AvatarS
22-08-2012, 09:48 PM
My current one is the "giant cupcake". It's a freaking cake!
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IzZzy
22-08-2012, 10:04 PM
Haha! And Red Velvet everything?
DJ...
22-08-2012, 10:17 PM
So called "super-fruits". FFS, they're just sugar bombs with a few more vitamins in them. They do not cure cancer, make you more appealing to the opposite sex, or make your dick grow larger.
Veganism and vegetarianism - we are human beings - we are omnivores. Source from ethical suppliers if you like, but don't cut out a pivotal source of nutrition for the sake of pretending to care about animals. Your efforts will have no impact at the end of the day. We are, and will for the foreseeable future remain omnivores. No amount of hippie-drum-circling will change that.
Raw food diets - most raw vegetables (which most of these morons only eat) cannot be processed by our bodies in their raw state. Yes, they contain more nutrients, but the human body cannot break many of these down properly, so you just schit it out of your body. You also deprive yourself of the good cholesterol in your system so you are, in fact, incredibly unhealthy. Especially if you ever encounter fat at some point in the remainder of your life. Take off your hemp-beanie, slap yourself across the face and go cook some bacon, you dipschit.
Iced teas - most of them are not teas at all. They simply have tea flavourings added. And they're dosed so full of sugar that the health benefits of tea are negated by all of the problems associated with massive sugar spikes to your system, and overloading your body with sugar. Iced teas are not a health food item.
The bastardisation of the pizza. This is an ever-evolving one, from stuffed crusts, to triple deckers, to putting sauce all over the thing, to dessert pizzas, to pizza rolls and even microwavable pizzas. Fsck you - that's just dough with stuff on. It's about as much a pizza as a raw food diet is healthy.
The fat brigade - you people really tick me off. Fat does not necessarily cause fat. This obsession to strip fat from everything is ridiculous and must be stopped. Many fats are essential to, you know, actually living. Many fats are incredibly good for your cholesterol. Eat the right fats - don't just cut them out. You the public demanded this from producers and now you need to realise that you were imbeciles and start buying foods with healthy fats. Let's bring fat back into our food, for the love of the flavour gods.
Okay, I'm done...for now...
Veganism and vegetarianism - we are human beings - we are omnivores. Source from ethical suppliers if you like, but don't cut out a pivotal source of nutrition for the sake of pretending to care about animals. Your efforts will have no impact at the end of the day. We are, and will for the foreseeable future remain omnivores. No amount of hippie-drum-circling will change that.
Raw food diets - most raw vegetables (which most of these morons only eat) cannot be processed by our bodies in their raw state. Yes, they contain more nutrients, but the human body cannot break many of these down properly, so you just schit it out of your body. You also deprive yourself of the good cholesterol in your system so you are, in fact, incredibly unhealthy. Especially if you ever encounter fat at some point in the remainder of your life. Take off your hemp-beanie, slap yourself across the face and go cook some bacon, you dipschit.
Iced teas - most of them are not teas at all. They simply have tea flavourings added. And they're dosed so full of sugar that the health benefits of tea are negated by all of the problems associated with massive sugar spikes to your system, and overloading your body with sugar. Iced teas are not a health food item.
The bastardisation of the pizza. This is an ever-evolving one, from stuffed crusts, to triple deckers, to putting sauce all over the thing, to dessert pizzas, to pizza rolls and even microwavable pizzas. Fsck you - that's just dough with stuff on. It's about as much a pizza as a raw food diet is healthy.
The fat brigade - you people really tick me off. Fat does not necessarily cause fat. This obsession to strip fat from everything is ridiculous and must be stopped. Many fats are essential to, you know, actually living. Many fats are incredibly good for your cholesterol. Eat the right fats - don't just cut them out. You the public demanded this from producers and now you need to realise that you were imbeciles and start buying foods with healthy fats. Let's bring fat back into our food, for the love of the flavour gods.
Okay, I'm done...for now...
DJ...
22-08-2012, 10:18 PM
Haha! And Red Velvet everything?
YES! It's chocolate ffs. That is red. Wow...:rolleyes:
YES! It's chocolate ffs. That is red. Wow...:rolleyes:
ABCpt
22-08-2012, 10:25 PM
The bastardisation of the pizza. This is an ever-evolving one, from stuffed crusts, to triple deckers, to putting sauce all over the thing, to dessert pizzas, to pizza rolls and even microwavable pizzas. Fsck you - that's just dough with stuff on. It's about as much a pizza as a raw food diet is healthy.
These are actually pretty nice, but agree with you on the others.
These are actually pretty nice, but agree with you on the others.
DJ...
22-08-2012, 10:28 PM
These are actually pretty nice
This means that you're eating at Debonairs, in which case your taste buds cannot be trusted...:D
This means that you're eating at Debonairs, in which case your taste buds cannot be trusted...:D
AvatarS
22-08-2012, 10:29 PM
The bastardisation of the pizza. This is an ever-evolving one, from stuffed crusts, to triple deckers, to putting sauce all over the thing, to dessert pizzas, to pizza rolls and even microwavable pizzas. Fsck you - that's just dough with stuff on. It's about as much a pizza as a raw food diet is healthy.
You forgot pizza cones :p
You forgot pizza cones :p
AvatarS
22-08-2012, 10:30 PM
Haha! And Red Velvet everything?
And someone should strangle the bright spark who thought it was a good idea to toss a bottle of food colouring into cake batter. When did that become Red Velvet?
And someone should strangle the bright spark who thought it was a good idea to toss a bottle of food colouring into cake batter. When did that become Red Velvet?
ABCpt
22-08-2012, 10:33 PM
This means that you're eating at Debonairs, in which case your taste buds cannot be trusted...:D
Thats your opinion ;)
Thats your opinion ;)
IzZzy
22-08-2012, 10:39 PM
Thats your opinion ;)
An opinion shared by many :)
An opinion shared by many :)
Freaksta
22-08-2012, 10:54 PM
Thats your opinion ;)
Debonairs is like eating a bottle of sauce on a warm piece of bread with some stuff ontop... Eeew
Debonairs is like eating a bottle of sauce on a warm piece of bread with some stuff ontop... Eeew
ABCpt
22-08-2012, 10:54 PM
An opinion shared by many :)
They are miles better than the cardboard Scooters sells as pizza.
They are miles better than the cardboard Scooters sells as pizza.
DJ...
22-08-2012, 11:08 PM
They are miles better than the cardboard Scooters sells as pizza.
They're both equally crap in my book. Neither are decent renditions of pizza. I'd rather travel 5 minutes further (for most neighbourhoods in SA) and find a local wood-fire pizzeria, or at the very least, a Pizza Perfect. But then again, this thread isn't about crap pizzas - there are tons of those flying around already. This is about food-fads.
Another one that grates my carrot is the sushi fad, with everyone and sundry mixing wasabi with their soy, or drenching soy all over a plate of sashimi and claiming that's how it is traditionally done. Er, no it isn't. Some sashimi is served with soy sauce on the plate, if the Itamae thinks the fish warrants it. Wasabi is never mixed with the soy in traditional Japanese culture. This is a western craze started to hide the fact that they weren't using actual wasabi. This only serves to limit the combination of wasabi and soy that you have. In fact in most reputable Japanese restaurants, only soy is served and is intended as a quick dip for seasoning, not to be soaked up like most people do. Wasabi is embedded in the sushi if necessary.
So stop pretending to know so much about Japanese culture and food by mixing your mustard, horseradish and green food colouring paste into your soy sauce - you just look foolish to the wait staff, Itamae and others who know better. And stop drenching your sashimi in soy sauce. Treat soy sauce as you would salt - add for flavouring in small doses...
They're both equally crap in my book. Neither are decent renditions of pizza. I'd rather travel 5 minutes further (for most neighbourhoods in SA) and find a local wood-fire pizzeria, or at the very least, a Pizza Perfect. But then again, this thread isn't about crap pizzas - there are tons of those flying around already. This is about food-fads.
Another one that grates my carrot is the sushi fad, with everyone and sundry mixing wasabi with their soy, or drenching soy all over a plate of sashimi and claiming that's how it is traditionally done. Er, no it isn't. Some sashimi is served with soy sauce on the plate, if the Itamae thinks the fish warrants it. Wasabi is never mixed with the soy in traditional Japanese culture. This is a western craze started to hide the fact that they weren't using actual wasabi. This only serves to limit the combination of wasabi and soy that you have. In fact in most reputable Japanese restaurants, only soy is served and is intended as a quick dip for seasoning, not to be soaked up like most people do. Wasabi is embedded in the sushi if necessary.
So stop pretending to know so much about Japanese culture and food by mixing your mustard, horseradish and green food colouring paste into your soy sauce - you just look foolish to the wait staff, Itamae and others who know better. And stop drenching your sashimi in soy sauce. Treat soy sauce as you would salt - add for flavouring in small doses...
ebendl
22-08-2012, 11:38 PM
So stop pretending to know so much about Japanese culture and food by mixing your mustard, horseradish and green food colouring paste into your soy sauce - you just look foolish to the wait staff, Itamae and others who know better. And stop drenching your sashimi in soy sauce. Treat soy sauce as you would salt - add for flavouring in small doses...
I haven't been to Japan, but I'm willing to bet over there they don't
a) make pizza/pasta 100% Italian style,
b) eat hotdogs 100% American style,
c) fish & chips 100% British style,
d) Boerewors 100% South African style
but rather some Eastern version of these. :) Perhaps with true wasabi added in.
Oh, and I love Debonairs.
My food fad pet peeves: Any diet where you detox out some of the impurities / heavy metals / chemicals / free radicals / poisons out of your system.
What are these exactly? They never say!
Read "bad science" by Ben Goldacre - good book!
I haven't been to Japan, but I'm willing to bet over there they don't
a) make pizza/pasta 100% Italian style,
b) eat hotdogs 100% American style,
c) fish & chips 100% British style,
d) Boerewors 100% South African style
but rather some Eastern version of these. :) Perhaps with true wasabi added in.
Oh, and I love Debonairs.
My food fad pet peeves: Any diet where you detox out some of the impurities / heavy metals / chemicals / free radicals / poisons out of your system.
What are these exactly? They never say!
Read "bad science" by Ben Goldacre - good book!
DJ...
22-08-2012, 11:48 PM
I haven't been to Japan, but I'm willing to bet over there they don't
a) make pizza/pasta 100% Italian style,
b) eat hotdogs 100% American style,
c) fish & chips 100% British style,
d) Boerewors 100% South African style
My gripe isn't with the process, but the reasoning for it in the first place. It makes no sense to mix these things as the paste is barely soluble in soy, and it makes no sense to drench fish in soy. Might as well eat textured soy sauce. Yet when questioned, people are adamant that this is the way it is supposed to be eaten. My gripe is the arrogance, borne out of the snobbish class we assign to sushi here and in many western countries.
And I'm referring to the way people eat it, not how it is prepared for them. Pizza - put in mouth - masticate. Hotdogs - add sauce and relish of choice - put in mouth - masticate. Fish and chips - add sauce if you like - put in mouth - masticate. Boerewors - put in mouth - masticate...
a) make pizza/pasta 100% Italian style,
b) eat hotdogs 100% American style,
c) fish & chips 100% British style,
d) Boerewors 100% South African style
My gripe isn't with the process, but the reasoning for it in the first place. It makes no sense to mix these things as the paste is barely soluble in soy, and it makes no sense to drench fish in soy. Might as well eat textured soy sauce. Yet when questioned, people are adamant that this is the way it is supposed to be eaten. My gripe is the arrogance, borne out of the snobbish class we assign to sushi here and in many western countries.
And I'm referring to the way people eat it, not how it is prepared for them. Pizza - put in mouth - masticate. Hotdogs - add sauce and relish of choice - put in mouth - masticate. Fish and chips - add sauce if you like - put in mouth - masticate. Boerewors - put in mouth - masticate...
Freakboy
23-08-2012, 07:01 AM
Haha! And Red Velvet everything?
Jip, everywhere you go they have it now as "New/Special" cake bla bla bla, even thou it is the same cake the have been selling last week with food coloring added.
Jip, everywhere you go they have it now as "New/Special" cake bla bla bla, even thou it is the same cake the have been selling last week with food coloring added.
mmmig
23-08-2012, 07:22 AM
Meat-free mondays
I have been abstaining from meat on Mondays for all my life (due to religious reasons) now "everybody" is doing it
I have been abstaining from meat on Mondays for all my life (due to religious reasons) now "everybody" is doing it
abzo
23-08-2012, 07:25 AM
Meat-free mondays
I have been abstaining from meat on Mondays for all my life (due to religious reasons) now "everybody" is doing it
Maybe they eat too much meat on weekends. You can't possibly expect all people to eat meat everyday.
I have been abstaining from meat on Mondays for all my life (due to religious reasons) now "everybody" is doing it
Maybe they eat too much meat on weekends. You can't possibly expect all people to eat meat everyday.
Toitjie
23-08-2012, 07:33 AM
Maybe they eat too much meat on weekends. You can't possibly expect all people to eat meat everyday.
I would love to eat meat everyday whole day... om nom nom!
I would love to eat meat everyday whole day... om nom nom!
Jakes147
23-08-2012, 07:41 AM
We had breakfast with the family at the vegan place at Muldersdrift called "Leafy greens" on Sunday. During the the last bit of the morning there was someone on the grounds braaiing a chicken on the spit and it smelled awesome.Talk about cruel and unusual punishment.
The first thing I did after getting home was take out a 800g 2" t-bone steak from the fridge-Cooked according to the DJ how to cook a steak method. And I must say that it has been the best steak in ages. I really do feel sorry for the vegans.
The first thing I did after getting home was take out a 800g 2" t-bone steak from the fridge-Cooked according to the DJ how to cook a steak method. And I must say that it has been the best steak in ages. I really do feel sorry for the vegans.
Korn1
23-08-2012, 08:53 AM
This means that you're eating at Debonairs, in which case your taste buds cannot be trusted...:D
Yeah,can't believe I ate that shyt for so many years. Now I just go down to the local restaurant who does wood fire ones. Rofl at the vegetarians who think they are making a difference :D
Yeah,can't believe I ate that shyt for so many years. Now I just go down to the local restaurant who does wood fire ones. Rofl at the vegetarians who think they are making a difference :D
Oculate
23-08-2012, 08:58 AM
Another one that grates my carrot is the sushi fad, with everyone and sundry mixing wasabi with their soy, or drenching soy all over a plate of sashimi and claiming that's how it is traditionally done. Er, no it isn't. Some sashimi is served with soy sauce on the plate, if the Itamae thinks the fish warrants it. Wasabi is never mixed with the soy in traditional Japanese culture. This is a western craze started to hide the fact that they weren't using actual wasabi. This only serves to limit the combination of wasabi and soy that you have. In fact in most reputable Japanese restaurants, only soy is served and is intended as a quick dip for seasoning, not to be soaked up like most people do. Wasabi is embedded in the sushi if necessary.
So stop pretending to know so much about Japanese culture and food by mixing your mustard, horseradish and green food colouring paste into your soy sauce - you just look foolish to the wait staff, Itamae and others who know better. And stop drenching your sashimi in soy sauce. Treat soy sauce as you would salt - add for flavouring in small doses...
Very well said, embedded wasabi is how it's done properly
People who stack ginger onto their sushi need to be informed, then slapped if they do it again
It's a palate cleanser for eating the different seafood on your plate, not a topping
So stop pretending to know so much about Japanese culture and food by mixing your mustard, horseradish and green food colouring paste into your soy sauce - you just look foolish to the wait staff, Itamae and others who know better. And stop drenching your sashimi in soy sauce. Treat soy sauce as you would salt - add for flavouring in small doses...
Very well said, embedded wasabi is how it's done properly
People who stack ginger onto their sushi need to be informed, then slapped if they do it again
It's a palate cleanser for eating the different seafood on your plate, not a topping
werfie
23-08-2012, 09:11 AM
My gripe isn't with the process, but the reasoning for it in the first place. It makes no sense to mix these things as the paste is barely soluble in soy, and it makes no sense to drench fish in soy. Might as well eat textured soy sauce. Yet when questioned, people are adamant that this is the way it is supposed to be eaten. My gripe is the arrogance, borne out of the snobbish class we assign to sushi here and in many western countries.
And I'm referring to the way people eat it, not how it is prepared for them.
So is it ok if I admittedly know nothing about Japan, but just eat it that way because I like it and it makes everything go faster??? :p
And I'm referring to the way people eat it, not how it is prepared for them.
So is it ok if I admittedly know nothing about Japan, but just eat it that way because I like it and it makes everything go faster??? :p
abzo
23-08-2012, 09:12 AM
Tikka chicken. Most of the time it's just regular grilled chicken.
Zenbaas
23-08-2012, 09:13 AM
Very well said, embedded wasabi is how it's done properly
People who stack ginger onto their sushi need to be informed, then slapped if they do it again
It's a palate cleanser for eating the different seafood on your plate, not a topping
Although I agree completely on the snobbery associated with people who eat their sushi by dissolving the wasabi in the soy (and a lot of my Asian friends have given me lots of lip when I told them that that is not the right/original way it is done). In any case I will say that I enjoy putting ginger on some of my sushi just because I enjoy the taste. I know it's not the "right" way but it's the way I like it ;)
People who stack ginger onto their sushi need to be informed, then slapped if they do it again
It's a palate cleanser for eating the different seafood on your plate, not a topping
Although I agree completely on the snobbery associated with people who eat their sushi by dissolving the wasabi in the soy (and a lot of my Asian friends have given me lots of lip when I told them that that is not the right/original way it is done). In any case I will say that I enjoy putting ginger on some of my sushi just because I enjoy the taste. I know it's not the "right" way but it's the way I like it ;)
Messugga
23-08-2012, 09:14 AM
People who stack ginger onto their sushi need to be informed, then slapped if they do it again
It's a palate cleanser for eating the different seafood on your plate, not a topping
I don't really understand this. I don't personally add the ginger and whatnot, but if it tastes nice, why not? Going on about the correct way of eating sushi (You use chopsticks? Sushi's traditionally a finger food) is a bit pretentious in itself in my opinion. If people like it the way they eat it, leave them be.
It's a palate cleanser for eating the different seafood on your plate, not a topping
I don't really understand this. I don't personally add the ginger and whatnot, but if it tastes nice, why not? Going on about the correct way of eating sushi (You use chopsticks? Sushi's traditionally a finger food) is a bit pretentious in itself in my opinion. If people like it the way they eat it, leave them be.
blunomore
23-08-2012, 09:18 AM
At least we have not (yet!) reached the American way of doing things, i.e. supersize and/or fry everything in sight.
abzo
23-08-2012, 09:19 AM
At least we have not (yet!) reached the American way of doing things, i.e. supersize and/or fry everything in sight.
Oh have you not had a deep fried Mars bar yet?
Oh have you not had a deep fried Mars bar yet?
werfie
23-08-2012, 09:19 AM
I don't really understand this. I don't personally add the ginger and whatnot, but if it tastes nice, why not? Going on about the correct way of eating sushi (You use chopsticks? Sushi's traditionally a finger food) is a bit pretentious in itself in my opinion. If people like it the way they eat it, leave them be.
Yeah I agree, I think DJ will also agree, I think the problem there is you get people that eat it a certain way and then "look down" on anyone that doesn't eat it that way as being an idiot for not doing it correctly. There is just something about sushi eaters. I often go to restaurants and make one moer of a fun time eating sushi in all different ways, and then you get people that look at you as if you went to school on the short bus. As if eating sushi a certain way elevates them in terms of social status. These people can only be laughed at.
Yeah I agree, I think DJ will also agree, I think the problem there is you get people that eat it a certain way and then "look down" on anyone that doesn't eat it that way as being an idiot for not doing it correctly. There is just something about sushi eaters. I often go to restaurants and make one moer of a fun time eating sushi in all different ways, and then you get people that look at you as if you went to school on the short bus. As if eating sushi a certain way elevates them in terms of social status. These people can only be laughed at.
werfie
23-08-2012, 09:20 AM
At least we have not (yet!) reached the American way of doing things, i.e. supersize and/or fry everything in sight.
Fried Ice Cream... To die for. :D
Fried Ice Cream... To die for. :D
Messugga
23-08-2012, 09:20 AM
Oh have you not had a deep fried Mars bar yet?
That's a Scottish thing if I'm not mistaken, right?
That's a Scottish thing if I'm not mistaken, right?
Peder
23-08-2012, 09:20 AM
Jip, everywhere you go they have it now as "New/Special" cake bla bla bla, even thou it is the same cake the have been selling last week with food coloring added.
its not exactly the same it is made with slightly different ingredients than a normal chocolate cake...
its not exactly the same it is made with slightly different ingredients than a normal chocolate cake...
blunomore
23-08-2012, 09:21 AM
Oh have you not had a deep fried Mars bar yet?
Fried Ice Cream... To die for. :D
:sick:
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
Fried Ice Cream... To die for. :D
:sick:
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
abzo
23-08-2012, 09:22 AM
That's a Scottish thing if I'm not mistaken, right?
I believe so. Nigella's Deep Fried Bounty bar is much better :love:
I believe so. Nigella's Deep Fried Bounty bar is much better :love:
abzo
23-08-2012, 09:23 AM
:sick:
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
Probably the leftover fish batter.
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
Probably the leftover fish batter.
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 09:23 AM
Tikka chicken. Most of the time it's just regular grilled chicken.
where have you been eating tikka chicken
chicken over coals taste way different to nandos grilled chicken
Although I agree completely on the snobbery associated with people who eat their sushi by dissolving the wasabi in the soy (and a lot of my Asian friends have given me lots of lip when I told them that that is not the right/original way it is done). In any case I will say that I enjoy putting ginger on some of my sushi just because I enjoy the taste. I know it's not the "right" way but it's the way I like it ;)
i also cannot use chop sticks ...i prefer my hands and also enjoy ginger on some of my sushi
i hate the wasabi tho ..its too strong for me
where have you been eating tikka chicken
chicken over coals taste way different to nandos grilled chicken
Although I agree completely on the snobbery associated with people who eat their sushi by dissolving the wasabi in the soy (and a lot of my Asian friends have given me lots of lip when I told them that that is not the right/original way it is done). In any case I will say that I enjoy putting ginger on some of my sushi just because I enjoy the taste. I know it's not the "right" way but it's the way I like it ;)
i also cannot use chop sticks ...i prefer my hands and also enjoy ginger on some of my sushi
i hate the wasabi tho ..its too strong for me
abzo
23-08-2012, 09:23 AM
:sick:
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
Probably the leftover fish batter.
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
Probably the leftover fish batter.
werfie
23-08-2012, 09:24 AM
:sick:
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
Yeah, but it is a sweet type of crust which I will describe as a crust of doughnut maybe and it is thing so after fried it is quite crispy and Ice Cream is frozen solid still on the inside... it really is heavenly.
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
Yeah, but it is a sweet type of crust which I will describe as a crust of doughnut maybe and it is thing so after fried it is quite crispy and Ice Cream is frozen solid still on the inside... it really is heavenly.
Lupus
23-08-2012, 09:24 AM
That's a Scottish thing if I'm not mistaken, right?
It is indeed, had it in a small little town called Crieff, wow it was great after an Angus beef steak :-). Also to all the one's moaning about sushi, does it really matter on how someone else eats their sushi, they don't come to you and go oh no sorry you shouldn't have mayo on a burger or what ever do they?
Eat food the way you want to and how you want to.
It is indeed, had it in a small little town called Crieff, wow it was great after an Angus beef steak :-). Also to all the one's moaning about sushi, does it really matter on how someone else eats their sushi, they don't come to you and go oh no sorry you shouldn't have mayo on a burger or what ever do they?
Eat food the way you want to and how you want to.
blunomore
23-08-2012, 09:25 AM
Yeah, but it is a sweet type of crust which I will describe as a crust of doughnut maybe and it is thing so after fried it is quite crispy and Ice Cream is frozen solid still on the inside... it really is heavenly.
Sounds terrible.
Sounds terrible.
Lupus
23-08-2012, 09:25 AM
That's a Scottish thing if I'm not mistaken, right?
It is indeed, had it in a small little town called Crieff, wow it was great after an Angus beef steak :-). Also to all the one's moaning about sushi, does it really matter on how someone else eats their sushi, they don't come to you and go oh no sorry you shouldn't have mayo on a burger or what ever do they?
Eat food the way you want to and how you want to.
It is indeed, had it in a small little town called Crieff, wow it was great after an Angus beef steak :-). Also to all the one's moaning about sushi, does it really matter on how someone else eats their sushi, they don't come to you and go oh no sorry you shouldn't have mayo on a burger or what ever do they?
Eat food the way you want to and how you want to.
cerebus
23-08-2012, 09:26 AM
1) Fast food places becoming larney. Mutton dressed as lamb.
2) 'Chicken salad' options in KFC/McDonalds - with the dressing and fried chicken content the actual calorie count is equal to a normal chicken burger and chips.
3) 'Smoothies' which are actually about as healthy as a Coke.
2) 'Chicken salad' options in KFC/McDonalds - with the dressing and fried chicken content the actual calorie count is equal to a normal chicken burger and chips.
3) 'Smoothies' which are actually about as healthy as a Coke.
cerebus
23-08-2012, 09:39 AM
Although I agree completely on the snobbery associated with people who eat their sushi by dissolving the wasabi in the soy (and a lot of my Asian friends have given me lots of lip when I told them that that is not the right/original way it is done). In any case I will say that I enjoy putting ginger on some of my sushi just because I enjoy the taste. I know it's not the "right" way but it's the way I like it ;)
You know, the reality is that most sushi we eat is hardly recognisable as sushi. So you might as well do what you like to it. But if you do happen to go for a really top quality sushi/sashimi meal, please don't do the wasabi-juice mixture thing. You will just ruin the delicate flavours. It's not snobbery, you wouldn't get a 4-star meal and slap ketchup on it either.
You know, the reality is that most sushi we eat is hardly recognisable as sushi. So you might as well do what you like to it. But if you do happen to go for a really top quality sushi/sashimi meal, please don't do the wasabi-juice mixture thing. You will just ruin the delicate flavours. It's not snobbery, you wouldn't get a 4-star meal and slap ketchup on it either.
blunomore
23-08-2012, 09:41 AM
3) 'Smoothies' which are actually about as healthy as a Coke.
Just love making my own at home using fresh fruit, jogurt and milk.
Just love making my own at home using fresh fruit, jogurt and milk.
cerebus
23-08-2012, 09:43 AM
Just love making my own at home using fresh fruit, jogurt and milk.
Yea that's fine I'm talking about these sorts of things:
http://fastfood.ocregister.com/files/2008/05/jamba-juice.jpg
Yea that's fine I'm talking about these sorts of things:
http://fastfood.ocregister.com/files/2008/05/jamba-juice.jpg
abzo
23-08-2012, 09:46 AM
Anything "fat free" or with "added vitamins"
Zenbaas
23-08-2012, 09:59 AM
You know, the reality is that most sushi we eat is hardly recognisable as sushi. So you might as well do what you like to it. But if you do happen to go for a really top quality sushi/sashimi meal, please don't do the wasabi-juice mixture thing. You will just ruin the delicate flavours. It's not snobbery, you wouldn't get a 4-star meal and slap ketchup on it either.
I think you misunderstood me. My friends mix their wasabi with their soy and then look down on me when I don't do the same. That's what I meant by "snobbery". Just because they're Asian they immediately think that they know better in this regard.
I think you misunderstood me. My friends mix their wasabi with their soy and then look down on me when I don't do the same. That's what I meant by "snobbery". Just because they're Asian they immediately think that they know better in this regard.
cerebus
23-08-2012, 10:12 AM
I think you misunderstood me. My friends mix their wasabi with their soy and then look down on me when I don't do the same. That's what I meant by "snobbery". Just because they're Asian they immediately think that they know better in this regard.
Hey I'm not hating. I do it too when nobody's looking.
Hey I'm not hating. I do it too when nobody's looking.
abzo
23-08-2012, 10:14 AM
I dip my sushi in soya and top it with wasabi and ginger too but only because I haven't found half-decent sushi here yet.
DJ...
23-08-2012, 10:18 AM
So is it ok if I admittedly know nothing about Japan, but just eat it that way because I like it and it makes everything go faster??? :p
Although I agree completely on the snobbery associated with people who eat their sushi by dissolving the wasabi in the soy (and a lot of my Asian friends have given me lots of lip when I told them that that is not the right/original way it is done). In any case I will say that I enjoy putting ginger on some of my sushi just because I enjoy the taste. I know it's not the "right" way but it's the way I like it ;)
Absolutely. My issue is with the prententiousness of the reasoning. I do see the irony in the snobbery of calling them out on it, but I think it's high time...:D
Although I agree completely on the snobbery associated with people who eat their sushi by dissolving the wasabi in the soy (and a lot of my Asian friends have given me lots of lip when I told them that that is not the right/original way it is done). In any case I will say that I enjoy putting ginger on some of my sushi just because I enjoy the taste. I know it's not the "right" way but it's the way I like it ;)
Absolutely. My issue is with the prententiousness of the reasoning. I do see the irony in the snobbery of calling them out on it, but I think it's high time...:D
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 10:33 AM
I dip my sushi in soya and top it with wasabi and ginger too but only because I haven't found half-decent sushi here yet.
willoughbys ? (http://www.willoughbyandco.co.za/)
willoughbys ? (http://www.willoughbyandco.co.za/)
DJ...
23-08-2012, 10:38 AM
its not exactly the same it is made with slightly different ingredients than a normal chocolate cake...
Yes, the cream cheese icing is supposed to be used, but is usually completely overlooked in place of "cheaper" icings. Red velvet sold by most places is just a gimmicky ruse that they charge more for, because some gay bakers in New York pout over the stuff - and they're gay bakers from NYC - they must know what they're talking about.
The red these days comes from food colouring as they don't understand the science behind the process - it is the acidic reaction of buttermilk or another acid with the cocoa that brings out its natural red anthocyanin. They also don't use traditional alkaline-based cocoas, but these days its just easier to add red food colouring. But regardless of how they achieve it, red velvet/devil cake is still just different coloured chocolate cake. I can also dye vanilla cake blue and call it Azure Allure. But I stopped doing that when I was a kid.
I don't mind people having fun with the colours - food should be fun. I have a problem with these people promoting red velvet as anything but a chocolate cake, and those snobs paying a fortune for it, all the while convincing themselves they're eating something different...
Yes, the cream cheese icing is supposed to be used, but is usually completely overlooked in place of "cheaper" icings. Red velvet sold by most places is just a gimmicky ruse that they charge more for, because some gay bakers in New York pout over the stuff - and they're gay bakers from NYC - they must know what they're talking about.
The red these days comes from food colouring as they don't understand the science behind the process - it is the acidic reaction of buttermilk or another acid with the cocoa that brings out its natural red anthocyanin. They also don't use traditional alkaline-based cocoas, but these days its just easier to add red food colouring. But regardless of how they achieve it, red velvet/devil cake is still just different coloured chocolate cake. I can also dye vanilla cake blue and call it Azure Allure. But I stopped doing that when I was a kid.
I don't mind people having fun with the colours - food should be fun. I have a problem with these people promoting red velvet as anything but a chocolate cake, and those snobs paying a fortune for it, all the while convincing themselves they're eating something different...
Korn1
23-08-2012, 10:39 AM
I dip my sushi in a little of soy,don't see the point in drenching it
DJ...
23-08-2012, 10:42 AM
And for sushi, the dip into soy shouldn't involve half-submerging the thing in the soy dish. It should be a quick dip of the outside rice into the soy and that's it, if you want a well balanced flavour. If you enjoy the harshness of over-board salt, which some do, then dip as you please.
And yes, ginger is intended as a palate cleanser. I find it works well with some sushis though, so I also add it on the odd occasion...
And yes, ginger is intended as a palate cleanser. I find it works well with some sushis though, so I also add it on the odd occasion...
abzo
23-08-2012, 10:46 AM
And for sushi, the dip into soy shouldn't involve half-submerging the thing in the soy dish. It should be a quick dip of the outside rice into the soy and that's it, if you want a well balanced flavour. If you enjoy the harshness of over-board salt, which some do, then dip as you please..
Not sure what you mean but sushi should not be dipped rice first, unless of course it's a bastardized California Roll where you have no other option.
Not sure what you mean but sushi should not be dipped rice first, unless of course it's a bastardized California Roll where you have no other option.
blunomore
23-08-2012, 10:49 AM
I do not advocate overeating or eating huge portions of any food, but what annoys me are chefs who concentrate more on the presentation than the actual food and put a tiny morsel of food in a just-so way on the plate with the ever-present sauce dripped in an artful way on the side. More for show than for eating.
Picard
23-08-2012, 10:50 AM
Not sure what you mean but sushi should not be dipped rice first, unless of course it's a bastardized California Roll where you have no other option.
There's nothing wrong with the California roll. The combination of the rice, soy, sea weed cucumber/avo and sushi and the sesame seeds make a unique and complex flavour.
There's nothing wrong with the California roll. The combination of the rice, soy, sea weed cucumber/avo and sushi and the sesame seeds make a unique and complex flavour.
GreyBush
23-08-2012, 10:53 AM
Sweet chili sauce...:sick:
abzo
23-08-2012, 10:56 AM
There's nothing wrong with the California roll. The combination of the rice, soy, sea weed cucumber/avo and sushi and the sesame seeds make a unique and complex flavour.
They've been made to cater for a Western audience.
What exactly do you think the sushi is? :confused:
They've been made to cater for a Western audience.
What exactly do you think the sushi is? :confused:
DJ...
23-08-2012, 10:58 AM
Not sure what you mean but sushi should not be dipped rice first, unless of course it's a bastardized California Roll where you have no other option.
That's really what I'm referring to. Other proper sushis you dip fish first but these days all the sushis we get here are pieces of fish covered in wads of rice.
EDIT: yeah I should have been a lot more clear about this in my previous post...
That's really what I'm referring to. Other proper sushis you dip fish first but these days all the sushis we get here are pieces of fish covered in wads of rice.
EDIT: yeah I should have been a lot more clear about this in my previous post...
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 11:06 AM
all this talk of sushi and now i lis for it
im going to get some soon
im going to get some soon
DJ...
23-08-2012, 11:12 AM
Bloody sweet chilli sauce! Served with or on everything!
It is overly sweet, over-seasoned, thick gloop with a few dried chillis in for good measure. It sometimes complements the right food, but these days people drench it all over everything. Any deep-fried appetiser is almost guaranteed to be served with bottled, sweet chilli sauce for some reason. Pisses me off.
It's also hardly a decent ingredient in any dish. It is too sweet, not hot enough, and far too full of vinegar to add anything of substance to dishes, unless you're making a basting...
It is overly sweet, over-seasoned, thick gloop with a few dried chillis in for good measure. It sometimes complements the right food, but these days people drench it all over everything. Any deep-fried appetiser is almost guaranteed to be served with bottled, sweet chilli sauce for some reason. Pisses me off.
It's also hardly a decent ingredient in any dish. It is too sweet, not hot enough, and far too full of vinegar to add anything of substance to dishes, unless you're making a basting...
Korn1
23-08-2012, 11:17 AM
I just taste garlic when I eat sweet chilli sauce
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 11:18 AM
I just taste garlic when I eat sweet chilli sauce
tempura stuff in sweet chilli sauce is good
tempura stuff in sweet chilli sauce is good
DJ...
23-08-2012, 11:38 AM
tempura stuff in sweet chilli sauce is good
See this is my problem with the stuff. Just because it is served crispy, people assume sweet chilli is the go-to accompaniment. What matters is what is being tempura battered here, not the batter itself. There are far better sauces for tempura prawns than sweet chilli. And don't even get me started on what people try to pass off as tempura these days. Seems anything with a batter is considered "tempura" these days, as long as it is served with sweet chilli.
Okay, so as it turns out this is my ranting thread. TK thanks you...:D
See this is my problem with the stuff. Just because it is served crispy, people assume sweet chilli is the go-to accompaniment. What matters is what is being tempura battered here, not the batter itself. There are far better sauces for tempura prawns than sweet chilli. And don't even get me started on what people try to pass off as tempura these days. Seems anything with a batter is considered "tempura" these days, as long as it is served with sweet chilli.
Okay, so as it turns out this is my ranting thread. TK thanks you...:D
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 11:42 AM
:D
well i think the tempura stuff is the lightly battered seafood and i enjoy it with the smoked teriyaki sauce or sweet chilli
anything else is bad :p
well i think the tempura stuff is the lightly battered seafood and i enjoy it with the smoked teriyaki sauce or sweet chilli
anything else is bad :p
cerebus
23-08-2012, 11:43 AM
I have one food item which goes well with sweet chili sauce and it's a total kludge but quite delicious.
Take a pack of filo pastry, a pack of crab sticks and a pack of mozzarella. Wrap a crab stick and a slice of mozzarella into a parcel in the filo pastry, like a spring roll type of thing. Deep fry. Serve with sweet chili sauce.
Take a pack of filo pastry, a pack of crab sticks and a pack of mozzarella. Wrap a crab stick and a slice of mozzarella into a parcel in the filo pastry, like a spring roll type of thing. Deep fry. Serve with sweet chili sauce.
DJ...
23-08-2012, 11:47 AM
:D
well i think the tempura stuff is the lightly battered seafood and i enjoy it with the smoked teriyaki sauce or sweet chilli
anything else is bad :p
Tempura is just a batter. You can tempura just about anything. The sauce should accompany what is being battered, not the batter itself...
well i think the tempura stuff is the lightly battered seafood and i enjoy it with the smoked teriyaki sauce or sweet chilli
anything else is bad :p
Tempura is just a batter. You can tempura just about anything. The sauce should accompany what is being battered, not the batter itself...
Peder
23-08-2012, 11:57 AM
Yes, the cream cheese icing is supposed to be used, but is usually completely overlooked in place of "cheaper" icings. Red velvet sold by most places is just a gimmicky ruse that they charge more for, because some gay bakers in New York pout over the stuff - and they're gay bakers from NYC - they must know what they're talking about.
The red these days comes from food colouring as they don't understand the science behind the process - it is the acidic reaction of buttermilk or another acid with the cocoa that brings out its natural red anthocyanin. They also don't use traditional alkaline-based cocoas, but these days its just easier to add red food colouring. But regardless of how they achieve it, red velvet/devil cake is still just different coloured chocolate cake. I can also dye vanilla cake blue and call it Azure Allure. But I stopped doing that when I was a kid.
I don't mind people having fun with the colours - food should be fun. I have a problem with these people promoting red velvet as anything but a chocolate cake, and those snobs paying a fortune for it, all the while convincing themselves they're eating something different...
I actually enjoy the taste(compared to normal chocolate/vanilla cake), well i have only ever eaten it at upmarket restaurants, and was quite impressed with the flavour. Then again the price of the Red Velvet and the Normal cake was exactly the same.
The red these days comes from food colouring as they don't understand the science behind the process - it is the acidic reaction of buttermilk or another acid with the cocoa that brings out its natural red anthocyanin. They also don't use traditional alkaline-based cocoas, but these days its just easier to add red food colouring. But regardless of how they achieve it, red velvet/devil cake is still just different coloured chocolate cake. I can also dye vanilla cake blue and call it Azure Allure. But I stopped doing that when I was a kid.
I don't mind people having fun with the colours - food should be fun. I have a problem with these people promoting red velvet as anything but a chocolate cake, and those snobs paying a fortune for it, all the while convincing themselves they're eating something different...
I actually enjoy the taste(compared to normal chocolate/vanilla cake), well i have only ever eaten it at upmarket restaurants, and was quite impressed with the flavour. Then again the price of the Red Velvet and the Normal cake was exactly the same.
DJ...
23-08-2012, 12:00 PM
I actually enjoy the taste(compared to normal chocolate/vanilla cake), well i have only ever eaten it at upmarket restaurants, and was quite impressed with the flavour. Then again the price of the Red Velvet and the Normal cake was exactly the same.
You're probably enjoying the combination of the chocolate and cream-cheese frosting. Unless they made it absolutely traditionally, in which case there is a little more acidity and the texture is a little different...
You're probably enjoying the combination of the chocolate and cream-cheese frosting. Unless they made it absolutely traditionally, in which case there is a little more acidity and the texture is a little different...
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 12:07 PM
Tempura is just a batter. You can tempura just about anything. The sauce should accompany what is being battered, not the batter itself...
yeah i understand what tempura is but what other sauce can you have with it
yeah i understand what tempura is but what other sauce can you have with it
abzo
23-08-2012, 12:09 PM
Bacon and "snack bars"
Fulcrum29
23-08-2012, 12:22 PM
I am with DJ and Cerebus on their opinions and yes there are facts in those opinions regarding food etiquette, culture wise. I am not the one watching you eat, that is my wife’s job and yes I do sometimes improvise in the way I eat, in matter of opinion you can do what you want as long as you do not think you are the one setting the correct guidelines.
I have been to formal dinners where people look at me in the way I am seated, I just feel more comfortable with my body in certain ways, but I will always treat my cutlery and dish with respect.
My favourite Sushi Restaurant in Somerset West will always be Blue Waters, used to enjoy Wine, Women and Sushi (Sushi only, same owner as Blue Waters) but they had to move on. Would like to know how Sushi Box is in Cape Town as Terry is now Head Chef there.
I have been to formal dinners where people look at me in the way I am seated, I just feel more comfortable with my body in certain ways, but I will always treat my cutlery and dish with respect.
My favourite Sushi Restaurant in Somerset West will always be Blue Waters, used to enjoy Wine, Women and Sushi (Sushi only, same owner as Blue Waters) but they had to move on. Would like to know how Sushi Box is in Cape Town as Terry is now Head Chef there.
blunomore
23-08-2012, 12:54 PM
I am not the one watching you eat, that is my wife’s job and yes I do sometimes improvise in the way I eat, in matter of opinion you can do what you want as long as you do not think you are the one setting the correct guidelines.
Huh????
Huh????
GreyBush
23-08-2012, 12:56 PM
I am with DJ and Cerebus on their opinions and yes there are facts in those opinions regarding food etiquette, culture wise. I am not the one watching you eat, that is my wife’s job and yes I do sometimes improvise in the way I eat, in matter of opinion you can do what you want as long as you do not think you are the one setting the correct guidelines.
I have been to formal dinners where people look at me in the way I am seated, I just feel more comfortable with my body in certain ways, but I will always treat my cutlery and dish with respect.
My favourite Sushi Restaurant in Somerset West will always be Blue Waters, used to enjoy Wine, Women and Sushi (Sushi only, same owner as Blue Waters) but they had to move on. Would like to know how Sushi Box is in Cape Town as Terry is now Head Chef there.
For some reason I find this hilarious.
I have been to formal dinners where people look at me in the way I am seated, I just feel more comfortable with my body in certain ways, but I will always treat my cutlery and dish with respect.
My favourite Sushi Restaurant in Somerset West will always be Blue Waters, used to enjoy Wine, Women and Sushi (Sushi only, same owner as Blue Waters) but they had to move on. Would like to know how Sushi Box is in Cape Town as Terry is now Head Chef there.
For some reason I find this hilarious.
Peder
23-08-2012, 02:05 PM
You're probably enjoying the combination of the chocolate and cream-cheese frosting. Unless they made it absolutely traditionally, in which case there is a little more acidity and the texture is a little different...
it defnitely doesnt taste like a normal cake, just the cake self. So it must be, i would love to try make it sometime though
it defnitely doesnt taste like a normal cake, just the cake self. So it must be, i would love to try make it sometime though
AvatarS
23-08-2012, 02:22 PM
:sick:
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
It's great if done well. I've had 2 types - the one was a thin coating that just added a bit of crunch. The other (restaurant in CT) has a thick coating that's almost like a ginger biscuit. Not entirely sure it actually is fried despite what it says on the menu, but the combination works.
I dip my sushi in soya and top it with wasabi and ginger too but only because I haven't found half-decent sushi here yet.
soya /= soy :p
Remind me to introduce you to Papa San when i'm back in CT.
Bloody sweet chilli sauce! Served with or on everything!
It is overly sweet, over-seasoned, thick gloop with a few dried chillis in for good measure. It sometimes complements the right food, but these days people drench it all over everything. Any deep-fried appetiser is almost guaranteed to be served with bottled, sweet chilli sauce for some reason. Pisses me off.
It's also hardly a decent ingredient in any dish. It is too sweet, not hot enough, and far too full of vinegar to add anything of substance to dishes, unless you're making a basting...
I'm with you on this one. And more so when another sauce is listed in the menu and you all you get is some crappy sweet chilli sauce. I want what was advertised!
I have one food item which goes well with sweet chili sauce and it's a total kludge but quite delicious.
Take a pack of filo pastry, a pack of crab sticks and a pack of mozzarella. Wrap a crab stick and a slice of mozzarella into a parcel in the filo pastry, like a spring roll type of thing. Deep fry. Serve with sweet chili sauce.
That sounds... Yeah, I'll pass.
What do they use as a coating/crust in order to fry it ??
It's great if done well. I've had 2 types - the one was a thin coating that just added a bit of crunch. The other (restaurant in CT) has a thick coating that's almost like a ginger biscuit. Not entirely sure it actually is fried despite what it says on the menu, but the combination works.
I dip my sushi in soya and top it with wasabi and ginger too but only because I haven't found half-decent sushi here yet.
soya /= soy :p
Remind me to introduce you to Papa San when i'm back in CT.
Bloody sweet chilli sauce! Served with or on everything!
It is overly sweet, over-seasoned, thick gloop with a few dried chillis in for good measure. It sometimes complements the right food, but these days people drench it all over everything. Any deep-fried appetiser is almost guaranteed to be served with bottled, sweet chilli sauce for some reason. Pisses me off.
It's also hardly a decent ingredient in any dish. It is too sweet, not hot enough, and far too full of vinegar to add anything of substance to dishes, unless you're making a basting...
I'm with you on this one. And more so when another sauce is listed in the menu and you all you get is some crappy sweet chilli sauce. I want what was advertised!
I have one food item which goes well with sweet chili sauce and it's a total kludge but quite delicious.
Take a pack of filo pastry, a pack of crab sticks and a pack of mozzarella. Wrap a crab stick and a slice of mozzarella into a parcel in the filo pastry, like a spring roll type of thing. Deep fry. Serve with sweet chili sauce.
That sounds... Yeah, I'll pass.
Nerfherder
23-08-2012, 02:29 PM
So called "super-fruits". FFS, they're just sugar bombs with a few more vitamins in them. They do not cure cancer, make you more appealing to the opposite sex, or make your dick grow larger.
Veganism and vegetarianism - we are human beings - we are omnivores. Source from ethical suppliers if you like, but don't cut out a pivotal source of nutrition for the sake of pretending to care about animals. Your efforts will have no impact at the end of the day. We are, and will for the foreseeable future remain omnivores. No amount of hippie-drum-circling will change that.
-agreed but we do eat too much meat. Our ancestors would have eaten meat once or twice a week, we often have have it 3 times a day.
Raw food diets - most raw vegetables (which most of these morons only eat) cannot be processed by our bodies in their raw state. Yes, they contain more nutrients, but the human body cannot break many of these down properly, so you just schit it out of your body. You also deprive yourself of the good cholesterol in your system so you are, in fact, incredibly unhealthy. Especially if you ever encounter fat at some point in the remainder of your life. Take off your hemp-beanie, slap yourself across the face and go cook some bacon, you dipschit.
Citation needed. ^
I think the point of the raw food movement is to counter the current food trends where we cook everything 3 times and then deep fry it.
Pick an apple off a tree and eat it, tell me that is something my body can't digest.
Iced teas - most of them are not teas at all. They simply have tea flavourings added. And they're dosed so full of sugar that the health benefits of tea are negated by all of the problems associated with massive sugar spikes to your system, and overloading your body with sugar. Iced teas are not a health food item.
true... as with most drinks you get in a bottle, see "vitamin water"
The bastardisation of the pizza. This is an ever-evolving one, from stuffed crusts, to triple deckers, to putting sauce all over the thing, to dessert pizzas, to pizza rolls and even microwavable pizzas. Fsck you - that's just dough with stuff on. It's about as much a pizza as a raw food diet is healthy.
Debonares and any other non wood fired pizza is not pizza. Lets just leave it at that.
The fat brigade - you people really tick me off. Fat does not necessarily cause fat. This obsession to strip fat from everything is ridiculous and must be stopped. Many fats are essential to, you know, actually living. Many fats are incredibly good for your cholesterol. Eat the right fats - don't just cut them out. You the public demanded this from producers and now you need to realise that you were imbeciles and start buying foods with healthy fats. Let's bring fat back into our food, for the love of the flavour gods.
For the most part the general populous deep fry their fat in other fat and then put mayo on it. We could do with a little fat free.
Its lazy though and fat free doesn't exist. Low fat is actually better for you.
If we all bought less processed premade stuff we would save our selves a lot of grief. But its not the easy option
Okay, I'm done...for now...
As for your Sushi comment. I don't really care. I know putting wasabi in your soy sauce is considered an insult, I do it because I like the taste.
Sushi is American, not Japanses... most of it (the stuff we get here) is to suite our pallets.
I have eaten Japanese food, its not what most of us would eat, it can be scary.
If you are eating sushi in SA and think you are eating Japanese you are delusional.
Veganism and vegetarianism - we are human beings - we are omnivores. Source from ethical suppliers if you like, but don't cut out a pivotal source of nutrition for the sake of pretending to care about animals. Your efforts will have no impact at the end of the day. We are, and will for the foreseeable future remain omnivores. No amount of hippie-drum-circling will change that.
-agreed but we do eat too much meat. Our ancestors would have eaten meat once or twice a week, we often have have it 3 times a day.
Raw food diets - most raw vegetables (which most of these morons only eat) cannot be processed by our bodies in their raw state. Yes, they contain more nutrients, but the human body cannot break many of these down properly, so you just schit it out of your body. You also deprive yourself of the good cholesterol in your system so you are, in fact, incredibly unhealthy. Especially if you ever encounter fat at some point in the remainder of your life. Take off your hemp-beanie, slap yourself across the face and go cook some bacon, you dipschit.
Citation needed. ^
I think the point of the raw food movement is to counter the current food trends where we cook everything 3 times and then deep fry it.
Pick an apple off a tree and eat it, tell me that is something my body can't digest.
Iced teas - most of them are not teas at all. They simply have tea flavourings added. And they're dosed so full of sugar that the health benefits of tea are negated by all of the problems associated with massive sugar spikes to your system, and overloading your body with sugar. Iced teas are not a health food item.
true... as with most drinks you get in a bottle, see "vitamin water"
The bastardisation of the pizza. This is an ever-evolving one, from stuffed crusts, to triple deckers, to putting sauce all over the thing, to dessert pizzas, to pizza rolls and even microwavable pizzas. Fsck you - that's just dough with stuff on. It's about as much a pizza as a raw food diet is healthy.
Debonares and any other non wood fired pizza is not pizza. Lets just leave it at that.
The fat brigade - you people really tick me off. Fat does not necessarily cause fat. This obsession to strip fat from everything is ridiculous and must be stopped. Many fats are essential to, you know, actually living. Many fats are incredibly good for your cholesterol. Eat the right fats - don't just cut them out. You the public demanded this from producers and now you need to realise that you were imbeciles and start buying foods with healthy fats. Let's bring fat back into our food, for the love of the flavour gods.
For the most part the general populous deep fry their fat in other fat and then put mayo on it. We could do with a little fat free.
Its lazy though and fat free doesn't exist. Low fat is actually better for you.
If we all bought less processed premade stuff we would save our selves a lot of grief. But its not the easy option
Okay, I'm done...for now...
As for your Sushi comment. I don't really care. I know putting wasabi in your soy sauce is considered an insult, I do it because I like the taste.
Sushi is American, not Japanses... most of it (the stuff we get here) is to suite our pallets.
I have eaten Japanese food, its not what most of us would eat, it can be scary.
If you are eating sushi in SA and think you are eating Japanese you are delusional.
blunomore
23-08-2012, 02:35 PM
My current one is the "giant cupcake". It's a freaking cake!
Never mind giant cupcakes, I am so over cupcakes as a trend per se.
I see a lot of coffee shops are now starting to get into macaroons. Apart from the coconut ones, I do not like them at all.
Never mind giant cupcakes, I am so over cupcakes as a trend per se.
I see a lot of coffee shops are now starting to get into macaroons. Apart from the coconut ones, I do not like them at all.
ScottulusMaximus
23-08-2012, 02:38 PM
Agree with DJ... completely, especially about the pizza. But would like to add another one, cheese with muffins and scones!!! This drives me utterly up the f-ing wall, why!?!?!?!?
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 02:43 PM
Agree with DJ... completely, especially about the pizza. But would like to add another one, cheese with muffins and scones!!! This drives me utterly up the f-ing wall, why!?!?!?!?
i love scones with butter and cheese ..whats wrong with that
croissants as well taste very good with cheese
i love scones with butter and cheese ..whats wrong with that
croissants as well taste very good with cheese
ponder
23-08-2012, 02:45 PM
Citation needed. ^
I think the point of the raw food movement is to counter the current food trends where we cook everything 3 times and then deep fry it.
Pick an apple off a tree and eat it, tell me that is something my body can't digest.
It's not all vegetables, some are fine raw while others need cooking else you don't get any benefit out of them.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=raw-veggies-are-healthier
I think the point of the raw food movement is to counter the current food trends where we cook everything 3 times and then deep fry it.
Pick an apple off a tree and eat it, tell me that is something my body can't digest.
It's not all vegetables, some are fine raw while others need cooking else you don't get any benefit out of them.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=raw-veggies-are-healthier
ponder
23-08-2012, 02:46 PM
i love scones with butter and cheese ..whats wrong with that
croissants as well taste very good with cheese
Same.
croissants as well taste very good with cheese
Same.
AvatarS
23-08-2012, 02:46 PM
Never mind giant cupcakes, I am so over cupcakes as a trend per se.
I see a lot of coffee shops are now starting to get into macaroons. Apart from the coconut ones, I do not like them at all.
Macarons? That's because they're not made correctly - just taste like sugar bombs. Those made well are few and far between.
I see a lot of coffee shops are now starting to get into macaroons. Apart from the coconut ones, I do not like them at all.
Macarons? That's because they're not made correctly - just taste like sugar bombs. Those made well are few and far between.
blunomore
23-08-2012, 02:48 PM
Macarons? That's because they're not made correctly - just taste like sugar bombs. Those made well are few and far between.
I had them in Paris. Hence my dislike for the local versions.
I had them in Paris. Hence my dislike for the local versions.
ScottulusMaximus
23-08-2012, 02:50 PM
i love scones with butter and cheese ..whats wrong with that
croissants as well taste very good with cheese
Then you sir are a philistine:) scones are a sweet cake meant to be served with jam/strawberries and cream for afternoon tea. They are not supposed to be small bread rolls.
croissants as well taste very good with cheese
Then you sir are a philistine:) scones are a sweet cake meant to be served with jam/strawberries and cream for afternoon tea. They are not supposed to be small bread rolls.
AvatarS
23-08-2012, 02:50 PM
I had them in Paris. Hence my dislike for the local versions.
So you've had the good stuff and can agree with me on the badly-made local versions :D
I'd forgotten about this fad completely...
So you've had the good stuff and can agree with me on the badly-made local versions :D
I'd forgotten about this fad completely...
blunomore
23-08-2012, 02:51 PM
I'd forgotten about this fad completely...
Then there is the brownie fad and the muffin fad ....
Then there is the brownie fad and the muffin fad ....
Mephisto_Helix
23-08-2012, 02:54 PM
The pretentiousness involved when people mention having eaten/about to eat sushi ....... it's yuppy nonsense and I have already caught a number of people admitting they don't even like the schit!
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 02:54 PM
Then you sir are a philistine:) scones are a sweet cake meant to be served with jam/strawberries and cream for afternoon tea. They are not supposed to be small bread rolls.
im not a fan of jam and cream on stuff ..butter and cheese is the most i can have
yeah i get what you saying tho ...
im not a fan of jam and cream on stuff ..butter and cheese is the most i can have
yeah i get what you saying tho ...
Mephisto_Helix
23-08-2012, 02:55 PM
Then you sir are a philistine:) scones are a sweet cake meant to be served with jam/strawberries and cream for afternoon tea. They are not supposed to be small bread rolls.
British scones are often lightly sweetened, but may also be savoury. They frequently include raisins, currants, cheese or dates. In Scotland and Ulster, savoury varieties of scone include soda scones, also known as soda farls, and potato scones, normally known as tattie scones, which resemble small, thin savoury pancakes made with potato flour. Potato scones are most commonly served fried in a full Scottish breakfast or an Ulster fry.
you're welcome ;)
British scones are often lightly sweetened, but may also be savoury. They frequently include raisins, currants, cheese or dates. In Scotland and Ulster, savoury varieties of scone include soda scones, also known as soda farls, and potato scones, normally known as tattie scones, which resemble small, thin savoury pancakes made with potato flour. Potato scones are most commonly served fried in a full Scottish breakfast or an Ulster fry.
you're welcome ;)
GreyBush
23-08-2012, 02:59 PM
Cake pops are the latest fad.
DJ...
23-08-2012, 03:02 PM
-agreed but we do eat too much meat. Our ancestors would have eaten meat once or twice a week, we often have have it 3 times a day.
Citation needed. I'm not sure how eating meat changes the absorption or digestive system, and it contains the amino acids required for life. Nutritionally, it contains the required daily intakes and is in the correct form of complete proteins in the form of complete amino acid chains. Everything in moderation of course, but just because our ancestors could only rarely source meat, doesn't mean it is unhealthy for us nowadays to eat it every day. The body doesn't change the way it absorbs nutrition because it already has red meat in its system, and if you're arguing from a cholesterol point of view, it forms a part of a balanced diet...
Citation needed. ^
This one is quite easy. We do not secrete the correct enzymes, nor do we possess the correct bacteria to break down plant cellulose, which is required to get to the nutrients. This is why cooking is essential for most vegetables. In fact the majority of plant vegetable cellulose is considered dietary fibre and just bulks up our ***. They are well known indigestible carbohydrates. This is the reason why cows have 4 separate stomachs...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose
I think the point of the raw food movement is to counter the current food trends where we cook everything 3 times and then deep fry it.
Well good for them but that doesn't change the reality of the situation - that they're morons. I highly doubt they're collectively taking a stand against deep-fried foods. I honestly think they've just been duped into it by slimy hippies, or they are hippies themselves. They have a history of ignoring evidence in favour of stupidity...
Pick an apple off a tree and eat it, tell me that is something my body can't digest.
Your body can process and apple just fine...
For the most part the general populous deep fry their fat in other fat and then put mayo on it. We could do with a little fat free.
Its lazy though and fat free doesn't exist. Low fat is actually better for you.
You're just perpetuating more myths here. Just because some people eat too much of the wrong fats, doesn't mean we need fat-free food. As I said, some fats are not only good for you, but essential. We need fat in our diets, but we just need to ensure that we eat healthy fats, and steer clear of hydrogenated fats.
And low fat is not necessarily better for you. There was a 10 page thread about this not too long ago. You cannot lump all fats into one category and shame them. Many fats are essential to maintaining a healthy cholesterol. You need to understand the role of HDL and LDL in cholesterol and fat, and also the role of hydrogen bonds in fats and oils, which determines saturation and other variables, and why these are important. Not all fats are the same - to claim that fat-free is better for you is completely false. Some fats are bad for you and it is better that we avoid them entirely, yes. But others are good for you. Fat has a bad reputation because of opinions like yours. I don't intend to be insulting here, but you're making blanket statements from an uneducated point of view on the matter...
As for your Sushi comment. I don't really care. I know putting wasabi in your soy sauce is considered an insult, I do it because I like the taste.
Nothing wrong with that. As is clear, my gripe is with the reasoning for doing so. To my mind it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but if you prefer to, then so be it. Eating is a personal thing...
Sushi is American, not Japanses
Huh? No, sushi is absolutely Japanese. Where do you get this from? Some versions come from America but sushi is most certainly a Japanese cuisine. And I've eaten proper sushi in SA - it is just difficult to find...
Citation needed. I'm not sure how eating meat changes the absorption or digestive system, and it contains the amino acids required for life. Nutritionally, it contains the required daily intakes and is in the correct form of complete proteins in the form of complete amino acid chains. Everything in moderation of course, but just because our ancestors could only rarely source meat, doesn't mean it is unhealthy for us nowadays to eat it every day. The body doesn't change the way it absorbs nutrition because it already has red meat in its system, and if you're arguing from a cholesterol point of view, it forms a part of a balanced diet...
Citation needed. ^
This one is quite easy. We do not secrete the correct enzymes, nor do we possess the correct bacteria to break down plant cellulose, which is required to get to the nutrients. This is why cooking is essential for most vegetables. In fact the majority of plant vegetable cellulose is considered dietary fibre and just bulks up our ***. They are well known indigestible carbohydrates. This is the reason why cows have 4 separate stomachs...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose
I think the point of the raw food movement is to counter the current food trends where we cook everything 3 times and then deep fry it.
Well good for them but that doesn't change the reality of the situation - that they're morons. I highly doubt they're collectively taking a stand against deep-fried foods. I honestly think they've just been duped into it by slimy hippies, or they are hippies themselves. They have a history of ignoring evidence in favour of stupidity...
Pick an apple off a tree and eat it, tell me that is something my body can't digest.
Your body can process and apple just fine...
For the most part the general populous deep fry their fat in other fat and then put mayo on it. We could do with a little fat free.
Its lazy though and fat free doesn't exist. Low fat is actually better for you.
You're just perpetuating more myths here. Just because some people eat too much of the wrong fats, doesn't mean we need fat-free food. As I said, some fats are not only good for you, but essential. We need fat in our diets, but we just need to ensure that we eat healthy fats, and steer clear of hydrogenated fats.
And low fat is not necessarily better for you. There was a 10 page thread about this not too long ago. You cannot lump all fats into one category and shame them. Many fats are essential to maintaining a healthy cholesterol. You need to understand the role of HDL and LDL in cholesterol and fat, and also the role of hydrogen bonds in fats and oils, which determines saturation and other variables, and why these are important. Not all fats are the same - to claim that fat-free is better for you is completely false. Some fats are bad for you and it is better that we avoid them entirely, yes. But others are good for you. Fat has a bad reputation because of opinions like yours. I don't intend to be insulting here, but you're making blanket statements from an uneducated point of view on the matter...
As for your Sushi comment. I don't really care. I know putting wasabi in your soy sauce is considered an insult, I do it because I like the taste.
Nothing wrong with that. As is clear, my gripe is with the reasoning for doing so. To my mind it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but if you prefer to, then so be it. Eating is a personal thing...
Sushi is American, not Japanses
Huh? No, sushi is absolutely Japanese. Where do you get this from? Some versions come from America but sushi is most certainly a Japanese cuisine. And I've eaten proper sushi in SA - it is just difficult to find...
DJ...
23-08-2012, 03:04 PM
Agree with DJ... completely, especially about the pizza. But would like to add another one, cheese with muffins and scones!!! This drives me utterly up the f-ing wall, why!?!?!?!?
That's not a trend. That is a tradition. Scones were traditionally served with the option of a preserve and clotted cream, or preserves and cheese. I don't understand why they are ever served with muffins though - that part throws me completely...
That's not a trend. That is a tradition. Scones were traditionally served with the option of a preserve and clotted cream, or preserves and cheese. I don't understand why they are ever served with muffins though - that part throws me completely...
DJ...
23-08-2012, 03:06 PM
Then you sir are a philistine:) scones are a sweet cake meant to be served with jam/strawberries and cream for afternoon tea. They are not supposed to be small bread rolls.
They are only ever served as a sweet course for afternoon high tea. You won't find cheese in the mix there. Any other time of the day or occasion, they're traditionally served with both a preserve, clotted cream, and cheese...
They are only ever served as a sweet course for afternoon high tea. You won't find cheese in the mix there. Any other time of the day or occasion, they're traditionally served with both a preserve, clotted cream, and cheese...
DJ...
23-08-2012, 03:08 PM
The pretentiousness involved when people mention having eaten/about to eat sushi ....... it's yuppy nonsense and I have already caught a number of people admitting they don't even like the schit!
Those are the people who tend to drown it in soy sauce and add enough green paste and ginger to save witches in Salem...
Those are the people who tend to drown it in soy sauce and add enough green paste and ginger to save witches in Salem...
Nerfherder
23-08-2012, 03:27 PM
Citation needed. I'm not sure how eating meat changes the absorption or digestive system, and it contains the amino acids required for life. Nutritionally, it contains the required daily intakes and is in the correct form of complete proteins in the form of complete amino acid chains. Everything in moderation of course, but just because our ancestors could only rarely source meat, doesn't mean it is unhealthy for us nowadays to eat it every day. The body doesn't change the way it absorbs nutrition because it already has red meat in its system, and if you're arguing from a cholesterol point of view, it forms a part of a balanced diet...
agreed - moderation
This one is quite easy. We do not secrete the correct enzymes, nor do we possess the correct bacteria to break down planet cellulose, which is required to get to the nutrients. This is why cooking is essential for most vegetables. In fact the majority of plant vegetable cellulose is considered dietary fibre and just bulks up our ***. They are well known indigestible carbohydrates. This is the reason why cows have 4 separate stomachs...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose
Well good for them but that doesn't change the reality of the situation - that they're morons. I highly doubt they're collectively taking a stand against deep-fried foods. I honestly think they've just been duped into it by slimy hippies, or they are hippies themselves. They have a history of ignoring evidence in favour of stupidity...
good thing most of us don't eat grass...
Lots of things can and should be eaten raw, even more stuff tastes horrible raw.
Hippies are hippies... they wont be happy until we are all living in caves again.
You're just perpetuating more myths here. Just because some people eat too much of the wrong fats, doesn't mean we need fat-free food. As I said, some fats are not only good for you, but essential. We need fat in our diets, but we just need to ensure that we eat healthy fats, and steer clear of hydrogenated fats.
And low fat is not necessarily better for you. There was a 10 page thread about this not too long ago. You cannot lump all fats into one category and shame them. Many fats are essential to maintaining a healthy cholesterol. You need to understand the role of HDL and LDL in cholesterol and fat, and also the role of hydrogen bonds in fats and oils, which determines saturation and other variables, and why these are important. Not all fats are the same - to claim that fat-free is better for you is completely false. Some fats are bad for you and it is better that we avoid them entirely, yes. But others are good for you. Fat has a bad reputation because of opinions like yours. I don't intend to be insulting here, but you're making blanket statements from an uneducated point of view on the matter...
I admitted that low fat and fat free products are bot lazy and often not even good for you.
A low fat diet on the other hand...
Nothing wrong with that. As is clear, my gripe is with the reasoning for doing so. To my mind it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but if you prefer to, then so be it. Eating is a personal thing...
Huh? No, sushi is absolutely Japanese. Where do you get this from? Some versions come from America but sushi is most certainly a Japanese cuisine. And I've eaten proper sushi in SA - it is just difficult to find...
Sashimi - Japanese
California rolls - American
Most places will tend towards the California rolls
Where did you eat at a place that has "proper sushi" in SA, just out of interest ?
agreed - moderation
This one is quite easy. We do not secrete the correct enzymes, nor do we possess the correct bacteria to break down planet cellulose, which is required to get to the nutrients. This is why cooking is essential for most vegetables. In fact the majority of plant vegetable cellulose is considered dietary fibre and just bulks up our ***. They are well known indigestible carbohydrates. This is the reason why cows have 4 separate stomachs...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose
Well good for them but that doesn't change the reality of the situation - that they're morons. I highly doubt they're collectively taking a stand against deep-fried foods. I honestly think they've just been duped into it by slimy hippies, or they are hippies themselves. They have a history of ignoring evidence in favour of stupidity...
good thing most of us don't eat grass...
Lots of things can and should be eaten raw, even more stuff tastes horrible raw.
Hippies are hippies... they wont be happy until we are all living in caves again.
You're just perpetuating more myths here. Just because some people eat too much of the wrong fats, doesn't mean we need fat-free food. As I said, some fats are not only good for you, but essential. We need fat in our diets, but we just need to ensure that we eat healthy fats, and steer clear of hydrogenated fats.
And low fat is not necessarily better for you. There was a 10 page thread about this not too long ago. You cannot lump all fats into one category and shame them. Many fats are essential to maintaining a healthy cholesterol. You need to understand the role of HDL and LDL in cholesterol and fat, and also the role of hydrogen bonds in fats and oils, which determines saturation and other variables, and why these are important. Not all fats are the same - to claim that fat-free is better for you is completely false. Some fats are bad for you and it is better that we avoid them entirely, yes. But others are good for you. Fat has a bad reputation because of opinions like yours. I don't intend to be insulting here, but you're making blanket statements from an uneducated point of view on the matter...
I admitted that low fat and fat free products are bot lazy and often not even good for you.
A low fat diet on the other hand...
Nothing wrong with that. As is clear, my gripe is with the reasoning for doing so. To my mind it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but if you prefer to, then so be it. Eating is a personal thing...
Huh? No, sushi is absolutely Japanese. Where do you get this from? Some versions come from America but sushi is most certainly a Japanese cuisine. And I've eaten proper sushi in SA - it is just difficult to find...
Sashimi - Japanese
California rolls - American
Most places will tend towards the California rolls
Where did you eat at a place that has "proper sushi" in SA, just out of interest ?
cerebus
23-08-2012, 03:34 PM
That sounds... Yeah, I'll pass.
Well in one sense it's revolting, I'll admit that. But why can't I stop eating it????
Well in one sense it's revolting, I'll admit that. But why can't I stop eating it????
ShaunSA
23-08-2012, 03:35 PM
Cake pops are the latest fad.
Wtf are cake pops? :wtf:
Wtf are cake pops? :wtf:
Zen17h
23-08-2012, 03:39 PM
Any 'new diet' fad - if you want to lose weight just don't eat junk and work on burning off those rolls! don't wait for someone to say eating deep fried chocolate cake(or should that be red velvet in this thread:rolleyes: will make you thinner.
Also on the sushi thing - mixing wasabi/soya, rolling chopsticks etc. are considered 'rude' for some reason, but I think its a culture thing that has largely been lessened.
For example I read a site a while back with sushi eating 'guidelines' where it said it is also considered rude if you eat all the sushi on the plate since you would make the chef think he gave too little. Over here that would more likely be considered rude and wasteful. (Plus honestly who ate sushi until they were full, and how much was the bill?)
Also on the sushi thing - mixing wasabi/soya, rolling chopsticks etc. are considered 'rude' for some reason, but I think its a culture thing that has largely been lessened.
For example I read a site a while back with sushi eating 'guidelines' where it said it is also considered rude if you eat all the sushi on the plate since you would make the chef think he gave too little. Over here that would more likely be considered rude and wasteful. (Plus honestly who ate sushi until they were full, and how much was the bill?)
blunomore
23-08-2012, 03:46 PM
Wtf are cake pops? :wtf:
Cake on a stick
Cake on a stick
mikaME
23-08-2012, 03:50 PM
Cake pops are the latest fad.
Wtf are cake pops? :wtf:
They are little balls of cake dipped in chocolate, decorated and put onto a lollipop stick.
Wtf are cake pops? :wtf:
They are little balls of cake dipped in chocolate, decorated and put onto a lollipop stick.
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 03:51 PM
Wtf are cake pops? :wtf:
Cake on a stick
yeah those looks good tho ..have never tasted it
Cake on a stick
yeah those looks good tho ..have never tasted it
mikaME
23-08-2012, 03:51 PM
Wtf are cake pops? :wtf:
Cake on a stick
Oops you beat me to it - and with a more straightforward answer lol! ;)
Cake on a stick
Oops you beat me to it - and with a more straightforward answer lol! ;)
samr1wp
23-08-2012, 03:51 PM
Wtf are cake pops? :wtf:
Cake on a stick
yeah those looks good tho ..have never tasted it
Cake on a stick
yeah those looks good tho ..have never tasted it
cerebus
23-08-2012, 03:57 PM
Faddish yes, but kind of practical and fun as well.
Is it just me or is everyone these days opening an 'artsy' bakery?
Is it just me or is everyone these days opening an 'artsy' bakery?
evilstebunny
23-08-2012, 04:00 PM
Added sugar in peanut butter. Why oh why oh why oh why?
Ol' Mean Bastid
23-08-2012, 04:00 PM
A low fat diet on the other hand...
is also a myth, but that's been discussed in other threads
is also a myth, but that's been discussed in other threads
DJ...
23-08-2012, 04:30 PM
good thing most of us don't eat grass...
The cellulose structures are the same as grass...
A low fat diet on the other hand...
I tend to side with a healthy fat diet instead. Low fat doesn't necessarily mean you're eating healthy fats. And just because packaging says "low fat" doesn't mean it is good for you at all. If you're trying to lose weight then sure, go the natural low-fat route but if you're just trying to live a healthy lifestyle then fats are perfectly acceptable...
Sashimi - Japanese
California rolls - American
Most places will tend towards the California rolls
Not sure where you're eating but maki and nigiri is most certainly Japanese too. The trick is in the way the rice is prepared (which is actually the most critical aspect to most traditional sushi), the fish is cut, the sushi is prepared and the ingredients used. California rolls are a version of maki known as uramaki, which depicts an inside out preparation method, which is also commonplace in traditional Japanese sushi. California rolls are American though. As are quite a few variations, like fashion sandwiches and the like. I've eaten pretty good sushi at Yamato and Tsunami in JHB...
The cellulose structures are the same as grass...
A low fat diet on the other hand...
I tend to side with a healthy fat diet instead. Low fat doesn't necessarily mean you're eating healthy fats. And just because packaging says "low fat" doesn't mean it is good for you at all. If you're trying to lose weight then sure, go the natural low-fat route but if you're just trying to live a healthy lifestyle then fats are perfectly acceptable...
Sashimi - Japanese
California rolls - American
Most places will tend towards the California rolls
Not sure where you're eating but maki and nigiri is most certainly Japanese too. The trick is in the way the rice is prepared (which is actually the most critical aspect to most traditional sushi), the fish is cut, the sushi is prepared and the ingredients used. California rolls are a version of maki known as uramaki, which depicts an inside out preparation method, which is also commonplace in traditional Japanese sushi. California rolls are American though. As are quite a few variations, like fashion sandwiches and the like. I've eaten pretty good sushi at Yamato and Tsunami in JHB...
DJ...
23-08-2012, 04:32 PM
Any 'new diet' fad - if you want to lose weight just don't eat junk and work on burning off those rolls! don't wait for someone to say eating deep fried chocolate cake(or should that be red velvet in this thread:rolleyes: will make you thinner.
Also on the sushi thing - mixing wasabi/soya, rolling chopsticks etc. are considered 'rude' for some reason, but I think its a culture thing that has largely been lessened.
For example I read a site a while back with sushi eating 'guidelines' where it said it is also considered rude if you eat all the sushi on the plate since you would make the chef think he gave too little. Over here that would more likely be considered rude and wasteful. (Plus honestly who ate sushi until they were full, and how much was the bill?)
I haven't seen anyone having a dig at how people choose to eat it. I've seen digs at why they choose to eat it the way they do. There is a difference there. And yes, in Japanese culture there are a lot of things to be wary of that are considered rude, but largely ignored here, unless you find a real Itamae, who will appreciate the respect shown. Not necessary though...
Also on the sushi thing - mixing wasabi/soya, rolling chopsticks etc. are considered 'rude' for some reason, but I think its a culture thing that has largely been lessened.
For example I read a site a while back with sushi eating 'guidelines' where it said it is also considered rude if you eat all the sushi on the plate since you would make the chef think he gave too little. Over here that would more likely be considered rude and wasteful. (Plus honestly who ate sushi until they were full, and how much was the bill?)
I haven't seen anyone having a dig at how people choose to eat it. I've seen digs at why they choose to eat it the way they do. There is a difference there. And yes, in Japanese culture there are a lot of things to be wary of that are considered rude, but largely ignored here, unless you find a real Itamae, who will appreciate the respect shown. Not necessary though...
DJ...
23-08-2012, 04:34 PM
Added sugar in peanut butter. Why oh why oh why oh why?
Two-fold. For those who like a sweeter flavour, and sugar is also a natural preservative. I suspect there might be some other reasons, thinking about the science of sugar, as its hygroscopic nature might prevent the water phase from splitting. It won't prevent an oil split though...
Two-fold. For those who like a sweeter flavour, and sugar is also a natural preservative. I suspect there might be some other reasons, thinking about the science of sugar, as its hygroscopic nature might prevent the water phase from splitting. It won't prevent an oil split though...
Nerfherder
23-08-2012, 04:36 PM
As are quite a few variations, like fashion sandwiches and the like. I've eaten pretty good sushi at Yamato and Tsunami in JHB...
Cool. Well then at least we are taking about the same kind of sushi
Cool. Well then at least we are taking about the same kind of sushi
bdt
23-08-2012, 04:51 PM
Added sugar in peanut butter. Why oh why oh why oh why?Indeed; you end up with less 'pure' peanut butter than a semi-solid emulsion (which, to be fair, does well on the presentation front) that is loaded with sugar. Which is why, after picking up EVERY bottle and reading the contents, I've currently settled on Black Cat yellow-lid product.
Two-fold. For those who like a sweeter flavour, and sugar is also a natural preservative. I suspect there might be some other reasons, thinking about the science of sugar, as its hygroscopic nature might prevent the water phase from splitting. It won't prevent an oil split though...All well and good, but if you want peanut butter and NOT more damned sugar it becomes problematic. And, really, what is so very hard about sticking a knife in there and bloody-well *stirring* it a bit?!
Two-fold. For those who like a sweeter flavour, and sugar is also a natural preservative. I suspect there might be some other reasons, thinking about the science of sugar, as its hygroscopic nature might prevent the water phase from splitting. It won't prevent an oil split though...All well and good, but if you want peanut butter and NOT more damned sugar it becomes problematic. And, really, what is so very hard about sticking a knife in there and bloody-well *stirring* it a bit?!
DJ...
23-08-2012, 05:59 PM
All well and good, but if you want peanut butter and NOT more damned sugar it becomes problematic. And, really, what is so very hard about sticking a knife in there and bloody-well *stirring* it a bit?!
The problem are the fat-brigade that I had a dig at earlier in the thread - they cringe at the sight of the stuff and I have a family member who refuses to eat the stuff after finding out as a kid that it is full of oil. Good oils, but oil nonetheless. Which is why they're nowadays full of emulsifiers. I make my own - just chuck roasted nuts in a food processor and drizzle a little peanut oil towards the end to emulsify it in. Season to your heart's desire. That is, after all, how the producers make it...
The problem are the fat-brigade that I had a dig at earlier in the thread - they cringe at the sight of the stuff and I have a family member who refuses to eat the stuff after finding out as a kid that it is full of oil. Good oils, but oil nonetheless. Which is why they're nowadays full of emulsifiers. I make my own - just chuck roasted nuts in a food processor and drizzle a little peanut oil towards the end to emulsify it in. Season to your heart's desire. That is, after all, how the producers make it...
ryan411
24-08-2012, 11:13 PM
@DJ, how is it that you know so much about food and what goes into it? Actually, for that matter u seem to know everything about everything in the posts I've seen u write :p
What do you guys think of St Elmo's pizzas? They are wood fired btw (for those not in the Western Cape) but going the same disgusting route of too much sauce, salt, etc... in their pizza toppings IMO.
What do you guys think of St Elmo's pizzas? They are wood fired btw (for those not in the Western Cape) but going the same disgusting route of too much sauce, salt, etc... in their pizza toppings IMO.
RiaX
24-08-2012, 11:18 PM
This means that you're eating at Debonairs, in which case your taste buds cannot be trusted...:D
ROFL. Bloody rogues those debonairs are, WHERE DID PIZZAHUT GO?
Vitamin water really irritates me. Its syrup made to volume and will just make expensive urine
ROFL. Bloody rogues those debonairs are, WHERE DID PIZZAHUT GO?
Vitamin water really irritates me. Its syrup made to volume and will just make expensive urine
AvatarS
25-08-2012, 12:43 AM
@DJ, how is it that you know so much about food and what goes into it? Actually, for that matter u seem to know everything about everything in the posts I've seen u write :p
What do you guys think of St Elmo's pizzas? They are wood fired btw (for those not in the Western Cape) but going the same disgusting route of too much sauce, salt, etc... in their pizza toppings IMO.
Tried it once and it was horrid. And I got food poisoning too. I'd rather have Debonairs, if I had to pick.
What do you guys think of St Elmo's pizzas? They are wood fired btw (for those not in the Western Cape) but going the same disgusting route of too much sauce, salt, etc... in their pizza toppings IMO.
Tried it once and it was horrid. And I got food poisoning too. I'd rather have Debonairs, if I had to pick.
DJ...
25-08-2012, 01:01 AM
@DJ, how is it that you know so much about food and what goes into it?
It is in my nature to immerse myself in things that interest me. A couple of years ago I was trying to explain to a friend why sealing meat is a myth, and he asked me then what the point of browning it was? I was stumped. So I googled it and came across a few sites addressing the Maillard reaction in meats. A few days later I watched a Heston Blumenthal show about the very same thing where he explained it in layman's terms. I was hooked. I've since spent a lot of my spare time researching food and the science behind it, meeting food scientists and teaching myself the business, where I am now at the point of trying to understand the thermodynamic nature of steam and how it promotes long amino acid strands in non-high-protein ingredients. That sort of thing interests me these days because it pertains to so many future possibilities...
Actually, for that matter u seem to know everything about everything in the posts I've seen u write
Thank you, I suppose. I try to only offer assistance in areas I actually know something about, or at least think I do. :p
Like I said, if something tickles my fancy, I'll do all I can to learn about it. From quantum mechanics to amino acids to philosophy to history to current affairs to politics etc. I love to learn, and I reject the notion of institutionalised learning being the be all and end all of education...
What do you guys think of St Elmo's pizzas? They are wood fired btw (for those not in the Western Cape) but going the same disgusting route of too much sauce, salt, etc... in their pizza toppings IMO.
Had them once and didn't like them. Their base was all wrong; their tomato sauce for the base tasted like nothing; they were far too skimpy with the toppings; and it had the wrong mouth-feel. I've never eaten there since...
It is in my nature to immerse myself in things that interest me. A couple of years ago I was trying to explain to a friend why sealing meat is a myth, and he asked me then what the point of browning it was? I was stumped. So I googled it and came across a few sites addressing the Maillard reaction in meats. A few days later I watched a Heston Blumenthal show about the very same thing where he explained it in layman's terms. I was hooked. I've since spent a lot of my spare time researching food and the science behind it, meeting food scientists and teaching myself the business, where I am now at the point of trying to understand the thermodynamic nature of steam and how it promotes long amino acid strands in non-high-protein ingredients. That sort of thing interests me these days because it pertains to so many future possibilities...
Actually, for that matter u seem to know everything about everything in the posts I've seen u write
Thank you, I suppose. I try to only offer assistance in areas I actually know something about, or at least think I do. :p
Like I said, if something tickles my fancy, I'll do all I can to learn about it. From quantum mechanics to amino acids to philosophy to history to current affairs to politics etc. I love to learn, and I reject the notion of institutionalised learning being the be all and end all of education...
What do you guys think of St Elmo's pizzas? They are wood fired btw (for those not in the Western Cape) but going the same disgusting route of too much sauce, salt, etc... in their pizza toppings IMO.
Had them once and didn't like them. Their base was all wrong; their tomato sauce for the base tasted like nothing; they were far too skimpy with the toppings; and it had the wrong mouth-feel. I've never eaten there since...
AvatarS
25-08-2012, 01:04 AM
*layman's
Going to have to kick you out of the Grammar (+Spelling) Nazi group.
Going to have to kick you out of the Grammar (+Spelling) Nazi group.
DJ...
25-08-2012, 01:14 AM
Fsck off. I'm drunk...
Pseudonym
25-08-2012, 01:18 AM
I hate how sushi has become this bloody lifestyle. People who think far too much of themselves talking about how much they need it and how they can totally eat 20 california rolls by themselves in a sitting. I wish mercury poisoning on the lot of them!
RiaX
25-08-2012, 02:01 AM
:( I like sushi - ironically I hate cooked fish, no idea how that works
DJ...
25-08-2012, 09:23 AM
A lot of the food that we don't enjoy is due largely to texture and not flavour. Perhaps it is the texture of cooked fish that you don't like? It often stems from childhood aversions...
genetic
25-08-2012, 10:37 AM
The "bottled at source" water fads annoy me and people who drink 8 glasses a day. I've heard that this could actually be bad for you. You are supposed to stay hydrated but not over do it.
Our tap water is clean, and it's perfectly fine to drink. I think it's become more of a fashion statement to walk with a bottle of Valpre in your hand these days.
A colleague at work only buys Fiji spring water from Giovanni's in Green Point at a ridiculous price. :rolleyes:
Our tap water is clean, and it's perfectly fine to drink. I think it's become more of a fashion statement to walk with a bottle of Valpre in your hand these days.
A colleague at work only buys Fiji spring water from Giovanni's in Green Point at a ridiculous price. :rolleyes:
ponder
25-08-2012, 01:11 PM
Our tap water is clean, and it's perfectly fine to drink. I think it's become more of a fashion statement to walk with a bottle of Valpre in your hand these days.
Some places don't have nice tap water, dunno if it's the old pipes in buildings etc or the local processing plant. I carry tap water from home with me but if that runs out I have no issue buying water if the local tap water tastes crap.
Some places don't have nice tap water, dunno if it's the old pipes in buildings etc or the local processing plant. I carry tap water from home with me but if that runs out I have no issue buying water if the local tap water tastes crap.
RiaX
25-08-2012, 11:22 PM
A lot of the food that we don't enjoy is due largely to texture and not flavour. Perhaps it is the texture of cooked fish that you don't like? It often stems from childhood aversions...
I hate its texture, think you right
I hate its texture, think you right
beans100
25-08-2012, 11:28 PM
Presure cookers anoy me
Keeper
26-08-2012, 12:07 AM
This means that you're eating at Debonairs, in which case your taste buds cannot be trusted...:D
Dude you don't approve of Debonairs, Ocean Basket, Scooters, Jimmy's Killer fish & Prawns, Fishaways, McDonalds, Spur....
You don't like takeaways, we get it :p
Dude you don't approve of Debonairs, Ocean Basket, Scooters, Jimmy's Killer fish & Prawns, Fishaways, McDonalds, Spur....
You don't like takeaways, we get it :p
Pseudonym
26-08-2012, 11:28 AM
The "bottled at source" water fads annoy me and people who drink 8 glasses a day. I've heard that this could actually be bad for you. You are supposed to stay hydrated but not over do it.
Our tap water is clean, and it's perfectly fine to drink. I think it's become more of a fashion statement to walk with a bottle of Valpre in your hand these days.
A colleague at work only buys Fiji spring water from Giovanni's in Green Point at a ridiculous price. :rolleyes:
Don't know if 8 glasses a day is bad for you, but anyone actually paying for water (other than on your utilities bill) seriously annoys me too. How much work is it to pour tap water into a bottle and carry it around with you??
Our tap water is clean, and it's perfectly fine to drink. I think it's become more of a fashion statement to walk with a bottle of Valpre in your hand these days.
A colleague at work only buys Fiji spring water from Giovanni's in Green Point at a ridiculous price. :rolleyes:
Don't know if 8 glasses a day is bad for you, but anyone actually paying for water (other than on your utilities bill) seriously annoys me too. How much work is it to pour tap water into a bottle and carry it around with you??
Hamster
26-08-2012, 11:31 AM
Food fads? These colourful sauce drippings on the plates. Sometimes it feels like some places concentrate more on the presentation than the taste of the food.
RiaX
26-08-2012, 02:15 PM
Food fads? These colourful sauce drippings on the plates. Sometimes it feels like some places concentrate more on the presentation than the taste of the food.
Presentation is very important for taste sir. How a food tastes depends on the looks and the smell as well not just what the taste buds interpret. According to nova science, havent tested that theory
Presentation is very important for taste sir. How a food tastes depends on the looks and the smell as well not just what the taste buds interpret. According to nova science, havent tested that theory
ToxicBunny
26-08-2012, 02:56 PM
Presentation is very important, but there is presentation and then there is just being fekking ponsy and achieving nothing and those colourful sauce drippings on the plate more often than not fall into the later category in my opinion.
werfie
26-08-2012, 03:06 PM
The "bottled at source" water fads annoy me and people who drink 8 glasses a day. I've heard that this could actually be bad for you. You are supposed to stay hydrated but not over do it.
Our tap water is clean, and it's perfectly fine to drink. I think it's become more of a fashion statement to walk with a bottle of Valpre in your hand these days.
A colleague at work only buys Fiji spring water from Giovanni's in Green Point at a ridiculous price. :rolleyes:
Interesting that you say this. This is something that always use to annoy me as well.............
Hello Everyone, I am Werfie and I am a compulsive water drinker. I drink about 4-6 liters a day which is very very bad for you I know. But at some stage I was constantly sick with stomach ailments (a few different ones, cramps, diarrhea, flatulence and so on), this lasted a good couple of months on and off. One evening, I noticed that water that comes from the tap was a weird brown color, so being the addict I am I decided to just get some bottled water. Low and behold it was on special for like R10 for 10liters or something and I bought a few. After about a week of drinking this water my stomach got better, so I tested it for a while longer and ever since switching to bottled water permanently, I have no issues with my stomach anymore. So whatever it is attributed to (pipes, treatments or whatever), switching to bottled water made a huge difference. I was being poisoned by my tap water. Now that I buy water the whole time, I also tend to drink a bit less, so it's a win win situation for me.
Our tap water is clean, and it's perfectly fine to drink. I think it's become more of a fashion statement to walk with a bottle of Valpre in your hand these days.
A colleague at work only buys Fiji spring water from Giovanni's in Green Point at a ridiculous price. :rolleyes:
Interesting that you say this. This is something that always use to annoy me as well.............
Hello Everyone, I am Werfie and I am a compulsive water drinker. I drink about 4-6 liters a day which is very very bad for you I know. But at some stage I was constantly sick with stomach ailments (a few different ones, cramps, diarrhea, flatulence and so on), this lasted a good couple of months on and off. One evening, I noticed that water that comes from the tap was a weird brown color, so being the addict I am I decided to just get some bottled water. Low and behold it was on special for like R10 for 10liters or something and I bought a few. After about a week of drinking this water my stomach got better, so I tested it for a while longer and ever since switching to bottled water permanently, I have no issues with my stomach anymore. So whatever it is attributed to (pipes, treatments or whatever), switching to bottled water made a huge difference. I was being poisoned by my tap water. Now that I buy water the whole time, I also tend to drink a bit less, so it's a win win situation for me.
RiaX
26-08-2012, 03:15 PM
Depends where you live, how far you are from your water source. I live next to the resevoir and DBN has excellent tap water. I honestly cant the difference.
ryan411
26-08-2012, 07:24 PM
Interesting that you say this. This is something that always use to annoy me as well.............
Hello Everyone, I am Werfie and I am a compulsive water drinker. I drink about 4-6 liters a day which is very very bad for you I know. But at some stage I was constantly sick with stomach ailments (a few different ones, cramps, diarrhea, flatulence and so on), this lasted a good couple of months on and off. One evening, I noticed that water that comes from the tap was a weird brown color, so being the addict I am I decided to just get some bottled water. Low and behold it was on special for like R10 for 10liters or something and I bought a few. After about a week of drinking this water my stomach got better, so I tested it for a while longer and ever since switching to bottled water permanently, I have no issues with my stomach anymore. So whatever it is attributed to (pipes, treatments or whatever), switching to bottled water made a huge difference. I was being poisoned by my tap water. Now that I buy water the whole time, I also tend to drink a bit less, so it's a win win situation for me.Surely 4-6 litres of water was too much? How much do u drink now?
Maybe u were suffering from water intoxication?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/water-intoxication-symptoms.html
Water Intoxication Symptoms in Adults
The very first symptom of water intoxication is nausea. You feel to puke, because your stomach is not able to hold the excessive quantity of water.
The next symptom of water intoxication in adults is having slurred speech. You feel like speaking with a thick tongue.
You will feel weak and tired.
Other prominent symptoms of water intoxication include headache and bloating. Excessive water, disturbs the digestive tract and leads to bloating.
You may start hallucinating. This is mainly because excessive water in the body, affects brain cells as well. Brain cells tend to swell. Affected brain, further leads to disorientation and confusion.
Muscle cramps
Seizures, coma, respiratory arrest, swelling of the brain and even death may occur in extreme cases.
How did u not notice that the water was a brown colour from the get go? Anyways, maybe invest in a water filter?
Hello Everyone, I am Werfie and I am a compulsive water drinker. I drink about 4-6 liters a day which is very very bad for you I know. But at some stage I was constantly sick with stomach ailments (a few different ones, cramps, diarrhea, flatulence and so on), this lasted a good couple of months on and off. One evening, I noticed that water that comes from the tap was a weird brown color, so being the addict I am I decided to just get some bottled water. Low and behold it was on special for like R10 for 10liters or something and I bought a few. After about a week of drinking this water my stomach got better, so I tested it for a while longer and ever since switching to bottled water permanently, I have no issues with my stomach anymore. So whatever it is attributed to (pipes, treatments or whatever), switching to bottled water made a huge difference. I was being poisoned by my tap water. Now that I buy water the whole time, I also tend to drink a bit less, so it's a win win situation for me.Surely 4-6 litres of water was too much? How much do u drink now?
Maybe u were suffering from water intoxication?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/water-intoxication-symptoms.html
Water Intoxication Symptoms in Adults
The very first symptom of water intoxication is nausea. You feel to puke, because your stomach is not able to hold the excessive quantity of water.
The next symptom of water intoxication in adults is having slurred speech. You feel like speaking with a thick tongue.
You will feel weak and tired.
Other prominent symptoms of water intoxication include headache and bloating. Excessive water, disturbs the digestive tract and leads to bloating.
You may start hallucinating. This is mainly because excessive water in the body, affects brain cells as well. Brain cells tend to swell. Affected brain, further leads to disorientation and confusion.
Muscle cramps
Seizures, coma, respiratory arrest, swelling of the brain and even death may occur in extreme cases.
How did u not notice that the water was a brown colour from the get go? Anyways, maybe invest in a water filter?
Mephisto_Helix
26-08-2012, 07:30 PM
Dude you don't approve of Debonairs, Ocean Basket, Scooters, Jimmy's Killer fish & Prawns, Fishaways, McDonalds, Spur....
You don't like takeaways, we get it :p hey if it's not poncy, DJ won't touch it, didn't ya know!
Don't know if 8 glasses a day is bad for you, but anyone actually paying for water (other than on your utilities bill) seriously annoys me too. How much work is it to pour tap water into a bottle and carry it around with you??
Yep yep, I always take a 2l of fridge water if I'm going some distance. But there have been times when buying was necessary.
You don't like takeaways, we get it :p hey if it's not poncy, DJ won't touch it, didn't ya know!
Don't know if 8 glasses a day is bad for you, but anyone actually paying for water (other than on your utilities bill) seriously annoys me too. How much work is it to pour tap water into a bottle and carry it around with you??
Yep yep, I always take a 2l of fridge water if I'm going some distance. But there have been times when buying was necessary.
Picard
26-08-2012, 07:43 PM
My local tap water tastes disgusting. Bottled water is the only water I've drunk for the last 5 years.
werfie
26-08-2012, 09:10 PM
Surely 4-6 litres of water was too much? How much do u drink now?
Maybe u were suffering from water intoxication?
How did u not notice that the water was a brown color from the get go? Anyways, maybe invest in a water filter?
I wasn't suffering from water intoxication, that much is sure, but I know the amount of water I was drinking was bad for me, the doctor said it flushed my system of all good nutrients, diluted my digestive juices, etc. He said the water intoxication should kick in at about 8 litres irc.
The water wasn't brown prior to that, it was just this one time when it was noticeable where it prompted me to switch because I thought they were working on the pipes or whatever, and that's when I noticed the change. Our water is perfectly clear at the moment and tastes great, but I have at some stages gone back to the tap water (you know when it is end of the month salty crack time :D) and honest to god, if I drink that water for about a day and half, my stomach is screwed again.
At the moment I do between 3-4 liters MAX, normally about 2-3. I know it wasn't the amount that made me sick as I continued drinking at my normal pace when I just switched over to bottled water and nothing happened. I don't know how to explain it, but it is as if the "clean" water satisfies my bodies need for water more, but I wouldn't rule out that it is a mind over matter thing. I have a water filter machine at home, but I still use the bottled water and use the machine to make it cold. We have filtered tapes at work.
From a few previous posts, I know people say it agitates them when people pay for water, but as I said I am a compulsive water drinker, and I enjoy a good glass of "as clean as possible" water. I am always scared for those years where they say wars will be fought over water not oil, so I enjoy it while I can hehehe
Maybe u were suffering from water intoxication?
How did u not notice that the water was a brown color from the get go? Anyways, maybe invest in a water filter?
I wasn't suffering from water intoxication, that much is sure, but I know the amount of water I was drinking was bad for me, the doctor said it flushed my system of all good nutrients, diluted my digestive juices, etc. He said the water intoxication should kick in at about 8 litres irc.
The water wasn't brown prior to that, it was just this one time when it was noticeable where it prompted me to switch because I thought they were working on the pipes or whatever, and that's when I noticed the change. Our water is perfectly clear at the moment and tastes great, but I have at some stages gone back to the tap water (you know when it is end of the month salty crack time :D) and honest to god, if I drink that water for about a day and half, my stomach is screwed again.
At the moment I do between 3-4 liters MAX, normally about 2-3. I know it wasn't the amount that made me sick as I continued drinking at my normal pace when I just switched over to bottled water and nothing happened. I don't know how to explain it, but it is as if the "clean" water satisfies my bodies need for water more, but I wouldn't rule out that it is a mind over matter thing. I have a water filter machine at home, but I still use the bottled water and use the machine to make it cold. We have filtered tapes at work.
From a few previous posts, I know people say it agitates them when people pay for water, but as I said I am a compulsive water drinker, and I enjoy a good glass of "as clean as possible" water. I am always scared for those years where they say wars will be fought over water not oil, so I enjoy it while I can hehehe
RiaX
26-08-2012, 10:07 PM
install a high end filtration system at home :D
DJ...
26-08-2012, 11:25 PM
Dude you don't approve of Debonairs, Ocean Basket, Scooters, Jimmy's Killer fish & Prawns, Fishaways, McDonalds, Spur....
You don't like takeaways, we get it :p
At 3am I sometimes approve of McD double cheeseburgers and Piemans pepper steak pies...:D
Interesting that you say this. This is something that always use to annoy me as well.............
Hello Everyone, I am Werfie and I am a compulsive water drinker. I drink about 4-6 liters a day which is very very bad for you I know.
Ever been tested for diabetes?
You don't like takeaways, we get it :p
At 3am I sometimes approve of McD double cheeseburgers and Piemans pepper steak pies...:D
Interesting that you say this. This is something that always use to annoy me as well.............
Hello Everyone, I am Werfie and I am a compulsive water drinker. I drink about 4-6 liters a day which is very very bad for you I know.
Ever been tested for diabetes?
GreyBush
27-08-2012, 07:36 AM
Boneless rib patties... :sick:
xumwun
27-08-2012, 08:21 AM
My local tap water tastes disgusting. Bottled water is the only water I've drunk for the last 5 years.
Consider getting a reverse osmosis machine.
There are also some shops that will sell RO water in bulk.
Consider getting a reverse osmosis machine.
There are also some shops that will sell RO water in bulk.
blunomore
27-08-2012, 08:39 AM
Wine snobs annoy me. If you like a R25 wine, drink it and enjoy! It does not have to be from wine estate XYZ and it does not have to cost R230986204968, as long as YOU enjoy what you're drinking.
cerebus
27-08-2012, 11:07 AM
Wine snobs are just like any other person with specialised taste. You might not be able to tell the difference but they can.
Zenbaas
27-08-2012, 12:12 PM
Wine snobs are just like any other person with specialised taste. You might not be able to tell the difference but they can.
That's not Bluno's point. It's not about specialised tastes but rather how they view people who don't share their "superpowers" > :)
That's not Bluno's point. It's not about specialised tastes but rather how they view people who don't share their "superpowers" > :)
RiaX
27-08-2012, 12:39 PM
MACON ..... bloody fake bacon rubbish
werfie
27-08-2012, 12:44 PM
MACON ..... bloody fake bacon rubbish
omg yes!!! +111111000014165465132132
omg yes!!! +111111000014165465132132
ToxicBunny
27-08-2012, 12:48 PM
MACON ..... bloody fake bacon rubbish
Tut tut tut...
You are disrespecting our non-pig eating brethren.....
Tut tut tut...
You are disrespecting our non-pig eating brethren.....
RiaX
27-08-2012, 12:50 PM
Tut tut tut...
You are disrespecting our non-pig eating brethren.....
Im suppose to be one of those brethren, but bacon > religion I dont care :p
You are disrespecting our non-pig eating brethren.....
Im suppose to be one of those brethren, but bacon > religion I dont care :p
DJ...
27-08-2012, 12:59 PM
Macon isn't a fad. It is sacrilegious, religious bullschit and it upsets me to the very core. Stop fscking around with my bacon...:mad:
There is no substitute for bacon, so stop trying. And stop removing it from the menu in favour of flavoured horse-schit...
There is no substitute for bacon, so stop trying. And stop removing it from the menu in favour of flavoured horse-schit...
werfie
27-08-2012, 01:11 PM
Macon isn't a fad. It is sacrilegious, religious bullschit and it upsets me to the very core. Stop fscking around with my bacon...:mad:
There is no substitute for bacon, so stop trying. And stop removing it from the menu in favour of flavoured horse-schit...
biterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :whistle:
There is no substitute for bacon, so stop trying. And stop removing it from the menu in favour of flavoured horse-schit...
biterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :whistle:
Nerfherder
27-08-2012, 01:25 PM
MACON ..... bloody fake bacon rubbish
omg yes!!! +111111000014165465132132
Macon is a crime against humanity.
omg yes!!! +111111000014165465132132
Macon is a crime against humanity.
RiaX
27-08-2012, 02:12 PM
I dont even know why it exists.
If you religious why would you crave or want to eat something that "suppose" to mimic the thing you cant eat :wtf: ?
If you religious why would you crave or want to eat something that "suppose" to mimic the thing you cant eat :wtf: ?
ponder
27-08-2012, 02:22 PM
If you religious why would you crave or want to eat something that "suppose" to mimic the thing you cant eat :wtf: ?
I don't recall religion ever having anything to do with logic :D
I don't recall religion ever having anything to do with logic :D
blunomore
27-08-2012, 02:35 PM
I don't recall religion ever having anything to do with logic :D
+1.
Ridiculous religious rules for which there are NO basis in logic!!!
+1.
Ridiculous religious rules for which there are NO basis in logic!!!
AvatarS
27-08-2012, 04:00 PM
I will give you the macon thing, but will thank you not to derail my thread with unnecessary sweeping anti-religious statements.
AvatarS
27-08-2012, 04:03 PM
Foams. Although I'm not too sure about this one, might just not have had it made well.
mercurial
27-08-2012, 04:08 PM
Here's a fad that annoys me: (Yes, I know it's not a food fad).
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
satanboy
27-08-2012, 04:14 PM
So called "super-fruits". FFS, they're just sugar bombs with a few more vitamins in them. They do not cure cancer, make you more appealing to the opposite sex, or make your dick grow larger.
Veganism and vegetarianism - we are human beings - we are omnivores. Source from ethical suppliers if you like, but don't cut out a pivotal source of nutrition for the sake of pretending to care about animals. Your efforts will have no impact at the end of the day. We are, and will for the foreseeable future remain omnivores. No amount of hippie-drum-circling will change that.
Raw food diets - most raw vegetables (which most of these morons only eat) cannot be processed by our bodies in their raw state. Yes, they contain more nutrients, but the human body cannot break many of these down properly, so you just schit it out of your body. You also deprive yourself of the good cholesterol in your system so you are, in fact, incredibly unhealthy. Especially if you ever encounter fat at some point in the remainder of your life. Take off your hemp-beanie, slap yourself across the face and go cook some bacon, you dipschit.
Iced teas - most of them are not teas at all. They simply have tea flavourings added. And they're dosed so full of sugar that the health benefits of tea are negated by all of the problems associated with massive sugar spikes to your system, and overloading your body with sugar. Iced teas are not a health food item.
The bastardisation of the pizza. This is an ever-evolving one, from stuffed crusts, to triple deckers, to putting sauce all over the thing, to dessert pizzas, to pizza rolls and even microwavable pizzas. Fsck you - that's just dough with stuff on. It's about as much a pizza as a raw food diet is healthy.
The fat brigade - you people really tick me off. Fat does not necessarily cause fat. This obsession to strip fat from everything is ridiculous and must be stopped. Many fats are essential to, you know, actually living. Many fats are incredibly good for your cholesterol. Eat the right fats - don't just cut them out. You the public demanded this from producers and now you need to realise that you were imbeciles and start buying foods with healthy fats. Let's bring fat back into our food, for the love of the flavour gods.
Okay, I'm done...for now...
Sheesh you really get irritated by other people's habits.
Nothing bothers me. ;)
Veganism and vegetarianism - we are human beings - we are omnivores. Source from ethical suppliers if you like, but don't cut out a pivotal source of nutrition for the sake of pretending to care about animals. Your efforts will have no impact at the end of the day. We are, and will for the foreseeable future remain omnivores. No amount of hippie-drum-circling will change that.
Raw food diets - most raw vegetables (which most of these morons only eat) cannot be processed by our bodies in their raw state. Yes, they contain more nutrients, but the human body cannot break many of these down properly, so you just schit it out of your body. You also deprive yourself of the good cholesterol in your system so you are, in fact, incredibly unhealthy. Especially if you ever encounter fat at some point in the remainder of your life. Take off your hemp-beanie, slap yourself across the face and go cook some bacon, you dipschit.
Iced teas - most of them are not teas at all. They simply have tea flavourings added. And they're dosed so full of sugar that the health benefits of tea are negated by all of the problems associated with massive sugar spikes to your system, and overloading your body with sugar. Iced teas are not a health food item.
The bastardisation of the pizza. This is an ever-evolving one, from stuffed crusts, to triple deckers, to putting sauce all over the thing, to dessert pizzas, to pizza rolls and even microwavable pizzas. Fsck you - that's just dough with stuff on. It's about as much a pizza as a raw food diet is healthy.
The fat brigade - you people really tick me off. Fat does not necessarily cause fat. This obsession to strip fat from everything is ridiculous and must be stopped. Many fats are essential to, you know, actually living. Many fats are incredibly good for your cholesterol. Eat the right fats - don't just cut them out. You the public demanded this from producers and now you need to realise that you were imbeciles and start buying foods with healthy fats. Let's bring fat back into our food, for the love of the flavour gods.
Okay, I'm done...for now...
Sheesh you really get irritated by other people's habits.
Nothing bothers me. ;)
AvatarS
27-08-2012, 04:16 PM
Sheesh you really get irritated by other people's habits.
Nothing bothers me. ;)
People who keep telling you that your lifestyle is unhealthy and trying to convince you to eat meat?
Nothing bothers me. ;)
People who keep telling you that your lifestyle is unhealthy and trying to convince you to eat meat?
samr1wp
27-08-2012, 04:20 PM
Here's a fad that annoys me: (Yes, I know it's not a food fad).
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
:D
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
:D
satanboy
27-08-2012, 04:27 PM
People who keep telling you that your lifestyle is unhealthy and trying to convince you to eat meat?
LOL...that just amuses me.
LOL...that just amuses me.
Picard
27-08-2012, 04:38 PM
Here's a fad that annoys me: (Yes, I know it's not a food fad).
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
That's why all my recipes I mention on this forum only has about 4/5 ingredients, because that's normally all I have in my pantry (2 shopping bags under my kitchen table)
My recipes (all of which I haven't posted yet) are the products of my imagination ... which is why it only consists of 4/5 ingredients ... :D
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
That's why all my recipes I mention on this forum only has about 4/5 ingredients, because that's normally all I have in my pantry (2 shopping bags under my kitchen table)
My recipes (all of which I haven't posted yet) are the products of my imagination ... which is why it only consists of 4/5 ingredients ... :D
DJ...
27-08-2012, 05:30 PM
Foams. Although I'm not too sure about this one, might just not have had it made well.
They usually add a lecithin like soy lecithin to stabilise a foam, and I'm not a huge fan of it. I'm also not sold on the supposed textural changes in the mouth. I'm not entirely closed to the idea of foams but I'm certainly not sold on them...
Here's a fad that annoys me: (Yes, I know it's not a food fad).
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
Really? So should we stop posting recipes and sharing knowledge?
They usually add a lecithin like soy lecithin to stabilise a foam, and I'm not a huge fan of it. I'm also not sold on the supposed textural changes in the mouth. I'm not entirely closed to the idea of foams but I'm certainly not sold on them...
Here's a fad that annoys me: (Yes, I know it's not a food fad).
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
Really? So should we stop posting recipes and sharing knowledge?
za1
27-08-2012, 06:49 PM
Here's a fad that annoys me: (Yes, I know it's not a food fad).
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
ok thats weird, makes sense to share a good recipe, regardless where you found it?
this food science fad, thats a bit annoying though!
Everyone postwhoring the food section with recipes that they could have easily gotten off the internet and pretending it's theirs or trying to come across as if they're so damn amazing in the kitchen. All this **** can be googled. No need to post every damn recipe on the forum.
ok thats weird, makes sense to share a good recipe, regardless where you found it?
this food science fad, thats a bit annoying though!
mercurial
27-08-2012, 07:57 PM
Really? So should we stop posting recipes and sharing knowledge?
I'm not against sharing knowledge, but it is kind of annoying that everyone is posting recipes that could easily be googled. It's not as if the info is top secret. It's readily available. Why clog the forums? If people want to know something, they can ask, but to randomly just post recipes makes no sense to me (unless of course they are genuinely our own and different to the others out there). Where do we draw the line? Is the sub-forum going to have websites full of recipes?
If the other sections followed suit, HW&R would have things like, "How to perform the best bl0wj0b", or "How to know when your lover is cheating". Perhaps Current Affairs would have a, "How to know if your neighbour is racist" and PD, "How to find God". :D
I'm not against sharing knowledge, but it is kind of annoying that everyone is posting recipes that could easily be googled. It's not as if the info is top secret. It's readily available. Why clog the forums? If people want to know something, they can ask, but to randomly just post recipes makes no sense to me (unless of course they are genuinely our own and different to the others out there). Where do we draw the line? Is the sub-forum going to have websites full of recipes?
If the other sections followed suit, HW&R would have things like, "How to perform the best bl0wj0b", or "How to know when your lover is cheating". Perhaps Current Affairs would have a, "How to know if your neighbour is racist" and PD, "How to find God". :D
RiaX
28-08-2012, 01:05 AM
Oversized portions ....
DrJohnZoidberg
28-08-2012, 01:28 AM
Bloody sweet chilli sauce! Served with or on everything!
It is overly sweet, over-seasoned, thick gloop with a few dried chillis in for good measure. It sometimes complements the right food, but these days people drench it all over everything. Any deep-fried appetiser is almost guaranteed to be served with bottled, sweet chilli sauce for some reason. Pisses me off.
It's also hardly a decent ingredient in any dish. It is too sweet, not hot enough, and far too full of vinegar to add anything of substance to dishes, unless you're making a basting...
Heartburn hotel that stuff.
It is overly sweet, over-seasoned, thick gloop with a few dried chillis in for good measure. It sometimes complements the right food, but these days people drench it all over everything. Any deep-fried appetiser is almost guaranteed to be served with bottled, sweet chilli sauce for some reason. Pisses me off.
It's also hardly a decent ingredient in any dish. It is too sweet, not hot enough, and far too full of vinegar to add anything of substance to dishes, unless you're making a basting...
Heartburn hotel that stuff.
Mila
28-08-2012, 10:13 AM
Oversized portions ....
+10
Seriously we are fat enough.
+10
Seriously we are fat enough.
blunomore
28-08-2012, 10:17 AM
I'm not against sharing knowledge, but it is kind of annoying that everyone is posting recipes that could easily be googled. It's not as if the info is top secret. It's readily available. Why clog the forums? If people want to know something, they can ask, but to randomly just post recipes makes no sense to me (unless of course they are genuinely our own and different to the others out there). Where do we draw the line? Is the sub-forum going to have websites full of recipes?
If the other sections followed suit, HW&R would have things like, "How to perform the best bl0wj0b", or "How to know when your lover is cheating". Perhaps Current Affairs would have a, "How to know if your neighbour is racist" and PD, "How to find God". :D
But why does it trouble you so much? Just skim over it , or outright ignore it and move on to a thread you find more to your liking.
If the other sections followed suit, HW&R would have things like, "How to perform the best bl0wj0b", or "How to know when your lover is cheating". Perhaps Current Affairs would have a, "How to know if your neighbour is racist" and PD, "How to find God". :D
But why does it trouble you so much? Just skim over it , or outright ignore it and move on to a thread you find more to your liking.
mercurial
28-08-2012, 10:19 AM
But why does it trouble you so much? Just skim over it , or outright ignore it and move on to a thread you find more to your liking.
Trust me, I do. I was just expressing an opinion. I'm sure you find things on the forum that annoy you as well?
Trust me, I do. I was just expressing an opinion. I'm sure you find things on the forum that annoy you as well?
abzo
28-08-2012, 10:23 AM
Trust me, I do. I was just expressing an opinion. I'm sure you find things on the forum that annoy you as well?
She does, they're called Muslims :p
I joke, I kid. Please don't RBP me :(
She does, they're called Muslims :p
I joke, I kid. Please don't RBP me :(
samr1wp
28-08-2012, 10:26 AM
Trust me, I do. I was just expressing an opinion. I'm sure you find things on the forum that annoy you as well?
yeah for me the thing is ...i try not to use recipes and try using my taste buds ...
whatever i have made so far is something i saw and adapted to my liking or something i ate ...so using a recipe up to the last ingredient is not for me
thats why i prefer asking and some guys already have a quick tried and tested method
She does, they're called Muslims :p
I joke, I kid. Please don't RBP me :(
:D
/rings the shopping bell
we have a winner
yeah for me the thing is ...i try not to use recipes and try using my taste buds ...
whatever i have made so far is something i saw and adapted to my liking or something i ate ...so using a recipe up to the last ingredient is not for me
thats why i prefer asking and some guys already have a quick tried and tested method
She does, they're called Muslims :p
I joke, I kid. Please don't RBP me :(
:D
/rings the shopping bell
we have a winner
blunomore
28-08-2012, 10:31 AM
She does, they're called Muslims :p
Let's rather say I am anti-religion, since it brings out the hypocrisy in people.
Let's rather say I am anti-religion, since it brings out the hypocrisy in people.
blunomore
28-08-2012, 10:32 AM
Trust me, I do. I was just expressing an opinion. I'm sure you find things on the forum that annoy you as well?
Jip, there are a trillion threads I simply ignore cos it's not my field of interest or not the type of topic I would discuss on a public forum.
Jip, there are a trillion threads I simply ignore cos it's not my field of interest or not the type of topic I would discuss on a public forum.
AvatarS
28-08-2012, 09:29 PM
They usually add a lecithin like soy lecithin to stabilise a foam, and I'm not a huge fan of it. I'm also not sold on the supposed textural changes in the mouth. I'm not entirely closed to the idea of foams but I'm certainly not sold on them...
Two that I can recall having had recently
- a component of a dessert. Lasted until the waiter set down the plate. We were trying to figure out what this weird liquid was meant to be afterwards, and only caught on when we read the menu.
- in a drink. This one actually lasted until the drink was finished, but just tasted vaguely of honey and was, well, impossible to drink. I'd rather that they left off the foam and topped up the drink. The drinks menu mentioned egg whites for the foam.
For now, I'll just be avoiding anything that's listed as having some flavoured foam.
Two that I can recall having had recently
- a component of a dessert. Lasted until the waiter set down the plate. We were trying to figure out what this weird liquid was meant to be afterwards, and only caught on when we read the menu.
- in a drink. This one actually lasted until the drink was finished, but just tasted vaguely of honey and was, well, impossible to drink. I'd rather that they left off the foam and topped up the drink. The drinks menu mentioned egg whites for the foam.
For now, I'll just be avoiding anything that's listed as having some flavoured foam.