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Appetite for excess
www.timesonline.co.uk ^ | April 12, 2007 | Giles Coren

Posted on 04/30/2007 2:40:57 PM PDT by mjp

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1 posted on 04/30/2007 2:41:00 PM PDT by mjp
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To: mjp; HungarianGypsy; ChefKeith; carlo3b

Well, I was okay until I got to the rolled ox tongue.

I don’t even want to know how they roll it.


2 posted on 04/30/2007 2:44:02 PM PDT by Xenalyte ("A cat can give birth to kittens in the oven. That don't make 'em biscuits." - Quanell X)
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To: mjp

Absolutley excellent post, but I think I’ll skip dinner.


3 posted on 04/30/2007 2:55:54 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They've screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: Xenalyte

I can roll MY tongue. Maybe oxen can roll theirs, too.


4 posted on 04/30/2007 2:59:58 PM PDT by thesharkboy
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To: Andy'smom; bradactor; politicalwit; Spunky; mplsconservative; don-o; boadecelia; freeangel; ...

**Freeper Kitchen Ping**


5 posted on 04/30/2007 3:00:41 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: thesharkboy

Heeeeey, I bet you’re on to something there! Good answer.


6 posted on 04/30/2007 3:03:23 PM PDT by Xenalyte ("A cat can give birth to kittens in the oven. That don't make 'em biscuits." - Quanell X)
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To: mjp

Why am I getting this image of the “Mr. Creosote” skit from Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life”?

“Give me another bucket!”

“Would you like a wafer thin mint, Sir?”


7 posted on 04/30/2007 3:13:15 PM PDT by hawkboy (Duncan Hunter '08!)
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To: mjp
Days 4, 5, and 6 roll on much the same. I gradually recover the ability to sleep and poo, so crucial to the enjoyment of life...

LOL! Yes, there certainly is more to life that just eating...

8 posted on 04/30/2007 3:27:17 PM PDT by M203M4 (Constitutional Republic has a nice ring to it - alas, it's incompatible with the communist manifesto)
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To: clintonh8r

bump


9 posted on 04/30/2007 3:42:10 PM PDT by clintonh8r (It is better to be feared than to be respected.)
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To: Xenalyte

Champagne at every meal sounds like the best part, to me. All those meats make me feel a little unwell just reading about it!

(We had the Chickpea Dish with Noodles for supper :-).


10 posted on 04/30/2007 3:57:40 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And he had turned the Prime Minister's teacup into a gerbil.")
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To: mjp

Whoa!


11 posted on 04/30/2007 3:58:59 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: HungarianGypsy

“Good stuff, this. Toast all mulched with kidney fat and blood, macaroni good and rich, tongue gigantic and purple.”

Good Gawd!


12 posted on 04/30/2007 4:22:09 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: mjp
I was intrigued by Coconut Rocks. I think if you substitute the cashews with toasted almonds it would be like an Almond Joy:

COCONUT ROCKS

1 lb. grated coconut
1 1/2 - 2 lbs of sugar
chopped cashew (optional)
6 ozs. milk
a few drops of colouring
1/2 teasp. of vanilla
a pinch of ground cardomoms (optional)

Chocolate Icing:
2 tablesps. of cocoa powder
1 1/2 tablesp. of sugar
1 oz. of milk
1/2 teasp. rose water

Method:
Boil sugar and milk together. Add grated coconut, and cook until the mixture comes off the sides of the pan. Add chopped cashew, vanilla, cardomom powder and colouring. When done spread it on a greased board. Before it gets hard quickly put the cocoa powder, milk and sugar in another small pan on medium heat and keep stirring till it gets slightly thick. Add rose water. Take it off the heat and pour it on the prepared coconut mixture. Cut into squares before it gets hard.

The chocolate layer will really look nice on light pink or light green coconut rocks.

13 posted on 04/30/2007 4:48:03 PM PDT by A knight without armor
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Come, now Diana, don’t go getting queasy on us!!!!


14 posted on 04/30/2007 5:19:36 PM PDT by Gabz (I like mine with lettuce and tomato, heinz57 and french-fried potatoes)
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To: HungarianGypsy

I don’t believe would much care for an Edqardian kitchen (or the size of the meals) but I sure would like to be on your ping list!!!!


15 posted on 04/30/2007 5:22:23 PM PDT by Gabz (I like mine with lettuce and tomato, heinz57 and french-fried potatoes)
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To: Gabz; HungarianGypsy

The “weirdest” things I’ve ever eaten are:

Alligator (like lobster; Yum!)

Snake (caught that one myself in LA on a training course; man, I HATE the Swamplands!)

Chocolate Covered Insects (on a dare; crunchy chocolate, basically)

Raw fish, freshly caught, with lime & salt (fishing in Mexico) which was terrific, since I also like Sushi. :)

My Grandma Anita would eat anything that wouldn’t eat her first, LOL! (She loved Tongue and Tripe.) No, thank you!


16 posted on 04/30/2007 5:32:02 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Starting from the bottom of your list:

Tongue I will eat, in fact I have one in the freezer I plan to eat this weekend. Ixnay on the tripe - no way.

I love sushi and sashimi!

Ixnay on the chocolaye insects.

Never tried snake, but hubby says it tastes like chicken and now whenever he eats chicken he says it tastes like snake :)

Alligator is simply MAHAVELOUS DAHLINK!!! I love gator.

The weirdest thing I think I have ever eaten was starfish. I was 7 years old and we were at some ritzy resort in Chile.


17 posted on 04/30/2007 5:56:21 PM PDT by Gabz (I like mine with lettuce and tomato, heinz57 and french-fried potatoes)
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To: HungarianGypsy; mjp

This was a delightful read. What a h00t!

Thank you for the post & the ping.


18 posted on 04/30/2007 6:03:48 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: MS.BEHAVIN; mylife; TASMANIANRED

Are you ready for an “Edwardian Supersize Me”.

This is a fun read when you find the time.:)


19 posted on 04/30/2007 6:07:04 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: AZamericonnie

Burp! I feel bloated just reading about that edwardian chow


20 posted on 04/30/2007 6:37:36 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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