of Wadworth 6X and three bottles of their IPA.

they're delicious

ian · « **Reply #2061 on:** 15 February, 2017, 08:50:40 pm »

My wife is good at getting free booze by writing winsome emails to the brewers. I can't help but feel I'd be less successful unless I wrote the email while wearing a dress (I have to be in character). It's less successful these days owing to the more general availability of obscure brewski.

I once got drunk with the Sierra Nevada sales team in a Philadelphia hotel and they sent me two entire sample cases (48 bottles). I must have been entertaining. I don't entirely remember.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2062 on:** 16 February, 2017, 01:14:54 pm »

I've just heard a wonderful food-related quote from, of all places, Star Trek. Odo, an alien who does not need to eat, says "I'm fascinated by the humanoid preoccupation with eating." Indeed!

Basil · « **Reply #2063 on:** 16 February, 2017, 10:19:49 pm »

Yes. It is pickled.
Yes. They are cheese and onion.
Yes. It is about to be mashed with a fork.
Yes. There is a glass of generic whisky off shot.

Andrij · « **Reply #2064 on:** 16 February, 2017, 11:56:38 pm »

Has this month's pension cheque not arrived?

Pingu · « **Reply #2065 on:** 17 February, 2017, 12:15:11 am »

Quote from: Basil on 16 February, 2017, 10:19:49 pm

Yes. It is pickled.
Yes. They are cheese and onion.
Yes. It is about to be mashed with a fork.
Yes. There is a glass of generic whisky off shot.

What a way to go!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2066 on:** 17 February, 2017, 10:26:11 am »

If you can't get to the Country Girl, you can at least recreate it at home.

citoyen · « **Reply #2067 on:** 17 February, 2017, 10:41:01 am »

Basil wins the thread.

T42 · « **Reply #2068 on:** 17 February, 2017, 11:16:29 am »

A containment dome might be appropriate.

TheLurker · « **Reply #2069 on:** 18 February, 2017, 10:00:36 am »

Quote from: T42 on 17 February, 2017, 11:16:29 am

A containment dome might be appropriate.

For Basil or for the "food"?

citoyen · « **Reply #2070 on:** 20 February, 2017, 03:44:37 pm »

This may be of interest to ian, if no one else, but over the weekend I made chicken fajitas using Wahaca garlic and chipotle marinade in place of the usual Discovery/Santa Maria spice mix, which a) is no longer stocked in Tesco, and b) disappointing since the New! Improved! Recipe! was introduced.

It's pretty good. I was expecting it to lack punch, given that it only has a 2 out of 3 chilli rating on the packaging, but it was surprisingly piquant. We also tried the Wahaca smoky chipotle salsa and tomatillo salsa, which were also good.

We tried the New! Improved! Recipe! Discovery/Santa Maria fajita spice mix a couple of weeks ago. I don't know what they have done to it but it is now hardly any better than Old El Paso, with a sweet, synthetic flavour. Shame.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2071 on:** 23 February, 2017, 08:33:16 pm »

Today being doughnut day, I went to the Lithuanian shop up the road and got six. Gave three to the LBS for doing a job without pay the other day and for generally being good guys, took three home. Ate two, saved one for the boy. They were ok. Not as good as the ones with plum jam and powder sugar from the Polish shop down the road, but that's closed; these were with icing and indeterminate jam. Might have got better ones from the place I've heard about not been to in the wild lands the other side of the river, I thought. Mrs Cudzo came home with some from there. They were awful! Greasy, entirely covered with over-sweet icing and just not right.

ian · « **Reply #2072 on:** 23 February, 2017, 09:12:15 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 20 February, 2017, 03:44:37 pm

This may be of interest to ian, if no one else, but over the weekend I made chicken fajitas using Wahaca garlic and chipotle marinade in place of the usual Discovery/Santa Maria spice mix, which a) is no longer stocked in Tesco, and b) disappointing since the New! Improved! Recipe! was introduced.

It's pretty good. I was expecting it to lack punch, given that it only has a 2 out of 3 chilli rating on the packaging, but it was surprisingly piquant. We also tried the Wahaca smoky chipotle salsa and tomatillo salsa, which were also good.

We tried the New! Improved! Recipe! Discovery/Santa Maria fajita spice mix a couple of weeks ago. I don't know what they have done to it but it is now hardly any better than Old El Paso, with a sweet, synthetic flavour. Shame.

I shall endeavour to try this. Combinations of chili powder and spices have failed to replicate the original Santa Maria formula. I've followed instructions on the internet to make authentic tacos and they weren't. I've eaten authentic tacos in gang 'hoods in LA and weirdly, Santa Maria captured that whole essence of taco-ness (obviously without the stares) far better. M&S do a taco mixture which, while a lot better than New! Improved! Formula! lacks a little punch.

hellymedic · « **Reply #2073 on:** 06 March, 2017, 02:34:24 pm »

It Asda be mice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39179652

tiermat · « **Reply #2074 on:** 06 March, 2017, 04:44:09 pm »

They were saving them for their new range "Mice en place"