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Though if I'm being honest, my knowledge of British cooking comes 100% from watching Bake-Off and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.Well, where else are you going to get it? You're American, you know?
Just giving the caveat to any experts that I'm not one.
Edit: Perfect alias.
*pounces on the Lutefish, takes a bite, then flees screaming*
I was just going to post, "Accurate." and that's all, but the smell... oh, man, the smell... I just... I think it's more likely to be like those cat-pickle-surprise videos, but the cat never has to look around - you just open a sealed container somewhere nearby, and that's all it takes.
Oh. Well. This page is ruined for me now, too. >:I
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Yeah, but I got to keep my clothes. So I'll call it a win.
... fair. Sssssiiiigggghhhh.
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I was just going to post, "Accurate." and that's all, but the smell... oh, man, the smell... I just... I think it's more likely to be like those cat-pickle-surprise videos, but the cat never has to look around - you just open a sealed container somewhere nearby, and that's all it takes.*pounces on the Lutefish, takes a bite, then flees screaming*
Man, a fish-fry would be so amazing right about now...
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I have a very different association with the local cuisine for Georgia...
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"But, Tactics, you're American, and you've actually been to Gre-"
quiet, you
For a brief second, I thought that was going to say "Georgia".
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Anyone else noticing the timestamps swapping around in here?
Used to live there, actually!
Anyone else noticing the timestamps swapping around in here?
And at least one post disappearing, not to mention posts NOT appearing when you submit them (I have to refresh the page one or two times), and other oddities.
... I mean, I may have noticed something. Who's asking?!
For a brief second, I thought that was going to say "Georgia"."But, Tactics, you're American, and you've actually been to Gre-"
quiet, you
Well, I mean, I have.
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Personally, I blame the dreaded lutefisk.
Okay, so, now two posts seem to have entirely vanished, including my one about once living in Georgia, and someone else's who's avatar was in a helmet, but I didn't get to read because I accidentally refreshed by habit of hitting f5, and it went away.
Nope, nevermind - mine has now returned... with the wrong time-stamp.
I wonder where the helmeted post ended up, then?
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I have a very different association with the local cuisine for Georgia...
oh? What would that be?
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Okay, so, now two posts seem to have entirely vanished, including my one about once living in Georgia, and someone else's who's avatar was in a helmet, but I didn't get to read because I accidentally refreshed by habit of hitting f5, and it went away.
That was one of my aliases, and I deleted the post because of the timestamp issue pushing it before the post it was replying to, therefore rendering it senseless.
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I have a very different association with the local cuisine for Georgia...oh? What would that be?
Southern soul food cuisine is a far cry from British fare.
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I've also heard beef wellington is good.
No. It's an abuse of good meat that should not be tolerated. Ever.
If you've got a good cut of beef, wrapping it in pastry is just wrong. If you've got a bad cut of beef, put it in a stew, don't try to hide its inadequacy in pastry...
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I've also heard beef wellington is good.No. It's an abuse of good meat that should not be tolerated. Ever.
If you've got a good cut of beef, wrapping it in pastry is just wrong. If you've got a bad cut of beef, put it in a stew, don't try to hide its inadequacy in pastry...
really? I have been so excited to try it.
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Result of Hamlet pre-reading activity: "#UncleDad"
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really? I have been so excited to try it.I've also heard beef wellington is good.No. It's an abuse of good meat that should not be tolerated. Ever.
If you've got a good cut of beef, wrapping it in pastry is just wrong. If you've got a bad cut of beef, put it in a stew, don't try to hide its inadequacy in pastry...
I've had it at restaurants specializing in "high-end British food". I've had it at the Dining Room at the Ritz-Carleton San Francisco. I've had the Trader Joe's take-home version. NobodysWife and I have made it from scratch.
And every single time it's been, "Why are we ruining this perfectly good beef with this stupid puff pastry?"
So YMMV, but I am definitely not a fan.
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Alton Brown told me that curry is not actually a thing in India -- back in the day European traders for some reason couldn't transport Indian spices separately (can't remember why), so they threw all of 'em all together for the long voyage and called it curry. And we keep doing it because of cultural inertia.
Think that's mostly right...the current blend of coriander, turmeric, chili and etc is probably a modern invention.
Though I'm a bit doubtful about the separate storage, that should be perfect possible for quite a lot of the herbs (which might actually might be a possible explanation, as banging the all together might save you some storage).Also seem to remember something about some spice blends being found in Indus civilization ruins, though I can't really remember specifics...I'll see if I can dig up some articles ^^'
Hey! I SPECIFICALLY noted that it’s the Wikipedia version (implying it may or may not have any bearing in reality)! :D
Well...
It does...Its just rarer ^^
*pounces on the Lutefisk, takes a bite, then flees screaming*
*Offers Mort some pickled herring (with creamy curry sauce or watery tomato-sherry sauce - you get to pick ^^ ) to clear away the taste of lutefisk*
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There are worse things than lutefisk...
You're welcome!
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MRS SUNRISE JUST QUIT HER AWFUL JOB!!!
After months of laziness, ineptitude, and apathy from her bosses, after one of them failed pathetically to gaslight her (lied to her face about her own work ethic, blamed her for the boss' incompetence), after being blamed yet again for her boss' mismanagement after tending her two-week resignation, she WALKED OUT today!!!
It means a pay downgrade, but she has a job lined right up for next week. :)
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One culinary staple of the Midwest everyone must try, at least once, the Friday night fish fry.
Mmmm... Fried perch!
Great, now I want fish fry, you (expletive redacted).
Beer-battered walleye.
With potato pancakes.
And coleslaw.
Guess it's time to see if the fryer burner on my backyard grill actually works, because my house is too tiny to cook that indoors.
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And WAY TO GO, MRS. SUNRISE!
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Good on Mrs. Sunrise!
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The idea that curry is or is not a thing because one nation says so is ridiculous. I've seen curry in more than just Indian food. I've seen it in Jamaican (authentic - my ex-wife's father is straight up from the island), Chinese, Thai, Moroccan, Ethiopian, and once a type of Japanese. None tasted the same but they were similar.
I can't speak to the authenticity of the Asian or African versions, but yellow Jamaican curry is a thing, and it's a glorious delicious thing at that, especially with goat!
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MRS SUNRISE JUST QUIT HER AWFUL JOB!!!
After months of laziness, ineptitude, and apathy from her bosses, after one of them failed pathetically to gaslight her (lied to her face about her own work ethic, blamed her for the boss' incompetence), after being blamed yet again for her boss' mismanagement after tending her two-week resignation, she WALKED OUT today!!!
It means a pay downgrade, but she has a job lined right up for next week. :)
So many congrats to her!!!
If she already had the other job, they don't even deserve the two weeks. I severely doubt they'd give her a two weeks notice if she were fired. The "it's the right thing to do" tradition is a very one-sided argument favoring the business in every way.
Their inability to plan for the unexpected (redundancy is NOT a bad thing) is not your fault.
That said, I still do, because they call your previous job. But it is so not f$+@ing fair that we have to.
MRS SUNRISE JUST QUIT HER AWFUL JOB!!!
After months of laziness, ineptitude, and apathy from her bosses, after one of them failed pathetically to gaslight her (lied to her face about her own work ethic, blamed her for the boss' incompetence), after being blamed yet again for her boss' mismanagement after tending her two-week resignation, she WALKED OUT today!!!
It means a pay downgrade, but she has a job lined right up for next week. :)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!
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Now you're just trying to make me suffer, LM... sigh.
Lutefisk will always be here for you.
The idea that curry is or is not a thing because one nation says so is ridiculous. I've seen curry in more than just Indian food. I've seen it in Jamaican (authentic - my ex-wife's father is straight up from the island), Chinese, Thai, Moroccan, Ethiopian, and once a type of Japanese. None tasted the same but they were similar.
I can't speak to the authenticity of the Asian or African versions, but yellow Jamaican curry is a thing, and it's a glorious delicious thing at that, especially with goat!
my ancestors on my fathers side cheer!
MRS SUNRISE JUST QUIT HER AWFUL JOB!!!
After months of laziness, ineptitude, and apathy from her bosses, after one of them failed pathetically to gaslight her (lied to her face about her own work ethic, blamed her for the boss' incompetence), after being blamed yet again for her boss' mismanagement after tending her two-week resignation, she WALKED OUT today!!!
It means a pay downgrade, but she has a job lined right up for next week. :)
her next trip to the abscondi cave is freer than usual. That's right, I will PAY her to walk in the door and eat and drink.
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Kid just gave me a heart attack.
"How does Tom Sawyer show a lack of sensitivity to others?"
"He tricks everybody."
But his t had a bit of an overhang on the top, and the r and the i ran into each other enough to form a different letter...
Kid just gave me a heart attack.
"How does Tom Sawyer show a lack of sensitivity to others?"
"He tricks everybody."But his t had a bit of an overhang on the top, and the r and the i ran into each other enough to form a different letter...
I don't remember that part in the lyrics...
speech impediment?Kid just gave me a heart attack.
"How does Tom Sawyer show a lack of sensitivity to others?"
"He tricks everybody."But his t had a bit of an overhang on the top, and the r and the i ran into each other enough to form a different letter...
Nah, bad handwriting. I'm grading their guided reading packets. That would've been a very different story.
Kid just gave me a heart attack.
"How does Tom Sawyer show a lack of sensitivity to others?"
"He tricks everybody."But his t had a bit of an overhang on the top, and the r and the i ran into each other enough to form a different letter...
speech impediment?
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The building manager likes to put "inspirational quotes" up in the elevators, usually (but not always) from more conservative sources. This week there's a quote about "incentives making people work harder". From Nikita Khrushchev.
EDIT for spelling.
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One wonders if your building manager actually, ah, knows how that turned out...
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I don't remember that part in the lyrics...Kid just gave me a heart attack.
"How does Tom Sawyer show a lack of sensitivity to others?"
"He tricks everybody."But his t had a bit of an overhang on the top, and the r and the i ran into each other enough to form a different letter...
That song drives me nuts. It should be called "Huck Finn."
Whee, got almost 20 kids coming in for help on outlines. Hoping there's enough time in homeroom to get to all of them...
Wait, are we talking the Rush song?
Yes. It name drops Tom Sawyer, but the lyrics are about Huck Finn.