New "Members" only restaurant?

JD, write a short diet book. Just tell people, when you get hungry, look at these pictures. I think that would work better than any diet pill. I know I have no appetite after looking at the pictures.

Get out of the way people ... Eaaaarrghh

]:)

Gives a whole new meaning to "Eating Out" ...

(sorry about that.)

OK, jd. I think we're onto something here. This could make a good discussion.

Let's keep it simple and discuss the animals that we routinely eat pig, cow or sheep. Which bits of, say, a pig [b]wouldn't[/b] you eat?

We have something called "brawn" for which the US equivalent is, I think, "headcheese". My Dad's recipe - "Cut a pig's head in half and simmer for three to four hours with a couple of bay leaves, some peppercorns. Remove everything that you can and place in a dish with a few spoons of the cooking liquor. Allow to cool". One his delicacies was to remove the ears after simmering, slice, coat with mustard and breadcrumbs and toast in a a hot oven until crispy.

Haggis - "when simmering the lungs, it is advisable to hang the windpipe over the edge of the pan so that the bloody froth can escape".

Prairie or Mountain Oysters are a US delicacy. "Season flour with salt, pepper, paprika, garlic, and cayenne. If the mountain oysters are large, cut them into bite sized chunks. Dust the mountain oysters in the flour and saut? in a pan of hot oil or deep fry. They should be tender on the inside and crisp on the outside."

In the UK - and I suspect in the US, too - [b]nothing[/b] is left of a slaughtered pig. I will rarely each a shop-bough meat pie!

I guess they are looking for alternate food supplies to feed their gazillions of citizens.

jd, weren't you looking for creative recipes not long ago? Asian recipes, right? ;)

[i]"Mr Liu, the most regular customer, was uncertain but hopeful. 'I can't say I've noticed any difference yet,' he said. 'But it's a [u]long-term thing[/u].'"[/i]
Was this guy talking about the health benefits or about the horse peni$? :O

if you don't mind. It must be an oriental peculiaity that enjoys chowing down on an animal's sex organs however, I've heard that "Prairie Oysters" are considered a delicacy in some western states of the US as well as certain western provinces in Canada. Here or there, I'll pass, if it's all the same to you. I've eaten some weird stuff in my time but there are limits and that's one of them.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

This is a prime example of food as medicine, particularly for older men. It has nothing to do with epicurean delights or trying to use all of the animal. It has everything to do with encouraging men who are past their prime from parting with their money.

And thankfully I will pass. My father grew up on a farm and is well acquainted with head cheese and prairie oysters, as well as beef heart and tongue. I never acquired the taste for any of it.

James

is that this is still in the "hot" discussions!

Must not be as "off topic" the eating of penis as I thought it was? :O

What does this REALLY say about the sexual orientation of a man that would eat here? Oh my...

raw hamburger. yum!

Avitar. First time playing with a geocity site, and exceeded the download already. (drat).

Put up a much smaller pic (5k) so will see how that will go. Too bad TR doesn't let you drop it right on their server. Trade a little disk space for bandwidth?

knowing you ate sack, did you feel gay for a minute? :^O :O :^O :O

(not there is anything WRONG with that, or so I have heard.....) ;\

as long as their is still free porn on the net, who needs vitality? :O

Write THAT letter by hand.....

Casting that line again? I mean, you ARE the one that brought up the whole 'penis eating' thread to begin with..

foul. ten yard penalty!

I brought this up, knowing one, Dawg is right there, and two, this is just plain weird!

I am NOT the one to eat members, so am pure as the driven snow! :D

I LIKE girls, REALLY! :p

Or are you downloading all your Judy Garland records to your Ipod?

were quite tasty in Spain. I'm not sure that if I'd known what they were I'd have enjoyed them so much.

I don't think I ever ate anything really unknown or strange in Italy. Just remember some seriously good food.

:D

The posts were geting serious and then they stopped. Moved to peer mail?

I think so!

]:)

it just seems to me that you are taken with the 'all things gay' subject matter. Not that there's anything wrong with that..

sssshhhh!

I think he's trying to creep back in the closet....Marky Mark must be in there.........

:p :D ]:)

GG

You're right..I should be more sensitive.

JD..I have a really BIG closet. I could move my shoes out if you would like to borrow it.

There, is that better? :)

I am making my enemy list...... X-(

There HAS to be someone out there more fun to poke fun at than sweet lovable me? Then I could join in on the fun! :_|
[i]
(i like [b]girls,[/b] really i do!)[/i]

and you KNOW this isn't true, because Marky Mark likes SHEEP, not guys! :O

Quote from jd -
[i]"i like girls, really i do! and you KNOW this isn't true"[/i]

:^O

And just what would that be?

Nope..I can't think of anyone else who would be more fun to pick on. I'll think about it, but I'm pretty sure your the one. :)

JD is ambiguous!! :D

Good catch, Mark.

However, after you're there for a while you'd kill for a steak. Back home you eat Chinese as if it were a novelty but once you're here the novelty wears off after a while. You are definitely eating genuine Chinese food, often items that are hard to find and very expensive back home. For the Chinese, western style cuisine is a novelty and can be quite expensive. It is available, however, it can be extremely expensive. What I paid for a steak, a few nights ago, could qualify as the food budget for a family of four for a week back home but it was nice to eat a regular back home style meal. You would be flabbergasted at the cost of a "Big Mac" or "Whopper" over here and even more amazed at the number of Chinese who will actually go out of there way to eat one and consider them a special treat. I hardly ever eat at a "Mickey D" back home but lately I've been thinking how wonderful it would be to have one. It's strange because back home I might only have one or two a year but since being here a "Big Mac" has become weirdly alluring. Don't get me wrong; I like eating [b]most[/b] Chinese food, I guess you don't miss something until you can't get it. I know one of the first things I would like to have when I get home is a hot dog and fries, stuff I hardly ever touch when I'm home.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

is "penes" - it works the same way as "oasis", "amanuensis", etc.

explain a lot! :D

I DID sell out and become management. I miss being a programmer, but it's funny how much a big increase in pay eases the pain.

?:| :O ;) :^O

Jd ambiguous??? Could it be??? Are you sure???
Now we'll just have to be carefull to not drop the soap in the shower and keep our backs to the wall. Who could have figured, that???
Oh well, it's like they say, different stokes for different folks. Everyone has their own bag, man!!!
He has been protesting a bit too much lately.:^O
Nah it couldn't be; could it??? ?:|

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

That should be HP Sauce!

And Dundee Orange Marmalade - if not available, Robertsons Orange WITH PEEL!

Oh, and proper bacon - not that solid, rigid stuff they have over there in tiny little strips. A few thick slices of rindless back bacon, but lightly fried so it's cooked through, not cremated like they cook it.

(How much flak am I gonna take for this? :D)

Yep, that's the only time I drink tea - with a good Full English!

Now, should I also state that this lot can be made into takeaway food just by putting it in a stottie? Nah, Jelli doesn't need reminded of that.....

But I'll still send him some choccy if he wants me to, tho'!!

]:)

GG

In our family, we used Daddies Brown Sauce and I think that something should be left to personal taste. I can appreciate HP but it's not the taste of the breakfasts of my late teen years.

Dry cure back bacon indeed! How could you doubt me? I now prefer smoked but it's not anything to get stressed about.

I like the idea of sticking the whole lot in a stottie, though!

Neil :p

For the benefit of southerners and other foreigners:

Stottie Cyek: Not a cake at all but a flat-bottomed, floury, round loaf of bread cooked on the bottom of the oven.

"Hoy us a bit a' ya stottie, wor lass." - Please be so kind as to pass the bread.

Translation and example supplied by NITS (tm). Purveyors of understanding and enlightenment to the uneducated of the IT World.

so does that mean that you think your husband is one?

nope, scratch that, you already know that, he's a man!!!

(watch the posts come flying outta the wall for that one!) Ok, shields up, red alert!

:D

GG

that "upper management" had become the plural of pain in the a$$.

But sure does clarify the where abouts of your pain Mae. :O ;)

Rob

If Jelli wants to slip over the border, lots of places in Toronto to get real made in UK Cadburys.

Terry's is realtively easy to get especially at Xmas.

"Canadian" Bacon is also quite readily available. English Sausages and Black pud are also not too difficult to find if you know where to look.

James

that an awful lot of jd's posts seem to have a tagline appearing...

[i]but I like GIRLS!"[/i]

Methinks he doth protetht too much!!

As for Marky Mark, I'm convinced he's trying to start up his own zoo - sheep, cows, whatever next?

Just one thing Mark! [b]Keep off my duck![/b]

:p :D

GG

Edit: Just in case you're that way inclined (what with your fascination for jd n'all) keep off Dawgs' duck too, cos it's staying with my duck while he's away!

:D :p

if Jelli is half the guy I think he is, you should shortly be receiving a medal for saving his life!!

Now, can you get [i]proper[/i] Cumberland sausage there? HP or Daddys Sauce?

(I won't make you look for a stottie, I promise! - unless you tell me you have ex pat Geordies in your area!)

GG

how does this relate? :p

Arguements with women. While it is possible to "win" an arguement with a women, it is rarely worth it.

They have the "mommy parts". They win.

:_|

Like the old song goes, "Whys everybody always picking on me?" :(

I am SURE there is someone around here that would be more fun to pick on! :D

yet tea instead of coffee?

I would not be willing to give up my coffee in the morning, sorry buck-o!

(I suppose Mr. Fancy pants would even like a wee bit-o MILK for his tea? ) :p

Maybe a manicure would be in order. In certain areas, that could be the cause of an argument, an especially stupid one, at that. The only thing that needs scratching is my back. Ah yes, a little to the right, please.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

and what's this thing between you and Mark??? I thought Mark was into sheep in rubber boots or long horn cows??? Weird!!! That's what it is; just plain weird.

Okay people, listen up. Jd isn't that way inclined; he's just a little bit weird and has this strange thing :8} going on with Mark. At least, I hope that's all it is. :^O

Just trying to help you out here,Jd but you and Mark??? I dunno, nor do I really want to. I would however, suggest that both of you guys stay the hell away from GG's ducks. That would only serve to piss GG off and pissing GG off would not be a wise career move; besides one of her ducks is mine.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

A Full English doesn't go anywhere near a cup of coffee, if it knows what's good for it.

(It's the only time I drink tea, too!)

Good old fashioned English tea, so thick and stewed that you can stand up a spoon in it....8 sugars, and an afterthought of milk...

(bleagh. yuk. my tea is only allowed a swift glance at the tea bag, loadsa milk and definitely no sugar - I'm sweet enough!)

:D

GG

Should you ever make it over to London, I will buy you a "full English" breakfast in "Roasts" organic restaurant at Borough Market. You will eat it all and you will wash it down with tea - [b]with milk[/b] - and thank me for it (and at around $20 US, you'd better bloody enjoy it).

I may have to blindfold you for the black pudding, though, and just let you eat by taste. :D

As for tea with milk, I got into a discussion about "English Tea" once in the Florida Keys where, obviously, iced tea was the norm. When the comment was made about asking for iced tea in Britain I told hime that it would seem no more strange than for me to ask for hot coca-cola in the US. Alas, you really all [b]don't[/b] understand irony - well, he didn't ("no! you don't drink hot cola, do you?").

I couldn't stop laughing...

a little to the right - ok then....

Better now? How about here?

manicure? yep, last weekend - nails nice and long, but not sharp.

! ooops! sorry, just dragged the pads of my fingers down your spine, with just a little scratch of the nails.....

Oh.

Look.

I think he liked that!!

]:)

GG

(you really have no idea how hard it is to giggle and type at the same time......:x but you will leave yourself wide open to these things (DE intended))

You can get HP and Lea and Perrins in virtually every supermarket in my region. My kids have taken a liking to HP Fruity sauce, I prefer the original. They also love mild mango chutney. Robertson's Marmalade is also widely available.

Cumberland Sausage, I think I know a few places to try. My city has a huge Scots ex-pat population, if you had said haggis, I'd know I can get it at a place I drive by every day on my way to work. I've seen black pudd at one of the farmers markets I frequent.

There is a shop that specializes in treats from Britain including Irn Bru, Cadbury etc. They do a bang up business at a stall at the local highland games.

James

and you think he's a LITTLE wierd?

I think he's a LOTTLE wierd!

I think he's angling to go and join Marky Marks' zoo collection

[b]KEEP OFF THE DUCKS!![/b]

Dawg - I'll make sure they're locked safely indoors tonight, just in case.....by the way, you didn't tell me that stroking your ducks' beak would to THAT to him.....!!!

]:)

GG

Can't touch the stuff. Orange, sickly sweet and tastes a bit like bubblegum. They do have some of the best soft drink adverts ever seen, though.

I know a few "english" style pubs in Toronto that serve a reasonable fascimile of English Breakfast.

My favorite breakfast place of late (I don't get out much) is a chain in Canada called Cora's. Its French Canadian in cuisine with a nod to modern tastes and fresh fruit. But you can get a breakfast with Eggs, Bacon, Ham, Sausage, baked beans, crepes (breton style) and crouton (a rough pork pate). Note you can have some or all of these things - the Gangantua feast has all of these and hashbrowns and toast (to put the crouton on, with mustard). Of course you can eat healthy there but....

James

What did you expect??? He's a male duck. [b]All[/b] males like having their beaks, or should I say pekkers, stroked. It's in the nature of the beast but best results are achieved when a woman does it.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

Irn Bru is marketed here for all the expats. After WWII we had a huge influx, both war brides and economic refuges. My next door neighbour was one of them, came to Canada for a better life, but missed the things of her childhood.

I've tried it and found it not to my taste. There are no adverts for it here, so no "new" customers.

On the other hand Cadbury Flake is great. I actually prefer Scweppes to Canada Dry Ginger Ale, though no idea if the made in Canada Schweppes is the same as the UK version. There was a traditional UK type chocolate bar manufacturer here, Roundtree, but since they were bought out by Nestle, many of the British type products dissapeared (Mackintosh's Toffee was a childhood fav).

James

James

I thought it was the reverse. Last time I looked, I wasn't as well equipped as you with the open parts. ;) :^O

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

I wonder where this will lead GG to. :O ;) ]:)

Rob

Remember, this thread started about a Chinese Restaraunt. Now you are bring ducks into it? Becareful, those ducks might find themselves on the plate next to the ... penii.

jd's sexuality not withstanding, of course.

;\ ;)

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

do something, unmentionable, to the ducks. What Mark wants to do to them, even rhymes with duck. That would make GG very testy indeed. As for Jd he'd be checking out their sexes. Ever hear of anyone goosing a duck before??? :^O

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

because I just thought of it as normal French Canadian fare. Creton (sorry James but croutons are little cubes of dried bread) is made primarily from pork fat, lightly seasoned or spiced. You can spread it on toast, have a bit with your egg or hash browns and eat it au naturel. Putting mustard on it is a new one on me but why not??? You might want to avoid salting it and it is probably loaded with the wrong kind of cholesterol but on toast, a bagel or a piece of hot french crusty bread, it tastes so sinfully good.

I didn't realize baked beans were a part of an English breakfast, I thought it was just another French Canadian touch. It isn't unusual to find your baked beans with some pork in it and flavoured with maple syrup as opposed to molasses. I wouldn't say one is better than the other, just slightly different. You can accompany all this with a mixed grill of onions, peppers and mushrooms and/or pancakes if you wish but how and where you'll find the room to stuff it all is a bit of a mystery. Somehow you manage.

Quite often your breakfast will be served with buttered toasted french bread but you are offered the usual choices of white or whole wheat toast as well. A small fresh fruit salad is sort of de rigeur in a lot of places, heavy on melon and citrus but with blueberries, strawberries or rasberries when in season and often grapes and chunks of apple.

Another variation in some places, especially in the Maritimes, is the "Scottish Breakfast". This skips the beans and creton and replaces them with fried kippers and something called peas porridge. You do get toast but often they supply you with hot oat cakes as well. It's not bad actually but eating a fried fish for breakfast takes a bit of getting used to.

Something I got used to in the US is corned beef hash with a fried or poached egg on top and hash browns on the side. We don't often get good corned beef hash in Canada so when I'm in the states, this is a bit of a treat.

When you're in the southern states you will often be asked,"Do y'all want grits with that there, honey?" Once upon a time, not knowing what grits were but feeling adventurous, I summoned up my courage and said,"Yes please." Imagine my surprise when my plate arrived to find a puddle of cream of wheat on it which, it turns out, are "grits". I never did that again. I'm used to my cream of wheat in a bowl with milk and a little brown sugar, thank you very much, not on my plate mucking up my eggs, bacon and sausages.

Black pudding, as the English call it or Boudin, as the French Canadians call it or Blood pudding, as the Scots, in various parts of Scotland call it, isn't often seen in restaurants over here but in Montreal it is available at almost every super market. I love the stuff but will admit that it is probably an acquired taste. I think it is the name, if not the ingredients, that puts a lot of people off. Most who try it, before they learn the name, invariably like it.

As for tea, if I'm in the UK, I'll drink it but tea in Canada or the US just doesn't cut it, although Americans tell me they like Canadian tea. They both taste much the same to me. Tea in The UK just seems to have much more flavour but our tea just tastes like so much coloured water and I don't care how many teabags are in the pot or how long they are left to soak. English tea tastes different, far and away better than our slop.

All the above beats the hell out of my normal breakfast of a glass of juice, a couple of bits of toast, with or without jam, jelly or marmelade, 2 coffees and a cigarette. I sometimes even skip the juice and toast but never the 2 cups of coffee with cigarettes. I don't become human until I've had that second cup and a cigarette.

Don't ask me what they have for breakfast in China, I have no idea. One morning I pointed at my plate and said to my waiter, "Bow-wow bow-wow???" He shook his head in the negative and said,"Meow meow!!!" He wasn't smiling when he said it so I've no idea if he was joking or not.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

I do know its Creton - what was I thinking? The first time I tried it, I was with someone from Quebec and she encouraged me to use the mustard provided. I was hooked and I think creton is one of the reasons I go to Cora's very often. They are all over the place - I've been to them in Dartmouth, Quebec, Laval, Toronto and Brampton.

When I was younger I used to go to a deli in downtown toronto and have a "Texas" breakfast which included your choice of chili or beans. I also remember a great place for Huevos rancheros which was eggs with salsa......

As for tea, I stopped drinking Canadian brands when I left home. Every grocery store in Ontario has Twinings. My university days afternoon snack was often a mandarin orange, a cup of earl grey and a piece of swiss chocolate.

James

I didn't need to ask. :)
Special not with you pointing out the likes of your duck.
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=190270&messageID=1958878

and more the equipment y?re working with.
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:O ;) ;\ :^O

But then we all work and be content with and, more important, enjoy what we have, don't we. At least I am. :)

Rob

in a restaurant.

Special if they are "Peking-Duck" :P

Rob

These ducks are never going to be on a menu, anywhere, especially to the uninitiated.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

Dawg didn't they have their H5N1 vaccine yet?
O my, hope they will be okay the next couple of months.

Or is it some other initiation you mean. :O ]:)

Rob

Happy Birthday!!! All the best!!!

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

It's an inside joke and right now you are so far off the track you're almost in another dimension on this. You will learn more by waiting and observing than by trying to be proactive.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

I suppose Gadget has been spreading the news!

I'm having a really crap one so far! I?ve got a cold, tramped around in the sleet for an hour looking for the doughnut shop for by birthday doughnuts and then went back out in the snow to the doughnut shop at lunchtime when I found out where it is. Nice doughnuts, though.

Someone has copied 30GB of data onto a very full disk. If I manage to track down who has done it then my birthday will improve. ]:)

Everybody has been letting me be a Grumpy Old Git today - which is nice of them. Anyway, I'm going home now, an hour late!

Friday tomorrow...

:D

What I really want now is the real equivalent of the virtual breakfast that this post is hanging off! That would cheer me up.

rolling out an hour early tomorrow and treating yourself to the real thing. I would suggest the place you mentioned to Jd. Be sure to get your morning paper to read with your tea. Take all the time you need, even if it means you roll in late. It only comes around once a year. Better yet phone in sick and take the day for yourself.

Stu

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

move that 30GB off the server to a private place and then delete it off the server.

When someone asks where their data went, you have them!

Play with them for a bit before giving them the data back!

Happy Birthday!

My problem is that our SAN is ceaking at the seams and until we get a new one I'm really short on space. The killer, though, is I don't know where the data is yet and who owns it.

But I will...

Oh yes...

Then I'll do what you suggest but with a little twist. I'll copy them out and then convert every one to a zero-byte stub. I already have the script.

]:)

I won't give up but will give it a rest. :)

With the birdflu coming in :(, better take care.

Rob

Have a great weekend. :)