Oh Dennis, to be sure b->-bleeped-<-ipes are far easier to digest then the cooking.  There is a reason why every place has a Mexican/Italian/Greek/American/Chinese/Japanese place to eat, but "Famous Cooking of the British Isles" ain't to be found.

Quote from: tekla on December 08, 2008, 03:14:55 PM
Oh Dennis, to be sure b->-bleeped-<-ipes are far easier to digest then the cooking.  There is a reason why every place has a Mexican/Italian/Greek/American/Chinese/Japanese place to eat, but "Famous Cooking of the British Isles" ain't to be found.

....Er' that's because our cooking 'aint fast....and we sent you Gordon Ramsey, just to be annoying!

Chrissty

Must be a TV thing, I'm immune to that.  Have no idea who it is.  But, BraveHeart is on the movie channels all the time.  Really, you'd 'ave thought h'eed 'a won given all that coverage.

Quote from: Lisbeth on December 08, 2008, 11:40:34 AM
I've tried chittlin's and it's not half bad.  

You've obviously never seen or smelled them being cooked from the start.  Look up chitterlings in Wikipedia and read how they are prepared and what you have to pick out of them. 

Beverly

Sure chittlin's has to be thoroughly cleaned before cooking and eating, like most parts of animal's digestive tracts, but geez ... any kind of raw dead meat is a hotbed of nasty organisms ?

Guess chittlins tastes rather like one of my favourite offals ...

TRIPE ...  ...

Or is tripe unknown in the US ?

I've had tripe in restaurants in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary ... interesting to see how its prepared (usually in a hot tomato / paprika sauce).

Never seen tripe on a UK menu ...  ...

Laura x

Quote from: BeverlyAnn on December 09, 2008, 01:28:23 PM

Quote from: Lisbeth on December 08, 2008, 11:40:34 AM
I've tried chittlin's and it's not half bad.  

You've obviously never seen or smelled them being cooked from the start.  Look up chitterlings in Wikipedia and read how they are prepared and what you have to pick out of them. 

Beverly

I'll try to avoid thinking about it, thank you.

Quote from: tekla on December 08, 2008, 03:14:55 PM
Oh Dennis, to be sure b->-bleeped-<-ipes are far easier to digest then the cooking.  There is a reason why every place has a Mexican/Italian/Greek/American/Chinese/Japanese place to eat, but "Famous Cooking of the British Isles" ain't to be found.

I beg to differ, there are a lot of good English food places, but it's not hoity-toity, it's pub food like yorkshire pud, mushy peas, scotch eggs, fish and chips. Still good food, just not fancy. Oh, and who has a good American restaurant on their list? I do confess to going to McDonalds once in a while, but I can't think of any other American restaurants around. Oooh, except In and Out burgers. Man, that was good food when I was down in the states. I'd weigh 400 lbs if they had those in Canada.

Dennis

Quote from: Laura Eva B on December 09, 2008, 08:39:58 PM
TRIPE ...  ...

Or is tripe unknown in the US ?

My mom was born here in the US as were both of her parents. But all 4 of her grandparents were born in Italy. Most of my mom's "home cooking" was, in essence, Italian. She loves and cooks tripe, and introduced my dad, my brothers and me to it.

They can keep it; I just don't enjoy it.

Quote from: Lisbeth on December 08, 2008, 08:28:40 AM

Quote from: Zythyra on December 07, 2008, 12:43:19 PM
What ingredients would one put in vegetarian haggis? Wet wool   Ick! Not very tasty!

Isn't vegetarian haggis just plain oatmeal? *wonders why anyone would do that*

Never mind packaged instant oats <bleagh>, but slow cooked Irish oatmeal is quite nice.

Many cultures from around the world have b->-bleeped-<-ipe type instruments, and I love them all. B->-bleeped-<-ipe music rocks 

Z

B->-bleeped-<-ipe music rocks

Thank god lassie that ye live all the way across the nation from me.

Quote from: Zythyra on December 10, 2008, 09:32:35 AM
Many cultures from around the world have b->-bleeped-<-ipe type instruments, and I love them all. B->-bleeped-<-ipe music rocks 

Z

B->-bleeped-<-ipes are in the bible. Hittites, Meads, and Galatians were Celtic people.

http://bible.cc/daniel/3-5.htm

Quote from: Zythyra on December 10, 2008, 09:32:35 AM
Many cultures from around the world have b->-bleeped-<-ipe type instruments, and I love them all. B->-bleeped-<-ipe music rocks 

LOL  You apparently never worked midnight shift and had a neighbor who played the pipes.  The problem was his wife wouldn't let him practice inside so about 2PM which was about 2AM my sleeping time, he would be practicing "Amazing Grace" in his yard 2 houses down from me. 

Although I do love the uilleann pipes since they have a sweeter sound than the traditional war pipes.

Beverly

[AVOID the tinned variety, its a disgrace to the "haggis race".]

A good friend, of Scot lineage, gave me a basket one Solstice a few seasons back. I kept looking at the can of haggis included within, with much trepidation. I'll mix anything in a pot, but, this can of, parts,, it never really struck my fancy. I eventualy tossed it. Maybe for worse, I'll never know. The expiration date was near/past when it was delivered to me, so I wasn't thinking I was wasting food or anything. Sheep-Sausage in a can, really now?

Might I also add, b->-bleeped-<-ipe music goes with most anything.  esp: food, drink, friends, music, rhyme, getting ready for bed, getting out of bed,,,
Umm, did I forget something? oh, yes, the neighbors!!

Quote from: tekla on December 10, 2008, 09:36:17 AM
B->-bleeped-<-ipe music rocks

Thank god lassie that ye live all the way across the nation from me.

Ay lassie, I could get meself on a plane and come to visit with me pipes

Z

You bring the pipes, and I'll hook them up to a Marshall Stack, and we'll run the signal through some phase shifters, reverb, perhaps a echo delay, and we'll redo the Hendrix catalog on b->-bleeped-<-ipes, it might be the next big thing.

Oh! I love Celtic Fusion music!!!!

Sort of like Cherish the Ladies with Slayer backing them up.

Quote from: tekla on January 10, 2009, 11:29:04 AM
You bring the pipes, and I'll hook them up to a Marshall Stack, and we'll run the signal through some phase shifters, reverb, perhaps a echo delay, and we'll redo the Hendrix catalog on b->-bleeped-<-ipes, it might be the next big thing.

I'm so there!  Gotta find someone who can play the pipes though. I'll play fiddle, octave mando... we can run them through the stack too.

Z

I'm thinking of a 110db penny whistle, with feedback.

Quote from: tekla on January 10, 2009, 02:07:24 PM
I'm thinking of a 110db penny whistle, with feedback.

Need some industrial strength earplugs for that 

Z