Gastronomic breakthrough
Richard Tobin
(I had some left from the asparagus.)
I'm sure it needs to be good quality Hollandaise; don't try the stuff
from a jar. Use plenty of lemon juice.
-- Richard
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Giusi
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I reserve judgment on that combo, my friend. I did however post a recipe
for the easy version of hollandaise I always make when it is just me and
mine. You could always up the juice.
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Anne Chambers
Hmmm...
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Steve Firth
> Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
>
> (I had some left from the asparagus.)
Chocolate digestive and asparagus, shame you needed to make some
Hollandaise for the biccies.
Sam Nelson
ric...@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:
> Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
>
> (I had some left from the asparagus.)
You were eating chocolate digestives with asparagus?
> I'm sure it needs to be good quality Hollandaise; don't try the stuff
> from a jar. Use plenty of lemon juice.
No, but seriously. in order to make this so-called breakthrough you must
have made a conscious decision to put chocolate digestives and Hollandaise
in your mouth at the same time, at some point. What perverted chain of
thought led to that?
--
SAm.
Richard Tobin
Sam Nelson <s...@ssrl.org.uk> wrote:
>No, but seriously. in order to make this so-called breakthrough you must
>have made a conscious decision to put chocolate digestives and Hollandaise
>in your mouth at the same time, at some point. What perverted chain of
>thought led to that?
I had some left-over Hollandaise on the table, and I couldn't let all
that butter and egg go to waste. I was about to eat it by the
spoonful, when I noticed the packet of biscuits. It seemed like an
obvious thing to try.
I'd like to see the traffic-light food labelling for it. They'd
have to use infra-red.
-- Richard
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Eleanor Blair
>Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
Iced party rings are nice with garlic dip. So are choc chip cookies.
And I used to like ordinary digestives sandwiched together with
mayonnaise as a kid. I grew out of it.
Mike.....
> Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
you are Feran Adria and i claim my €5
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Dave Budd
blairs.co.uk says...
> Richard Tobin wrote:
> >Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
>
> Iced party rings are nice with garlic dip. So are choc chip cookies.
> And I used to like ordinary digestives sandwiched together with
> mayonnaise as a kid. I grew out of it.
>
I thought "Butter Osbornes" was a directive.
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Dave Budd
water...@spamcop.org says...
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:59:59 +0100, Dave Budd wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > I thought "Butter Osbornes" was a directive.
>
>
No apostrophe. It's a plural.
Butter several Osbornes, to stick them together, then eat them.
Buddha Rhubarb Butter
> >Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
>
> Iced party rings are nice with garlic dip. So are choc chip cookies.
> And I used to like ordinary digestives sandwiched together with
> mayonnaise as a kid. I grew out of it.
>
Fig rolls spread with soft cheese...delicious. Even better than chocolate
coated garlic.
--
eric
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John of Aix
> Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
<FX>
Deep, deep sobs of culinary despair
</FX>
John of Aix
> In article <B5B*8Y...@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, eleanor@the-
> blairs.co.uk says...
>> Richard Tobin wrote:
>>> Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
>>
>> Iced party rings are nice with garlic dip. So are choc chip cookies.
>> And I used to like ordinary digestives sandwiched together with
>> mayonnaise as a kid. I grew out of it.
>>
>
> Fig rolls spread with soft cheese...delicious. Even better than
> chocolate coated garlic.
Nurse. NURSE!!! Help!
Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
Plain digestives spread with Nutella, or with a slice of cheddar.
mh.
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John of Aix
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:44:49 +0200, John of Aix
> <j.mu...@libertysurf.fr> wrote the following to uk.misc:
>
>> Richard Tobin wrote:
>>> Chocolate digestive biscuits with Hollandaise sauce.
>>
>> <FX>
>> Deep, deep sobs of culinary despair
>> </FX>
>
> Plain digestives spread with Nutella, or with a slice of cheddar.
That I can take. The Nutella is a chocolate digestive in the end and
with chesse, it goes well with its very cerealy aspect. A sort of sweet
wholemeal bread
Willy Eckerslyke
> Digestives + cheddar = great.
Even better if you microwave one with the cheese on it for a few seconds
and then squish another onto top to make something like a custard cream,
only round and cheesy.
Sam Nelson
Hot Badger Deluxe <water...@spamcop.org> writes:
> microwave. Remember to allow it cool a bit to avoid mouth pain.
I have a specific kitchen knife I only use for opening pitta at the edge.
The reason I only use it for that is that it's fantastic at it while useless
for almost everything else.
--
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Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
> Bastards, the quack gave me a diet sheet two days ago.
I've got an appointment at the dietician in a few week's time. I may have
lost loads of weight (82 lbs or 38 kg if anyone's counting) but I've got to
the stage where I need professional advice to keep it moving. Ultimately I
want to lose 53 kg or 117 lbs, and doing Thai boxing or mixed martial arts
is one of the reasons why I want top lose it.
Willy Eckerslyke
> I have a specific kitchen knife I only use for opening pitta at the edge.
> The reason I only use it for that is that it's fantastic at it while useless
> for almost everything else.
Have you discovered that they're easier to open if you splash 'em with
water, then stick 'em in the microwave for 20 seconds or so until they
start to balloon.
Eleanor Blair
>
>I cannot see myself following it, 95% of my favourite foods are
>in the "absolutely not, ever" column
Not even twice a year (birthday and Christmas)? That's a pain. And is
it really necessary for anything which isn't actually an intolerance or
allergy to that food? (eg coeliacs avoiding gluten).
Are there at least 31 of the things you can only have a small portion of
once a month? Then at least you could alternate between them and have
one each day. I suspect that's not what they mean though is it?
James Silverton
??>> Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
??>>
??>>> Digestives + cheddar = great.
??>>
??>> Even better if you microwave one with the cheese on it for
??>> a few seconds and then squish another onto top to make
??>> something like a custard cream, only round and cheesy.
HBD> I used to do that with pitta bread - split it open, insert
HBD> cheese, microwave. Remember to allow it cool a bit to
HBD> avoid mouth pain.
More than just pain! Melted cheese adheres to mouth tissue long
enough to cause blisters sometimes!
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
Sam Nelson
Been splashing 'em with water and grillin' 'em for nearly 30 years, sonny.
--
SAm.
Richard Tobin
Sn!pe <sn...@notforspam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>Oh, and stop drinking and do exercise. [shudder]
Perhaps you could just use a heavier glass?
-- Richard
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James Silverton
SN> In article <65mk7cF...@mid.individual.net>,
SN> Willy Eckerslyke <oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes:
??>> Sam Nelson wrote:
??>>
??>>> I have a specific kitchen knife I only use for opening
??>>> pitta at the edge. The reason I only use it for that is
??>>> that it's fantastic at it while useless for almost
??>>> everything else.
??>>
??>> Have you discovered that they're easier to open if you
??>> splash 'em with water, then stick 'em in the microwave for
??>> 20 seconds or so until they start to balloon.
Splashing with water is often useful for other "breads". An
Indian poppadum can be successfully cooked without grease in a
microwave. However, the necessary time seems to depend on the
local humidity and running water over the poppadum makes the
cooking time more reproducible.
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:27:14 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:
>
>
> <snip>
>
> > To my eternal shame I went through a "cycling for the sake of my health"
> > phase in my late 30s, but I filled my water bottle with gin and bitter
> > lemon.
>
> <grin>
>
> Gin and lime is still one of my favourite drinks in the summer. Lots of
> ice, and 50/50 Gin and lime cordial. Thank you, Ernest Hemmingway.
I was amused to notice a restaurant in Madrid claim "Hemingway never ate
here!"
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Eleanor Blair
>It isn't as though I'm at
>immediate risk of untimely demise anyway, I'm just a bit the wrong
>side of the line on the BP, blood sugar, cholesterol, etc.; all of which
>are exacerbated by a BMI of 28.
Oh hell, you're not even *very* overweight. My huge sympathies.
(blood sugar and BP are OK on me, and cholesterol only v slightly
raised, so they're not too worried since I'm still pretty young, but my
BMI's 10 points higher than yours!)
Sam Nelson
> > To my eternal shame I went through a "cycling for the sake of my health"
> > phase in my late 30s, but I filled my water bottle with gin and bitter
> > lemon.
>
> ice, and 50/50 Gin and lime cordial. Thank you, Ernest Hemmingway.
The only time I drink gin is after a warm day's sailing, but it hits the spot.
--
SAm.
Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
> Sn!pe wrote:
>>It isn't as though I'm at
>>immediate risk of untimely demise anyway, I'm just a bit the wrong
>>side of the line on the BP, blood sugar, cholesterol, etc.; all of which
>>are exacerbated by a BMI of 28.
>
> Oh hell, you're not even *very* overweight. My huge sympathies.
>
> (blood sugar and BP are OK on me, and cholesterol only v slightly
> raised, so they're not too worried since I'm still pretty young, but my
> BMI's 10 points higher than yours!)
If we're doing numbers, my BMI is currently about 32 (down from 45 last
year) and I found out today that my cholesterol is 4.6.
Dave Budd
water...@spamcop.org says...
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:55:00 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > Solution: lose two stone or grow six inches.
>
> combat depression, and to keep my gammy knee in order (osteosis due to
> aforementioned fracture). Worth a try, as you can watch TV while you
> exercise. Or even drink beer, and eat chips.
>
Hook it up to a dynamo that powers a Hoffman voltameter. Use the oxygen
to get high and the hydrogen to power UFO-shaped ballons.
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Willy Eckerslyke
Give 'em a couple more years and you'll be able to eat them then.
One Foot on the Platform
"Marcus Houlden" <sp...@nukesoft.co.uk> wrote in message
> If we're doing numbers, my BMI is currently about 32 (down from 45 last
> year) and I found out today that my cholesterol is 4.6.
Ah, but how does that divide into 'good' and 'bad' cholestrol?
Eh? Eh?
One Foot on the Platform
"Dave Budd" <dave...@manchester.ac.ku> wrote in message
> Use the oxygen
> to get high
FFS, man! If Gordon Brown reads that then he'll ban bloody oxygen!
(Or tax it, at least.)
Dave Budd
says...
> Sam Nelson <s...@ssrl.org.uk> wrote:
> > Willy Eckerslyke <oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes:
> >> [Babies]
> >> Have you discovered that they're easier to open if you splash 'em with
> >> water, then stick 'em in the microwave for 20 seconds or so until they
> >> start to balloon.
> >
> >Been splashing 'em with water and grillin' 'em for nearly 30 years, sonny.
>
> now?
>
His sprouts could do with a bit longer though
Sam Nelson
Stephen Gower <socks-...@earth.li> writes:
> Sam Nelson <s...@ssrl.org.uk> wrote:
> > Willy Eckerslyke <oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes:
> >> [Babies]
> >> water, then stick 'em in the microwave for 20 seconds or so until they
> >> start to balloon.
> >
> >Been splashing 'em with water and grillin' 'em for nearly 30 years, sonny.
>
> now?
It's a _very_ low grill.
--
SAm.
Dave Budd
qrnq_znat...@zfa.pbz says...
recall what the safe(ish) highest concentration is. Although Wiki seems
to think you can go to 100 unless you have emphysema, high blood CO2, or
paraquat poisoning.
And maybe the getting you high thing was another joke, like the banana
skins thing.
Which reminds me: do we think Felix Dennis did or didn't push a guy off
a cliff about 25 years ago?
Dave Budd
> It's a _very_ low grill.
>
Installed by B&Q, was it?
One Foot on the Platform
"Dave Budd" <dave...@manchester.ac.ku> wrote in message
>> > Use the oxygen
>> > to get high
>>
>> FFS, man! If Gordon Brown reads that then he'll ban bloody oxygen!
>>
>> (Or tax it, at least.)
>>
> And I left out the safety warning not to take it neat, too. Coz I can't
> recall what the safe(ish) highest concentration is. Although Wiki seems
> to think you can go to 100 unless you have emphysema, high blood CO2, or
> paraquat poisoning.
>
> And maybe the getting you high thing was another joke, like the banana
> skins thing.
I don't think so - according to my diving instructor (many yeeeeears
aggoooo) Oxygen Narcosis is one of the more pleasant ways to die!
> Which reminds me: do we think Felix Dennis did or didn't push a guy off
> a cliff about 25 years ago?
Who knows? I've posted bigger whoppers than that under the influence!
bof
<oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes
>Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
>
>> Digestives + cheddar = great.
>
>seconds and then squish another onto top to make something like a
Not that, I like the sound of
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bof
<not.jim....@verizon.not> writes
>Sam wrote on Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:49:12 +0100:
>
>SN> In article <65mk7cF...@mid.individual.net>,
>SN> Willy Eckerslyke <oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes:
>??>> Sam Nelson wrote:
>??>>
>??>>> I have a specific kitchen knife I only use for opening
>??>>> pitta at the edge. The reason I only use it for that is
>??>>> that it's fantastic at it while useless for almost
>??>>> everything else.
>??>>
>??>> Have you discovered that they're easier to open if you
>??>> splash 'em with water, then stick 'em in the microwave for
>??>> 20 seconds or so until they start to balloon.
>
>Splashing with water is often useful for other "breads". An Indian
>poppadum can be successfully cooked without grease in a microwave.
>However, the necessary time seems to depend on the local humidity and
>running water over the poppadum makes the cooking time more reproducible.
Cooking them as a stack, say six or seven at a time, and shuffling them
every minute or so seems to give good results too
Gregoire Kretz
> No, but seriously. in order to make this so-called breakthrough you must
> have made a conscious decision to put chocolate digestives and Hollandaise
> in your mouth at the same time, at some point. What perverted chain of
> thought led to that?
I was rather going to ask how much alcohol you need to drink first?
:)
Greg
PS: looks revolting. I must try it sometime.
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Gregoire Kretz
> Ultimately I want to lose 53 kg or 117 lbs, and doing Thai boxing or mixed
> martial arts is one of the reasons why I want top lose it.
Or at least be able to kick the crap out of someone who says you still
look fat? :)
Greg