Mahow's all new, all new, all new food thread

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I do like fried eggs on my chilaquiles. As long as there was no lettuce on them, I am willing to give them a pass.

Half an avocado with soured cream and some cheese.

Probably not a patch on the proper stuff but for someone who has never had them before they were great.

[Pepe]

That sounds alright, if a bit wankerish with the avocado and the "carnitas."

[Pepe]

Now I feel like chilaquiles. :moop:

[Boydy]

Is all Mexican food just some sort of variation on the tortilla?

[Pepe]

Definitely. 90% of the food is the same few ingredients in a hundred different varieties.

[Magic]

Worst cuisine.

[Pepe]

I would love to see what you call Mexican food.

[Lewis]

Magic taking his daughter to Chiquitos after cinema, nervously counting down the seconds until he has to drop her off at what used to be his house.

[randomlegend]

Chiquito's is so shit.

[Giggles]

Magic taking his daughter to Chiquitos after cinema, nervously counting down the seconds until he has to drop her off at what used to be his house.

Before heading home to one of those soulless flats Igor hates that he rents with the few pound he has left.

[randomlegend]

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186342-d11491823-Reviews-Jive_Kitchen_Bar-Norwich_Norfolk_East_Anglia_England.html

This place is run by a girl who was in my brother's year at school and her boyfriend. He cooks, she's front of house. They lived in Mexico for a year or so to learn about the food.

It's really great, IMO.

[Lewis]

I haven't been to a Chiquitos in at least ten years, but they used to do a belting dinner buffet. I expect it inspired all of those 'world cuisine' buffet things you see all over now, run by don't-give-a-fuck Chinese people who periodically make the local paper for charging fat kids as adults.

[Magic]

Before heading home to one of those soulless flats Igor hates that he rents with the few pound he has left.

I'll be bunking with him in Rugby.

[Magic]

I would love to see what you call Mexican food.

Go and take a shit and throw some salsa on it then you'll see.

[igor_balis]

I'll be bunking with him in Rugby.

We can go down the tip and find some preloved knick-knacks for your room.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

There's a Taco truck parked just a couple hundred metres away from the motel :drool:

Got myself some asada, Al pastor, chorizo and carnitas. It was all delicious but I think the asada was my favourite.

[Giggles]

Got myself an Asda meat feast pizza for tomorrow :drool:

[Ian]

I've been pretty good this week food-wise and all I want right now is a load of stodgy crap to ruin it all.

I'd destroy an Asda meat feast right now.

[Spikey M]

Go and take a shit and throw some salsa on it then you'll see.

Put it in a taco you mong.

[Giggles]

Speaking of Mexican, I just came across this. Not sure if it's new or I've just never seen it before but I'm grabbing a bus in there today.

380g chipotle in adobo for under €5, never seen them as cheap here :drool:

https://www.picadomexican.com/collections/all


Anything else worth picking up Pepe?

[Pepe]

Speaking of Mexican, I just came across this. Not sure if it's new or I've just never seen it before but I'm grabbing a bus in there today.

380g chipotle in adobo for under €5, never seen them as cheap here :drool:

https://www.picadomexican.com/collections/all


Anything else worth picking up Pepe?

Valentina is good on pizza. Bufalo is good too. Apart from that, everything else would be useful only if you'll be using it to cook something in particular. Decent selection though.

[Adamski]

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/glasgow-chinese-takeaway-launches-salt-14510997

Fuck sake.

[Raoul Duke]

Fuck that looks amazing.

[Spikey M]

My arteries are squeaking with lust.

[SincereTheRebel]

Looks like a heart attack.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yesterday I went to the buffet at Caesars and whilst it was a bit pricey ($40 for lunch) the selection and quality was amazing. I had quite a few oysters, wagyu beef, prime rib, elk burgers etc etc. I ate so much that I felt I was going to pop and didn't feel like eating anything for the rest of the day.

Today it was time for Hell's Kitchen and I had the living set menu. Pumpkin soup was smooth and delicious, first try of beef wellington didn't disappoint and for pudding I had the lightest sticky toffee pudding.

[Ian]

Beef Wellington. :drool:

[Spikey M]

How do you get to Mahows age without having tried Beef Wellington?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

By having Greek and Polish family probably.

I'm going to have to make it myself now and then because it was fucking amazing. It was with silky smooth mash too which worked well with it.

[John]

Lol at living in Britain for thirty years then going to America for some Beef Wellington.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It was at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't think I've ever had beef wellington. It always seems a bit UKIP.

[SvN]

I've always avoided beef wellington because I despise mushrooms.

[Lewis]

I don't like mushrooms, but mate. Try some and see. You don't even think about them.

[SvN]

If they're in a lasagne it doesn't really bother me, but I've always thought that mushrooms were key to the beef wellington taste.

[SincereTheRebel]

For the past week or so, ive been eating chocolate every day and what a chocolate it is :drool:


http://images.sweetauthoring.com/product/57802.png


I think it has overtaking MnMs and Yorkie as the G.O.A.T for me.

[randomlegend]

I've never had beef wellington.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

It's always something I've wanted to try (it's blatantly going to be amazing) but I've never seen it on a menu.

[-james-]

I have also never eaten, nor has there ever been the prospect of me eating, Beef Wellington. Looks pretty banging though.

[phonics]

It's fine. It's just piece of beef and some pie crust.

[Giggles]

Never seen it on a menu either. Made it a few times and it was nice so I'd love to taste one by someone who knew what they were at.

[Spikey M]

This needs a ‘State of the board’ thread.

[Disco]

Not only have I never had beef wellington (I think) but that deep fried thing up thread looks fucking awful.

[Magic]

It always looks awesome on Masterchef so when I found out my colleague was putting it on at his wedding really gave me a massive erection, along with his hot wife.

Stunning.

The wellington was fucking amazing too.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

It's fine. It's just piece of beef and some pie crust.

You could say that sort of thing about most food.


https://youtu.be/TE2omM_NoXU?t=117

Have a word.

[randomlegend]

Cooking on Monday for some friends.

Starter: maple syrup roasted onion, shallot puree and wild garlic (provided I can find some in the woods).

Main: www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/beer-can-chicken-recipe

(I know he beercanning does nothing but I've made the recipe before and it's banging).

Dessert: poached rhubarb, hibiscus frozen yoghurt, white chocolate cremeux and shards, blackberries, blackberry gel and granola.

Should be fun :)

There will be pictures so you can suck my nuts John.

[Giggles]

Sounds nice mostly, but if anyone ever presents me with a roasted onion for any course then they're getting it back across the head.

[SincereTheRebel]

Cooking on Monday for some friends.

Main: www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/beer-can-chicken-recipe

.

Why is the chicken sitting on the table like he isn't on the menu?

[randomlegend]

Sounds nice mostly, but if anyone ever presents me with a roasted onion for any course then they're getting it back across the head.

It looks great in the book, I've been wanting to try it for ages. It's got a slow cooked egg with it, forgot to write that.

[Spikey M]

Slow cooked egg. Fucking hell.

[Disco]

I always lob a bit of onion into the dish when cooking a roast, I always steal it before it's served too because they're delicious. I would imagine cooking them on purpose is even better.

[-james-]

Huevos a baja temperatura. :drool:

[phonics]

Don't worry Giggles, I googled it. He means 'Poached Egg on Soup'

[Giggles]

The snow cooked egg with the onion would change my feelings on the dish.

[Magic]

How can ya cook it in snow ya diddy.

[randomlegend]

Don't worry Giggles, I googled it. He means 'Poached Egg on Soup'

Soup? It doesn't in any way resemble soup.

Slow cooked eggs are amazing. They go a really lovely texture. They aren't poached really either since they are cooked in the shell.

https://i.imgur.com/Zz3Teid.jpg?1

That's the photo from the book.

[igor_balis]

beef wellington is alright yeah

[Spikey M]

Soup? It doesn't in any way resemble soup.

Slow cooked eggs are amazing. They go a really lovely texture. They aren't poached really either since they are cooked in the shell.

https://i.imgur.com/Zz3Teid.jpg?1

That's the photo from the book.

So it’s a boiled egg. Cool.

Anyway, I’m off to put the pommes de terre frites in the oven.

[Magic]

What a load of utterly pretentious drivel.

What's the recipe?

[randomlegend]

So it’s a boiled egg. Cool.

Anyway, I’m off to put the pommes de terre frites in the oven.

Well technically it's cooked way under 100c, so it's not a boiled anything...

You get a very different result to a bog standard boiled egg, in the same way you might slow-cook pork and it be very tender whereas if you blasted it for 1/10th of the time at 3 times the temperature it'd be very tough.

[igor_balis]

when i went to france i had some bullshit crepes that were served with pretty much raw eggs. 4 hours and and the same number of pints later i had the most horrible shits that just smelled like eggs and had to go in a cubicle in a unisex toilet with pretty french girls coming in to piss in the other cubicles. france can fuck off

[Magic]

I did a Chicken Korai shite this morning and it actually smelled like boiled eggs too. Weird.

[Giggles]

Last time I smelt anything like my last one it came out of a very sick Jack Russell.

[Foe]

Smashed some squashes, pretzels and a yoghurt for tea.

Being adult :cool:

[Magic]

Being gay. :cool:

[Magic]

Last time I smelt anything like my last one it came out of a very sick Jack Russell.

Your willy?

[Giggles]

Your willy?

:D

That was a good one.

[randomlegend]

Stage 1 of sauce making done:

https://i.imgur.com/MdVSYAU.jpg

Mmmmm lovely chicken stock

and what was needed to make it:

https://i.imgur.com/Pt6kN3G.jpg

I know Boydy likes a work in progress post, although I'm not sure this one will be quite what he has is mind.

[randomlegend]

Lol at the strategically placed 'hello fresh' card in the background. Anyone wants it I imagine we have a referral link or something.

[Boydy]

Making your own stock? You're going to quite the effort here.

[randomlegend]

I genuinely enjoy it, so it doesn't feel like an 'effort'. I look forward to it when I know I've got an opportunity coming up to cook something nice.

[Giggles]

There's no pre made one that can replace real homemade stock.

[Magic]

Making your own stock? You're going to quite the effort here.

Lol it's a basic requirement for a good dish.

[Boydy]

No it's not, Hyacinth.

[randomlegend]

I've almost no idea where each of Magic's posts lie on the seriousness/trolling spectrum any more.

[phonics]

Soup? It doesn't in any way resemble soup.

Slow cooked eggs are amazing. They go a really lovely texture. They aren't poached really either since they are cooked in the shell.



That's the photo from the book.

https://i.imgur.com/QMqseQO.jpg

[randomlegend]

https://i.imgur.com/Zz3Teid.jpg?1

Not soup...

[phonics]

I'm not sure about that, have you got a bigger image for me to really analyse?

[randomlegend]

I'm really not sure what you're trying to prove here.

"Here's loads of pictures of things you aren't making which are soup so what you are making is soup"

"It's not soup, as demonstrated"

"GoT a BiGgEr pIcTuRe LoL!!!111!"

[phonics]

I said I googled something and it looked like poached egg on soup and then posted a bunch of pictures of poached egg on soup, you're the one going Sheddy on me about it.

[randomlegend]

No you said "he means poached egg on soup", which I didn't.

[phonics]

To James...

[randomlegend]

Fuck's sake :D

My bad. Didn't see that post at all.

[phonics]

But seriously now, bigger picture?

[randomlegend]

Spikeys "slow cooked egg fucking hell" sent me down the wrong path entirely. I didn't contemplate there being two egg-based discussions going on at once. I thought you were being such a spastic.

[Giggles]

Even I noticed that.

[Magic]

So up his own arse he didn't even notice.

[randomlegend]

Been and robbed some wild garlic from a national trust protected area. The smell :drool:

[Spikey M]

I want to punch you in the throat.

[randomlegend]

Didn't have you down as a big national trust advocate.

[phonics]

He's government innit.

[Spikey M]

What are the squirrels meant to eat now?

Because squirrels love garlic.

[-james-]

The dish I was :drool:ing at was in fact none of the things that have been posted in this thread.

It was some sort of egg emulsion with truffle in it. That likely sounds disgusting but I can assure you it was excellent. If you're ever in Seville and aren't Spikey or Giggles, you should go here (http://az-zait.es/) and order it (along with everything else they serve).

[Spikey M]

Me and Giggles will sit at the bus stop with a few cans and a Munchybox.

[Disco]

Squirrels can eat shit the little tree rat pest wankers.

[Giggles]

Me and Giggles will sit at the bus stop with a few cans and a Munchybox.

It's a date.

[Ian]

I'll bring the nerd-beer for me and Francis and whatever you want, Spikey.

What sort of munchy box?

[Giggles]

I'll bring the nerd-beer for me and Francis and whatever you want, Spikey.

What sort of munchy box?

A large.

[Lewis]

Can I get in on this?

[John]

I'll bring the nerd-beer for me and Francis and whatever you want, Spikey.

What sort of munchy box?

You'd want a variety. Salt and Pepper box, standard munchy box, and a grill box would have you well set up.

Although if you pick a bus stop in Glasgow you'll be able to get pretty much any type of food in huge quantities barely contained in a pizza box. There's a place not far from me that does a 'Euro Box', the contents of which include a cheese omelette and a Cumberland sausage.

[igor_balis]

Can I come too?

[John]

Is it Lewis who says it's next to impossible to fuck crisps up? I think Kettle Chips might have managed it. In Tesco earlier I spotted that they now do 'Salted caramel and double cream' flavour. What the fuck is that?

[Giggles]

Tyrrells manage it too buy just being rank.

[Lewis]

Isn't there some United Nations rule about everything having to have a salted caramel variant? They're probably just ticking a box, since the rest of that moody flavours range sound alright.

[Kikó]

This was decent. http://i.imgur.com/RdYeBYN.jpg

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Which side up did you put in into your mouth?

[Kikó]

Sauce side up.

[Giggles]

Got my dinner in a Frankie & Bennys yesterday. Being able to pay with the app is the greatest idea of all time. My local place needs that as the staff are absolute cunts for not coming back near you when it's time to go.

[Adamski]

What are they like there quality wise? They’re the absolute pits of hell here. Expensive and tastes like it’s been microwaved.

[phonics]

Frankie & Bennies was absolute dog when I had it. Every other item seemed to have 'Jack Daniels sauce' so you can tell exactly the type that eats there.

[Samadini]

My friend used to work there, it is microwaved, almost everything comes in plastic packs.

[Boydy]

What are they like there quality wise? They’re the absolute pits of hell here. Expensive and tastes like it’s been microwaved.

They have, haven't they?

EDIT: Yep.

[niko_cee]

Wrong thread. :cab:

[SvN]

Having worked in the kitchen of a cheap pub chain, I now steer clear of anything that isn't a burger or "grill" of some sort. Everything else - pasta, pies, curries, even ribs and chicken wings - were microwaved.

[randomlegend]

Frankie and Benny's is the worst place I've ever eaten.

[Giggles]

Oh it was highly average, definitely not shit and definitely not amazing, but I was in an airport.

[randomlegend]

https://i.imgur.com/lULWdvU.jpg

Messed the egg up a bit (white wasn't cooked enough) so just served the yolk which was great.

https://i.imgur.com/anzJ9x1.jpg

Best dessert I've made, was seriously nice.

Don't have a photo of the main, just looked like it does on the link I posted.

[Lewis]

lol

[Giggles]

Still not sold on half an onion but they both look class in fairness. Nice work.

[Spikey M]

Bring back diarrhoea.

[Magic]

Think I'd bring a fair whack of crisps and nibbles if I went to yours for dinner.

[randomlegend]

The main was pretty substantial to be fair.

[Magic]

An egg yolk in a half onion? Get yer starter tae fuck.

[randomlegend]

It was delicious.

[Spikey M]

It’s slow cooked, you spastic

[randomlegend]

https://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-hingham-fish-bar-and-kebab-house-welborne/menu

Here's the menu for my closest takeaway Spikey, something to calm you down.

[Spikey M]

Looks pretty good. Bet they wouldn’t give me the shits.

[Lewis]

I'll take their Mighty Meat Pizza over your 'hand dropped muesli'.

[Boydy]

That egg dish looks brilliant.

The dessert looks good too. Fucking love rhubarb.

[randomlegend]

Grown by my top lad grandad.

[Magic]

No surprise given how bitter it is.

[randomlegend]

It's sour not bitter you fucking mongoloid.

[Boydy]

It's sour not bitter you fucking mongoloid.

:D

My gran used to make rhubarb crumble when I was little. It was great.

Not had it in years now though.

[Magic]

It's sour not bitter you fucking mongoloid.

Both attributes Boyd has in bucketfulls.

[John]

That little fucking goblin Sturgeon wants to ban deals on fatty foods now. I'll assassinate her if the price of my mixed kebab goes up.

[Giggles]

We seem to copy everything you do there too, so I hope she fails miserably.

Really, is fucking personal responsibility a thing of the past now?

[phonics]

We seem to copy everything you do there too, so I hope she fails miserably.

Really, is fucking personal responsibility a thing of the past now?

It's not about personal responsibility, it's about finding ways to tax the poor but feel okay about it.

[Kikó]

We've tried personal responsibility and failed. Now it's time for rules.

And no pizza topped with Doner for you.

[Lewis]

The slippery slope brigade were right all along. Repeal the smoking ban. Hang Jamie Oliver. Freedom.

[Giggles]

We've tried personal responsibility and failed. Now it's time for rules.

And no pizza topped with Doner for you.

Failed for who? If someone doesn't have any then they've failed themselves, so fuck them. Everyone should be looking after themselves and keeping their oar out of elsewhere.

[Lewis]

Remain-voting communist bummers like 'Daws' who stresses that he's 'originally' from Manchester.

[Kikó]

I resent that. I bum nobody.

[Pepe]

Failed for who? If someone doesn't have any then they've failed themselves, so fuck them. Everyone should be looking after themselves and keeping their oar out of elsewhere.

Agreed. Need to get rid of that socialized medicine.

[randomlegend]

Idk how I feel about it. On the one hand, I want people to be able to make free choices. On the other, there's a lot to say people aren't really making "free" choices, since it's heavily influenced by things like income and level of education.

I feel like there's a balance to be struck somewhere in the middle, although I've had the discussion with Consultants who think it's an entirely societal problem and the individuals bear no responsibility.

[Lewis]

Is any aspect of being alive not influenced by things like income and level of education? That's basically a blank cheque to interfere in anything and everything.

[SvN]

If fat fuckers are costing a fortune in hospital bills when they inevitably have a heart attack, then increasing tax on the food they eat is probably the right thing to do.

[randomlegend]

I'm not saying we should be force-feeding poor people broccoli, I just don't think the 'it's their choice' argument particularly holds. The evidence is their free choices are actually heavily influenced towards a particular side. A bit of influence from the other side doesn't seem so unreasonable. I also suppose I have quite a different perspective on 'interfering' to you in that if the outcome is positive and the motive is altruistic then I'm happy to accept minor inconvenience.

[Lewis]

That's more of a flaw in collectivised healthcare than anything, since people with sports injuries and sex diseases (and loads of other things, like having kids) are also having their lifestyles subsidised. Besides, ocean-going bloaters (and smokers, and pissheads) die young and don't then require any of the age-related care that is the real drain on the system.

[Pepe]

What does 'ban deals on fatty food' looks like, exactly?

[Pepe]

That's more of a flaw in collectivised healthcare than anything, since people with sports injuries and sex diseases (and loads of other things, like having kids) are also having their lifestyles subsidised. Besides, ocean-going bloaters (and smokers, and pissheads) die young and don't then require any of the age-related care that is the real drain on the system.

I'd say that it is a feature, more than a flaw, but then the 'what are you doing with my taxpayer money?!?!?!?!' crew gets up in arms about their money being used to help someone else and this shit happens. Tax on shit food doesn't make people healthier, it just makes poor people poorer.

[SvN]

That's more of a flaw in collectivised healthcare than anything, since people with sports injuries and sex diseases (and loads of other things, like having kids) are also having their lifestyles subsidised. Besides, ocean-going bloaters (and smokers, and pissheads) die young and don't then require any of the age-related care that is the real drain on the system.



Smokers and pissheads have to pay fairly high taxes to get access to their vices, though. Make it the same for the chubsters.

[randomlegend]

Well sports also have major health benefits so I'm not sure that really works as an example (being a big old fat boi doesn't). Injuries are also an unfortunate risk rather than a fairly certain and predictable outcome, which things like type 2 diabetes are if you're dramatically overweight. People who engage in risky sexual behaviour is probably a better one and I agree it's a fairly difficult and ultimately arbitrary line to draw. But then I'm not really advocating for 'punishing' or charging people for their lifestyle in the first place, I genuinely hope we can do things that make people healthier and have longer, better lives.

I'd be interested if caring for someone because they are old actually is more expensive on average than caring for someone with a bad lifestyle. Given the amount of money diabetes and it's sequelae cost the NHS (I've heard quoted something like a third of the total budget) I doubt it.

[randomlegend]

I'd say that it is a feature, more than a flaw, but then the 'what are you doing with my taxpayer money?!?!?!?!' crew gets up in arms about their money being used to help someone else and this shit happens. Tax on shit food doesn't make people healthier, it just makes poor people poorer.

Yeah I'm not sure I agree with this particular measure (although I'm not sure whether there's evidence either way), I'm more talking about the general principle.

[Pepe]

If the 'general principle' is 'fighting obesity' then that is probably worth trying. Some sort of tax on shit food won't help with that at all though.

[randomlegend]

It was more "I don't mind a bit of 'interfering' if the motive is to improve things for people', but yeah in this case it's trying to reduce obesity.

[Lewis]

If we offed people at sixty-five (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/01/ageing-britain-two-fifths-nhs-budget-spent-over-65s) we could save so much money (even more so in the future) that we could guarantee a much better standard of living for everyone up to their death date. If the average life expectancy in Britain is eighty-one, I would argue that sacrificing those last shitty sixteen years in return for a vastly improved first sixty-five is the ultimate in collective altruism (no pensions as well so literally everyone is balling here), and that genocide is relatively small price to pay.

[randomlegend]

Equating paying a bit more for takeaway pizza to the genocide of tens of millions of people is an interesting position to take.

[Lewis]

Eventually people will just kill themselves rather than suffer the indignity of having the police root them out of their homes on their birthdays, so it's not actually 'interfering' as such.

[Pepe]

If we offed people at sixty-five (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/01/ageing-britain-two-fifths-nhs-budget-spent-over-65s) we could save so much money (even more so in the future) that we could guarantee a much better standard of living for everyone up to their death date. If the average life expectancy in Britain is eighty-one, I would argue that sacrificing those last shitty sixteen years in return for a vastly improved first sixty-five is the ultimate in collective altruism (no pensions as well so literally everyone is balling here), and that genocide is relatively small price to pay.

The viagra lobby will never allow it.

[Lewis]

All of the cashed-up younger people would need it for their alcoholism/obesity-induced impotence.

[Pepe]

It was more "I don't mind a bit of 'interfering' if the motive is to improve things for people'

Got it. That's a rock-solid principle. The one society/government is based on. Doesn't prevent everyone for resorting to 'what about my freedomz?' Every time something they like might be restricted though, whether it is gun nuts and their love for the 2nd Amendment, or the pro-abortion crew with their 'my body my choice' nonsense.

[Pepe]

All of the cashed-up younger people would need it for their alcoholism/obesity-induced impotence.

@Mahow.

[mikem]

Got it. That's a rock-solid principle. The one society/government is based on. Doesn't prevent everyone for resorting to 'what about my freedomz?' Every time something they like might be restricted though, whether it is gun nuts and their love for the 2nd Amendment, or the pro-abortion crew with their 'my body my choice' nonsense.

Who exactly gets to decide what makes things better to justify that interfering? The problem is that we are not nearly as clever as we think we are and cause all sorts of unintended consequences. All government approaches should be as simple as possible. The poor’s problem is that they are poor and we should just give them money. Instead, we decide we know so much better and interfere on their behalf. We trap them in situations where they can’t share housing to pool wealth, or force certain work requirements, or whatever moralizing nonsense we think is good for them.

[Pepe]

Agreed.

[Samadini]

Someone gave me a pack of Piper's today. I'll never buy them myself as it's 85p for a small pack, but they're pretty good.

What crisps have people been eating lately?

[John]

Those spicy Walkers Strong ones, the jalapeño and cheese flavour especially.

[SvN]

I rarely eat crisps. I don't mind a bag of Quavers every now and then.

[wullie]

I didn't know you could still get them, but I found Quarterbacks in that weird brand shop aisle you get in Tesco. Big 10-packs of cheeseburger and rib flavour, stocked up for summer now.

[-james-]

Those spicy Walkers Strong ones, the jalapeño and cheese flavour especially.

These were very briefly on offer in the co-op near me some time ago. I only managed to enjoy a pack or two before they got pulled, and I haven't seen them anywhere since. A modern tragedy.

[Lewis]

I've just bought one of those Walkers 'Flavours of the Decades' multi-packs. The 'BBQ Rib' ones are just off smokey bacon, and they come with the following description:


In the 1990s American-style fast food hit the high streets across the nation and BBQ Rib became a new Saturday night favourite.

What? Did it? I dread to think what the curry flavour says (or rather, what it tells me to think).

[Samadini]

I've had the rib ones and their shitness is only surpassed by the cheese fondue ones.

[Lewis]

There must be loads of people out there with fond memories of Saturday night BBQ Rib who are loving them.

[John]

I've just bought one of those Walkers 'Flavours of the Decades' multi-packs. The 'BBQ Rib' ones are just off smokey bacon, and they come with the following description:



What? Did it? I dread to think what the curry flavour says (or rather, what it tells me to think).

The chicken tikka ones have some shit about how Indian food 'took the nation by storm.'

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Those spicy Walkers Strong ones, the jalapeño and cheese flavour especially.

Those are indeed brilliant.

[Samadini]

The chicken tikka ones actually the best I've had so far, but I doubt I'll bother with the others, as I've just been into Tesco and they have massive 'share' bags of prawn cocktail walkers for a quid.

[Disco]

How does cheese fondue flavour differ from normal cheese flavour?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's fonduey...

[Samadini]

Is there a normal cheese flavour? They taste like how your fingers smell after you pick your toe nails.

[Disco]

You get plain cheese crisps, I'm just not sure how you convey 'melted' as a flavour.

Anyway, to answer the question: I don't normally go in for wanky flavours but those Lime Pickle poppadom things are the business.

[phonics]

You have to put them in the microwave.

[Disco]

I haven't got one, this must be what racism feels like.

[Lewis]

I'm into the chicken tikka ones, and the information is simply 'Enoch Powell was a racist', followed by that dubious statistic about how the Indian economy 'shrank' during British rule. Into the bin, and I'll be writing to Crisps letting him know.

[Baz]

No TV and now no microwave. Jeez Louise.

[Giggles]

If these cunts really were interested in 'health' and 'wellbeing' they'd ban the shitty food and smoking, etc. But that doesn't bring in the quids. Lip service and taxation.

[randomlegend]

Well that'd never get passed. It's not like it's never been suggested.

[Lewis]

We will definitely end up with tobacco-like warnings and pictures on booze before long, and food won't be far behind.

[John]

They should probably be using the extra money coming in from the sugar tax to subsidise some healthy stuff, but for the moment the drive to stop children eating shit seems to be Jamie Oliver shouting about cheap pizzas and Obergruppenführer Sturgeon asking what she can do to appease him.

[Boydy]

Surely the biggest problem with people eating unhealthy food instead of healthy food is convenience?

This always seems to be overlooked. It's easy for Jamie Oliver or Hugh Fearnley-Shittinghall to spend two hours making healthy and delicious food because they literally cook for a living and probably have plenty of free time to do it.

If you're working all day every day and then have to come home to your kids, you don't want to be spending an hour cooking and half an hour cleaning up as well as all the extra shopping you'd have to do for fresh ingredients.

[Spikey M]

People eat shit food because it tastes better, mostly.

If I’ve got a 12 inch Pepperoni pizza in the freezer, or a stir fry mix and pre cut chicken in the fridge, I’m having Pizza for dinner.

What RL said about there being no merit to the ‘taxing shit food impacts on poor people’ argument is utter bollocks though and you just need to visit Iceland to prove it. Frozen ready meals are a quid a pop, healthy food you cook yourself is not. Levelling the prices by increasing the price of the cheaper option is, quite fucking obviously, going to hit people that are struggling. You don’t need a research paper to work that out.

[randomlegend]

People eat shit food because it tastes better, mostly.

If I’ve got a 12 inch Pepperoni pizza in the freezer, or a stir fry mix and pre cut chicken in the fridge, I’m having Pizza for dinner.

What RL said about there being no merit to the ‘taxing shit food impacts on poor people’ argument is utter bollocks though and you just need to visit Iceland to prove it. Frozen ready meals are a quid a pop, healthy food you cook yourself is not. Levelling the prices by increasing the price of the cheaper option is, quite fucking obviously, going to hit people that are struggling. You don’t need a research paper to work that out.

That's not what I said at all?

[Spikey M]

Yeah I'm not sure I agree with this particular measure (although I'm not sure whether there's evidence either way), I'm more talking about the general principle.

In response to Pepe saying ‘taxing shit food makes poor people poorer’.

[randomlegend]

I was saying I don't know if there's evidence that it actually improves people's health - maybe if crap, convenient food is too expensive people start cooking more again. Maybe they just struggle more. I have no idea.

It obviously disproportionately impacts poorer people.

I've seriously no idea how you came to the conclusion that what you said is what I meant given what you've quoted.

[Spikey M]

I was saying I don't know if there's evidence that it actually improves people's health - maybe if crap, convenient food is too expensive people start cooking more again. Maybe they just struggle more. I have no idea.

It obviously disproportionately impacts poorer people.

I've seriously no idea how you came to the conclusion that what you said is what I meant given what you've quoted.

You said you’re not sure you agree. Well, it’s pretty simple; cheap food is cheap, expensive food isn’t. If cheap food is no longer cheap then.......

[randomlegend]

Other food is cheap. Ingredients for something like a week's worth of Shepherds Pie are not expensive at all - I actually wouldn't be surprised if it's cheaper than buying ready meals and shit. But then you obviously have to cook.

Still, I have no idea how you got from "I'm not sure I agree with this measure" to saying I said the argument it will impact poor people "has no merit". It's not even remotely close to the same thing.

[Spikey M]

You’re wrong. Mince, potatoes and herbs/ready made mix for a couple of days dinner is about a fiver alone. That’s 5 pizzas or ready meals. The shite Iceland flog at basement prices is far cheaper than anything you can knock together that can be considered ‘healthy’.

In reality the only way taxing ready meals can work is if that money is then used to subsidise fresh food, but I don’t see that happening.

Anyway, if I’ve got the wrong end of the stick with your point, then fair enough.

[randomlegend]

You’re wrong. Mince, potatoes and herbs/ready made mix for a couple of days dinner is about a fiver alone. That’s 5 pizzas or ready meals

Fair enough, I've never been to iceland I don't think.

[Spikey M]

Good call.

[SvN]

Potatoes are about a quid for a million kilos. Dried herbs are ridiculously cheap if you buy supermarket branded stuff.

Mince is fairly expensive, but if you're willing to grind it yourself (my mum used to when we were fairly poor), again, it's pretty reasonable because you just buy the cheap crap that you wouldn't normally eat otherwise.

[Spikey M]

Which defeats the point, surely? If you’re going to use the cheap crap then you just buy a frozen Shepherds pie for a quid.

[SvN]

Cheap cuts of meant aren't necessarily shit. They they need prep work, and are only suitable for stuff like stews, pies, etc.

[Giggles]

Cheap cuts of meant aren't necessarily shit. They they need prep work, and are only suitable for stuff like stews, pies, etc.

All that shit has gone fashionable now and is very hard to get cheap.

[phonics]

I eat like shit because I can't be arsed cooking after work. I'd like to think that would change if I had other people in my life that I cared about but for now, as a lonely single person, I will live with my filth.

[John]

I've just been informed by an article on Sturgeon's pizza crusade that Jamie Oliver is worth four hundred million quid. :cab: When the fuck did that happen?

[Spikey M]

Every house wife in the country owns his book collection.

[Disco]

He has a big range of various foodstuffs too, very little of it with his name on.

[phonics]

And he owns a hundred restaurants or whatever.

[Spikey M]

Did his restaurants all go down the shitter and get bought out?

[John]

I'm well aware that he has various concerns, but fucking four hundred million? That's more than Beyonce.

[hfswjyr]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/16/not-so-fresh-why-jamie-oliver-restaurants-lost-their-bite

Restaurants are losing money and costing him personally.
Article gives a nice breakdown of his wealth as well.

[Spikey M]

Did his restaurants all go down the shitter and get bought out?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/jamies-italian-trouble-715m-debts-14278177

Not quite, but losing a shit tonne.

[Spikey M]

I'm well aware that he has various concerns, but fucking four hundred million? That's more than Beyonce.

It’s amazing what ruining school dinners can do for you.

[wullie]

We've got two Jamie Oliver books in the kitchen that I've never seen used, also three Nigellas and a Gino. Ordered a Papa Johns on Friday.

[Lewis]

I lolled at him blaming God's own Brexit for it, rather than people just having more choice and information than ever and using it to avoid his crap restaurants.

[Mazuuurk]

I remember going to Jamies Italian in London when it was one of the first one and was still a bit cool, and that was a great Restaurant experience then.

Been 2 or 3 times since in various other places and it's been worse and worse every time since then.

[niko_cee]

His Italian or Fifteen?

The latter was quite good. The chain ones are ok, but are quite pricey considering the market I assume they are pitching themselves at, and I imagine they overspec the menu too much (lol Brexit) to be a functioning chain restaurant (if such a thing exists).

[Raoul Duke]

Just booked into here for our anniversary: http://www.clubgascon.com/about.php :drool: Gonna go for the tasting menu with wine pairing.

[Pepe]

That's the kind of stuff they should be taxing the fuck out of.

[randomlegend]

Just booked into here for our anniversary: http://www.clubgascon.com/about.php :drool: Gonna go for the tasting menu with wine pairing.

:drool:

Don't listen to the plebs.

[phonics]

I don't know what these places obsession with duck is. It's shit.

[niko_cee]

I used to go to lectures near there and that place always looked very flash.

[Pepe]

Duck is an improved chicken.

[randomlegend]

I don't know what these places obsession with duck is. It's shit.

I'm not sure you've made a single post this week that isn't wrong.

[phonics]

Gamey stuff in general is wank.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a mong.

[AyDee]

Duck is amazing. Cooked some duck breasts for the first time last Sunday and, despite slightly overcooking them (i.e. medium), they were awesome.

[randomlegend]

I've got a BBQ tomorrow at one of the girl's workmates' house. We are on desserts. I'm not sure why she's decided we need to take three different ones given there's only ten people, but I like the opportunity to make stuff so I won't complain.

Doing a lemon tart, chocolate and ale cake and some little individual white chocolate, chilli and passion fruit cakes.

Prolly some ice cream as well.

[Ian]

Duck is the bomb.

[Boydy]

I'm not sure you've made a single post this week that isn't wrong.

:D

I was going to post something very similar after reading phonics' post.

[Spikey M]

When I agree with RL on something food related (as with James on anything music related) you know a universal truth has been found.

Duck is fucking phenomenal.

[Giggles]

James on music? Christ, RL isn't that bad.

[Disco]

Duck is great, the least gamey game bird, fresher the better.

[randomlegend]

I'm not actually a complete food snob, I will definitely indulge in the odd takeaway pizza or other shit and thoroughly enjoy it.

The stuff I post in here I personally enjoy more, but it's basically a different thing.

[Kikó]

I had duck on Tuesday and basically fuck off phonics.

[igor_balis]

Duck is neither shit nor amazing. It's fine. x

[Shindig]

Went into a restaurant in town and had some black pudding with goats cheese and caramelised onions. It was amazing and I want to put something like that together.

[John]

These were very briefly on offer in the co-op near me some time ago. I only managed to enjoy a pack or two before they got pulled, and I haven't seen them anywhere since. A modern tragedy.

Tesco have them on offer for a quid a bag at the moment.

[Giggles]

Those Walkers Max Strong chicken wing crisps are nice.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

How can you not like duck or game?

What I resent with venison is most producers diluting the flavour of burgers, sausages etc. with pork and what not. Highland game venison burgers and sausages are only about 60% and 50% venison.

Asda used to do their own venison burgers that were over 90% venison and they were phenomenal.

[randomlegend]

Muscle Food sent me some 'protein cheese' with my latest order.

It's a bit of a different texture, but it's far from as dreadful as I expected.

[Lewis]

My guess on the texture would be like cheese but with sand in it, like every other protein-enhanced thing available.

[randomlegend]

Nah it's not, it's just a bit drier but it's not sandy.

[-james-]

I was pleasantly surprised by vegan cheese. I mean, calling it cheese is a lie but its perfectly serviceable on a burger or a pizza.

[Mazuuurk]

We're all dying for some perfectly serviceable pizza

[Spikey M]

My daughter had cows milk intolerance as a baby (thank fuck she grew out of that) and we bought her some Vegan Cheese. It was made with coconut milk and smelt like sick. It’s as serviceable as Mahows cock.

[Boydy]

You've smelt parmesan, right?

[Disco]

Non dairy cheese is really hit and miss, we only ever found one that was in any way edible.

[Mazuuurk]

You've smelt parmesan, right?


Yes, it's crucial when making Cacio e Pepe pasta :dc:

[Boydy]

Don't get me wrong, it's great. But it still smells like vomit.

[Spikey M]

You've smelt parmesan, right?

It tasted like it smelt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ribs (with sausage, chicken and roast pork as it was a sampler plate type thing) in Prague for lunch and ribs again in 'Dolni Vestonice' for dinner.

Both were fucking amazing.