Controversial Food Opinions

[kinuta]

10 hours ago, JSngry said:

Salt on watermelons and/or other fruits is a crime against nature. Still.

Well, umpteen million Indians would say otherwise.

My missus puts ketchup and mustard on her hot dogs as a matter of course.

BTW, what is a rice cake ?

Edited November 26, 2019 by kinuta

[Rooster_Ties]

Maybe more 'weird' than controversial, but ever since I was a kid (maybe 7 years old), I've always loved mustard on french fries -- WAY more than ketchup.  There are some curry-ketchups I've had (at some 'German'-street-food restaurants here in DC in the last 6-8 years) that are pretty good too.

But 90% of the time, it's mustard for me on french fries -- for as long as I can remember (i.e going on 44 years now).

[Shrdlu]

Yes, ham must have mustard on it.

My late wife was from Ontario, Canada. Her parents took her to England in the 60s. She was used to that miserable, weak North American French's muck. (Jay Leno said of it "We may not be French, but we sure are yellow.".) She had a ham sandwich and plastered it with English mustard (made with only mustard powder and water) and, she said, it nearly blew her head off. The only other thing she remembered from her visit was dog shit on the sidewalks.

 

[JSngry]

8 hours ago, kinuta said:

Well, umpteen million Indians would say otherwise.

Nevertheless, 50,000,000 Elvis fans were wrong, so umpteen million Indians can be too!

[porcy62]

Mayonaise on french fries

Edited November 26, 2019 by porcy62

[Referentzhunter]

In some parts of Belgique and France they put French fries with sauce on a baquette. Whyy..... ???????????? As if that is tasty.

But the Dutchman know how to shock the rational and normal 'foodcommunity' and rape your taste buds completly because they've designed ' De kapsalon'. Doner (Shoarma -like meat), salad, garlicsauce, French fries, all covered in melted cheap Cheese ( cheese ??). The dutchman eats that on saturdaynights for pleasure. Disgusting invention.

Edited November 26, 2019 by Referentzhunter

[Shrdlu]

Uggh! Dat is het meest walgelijke item tot nu toe. Ha ha!

[kinuta]

11 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

In some parts of Belgique and France they put French fries with sauce on a baquette. Whyy..... ???????????? As if that is tasty.

But the Dutchman know how to shock the rational and normal 'foodcommunity' and rape your taste buds completly because they've designed ' De kapsalon'. Doner (Shoarma -like meat), salad, garlicsauce, French fries, all covered in melted cheap Cheese ( cheese ??). The dutchman eats that on saturdaynights for pleasure. Disgusting invention.

That sounds like it would be a huge hit in Tokyo.

Just sprinkle with katsuobushi

Chip butties have a long culinary history in the north of England.

Recipe.

Two slices of bread & butter

Pile of chips on one slice. That's fries for non Brits.

Liberal dose of salt and vinegar.

Top with second slice.

I have a chip butty when we have fish & chips at home. My wife, who is Japanese, is well used to them but initially looked on in disbelief.

The Indians also got in on the act -

Edited November 27, 2019 by kinuta

[ghost of miles]

On 11/25/2019 at 5:58 PM, Larry Kart said:

Especially on a hot dog.

I am clearly a hillbilly from Indiana. 

Edited November 27, 2019 by ghost of miles

[JSngry]

On ‎11‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 10:18 PM, kinuta said:

BTW, what is a rice cake ?

A patty-type construction made of puffed rice, sometimes with additional flavoring, sometimes not, It's a staple of dieting, because it's filling(ish), it's got flavor (sorta), and it's mostly air.

Actually, there's a brown rice version that is tasty enough to eat by itself.

Those are pretty good!

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

A patty-type construction made of puffed rice, sometimes with additional flavoring, sometimes not, It's a staple of dieting, because it's filling(ish), it's got flavor (sorta), and it's mostly air.

Those are pretty good!

Sure that's not styrofoam construction?

 

[JSngry]

The photo or the actual product? In either case, I'm not 100% sure, ever.

[kinuta]

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

A patty-type construction made of puffed rice, sometimes with additional flavoring, sometimes not, It's a staple of dieting, because it's filling(ish), it's got flavor (sorta), and it's mostly air.

Actually, there's a brown rice version that is tasty enough to eat by itself.

Those are pretty good!

OK, cheers.

I thought it might be something like mochi but it's puffed rice compressed into cakes.

I've never seen it before.

[Hardbopjazz]

On 11/26/2019 at 11:18 PM, kinuta said:

BTW, what is a rice cake ?

Rice cakes taste like cardboard.  

[kinuta]

6 hours ago, Hardbopjazz said:

Rice cakes taste like cardboard.  

I asked because I wondered if they were the English translation for mochi, which is a very popular item in Japan. It's made from glutinous rice pounded into a sticky paste and shaped into semi spherical morsels.

I can't stand the stuff but it's widely eaten, especially at New Year when ,without fail, several old folks choke to death on it. 

However this type is excellent -

Edited December 9, 2019 by kinuta

[catesta]

Is that ice cream filled?

[Marzz]

Aussies think it's perfectly normal to top a pizza with Pineapple and/or Bacon & Egg!!! Granted the quality of (takeout) pizza base is so awful that any topping might improve it, but bacon & eggs?

Then again, this from the country that proudly ingests Vegemite! Vegemite is basically road asphalt with insane levels of salt added. Yum.

Vegemite on pizza, perhaps? 

[Marzz]

19 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

Here in the US at least pizza with pineapple and ham is known as Hawaiian pizza. How is the egg prepared? I'm picturing a big fried egg in the middle of the pie.

I've seen them crack open a raw egg over the just cooked pizza, so it's still kinda runny. The bacon went in with the pizza at the start and so is almost dust at this point!

edit - Captain Howdy, yeah we call it (with pineapple) a Hawaiian pizza here as well.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Marzz

[Marzz]

19 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

Barbaric.

Yep but before you know it everyone's doin' it ...

 

Edited December 10, 2019 by Marzz

[kinuta]

12 hours ago, catesta said:

Is that ice cream filled?

No, it's anzu, sweet bean paste.

The mochi is macha, green tea, flavour and is soft and light.

Regular mochi is usually harder and comes in blocks like tofu.

There are quite a selection of sweets filled with anzu.

[Shrdlu]

Re pizzas, the British have the gall to put corn on some of them. Ewww, utterly disgusting.

[Ken Dryden]

Tofu, alcohol free beer and white chocolate are all insults to the dinner table...

[JSngry]

10 hours ago, Marzz said:

I've seen them crack open a raw egg over the just cooked pizza, so it's still kinda runny.

Yolk porn!

 

[kinuta]

Raw eggs are eaten with Sukiyaki and Gyudon.

Gyudon(rice bowl with beef) restaurants  always offer raw egg.

Some people add a dash of shoyu (soy sauce). I always add a heap of red chilli flakes.

I think any kind of sweet pizza, especially pineapple, is utterly horrible.

Edited December 11, 2019 by kinuta

[Shrdlu]

I'm gonna make you all mad now, because I am very fond of Waffle House. Not for waffles, though they make good ones. That name is misleading. It is a Southern grub place, of course.

They have an excellent country ham, and, back in the 90s, when America was suffering under battery acid coffee (Maxwell House, Folgers and all the others in the 3 lb tins), Waffle House's coffee was quite decent.