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Posted by John Hopkins
- February 01, 2015, 12:19:19 PMOh Yes, Pulled pork..
It's a big thing in Chinese eat all you like buffets.
Britain has become a place where you can buy any foreign food you want now, KFC (which has gone downhill since the Colonel died), McDonalds, steak houses, carvery's, Kebab houses (I tried one of everything they sold the night the local one opened and threw most of it away), the Scots have deep fried mars (chocolate) bars, Indian and Chinese, a lot of bad fish and chip shops and a few great ones.. I rate a good fish and chips by the care taken in peeling the chips.. we still have some cafe's where you can buy eggs, baked beans, bacon and chips with a couple of slices of toast and a large mug of tea, and we have some where they sell the same thing sitting in a pool of fat with half raw or solid eggs.. But we don't have to eat the bad stuff just because it is there.
John.
Posted by John Hopkins
- February 01, 2015, 12:05:33 PMQuote from: Troll on February 01, 2015, 09:07:18 AMAhh pancake day..All this talking about food has me wondering...John, you have any special food plans for Shrove Tuesday? Sweet potato pancakes comes to mind...
Our pancakes are a lot different to yours, Two or three eggs half a pint of milk, add flour until it reaches the consistency of custard or double cream before you whisk it, heat about a teaspoon of clear oil or fat until the pan smokes a little bit, pour some mix in until it covers the bottom of a large frying pan to about 1/8th inch or a thin skin, swirl the pan until the mix bubbles a bit or the pancake moves on the surface of the pan, then toss it.. serve hot with a sprinkle of sugar and a squirt of lemon..
Best served to a large family one at a time, cooking time is usually twice as long as a childs eating time if you do it right.
John.
Posted by Troll
- February 01, 2015, 11:56:45 AMVery common all over the U.S. Chicken, Beef, Pork, and this latest craze (not my thing) pulled pork...
Posted by John Hopkins
- February 01, 2015, 11:54:24 AMLast time I was in Canada, about 50 years ago, I went to a diner and asked for an open chicken sandwich, I think it was the only thing I recognised on the menu. In Britain a sandwich used to be two slices of bread and butter with something inside them, Sliced Ham, beef, pork, chicken or even lamb, most common was cheese, and if we were feeling really adventurous sliced onion or lettuce. So back to Vancouver in the sixties, the waitress bought me a plate with a slice of bread and butter and hot sliced chicken breast in a white sauce.. After staring at it for a few minutes in stunned silence I ate it and enjoyed it but I have never seen it since.
John.
Posted by Troll
- February 01, 2015, 11:53:58 AMIt just occurred to me, as I was removing the 6" of global warming that fell overnight, that the reason you didn't like the pie is because my Grandmother made it.....
Posted by greenbarn
- February 01, 2015, 11:26:52 AMSeal blubber and flipper pie... how were those?? Don't really sound good, but a lot of stuff doesn't.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- February 01, 2015, 11:16:56 AM Sorry to give you the wrong impression there Troll, but I have always made it a thing that no matter were I am I try the local cuisine. This has lead to some really mind opening experiences.
Uqhuq was one such an experience. Seal blubber and seal flipper pie were others. I do like to try different things and enjoy a lot of them.
Posted by Troll
- February 01, 2015, 09:07:18 AMAll this talking about food has me wondering...John, you have any special food plans for Shrove Tuesday? Sweet potato pancakes comes to mind...
Posted by Troll
- February 01, 2015, 08:15:32 AMYou definitely need to keep a more open mind to the whole eating experience... My wife is like you, when it comes to that..plain and simple stuff. Me, on the other hand, I will eat anything that doesn't eat me first...which is why I had to go on a weight loss campaign. Spicy octopus is pretty good, and one of my favorites is Habanero spiced Chili....I've lately discovered that I really like hot and sour soup.....and crawfish, and...and...and...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 31, 2015, 23:16:45 PMWHAT.......because I don't like SP pie......boy you folks are some touchy about your foods.............I did try other things American
Love Carl Jr.'s.....
Breakfast burritos are awesome.....
not a Popeye's fan.......did like Perkins, was a huge fan of Country Kitchen, so there.........
Posted by greenbarn
- January 31, 2015, 22:45:38 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on January 31, 2015, 19:50:14 PMAnd you wonder why you have trouble getting people to mail you stuff from the US....Well John, I am with you buddy......
First off I do not like pumpkin pie, well don't like any pie, not my thing. So while living in CO all the Americans I worked with were making a big deal of their mama's sweet potato pie and how good it was. Being a dumb a$$ Canadian I had to ask what a sweet potato pie was.....duh.....1982 this was before the health food craze. So I had a couple of the people bring me a slice of the pie. I ate them and smiled and told them they were good.
They tasted like dirt, and were the worse thing I have ever eaten. I have had SP fries since and they are ok, I have had yams and they are ok......but SP pie I'll just pass on that thanks.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 31, 2015, 19:50:14 PM Well John, I am with you buddy......
First off I do not like pumpkin pie, well don't like any pie, not my thing. So while living in CO all the Americans I worked with were making a big deal of their mama's sweet potato pie and how good it was. Being a dumb a$$ Canadian I had to ask what a sweet potato pie was.....duh.....1982 this was before the health food craze. So I had a couple of the people bring me a slice of the pie. I ate them and smiled and told them they were good.
They tasted like dirt, and were the worse thing I have ever eaten. I have had SP fries since and they are ok, I have had yams and they are ok......but SP pie I'll just pass on that thanks.
Posted by Troll
- January 31, 2015, 19:23:23 PMPosted by greenbarn
- January 31, 2015, 10:47:43 AMHmmm... I'm not too sure about that, John. I've never tried them that way. It might be really good, but here again- you're cooking it like a white potato and it's not a white potato so I'm afraid you'll be disappointed...
Posted by John Hopkins
- January 31, 2015, 09:26:53 AMI've just steamed one with some carrots and potato's and will serve it to my son with roast chicken breast and gravy to see if he will eat it..
John.