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

[Mr Larrington]

Is it wrong of me to have curry for breakfast?

[Ashaman42]

Never.

[T42]

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?

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

Is it any good?

Um, no 

Soylent Green, Cloud Atlas, Lanark... Snowpiercer?

And then there's my 1723 book that documents the Siege of Londonderry, which quotes a butcher's price list of the time: ¼ of a dog, fattened on the bodies of the slain.... 5s.

[citoyen]

Is it wrong of me to have curry for breakfast?

Of course not.

[Jurek]

Today, my breakfast consisted of a bowl of basmati rice, into which was mixed a couple of tablespoons of hot chilli pesto.

[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?

Um, no 

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

Is it any good?

It's like watching an entire season of Lexx in one sitting.  Without the funny bits.

[Andrij]

Is it wrong of me to have curry for breakfast?

Of course not.

 


Unrelated...
I've been vegan and (almost) tea-total since mid-March.  That all ended on Sunday, deo gratias.  Meatless I can handle, even no booze (contrary to popular opinion), but the best bit is welcoming milk and cheese back into my life. 

[hellymedic]

My stewed apples with raisins have spent rather a long time in the fridge awaiting consumption.
They were fermenting nicely when I had them with ice cream for my dessert tonight.
It was rather yummy - rum'n'raisin ice cream...

[hellymedic]

I baked a cake for the first time since Christmas last night...
... and found the glacé cherries in the cupboard which contains the loaf tin liners, paper plates and other disposable partyware.

[tiermat]

On the cheese board, last night, I put a Picos blue. Never had it before. It is unusual, to say the least! Not punchy like a Stilton or even Yorkshire Blue. It is mild in it's blue flavour, until you get the aftertaste, with is spicy! I think I have found a new favorite blue cheese...

[T42]

...Picos blue...

Never heard of it, but it's on the must-try list now. 

...If the French will deign to import it.

[Quint]

Is it wrong of me to have curry for breakfast?

                    Never, I have supped on leftover Chinese Takeaway curry with rice (despite warnings of painful, agonising deff) many times when younger, I have now graduated to leftover homemade curry for breakfast, much nicer, the only thing missing is the leftover beer (from when younger  )

[rafletcher]

...Picos blue...

Never heard of it, but it's on the must-try list now. 

...If the French will deign to import it.

Picos de Europa is luvverly, but Cabrales is (IMO obvs) better. Also quite liking Ossua Iraty as well.  Oh, and Bleu de Causses too.

[hellymedic]

Partner has a severe aversion to blue cheeses so we never have them at home.
Which is a shame cos I like them.

[T42]

Did I mention my blue cheese & raw onion sandwich? Well yes, but. Yum.

[jsabine]

Partner has a severe aversion to blue cheeses so we never have them at home.
Which is a shame cos I like them.

That seems most unfair. Can't be he just not eat them?

[hellymedic]

Partner has a severe aversion to blue cheeses so we never have them at home.
Which is a shame cos I like them.

That seems most unfair. Can't be just not eat them?

He really doesn't like to see, smell or touch these things!
We obviously only have one fridge.

[jsabine]

Oh well, his loss.

(My wife can't eat blue cheese - one of a string of food allergies that, although we try not to experiment, risks blue lights to hospital, or at the very least Epi-Pen deployment. She is gracious enough to settle for two cheese boards and separate knives.)

[hellymedic]

Is your wife allergic to penicillin? Can she touch 'white' mouldy cheeses like Brie? Just curious.

[jsabine]

AFAIK she's allergic to penicillin.

Touch is OK (for blue cheese as well as Brie and similar), just the eating of the mould that's in issue - she'll happily eat the innards of Brie, Camembert, Epoisses ... which means I end up with a plateful of rind. Such a hardship ...

[T42]

You need a dog.

Our local supermarket's cheese counter used to be a great source of rinds for dogs, then the management decided that what the staff were calling rinds and taking home were being eaten by more than dogs, and put a crimp in it.

[jsabine]

Not sure about that - I'd start getting a bit peeved if a dog was getting them instead of me.

[ian]

Partner has a severe aversion to blue cheeses so we never have them at home.
Which is a shame cos I like them.

That seems most unfair. Can't be just not eat them?

He really doesn't like to see, smell or touch these things!
We obviously only have one fridge.

Get a second fridge. Obvs. Then put it in a different country. I can't stand blue or otherwise funky and/or stinky cheese. I have to be dragged into French supermarkets like a recalcitrant dog.

[T42]

Not sure about that - I'd start getting a bit peeved if a dog was getting them instead of me.

Correction: you need a dog and more cheese.

[jsabine]

While I can't fault the second half of your assertion, I still regard the hound as superfluous - indeed, a cheese-eating canine companion would seem to be contra-indicated in the quest for more cheese.