The Food and Drink Thread

This thread needs more beer pictures.

RonnieM wrote:

Going to be a bit more difficult without the ability to directly upload pictures.

I’m counting that as a positive :) If I want pictures of what people are eating, I’ll go to Facebook. If I want intelligent discourse (even if it’s about beer, which may be an oxymoron ), I’ll come to MillThe Carrier :)

• This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by DavidM.

Hahaha. I can’t see it anyway due to access restriction which is the other issue with linking.

I sit behind a firewall for most of the day.

Sometimes. Most days my temper isn’t that bad though. I do have a long fuse.

I just had a moorkop, a chocolate covered profiterole filled with whipped cream. Damn they’re good.

Aussies go insane about them. To me they taste exactly the same as Penguin bars I had as a kid.

They are nice enough but I think the hype is really more about a feeling they loved when they were kids rather than the actual biscuit.

In the US, Burger King uses the Impossible Burger for their meatless Impossible Whopper. I tried one and couldn’t tell the difference. The only downside is that almost no other restaurant can get a hold of the Impossible Burger anymore and are forced to use lesser alternatives like the Beyond Burger for their meatless alternative.

From the BBC news site;
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Fried Butter?
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Yes.
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Fried butter:
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Invented by Abel Gonzalez Jnr and making its debut at the State Fair of Texas in 2009, deep-fried butter balls are made using frozen battered butter, which are then put in the fryer.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-49985677

SteveUK wrote:

From the BBC news site;
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Fried Butter?
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Jeez. Those prices are insane, even by over-priced “Fair Food” standards.
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Fourteen bucks for fried cookie dough?
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Twelve bucks for garlic fries?
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GTFOOH.

Those aren’t prices; those are the number of pounds you will gain while eating them.

Anonymous wrote:

I’ve always wanted to try the Westvleteren 12

The Westvleteren XII is on my bucket list too, along with the Cantillon St Lamvinus. Being on the wrong continent, I’m not sure what my chances are of fulfilling my dream.

Anonymous wrote:

Cantillon makes good fruit beers too.

I got a bottle of the Cantillon Gueuze at Jose Andres’ cocktail place in Washington DC, Barmini. Wonderful taste that jump-started my love for Gose and Lambic beers.

At Greyline Brewing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It’s a brewery started by the former brewer that made Founders what they are.

This youtube channel is awesome:

My pan with the anti-stick coating is worn out, and I needed to fry a burger, so I decided to see how to use my stainless steel pan for frying, I was afraid the meat would stick to the pan, ruining my burger. The secret seems to be to make the pan really hot, put the butter or the oil in, put the meat in and let it stick for a minute or 3, and then gently pry it loose. I tried that and it worked, it really doesn’t stick too badly if you let it wait for a bit before turning the burger.

I’ll look into that. I like using a stainless steel pan since they’re super durable and there is no chemical crap in your food from the nonstick coating.

Man burns ‘$16,000’ worth of Cadbury Caramilk and people are furious

njerry wrote:

Even with my nonstick pans, I always apply a no-stick cooking spray (the popular brand in the US is called Pam) so that the food just slides off the pan onto my plate.

Main ingredients: canola, palm, and coconut.
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Canola (rapeseed) oil is ok if cold pressed. Otherwise, they use high temperatures, solvents and bleach to make it. The process forms dangerous trans fats and leeches out any nutritional value. PAM doesn’t seem to advertise whether it’s cold pressed, but as cold pressing is more expensive, want to bet which method they use?
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Many people think palm oil should be boycotted, for ecological reasons.
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Coconut oil is almost pure saturated fat, it’s about as healthy as frying in beef fat.
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To be honest, unless you’re vegetarian for ethical reasons, animal lard is about the best thing you can fry in.
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And while I’m on the subject, butter is better for you than processed vegetable spread too. Don’t be a victim of marketing from evil food conglomerates!

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by DavidM.

I had really good fish and chips in London in a wonderful pub, the Three Greyhounds in Soho.

The beer was good too, I had a couple of good IPAs. We stumbled upon a brewdog pub close to the Tower of London which was really nice. I had the Punk IPA which I think is their most famous and I liked it.

It was really scrumptious, the chips were super crispy. We shared our dishes, I cut off half of my fish and half of the chips and gave it to him and my friend cut in half the three pies that were on his plate (One tiny beef pie, one chicken and one Indian I think) and gave that to me…so I had a taste of the most English dishes.

DavidM wrote:

arjandirkse wrote:

three pies that were on his plate (One tiny beef pie, one chicken and one Indian I think

I think eating Indians, even in pies, is banned by the Universal Declaraton of Human Rights

Damned vegans…

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Three Heads Brewing is celebrating Halloween by making 3 new beers for the occasion. On Halloween day they will have 2 Halloween candy flavored Stouts available and when I went in yesterday they had a beer based on this drink that came out when the original Ghostbusters was in theatres

Its called Ecto Cooler Sour(being based on HI C it really was not that sour). It was quite delicious.
in the attachment is a picture of it.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by Rocket.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by Rocket.

I had croissants at Pret a Manger in London. They were pretty damned good.

One shop here used to make really good croissants but they’re under new management and they’re crap now. I would just like a nice croissant, is that too much to ask!?

Burger wars heat up as plant-based meat faces backlash

The coffee shop here in town has some good coffee but they’re not always consistent. They had one coffee from Sumatra that was great when I first had it but I bought some yesterday and it just tastes bad now.

I bought Douwe Egberts coffee in the supermarket which is an old Dutch coffee brand, their history goes back to the 1700s. They’re not fantastic but they offer a reliable taste.

Caol Ila 12yo.

It’s honestly a toss up whether this or the Lagavulin 16yo is the better Islay. I’m leaning towards this.

I’m settling in to try to watch Widows for the second time because Paul F told me to.

I am so impressed by how it’s thick enough to defy gravity.

I really like Laphroaih, best Scotch I ever tasted. But I’m more into bourbon. I don’t drink whisky often but when I do it’s bourbon 80 % of the time. I love Buffalo Trace.

I don’t know, a lot of Scotch I had just wasn’t that great to me. I haven’t tasted that many of them though.

I think I’m more of a beer and wine guy. Whisky is the occasional treat. Last time I had a bottle in my home is maybe last year.

I am trying not to drink every day. I used to have at least one beer a day, a while ago often two. And not Pilsner but mostly Belgian beers which can be much higher in abv. Now I try to skip at least a couple of days per week. It is like snacking on cookies, it is more of a habit than anything else.

Yeah, it often comes up in these health discussions but habit is a big part of it, whether it’s sweet stuff or booze.

I’ve slipped back into having a drink or two most evenings these days – I should try and break that habit.

Anonymous wrote:

Well, between me and Jerry, we’ve tried all of them.

You’re probably kidding (I mean, I hope you’re kidding), But courtesy of my children I have tried a few whiskeys that I probably wouldn’t have tried otherwise. For Christmas 2017 they bought me a whiskey Advent calendar — 25 3-cl bottles of different whiskeys from Scotland, Ireland, Japan, the US, and other spots. In addition to well-known labels like Buffalo Trace, Macallan, The Dalmore, and Highland Park, there are some smaller distillery outputs. Ever hear of Fettercairn? Glengoyne? How about a 14-year-old Port Wood Finish from Tomatin?
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Yeah, I’ve had a few.

Anonymous wrote:

I recall that Ronnie still owes me a bottle of Angel’s Envy Rye.

Thank you for the suggestion; I’m having two fingers of their Finished Rye as I type.

Anonymous wrote:

I recall that Ronnie still owes me a bottle of Angel’s Envy Rye.

I was trying to figure out how to get a bottle over at one point but the legality of it was gray at best. It’s actually gone up a bit in price (a little over $90 USD) and is a bit harder to find. We still have a little left in our bottle that we haven’t drank.
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We were in Lexington, Kentucky earlier this year and took the opportunity to try some great Bourbons. I had an Old Rip Van Winkle (not technically Pappy) that was good. I even tried the Statesman Bourbon that Old Forrester made for Kingsman 2. The best thing I had was a Double Oaked Woodford Reserve. We almost toured Woodford Reserve but decided to just drive home instead.
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My current go-to is Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock and Rye Straight Rye Whiskey. It’s technically a bottle mixed drink similar to an Old Fashioned but it’s pretty incredible.
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Anonymous wrote:

Yeah I did look at importing some at one stage through a very good wine merchant, but the mark up is absurd. I don’t fully understand what tax is in place for US alcohol imports because i regularly get stuff frim Japan and Scotland and its reasonable.

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Alcohol laws in the US are weird. Plus, it’s probably a bit like exporting coffee from Australia. We consume so much of it here that exporting is probably less profitable than it is for some other countries.
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Anonymous wrote:

I don’t know how much I love Rye in general though. I feel like it’s uncharted territory for me because I haven’t sampled enough.

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Rye is probably my sweet spot. I like the spiciness of it and the way it pairs with the sweetness you get from corn.
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I have a Rye P.A. beer (an IPA made with rye) that I just brewed and bottled crashing in the fridge tonight. Hopefully it turned out well.
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There’s also an Irish pub next to the place where we go for Broadway shows. So we’ve been branching out a bit. We had Writer’s Tears which I liked more than my wife and a handful of other Irish and Scottish whiskeys I don’t quite remember now.

Anonymous wrote:

Then i had one, then one a day, now im smashing redskins and sherbies in the afternoon

Are Redskins still around under that name? I haven’t seen them in ages.

Our work kitchen used to have a cookie jar (of Assorted Cream! Orange Creme were always left over; they suck), but funding cuts saw that ditched.

Even the cake supply has dried up; there used to be a birthday or farewell or welcome or some other excuse every week that saw leftover slices of mango sponge or berry cheesecake placed in the kitchen.

I can’t recall the last time I had cake here – it’s been months! I felt like sugar one day last week and had to go to the cafe downstairs and buy a piece of caramel slice.

It may be that we have additional tax on US imports of alcohol as a deterrent from importing beer and spirits which can be produced here.

The only reason I can think of is the US market is so massive compared to the boutique whisky markets for Scotland and Japan and there may be some reason to encourage those imports.

It’s still more expensive for me to buy a Goji-Futamba online then have a friend buy it and ship it over, but not compared to the US equivalent.

Anonymous wrote:

they are still delicious. Particularly if they’ve gone a bit hard

Seriously, are we not…?

Go and get yourself a rod son and start from there.

The coffeepot – first item – is worth the watch. I sure there must be better devices to mill herbs.

Oh and Bulleit, is it a good one? The liqor store over here has that one. I can get Buffalo Trace at another liqor store that is a bit further away.

I can drink Bulleit straight; but if I have to drink Jack Daniels, I drink it with Coke (the beverage, not the nose candy).