Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 523769 times)

Pingu · « **Reply #4950 on:** 19 October, 2023, 01:52:21 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 19 October, 2023, 01:33:55 pm

Cheesy peas set to become A Thing*. Brilliant!

* Sort of

Squeezy?

andyoxon · « **Reply #4951 on:** 24 October, 2023, 11:24:18 am »

Fancy a 'beer' anyone..?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-67191242

citoyen · « **Reply #4952 on:** 24 October, 2023, 01:24:04 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 24 October, 2023, 11:24:18 am

Fancy a 'beer' anyone..?

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Tsingtao: Video shows Chinese beer worker urinating into tank

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-67191242

Vindication for what countless Camra members have been saying for years...

If you drink that rubbish, you get what you deserve.

Basil · « **Reply #4953 on:** 25 October, 2023, 07:47:10 pm »

Bloke who drives for our local butcher.
"I'd never eat anyone else's sausages, I don't know what's in them."
"I never eat our sausages because I do know what's in them".

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #4954 on:** 29 October, 2023, 03:35:07 pm »

I got the venerable old Prestige Hi-Dome pressure cooker out and pressed it into service to make soup today. It appears to need a new gasket though (the gasket is not well used but it is many years old).
'Look at the bottom of the pan to find the SKU', says the website. Ha, the bottom of the pan is so worn, only some of the stamped number is now visible....

rafletcher · « **Reply #4955 on:** 29 October, 2023, 03:47:58 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 29 October, 2023, 03:35:07 pm

I got the venerable old Prestige Hi-Dome pressure cooker out and pressed it into service to make soup today. It appears to need a new gasket though (the gasket is not well used but it is many years old).
'Look at the bottom of the pan to find the SKU', says the website. Ha, the bottom of the pan is so worn, only some of the stamped number is now visible....

There aren’t many options for the diameter of a pressure cooker seal. Just google “pressure cooker seal” and you’ll get an Amazon link promoted for a Prestige Hi Dome…. I did

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #4956 on:** 29 October, 2023, 04:11:32 pm »

I found 2, one of which I have purchased having seen a photo of a measuring tape laid against it, hopefully that one will do.

barakta · « **Reply #4957 on:** 29 October, 2023, 05:33:05 pm »

I managed to injure my soft palate on some crunchy stir fry veg in a chicken stirfry on Friday night - got a nasty blood blister that Kim had to pop to stop it growing (I've had these before - dunno if my nearly cleft palate is a risk factor cos my palate goes up might higher than usual).

My mouth is still sore 2 days later. The veg needed eating, so I used a stick blender to turn the stirfry into a soup of sorts and microwaved the crap out of it. In an ideal world I'd have had something more binding or smooth in it (lentils etc) but chucking some cream cheese into it stopped it being too oily and means the veg didn't go to waste.

My mum would be proud of me, making soup out of whatever's around.

T42 · « **Reply #4958 on:** 05 November, 2023, 04:18:35 pm »

I've been complaining for the last couple of days that the mock butter we use tasted of fish, but MrsT has been replying "well you've got a cold, it's bound to taste funny". I looked at the expiry date this morning: 15th September.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4959 on:** 06 November, 2023, 03:56:06 pm »

It's very rare a Grauniad Comment is Free article says anything near as sensible as this; a call for one-quid tea.

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With that in mind, it’s about time we reclaimed institutional tea and campaigned for the simple comfort of our national drink at a reasonable price – #onequidtea for all. Perhaps then we’d even be able to push the boat out and buy a monster cookie to go with it.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/06/tea-prices-museum-cafe-britain-biscuits-high-street-chains

T42 · « **Reply #4960 on:** 06 November, 2023, 05:11:06 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 06 November, 2023, 03:56:06 pm

It's very rare a Grauniad Comment is Free article says anything near as sensible as this; a call for one-quid tea.
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With that in mind, it’s about time we reclaimed institutional tea and campaigned for the simple comfort of our national drink at a reasonable price – #onequidtea for all. Perhaps then we’d even be able to push the boat out and buy a monster cookie to go with it.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/06/tea-prices-museum-cafe-britain-biscuits-high-street-chains

A quid!!? I remember when it was fourpence.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #4961 on:** 06 November, 2023, 08:19:36 pm »

Medlars seem to be more complicated than I thought. Any ideas on what I can do with 500g of them?

SteveC · « **Reply #4962 on:** 06 November, 2023, 08:43:06 pm »

They are a pain to deal with because of the stones. MrsC made jelly the one time we got some, but you might not get very much out of 500g.
You can just eat them raw, of course.

T42 · « **Reply #4963 on:** 07 November, 2023, 11:35:39 am »

One French name for them is cul de chien - 'dog's arse' in English.

Jurek · « **Reply #4964 on:** 07 November, 2023, 08:25:30 pm »

I mandolin'd the carrots for tonight's coleslaw, as opposed to grating them.
I remain to be convinced that this was the best culinary decision I have made.
ETA - You've got to try stuff out thobut.

jsabine · « **Reply #4965 on:** 08 November, 2023, 08:10:13 am »

Just as long as it didn't end up a carrot'n'fingertip coleslaw.

Pingu · « **Reply #4966 on:** 08 November, 2023, 10:06:42 am »

Quote from: Jurek on 07 November, 2023, 08:25:30 pm

I mandolin'd the carrots...

In the voice of Viv Stanshall one hopes.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #4967 on:** 08 November, 2023, 10:54:18 am »

[“No. No, not one of them!” – Ed.]

T42 · « **Reply #4968 on:** 08 November, 2023, 01:21:01 pm »

They lay pine-cones, you know.

Jurek · « **Reply #4969 on:** 08 November, 2023, 06:40:49 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 08 November, 2023, 10:06:42 am

Quote from: Jurek on 07 November, 2023, 08:25:30 pm
I mandolin'd the carrots...

In the voice of Viv Stanshall one hopes.

Two, slightly distorted carrots.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #4970 on:** 08 November, 2023, 07:02:04 pm »

Oh my god! Nestle are going to stop production of Caramac! This is an outrage!
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/08/sweet-sorrow-caramac-fans-decry-nestle-move-to-discontinue-bar

Jurek · « **Reply #4971 on:** 10 November, 2023, 04:26:55 pm »

Seen in Sainos

Regulator · « **Reply #4972 on:** 10 November, 2023, 05:01:22 pm »

Quote from: Jurek on 10 November, 2023, 04:26:55 pm

Seen in Sainos

Are you and Rogerzilla perchance related?

Quote from: rogerzilla on 05 November, 2023, 02:12:31 pm

Isn't pineapple supposed to make, er, man-milk taste nicer?

Ham · « **Reply #4973 on:** 10 November, 2023, 06:43:28 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 08 November, 2023, 07:02:04 pm

Oh my god! Nestle are going to stop production of Caramac! This is an outrage!
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/08/sweet-sorrow-caramac-fans-decry-nestle-move-to-discontinue-bar

They must have heard that Cadbury's got away with stopping little packets of buttons. Criminal, I say.

Basil · « **Reply #4974 on:** 17 November, 2023, 08:20:08 pm »

There's a glut of Scots bonnet chillis in the village. Last night in the pub we cut one in half and put both halves in a glass of Jura and covered it with clingfilm.
Landlord brought it out tonight for the Friday whiskey club.
Only the idiots would try it. (Oh, that was all of us, then)
OMFG.
Don't try this at home, kids.