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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Krusher on March 13, 2002, 10:50:35 AM
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LONDON (Reuters) - A leading London chef known for his love of offal dishes is offering the capital's gourmets a new -- bushy-tailed -- eating experience.
Fergus Henderson, of the fashionable St. John restaurant, offers gray squirrel "gently braised with wine, boletus mushrooms and wild garlic leaves," British newspapers reported on Wednesday.
He said the dish was popular at his restaurant, where he also serves up lamb testicles, bacon and mash and smoked eel.
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http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=EKTUI3D53PIPECRBAE0CFFAKEEATGIWD?type=humannews&StoryID=695972
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Back before US domestic terrorist groups existed (ALF, PETA, etc.) my sister needed a "wildlife dish" for her school project, that being everyone got to bring in a pot luck of wild life dishes, not excluding frog, squirrels, whatever...I prompty went out and shot 4 Red squirrels (for those of you who live in the mid west, know what a PITA red squirrels are, they get into attics and really raise hell with your home) then simmered them slowly in stoneware, with strips of bacon, and crushed apple. It won the "Wild life Best Dish" award I'm happy to say. :D
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I've shot and eaten squirrel as a young'n in Wyoming. Way too much work for as much food as you get... rabbits are less work,a and taste better to boot. :)
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We used to grill em camping when we were young in florida. Not bad, threre's better but not better and as easy to bag a half dozen quickly.
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Originally posted by Kratzer
I've shot and eaten squirrel as a young'n in Wyoming. Way too much work for as much food as you get... rabbits are less work,a and taste better to boot. :)
Agreed!
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Tree rats are good eatin'
My mom makes a mean squirrel pot pie.
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English food?
Boiled ______ (add critter here) in mint sauce.
Anything else?
Oh, and warm beer.
Ick! :p
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The world would be the greatest if:
The Brits were the cops
The Germans were the engineers
The Italians were the lovers
The French were the cooks
The Swiss were the ecomonists
The world would be the worst if:
The Brits were the cooks
The Germans were the police
The Italians were the engineers
The French were the economists
The Swiss were the lovers
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You've obviously never met a British Policeman Curval.
:D
And what's wrong with good old steak and kidney pie? Or a pasty? Good honest food that doesnt try to hide what it is, like bubble & squeak or toad-in-the-hole.
And ya just cant beat spotted dick and custard.
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Originally posted by Swoop
You've obviously never met a British Policeman Curval.
:D
And what's wrong with good old steak and kidney pie? Or a pasty? Good honest food that doesnt try to hide what it is, like bubble & squeak or toad-in-the-hole.
And ya just cant beat spotted dick and custard.
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Isn't curry the national food of Britain right now?
When I was in the UK I was amazed that everyone put vinegar on their chips.....apparently Brits have now substituted curry sauce.
mmmmmmmm...spotted dick and custard...alllaahhahahahall (Homer drooling sounds).
Nothing wrong with steak and kidney pie...except the kidneys.
Love Cornish pasties too.....
But, the fact remains that none of them would win any sort of culinary glory....ya gotta admit that mate! I'm no big fan of froggies...but they sure do know how to cook!
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If Curval has his way, I admit to being mostly Italian!:D
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Nah mate I dont agree.
When you've seen frogs legs and snails crawling around on plate.......
And why do wierd things to a good bit of beef when all you've gotta do is roast it and add Yorkshire pud?
Now the English diet consists of fish n chips every friday covered with either vinegar or, as you say, curry sauce. Saturday is a kebab completely drenched in chilli sauce (purely so ya cant taste the kebab any more). Sunday is the traditional roast whatever with veg boiled until it's gone soft (although there are weird people out there that only cook the veg for 30 seconds and seem to like raw carrots) and gravy. The rest of the week is covered by fast food and pasties.
Ya wanna know what the Dutch eat? lessee here........absolutely shed loads of indonesian food that the Cloggies call Dutch, krockets (liquidised horse meat fried in breadcrumbs), sate anything (the most vile food ever devised by man), lumpia (fried christ knows what in a roll)......and dont even ask what a Groetje Bol is.
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Good Lord...that stuff the cloggies eat isn't food.....sounds like it is what food eats..ie cow feed.
But, I guess when ya got the munchies anything will do:D
Snails are okay...as long as they are dripping in garlic butter and don't have any sand in them.
Frog's legs....tried 'em...they didn't taste like chicken...more like sh*t.
(...and by the way, when I tried them they were very still....dead still, in fact :D )
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as a kid staying at the swanky Gosforth Park, Gosforth, Newcastle England, we were treated to the best BLT sandwiches I ever had.
Loved them until we were told the "B" in it wasn't bacon but cows tongue :)
oh yeah, this cracker feeds his squirrels (corn cob holder on the back fence) we don't eat em ...
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Originally posted by Eagler
as a kid staying at the swanky Gosforth Park, Gosforth, Newcastle England, we were treated to the best BLT sandwiches I ever had.
Loved them until we were told the "B" in it wasn't bacon but cows tongue :)
oh yeah, this cracker feeds his squirrels (corn cob holder on the back fence) we don't eat em ...
How did they call this a BLT then...I'm trying to think what the "B" stands for?
Should have been a CTLT surely?!
;)
I would have hurled for sure.
Blatent false advertising!
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Kebabs suck.
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English food MUST suck and I can prove it in 2 words......
Naked Chef
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Jamie Oliver (Naked Chef) sucks.
Although his wife/girlfriend is tasty.
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where do people get the idea that brits drink warm beer? The weather is never warm enough to get hot beer!:(
Coming from Devon, UK i eat quite a few pasties. Don't eat curries often, i don't think my toilet could take it if i ate more than i currently do. English tea with clotted cream on scones is nice......mmmmmmm....clotted cream.....mmmmm......
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English food is ok provided you don't eat anything post-victorian :)
And you can survive with Pakish/Indian McDonald Fish & chips or anything not post-victorian English food :D
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GATOR!! Just discovered that was good eatin here the other day. Ordered the "Swamp Platter" at a little joint here in Florida and was pleasantly suprised at how good the gator was (if not a tad tough). The fried frog legs though... if you could give a meaty texture to water thats about what I thought of them.
Squirrel is doggone good too, but the grey's are much better'n the reds if you can find'em big enough.
Brit food? Great stuff! I actually find myself missing the occasional pork-pie snack lol. My wife is Brit, she tends to burn water but my mom-in-law is a great cook, but I'm sure I could hear my arteries hardening during her dinner's (err...Tea)
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Originally posted by Dowding
Kebabs suck.
what a HORRIBLE thing to say!! lol
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Originally posted by midnight Target
English food MUST suck and I can prove it in 2 words......
Naked Chef
There is absolutely no argument to this statement.
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Misleading title. I thought this was a thread about killing spits.
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Ripsnort have a sister?
Man if I'd known this before, old Rippie here would the uncle of Danish-American brats.
Always late, that's my problem.
Better get to class - it starts in 5 minutes :D
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My vote goes for Dove, nothing is as easy to clean, cook and eat as Dove. I prefer mine done on an open pit grill wrapped in a slice of maple bacon. :)
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Swoop stop it
I'm feeling homesick now
hmmmmmmmmmmm steak and kidney pie, black pudding, curry (oh for a jalfrezi right now) .......................
but more importantly Ringwoods, Blacksheep, Eldridge Pope, Green King, Exmoor, Durham...........
The good news from the yank side of the pond is that a small number of my hosts are beginning to realize there is more to beer than it being freezing cold and tasting like piss (the two are linked in my mind; US beer has to be freezing to numb your taste buds so you can drink it).
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I'm no big fan of froggies...but they sure do know how to cook!
Two words - onion soup. Can you think of anything more disgusting than boiled onions?;) I think most people have no clue what they're talking about when they say "English food". I see nothing wrong with good honest steak and chips or mash. It's not fancy but when done right it's delicious. I hate posh places when you get nothing to eat with some fancy named sauce on your plate brought to you by crappy waiter who fakes French accent and thinks that somehow that qualifies him for a tip:).
Warm beer? Are you talking about lagers, bitters, ales or what? Cuz lager's served in any pub at ~5C. It's nice and cold. Some people like traditional stuff which is not supposed to be coming from a fridge but in any case tastes better than that 0-2% ABV thing you mistake for beer over there:D. And it's not just beer - any pub in the land will have 4+ different kinds on tap not to mention bottled stuff. And hey - when you ask for a pint it's what you get too - 568ml - not like say in Holland when they whoop a great head in your glass and then take the top of it off! Rip-off place when drinking is concerned that Holland place is I tell ya;)
Not sure 'bout Jamie Oliver m'self although he's bagloads more fun that that pompous cow Delia Smith. But great chefs there's a plenty of - my GF went on Ready Steady Cook, I know it from her. They do do it in 20 minutes flat in front of the cameras with products out of the bag in front of them 5 minutes before they start shooting and the stuff they produce looks fabulous and is delicious - I trust her and I know she knows her food. Not a single Frenchman amongst those chefs too:)
To get to taste really nice English food you need to know places to go to - not available to many tourists unfortunately and heavily depends on the area you're in.
p.s had to edit out "British" - haggis is a horrible thing and I really don't want to know what it' is made of;)
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I prefer quail over dove, myself. Rabbits are better than squirrels as well. But sheesh, you can't talk game without talking about Bambi. Venison is where it's at. :)
Although it's not game, I prefer a fresh, grilled tuna steak over any wild game. That or blackened. mmm, blackened tuna steak...
Loompia (or lumpia) are filipino spring rolls/egg rolls if I'm not mistaken. Usually just pork and seasoning (sometimes a few carrot pieces) in a thin wrap. We used to have a custodian here who was filipino and his wife would make us loompia and panzit (spelling?) for our office parties. mmm, that was some good eatings there! :)
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Originally posted by midnight Target
If Curval has his way, I admit to being mostly Italian!:D
I only put that in for completeness sake....
Everyone knows that the real "lovers" were born in Bermuda!
-lynx-...you and Swoop are right about English food being good wholesome stuff.....I eat it everyday.
French onion soup is great stuff though....forget the broth for a minute...what about all that cheese and croutons...ummmm
Question: Is Chicken Pot Pie British? I believe that it is.
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nah
Chicken Pot Pie is entirely American. In the UK we don't skimp on the pastry.
If you want some real delicacies take a look at Meat Pie Floaters (Aussie) and the famous Deep Fried Mars Bars of Scotland (no wonder our cousins from north of the Border have such a high rate of heart disease).