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Not My Leg posted:In Australia do you call bell peppers "capsicum"? I had never heard that. Yes. The only pepper here is what goes in your grinder. "bell peppers" are capsicums. "Chilli peppers/hot peppers" are just chillies. Also "arugula" is rocket, "cilantro" is coriander, "romaine" is cos, "squash" is butternut pumpkin (except for the small yellow summer squash which is squash) E: we have different names for some cuts of beef and pork too which makes it confusing. Does my head in every time I have to convert a USA recipe, not just oz and degrees F, but changing all the names of ingredients. We have a 'Mexican' style pizza down here, it's usually a spicy sausage meat, capsicums and jalapeńo chillies. I've never seen a bean on a pizza, but then again Mexican food doesn't exist here. No specialist grocery stores at all - just some tex mex brand stuff in the supermarkets like 'old el paso' and 'mission'; only 3-4 Mexican restaurants in Western Australia. I can't even find black beans or pinto beans locally. What we can get, canned stuff like chipotle in adobe or dry poblanos, is very expensive for what it is. Better for us down here to stick with cheaper Indian or Thai foods unless we're doing something "Mexicanish" with red/kidney beans. Even tortillas are a problem - again use lovely long life shelf bags from mission or old el paso brands which are terrible, make them yourself, or use generic flatbreads for Indian, or Middle eastern Pita bread or something. Fo3 has a new favorite as of 17:29 on Jan 27, 2015 |
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Not much better here in New York, they call tortillas "burrito wraps" Also I hope "adobe" was a typo :iamafag:
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Jan 27, 2015 17:49
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Fo3 posted:Yes. The only pepper here is what goes in your grinder. I had heard some variety of most of these, just hadn't heard capsicum before. It's apparently an Australia, New Zealand, and India thing. It confused me at first because Capsicum is the genus that includes all bell peppers and chile peppers (also, at first I read it as "slices of capsaicin"). Unrelated. 
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Jan 27, 2015 22:27
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Not My Leg posted:It confused me at first because Capsicum is the genus that includes all bell peppers and chile peppers (also, at first I read it as "slices of capsaicin"). But Marge, it gives it that south of the border flavor!
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Jan 27, 2015 22:30
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Not My Leg posted:(also, at first I read it as "slices of capsaicin"). That is how I first read it as well, and was wondering if it was like solidified lard or crystals or something, and jesus christ that would be hot
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Jan 27, 2015 22:38
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They do actually sell pure capsaicin: http://www.hotsauce.com/16-Million-PURE-Capsaicin-Crystals-2-0ml-p/hsc-16-million-crystals2.0.htm
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Jan 27, 2015 22:54
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im pooping! posted:That is how I first read it as well, and was wondering if it was like solidified lard or crystals or something, and jesus christ that would be hot I wonder what the median lethal dose of capsaicin is for humans. poo poo, you might just have a heart attack from the pain alone.
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As cops have yet to kill someone with pepper say, I think not. But not for lack of effort. Lol welp turns out the nypd incited a fatal asthma attack with it ten years ago El_Elegante has a new favorite as of 23:01 on Jan 27, 2015 |
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HP Artsandcrafts posted:I wonder what the median lethal dose of capsaicin is for humans. poo poo, you might just have a heart attack from the pain alone. A number of years ago, I saw a show about using capsaicin to relieve chronic pain from bone spurs. They slathered some person's legs in anesthetic, and the medical staff applied capsaicin paste while wearing thick rubber gloves and masks. Despite being lidocaine(?)d up, the patient was grimacing and writhing in pain. That poo poo was at a concentration of a fraction of a percent, I think.
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HP Artsandcrafts posted:I wonder what the median lethal dose of capsaicin is for humans. poo poo, you might just have a heart attack from the pain alone. It looks like it's not known, but the LD50 in mice is 47.2 mg/kg. If that directly translated (which it almost certainly doesn't) it would be about 3 grams for the average adult, about 3.75 grams for the average North American. That's ingested, not skin or eye contact. E: Centripetal Horse posted:A number of years ago, I saw a show about using capsaicin to relieve chronic pain from bone spurs. They slathered some person's legs in anesthetic, and the medical staff applied capsaicin paste while wearing thick rubber gloves and masks. Despite being lidocaine(?)d up, the patient was grimacing and writhing in pain. That poo poo was at a concentration of a fraction of a percent, I think. Capsaicin is, oddly enough, a common pain reliever. Apparently it produces a response from the body similar to being burned, which overwhelms the nerves, rendering them unable to transmit pain signals for an extended period of time. You can buy topical creams and patches over the counter, and it's commonly advertised on television shows you'd expect old people to watch (because it is a treatment for arthritis pain specifically). Not My Leg has a new favorite as of 23:08 on Jan 27, 2015 |
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Jan 27, 2015 23:04
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Centripetal Horse posted:A number of years ago, I saw a show about using capsaicin to relieve chronic pain from bone spurs. They slathered some person's legs in anesthetic, and the medical staff applied capsaicin paste while wearing thick rubber gloves and masks. Despite being lidocaine(?)d up, the patient was grimacing and writhing in pain. That poo poo was at a concentration of a fraction of a percent, I think. Is there something I'm missing or is that the equivalent of this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EuqxFwS9I8
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Jan 27, 2015 23:07
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I went to a combo Taco Bell/ Long John Silvers and asked for fish tacos. They could not parse. What the gently caress guys.
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Jan 27, 2015 23:17
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Desperado Bones posted:Seeing this, I have a question to American goons. We had "Mexican Pizza" in school lunches, and probably still do. Basically a flat crunchy taco shell with cheese, taco sauce, and ground beef. At best, it looks like someone vomited on a tortilla. I never tried it as a result of that.
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:We had "Mexican Pizza" in school lunches, and probably still do. Basically a flat crunchy taco shell with cheese, taco sauce, and ground beef. At best, it looks like someone vomited on a tortilla. I never tried it as a result of that. You're basically just describing nachos? Man some people are picky eaters.
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:We had "Mexican Pizza" in school lunches, and probably still do. Basically a flat crunchy taco shell with cheese, taco sauce, and ground beef. At best, it looks like someone vomited on a tortilla. I never tried it as a result of that. Taco Bell sells this thing which they call a Mexican Pizza but I've never heard of anyone actually ordering one. It just kind of looks like a round flat burrito with an inverted top but apparently the sauce is pizza sauce. I can't imagine it being good 
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Jan 28, 2015 04:10
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Nah the sauce is taco sauce. It's basically a double decker tostada. It's still pretty lovely, but good drunk food I guess?
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Minarchist posted:It's still pretty lovely, but good drunk food I guess? Isn't that basically the entire Taco Bell menu?
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Jan 28, 2015 04:49
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Minarchist posted:Nah the sauce is taco sauce. It's basically a double decker tostada. I worked at Taco Bell as a teen. Its a pizza sauce. Spices are different and its got chunks of tomato in it. They add the slimy slug texture that makes it really 'pop.'
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Jan 28, 2015 05:07
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Otana posted:Isn't that basically the entire Taco Bell menu? They got some Fresca bowls that aren't too shabby  Also the $1.40 chicken burritos doctored up with an order of pico de gallo are pretty good.
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Jan 28, 2015 05:19
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Desperado Bones posted:I think we have a pizza Get back to us when you know.
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Jan 28, 2015 05:29
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Otana posted:Isn't that basically the entire Taco Bell menu? Fourth Meal.
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Jan 28, 2015 05:57
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Aesop Poprock posted:Taco Bell sells this thing which they call a Mexican Pizza but I've never heard of anyone actually ordering one. It just kind of looks like a round flat burrito with an inverted top but apparently the sauce is pizza sauce. I can't imagine it being good Hey, it's the last thing my grandma ate before she died! I'm pretty sure it didn't kill her. She was just really old.
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Jan 28, 2015 06:06
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Data Graham posted:For some reason A&W is huge in Canada. It's a different chain in Canada entirely, weirdly enough. For that reason it's considered the Canadian option if you want to be patriotic, or just have a bunch of nostalgia for all their little things. They have the best rings and root beer, agreed.
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Aesop Poprock posted:Taco Bell sells this thing which they call a Mexican Pizza but I've never heard of anyone actually ordering one. It just kind of looks like a round flat burrito with an inverted top but apparently the sauce is pizza sauce. I can't imagine it being good What the hell are those fleshy cubes? Bippie Mishap posted:Get back to us when you know. For a moment I thought I had imagined it, but I checked several locals places here and WALLA! Pizza with beans...and other weird ingredients. I never knew banana and chocolate pizza was a thing.
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Jan 28, 2015 07:21
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Desperado Bones posted:
That sounds like the lovely pizzas from Return of the Killer Tomatoes.
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Jan 28, 2015 07:31
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Mexican pizza's arent that bad, believe it or not. You just kind of eat em like an unrolled, flat/crispy taco in the wrapper. By arent that bad I mean considering its still Taco Bell ofc.
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Captain Monkey posted:Completely outside the scope of the thread, because it's amazing, but in the US (or at least in Houston) there's a place called Bombay Pizza, which does Indian pizza toppings. So while we have done some weird stuff, it can also be amazing. Indian pizza is literally the greatest. We have all the fun toppings 
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Jan 28, 2015 08:27
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Thai pizza exists in Norway and it is amazing.
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Jan 28, 2015 13:08
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There's a franchise on the west coast called Abby's that sells a taco pizza that's actually really tasty. You can get either a chicken or beef variety, and they use regular pizza dough and red sauce. They bake the thing with the meat, onions and olives along with some taco seasoning, and then when it's done they top it with shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese and tomatoes and leave that stuff uncooked. I think it's a great approach; leaving those last three ingredients uncooked gives it quite a fresh taste, even if it's super messy (they pile this stuff pretty high).
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Jan 28, 2015 13:38
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Desperado Bones posted:What the hell are those fleshy cubes? Believe it or not those are what tomatoes look like at taco bell
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Desperado Bones posted:What the hell are those fleshy cubes? I hope that isn't how someone thinks "voilą" is spelled.
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Data Graham posted:I hope that isn't how someone thinks "voilą" is spelled. Someone hasn't been reading this thread since the beginning.
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Data Graham posted:I hope that isn't how someone thinks "voilą" is spelled. There's this auto service shop by me that has on their signboard "Our technicians are magicians! Wala!" It could be worse. Desperado Bones posted:What the hell are those fleshy cubes? Raw canned diced tomatoes. Quite possibly the worst thing ever done to a tomato by a human being.  
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I love you too 
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:
I love tomatoes. I eat them regularly in sauces and as themselves. I'll eat them in a salad, I'll eat them all the time... Except I cannot STAND to have just some raw piece of poo poo tomato anywhere near my food. The flavor is so close to something that I really enjoy that it just ruins the meal for me. I always get 'no tomatoes' at any fast food place ever, on the rare times I go to them, because what they have are absolutely disgusting.
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Data Graham posted:I hope that isn't how someone thinks "voilà" is spelled. Ah, you missed that conversation. Welcome to the thread!
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Che Delilas posted:There's a franchise on the west coast called Abby's that sells a taco pizza that's actually really tasty. You can get either a chicken or beef variety, and they use regular pizza dough and red sauce. They bake the thing with the meat, onions and olives along with some taco seasoning, and then when it's done they top it with shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese and tomatoes and leave that stuff uncooked. That's a pretty standard pizza type at places all over the country. Kinda want to try this actual Mexican pizza, though.
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Internet Wizard posted:That's a pretty standard pizza type at places all over the country. That does sound really good. The taco bell thing is just a tostada, or two tostadas, which are good, but not from taco bell.
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Picnic Princess posted:Ah, you missed that conversation. Welcome to the thread!  Walla!
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Captain Monkey posted:I love tomatoes. I eat them regularly in sauces and as themselves. I'll eat them in a salad, I'll eat them all the time... Except I cannot STAND to have just some raw piece of poo poo tomato anywhere near my food. The flavor is so close to something that I really enjoy that it just ruins the meal for me. I always get 'no tomatoes' at any fast food place ever, on the rare times I go to them, because what they have are absolutely disgusting. Are you eating store bought/restaurant tomatoes? Those are usually way underripe and are gassed to look nice and red when they're still pretty much green and flavorless. Home grown tomatoes are incredible when ripe.
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