I cant believe I just ate..... - Page 4

Sundae · 10-19-2007, 09:15 AM

I had a whole red onion at lunch.

I hadn't realised I already had onions last time I went shopping, so I bought another 3. Panicked by the fact I was becoming over-run with them I decided to use one of Nigella's tricks and soak the chopped onion overnight in lime juice. This made them crunchy and tasty without any of the "burn" you get when you eat them raw.

So I had cracked wheat, smoked salmon (trimmings, £1.18 a pack), red onion, sweetcorn with a lime and garlic dressing. And I don't smell of onions! Just garlic.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-26-2007, 12:20 AM

Marinated onions! Is that cool or what?

Aaand next on the platter: pickled!!

I do too know what pickled onions are! -- I just haven't eaten very many. First encounters with pickles -- that reminds me. A New Zealand friend of mine in high school got introduced to dill pickles on school lunch hamburgers. He thought they were absolutely awful. I tried to tell him about sweet pickles, or bread-and-butter pickles, but I don't think he ever believed me. He never did get a taste for them.

DucksNuts · 10-26-2007, 12:35 AM

I love pickled onions

Clodfobble · 10-26-2007, 11:02 AM

Minifob loves dill pickles. He'll eat them by the plateful. Now I know for sure he wasn't switched at the hospital.

Dingleschmutz · 10-26-2007, 11:31 AM

I had octopus for the first time last night. As chewy as expected, I'm afraid.

ZenGum · 10-26-2007, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dingleschmutz

I had octopus for the first time last night. As chewy as expected, I'm afraid.

Visit a really top class sushi restaurant. They can bring a live octopus to your table, chop off a tentacle and drop it, still writhing, onto your plate, and you are expected to eat it immediately.
I have not had this. I've read, though, that the suckers on the tentacles will still be puckering and releasing as you chew ... suckering on to the roof of your mouth and the insides of your cheeks...

There now, your dinner wasn't so bad, was it?

Sundae · 10-26-2007, 12:24 PM

Now I like octopus. But that is just grim.

lumberjim · 10-26-2007, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Visit a really top class sushi restaurant. They can bring a live octopus to your table, chop off a tentacle and drop it, still writhing, onto your plate, and you are expected to eat it immediately.
I have not had this. I've read, though, that the suckers on the tentacles will still be puckering and releasing as you chew ... suckering on to the roof of your mouth and the insides of your cheeks...

There now, your dinner wasn't so bad, was it?

You're supposed to put them down your pants! It's AWESOME!!!

Dingleschmutz · 10-26-2007, 01:02 PM

I didn't say it was bad, it was just chewy. It was just two pieces of nigiri, and it was cooked, so it's not like it was gonna ruin my dinner.

As for the writhing, sucking tentacle thing... Only in Japan.

Clodfobble · 10-26-2007, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

I've read, though, that the suckers on the tentacles will still be puckering and releasing as you chew ... suckering on to the roof of your mouth and the insides of your cheeks...

Just like in Oldboy (which I highly recommend, but not fucking dubbed like this clip is):

wolf · 11-04-2007, 09:00 PM

I get these coupons for up to $8 worth of hospital cafeteria food while momWolf is in the hospital. It's a kind of a bonus club. Instead of frequent flyer miles, I get food, a discount in the gift shop, and free parking.

Usually I'm there around or after lunch and I get the sushi plate (I'm a sushi wuss, so it involves some kind of seafood that's already cooked, like the crab, shrimp, or smoked salmon). Today I was there for dinner.

I had the meatloaf and the mac 'n cheez, some peanut butter cookies, and a Coke.

And two rounds of Tums. So far.

If you don't hear from me again, tell the CDC that it was the meatloaf.

Aliantha · 11-04-2007, 09:01 PM

A whole packet of pods after half a bagette with taramasalata

wolf · 11-04-2007, 09:03 PM

You know the yanks are going to ask ... what are pods? and that taramasalata thingy? Salata, I assume, means salad, but what's in it?

Aliantha · 11-04-2007, 09:04 PM

tums are great. I have them for indigestion. I wonder where else you can get them

Aliantha · 11-04-2007, 09:04 PM

taramasalata is a greek dip made with fish roe. It's very salty and garlicy and oniony.

Pods are...I'll get a pic. Just a minute.

10-19-2007, 09:15 AM	#46
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I had a whole red onion at lunch. I hadn't realised I already had onions last time I went shopping, so I bought another 3. Panicked by the fact I was becoming over-run with them I decided to use one of Nigella's tricks and soak the chopped onion overnight in lime juice. This made them crunchy and tasty without any of the "burn" you get when you eat them raw. So I had cracked wheat, smoked salmon (trimmings, £1.18 a pack), red onion, sweetcorn with a lime and garlic dressing. And I don't smell of onions! Just garlic. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-26-2007, 12:20 AM	#47
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Marinated onions! Is that cool or what? Aaand next on the platter: pickled!! I do too know what pickled onions are! -- I just haven't eaten very many. First encounters with pickles -- that reminds me. A New Zealand friend of mine in high school got introduced to dill pickles on school lunch hamburgers. He thought they were absolutely awful. I tried to tell him about sweet pickles, or bread-and-butter pickles, but I don't think he ever believed me. He never did get a taste for them. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-26-2007, 12:24 PM	#52
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Now I like octopus. But that is just grim. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-04-2007, 09:00 PM	#56
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I get these coupons for up to $8 worth of hospital cafeteria food while momWolf is in the hospital. It's a kind of a bonus club. Instead of frequent flyer miles, I get food, a discount in the gift shop, and free parking. Usually I'm there around or after lunch and I get the sushi plate (I'm a sushi wuss, so it involves some kind of seafood that's already cooked, like the crab, shrimp, or smoked salmon). Today I was there for dinner. I had the meatloaf and the mac 'n cheez, some peanut butter cookies, and a Coke. And two rounds of Tums. So far. If you don't hear from me again, tell the CDC that it was the meatloaf. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-04-2007, 09:01 PM	#57
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	A whole packet of pods after half a bagette with taramasalata __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-26-2007, 12:35 AM	#48
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I love pickled onions

10-26-2007, 11:02 AM	#49
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Minifob loves dill pickles. He'll eat them by the plateful. Now I know for sure he wasn't switched at the hospital.

10-26-2007, 11:31 AM	#50
Dingleschmutz is not a palindrome... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Des Moines Posts: 341	I had octopus for the first time last night. As chewy as expected, I'm afraid.

10-26-2007, 01:02 PM	#54
Dingleschmutz is not a palindrome... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Des Moines Posts: 341	I didn't say it was bad, it was just chewy. It was just two pieces of nigiri, and it was cooked, so it's not like it was gonna ruin my dinner. As for the writhing, sucking tentacle thing... Only in Japan.

11-04-2007, 09:03 PM	#58
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You know the yanks are going to ask ... what are pods? and that taramasalata thingy? Salata, I assume, means salad, but what's in it? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-04-2007, 09:04 PM	#59
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	tums are great. I have them for indigestion. I wonder where else you can get them __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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