Foods you love and hate

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Milesian

Didn't you try the Cockney "delicacy" of Jellied Eels in London?

Uh.. no, never. The meat of the eels (the big ones, not the tiny elves) is jellied per se.

The only time I eat eels are when I buy a Chicken dish from the Chinese.

I hate to tell you this, but if they are from a Chinese restaurant and come with the chicken, then they are most probably worms.

Near my town, in the villages surrounding a lagoon, there is a dish knwon as all i pebre (lit. garlic and chille in Catalan), which consists of eel:



The eel, a fresh/sea water fish:


In Galicia they eat a similar fish known as congrio (I don't know what the name in English is).

The congrio:

[Milesian]

Originally Posted by Mynydd

I hate to tell you this, but if they are from a Chinese restaurant and come with the chicken, then they are most probably worms.

No, I mean the chicken meat itself is actually Eel meat.
everyone knows about the worms

[Rusalka]

Originally Posted by Graeme

Korean food isn't much better eg Kimchi.

Interesting, I actually love Kimchi. Hot and spicy, the only way I'd consume cabbage, really.

[Milesian]

Originally Posted by Rusalka

Interesting, I actually love Kimchi. Hot and spicy, the only way I'd consume cabbage, really.

Philistine!

Cabbage should be boiled until soft, then lightly fried until it starts getting crispy. Then serve it with mashed potatoes and slices of bacon

[Rusalka]

Originally Posted by Milesian

Philistine!

Cabbage should be boiled until soft, then lightly fried until it starts getting crispy. Then serve it with mashed potatoes and slices of bacon

And this is coming from the member of a people whose greatest achievement is fried Mars bars?

Mashed potatoes I love anytime of the day, but the rest doesn't sound too healthy. Anything that's been boiled too much can't be good anyway, or why would you boil it? Stands to reason.

[Milesian]

Originally Posted by Rusalka

And this is coming from the member of a people whose greatest achievement is fried Mars bars?

You must be mistaking me for a Scot

Mashed potatoes I love anytime of the day, but the rest doesn't sound too healthy.

Tasty things and Healthy things are mutually exclusive - you can't have both

Anything that's been boiled too much can't be good anyway, or why would you boil it? Stands to reason.

Too cook it obviously. I assume you eat potatoes raw too?

[Rusalka]

Originally Posted by Milesian

You must be mistaking me for a Scot

Let me see.. Well I guess it's the same thing as you people calling me a Turk because I lived there. In any case, I'm sure you have had the great joy of trying a fried Mars Bar, it's like going to Turkey for vacation and not eating a sish-kebab. Oh hang on, actually the Brits do go to Turkey and eat English breakfast and drink beer and nothing else for a fortnight. Very traditional sort.

Tasty things and Healthy things are mutually exclusive - you can't have both

I don't know, how about tomatoes?

Too cook it obviously. I assume you eat potatoes raw too?

There is a difference between boiling to death and merely cooking but you come from a land where they boil everything together in one pot till they go white so I'm not blaming you.

[Milesian]

Originally Posted by Rusalka

Let me see.. Well I guess it's the same thing as you people calling me a Turk because I lived there.

When did I ever??

In any case, I'm sure you have had the great joy of trying a fried Mars Bar, it's like going to Turkey for vacation and not eating a sish-kebab. Oh hang on, actually the Brits do go to Turkey and eat English breakfast and drink beer and nothing else for a fortnight. Very traditional sort.

And moaning that the stupid locals can't speak English.
Hellooooo....21st century

I don't know, how about tomatoes?

Good in sauces I admit, but that Vitamin A is an overdose hazard

There is a difference between boiling to death

Our food is usually pre-killed beforehand

and merely cooking but you come from a land where they boil everything together in one pot till they go white so I'm not blaming you.

First you think I'm a Scot, now I don't know where the hell you think I'm from

[trinacria]

Originally Posted by Graeme

Thank you for your views on crustaceans especially the idea of a lobster "running" on my carpet. In Australia, crustaceans are expensive and well appreciated. Speaking of crustaceans there is one called the Balmain Bug, something that looks like the facehugger in Alien. In fact that is what crustaceans look like to me, something extra terrestrial. Japanese food is I think the most horrid looking, all that seaweed, black jelly fungus and raw fish. Korean food isn't much better eg Kimchi.

I think it would be interesting to have all of you around the dining table eating your preferred foods. A caterer's nightmare!

Kimchi is absolutely wonderful. Like I said, I'll eat just about anything. I like to think of myself as a human vacuum cleaner of sorts. All kidding aside now, kimchi is spectacular. Very spicy.

Eels are good too! I remember when I was little I'd eat them with my dad. We also would lay on the floor, open a can of anchovies and just eat them. Looking back.. what the hell was I thinking?

[symmakhos]

Originally Posted by trinacria

Like I said, I'll eat just about anything. I like to think of myself as a human vacuum cleaner of sorts.

How do you like the trippa romana?

[trinacria]

I love tripe any style!

[Graeme]

I said Japanese food was horrid looking. I did not mention taste. Actually Japanese food is always presented well as far as crockery and garnishes. I mentioned Korean Kimchi as I have seen it made once too many times. A disgusting process and very smelly. The finished product is O.K Lots of things smell rather horrid whilst being made eg sauerkraut, at least those I saw in Hungary made in those pots.

When it comes to food I look at it from my professional point of view in microbiology and public health.

[Ederico]

I love Pasta in general, especially Lasagna and Tortellini. Seafood is great. Fish is not bad, sometimes I love it and sometimes not. I absolutely adore Smoked Salmon. Rabbit is awesome and is actually a Maltese Culinary Tradition (we are so evil). Gozo Cheese and Maltese bread with Kunserva (Tomato Paste, it is actually a Southern Italian thing which like many things in Malta is also perfectly Maltese) and Olive Oil is something I adore, especially in summer with some dried and salted tomatoes. I also like Octopus occasionally.

Foods I hate? At the moment I cannot recollect what I hate.

This is just something brief.

[Aeternitas]

Rabbit is awesome and is actually a Maltese Culinary Tradition (we are so evil).

[Ederico]

Originally Posted by Aeternitas

They're delicious and they're not rare for sure. At least they're not cats and dogs.