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Taramasalata


Ingredients
1 6 oz jar Smoked Cod's Roe

6 slices White Bread

1/4 Spanish Onion grated

1-2 cloves Garlic mashed

8 tablespoons Olive Oil

Juice of 1 Lemon

6 tablespoons Double Cream

1 level teaspoon Gelatine dissolved in 3 teaspoons water

1 tablespoon finely chopped Parsley

Black Olives

Hot Toast


Method
Place cod's roe in a mortar. Trim crusts from bread; soak bread in water; squeeze lightly and add to cod's roe. Pound mixture to a smooth paste. Stir in grated onion and garlic. Then add olive oil, double cream and lemon juice alternately in small amounts, stirring well, until mixture acquires a smooth, uniform consistency. Strain through a fine sieve. (The above can be done in an electric blender, and in that case the mixture does not need to be sieved.) Beat in dissolved gelatine.

Pipe mixture into individual souffle dishes or ramekins, sprinkle with chopped parsley and garnish with black olives. Serve with hot toast.

I also like to stuff 2 inch lengths of crisp celery with this mixture as a light appertiser.

Chicken Fried steak with instant mashed potatoes and green beans (should these be crunchy???).

Now where's my Pepto-Bismol?

Crunchy-juicy green beans are lightly cooked, which is really all they need. The flavor, you notice, is superb.

Tums (tm) are worldwide, I think.

But hey, when I've got a bad stomachache I like soda bicarbonate in warm water too. Some gag on the sodium-ion taste, but for me it's the taste of relief. And the burps are kind of fun too.

Count yourself lucky on this score.

My mom recently fell and went to the emergency room. The doctors decided to keep her overnight. I stayed with her, naturally. When I emerged from the hospital the next morning, I found a $60 parking ticket on the car. Where it was acceptable to park at 9 pm, it was ... expensive to park at 9 am. At least mom's ok.

I am about to eat the head of a small smoked pig.
I plan on eating all of it.
Ate the body yesterday.
Leftovers from a cookout.

Not me, but my housemates have been eating recalled food for the past two weeks.
:yeldead:

Yeouch!

I have a couple of not quite legal places that I park (the area out back by the HR office, for example) and only use the parking garage when I absolutely have to. Even were I to pay for it, it's only $5, free if you're in there for less than an hour, which is never the case for me. One of the mysterious parts to the hospital parking situation is that while the self-park garage is $5, valet parking is $3.50 ... free if you're bringing a patient to the ER, because there is construction going on, so the ER spaces are no longer available as they are all reserved for ambulances, since they lost about half of their parking to the construction. The ER, though, is doing better than the radiation oncology center, which lost all of it's parking and their entire building. They're operating out of a series of trailers, as far as I can tell. This is a "city" hospital I'm going to, but one of the more suburban of the city hospitals, in terms of setting and feel. The real City Hospitals charge $10 an hour for parking, so I count myself lucky here.

:eek:

BRAINS!

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I just ate an entire Chipotle (1) burrito. I usually only eat half to 2/3rds, but I was reading and didn't notice how much I'd eaten until it was almost gone. Now my belly hurts.

(1) Chipotle is a chain that started here in Denver. I think McDonalds bought them out, but I don't know how far they've spread. Their burritos are the size of a puppy - and not some new-born poodle, these are like eating a two-week old lab puppy, wrapped in a tortilla and still warm and wiggly.

I just finished the last jar of fennel-polluted bolonese sauce. This time I had it with aduki beans, red onion, leek and sweetcorn (end of week vegetable use-up) and penne pasta.

I forget that bean-heavy pasta dishes are filling. I forced the last third of the bowl - silly of course, but I'd mixed it all in with the pasta by then and it gets flabby. The remainder of the vegetable sauce is in the fridge and will be split into two meals.

It was healthy and virtually fat free, but I am bursting at the seams.

I can't believe I just ate...a whole cup of Cheez fries. That's french fries with Cheez Whiz dumped on them. You eat them with a plastic fork.

Feeling so ill right now...

Really? I usually finish mine completely... I'm such a pig.

I just found this site, wherein you enter the ingredients of your Chipotle burrito or taco and it calculates the nutrition data.

Calories: 1060
Calories from fat: 426
Total fat: 48 g
Total Carbohydrate: 101 g
...

I don't know if those numbers are high or low.

I also had a sugary beverage.

For me they would be very, very high. Like 2-3 days worth.
But I am obese and focused on losing weight.

For a man, for an active woman or simply as a treat they could be much worse.

That's true, but I probably won't get to eat again for another three hours.

Oof. I just calculated my favorite item at Chipotle--chicken soft tacos with green salsa, cheese and lettuce.

Calories 649
Calories from Fat 242
Total Fat 27.5g
Saturated Fat 9.5g
Cholesterol 126mg
Sodium 1558mg

Without cheese, the numbers aren't much lower. What the hell are they putting in that chicken?

I think Chipotle chickens are all brain-fed.

I know, high in LDLs, but good stuff.

Just for the sheer confessional value, these are the stats for a medium Sizzler pizza from Dominos. Which I used to have for dinner whenever I could afford it. And ate the whole lot, unless I could afford Chicken Strippers as well:

Calories - 1440
Total Fat - 49.6
Saturated Fat - 18.4
Salt - 10.4

Sweet dimply thighs. It might have made a difference if I read that last year.
BTW I didn't think Americans could think in metric? ;)

Marijuana is sold in ounces, but cocaine is sold in grams, so we're required to at least learn that conversion.

Well the big flour tortilla alone is 330 calories (three small ones are 300.) The rice is another 240.

Spoken like someone who's never had the pleasure of a Garbage Burrito from Rosa Maria's.

Pictures tomorrow. Yes, I took a picture of the burrito. Yes, it was twenty years ago. Yes, I still have the picture. No, I'm not still full.

Clarification please. I could possibly see how 48 grams of fat would be a "very, very high" value, one you would normally spread over two or three days. But are you saying that 1060 calories is two to three days worth of caloric intake for you?

350 calories a day? That says "hunger strike" or "malnutrition" to me.

Having said that, I am very happy to see your success! Congratulations!




I am just not willing to cut my throat like that.

Actually I did look at it again and considered clarifying, but it's an "I Can't Believe I just Ate..." thread not, "SG's MeMeMe Thread About Diet" - trying to save you all the pain!

I exaggerated basically. But I would back away so fast from anything that had those nutritional values I'd leave skidmarks in the supermarket.

I eat approx 1000, sometimes up to 1500 cals a day, depending on appetite and what I have prepared. For example if it's all veggie it will be lower than if I've used Quorn (fake chicken or beef soya protein)

I eat up to approx 30g fat a day. I do not deliberately keep it this low, but in order to eat more I'd be forcing myself to eat, which is counter-productive. Most of what I eat is pulses - mixed to help ensure protein, vegetables, fruit and semi-skimmed milk. I use olive oil for cooking, a little cheese and low fat blended butter on toast or bagels. I am never hungry, I occasionally indulge with a bag of pretzels, fried chicken, a McDonalds, a chocolate bar, but I am healthy and sane. Except right now I am craving cheese fondue. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.......... cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.

Thank you, miss.

Chipotle burritos-the-size-of-a-sucking-pig do come off about like that. Hadn't known they were quite that caloric -- we've got a Chipotle in the next town up the road in this coastal Southern California county -- but they are indeed filling. Sounds like you'd want to skip the sour cream and stick with guacamole.

Double choc Magnum

Australian? A beverage?

It's ice cream on a stick covered in chocolate
I posted a pic a while back in another thread, but I can't find it

Not sure about the Double Choc - perhaps chocolate ice-cream inside with chocolate ripples?

three bars of chocolate...well....two bars and a walnut whip... mmmm walnut whip..

Someone just delivered some food for the office....It came in a large foil pan, and according to the time stamp on my e-mail, at least 40 minutes before I got there.

The bottom layer was beef and green peppers. The middle layer was nacho cheese. And to top it off, were the tater tots evenly spaced for exact portioning. I feel so sick.....
:greenface

These are the ingredients for creating the doorway to hell. Do not attempt it. Even unwittingly.

Seen that tater tot layer thing before. No thanks! Just gimme straight nachos that are fire engine hot!

Oh gross. Sounds like someone tried to make nachos, but had to use up stuff from the fridge.

What are tater tots?
Have to say without knowing that it sounds yummy!

Last night, I can't believe I ate the last few handfuls of pretzels in the bag and a packet of beef jerky after having dinner. Am convincing myself that it was all low fat and better than most snacks... Just disappointed that I gave in to greed when I didn't need to eat.

Tater tots are grated potatoes that are made into little balls and deep-fried. They're very common in U.S. school cafeterias, and they're horrible for you - but delicious.

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That was a fine pictumentary on the marvelous Tot, classicman!

I want some!

lol! That's why I started calling it the "tater tot surprise"!

:D

(Surprise that you made that and surprise that they ate at)

Turnips, pot licker, cornbread, hot souse, onions, sliced jalapeños, and a cold beer. Redneck supper.

I whole packet of Darrell Lea Bullets, plus a packet of DL peanut brittle fingers (OMFGGGGGG orgasm material).....err.....then some Cheddar Shapes.

Fucking hormones.

I went to the library in Woolwich today. Waited 30 mins for a bus that is supposed to be every 8-12 minutes. I should have walked up to the main road, but anyone who takes public transport will understand the feeling of "time invested" that keeps you at the stop.

Anyway, took my books back to the library and got a great haul in return including a couple of books I rarely look for and yet am excited to read (Last Exit to Brooklyn being one, as recommended by my hero Steve Pemberton). Anyway, get to the counter to check them out - I've only been and gone and forgotten my darn library card haven't I?

So I decide today is not my day and I am going to treat myself. I knew there was a Pie and Mash* shop in Woolwich so I asked while I was at the Post Office. Whaddyou know, it's literally round the corner.

So I had the unhealthiest lunch I have had in months. And I had dinner just now - aduki bean and mixed veg casserole, virtually fat free. I don't regret lunch, but it has made me feel like I've broken my diet. I'll put it behind me tomorrow though, no problem.

I went to my (much smaller local library) and got 8 chicklit books out after I went home and got my card. Venus in Furs better be there next time I get to Woolwich!

*For the uninitiated, "pie and mash" is a specifically South East London phenomenon, sold in tiled eateries with formica topped booths. You don't choose what's in the pie. Pie is pie, end of. And the green sauce is a pea and parsley sauce called liquor. Traditionally you soak the lot in vinegar. The shops also sell jellied eels. :yum:

That thing on the left is not what I would ever think of as "pie." What was in yours?

I gave in to the children and went to the amish smorgasbord again last night. It was "steak night", so I had a strip with carrots and broccoli, and then had turkey, mashed, and gravy... couldn't fit dessert in.

So what was in the pie SG??? I'm guessing at least one organ...

Mince meat.
That's all you need to know ;)

For reference, the bottom of the pie is made with suet pastry, so it it soft and sinks into the liquor. Only the top is short crust.

It has a distinctive flavour - I would recognise a Pie and Mash shop pie blindfold. I think it helps to grow up with it - the lady at the Post Office said she had hers with gravy and ketchup because "I didn't grow up round here". I shuddered.

Off topic:

This reminds me of the time when I was new to Seattle. I was SCANDALIZED at having to pay for parking! About an hour of my pay would be needed to cover my transportation by car. F*** that. So, I got myself a bus schedule.

I read the schedule, found the bus stop nearest my house, and walked there the next morning. The times printed on the schedules are for some selected "time stops" along the route, and my bus stop was not one of these... And since this was my first trip, and to work (at a fairly new job) I wanted to err on the side of caution and get there early if necessary. I waited and waited... I became nervous. I noticed another bus stop nearby, and walked over to see the schedule printed on the pole (same bus number/route). Jackpot! This stop had an earlier time printed. So I waited there and sure enough, the bus rolled right up, and I climbed aboard.

What I didn't realize until later, speaking of "feeling of time invested", was that the bus stop, on the same route, was right across the street. Going in the opposite direction. Away from downtown.

:smack:

Sure! I caught an earlier bus. Moving in the opposite direction. I rode it to it's turnaround point, then back to my original stop, considerably later than if I had just stood pat, then onward toward downtown. Late. It was quite an embarrassing education.

I am such a big fan of authentic regional cuisines. Here's what a culture develops when the lower classes have limited access to herbs, no access to the expensive spices, a lot of fresh veggies are hard to come by off-season except for maybe the root vegetables which you can make last a long time... but there's always game in the field and cows and sheep in the pastures, and nobody really pays much for the kidneys.

They used to be sold by pie-men, who bought the meat fresh from Smithfield and the eels fresh from Billingsgate. Mincing meat of course stretches it further, and you can add bits and pieces to it - meat cuttings are all protein after all.

Buying from a pie-man was the equivalent of fast food :)
My grandparents were too young for the pie-man, but remember the ice-cart and the muffin man.

two peanut butter and honey sandwiches.

god I feel sick now.

One of the two known essential toppings for green-bean casserôle, SG. While beans-n-glop baked en casserôle is edible, unless you have a violent antipathy to cream of mushroom condensed soup, the Tater Tots on top, baking into crispness, really add something essential to the dish.

The other known essential topping is canned Durkee crisp-fried onions, which like the Tots have a deep-fried garnishy goodness that greatly improves the casserole... okay, I'm leaving off the circumflex.

Green Bean Casserole's invention is well documented. It was a recipe specifically devised to use canned goods that practically every kitchen contained about all of the time. Actually, despite growing up in the Canned Food Decade of the Sixties, I never had the stuff as a kid, but learned the recipe aboard a nuclear submarine. :3eye:

I keep trying to make GB casserole only to find The Homeless Guy has eaten all the Durkees. Again! Like hand food.

When I was on vacation last week, a typical breakfast would include:
+ Fresh-squeezed orange juice
+ Strawberry/apple/banana smoothie (large)
+ Banana pancakes with real butter, fresh strawberry jam and syrup
+ Eggs
+ Crispy bacon
+ Bread


It's no wonder I gained a few pounds.

Why would you have jam and syrup? I guess you had it all in the one big bowl? ;)

My Dad loves jam so much (or he used to when we were growing up) he would have it on ice cream - with dessert syrup.
Then again he would have it on chocolate cake and with leftover Yorkshire puddings - Mum would always make extra so he could have one for supper.

Funny, he doesn't have a particularly sweet tooth - I inherited my love of cheese from him. Just loved the jam.

I love jam and cheese on hot scones. It's very yummy.

I just think jam and syrup on sweetened pancakes would have to be just sooooo sweet. I can't imagine being able to stomach it, and i have what I'd consider to be a very sweet tooth.

I'll have you know I have most* of my original organs! ;)

* Less one gallbladder.

But are you a meat pie Pie? Or are you.. a fruit pie?

or a fruit mince pie

on the subject of tim tams, I just opened a packet of 'pink wish' tim tams. They're strawberry filled and 10 cents from every packet goes to the breast cancer foundation. Anyway, I pulled the whole tray out of the packet to put them in a container and discovered to my everlasting shock and horror, that there's only 9 (NINE) in the packet!

Now i'm feeling so ripped off!!!