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Inspired by the current Classic Rock interview...

Oh, and as an extra, if you like, what pisses YOU off? What is your top list of things that everyone else is GROSSLY mistaken about, while you know the truth! (and specify why)
And should go without saying, don't take it seriously.

Here's my top 3 of food misunderstandings:

- beetroot. Eldritch said it all
- pickled pumpkin. Someone in a famine must have come up with this idea.
- Bärlauch. My dictionary says ramson, wild garlic, bear's garlic. It was gone from our kitchens for hundreds of years for good, and should have remained forgotten

1. Cats. If cates were bigger we'd all be in trouble. See what always happens to people who keep lions. Sheeba always mauls them in the end.
2. People who dunk biscuits in tea are socially maladjusted and doomed for eternity. Dante just forgot to include them.
3. Rothko. Ain't spiritual, just boring.
4. Sheffield Wednesday. No particular reason.

Not food, strictly. Food for thought!

abridged wrote: 2. People who dunk biscuits in tea are socially maladjusted and doomed

What about milk? Is that punishable by death too? If so - guilty as charged.

I love beetroot - I made a lovely red pesto and beetroot pasta dish last week.

Mine would be;
1. The faceless shape of modern music
2. Nottingham Forest
3. Mustard (Note: Wholegrain is fine)
4. Any comedy starring Miranda Hart. She has the kind of face you would never get tired of punching.
5. The media coverage of Kate Middleton
6. The sad demise of 'Hooch'
7. Deck shoes
8. Sweaters hung over shoulders
9. Men in sandals.
10. ITV dramas.
11. Eastenders
12. Tom Hanks
13. Manchester Utd.

I feel slightly better now.

abridged wrote:3. Rothko. Ain't spiritual, just boring.

You are wrong. That is all.

I love beetroot. Really, I love it. To cap things off, my daughter loves it too. No one else in the house can stand it so it something me and H can share

What pisses me off?

1) Milk going everywhere when you pull the sealed top off a milk carton.

2) A sunny day when I am at work and then a rainy day whenever I have a day off.

3) My wife's taste in music. Bucks Fizz and Kool and the Gang FFS!!!!!

Who was it who clicked on "yes" ?!

streamline wrote:[...]Bucks Fizz and Kool and the Gang FFS!!!!!

now this is tough

What pisses me off? ....those so call American sitcoms, there's more 'canned laughter' than there is dialogue

E.G.

"Hi", (5mins of canned laughter)
"Oh, Hi" (5mins of canned laughter)
"How are you?" (5mins of canned laughter)
"Fine" (5mins of canned laughter)
etc, etc, etc

You get my point

nice pool

i like beetroots. beetroot soup with some kind of ravioli with mushrooms is a polish christmas tradition dish. ukrainian borsch with bean, carrot etc. is quite good too. recommended for hangovers, as it takes out all toxins very quickly and clear your blood. in szczecin, where i live, we've got some kind of food you can't get in the rest of poland, it's something like pasty (?), cake fried in deep oil filling with cheese and meadow mushrooms, meat or eggs and chives. it always served with beetroot soup. top stuff when you hang around in town and feel hungry

what pisses me off?

- politicians
- my girlfriend and her mom
- present hip hop
- stupid people
- my english
- lack of money
- pretty girls not interested in me
- diseases and death finally

oh, and no new album of course

Hom_Corleone wrote:

abridged wrote: 2. People who dunk biscuits in tea are socially maladjusted and doomed

What about milk? Is that punishable by death too? If so - guilty as charged.

I love beetroot - I made a lovely red pesto and beetroot pasta dish last week.

Mine would be;
1. The faceless shape of modern music
2. Nottingham Forest
3. Mustard (Note: Wholegrain is fine)
4. Any comedy starring Miranda Hart. She has the kind of face you would never get tired of punching.
5. The media coverage of Kate Middleton
6. The sad demise of 'Hooch'
7. Deck shoes
8. Sweaters hung over shoulders
9. Men in sandals.
10. ITV dramas.
11. Eastenders
12. Tom Hanks
13. Manchester Utd.

I feel slightly better now.

Ah Milk? Maybe just a severe talking to! The coverage of Pipa is even more annoying than Kate though!

markfiend wrote:

abridged wrote:3. Rothko. Ain't spiritual, just boring.

You are wrong. That is all.

Ah never could get Rothko. They're very pretty and yeah technically great but never could see the spirituality in them. Was never one for either abstract expressionism or colourfield types I must admit. But I can see why people like them. Always good to discuss though!

Arseholes who think there was too much smoke !

My top 3 food hates.

Couscous
Alph Alpha
Tapioca

All or the obvious reason that they are also not food stuff.

What I really hate is people who moan about things they don't like as the only people who are ineretsted are usually the ones looking for an arguement.

1. polls

Pat wrote:Arseholes who think there was too much smoke !

Seconded

and to add
People who think Co Durham and County Durham are 2 different places

Managers at work who won't let you have time off to see the Sisters

Mild cheese

Oh and just to appear on the Pulse Rupert murdoch

Sita wrote:
- beetroot. Eldritch said it all

Just a quickie as I'm gadding about this evening.

No idea what he says about yakkity beetroot but my twopennorth is that 1) it tastes of dirt and 2) anything that turns yer wee a funny colour is just wrong.









Years ago I decided that I was going to beat this anti-addiction towards beetroot. I mustered up the courage and ate one whole boiled one (even cooking the damned thing was a trial, the bloody smell was attrocious). About two hours later the digested vegetable made a bid for freedom and I was throwing up for abpout the next hour and a half. But hey, at least my widdle wasn't purple!

Debaser wrote: Years ago I decided that I was going to beat this anti-addiction towards beetroot. I mustered up the courage and ate one whole boiled one (even cooking the damned thing was a trial, the bloody smell was attrocious). About two hours later the digested vegetable made a bid for freedom and I was throwing up for abpout the next hour and a half. But hey, at least my widdle wasn't purple!

This must be the most heroic effort ever heard of in connection with beetroot I feel for you! The courage to boil the wicked plant in your house! And e-a-t it!

1) M*nchester United.

2) Hospitals.

3) Having to listen to Radio 1 at work.

4) Eggs.

5) Ben Christo's solos.

1.the DVD player screwing up

2.the grass is always needing cut

3.the f**king hedge always needing cut

4.the binmen not picking up the bins at the restaurant

5.the money you have to pay for the binmen to pick up the rubbish

6.my kitchen porters who think they can sweep a floor with only one hand on the brush

7.the same porters who have to told that certain things are able to move so that they can sweep under them

8.the bus driver who called me a wanker because I asked if the bus journey was going to be 15 pence better after I was informed that the fare had gone up by 15 pence

9.the salesman at my door who got pissed off because after he asked me who my current internet provider was ,and I refused to tell him ,then I asked who supplied him...he would not tell me!!

10.East Renfrewshire council after they sent me a threatening letter regarding the fact I put the wrong type of litter in the garden waste bin...They got a bit funny with me when after 10 minutes of lecturing me about how it screws everything up ,I informed them just because it was near my front door,it was not actually my bin..I asked for a written apology ..they told me not to overreact!!!!

this is just a few of the things that p*ss me off
pm me if you really want a full list

and I really like beetroot---great pesto to go with panko dipped chicken goujons

ohh, a Chef!!!

And food wise? Is there anything your restaurant does differently or better than others, because they don't know what's good? And vice versa are there things everybody else does, but you don't, because you know it's wrong?




PS - another one who likes the dreaded plant. This poll is going horribly wrong. Where is Quiffboy? Must.ask.how.to.manipulate.results.

I'm indifferent on beetroot but mayonnaise needs a new circle of hell just for itself.

Potted hoch - you think some unsavoury shit goes into haggis?
Boiled, shredded meat from the shin fixed in jelly.
Almost thirty years on and just thinking about it gies me the boak!

Cauliflower - vegetables should never be white.

And to borrow from Ben Elton - garnish.
Random pieces of herb, flowers or fruit should not appear on my plate.
If I want to view art I'll go to a gallery.
Frankly, it's a bad sign when any dish is described using words such as drizzle, sprig, sprinkle or light dusting.

Things I'm not alone in hating?
Tabloid journalist scum.
Reality TV.
The current Tory led coalition government.
The French - oh bugger, I've just slipped into option four on the poll.

Erudite wrote: Frankly, it's a bad sign when any dish is described using words such as drizzle, sprig, sprinkle or light dusting.

you have just summed up my entire 25 year old career

sam1 wrote:


you have just summed up my entire 25 year old career

Glad to be of service.

Beetroot is bloody gorgeous, especially in lentil soup (try it!)

I neither know nor care what Mr. E thinks of this wonderful vegetable.

Purple Light wrote:
5) Ben Christo's solos.

No you bloody don't.