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The Texas grocery store chain, H-E-B, has a Mexican Hot Chocolate ice cream from their store brand line. It is fantastic.
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I have never had Vietnamese food but I hear it’s good stuff.
It’s very healthy. There’s a lot of vegetables and not much meat in the diet and unlike a lot of Asian cooking they don’t fry as much. I’ve been to Vietnam twice and never seen any fat people. 😂
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I also really like Pakistani food but I’m not sure how different it is from Indian.
I touched on it just now but bearing in mind Pakistan didn’t exist as an entity until partition around 70 years ago the differences are really more regional than country based.
The bigger difference is between north India/Pakistan/Bangladesh and south India/Sri Lanka. The most obvious difference you’d notice is the southern food is generally drier. Most northern food is set in a sauce or gravy, if you eat out in Bangalore that’s rarer, I find the southern variety spicier too.
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I do not know why people create Lab made peppers. At those upper levels there is no taste and if they are looking for heat just use capsaicin.
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I do not know why people create Lab made peppers. At those upper levels there is no taste and if they are looking for heat just use capsaicin.
The hottest I had was habanero and madame jeanettes. I would say they still have flavor, especially the madame jeanette has a citrusy flavor. However going hotter than those seems ridiculous..
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Eyyyy gabagool ova here
I recently had to explain to my (Italian) business partner that capicola and “gabagool” are the same thing. He was shocked, but now he understands why he never sees gabagool for sale at the deli counter.
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People complain about British food culture sometimes, but really I thought, judging from the two times I’ve been in the UK, in Northumberland and in London, the pub culture is fantastic. Incomparable to anywhere else in Europe that I’ve been to.
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The view on British food culture is one of those that isn’t so much wrong as dated. Around WW2 there was over a decade of food rationing and it did end up forming a very bland and simple diet that hung around for a while afterwards.
There’s a Facebook group I follow that has old photos of my hometown in it and they shared some 1970s menus from what was considered a posh restaurant and it was pretty sad with very basic meat and potato dishes. I saw one which only had 3 items, steak and chips, roast chicken leg and chips and fish and chips. Most pubs didn’t even serve food back then just snacks like a bag of peanuts or crisps.
Then a mix of immigration from the West Indies and South Asia, plus package holidays abroad becoming common, expanded everyone’s tastebuds and expectations until into the 90s the superchef era just had everyone take more care, so even the standard dishes were just better made. Then a trend came in at looking back at Victorian cookbooks and finding British food was more adventurous back then and reintroducing a lot that.
So when something like National Lampoon laughed at bad British food in the early 80s they weren’t wrong. It just got better in the following 40 odd years. So now even your standard pub grub menu is ten times better than that ‘posh’ restaurant in 1975.
In a way it’s similar to the view of American beer, growing up it was generally mocked as just a lot of mass produced flavourless lagers, because that was mostly true. Now some of those same people will seek our American craft beers because they got better.
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But good British pubs have something…I dunno. They’re just great places to be. Irish pubs could be similar but I’ve never been in Ireland.
I think it’s the feeling you can just hang out there and feel quite homely away from home. It’s quite hard to define but I agree even though we have pubs out here they don’t have that same vibe.
Irish pubs (in Ireland I mean, not the O’Malley’s Tavern in a shopping mall type) are very much the same in that aspect. There are a few little differences but that comfortable feeling when you sit down with a pint is there.
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Irish pubs are very much the same in that aspect. There are a few little differences but that comfortable feeling when you sit down with a pint is there.
A few years back, I chauffeured my wife and two of her sisters on a counterclockwise tour of Ireland. My fee was one pint at a local pub each night, so they got to visit a few authentic Irish pubs. Their favorite place, hands down, was McNamara’s Bar in the tiny town of Louisburgh, County Mayo, for exactly the reason Gar describes — a feeling of comfort and being exactly where you want to be.
https://www.facebook.com/people/McNamaras-Bar/100065096885589/
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Prague has a good drinking scene but it is very very different from a comfy London pub. They’re really more “drinking dens” where the working class sit and have beers at the end of the day. Of course they’re gentrified now and richer people come there to be seen. Like Clinton went to what is probably the most famous pub in Prague, U Zlateho Tygra, and had beers with Havel and Hrabal.
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I can’t remember the names unfortunately but the pubs where we went to in London all looked very well maintained.
Gar, I know pubs in Britain are also a working class thing, I didn’t formulate that correctly. In the pubs I went to in the UK it seemed however the people were more proud to make them look good. They all had beautiful wood panels, nice comfy seats, etc. By contrast my favorite pubs in Prague are much more Spartan looking.
They look a bit like this: not bad, but much more austere.
I also really liked the “kaffeehaus” in Vienna. They’re places where you can sit for hours, and drink coffee but also beer or wine, and have a meal.
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Possibly my favourite British food:
Mmmm…spotted dick, right?!
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Speaking of which, has the rise and expansion of Wetherspoon’s hurt or benefitted the pub scene in the UK? Has authenticity been pushed aside in favor of efficiency and bigger profits, or have they actually helped to preserve a bit of history?
I think a lot of people have a strong dislike of Wetherspoons because of their owner who is a huge Brexiteer and very annoying.
However they do have a few positive elements. Wetherspoons don’t take over existing pubs, they convert other buildings which had a different use, the one nearest my old home was a gentleman’s outfitter, another was a bank branch.
At first they didn’t (I first saw one 30 years ago in Liverpool when they just called them all JD Wetherspoon) but now when they name their pubs they look for a local connection with meaning, when they opened one in her town they phoned up my mother, who was chair of the local historical society and asked her what they should name it. It is now named The Lord Caradog after the first kind of mayor of the town in the 1500s.
They have a really good selection of local small brewery beers. Despite being a chain they will not sell the same craft beer up and down the country. You’ll get very good beer there at a good price.
The downsides are the cheap prices they sell at can attract a, shall we say to be snobby, downmarket clientele. Depending a bit where you are they can be a bit rough.
Since they are either new builds or conversions they try and present a ‘classic’ feel but can’t really a match a proper old pub. My regular pub as a youngster is 4 years older than the USA, built in 1772.
While the naming and using local brewers adds an element of difference you can’t escape and element of the chain, their food menus are the same everywhere and is all very functional. If you wanted great pub food you won’t find it there.
Finally, a running joke with them is as the buildings weren’t originally designed as hostelries s the toilets are very often weirdly placed, you walk up and down stairs and through corridors and on long journeys to get to them.
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I was in a Wetherspoons in Hexham, it was alright. They had Czech lager which was appreciated.
I love Czech lager, they are the best at it, but if I were on a visit to the UK it wouldn’t be what I’d gravitate to. You don’t go to Burton on Trent to buy Staropramen.
There are loads of amazing British real ales and small local breweries which is their speciality.
Yes, but in Hexham it would have to be either Newcastle Brown Ale (which isn’t even made in Newcastle any more) or Federation which was bought by Heineken and then shut down. That’s it. We have no more breweries in the North East
(Actually I’m sure there are some newer small breweries. But if I ever go into a pub these days all I see are “guest” beers from random parts of the country.)
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Whetherspoons are great places to have a cheap meal on a family holiday, and while they’re a soulless chain, they do manage to get the pub atmosphere pretty well, I thought.
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Dutch pub culture is a bit gloomy I think. Many pubs and cafes are way too cramped and dark. It’s probably something to do with the calvinist heritage. It could be different in the Catholic South, I will have to go to Maastricht one day to see if the pubs are better there.
Yet some pubs are good. My favorite in Amsterdam is right on the Leidseplein, an old “brown cafe” called Eijlders. They had the best waiter, though I think he is gone now. This guy was always at your table when you wanted to order something like it was his sixth sense.
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That’s fair I was being a bit too harsh there reading it back. Belgian beers here are very hard to get and hugely expensive, I did go to New Zealand and spend a night in Belgian themed pub because I can’t normally get that stuff and it’s good.
Belgian beer is good whereever you are. But I agree with you, it’s a shame to not try the local beers and food. That’s one of the greatest joys of traveling.
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This ‘Eggo Nog’ Puts a Breakfast Twist on Holiday Drinking – Food&Wine.com
Kellogg’s teamed with a Tennessee distillery to produce the 40-proof, waffle-inspired beverage.
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Even though we’re still stocking up on bags of Halloween candy, it’s somehow time to start thinking about the next holiday season. Most retailers are doing their part and already have their holiday displays out, supermarkets are strongly suggesting that you start stocking up on seasonal ingredients, and the Hallmark Channel’s annual “Countdown to Christmas” starts next Friday for some reason.
So all that said, this is clearly the right time for Kellogg’s to debut its brand new “Eggo Nog” cream liqueur. The cleverly named rum-based beverage was created in partnership with Gatlinburg, Tennessee’s Sugarlands Distilling Co. (It also has to be the first time that something Eggo-related is specifically for the 21-and-over crowd.)
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“We had an idea based on what we’d heard from parents, about this ‘Me Time’ that they have at night where they’re eating Eggo waffles,” Joe Beauprez, Marketing Director with Eggo, told Food & Wine. “Instead of it being the kids in the morning around the table, it was them at night having a toasted waffle. They’d put a scoop of ice cream on it or drizzle it with chocolate sauce, and we thought that was interesting. We started to think about how we could elevate that occasion in a way that’s for the parents.”
It took a bit of brainstorming, but Beauprez and his team eventually decided to turn that kids’ breakfast staple into an after-dinner drink designed just for adults. After tasting some of Sugarlands’ other Appalachian Sippin’ Creams, Beauprez said he felt like they’d found “exactly the kind of partner they were looking for” to make Eggo Nog a reality.
The result of that collaboration is a 40-proof combo of exactly what you love about both Eggos and eggnog. “It’s really heavy on deep flavors of churned cream, and cinnamon and nutmeg, which we feel pair really well with that perfectly toasted Eggo waffle,” Sugarlands Master Distiller Greg Eidam said.
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Both Beauprez and Eidam hope that not only will Eggo Nog become a new holiday tradition, but that it will also build on the seasonal sentiments that eggnog can conjure. “For me, the taste of eggnog makes me think of my grandparents,” Eidam said. “They always brought it out during the holiday season. It makes me remember those times with my family and it takes me back there.”
“There’s a lot of nostalgia built into Eggo Nog,” Beauprez added. “Eggo has been helping parents for almost 70 years now, giving kids a great breakfast that parents love to serve. And that kind of nostalgia dovetails really nicely with the nostalgia of eggnog and the holiday season. We’re really excited about it.”
Eggo Nog will be available in select retailers nationwide for the duration of this holiday season. To find a retailer near you, visit Sugarlands.com/EggoNog.
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I just had Greek yoghurt with honey and pomegranate seeds. Pretty damn good.
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This is my Dutch budget beer, I think it’s the best lager that is produced here in my country. To save some cash I’ve been drinking a lot of these instead of the more expensive Belgian stuff I used to drink. At eur 0.75 a can it’s not so painful on the wallet.
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You can get hot eggnog at the German christmas markets that are going to start up again next month, and right now I’m quite looking forward to that.
I was in Berlin in december 2018, visited many Christmas markets. But the one in Potsdam was the best (and they had the best bratwurst)
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Sometimes life is good, Arjan.
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If anyone wants to save a few bucks, the Perlenbacher weissbier from the LIDL is pretty damn tasty. And it’s only 70 cents for a half litre can.
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There is a Polish shop here and they also have Ukrainian beer. The Mykulyn (or Mykulin depending on the transliteration) Pilsner is very good.
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Food from countries around the Mediteranean is generally very good, I like Spanish, Italian, Greek food, but North African and Middle Eastern is also good. I like couscous, falafel, Moroccan tajine, etc. I bought a kind of chili powder called aleppo pepper from the Turkish store here and used it in the tomato sauce I made for pasta tonight, and it really gave it an amazing zing. It’s spicy, but also kind sweet and citrusy.
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Do Brits here have Crosta Mollica pizza in their stores? I think the brand is from the UK. They have mini pizzas here in the supermarket from them that are just great
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Holy moly, I bought a chorizo sausage from the cheese shop here in the mall. (They have some other things apart from cheese, like nuts, salamis, honey etc)
And this thing is fucking delicious. A bit more expensive than what you buy in the supermarket, but much, much better. Perfect snack with a beer.
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A barista was telling me the origin of the coffee we call “Americano”.
At the end of WW2, Europe was full of Americans who wanted coffee but couldn’t drink European coffee because was too strong for them. So the Europeans cafes made a weak, watered-down coffee which just to serve to Americans, and that’s why they called it “Americano”.
I don’t know if this story is true, but going by how Americans also like their beer weak and watered down I can believe it
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I like making Italian style beans…I use borlotti beans which I heat up in a saucepan with garlic, diced cherry tomatoes, rocket lettuce and bolognese sauce. Cheap and yummy. You can add stuff you like, I always add a bit of chili powder and a splash of olive oil.
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I am quitting alcohol for a while at least, because I think it in part caused a health crisis a while back when I was dehydrated.
So now I am finding alternatives. Drinking more tea and this stuff:
It’s mineral water with fruit juice. Very delicious.
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Throw a few shots of gin in that and I’m game!
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Throw a few shots of gin in that and I’m game!
See that’s the one thing I can’t do…
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I had shwarma(?) for the first time at the weekend. It’s become very trendy over the last few years (I blame Tony Stark) but I’ve never noticed a place round here that serves it. So I had to go all the way to London to find it.
And… it’s basically a donner kebab?
I’m not complaining, I like kebabs, but I’m not sure why there’s been such a big fuss over what’s basically an expensive kebab.
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I had shwarma(?) for the first time at the weekend. It’s become very trendy over the last few years (I blame Tony Stark) but I’ve never noticed a place round here that serves it. So I had to go all the way to London to find it.
And… it’s basically a donner kebab?
I’m not complaining, I like kebabs, but I’m not sure why there’s been such a big fuss over what’s basically an expensive kebab.
Next try the gyros!
I think it’s mostly the same but it comes from different countries. Kebab is Turkish, shoarma (sp) is Arabic/Israeli, gyros is the same but it’s Greek. You get the same confusion with Greek coffee and Turkish coffee which is the same.
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Good news: the New York Blood Center has teamed up with over 3 dozen local breweries and pubs; if you donate a pint of blood you get a voucher for a free pint of beer at any of the participating locations.
Bad news: I have to wait eight weeks to donate another pint of blood.
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La Trappe made a non-alcoholic trappist ale, the first such trappist ale. I tasted it and it’s very tasty for a non-alcoholic beer.
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I really need to get to Belgium. After all, my favorite brewery by far is Brasserie Cantillon, situated in the heart of Brussels (or so I’m told by moderator Dave Wallace…)
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I’ve yet to have a beer brewed in Iowa; but I did have a couple of good local brews in South Dakota…
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My local craft beer place currently has three (!!) Cantillon Brasserie beers available for purchase in 750ml bottles (alas, nothing on tap). I promptly bought one bottle of each, and will likely go back next week to buy three more.
It’s like Christmas in September!!
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A tv show here did research into cheap honey that is found in the supermarket and they found out that most of them are not actually honey, but are actually mostly thick syrup with a little honey for the taste. The official test that is commonly used to detect purity doesn’t pick up the distinction between this syrup and real honey, but a new test that hasn’t been officially approved yet does make the distinction. Beekeepers they inteviewed said it’s practially impossible to produce real honey for the price most supermarkets sell it at.
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A tv show here did research into cheap honey that is found in the supermarket and they found out that most of them are not actually honey, but are actually mostly thick syrup with a little honey for the taste. The official test that is commonly used to detect purity doesn’t pick up the distinction between this syrup and real honey, but a new test that hasn’t been officially approved yet does make the distinction. Beekeepers they inteviewed said it’s practially impossible to produce real honey for the price most supermarkets sell it at.
Yeah, real honey definitely costs more. I always try to buy local honey, or at least from the region. Grocery stores here tend to carry local honey and it does come with a higher price tag.
Here’s a link to see prices at a Texas grocery store chain near my house:
https://www.heb.com/search/?q=honeyChristel can taste the difference between local and mass produced. Years ago, and after buying local honey for a few years, she went somewhere on a business trip and they had packets of honey for her tea. She said it tasted awful compared to what she had become used to. On the next business trip, she took a small container of local honey with her. She got spoiled!
An interesting thing with honey is that the flowers the bees go to can give you different flavors. Local honey from one area will have a slightly different flavor profile from another place.
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Yeah good honey is an amazing product and it should be correctly labeled so that you know you’re getting the real deal.
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Every once in a while a childish curiosity to question the norms of traditional wine making methods leads to the creation of a rather chuffingly good gallon of wine.
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Arizona’s New Stadium Food is a Cotton Candy Burrito
The Arizona Cardinals revealed over 50 of their new, innovative and whimsical food options that will be offered at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for the 2024 season!
Among some of the new items that Cardinals fans will surely gobble up include Flaming Hot Cheetos Chicken Tenders, a “Dog-a-Dilla”, and, for those with a sweet tooth, a cotton candy burrito!
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I’m drinking thi bock beer by La Trappe. It’s got that intense, bitter taste of really dark chocolate. Not my favorite type of beer, but an interesting taste experience.
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