What's making you happy today? - Page 168

BigV · 10-14-2008, 05:10 PM

Confirmed.

dar512 · 10-14-2008, 05:24 PM

I like a good tuna melt, so I thought Dana's dinner sounded pretty good.

Though I'm also partial to cheese and crumbled bacon on baked potato.

glatt · 10-14-2008, 05:27 PM

Tuna on a baked potato is perfectly normal. When my wife and I were courting, this is what she would feed me when I would be at her place. Although to be fair, I was convinced that she didn't know how to cook. So maybe it's not such a good example.

The chili peppers in tuna is an abomination though.

dar512 · 10-14-2008, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

The chili peppers in tuna is an abomination though.

What? You've never heard of Hot Tuna?

Sundae · 10-14-2008, 05:45 PM

Tuna with chilli peppers is fine
Tuna chilli is fine*
As sandwich or salad ingredients they are lovely.

BUT

Tuna or tuna & mayo (regardless of other toppings) on a jacket potato is not.
I think I have explained this before.
There are a few - a very few - cold toppings which are acceptable on a jacket potato. Cheese is one, due to its melting qualities, where it apes butter, potato's natural mate.

Amongst the banned toppings are mayo, anything containing mayo, coleslaw and cottage cheese.

Even spring onions are suspect, although they would be acceptable on top of a hot filling (although why you'd choose a filling that needed spring onions on top is questionable in itself)

Do try to take note of this in future. It's one of the things that will identify you when the revolution comes.

* obviously chilli made with tuna and served hot on a spud is not an abomination - especially if topped with cheese

limey · 10-14-2008, 05:58 PM

A new computer with SOUND.
Until last Thursday I was the last person in the world with a mute computer. It had a soundcard once, but that got fried by a lightning strike. My blessed mother has very kindly invested in a new piece of hardware for me (partly to enable me to do some internet research for her, so I will be asking questions later, folks!).
Meanwhile

Sundae · 10-14-2008, 06:12 PM

This is all you need to hear.
(Cellar link)

limey · 10-14-2008, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

This is all you need to hear.
(Cellar link)

WOW
That was FAB. LJ and SG singing the Christmas song, just for me. Thank you guys! Now I know that Christmas is on its way!

Sundae · 10-14-2008, 07:01 PM

Shameless self promotion of a 2 year old video I admit

But something to be considered again alongside Secret Santa I feel.
Especially as more Dwellars are now happy to video...

Elspode · 10-14-2008, 07:29 PM

I'm happy because I seem to have survived the bulk of this rather ridiculously busy day.

DanaC · 10-14-2008, 07:34 PM

I had chips for tea

I went to the village chippy and got a portion of chips with jumbo sausage and a tub of gravy. Mmmmm. Oh, and I got 'scraps' as well (that's one for the brits....possibly only one for the northerners...probably call it 'bits' elsewhere).

Sundae · 10-14-2008, 07:38 PM

I could eat a portion of chips right now.
But they're so hit & miss round here.

Well, I mean Greenwich - I haven't even seen chips here! Good 'babs though

Scraps = grim
Ne'er mind, eh?

footfootfoot · 10-14-2008, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I'm sorry... Even accepting the first ingredients--which I do only in the most nominal sense--

That sentence is an example of why I dig Clodfobble.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Potato and tuna. "Tuna salad" (i.e., tuna with mayo and usually pickle relish) is common here, so common that often it's just called tuna, especially on sandwiches. And I can't really justify why tuna on bread is okay, but tuna on a potato is weird. It just is. Baked potatoes are supposed to get butter, cheese, bacon, sour cream, and green (spring) onions. Really I think my aversion is just grounded in the fact that I hate tuna salad.

And this part about the food is why I tell myself it would / could never work out between us (Well that and about 27 other reasons which we don't need to harp on)

Baked potatoes are the canvas upon which the true culinary artists, Irish though they might be, create their masterpieces. We once had a twice baked potato party where we baked a pile of potatoes and everyone brought fillings to mix with the spuds.

Asparrowgusts, oil cured black olives, and romano cheese with butter
Black trumpet mushrooms and cream cheese
Capers, anchovies, hot red pepper
Dandelion greens, braised with balsamic vinegar and roasted red peppers

You get the gist.

elSicomoro · 10-14-2008, 08:26 PM

I got an iPod nano for my b-day:

glatt · 10-14-2008, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dar512

What? You've never heard of Hot Tuna?

I've heard Hot Tuna. Jorma's been around forever.

10-14-2008, 05:10 PM	#2506
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10-14-2008, 05:24 PM	#2507
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I like a good tuna melt, so I thought Dana's dinner sounded pretty good. Though I'm also partial to cheese and crumbled bacon on baked potato. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-14-2008, 05:45 PM	#2510
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Tuna with chilli peppers is fine Tuna chilli is fine* As sandwich or salad ingredients they are lovely. BUT Tuna or tuna & mayo (regardless of other toppings) on a jacket potato is not. I think I have explained this before. There are a few - a very few - cold toppings which are acceptable on a jacket potato. Cheese is one, due to its melting qualities, where it apes butter, potato's natural mate. Amongst the banned toppings are mayo, anything containing mayo, coleslaw and cottage cheese. Even spring onions are suspect, although they would be acceptable on top of a hot filling (although why you'd choose a filling that needed spring onions on top is questionable in itself) Do try to take note of this in future. It's one of the things that will identify you when the revolution comes. * obviously chilli made with tuna and served hot on a spud is not an abomination - especially if topped with cheese __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-14-2008, 05:58 PM	#2511
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	A new computer with SOUND. Until last Thursday I was the last person in the world with a mute computer. It had a soundcard once, but that got fried by a lightning strike. My blessed mother has very kindly invested in a new piece of hardware for me (partly to enable me to do some internet research for her, so I will be asking questions later, folks!). Meanwhile __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-14-2008, 06:12 PM	#2512
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	This is all you need to hear. (Cellar link) __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-14-2008, 05:27 PM	#2508
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Tuna on a baked potato is perfectly normal. When my wife and I were courting, this is what she would feed me when I would be at her place. Although to be fair, I was convinced that she didn't know how to cook. So maybe it's not such a good example. The chili peppers in tuna is an abomination though.

10-14-2008, 07:01 PM	#2514
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Shameless self promotion of a 2 year old video I admit But something to be considered again alongside Secret Santa I feel. Especially as more Dwellars are now happy to video... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-14-2008, 07:29 PM	#2515
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I'm happy because I seem to have survived the bulk of this rather ridiculously busy day. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-14-2008, 07:34 PM	#2516
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I had chips for tea I went to the village chippy and got a portion of chips with jumbo sausage and a tub of gravy. Mmmmm. Oh, and I got 'scraps' as well (that's one for the brits....possibly only one for the northerners...probably call it 'bits' elsewhere).

10-14-2008, 07:38 PM	#2517
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I could eat a portion of chips right now. But they're so hit & miss round here. Well, I mean Greenwich - I haven't even seen chips here! Good 'babs though Scraps = grim Ne'er mind, eh? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-14-2008, 08:26 PM	#2519
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I got an iPod nano for my b-day:

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