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axolotl farmer posted:Bear Grylls is a goddamn idiot and fakes everything. I much prefer Ray Mears to any other 'survivalist' types on TV. I guess I understand why Bear Grylls became so popular but it's mostly stunts while Ray Mears seems to actually try to be sensible and show you the real poo poo. He takes things as they're given and actually seems to try to show how real people in the hard environments he goes to live. Far more educational and interesting imo. Ray Mears is a hero, Grylls is a chump.
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They both look pretty tasty, I don't specifically have a problem with vegan or vegetarian food. Just don't call it something it specifically isn't.
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constantinople posted:Also, is eating nut-free in vogue right now, even if you don't have an allergy? If the health food crowd is going to declare everything that some people have an allergy to unclean? Congrats on missing the last five years or so. Yeah it's stupid, it's been fashionable for a while now to declare all kinds of food intolerances for no real good reason, even beyond being simply vegan or vegetarian.
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Apr 18, 2015 23:40
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Hirayuki posted:Spices and cream and ghee. Although there are probably some Indian dishes without cream or ghee. I mean, theoretically. Plenty, there's quite a few Jains out there and they are exclusive vegans (and also don't eat roots, so no onions, garlic or potato) Much of south india doesn't cook with very much fat, it's really north india and pakistan that does. That's still generalising though, considering how huge and varied India is.
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May 25, 2015 12:55
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Neo_Crimson posted:That's because onions and garlic are near exclusively used to season meat dishes in Indian cuisine. So they're considered non-vegetarian by proxy. On certain holidays Indians will abstain from these as well as animal by-products. It gets way crazy, this is just from wikipedia but I know some Jains and yeah it's this serious: quote:Traditionally Jains have been prohibited from drinking unfiltered water. In the past, when stepwells were used for the water source, the cloth used for filtering was reversed, and some filtered water poured over it to return the organisms to the original body of water. This practice of jivani or bilchavani is no longer possible because of the use of pipes for water supply. Modern Jains may also filter tap water in the traditional fashion and a few continue to follow the filtering process even with commercial mineral or bottled drinking water. Jainism: the sweetest religion. It's pretty amazing that a lot of people have kept this going for thousands of years. Hell of dedication but no way could I imagine being this strict about my daily life.
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May 26, 2015 12:10
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tribbledirigible posted:
We used to get 'potted meat food product' provided along with the more normal jam, butter etc. for tea at my primary school. Every year the new kids coming in would open it. Once.
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Jun 24, 2015 18:12
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:Americans complain about dry sandwiches but refuse to butter the bread first it's LIKE I'M LIVING IN A CUCKOO CLOCK! One of my most disappointing food experiences as a child was when I went to New York and my first meal was at a classic diner. I ordered a turkey sandwich and it was like, two inches of the driest most tasteless turkey in the world with one lettuce leaf. Nothing else. I really hope that wasn't representative but holy poo poo was that awful. edit: worse was that I was in New York for the opening week of Star Wars Episode 1 (I was invited by a very generous friend and his family)
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Jun 26, 2015 13:07
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AnxietyMan1488 posted:" Put a few more slices of butter on top of the noodles. " That looks like a Czech dish that is basically fresh cheese, noodles, melted butter and sugar. This is meant to be eaten at lunch. I spent a summer working in the czech republic once and for two weeks we had all food provided for us and mostly it was really great food but the lunchtime we came back from site (having worked really hard outside physically in 35+C heat since about 6 a.m), we came back to this once it was pretty much the first time we didn't ravenously eat everything put in front of us. The saddest food. I don't think this is quite the same thing but flashbacks man.
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Jul 1, 2015 22:30
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p-hop posted:What's underneath the fig (caper berry?) - I can't visualize it as anything other than a 1/2 cup of whole grain mustard... You can see the fork for scale on the left, it's definitely wholegrain mustard. Not sure what the gelatin stuff is but it looks like it might be some kind of herring? That caper berry is way bigger than any I've seen though.
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Jul 4, 2015 14:59
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Chop up a pud and the inside looks, inside, a little like the other stuff. edit: Yorkshire pudding with golden syrup was what my dad grew up with as a treat, on that note.
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Jul 4, 2015 23:48
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AnonSpore posted:...Watery leek risotto with prosciutto over it? Yeah the crime here is lovely risotto.
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It's only similar in that a load of people (I've mostly seen this in the US but has popped up here too) have taken 'aioli' to be some kind of a generic 'base' sauce. Aioli is called that because it is specifically a kind of garlic mayonnaise. Period. For some reason though, any 'mayonnaise plus other poo poo in it' sauce seems to be called aioli in english these days. I guess it doesn't really matter but c'mon people. I wonder when that started happening exactly? I definitely remember lots of <blank> mayonnaise for ages until <blank> aioli came along a few years ago. Just marketing I guess, it's not like mayonnaise is exactly seen as gourmet. Aioli is fuckin' great in any case but I am a garlic fiend. edit: Ail is garlic in French. NLJP has a new favorite as of 21:34 on Aug 2, 2015 |
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Aug 2, 2015 21:27
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DekeThornton posted:
Prinsesstårta owns but then I love marzipan. Well, good marzipan (helps of there's some bitter almond extract). The rest of it is sponge, cream and jam; what's not to like? Like anything though, you can get really lovely versions. That one looks p. good though. Certainly infinitely better than those unholy fondant creations. steinrokkan posted:An accidental tribute to HR Giger Holy gently caress, this and the 'crockpot chicken' last page make me think that a square simply saying 'Sinister' should be on the bingo card. NLJP has a new favorite as of 22:36 on Sep 8, 2015 |
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Sep 8, 2015 22:34
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DekeThornton posted:I have never really liked princess cake, and it's the standard cake for any form of celebration here, especially at work, so I have a lot of resentment towards it. I only have it once every couple of years or so, if that so yeah I can see that making the difference.
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Sep 9, 2015 00:27
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rndmnmbr posted:Oh... oh holy poo poo, I know what my next trip report shall be. That reminds me of the bit at the end of a fondue when you leave the last bits of cheese to crisp up under the last layer of still molten cheese. It needs some tending so as not to burn but when you get it right it's pretty great.
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Sep 19, 2015 09:23
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Since when are mashed goddamn potatoes controversial? I mean sure, those don't look the best but questioning the actual concept of mashed potatoes? That is insane. I like to add chopped raw onion to mine, along with some butter and milk (sometimes cream) of course but I definitely use a potato masher rather than a mill. But yes, mashed potatoes are best with some sort of gravy. Bonus, make bubble and squeak the next day with the leftovers.
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Oct 5, 2015 11:23
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:Is there any German food that isn't AFP? yo  edit: Weißwurst is pretty fuckin' bad though. Hated it since I was a kid. I miss a good Bretzel though!
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Oct 14, 2015 00:41
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PCOS Bill posted:Are those lemon titties Just big dumplings dude (Knödel)
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Oct 14, 2015 00:45
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cash crab posted:Wet lemon tumours Feuchtzitronenkrebs mit Petersilien.
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Oct 14, 2015 00:57
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I only ever saw my asian friends rince pasta after cooking and I always figured it was because that's what you do with rice noodles to stop them overcooking because they do that very easily so that's just what they're used to. There is absolutely no need to rince pasta but hey, more power to you if you want to I guess.
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Oct 22, 2015 12:40
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTZCF4WSCo poo poo gets real at 1:50
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Oct 27, 2015 14:56
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So I had Svartsoppa for the first time last tuesday since I was in Sweden for November 11th. Now I've had blood soup before but this stuff was spiced a lot like gingerbread and was generally a bit sickly when I first tasted it plus it looks... Kinda bad. I tried to upload an image but imgur wasn't having it. Image in wikipedia isn't inaccurate: basically a dark red/purple/blackish thick mess. So it turns out it's actually really good with something else I really don't like: Leberwurst:  A sausage made of low grade ground up liver.It adds that fatty, savoury saltiness that really sets it off. So welp, two anti-food porns come together to make something really good.
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edit: nm czech food is mostly great though. I do remember my most disappointing meal in the czech republic though. We were on a dig near the austrian border and one of the history profs basically used that as a holiday but also cooked lunch and dinner for us there. Again, usually really good rib-sticking stuff but one afternoon we came back real hungry after lots of physical labour and were faced with four things in separate dishes: Pasta that was pretty much stuck together, molten butter, cream cheese and sugar. We were told to just mix it to our taste. No one ended up with anything that was 'to their taste'. NLJP has a new favorite as of 18:21 on Dec 13, 2015 |
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