Food Room 101

Greg T

The "Alternative to Doughnuts" thread made me think of two things.

1. There is no alternative to Doughnuts.

2. There are many other "Foods" that are rubbish and should be avoided. On the aforementioned Doughnut thread I suggested Bagels were bad food and to be avoided. Rubbery, bland, heavy work and all round rubbish.

Bring out your rubbish food nominations. Prizes for most compelling case.

"Prizes" is a loose term here.

singlespeedexplosif

sprouts, broccoli and cucumber. The unholy trinity.

Wallace1492

Risotto. Especially Blueberry Rissotto.

What is the point in sticky rice? was this a proper rice dish that just went a wee bit wrong and someone decided to call it Rissotto?

And Blueberries - why in the name of all that is right, would you want to put a perfectly good desert fruit into rissotto?

Please, can we uninvent Rissotto?

Greg T

singlespeedexplosif wrote:

sprouts, broccoli and cucumber. The unholy trinity.

Sprouts and broccoli can be saved through the action of gravy - God's gift to mankind.

I wouldn't cross the road to have one if they were giving them away free however.

Cucumber tastes of water - what's not to like - apart from it being "salad" and not "roast meat"

Greg T

Wallace1492 wrote:

Risotto. Especially Blueberry Rissotto.

Who the feck makes you Blueberry rissotto - they must hate you bad. Do they also do you cold fish slurpees?

singlespeedexplosif

Cucumber tastes of water
I'd get someone round quickish to have a look at the pipes in your house if I were you.

Oh - and sprouts and broccoli can only be saved by the action of high explosive.

simple_salmon

rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb.

The unholy trinity of fruit.

Greg T

singlespeedexplosif wrote:

Cucumber tastes of water
I'd get someone round quickish to have a look at the pipes in your house if I were you.

In fairness after Christmas I can't remember what Water tastes like.

Wallace1492

Greg T wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Risotto. Especially Blueberry Rissotto.

Who the feck makes you Blueberry rissotto - they must hate you bad. Do they also do you cold fish slurpees?

A friend who likes cooking. He also made soup from Pigs Ears (not a success) and insists that me making Lasagne with Chilli Beef is similar to Italy having a stable goverment and good, trustworth politicians - It is a complete abhorance and nauseating to every single Italien citizen.

I did once bring him back cod jerky from Iceland.....

Wallace1492

singlespeedexplosif wrote:

sprouts, broccoli and cucumber. The unholy trinity.

Sprouts - if cooked properly they are lovely. What Xmas dinner could be without them.

Broccoli - George Bush hated it. What more do you need to know to love it?

Cucumber - peeled, made into small batons, tossed in flour with sesame seeds or breadcrumbs, deep fried for 6 to 8 minutes, drained on a kitchen towel, wrapped in the kitchen towel, soaked liberally in parrafin and thrown on an open fire. Done.

gtvlusso

Paella - why would you do it to yourself.....?

singlespeedexplosif

What Xmas dinner could be without them
an enjoyable one?

greg66_tri_v2.0

Peas.

They are truly droppings from Satan's anus.

Although baked beans would then be haemorrhoids from Satan's anus.

d21dga

I like risotto, cucumber and the rest of the suggestions.

My nomination is mushrooms, disgusting things. The smell of them cooking can make me physically gag.

singlespeedexplosif

I like risotto, cucumber and the rest of the suggestions.

My nomination is mushrooms, disgusting things. The smell of them cooking can make me physically gag.

Heretic! burn them.

alfablue

In defence of peas, (a well made) pea soup can be wonderful!

Porridge, on the other hand, is Satan's snot!

(edit: in fact, I am inspired to make some pea soup today).

amnezia

cous cous.

so bad they named it twice.

Jay dubbleU

Pork Scratchings - why?

d21dga

Brazil nuts, in fact most nuts. Although I've never tried it I imagine you'd get a similar taste experience by gnawing on a bit of mdf.

rolf_f

simple_salmon wrote:

rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb.

The unholy trinity of fruit.

Puddings don't get much better than rhubarb crumble.

Pot Noodles - what is the point. Just get plain noodles, cycle through a muddy puddle a few times, pour the puddle water on the noodles and heat up. Exactly the same as a pot noodle but much cheaper.

gabriel959

I like everything you have mentioned here - may be it's because I come from Spain!

Only things I don’t like (that I have tried) are deep fried mars bars. Oops I forgot, rhubarb is pretty disguting and so is celery and celeriac.

essexian

At the risk of being shouted at, I would ban all meat and beer.

You don't need either and if you are honest with yourself, neither taste nice; espeically meat, when you consider how it is produced.

Not eaten meat since 1984 and not even a bacon sandwich would make me return to eating dead animal.

Oh, and ban Broad Beans. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

singlespeedexplosif

You don't need either and if you are honest with yourself, neither taste nice; espeically meat, when you consider how it is produced.
what in god's name are you blathering on about? Meat tastes great. Beer tastes great. And you need both. that's a FACT. I'm a scientist and I know about these things.

If god hadn't wanted us to eat meat, he wouldn't have made animals out of it.

gabriel959

essexian wrote:

At the risk of being shouted at, I would ban all meat and beer.

You don't need either and if you are honest with yourself, neither taste nice; espeically meat, when you consider how it is produced.

Not eaten meat since 1984 and not even a bacon sandwich would make me return to eating dead animal.

Oh, and ban Broad Beans. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

How is meat produced? Of course if you refer to battery-ram chickens I wholly agreed with you but nothing wrong with good quality, locally bred free range or organic meat.

Only reason to eat less meat is because it costs the earth more resources to produce than veggies. A good solution is to eat less sh1ty meat.

Bikerbaboon

im going for dryed squid on a stick http://www.flickr.com/photos/angrylittleboy/631754452/
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasi_lemak ( remember its anchovies. chillies and rice for breakfast..best served cold.)

every thing else is good..


well chicken feet

and
http://www.ehow.com/how_2149663_cook-fr ... zards.html

can take alot to get down at the best of times..


now for a clasic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_bra ... cuisine%29


now im off to get my hat and whip then on to raid some lost arks.

Wallace1492

essexian wrote:

At the risk of being shouted at, I would ban all meat and beer.

You don't need either and if you are honest with yourself, neither taste nice; espeically meat, when you consider how it is produced.

Not eaten meat since 1984 and not even a bacon sandwich would make me return to eating dead animal.

Oh, and ban Broad Beans. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

Much better uses for meat:

http://www.meatcards.com/

Actually beef Jerky is a wate of great beef.

Incidentally, is it not true that there is absolutely no meat used whatsover in the production of Bernard Matthews products?

wgwarburton

essexian wrote:

At the risk of being shouted at, I would ban all meat and beer.

You don't need either and if you are honest with yourself, neither taste nice; espeically meat, when you consider how it is produced. ...

Sorry, can't agree with you here.

Cow is born (hey, it's already ahead of where it would be if we didn't eat it!) and spends a few months frolicing happily in Perthshire countryside. One day, out of the blue, it gets rounded up with it's mates and loaded onto a truck (unpleasant, but not desperately uncomfortable, only lasts a few hours), and led to some nasty-looking shed.. doesn't like this much, getting a bit stressed and unhappy about it and then Bang! No more cow.
Cut in half, hang for a month, ship to butcher, chop into manageable pieces, cook and eat- yummy!

Cheers,
W.

Agent57

essexian wrote:

if you are honest with yourself, neither taste nice; espeically meat, when you consider how it is produced.

Rubbish! Meat tastes fantastic! Especially when cooked with spices, but even on its own. A nice rare steak, barbecued ribs, crispy bacon, lamb curry... Oh, it's truly food fit for gods.

I love meat.

Proud to be a corpse-cruncher. Its manner of production doesn't really make any difference to whether it tastes nice or not. Even low-quality, intensively-farmed meat tastes great.

My foods to get rid of include mussels, cockles, squid, sprouts, tofu and Quorn.

londonlivvy

I can eat most things (if required for politeness purposes) apart from coriander and tripe. Both are vile.

The list of things I'd never choose to eat is rather longer, and most definitely includes sprouts.

Rhubarb is ACE.
And pork scratchings - oooh - fat AND salt in one handy snack. What's not to like??? LOVE them.

MonkeyMonster

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Pork Scratchings - why?

+ infinity

skins2

The only foodstuff which I find wrong is raw celery, hence I'm fat.

I will try most things but some are way past tryable:

http://www.thesneeze.com/steve-dont-eat-it/

To the guy who said eating meat is wrong: I bet you've never turned down a blowjob.