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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 3, 2019 16:11:50 GMT
It is a joke, isn't it? I'm not sure.
This is apparently a real product and I was compelled to watch the video all the way through. The production is great -- very clear audio and crisp video, plus the narration is brisk and amusing. You have to wonder how a person who is capable of all that decided to do the whole thing on a velour sofa, though.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 5, 2019 16:40:33 GMT
Watching the Christmas dinner video seems to have put that poster into my YouTube suggestions. And so now I have discovered this.
The sofa seems to replace the table in these videos. And there is a bonus extra item reviewed after the "burger."
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Post by lagatta on Nov 5, 2019 19:27:58 GMT
I almost pissed myself laughing over the second one; that fits into the lost in translation thread more than the food atrocities.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 5, 2019 19:43:23 GMT
I just watched it a second time and nearly became hysterical. I think I was in too much of a shock to really react on the first viewing.
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Post by mossie on Nov 5, 2019 21:20:31 GMT
Wonderful. Reminds me of the gourmet grub served up to us in Egypt. Cooked on petrol stoves, just substitute hard biscuit for their strange bread bun.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 3, 2020 16:26:54 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2020 23:36:53 GMT
Oh gawd! Aren't you glad you moved? Okay, you did move to the state that launched the aberration of pineapple on pizza, but even that seems less horrible than *gag* French *orp* dressing on a defenseless pizza.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 4, 2020 3:19:37 GMT
I've never seen French dressing in France. Where on earth does it come from?
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 4, 2020 5:00:57 GMT
According to Wikipedia, invented in the United States in the 1950's.
For those who don't even know what it is: French dressing, in American cooking, is a creamy, ketchup-based dressing which varies in color from pale orange to bright red. It can be made by blending olive oil, vinegar, tomato paste, ketchup, brown sugar, paprika, and salt. Western salad dressing is another variation of french dressing.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2020 5:46:19 GMT
Sort of like barbeque sauce for salad.
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Post by mich64 on Jan 4, 2020 17:14:51 GMT
I sometimes drizzle ranch dressing on pizza. Also a dollop of sour cream now and again.
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Post by whatagain on Jan 9, 2020 15:41:33 GMT
However my daughter cooks spare ribs with a sauce made of ketchup Coke and honey - I think. May d the honey is not necessary. It tastes good actually. Gaston la gaffe - a cartoon character - was a fan of morue aux fraises. Cod with strawberry 🍓. Never saw it on the menu.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 9, 2020 16:59:12 GMT
I believe that the logic of putting honey or molasses or brown sugar in sauces for baked (such as ham) or grilled meats is because of how the sugars caramelize and deepen during the cooking process. In other words, it's to enhance flavors, not to make the meat taste sweet.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 9, 2020 19:46:31 GMT
That is true, but sometimes it is overused.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 3, 2020 10:09:13 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 17, 2020 17:52:43 GMT
Too much time on your hands?
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 26, 2020 10:49:48 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Jul 26, 2020 12:28:09 GMT
Patrick, those are the stuff of nightmares. And I don't mind Scotch eggs, but in that mess...
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Post by tod2 on Jul 26, 2020 14:17:45 GMT
Agreed Lagatta! They all look pretty grim
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Post by bjd on Jul 26, 2020 14:22:15 GMT
After being forced to smile while she puts the shrimps on the houseplant, I wonder what the woman's reaction was.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 26, 2020 14:34:25 GMT
Food photography has made so much progress since those days that I bet they could actually make some of this stuff look appetizing with modern techniques.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 30, 2020 20:13:30 GMT
I almost posted this on the British food thread, but that would have been cruel.
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 31, 2020 6:01:27 GMT
Certainly not how I make rice.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 31, 2020 8:05:30 GMT
I absolutely LOVED the Uncle Roger video! What a laugh!!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 31, 2020 14:24:08 GMT
Clearly there is a BBC Food controversy.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 31, 2020 16:48:42 GMT
Who would have thought a simple staple ingredient like rice could have so much controversy ?!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 31, 2020 17:03:47 GMT
From my own experience, it must be admitted that in the United States and France, rice is often boiled and then drained. One of the main French brands actually sells rice in plastic boiling bags with a loop for pulling it out of the water.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 2, 2020 11:13:54 GMT
Aah! I know that rice. If I remember correctly it was a Uncle Ben's brand. Haven't seen it around for at least 20 years.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 5, 2020 5:23:10 GMT
This was titled "Figli lontani in cucina". Even I can read this Italian, so I think the rest of you will get it also ~
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 2, 2020 12:21:29 GMT
Gordon Ramsay has received the Uncle Roger seal of approval.
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