perfect limey food

[mhch]

This dish seems to have something magic and mythic around it

If it tastes good it must be magic 

Good point  ;D ;D ;D

 

[colinw]

DD,
    I have been living in the States for nearly 10 years now and for the first 4 years really missed a lot of "English' foods and drinks, that was until I discovered a small store about 30 miles away from where I am living, they import lots of English food including all the makings for breakfast English sausage, bacon,beans, black pudding etc also lots of goodies like mars bars and topics, picnics, lion bars, and real Cadbury chocolate not the stuff made buy Hershey over here claiming to be Cadbury, and just to top things off they have Jaffa cakes  chocolate rich tea and digestives Lucasade all personal favorites of mine. Its just like going to Tesco,s or the corner store lol and just to make life perfect for me just around the corner is an Indian restaurant that does take away " bliss " so now I am "sorted " and now apart from not having a chippy life is good!

Colin.

 

[dirtydeeds]

it was once explained to me that the hershey "taste" was due to it first being made with slightly old milk, and the taste stuck (it probably isnt made with old milk these days)

the explanation was from an amercain airman.............. ive no idea if its true or if he was just swinging me a line

but hershey chocolate does taste "off" to english taste buds

 

[colinw]

DD,
    It certainly does taste off, The first time I saw a bar of cadbury chocolate over here I thought yeah! ..... until I bit into it............ I think its missing that glass and a half of full cream milk in every half pound ...............       
                                                                  My kids are used to me eating so called "strange foods" and if they see me eating something different are always asking if they can try some this was always happening until one day I was eating marmite on toast and the familiar comment came "what ya eating?" my reply " marmite on toast, wanna try?" even up till today my kids think I was trying to poison them  ;D

 

[dirtydeeds]

colinw, yove hit one of THOSE foods which people either love OR hate,,, there is no inbetween, i love it

BUT youve reminded me of the ONE "food" i ALWAYS decline

vegamite

the austarlian version of marmite, to me it smells and tastes like vomit

 

[dirtydeeds]

the funniest "food thing" was watching an american putting "english mustard" (in ameican quantities) onto a hot dog

then watch his eyes burst  (one nano second later)  ;D

(this wasnt my joke this was an american airman who had been here for a while playing a joke on a newly arrived airman)

the difference between "yellow mustard" and "english mustard" is like sweet red pepper and a ballon chillie

 

[Michael Kellough]

it was once explained to me that the hershey "taste" was due to it first being made with slightly old milk, and the taste stuck (it probably isnt made with old milk these days)

I don't think it's the old milk, I think it's the wax. 

 

[Michael Kellough]

the difference between "yellow mustard" and "english mustard" is like sweet red pepper and a ballon chillie

Thanks for the tip 

 

[dirtydeeds]

the idea with english mustard is you use a small amount for a kick in taste

but it isnt QUITE like chille, chillie builds up with every bite then hits you in the top of the nose

english mustard only hits the you in the top of the nose if you take half a teaspoon in one bite

i like that effect with english mustard on "Melton Mowbray" pork pies (Melton Mowbray is a place)

i also like chillies and pickled jallepenos

ive never had FRESH jallepenos or ballon chillies, im waiting (and dreading AND wanting) to try them, im well aware of the effect they are sure to have

 

[Michael Kellough]

the idea with english mustard is you use a small amount for a kick in taste

but it isnt QUITE like chille, chillie builds up with every bite then hits you in the top of the nose

english mustard only hits the you in the top of the nose if you take half a teaspoon in one bite

i like that effect with english mustard on "Melton Mowbray" pork pies (Melton Mowbray is a place)

i also like chillies and pickled jallepenos

ive never had FRESH jallepenos or ballon chillies, im waiting (and dreading AND wanting) to try them, im well aware of the effect they are sure to have

Jalapeno isn't all that hot, (they're green). Habaneros are hot, they're orange). Scotch bonnet are red. Just kidding about the color, habaneros and Scotch bonnet are about the same in hotness, but both of them blow jallepenos out of the water.

"Eating whole, raw scotch bonnet peppers is not advised for those unaccustomed to eating very spicy food. Eaten raw, these peppers are also known to cause dizziness, numbness of hands and cheeks, and severe heartburn."

 

[Michael Kellough]

the idea with english mustard is you use a small amount for a kick in taste

but it isnt QUITE like chille, chillie builds up with every bite then hits you in the top of the nose

english mustard only hits the you in the top of the nose if you take half a teaspoon in one bite

i like that effect with english mustard on "Melton Mowbray" pork pies (Melton Mowbray is a place)

i also like chillies and pickled jallepenos

ive never had FRESH jallepenos or ballon chillies, im waiting (and dreading AND wanting) to try them, im well aware of the effect they are sure to have

I forgot to ask, what are ballon chilies?

 

[dirtydeeds]

as i understand it ballon chillies are also known as scotch bonnet

im not sure of my chillies because im english, we dont get many types

as always there is FAR more truth in comedy than we'd like to admit

in truth the comedy sketch "going of an english".............................. which starts with the line

"i want the blandest thing on the menu" is so true of the english/british its painful

i had a scottish forman jake (obviously called "big jake") if it didnt have chips it wasnt a meal (vegatables didnt exist for jake)

BUT if he was going to a resaurant he would order "coronation chicken with a few carrots"

even in a chinese............................................

 

[colinw]

DD,
    OMG you have just set off one of my cravings do you know how long it is since I have had a pork pie....... let alone a Melton Mowbray pork pie  :-[

 

[dirtydeeds]

colinw

sending one to america is probably/certainly a bio hazard

all the more for me  ;D

 

[joraft]

... english mustard only hits the you in the top of the nose if you take half a teaspoon in one bite.

That's the effect I always go for, it feels so good when the pain subsides. 

I pop Jalapenos like they were olives, I love the flavor (especially when marinated). The Habaneros I'm very careful with.

John

 

[dirtydeeds]

i rather suspect your tollerance exceeds mine

as always, thats an understatement

but only because i cant get them easily so dont have the practice   

 

[neoshed]

My son picked up the marmite habit from me, he loves the stuff.

My Mum orders some British stuff from a place in Ohio but it's expensive. We've found the odd item here and there in local grocery stores but again its $$$.

Pork pie with mustard......yummy....now I want a bag of hula hoops wahhhhhh

 

[colinw]

neoshed,
              would you believe i am reading this post and eating my last bag of hula hoops and drinking a cup of PG Tips!

DD,
              I think you need to pack up one of those 1lb pork pies in dry ice and send it to me sod the bio hazard ! ( Please excuse the french) they do it with fish from Canada lol

Colin.

 

[semenza]

Hi,

      On the hot mustard deal. I have always liked the Chinese hot mustard for dipping those fried  noodles in. I really don't like hot peppers but I do like the hot mustard. I think because the heat goes away unlike with peppers. Hot peppers just ruin the rest of the meal for me.    The mustard is great for clearing sinuses as it perfumes through.

      I have a painful Habenero story. I was eating lunch with my usual buddy where I used to work. We had picked up some Habeneros because he likes hot stuff and wanted to try them. OK , no problem. He said  they were hot but he did like them(I was not partaking) .    A couple minutes later he decided to save the seeds with the idea of trying to grow some.  They were neatly folded up in a paper napkin (see where this is going?).            A few more minutes pass..... he  wipes his mouth with the wrong napkin.            I swear it looked like one of those old cartoons , when the guys head turns red and smoke shoots out the top?!  and next thing I know he is breaking the one second record across two tables to the drinking fountain!  Trying to wash it off his lips :-* :'(  Of course the seeds covered  by oil are the most potent part.

      It did quite a number on him. The rest of the day his lips were bright red like he had lipstick on.  And his cheeks were rosey for several hours. 

Seth

 

[Michael Kellough]

Hi,

      On the hot mustard deal. I have always liked the Chinese hot mustard for dipping those fried  noodles in. I really don't like hot peppers but I do like the hot mustard. I think because the heat goes away unlike with peppers. Hot peppers just ruin the rest of the meal for me.    The mustard is great for clearing sinuses as it perfumes through.

      I have a painful Habenero story. I was eating lunch with my usual buddy where I used to work. We had picked up some Habeneros because he likes hot stuff and wanted to try them. OK , no problem. He said  they were hot but he did like them(I was not partaking) .     A couple minutes later he decided to save the seeds with the idea of trying to grow some.   They were neatly folded up in a paper napkin (see where this is going?).             A few more minutes pass..... he  wipes his mouth with the wrong napkin.            I swear it looked like one of those old cartoons , when the guys head turns red and smoke shoots out the top?!  and next thing I know he is breaking the one second record across two tables to the drinking fountain!  Trying to wash it off his lips :-* :'(   Of course the seeds covered  by oil are the most potent part.

       It did quite a number on him. The rest of the day his lips were bright red like he had lipstick on.   And his cheeks were rosey for several hours. 

Seth

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