Thanksgiving Day coming up!

[Andrew]

Hows about Chow Mein then, thats an American dish. I know, cold turkey chow mein.

[corydoras]

Home grown greens of course,cabbage, cauli etc, (bet thats introduced food also LoL ) never mind all that foreign muck classed as food.

Maybe they had that great British classic dish, Tikka Chicken Massala

Cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and kale are all cultivars of the same plant, Brassica oleracea. Their cultivation goes back to before the Greeks and The Romans. They were probably brought to our shore by the Romans.

 

Have you ever tried Roast Goose? Not a lot of meat on a goose mate . Chiken Tikka Masala wouldn't be the same without tomatoes from the New World.

 

If all the 'foreign muck' was removed we would have a pretty bland diet. No sugar, pepper, carrots, beetroot, rhubarb, peas; I could go on all day.

[corydoras]

Nah. Along with McD's, that's an American food import that we'd be better off without.

Not so. Hamburgers originated in 15th Century Germany (The clue is in the name ). Chicken is domesticated Jungle Fowl, and has it's origins in India.

[Andrew]

Cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and kale are all cultivars of the same plant, Brassica oleracea. Their cultivation goes back to before the Greeks and The Romans. They were probably brought to our shore by the Romans.

 

Have you ever tried Roast Goose? Not a lot of meat on a goose mate . Chiken Tikka Masala wouldn't be the same without tomatoes from the New World.

 

If all the 'foreign muck' was removed we would have a pretty bland diet. No sugar, pepper, carrots, beetroot, rhubarb, peas; I could go on all day.

 

 

And dont i know it, LoL

 

Chill out, its easy to do.

 

PS you forgot that classic Yank dish, Chow Mein

Edited November 23, 2011 by Andrew

[corydoras]

And dont i know it, LoL

 

Chill out, its easy to do.

 

PS you forgot that classic Yank dish, Chow Mein

Ya mean Chop Suey surely. Chow Mein is classic Chinese but has been adulterated and influenced by many other cultures. The chow mein you get in a Chines takeaway here bears little resemblance to what you'll get if you ask for it from a street kitchen in Hong Kong, China or my favourite Taiwan. In Taiwan is just noodles. Chow means fried; mein means noodles. Chow Fan would be fried rice; Chow Far is fried shrimps.

 

My favourite Fried Rice is Nasi goreng, the Indonesian variety, with lots of ketchap manis, and a fried chicken drumstick and a hard fried egg on top.

[Andrew]

Edited November 23, 2011 by Andrew

[Vagabond]

The best bird for a winter feast (whatever you might be celebrating) is pheasant, but you need several.

Have run out of pheasants pro tem. Had a family gathering Sunday, so had to make do with roast turkey, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts, parsnips and carrots. Coming back for second helpings left a badly savaged turkey.

 

Home-made apple pie (our own Bramleys) to follow.

 

Turkey sandwiches and salad for Monday lunch, then turned the carcass into good stock for future soups and put the remains out for the badgers.

 

Did you know Cory, that turkey-fed badgers are essential if you want the sun to return from December 21st onwards. ? It enhances their digging zeal and thus encourages extensions to existing setts, or even initiates new ones.. Something to do with the size, number and orientation of their setts affecting Earth's tilt

[corydoras]

The best bird for a winter feast (whatever you might be celebrating) is pheasant, but you need several.

Have run out of pheasants pro tem. Had a family gathering Sunday, so had to make do with roast turkey, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts, parsnips and carrots. Coming back for second helpings left a badly savaged turkey.

 

Home-made apple pie (our own Bramleys) to follow.

 

Turkey sandwiches and salad for Monday lunch, then turned the carcass into good stock for future soups and put the remains out for the badgers.

 

Did you know Cory, that turkey-fed badgers are essential if you want the sun to return from December 21st onwards. ? It enhances their digging zeal and thus encourages extensions to existing setts, or even initiates new ones.. Something to do with the size, number and orientation of their setts affecting Earth's tilt

I'm not mad on pheasant, but I do prefer Guinea Fowl to turkey or chicken. Goose is a waste of time, all bones and fat. Edited November 23, 2011 by corydoras

[Vagabond]

Goose is a waste of time all bones and fat.

 

I think I once tasted goose as a kid, a pink-foot shot in Norfolk, but can't remember much about it,

 

Goose grease was used for burns (amongst many other uses) in Nelson's navy - sun burn, rope burn, powder burns - probably some still knocking around in the back of a ship's surgeon's locker somewhere did you come across any ?

[Andrew]

Often do the spuds in goose fat.

 

Prefer mashed sweet chatties though with a touch of horse radish in. MMMM super duper pan fried later on and put on toasted crunchy fresh garlic bread. More foriegn much on my plate.