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Post by karla on Jul 15, 2009 11:58:54 GMT
sweet and sour pork ^^
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 18:07:35 GMT
I had some home made sweet and sour chicken last night but didn't think much of it. I wasn't that it wasn't cooked right or anything its just that it was far too sweet for my liking. I prefer stuff like curry or if I was to have Chinese stuff I'd go for any noodle based dish.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 18:12:02 GMT
I'll have to get a curry again sometime. There's a lovely curry house in my village that does excellent meals. The only problem is that their 'meals for one' are far too big for just me alone so I end up having to either throw the rest away that I can't eat or offer it to my sister (who is the only one in the house other than me who will touch foreign food.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2009 18:17:50 GMT
I'm quite picky with Chinese food but the takeaway near Nick's does a fine 'Tray of Death': a big container of chips, fried rice and curry sauce. Throw in some Super Chicken Balls and the heart attack special is ready! Not at all healthy or at all adventurous, but a nice occasional treat.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 15, 2009 19:24:27 GMT
Ah, Chinese, second only to the Mighty Pizza in the mind, and stomach, of shockprowl. Amoung my faves are: Chicken in OK sauce, Chicken Satay, or Chicken Fried Rice with a large tub of 'curry sauce'. Hmmmmm.
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Post by legios on Jul 15, 2009 20:12:54 GMT
Ahhh, Chinese food. Something that I rarely have these days. (Having run through the majority of takeaways in walking distance of my house without finding one that is any good I have decided to cut my losses and not bother).
I occasionally miss Sweet and Sour Pork but I think I may have pretty much forgotten what it tastes like. :-)
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2009 20:14:17 GMT
I do like a good Chinese buffet. I can just eat and eat until my stomach begs for mercy.
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Dec 16, 2009 10:24:55 GMT
When we eat cow we call it "beef", but when we eat chicken we call it "chicken".
What gives?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2009 10:49:07 GMT
Probably we couldn't think of any silly names for any of our feathered friends. We also call ducks and turkeys by their actual name and to a certain extent sheep (which we call lamb).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2009 13:16:33 GMT
When we eat cow we call it "beef", but when we eat chicken we call it "chicken". What gives? We don't eat Chickens, that would be....oh my g-FLUFFY!!!!!!! |
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Post by jameso on Dec 16, 2009 14:37:29 GMT
Probably because you can get more than one type of food from cow? I don't eat meat, I'm not really an expert.  |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 16, 2009 18:45:55 GMT
The Cow Union objected.
-Ralph
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Post by Jaymz on Dec 17, 2009 0:31:27 GMT
I believe everything I read on Wikipaedia, therefore: The word beef is from Old French, in contrast to cow, which is Germanic. After the Norman Conquest, the French-speaking nobles who ruled England naturally used French words to refer to the meats they were served, while the Germanic words were retained to refer to the live animals. Thus the animal was called cu (cow) by the Anglo-Saxon peasants but the meat was called boef (ox) (Modern French boeuf) by the French nobles—who did not often deal with the live animal—when it was served to them for dinner.
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Post by grahamthomson on Dec 17, 2009 8:14:06 GMT
You are so lear-ned.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2009 11:18:30 GMT
Around where I live we still pronounce certain words in these ways. We pronounce beef as 'bayfe'!
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Post by Cullen on Dec 17, 2009 14:12:48 GMT
Wow that's quite interesting. However I think Wikipedia has take the fun out of these kinds of questions. We could have theorised for pages and pages without getting anywhere near the answer.
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Post by grahamthomson on Dec 17, 2009 14:53:46 GMT
We could all have got our teeth into it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2009 22:44:01 GMT
Allow me to claim my steak!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 4, 2010 18:12:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2010 21:34:11 GMT
Fries with a load of doner meat thrown over the top courtesy of my local take-away. Delicious!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 5, 2010 0:11:39 GMT
Less. I want to loose 8-10kg.
Less fudge. Less roasts.
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Post by dinogrrl on Jan 5, 2010 4:51:09 GMT
I'd like to lose weight too, but there's fat bloody chance of that when it's persistently below zero outside and no room to exercise inside. I just want to hibernate. With zudo's fries. Those sound tasty.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2010 8:37:54 GMT
Less. I want to loose 8-10kg. Less fudge. Less roasts. NOT THE FUDGE! I'm trying to get in a bit better shape, but its not a resolution, since I technically started it mid last year  |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 5, 2010 10:20:06 GMT
I did loose 5kg during last year, but when Ralph moved to Edinburgh 4kg piled straight back on. Then again, that might just be coincidence.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 5, 2010 18:30:19 GMT
Damn it, now they're down to 25% of their pre-Christmas price! I've bought another one! I can't stop myself! Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2010 19:04:59 GMT
Can't stop eating Aunt Bessie Roast Potatoes. On 2nd bag of the week already.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 5, 2010 19:48:03 GMT
Can't stop eating Aunt Bessie Roast Potatoes. On 2nd bag of the week already. -Ralph Are they really that amazing, I keep thinking about picking some up |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 5, 2010 20:14:08 GMT
No, they're not as tasty as non-frozen potatoes freshly roasted, but the latter take effort to do. Aunt Bessie's involve zero effort. Which makes them worth having.
Martin
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Post by legios on Jan 5, 2010 21:20:15 GMT
Agreed. They are strictly a second-best option compared to roasting a potato from scratch. But given that the latter process can take about an hour all told (at least, in my oven it can), the frozen ones represent a useful alternative plan.
My food find for 2010 is a Red Leicester cheese from Tesco. It is Red Leicester made with chutney and bell peppers. I'm not a fan of chutney in its own right but it gives this cheese an absolutely wonderful texture, and the flavour is just wonderful.
Karl
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 5, 2010 22:40:42 GMT
I prefer the roast parsnips. Mum used to work for the company that make them so we got hooked years ago. Fresh is better though. Honey roast parsnips are amazing. Honey roast carrots aren't bad either.
Food for 2010, less of everything. Before Botcon last year I lost almost 2 stone, but was ill for months after and doing early mornings through the summer I started eating more. The Wii Fit must be set up soon.
Andy
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