blackdoglab
yeah I'm easy.... but I'm not cheap
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It's not that I'm afraid, but every time I watch a show like travels in europe, they always end up showing the more interesting foods of a culture. Lutefisk is a good example (haggis too) I guess it's not the food that makes me queasy (bubble and squeak ain't bad, i finally found a recipe and tried it. English puddings are pretty darn good too. The names just don't see too attractive. As I said before, head cheese fits into that catagory as well. Whenever I see the stuff at the deli, I wonder, is it jellied smegma, boiled pig's head, or what? But hey, it tastes good, whatever it is. Spam is in there too. I mean, it sounds like something you'd use to repair dry wall, but it is quite yummy. Potted meat product is yet another name that makes little sense. Why is it meat product and not just meat? Should meat spread like that, or wiggle? Braunschweiger is a bit like that too. It's basically German pate', but I gladly buy it and spread it freely on crackers. Who knows what's in it (i know it has liver) but I still like it.
O.K, so I seemed paranoid about the names of english food, but I realize that my favorites are just as strange and even repulsive. My sister was over the other day while I was eating lunch (oyster chowder, eggplant dip, crackers, bleu cheese, and spicy ginger beer) after she turned green and back, she said somethin' like "You sure have a cast iron stomach there."
So to all you Brits and fellow stinky cheese lovers, have some good eats. We've all got our own stinky, jellied, and aged meat and dairy products that we can't do without.
O.K, so I seemed paranoid about the names of english food, but I realize that my favorites are just as strange and even repulsive. My sister was over the other day while I was eating lunch (oyster chowder, eggplant dip, crackers, bleu cheese, and spicy ginger beer) after she turned green and back, she said somethin' like "You sure have a cast iron stomach there."
So to all you Brits and fellow stinky cheese lovers, have some good eats. We've all got our own stinky, jellied, and aged meat and dairy products that we can't do without.