Telling time in U. K. English - Page 12

NightGeometry · 07-17-2011, 06:55 AM

Bread and (beef) dripping is wonderful - this from a vegetarian of 25 years, not had that since I were a lad.

DMB · 07-17-2011, 08:09 AM

If anyone is prepared to eat bread spread with butter (i.e. fat) they really have no reason to balk at bread and dripping. If the dripping has some of the meat juice in it and a bit of added salt, it is quite tasty. And mayonnaise is basically a high-fat emulsion, so much the same sort of thing.

GeoffC · 07-17-2011, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by NightGeometry

Bread and (beef) dripping is wonderful - this from a vegetarian of 25 years, not had that since I were a lad.

ah but the 'gravy' at the bottom of the beef is no where near as good as that at the bottom of the pork (this from someone who eschews meat these days). and there aint no vegan substitute ....

taosaur · 07-17-2011, 08:15 AM

I draw the line at chipped beef on toast, though I've known several people who used leftover bacon fat as a spread.

Those chip butties sound appalling, though. Deep-fried starch slathered in fat and wedged between planks of bleached carbs?

GeoffC · 07-17-2011, 08:16 AM

tha dun't know what tha's missin'

DMB · 07-17-2011, 08:21 AM

How about deep-fried Mars bars then? I must say I've never wanted nor had one, and the same for chip butties.

taosaur · 07-17-2011, 08:28 AM

The farthest I've gone in American vat-oil worship is the occasional deep-fried turkey.

GeoffC · 07-17-2011, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DMB

How about deep-fried Mars bars then? I must say I've never wanted nor had one, and the same for chip butties.

deep-fried mars bars ..... shudders.

cmargm · 07-17-2011, 09:33 AM

Just to add another dimension to the deep fried conversation - at the Calgary Stampede this year they had Deep Fried Snicker's bars and Deep Fried Pop tarts. Every year they try to do something different. When I visited Stonehaven in Scotland one year, they had a sign outside a shop window that said that they were the "Home of the deep fried Mar's bar".

issybird · 07-17-2011, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by amward

Ooohh! Chip butties. Yum. Alas not had one for years.

There's a White Trash Cookbook that has a recipe for a chip sandwich. Yup, that's American-style chips--same word for a different culinary delight. Potato chips/crisps on spongy white bread with mayo.

SeaBookGuy · 07-17-2011, 12:13 PM

Issy -- I have no problem with chips (crisps) in the sandwich, but not as the filling itself.

Only strawberry Pop-Tarts come unfrosted here - yecch. I like brown sugar cinnamon, but not enough to buy a box.

Bookworm_Girl · 07-17-2011, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

There's a White Trash Cookbook that has a recipe for a chip sandwich. Yup, that's American-style chips--same word for a different culinary delight. Potato chips/crisps on spongy white bread with mayo.

I have to say that chips/fries and crisps on white bread sound equally unappetizing to me.

I noticed at the grocery store last week that Ben & Jerry's has a new ice cream flavor called Late Night Snack with vanilla ice cream, caramel swirl and chocolate-covered potato chips. They had it on special at the end of the row.

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Originally Posted by cmargm

Just to add another dimension to the deep fried conversation - at the Calgary Stampede this year they had Deep Fried Snicker's bars and Deep Fried Pop tarts. Every year they try to do something different. When I visited Stonehaven in Scotland one year, they had a sign outside a shop window that said that they were the "Home of the deep fried Mar's bar".

I took this sign at a state fair which shows what they deep-fry here. No, I did not try anything.

Xanthe · 07-17-2011, 03:16 PM

When I was a kid, one of my favorite treats at a picnic was when my grandma would cut off a piece of slab bacon, stick it on the end of a stick and hold it over a wood or charcoal fire until the fat started to melt. She would then blot the charred bacon fat on slices of rye bread (real chewy rye with caraway seeds from a Jewish bakery - not that soft store-bought crap

). Sprinkle a little salt on the bread and yum! Artery-clogging heaven.

Xanthe · 07-17-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

Only strawberry Pop-Tarts come unfrosted here - yecch. I like brown sugar cinnamon, but not enough to buy a box.

Pop-Tarts are one of the cornerstones of my personal food pyramid.

amward · 07-18-2011, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by taosaur

I draw the line at chipped beef on toast, though I've known several people who used leftover bacon fat as a spread.

Those chip butties sound appalling, though. Deep-fried starch slathered in fat and wedged between planks of bleached carbs?

Which is why I haven't had one for a while, but they are fantastic.

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07-17-2011, 06:55 AM	#166
NightGeometry Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 1057240 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brighton, England Device: Sony PRS-T1, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX	Bread and (beef) dripping is wonderful - this from a vegetarian of 25 years, not had that since I were a lad.

07-17-2011, 08:09 AM	#167
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	If anyone is prepared to eat bread spread with butter (i.e. fat) they really have no reason to balk at bread and dripping. If the dripping has some of the meat juice in it and a bit of added salt, it is quite tasty. And mayonnaise is basically a high-fat emulsion, so much the same sort of thing.

07-17-2011, 08:15 AM	#169
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	I draw the line at chipped beef on toast, though I've known several people who used leftover bacon fat as a spread. Those chip butties sound appalling, though. Deep-fried starch slathered in fat and wedged between planks of bleached carbs?

07-17-2011, 08:16 AM	#170
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	tha dun't know what tha's missin'

07-17-2011, 08:21 AM	#171
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	How about deep-fried Mars bars then? I must say I've never wanted nor had one, and the same for chip butties.

07-17-2011, 08:28 AM	#172
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	The farthest I've gone in American vat-oil worship is the occasional deep-fried turkey.

07-17-2011, 09:33 AM	#174
cmargm Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3	Just to add another dimension to the deep fried conversation - at the Calgary Stampede this year they had Deep Fried Snicker's bars and Deep Fried Pop tarts. Every year they try to do something different. When I visited Stonehaven in Scotland one year, they had a sign outside a shop window that said that they were the "Home of the deep fried Mar's bar".

07-17-2011, 12:13 PM	#176
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	Issy -- I have no problem with chips (crisps) in the sandwich, but not as the filling itself. Only strawberry Pop-Tarts come unfrosted here - yecch. I like brown sugar cinnamon, but not enough to buy a box.

07-17-2011, 03:16 PM	#178
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	When I was a kid, one of my favorite treats at a picnic was when my grandma would cut off a piece of slab bacon, stick it on the end of a stick and hold it over a wood or charcoal fire until the fat started to melt. She would then blot the charred bacon fat on slices of rye bread (real chewy rye with caraway seeds from a Jewish bakery - not that soft store-bought crap ). Sprinkle a little salt on the bread and yum! Artery-clogging heaven.