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China Food Photos
good.
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The 'what are you eating?' thread
I've just had homemade lentil soup can't beat it.
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Anyone grow their own veg?
You mention gooseberries in your email... do they grow in Spain? Are they common? I thought they didn't do well in warmer climates.... :roll: Even in the UK, they tend to be grown in more northerly latitudes (my Dad had a great harvest last year because of the cool, wet spring/summer).
I've not had a lot of success with fruit, although one surprising exception has been my [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis]physallis[/url] plant. I got a seedling off a friend, and was really surprised that I got a few fruit off it the first year (maybe only about 10 or 12!!). Being a lazy gardener, I didn't get around to clearing it away when it died over the winter, and I was really surprised when it started to shoot again the following spring... and again the year after. SO much so that last year, I got a bumper crop, maybe 80-100 berries.
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Wild mushrooms
You really do need to go with someone who knows their stuff. By all means take a pocket sized book with you to identify mushrooms but be very careful becuase there are many types which look like edible ones but are poisonious..
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Buffets?
Las Vegas has more buffets in 5 square miles then any major city in the world. Although the nice thing about that is you have a lot of choices and some are pretty inexpensive. They feel if they could get you in the casino by having an inexpensive buffet, you'll make up to the difference on the tables gambling.
DON.
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Pigeons For Dinner?
I've heard that pigeon is a very healthy food. Its good for the body..
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Your Favorite Food???
My favorite food almost all mandarin food, specially pork siomai and siopao. Very tasty food. yummy....
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Unusual food
Its Balot, the egg with duckling inside i have tasted it its good but dont order 19 days egg cause the duckling inside already have feathers.
better is 11 to 14 days...
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Best markets
I was in Barcelona yesterday and went for a stroll around La Boquera. Had a beer and late breakfast/early lunch of Spanish omelette at one of the tapas bars at the back. Lovely :D.
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Could you live off the land?
yeah I have seen a couple of Bear Grylls episodes and that guy is crazy!
I realise whole tribes of people all around the world live off the land in this day and age but I was thinking about the vast majority of people in the world who buy all their food in supermarkets..
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Chinese puzzle
We've had them a couple of times in the US and once or twice here in Belgium in a Chinese restaurant - it's not really a habbit, but I guess most people here know it at least....
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Chongqing Hotpot
[quote]Chongqing Hotpot is very famous in China but I don't think westerners like this food. Because it's too spicy![/quote]
By no means ! It can't really be too spicy, can it ? :D
Anyway, a good recipe is more than welcome !.
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Anyone got experience with chocolate truffles?
There's only ONE sort of truffles that stands out and they are BELGIAN. 8).
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A typical sunday dinner where you are?
Yes, she is my girlfriend but we met a long time before we joined the forum. Sorry, no Aardvark wedding yet Aaron :lol:.
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Free range or not free range?
Interesting. Our local butcher in Whitley Bay, which I normally am highly enthusiastic about, gave much the same answer as the first butcher you visited - selling only RSPCA-approved birds rather than free-range. Fortunately, we have a few excellent farm-shops around here, including one that sells local free-range chickens that were recommended in Rick Stein's food heroes. They're about a tenner each, but absolutely the best tasting chicken I have ever had. (Also, when you make soup out of the carcass, the stock is yellowy-brown, not insipid grey-white like cheap chickens)..
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Easy Jet and the food story in newspaper
Did anyone read the news article about Easy Jet and the food that was taken out of bins for passengers because they had ran out. This is very scary and makes you wonder what else happens with these airlines. At first I thought it was one member of staff making the whole thing up until the newspaper found a number of staff who said the same. The newspaper must have got bored with the story as they have not done a follow up on this or have said if the company are to face a fine. I would have liked to have heard more about this as I know for one, I would never travel on this airline.
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The best American Beer
Yep. Anchor Steam is one of the good ones. :beer:.
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The best Scotch (Whisky)?
My personal taste leads me to Laphroaig everytime, I love the peatiness and smoky taste..
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Who's for a kebab?
Drat - I just read this one as my hubby went to collect a Chinese meal for two!
I haven't eaten a kebab in ages ..... I'm drooling!
M.
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Food in other countries
[quote:e1b2ac0ba5]pan said:
What is the oddest thing you have eaten in a different country? Or what they had there but you didn't try?[/quote:e1b2ac0ba5]
If it has to be in another country, then I would say that I didn't try any of the tripe dishes that were offered in many restaurants in Tuscany, especially in Florence.
Why? Because I had to eat it at home when I was a kid and I HATED it!! :twisted:
(And when I found out what it was, I was very angry that they made me eat it!!)
The tripe dishes in Florence may be delicious, but I won't be eating any of it. There are a lot more kinds of food there that I love, so I see no need to try it!.
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