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Fried, scrambled or poached eggs; cheese that is not tasteless like Mozzarella or used as a seasoning like Parmesan; and, tinned tuna (utterly vile stuff).

I like most egg dishes except balut.

Gumboot wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:36 am I like most egg dishes except balut.

With you there Gumboots, but with my bacon I like my eggs poached.
I not very keen on celery, much to missus delight as she tries to hide it in salads!

Dan54 wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:52 am

Gumboot wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:36 am I like most egg dishes except balut.

With you there Gumboots, but with my bacon I like my eggs poached.
I not very keen on celery, much to missus delight as she tries to hide it in salads!

The deli section of a local supermarket has a delicious looking egg salad on display, but upon closer inspection there are the tiny tell-tale corrugations of celery hidden in the mix. Why are some people so evil?

What is bread sauce?

Blake wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:16 pm

Lemoentjie wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:24 pm Sushi.

I like most cuisines, but sushi is just bland and horrible and cold. And if it does have flavour, it's often too much vinegary

You had sushi at Ocean basket, didn't you?

Proper sushi is amazing.





Weird, and I know it's just me but I love peanuts and hate peanut butter. I also love fruit, but hate jam.

I don't hate sushi but I just don't get all the hype. A lot of people here make a big hooha about it and I just don't get it. I mean I get the snobbish part, if you don't eat sushi your not "in" and probably a dom armgat boer from the Freestate but I mean it's fokon rice with raw fish and some avo on, wrapped in seaweed. Really people? I have to shovel a boat load of the stuff down my throat to feel full and only end up getting heartburn from all the soy sauce and wasabi.

average joe wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:01 am I don't hate sushi but I just don't get all the hype. A lot of people here make a big hooha about it and I just don't get it. I mean I get the snobbish part, if you don't eat sushi your not "in" and probably a dom armgat boer from the Freestate but I mean it's fokon rice with raw fish and some avo on, wrapped in seaweed. Really people? I have to shovel a boat load of the stuff down my throat to feel full and only end up getting heartburn from all the soy sauce and wasabi.

I used to feel that way, but it really depends on where you get it.
It's like comparing a minute steak warmed in a microwave to a rib-eye that was braaied properly.
Or a McDonalds Big Mac vs a proper burger.

I don't like sushi for the sake of liking something "exotic" by South African standards.
Properly prepared it really is amazing; but that is very scarce in South Africa where the local sushi joint employs and trains their staff to make a roll in the same way McDonalds trains their staff to make a burger.
Bad rice, cheap soy sauce, skimpy on ingredients, ingredients not fresh, layers all wrong etc...you really start off from a low base and then the only appealing thing (to some people) is the snobbish "ceremonial" aspect of eating it; so I get where you are coming from.

Denny Crane wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:37 pm Potatoes, Pasta and other peasant fillers

I don't know, a meal of just peasant plays havoc with my digestion and always leaves me wanting more.

Fangle wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:14 am What is bread sauce?

A sauce made out of bread

A survivor of the medieval bread-thickened sauces, the traditional British bread sauce is made with milk, butter or cream, and bread crumbs, flavoured with onion, salt, cloves, mace, pepper, and bay leaf, with the fat from roasting often added as well. It typically accompanies domestic fowl such as turkey or chicken

Gumboot wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:36 am I like most egg dishes except balut.

Never tried balut and don't have any desire to, but I do like century eggs, goes well with rice dishes

100 jaar ou vrot eiers.

Wow! Some of you cnuts have the taste pallette of a 5 year old.

Not_Couch wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:08 am Wow! Some of you cnuts have the taste pallette of a 5 year old.

Some of us cunts can actually spell like adults though.

Pears.
Spinach.

Papaya
Eggplant (except the nice preserved stuff you get in Deli's)

Sandstorm wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:54 pm

Saint wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:51 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:28 pm

Both processed versions are packed with sugar.

By law in the UK Jam HAS to be packed with sugar. If it's not at least 60% sugar, it's not jam

I know a slim young girl who got pregnant and got a craving for jam. She was ordered at around 6 months by her doctor to go on a diet because she had gained a huge amount of excess weight!

"But all I eat is jam which is healthy because it's fruit, right?"

How is your daughter doing?

Blake wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:30 am

average joe wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:01 am I don't hate sushi but I just don't get all the hype. A lot of people here make a big hooha about it and I just don't get it. I mean I get the snobbish part, if you don't eat sushi your not "in" and probably a dom armgat boer from the Freestate but I mean it's fokon rice with raw fish and some avo on, wrapped in seaweed. Really people? I have to shovel a boat load of the stuff down my throat to feel full and only end up getting heartburn from all the soy sauce and wasabi.

I used to feel that way, but it really depends on where you get it.
It's like comparing a minute steak warmed in a microwave to a rib-eye that was braaied properly.
Or a McDonalds Big Mac vs a proper burger.

I don't like sushi for the sake of liking something "exotic" by South African standards.
Properly prepared it really is amazing; but that is very scarce in South Africa where the local sushi joint employs and trains their staff to make a roll in the same way McDonalds trains their staff to make a burger.
Bad rice, cheap soy sauce, skimpy on ingredients, ingredients not fresh, layers all wrong etc...you really start off from a low base and then the only appealing thing (to some people) is the snobbish "ceremonial" aspect of eating it; so I get where you are coming from.

When will the attacks on Sards end?

Huh?

I don't get the joke, sorry.

Blake wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:38 pm Huh?

I don't get the joke, sorry.

Sards microwaves his braai meat first.

Chilli wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:23 pm
How is your daughter doing?

If I have one, I don't know about it.

Sandstorm wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:25 pm

Blake wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:38 pm Huh?

I don't get the joke, sorry.

Sards microwaves his braai meat first.

Ahhh...didn’t know about that. Seems a Sards thing to do though, so not all that surprised

Chilli wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:30 pm

Blake wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:30 am

average joe wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:01 am I don't hate sushi but I just don't get all the hype. A lot of people here make a big hooha about it and I just don't get it. I mean I get the snobbish part, if you don't eat sushi your not "in" and probably a dom armgat boer from the Freestate but I mean it's fokon rice with raw fish and some avo on, wrapped in seaweed. Really people? I have to shovel a boat load of the stuff down my throat to feel full and only end up getting heartburn from all the soy sauce and wasabi.

I used to feel that way, but it really depends on where you get it.
It's like comparing a minute steak warmed in a microwave to a rib-eye that was braaied properly.
Or a McDonalds Big Mac vs a proper burger.

I don't like sushi for the sake of liking something "exotic" by South African standards.
Properly prepared it really is amazing; but that is very scarce in South Africa where the local sushi joint employs and trains their staff to make a roll in the same way McDonalds trains their staff to make a burger.
Bad rice, cheap soy sauce, skimpy on ingredients, ingredients not fresh, layers all wrong etc...you really start off from a low base and then the only appealing thing (to some people) is the snobbish "ceremonial" aspect of eating it; so I get where you are coming from.

When will the attacks on Sards end?

The reason they have a go at me is because no matter what they have to say I don't get bothered...I am an empath. Have lots of love for all...get in for a group hug lads..
Namaste

Sandstorm wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:25 pm

Blake wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:38 pm Huh?

I don't get the joke, sorry.

Sards microwaves his braai meat first.

I hope his wife is a better cook than him. The poor children...

handyman wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:32 am

Sandstorm wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:25 pm

Blake wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:38 pm Huh?

I don't get the joke, sorry.

Sards microwaves his braai meat first.

I hope his wife is a better cook than him. The poor children...

It is why she opened the restaurant. To avoid subjecting the poor children to his "cooking".

Sandstorm wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:25 pm

Blake wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:38 pm Huh?

I don't get the joke, sorry.

Sards microwaves his braai meat first.

Sards, this better not be true. I'm sure Sandyvag is just trolling you.

sorCrer wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:21 am

Sandstorm wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:25 pm

Blake wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:38 pm Huh?

I don't get the joke, sorry.

Sards microwaves his braai meat first.

Sards, this better not be true. I'm sure Sandyvag is just trolling you.

Go check the braai fred.

Olives - awful horrible things

Before going vegan I would have said corned beef, black pudding, sardines, oysters and mussels. Even now the smell of corned beef makes my skin crawl.

Really dark chocolate

Thor Sedan wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:22 pm Olives - awful horrible things

Before going vegan I would have said corned beef, black pudding, sardines, oysters and mussels. Even now the smell of corned beef makes my skin crawl.

Really dark chocolate

Oysters and mussels are apparently ok for vegans, on the grounds that they have no brains and are therefore more or less vegetables. (really)

So you can still hate them.

Thor Sedan wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:22 pm Olives - awful horrible things

Before going vegan I would have said corned beef, black pudding, sardines, oysters and mussels. Even now the smell of corned beef makes my skin crawl.

Really dark chocolate

We have an olive tree and process them

lovely stuff.

Not going vegan ever ... Corned beef is not meat though ;)

Hong Kong wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:29 am I’ll defend the eating of Brussel Sprouts to the end of my days.

Food that does nothing for me: aubergine, broccoli, green beans, courgettes, and marrow.

courgettes and marrow (in soup) are OK. -The rest delicious. I bet you were a fussy eater as a child!!

Tilly Orifice wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:59 pm

Thor Sedan wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:22 pm Olives - awful horrible things

Before going vegan I would have said corned beef, black pudding, sardines, oysters and mussels. Even now the smell of corned beef makes my skin crawl.

Really dark chocolate

Oysters and mussels are apparently ok for vegans, on the grounds that they have no brains and are therefore more or less vegetables. (really)

So you can still hate them.

As much as I look down on Vegans, I wouldn't accuse them of having no brains...

sorCrer wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:48 am

Not_Couch wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:08 am Wow! Some of you cnuts have the taste pallette of a 5 year old.

Some of us cunts can actually spell like adults though.

It's spelled like that on purpose you mong.

Slick wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:37 pm Any offal, sweetbreads etc. The smell of my wife making stock makes me gag and leave the house.

In saying that, just been given a massive black pudding (massive) which I don’t mind but not greatly keen on. Any recipes to make it nice?

If you’re not a big fan of black pudding then I recommend using it to stuff things. We brought back some of the Stornoway variety in the summer and my wife made a pork loin stuffed with black pudding and apple. Tasted amazing. It freezes well too, so you can just take some out as and when.

I will eat most things now. Used to think I disliked sprouts but I love them if they are cooked lightly (ideally fried with bacon and garlic). I’m not a big fan of kale, but I do eat it without complaint. Celery is fine cooked in things, but I don’t like the flavour raw. My main dislikes are (weirdly) eggs and butter. I’m fine with eggs as a part of a recipe, but I really don’t like them in any recognisable form. Likewise, butter I am happy with as an ingredient, and I’ll eat garlic bread, but actually spreading it on things gives me the boak, as does fish (for example) essentially served in a puddle of it. I think I was mildly allergic to eggs as a kid, and I still feel a bit ill if I have too much dairy product, so maybe that’s why (my younger son was allergic to both eggs and dairy, though fortunately has since grown out of both).

Mushrooms. Fùcking horrible things. Genetically closer to athletes foot than they are to either meat or vegetables

SaintK wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:06 am

Fangle wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:14 am What is bread sauce?

A sauce made out of bread

A survivor of the medieval bread-thickened sauces, the traditional British bread sauce is made with milk, butter or cream, and bread crumbs, flavoured with onion, salt, cloves, mace, pepper, and bay leaf, with the fat from roasting often added as well. It typically accompanies domestic fowl such as turkey or chicken

You’re not really selling it there. The sound of bread sauce is not appealing.

I’d not tried it for a decade from coming to the UK on the back of what it’s called. It sounds like some Irish famine thing.

However I concur, it really is good. It’s really very moreish, the subtle other ingredients are what makes it. Butter onion bay leaf and clove. It goes brilliantly with roast chicken/turkey and gravy.

Biffer wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:56 pm Mushrooms. Fùcking horrible things. Genetically closer to athletes foot than they are to either meat or vegetables

Not a fan of stroganoff ??

Or a mixed omelette with pepper, onion, mushroom and a bit of cheese on top.

Ymx wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:27 pm

Biffer wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:56 pm Mushrooms. Fùcking horrible things. Genetically closer to athletes foot than they are to either meat or vegetables

Not a fan of stroganoff ??

Or a mixed omelette with pepper, onion, mushroom and a bit of cheese on top.

Mushrooms are a no go area. Manky things that aren’t part of the animal or plant kingdoms.

Ymx wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:25 pm

SaintK wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:06 am

Fangle wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:14 am What is bread sauce?

A sauce made out of bread

A survivor of the medieval bread-thickened sauces, the traditional British bread sauce is made with milk, butter or cream, and bread crumbs, flavoured with onion, salt, cloves, mace, pepper, and bay leaf, with the fat from roasting often added as well. It typically accompanies domestic fowl such as turkey or chicken

You’re not really selling it there. The sound of bread sauce is not appealing.

I’d not tried it for a decade from coming to the UK on the back of what it’s called. It sounds like some Irish famine thing.

However I concur, it really is good. It’s really very moreish, the subtle other ingredients are what makes it. Butter onion bay leaf and clove. It goes brilliantly with roast chicken/turkey and gravy.

Exactly. Well made bread sauce is one of the most beautiful things in the world to eat. The bread and dairy is just a carrier for a subtle mix of flavours that accompany virtually any bird extremely well - I'd argue that it goes particularly well with Game birds, if made a touch stronger

Saint wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:53 pm

Ymx wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:25 pm

SaintK wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:06 am
A sauce made out of bread

You’re not really selling it there. The sound of bread sauce is not appealing.

I’d not tried it for a decade from coming to the UK on the back of what it’s called. It sounds like some Irish famine thing.

However I concur, it really is good. It’s really very moreish, the subtle other ingredients are what makes it. Butter onion bay leaf and clove. It goes brilliantly with roast chicken/turkey and gravy.

Exactly. Well made bread sauce is one of the most beautiful things in the world to eat. The bread and dairy is just a carrier for a subtle mix of flavours that accompany virtually any bird extremely well - I'd argue that it goes particularly well with Game birds, if made a touch stronger

I concur - I almost had a hissy fit at Christ when CMOS uttered the abhorrent line "we don't really need bread sauce do we?"

Not_Couch wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:17 am

sorCrer wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:48 am

Not_Couch wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:08 am Wow! Some of you cnuts have the taste pallette of a 5 year old.

Some of us cunts can actually spell like adults though.

It's spelled like that on purpose you mong.

cunt or palette