Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 513355 times)

Man in a tree · « **Reply #2975 on:** 23 March, 2019, 09:57:11 pm »

Quote from: Man in a tree on 20 March, 2019, 10:40:47 am

Anyone here a devotee of eddo? I am in two minds, having stumbled across them (don't ask), and open to persuasion one way or the other.

OK, so maybe I wasn't the only person who didn't know what an eddo was? It's a small vegetable that looks like a hairy potato, which has to be peeled and cooked to rid it of harmful and distasteful substances, after which it can be used to thicken soups and stews. It has a strange slightly slippery texture. Judging by the silence that greeted it here, I think I'm not alone in deciding not to bother again.

T42 · « **Reply #2976 on:** 24 March, 2019, 08:14:54 am »

After reading that I'm not inclined to bother the first time.

Man in a tree · « **Reply #2977 on:** 24 March, 2019, 09:38:35 am »

Quote from: T42 on 24 March, 2019, 08:14:54 am

After reading that I'm not inclined to bother the first time.

Ha ha. Yes, I just have this occasional habit of buying veg I don't recognise, just to see if I stumble across something unexpectedly delicious. This one was a bit of a fail though; weird, but not completely disgusting. After the apocalypse I will know what to do with it, should it be all that is available.

hellymedic · « **Reply #2978 on:** 25 March, 2019, 01:27:27 am »

I am a BAD GIRL.
A friend posted pictures of her barbecue on Facebook.
This included a large octopus.
I knew this would gross David out.
I downloaded a picture and had it on my screen just to wind him up...

T42 · « **Reply #2979 on:** 25 March, 2019, 01:29:24 pm »

hellymedic · « **Reply #2980 on:** 25 March, 2019, 01:35:13 pm »

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T42 · « **Reply #2981 on:** 26 March, 2019, 09:03:31 am »

We once fed octopus to a friend who "wouldn't eat anything weird" and she downed the lot quite happily. Very disappointing.

ElyDave · « **Reply #2982 on:** 31 March, 2019, 05:55:15 pm »

I had a mate who wouldn't each cheese. Edam on the other hand, he'd lay into that like nobody's business. "that's not relly cheese" was his view

L CC · « **Reply #2983 on:** 03 April, 2019, 11:47:52 am »

That's kind of true, though, isn't it?

T42 · « **Reply #2984 on:** 03 April, 2019, 01:06:27 pm »

I was surprised the other day to find that most Emmental - nice Germanic name, makes you think of mountains, goats & Swisses, right? - was produced in Brittany.

Kim · « **Reply #2985 on:** 03 April, 2019, 01:27:52 pm »

Quote from: fboab on 03 April, 2019, 11:47:52 am

That's kind of true, though, isn't it?

It's certainly a decent way up towards the USAnian end of the Cheese to Not Cheese spectrum.

I still like it, thobut. Barakta won't touch it because - I quote - "it smells of ankles".

hellymedic · « **Reply #2986 on:** 03 April, 2019, 02:34:26 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 03 April, 2019, 01:06:27 pm

I was surprised the other day to find that most Emmental - nice Germanic name, makes you think of mountains, goats & Swisses, right? - was produced in Brittany.

Yebbut isn't it really the same as Svenbo/Leerdamer/Jarlsberg anyway?

Give it an 'authentic' national name, produce it the same way and guesswhat? It looks and tastes much the same!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2987 on:** 03 April, 2019, 02:41:29 pm »

I'm not sure about Svenbo but Jarlsberg, Emmentaler and Leerdamer are all distinct, though similar. Jarlsberg is my favourite. Radamer should join that list too, and doubtless many others. But not Edam, that's more soft and mushy.

hellymedic · « **Reply #2988 on:** 03 April, 2019, 03:14:49 pm »

Edam, Gouda and Cheddar don't have big holes.

Emmental, Svenbo, Jarlsberg and Leerdamer do.

T42 · « **Reply #2989 on:** 03 April, 2019, 03:30:12 pm »

I forget. Since I've been on metformin my ability to digest hard cheeses has dwindled to zero. About an hour after eating any I get nausea and probably a headache.

Jurek · « **Reply #2990 on:** 03 April, 2019, 03:40:50 pm »

On account of high cholesterol I haven't had any cheese for around six years.
Life without cheese immeasurably dull.
Jarlsberg.
Mmmmmmm.

rafletcher · « **Reply #2991 on:** 03 April, 2019, 03:46:26 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 03 April, 2019, 03:14:49 pm

Edam, Gouda and Cheddar don't have big holes.

Nor do the majority of cheeses. There the similarity ends!

Tim Hall · « **Reply #2992 on:** 03 April, 2019, 03:52:48 pm »

Quote from: Jurek on 03 April, 2019, 03:40:50 pm

On account of high cholesterol I haven't had any cheese for around six years.
Life without cheese immeasurably dull.
Jarlsberg.
Mmmmmmm.

Statin and cheddar sandwich. YKIMS.

Jurek · « **Reply #2993 on:** 03 April, 2019, 04:17:05 pm »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 03 April, 2019, 03:52:48 pm

Quote from: Jurek on 03 April, 2019, 03:40:50 pm
On account of high cholesterol I haven't had any cheese for around six years.
Life without cheese immeasurably dull.
Jarlsberg.
Mmmmmmm.

Statin and cheddar sandwich. YKIMS.

It wouldn't be cheddar (See Jarlsberg upthread) but it's a plan.

hellymedic · « **Reply #2994 on:** 03 April, 2019, 06:02:19 pm »

I don't have high cholesterol; I just live with a man who dislikes most cheese and hates handling the stuff.

I have a limited cheesefest when he's away a few days.

T42 · « **Reply #2995 on:** 04 April, 2019, 08:30:09 am »

MrsT decided to give up having cheese with her breakfast but bought a packet of cheap Leerdammer anyway because the dogs are used to getting a bit.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #2996 on:** 08 April, 2019, 08:06:26 am »

After racing on sunday, I took little MissC and her hubby for late lunch in Cambridge to the Mill. They were chilled, tired and hungry (bless them, they'd got up at 5:30 to come and see me race).

Anyway, the food bit is I ordered a veg chilli with potato rosti. Expected a bit of rosti a few inches across.

Nope. It was nearly the size of the plate, the full dinner plate. Veg chilli piled on top, with a mound of sour cream. Took me ages to eat.

Definitely didn't need dinner after that. Proper audaxer food. Or kayaker food. Greasy carbs ahoy!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2997 on:** 08 April, 2019, 01:04:10 pm »

I guess somewhere there's the equivalent of the Yet Another Kayaking Forum "Good kayaking cafes thread" with the obvious requirement that they need to be near water.

Kim · « **Reply #2998 on:** 08 April, 2019, 01:11:12 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 08 April, 2019, 01:04:10 pm

I guess somewhere there's the equivalent of the Yet Another Kayaking Forum "Good kayaking cafes thread" with the obvious requirement that they need to be near water.

And a few forumites who occasionally make semi-incomprehensible posts about their strange wheel-based fitness activities.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #2999 on:** 08 April, 2019, 01:34:44 pm »

Nope - I've looked.
There is an antipodean surf-skiing forum. Very friendly.

Kayakers seem to, well, kayak. They socialise in large groups though. BBQ and things like that.