Instant noodles

[pkt]

Originally posted by The0ne
weird.

It's like the Italians using chocolate spread on their bread... It's a cultural thing.

TheOne,

Do you drink cold tea or iced coffee?

True tea drinkers will drink tea cold. Not iced, just cold.

Coffee are served iced in the hot countries...

PK

[pkt]

Originally posted by lfortier
...and you know what? I dont like any of those either Think Adkins diet

...then think kidney disease...

Eat a balanced diet.

recently a study was published that shows that the Aimish are much fitter than the 'modern' men or women in spite of the fact that they eat about mainly a meat and potatoes and vegetabels and fruits diet that has many more times the calories of the average city dwellers.

The reason, it was simple, they eschew the use of machineries, or electricity.

In other words, they do SIX times more physical work/exercises than the average urban dwellers as measured by pedometers.

So, the fault lies not in the diet. The fault lies in the fact that we don't work off what we eat.

PK

[Louweasel]

Originally posted by pkt
It's like the Italians using chocolate spread on their bread... It's a cultural thing.

Well what the hell else would you do with chocolate spread? Btw the french are big fans too but it's not such a big thing here in the UK.

Like peanut butter, it is available and people do eat it but it hasn't quite entered the national consciousness. Especially not with jam. Now what is that all about?? Tried it once...bleugh...

[Louweasel]

Originally posted by pkt

In HK, they can't distinguish 'P' from 'B', 'G' from 'K' as a result of the latter, we ended up with 'kung-fu' rather than the more correct "gung-fu". don't say the 2nd 'g'. It's like the 2nd 'B' in "bomb"; or the "B" in 'plumber'.

PK

Or like americans with t or d in the middle of a word, as demonstrated by Ifortier and the (sic) "Adkins" diet. Hence listening to an american you can't tell if they're saying "futile" or "feudal", not that this is normally a problem!!
Btw this is not a criticism of all you lovely americans, merely an observation. I feel enough meanness is provided by our nation to yours merely by setting traps for US tourists in our place names, such as leicester, tottenham etc (not that tourists go to tottenham as a rule, what with it being a bit of a hole, but maybe tottenham court road in the west end).

That was wildly OT even for me!

Yay for Supernoodles!
And does anyone apart from me go "straight to wok with Amoy!!"?

[lfortier]

Originally posted by Louweasel
Well what the hell else would you do with chocolate spread?
Like peanut butter, it is available and people do eat it but it hasn't quite entered the national consciousness. Especially not with jam. Now what is that all about?? Tried it once...bleugh...

Nutella...yum. so good but sooo bad. I wish I had that-damn those chocolate cravings. argh!

[Soldier]

Oh, yes, Nutella is awesome.

[dreadfoily]

Japan may have some. I'm not sure, but here's a poem in honor of Japans Noodles.


Oh, Bright Fuji
Noble! North!
Nimbley Nibbling
Noodles,
In the ether.

[Army Fencer]

Originally posted by Soldier
Oh, yes, Nutella is awesome.

I love Nutella. We met in France and it was love at first sight.

Thank goodness the commissary carries it!

[dreadfoily]

Also, the Amish people grow all their own stuff, including hens, roosters, pork and other food-stuffs, they don't use stuff from the general marketplace.

[neevel]

Originally posted by Louweasel
Well what the hell else would you do with chocolate spread? Btw the french are big fans too but it's not such a big thing here in the UK.

Like peanut butter, it is available and people do eat it but it hasn't quite entered the national consciousness. Especially not with jam. Now what is that all about?? Tried it once...bleugh...

Which is the same reaction most folks outside the UK have to Marmite (I actually like the stuff-- picked up the taste for it over there).


-Dave

[Soldier]

Marmite is disgusting.

[Louweasel]

Originally posted by neevel
Which is the same reaction most folks outside the UK have to Marmite (I actually like the stuff-- picked up the taste for it over there).


-Dave

True enough - actually half the people over here can't stand it either, it's a love or hate thing. I actually use it as an adjective to describe something you either adore or revile - "that's a marmite book - you either can't put it down or you didn't get past eth first page; there's no middle ground".

Mind you I've occasionaly known non-british people (like you neevel) to like marmite, I've never met a non-american to like peanut butter and jam. Maybe your jam is different? Or all my friends are unadventurous!!
I really like those chocolate peanut butter cup things, although yout chocolate is different somehow. And those things by the same company that are like smarties but with peanut butter instead of chocolate. In an orange packet. Mmmmmm.

[lfortier]

Originally posted by Army Fencer
I love Nutella. We met in France and it was love at first sight.

We met at Costco.

[Soldier]

I don't personally like peanut butter and jelly that much myself. Reese's peanut butter cups are very good, yes. The chocolate is usually very sweet milk chocolate, and while I'll take chocolate however it comes, I much prefer dark chocolate - the darker the better. Chocolate should not be brown, sweet, and soft; it should be black, hard, and bittersweet at best.

Reese's Pieces are the little peanut butter things you're talking about - I got sick of those long ago.

[Louweasel]

Originally posted by Soldier


Reese's Pieces are the little peanut butter things you're talking about - I got sick of those long ago.

Aha, that's what I meant! I'm not likey to get fed up of them as they're quite rare over here - I only ever see them in those weird expensive late-night supermarkets on railway stations (any Londoners will be with me on this). Same sort of place you can get alll sorts of instant noodles, as it happens! *squeaking grating noises as louweasel drags herself back to the topic*

[Zelda]

Lou. You gotta love what you can find in those train station supermarkets, they are like tardises of things you crave!

[Army Fencer]

Originally posted by Louweasel
I really like those chocolate peanut butter cup things, although yout chocolate is different somehow.

Chocolate is fundamentally a different element in Europe.

I love cote d'or!

[Gav]

I eat a lot of these instant noodles. I live quite close to a chinese supermarket so it's easy to get hold of some of the more obscure (well, for the UK anyway) flavours. I lived off them when I was a student.

When I was a kid I used to be fed cheese and marmite sandwiches. I have to confess I've not had one in a while but I remember thinking they were 'ace'. My Dad used to eat them all the time as well. The other thing mum used to feed me was peanut butter and maple syrup sandwiches - luvverly!

I grew up in South Africa so I've got fond memories of some of their cultutal foodstuffs - ie Billtong. I also remember a kind of doughnut filled with meat - a fat-cook I think they were called.

As you can see this thread has made me all nostalgic.

[Zelda]

Gav, how could you forget Koek-sisters? They beat a fat-koek hands down any time??? I must admit I am parile (when my mouth is not overrun with ulcers) to marmite and bananas on toast.

[Gav]

Originally posted by Zelda
Gav, how could you forget Koek-sisters? They beat a fat-koek hands down any time??? I must admit I am parile (when my mouth is not overrun with ulcers) to marmite and bananas on toast.

I don't remember Koek-sisters. From the recipes I've just looked at they sound great. I might even make a few at home...

Now that I am all nostalgic I've been looking for a recipe for fat-koeks. Surprisingly little on the web so I'm not hopeful. Maybe one of the South African guys on this board can forward me a recipe? Maybe I've got the name wrong?? My spelling was certainly phonetic.

I came back to Scotland when I was 5ish so tings are a wee bit fuzzy nowadays. I'll have to go one day.