Nope, spelled tah-mal (or something.)Originally Posted by Giggles
Are you talking about tamales? You can definitely get them individually.
Nope, spelled tah-mal (or something.)
Are you talking about tamales? You can definitely get them individually.
Are they Mexican? All the Mexican stuff I tried in Texas was amazing, and I assume it's not even as good as you'd get south of the border.
According to wikipedia, it's dough with stuff cooked in it.
And then you put it in bread, Pepe?
Does anybody actually drink horchata in Mexico or is that another of the many things made up elsewhere and attributed to you, Pepe?
Horchata.
Have you tried huitlacoche, Pepe?
Is it as disgusting as it looks?
In Arizona we typically get Sonoran style Mexican food and you pretty much always get a pair. So they are always sold as "tamales". Or if you work in an office with more than 10 people somebody's grandmother sells massive batches of incredibly good tamales once a month as a side business.
Mostly, I was laughing at Jimmy following up "Mexicans must eat beans" with "Americans must get everyone's culture wrong."
The Golden Syrup porridge sachets are yum...................in my tum.**Porridge Crew**
I have honey and may be a little dried fruit in mine. Very occasionally if I have time I'll have it on a plate with some cornflakes on top as if I'm five again.
On a plate?Must be a bit messy.
I use to have porridge with brown sugar covering the top when i was a youngster. i'd only skim off the top layer with the brown sugar...and then give the rest to my mum.
On a dinner plate, if you get it right you can eat it in a spiral (from the outside obviously) and it's the same temperature all the way through. It's only messy if it's too runny or you're Giggles. I suspect it was a way to get it to cool down faster when we were children.
I eat messily?
A reference to the pasta thing a while ago.
ah yes, fecking forgot about that. John is still in rage therapy.
They are. You can probably get top quality stuff in Texas.
That's exactly right, sounds stupid but they're superb.
Horchata is very common and absolutely delicious. And that's the traditional rice one, there is also coconutI one which is simply glorious.Does anybody actually drink horchata in Mexico or is that another of the many things made up elsewhere and attributed to you, Pepe?
Horchata.
I have. It is very good and the flavor is less 'special' than what you would imagine considering what it is and how it looks.
To be fair, there was very little in Texas that wasn't top notch food-wise. The Mexican stuff was definitely one of the highlights though.
Even TexMex stuff tends to be pretty good I have to admit.
Those are great.
It never tastes as good when you do it yourself...i.e. plain porridge and then add golden syrup. Not sure why.
On this point, for everyone going around saying they ate a panini, you're wrong, it's a panino. Panini is plural. It's definitely not just an American thing.
Bet you're fun at parties.
Everyone? How often, on average, does that happen to you?
How often have I heard people say panini? Often enough to have an understanding of what a panini is, and enough for it to be comparable to some Mexican shit no one has ever heard of.
I'm not suggesting that everyone is going around mumbling on about paninis.
Have you not just contradicted yourself there?
Plenty of people know that but you'll still sound like a dick if you go into a cafe and order panino. Panini is accepted now. Get over it.
It's like latte. It's essentially asking for a 'milky'. Missing the 'caffe' is the accepted norm now, so people don't chimp out over it.
What a Saturday night we're having.
Don't knock it. There's been more than three posts.
I've even made a thread for us all.
I've got a cold
And it's thriving!
Latte means milk not milky.
That people aren't doing the rest of the ordering in Italian excuses any misuse of 'panini'. It's accepted the English usage, whereas 'panino' hasn't been used by anybody ever. It's comparable to, say, 'expresso'.
I once heard someone refer to a lone man with a camera as a 'paparazzo', and wasn't sure whether to be impressed or smash them to death with a golf club. In the end I chose neither.
bacteria....or should I say bacterium.
Expresso is a horrible bastardisation. Talking about coffee, my new favourite is a cortado/ piccolo. Like a mini latte.
What is the difference between a piccolo and a macchiato?
Traditionally, a Piccolo Latte is a ristretto shot (15 – 20 ml) topped with warm, silky milk served in a 100 ml glass demitasse (small latte glass) … basically, a baby latte, as the Italian pronunciation suggests. There have been other names for this drink, such as the Spanish version Cataldo, or a Mezzo-Mezzo.
What.
Black coffee. I refuse to ask for an Americano.
Is a cortado just a piccolo then? I saw it appear on menus recently and wasn't very sure. I suppose that I've never seen anywhere serve both should have been a giveaway.
There's a difference. Americano is a shot from a machine with hot water. Black coffee can be any old brewed gruel.
Yeah it is. Just depends on which side of the hipster line you're on.
If we're talking hot beverages, I have this bad boy. Temperature control.
We've all got kettles mate.
I do like a piccolo, but I'm too uncouth to drink it in any more than two mouthfuls.
Temperature control kettle seems like a quite remarkable waste of money.
They always give me the former when I ask for the latter so it's all good.
I got a Nespresso for homne because CONSISTENCY.
Fuck that. I like the coffee but I'd rather by my own beans and brew in a moca
You like it, don't you. i can tell.
Too much faff, but I'd say it's nicer.
I used to have one from tassimo but the pods ended up being a pain in the arse. Nespresso is a decent coffee though.
Yeah, 'expresso' fucks me off. It's not even written like that.
The boss buys them in work so I just add to that order to kick in another discount and save myself the postage. Works out around 25c a go which is grand. The Lidl ones are grand when stuck too.
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