What did you eat today?
To be fair,(as Nathan would say) I thought Nathan was the won who started this thread.Quote: gamerfreakRecipes and photos welcome!
Quote: AxelWolfTo be fair,(as Nathan would say) I thought Nathan was the won who started this thread.
nah dawg
A lot of talk about food and recipes in the health thread. I want to join in but I by no means eat healthy, so I thought a food thread would be appropriate.
I didn't eat this today, but this German Potato Salad is one of my favorite recipes.
I'm not sure if its actually authentic, because I think it's generally served cold in Germany, but oh man is it good. It's super easy too, and my main go-to for any sort of potluck situation because the stuff just gets better the longer it sits. This recipe taught me how you can get really complex flavors my combining fat with an acid (in this case just plain white vinegar).
Quote: AxelWolfTo be fair,(as Nathan would say) I thought Nathan was the won who started this thread.
It does seem a little Nathan-ish
The only difference is Nathan would’ve offered a 2 paragraph description of what went through her mind prior to deciding what to eat
310 brand shake( half water, half 2% milk.) for lunch
Dinner will be the other half of the wrap, some veggie chips with onion dip made with low fat Greek yogurt.
Late snack tbd.
Lunch: 2 Peanut butter sandwiches (natural peanut butter on 21 grain bread.)
For dinner I had some clam chowder soup from the fresh seafood department of my grocery store, and some vanilla yogurt to which I added fresh blueberries and raspberries. I've also baked a sweet potato which I will snack on later this evening.
Quote: AxelWolfTo be fair,(as Nathan would say) I thought Nathan was the won who started this thread.
Was there a cute little reference in your misspelling of the word "one?" ;)
Last meal I had was a delicious keto meal — 2 cans worth of tuna, a healthy amount of mayonnaise, mustard, relish, salt, and pepper. Then of course Triscuits (the rosemary ones, those are OG). And a nice Coca Cola.
Quote: RSWhen in Rome
Or as Axel puts it .. “When in Romes”
Quote: RSAnd a nice Coca Cola.
Diet Coke or Coke Zero?
Won must not know what you look like if you goad on him all the time. If he knew, I think you would be a little cautious about it, considering your back would be to him, mesmerized by your slot play.Quote: NathanWas there a cute little reference in your misspelling of the word "one?" ;)
Quote: gamerfreakOr as Axel puts it .. “When in Romes”
Diet Coke or Coke Zero?
Nah, regular Coke. That other crap is loaded with sugars and minerals and stuff that the govt uses to control the masses probably.
Quote: RSNah, regular Coke. That other crap is loaded with sugars and minerals and stuff that the govt uses to control the masses probably.
https://youtu.be/7V6JO0Rfgas
Quote: RSNah, regular Coke. That other crap is loaded with sugars and minerals and stuff that the govt uses to control the masses probably.
Bruh that’s not keto
Circa 2012 I posted a recipe called rogerkints bankroll builder in Nareeds recipe thread. It's still not bad.
Quote: gamerfreakBruh that’s not keto
+1 but with pic for emphasis
lunch: English muffin with cheese[ cole slaw; orange juice
dinner: bento (steamed vegetables, rice, teriyaki chicken and pork, egg roll and gyoza.
No food other than the above, i.e. no snacks.
It is normal for me to have a light breakfast, probably a bowl of cold cereal. Then I had to take my car to the shop to get an oil change and a brake job. That took hours so I killed part of the time at a nearby Italian food place. I was very bad, eating a huge plate of lasagna, two pieces of bread, salad with blue cheese dressing, and two glasses of beer. That pretty much filled me up the rest of the day. Just had a few corn chips and another beer for dinner.
Quote: DRichA gas station hot dog for lunch and some Dorito's for dinner.
Ah... this is more my style. I would of - course - wash it down with a lovely beet/carrot/kale juice combo, since, after all, I am a huge health nut!
Brunch: 6 Jelly Babies and a coffee
Lunch: 2 slices white toast with butter and 3 cups of English Breakfast tea
Dinner:-
Seared Fillet of Beef served with blue cheese dauphinoise, confit shallots, truffle wild mushrooms, baby leeks, seared roots and wild garlic jus
Washed down with a pint of Doombar
nom nom nom
I'll fast another day.
Quote: OnceDear...dauphinoise...
A bowl of clicks and keekee's? Wtf is dolphin noise?
Quote: OnceDearI started the day intending to fast....
Brunch: 6 Jelly Babies and a coffee
Lunch: 2 slices white toast with butter and 3 cups of English Breakfast tea
Dinner:-
Seared Fillet of Beef served with blue cheese dauphinoise, confit shallots, truffle wild mushrooms, baby leeks, seared roots and wild garlic jus
Washed down with a pint of Doombar
nom nom nom
I'll fast another day.
this is too english for me
Jelly Babies?
Quote: OnceDear
Dinner:-
Seared Fillet of Beef served with blue cheese dauphinoise, confit shallots, truffle wild mushrooms, baby leeks, seared roots and wild garlic jus
Did you read this off a stick up
their arse restaurants menu?
Nobody describes food this way
unless it's off a menu. Real people
say the had meat and veggies..
Quote: OnceDearI started the day intending to fast....
Brunch: 6 Jelly Babies and a coffee
Lunch: 2 slices white toast with butter and 3 cups of English Breakfast tea
Dinner:-
Seared Fillet of Beef served with blue cheese dauphinoise, confit shallots, truffle wild mushrooms, baby leeks, seared roots and wild garlic jus
Washed down with a pint of Doombar
nom nom nom
I'll fast another day.
Come on.... you couldn’t come up with an annoyingly over-descriptive way of saying white toast ?
Quote: OnceDear6 Jelly Babies
What is a Jelly Baby?
Also, what exactly is a Lolly? I don't want any Americans to refer to a lollipop, I've heard the term used differently in the UK and Australia.
Quote: EvenBobDid you read this off a stick up
their arse restaurants menu?
Nobody describes food this way
unless it's off a menu.
I thought it sounded very English. The queen probably would have been proud at the description.
Lol.Quote: michael99000Come on.... you couldn’t come up with an annoyingly over-descriptive way of saying white toast ?
Goujons de pain grillé
If it makes you feel better, the coffee was Americano
Don't you guys have Jelly Babies?
And yes, the flamboyant description of my dinner was indeed cut and paste from the Menu.
Don't tell me you guys don't have Dauphinois Potatoes (Sliced potatoes baked in a creamy sauce with garlic and cheese for flavor*)
I suppose you don't have Doom Bar Amber Ale either.
It was the first time I've had baby leeks. There was also asparagus, courgette, broccoli, wild mushrooms and something which I think was a 1 inch diameter baby turnip ( Something else new to me )
*There, I used US spellings in deference to our host
Quote: OnceDearDon't tell me you guys don't have Dauphinois Potatoes (Sliced potatoes baked in a creamy sauce with garlic and cheese for flavor*)
Those are Potatos Au Gratin
Quote: WizardWhat is a Jelly Baby?
Also, what exactly is a Lolly? I don't want any Americans to refer to a lollipop, I've heard the term used differently in the UK and Australia.
Jelly Babies
A lolly. Well, it's slang for lollipop, but I think that's what you guys call a popsicle.
In the UK it would usually be an ice lolly: Frozen fruit juice on a stick, sold from an ice cream van. Could also describe the hard candy on a stick such as Chupa Chup
Lolly is also archaic slang for money as in "Her dad's got a lot of lolly"
Indeed. the Dauphinois description is equally French and the more popular description here. It's a close call.Quote: gamerfreakQuote: OnceDearDon't tell me you guys don't have Dauphinois Potatoes (Sliced potatoes baked in a creamy sauce with garlic and cheese for flavor*)
Those are Potatos Au Gratin
Funny how our fancy restarants love to use french or any other 'posh' sounding language. Gravy is far too common to say, so they give us 'jus'
Posh restaurants seldom say "Beef and assorted vegetables with gravy". That would sound far too common.
We nearly went to the local chippy* instead for "Fish in batter, large chips and mushy peas"
* I don't suppose you guys have Fish and Chip shops either? We tried "Fish and Chips" when we went to Epcot. Amusingly close to what we expected.
Quote: OnceDearIndeed. the Dauphinois description is equally French and the more popular description here. It's a close call.Quote: gamerfreakQuote: OnceDearDon't tell me you guys don't have Dauphinois Potatoes (Sliced potatoes baked in a creamy sauce with garlic and cheese for flavor*)
Those are Potatos Au Gratin
Funny how our fancy restarants love to use french or any other 'posh' sounding language. Gravy is far too common to say, so they give us 'jus'
Posh restaurants seldom say "Beef and assorted vegetables with gravy". That would sound far too common.
We nearly went to the local chippy* instead for "Fish in batter, large chips and mushy peas"
* I don't suppose you guys have Fish and Chip shops either? We tried "Fish and Chips" when we went to Epcot. Amusingly close to what we expected.
Jus or Au'Jus means something different than gravy here. It's not thick or creamy and is generally served with a beef sandwich.
Fish and chips is also popular here, but it's the only time you'll hear Americans call french fries chips. Gordon Ramsay has a fish and chip restaurant at the Linq in vegas.
I could post an ingredient by ingredient
description and include words like
'savory' and 'Fresh' and 'cooked to
perfection', but I'm eating it, not
selling it.
Quote: gamerfreakJus or Au'Jus means something different than gravy here. It's not thick or creamy and is generally served with a beef sandwich.
Fish and chips is also popular here, but it's the only time you'll hear Americans call french fries chips. Gordon Ramsay has a fish and chip restaurant at the Linq in vegas.
Yes, 'jus' is diiferent to what my parents would think of as gravy. it's usually more runny and often flavoured with wine. More like 'meat juice' Which sounds pretty gross to me.
I'll ask about your country's interpretation of chips/french fries, which are considered quite different things here. (We'll set aside the thought of your use of 'chips' to mean potato crisps)
French fries are what we get from the likes of McDonalds: Potatoes cut to square profile of around 7mm thickness and often quite long. Generally deep fried in vegetable oil (rape seed, sunflower, or similar)
To us, chips are a lot chunkier and cut to 13-18mm thickness. The best chips are hand cut and not uniform in size and then deep fried in beef fat (dripping) or pork fat (lard). Chip shops of my youth always used hard beef fat, but just because it was deemed 'bad for us' and possibly because it's more expensive, beef fat or pigs lard has fallen out of favour commercially. Bloody delicious at home though.
The rather posh restaurant that I went to tonight does the best chips I've ever eaten outside my own home. I think they blanch them and twice fry them. Most restaurant's here use frozen pre-cut chips which are an abomination. Pretty much every UK town and village has one or many proper 'Fish and chip' shops, though some are awful places that sell kebabs, pizza, french fries etc. The best UK chippies tend to be owned and run by families of Italian, Greek or Cypriot ethnicity.
Oh, and assuming Gordon Ramsey is not a member here, can I call him a p***k?
Every bloody episode he does is to the same script and he's absolutely not a well respected chef here. The b*****n puts oil in the water he boils pasta in. A disgrace :o)
Hope you enjoy it. I suppose you don't like fancy restaurants with their overpriced, over described pretentious nonsense. Fair enough. Variety is the spice of life. Spice is not to everyone's taste.Quote: EvenBobI'm having homemade chili for dinner.
I could post an ingredient by ingredient
description and include words like
'savory' and 'Fresh' and 'cooked to
perfection', but I'm eating it, not
selling it.
Quote: gamerfreak
Those are Potatos Au Gratin
Oh. Thanks.
Had ~12oz of chocolate milk for breakfast. 2%, somewhat chilled, Hershey's syrup only. About an 8:1 ratio, stirred with a 40yr old stainless steel butter knife in a 16oz lime green Wal-Mart plastic cup.
~7 wint-o-green Lifesavers.
4oz water drawn directly from existing civic infrastructure.
LOL. Just read a page about Gordon's idea of a chip shop.Quote: gamerfreakGordon Ramsay has a fish and chip restaurant at the Linq in vegas.
"The hand-cut chips will be served slightly salted or seasoned with truffle and parmesan; chipotle, jalapeño and chorizo; or cacciatore spice and fresh basil."
LOL. That's about as 'typical English' as Dick Van Dyke.
English chippys give you the following choice of seasoning and garnish:
Salt,
(Malt) Vinegar
Salt and Vinegar
Nothing.
And proper chippies invested in potato peeling and cutting machines in the 1960s. When he says 'hand-cut chips' he means someone tipped the bucket of spuds into the machine and turned it on.
You haven't got the hang of this poncy European marketing lingo have you?Quote: FaceOh. Thanks.
Had ~12oz of chocolate milk for breakfast. 2%, somewhat chilled, Hershey's syrup only. About an 8:1 ratio, stirred with a 40yr old stainless steel butter knife in a 16oz lime green Wal-Mart plastic cup.
~7 wint-o-green Lifesavers.
4oz water drawn directly from existing civic infrastructure.
Had to google your Polo Mints
[Goes away to look up poncy in case it's offensive in your neck of the woods]
Quote: OnceDearYes, 'jus' is diiferent to what my parents would think of as gravy. it's usually more runny and often flavoured with wine. More like 'meat juice' Which sounds pretty gross to me.
I'll ask about your country's interpretation of chips/french fries, which are considered quite different things here. (We'll set aside the thought of your use of 'chips' to mean potato crisps)
French fries are what we get from the likes of McDonalds: Potatoes cut to square profile of around 7mm thickness and often quite long. Generally deep fried in vegetable oil (rape seed, sunflower, or similar)
To us, chips are a lot chunkier and cut to 13-18mm thickness. The best chips are hand cut and not uniform in size and then deep fried in beef fat (dripping) or pork fat (lard). Chip shops of my youth always used hard beef fat, but just because it was deemed 'bad for us' and possibly because it's more expensive, beef fat or pigs lard has fallen out of favour commercially. Bloody delicious at home though.
The rather posh restaurant that I went to tonight does the best chips I've ever eaten outside my own home. I think they blanch them and twice fry them. Most restaurant's here use frozen pre-cut chips which are an abomination. Pretty much every UK town and village has one or many proper 'Fish and chip' shops, though some are awful places that sell kebabs, pizza, french fries etc. The best UK chippies tend to be owned and run by families of Italian, Greek or Cypriot ethnicity.
Oh, and assuming Gordon Ramsey is not a member here, can I call him a p***k?
Every bloody episode he does is to the same script and he's absolutely not a well respected chef here. The b*****n puts oil in the water he boils pasta in. A disgrace :o)
There’s really not much differentiation in names between the types of French fries in America. But often thin fries like McDonalds are called shoestring fries, and thick ones like you mentioned are often called Steakhouse Fries.
Biscuit also means something totally different here.
I’m not even sure what your masked insults towards GR are lol. Punk? And something else? Anyway, I put salt and oil in my pasta water too, so I am taking that as a personal insult, 3 days ;)
Quote: gamerfreak
There’s really not much differentiation in names between the types of French fries in America. But often thin fries like McDonalds are called shoestring fries, and thick ones like you mentioned are often called Steakhouse Fries.
I think our steak fries are what the English would call chips.
Maybe. Not really a familiar term here. At about 13mm they are 'Chips' and never french fries. At about 18mm they become 'Chunky chips'Quote: DRichI think our steak fries are what the English would call chips.
Quote: OnceDearMaybe. Not really a familiar term here. At about 13mm they are 'Chips' and never french fries. At about 18mm they become 'Chunky chips'
Yea I’m going to need you to convert those measurements to freedom units.....
Quote: OnceDearYou haven't got the hang of this poncy European marketing lingo have you?
Quote: OnceDearI suppose you don't like fancy restaurants
I eat out twice a year, on my bday and my
wife's. I hate it. The food is always over
priced and bad, I can do so much better
at home. I can't remember the last time
I had good restaurant food. People think
it's good because A., they didn't have
to make it. And B., they wouldn't know
good food if it bit them on the arse.
Quote: EvenBobI can't remember the last time I had good restaurant food.
People think it's good because
A., they didn't have to make it.
And
B., they wouldn't know good food if it bit them on the arse.
Or
C., they have tried lots of alternatives and don't base their judgement on a jaded twice a year experience.
