Re: New food for mushy diet

[Guest guest]

Atta girl! I'll bet that first Caffrey's tasted like the best one

ever.

-john

> Thanks to my buddies here who taught me how to drink from a glass,

I

> managed to talk my husband into taking me out to a pub for dinner

> tonight. I managed almost a whole glass of Caffrey's, my favourite

> Irish ale, with only minor drips down the glass, but none down my

> chin.

>

> We had fish & chips. I pulled back the batter and just at the fish

> (halibut), which I slathered with tartar sauce. It was delicious.

>

> Then I had this half a plate full of french fries staring back at

me,

> which I didn't wanna send back. Hmm. Ok, now this is for the UK

> people and Canadians, not you Americans, because whenever I go to

the

> States I get funny looks when I ask for vinegar for my fries.

Anyway,

> if you liberally douse the fries in vinegar - and it should be malt

> vinegar to be proper - and then smush them flat with a knife, they

> get pretty soft and you can at least mush them up against the roof

of

> your mouth to get the flavour of them. I didn't have more than

about

> six fries, but they were great!

>

> Sorry for those of you wired or on liquids only. I didn't mean to

> make you hungry.

>

>

[Guest guest]

It did, . I even sported a Caffrey's moustache ...

>

> Atta girl! I'll bet that first Caffrey's tasted like the best one

> ever.

>

>

> -john

[Guest guest]

YES!!! What is it with you Canadians and UK people and the vinegar??

Let me tell you, I learned a lot about different eating habits

working on the ships with all the ethnicities. Mayo was pretty big

on " chips " as well for this one South African I knew...as for me,

I'll take 'em with boring ketchup thanks! ha ha

Neta-lee

> Thanks to my buddies here who taught me how to drink from a glass,

I

> managed to talk my husband into taking me out to a pub for dinner

> tonight. I managed almost a whole glass of Caffrey's, my favourite

> Irish ale, with only minor drips down the glass, but none down my

> chin.

>

> We had fish & chips. I pulled back the batter and just at the fish

> (halibut), which I slathered with tartar sauce. It was delicious.

>

> Then I had this half a plate full of french fries staring back at

me,

> which I didn't wanna send back. Hmm. Ok, now this is for the UK

> people and Canadians, not you Americans, because whenever I go to

the

> States I get funny looks when I ask for vinegar for my fries.

Anyway,

> if you liberally douse the fries in vinegar - and it should be malt

> vinegar to be proper - and then smush them flat with a knife, they

> get pretty soft and you can at least mush them up against the roof

of

> your mouth to get the flavour of them. I didn't have more than

about

> six fries, but they were great!

>

> Sorry for those of you wired or on liquids only. I didn't mean to

> make you hungry.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think vinegar on chips is dying out with the younger generation

here - a bit like mushy peas - another old British staple! Most kids

here slather on the tomato sauce (ketchup!) However, my eldest

insists on covering her chips with Worcestershire sauce - not to my

taste - Its great on cheese on toast though.

Just on a different note - are Heinz baked beans a staple in the US?

An amusing news article recently has requested that food parcels sent

out to countries in need should not contain beans as the people hate

them. Someone replied that there are always tins lurking in the back

of cupboards in the UK and they are the ones that end up in the food

parcels as we don't love them that much either! Still you can't beat

a baked bean and cheese baked potato.

Sue (UK)

[Guest guest]

Hey , I used to love vinegar on fries (and fish, too)! My

grandma (who was from Louisiana) taught it to me. As I've grown up,

I now use tartar sauce on the fish and ketchup on the fries, but I

can remember loving the vinegar and fish/chips (yes, malt is the only

way to go with that).

As for baked beans - you betcha! Home-made baked beans in a

sweet/tangy sauce (don't forget the bacon) go great with some good

old bar-b-que chicken! YUM!

-E

> Thanks to my buddies here who taught me how to drink from a glass,

I

> managed to talk my husband into taking me out to a pub for dinner

> tonight. I managed almost a whole glass of Caffrey's, my favourite

> Irish ale, with only minor drips down the glass, but none down my

> chin.

>

> We had fish & chips. I pulled back the batter and just at the fish

> (halibut), which I slathered with tartar sauce. It was delicious.

>

> Then I had this half a plate full of french fries staring back at

me,

> which I didn't wanna send back. Hmm. Ok, now this is for the UK

> people and Canadians, not you Americans, because whenever I go to

the

> States I get funny looks when I ask for vinegar for my fries.

Anyway,

> if you liberally douse the fries in vinegar - and it should be malt

> vinegar to be proper - and then smush them flat with a knife, they

> get pretty soft and you can at least mush them up against the roof

of

> your mouth to get the flavour of them. I didn't have more than

about

> six fries, but they were great!

>

> Sorry for those of you wired or on liquids only. I didn't mean to

> make you hungry.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey e,

You can come and eat with us anytime! Tartar sauce on the fish and

malt vinegar on the fries - perfect!

Traditionally, up here, we used to make wieners and beans on a

campfire (you cut the wieners up and cook them with the beans). It's

such a tradition that our yacht club has a wieners & beans night

every year when the visiting yacht club arrives from Goony City.

> Hey , I used to love vinegar on fries (and fish, too)! My

> grandma (who was from Louisiana) taught it to me. As I've grown

up,

> I now use tartar sauce on the fish and ketchup on the fries, but I

> can remember loving the vinegar and fish/chips (yes, malt is the

only

> way to go with that).

>

> As for baked beans - you betcha! Home-made baked beans in a

> sweet/tangy sauce (don't forget the bacon) go great with some good

> old bar-b-que chicken! YUM!

>

> -E

[Guest guest]

My dad is from Mississippi - and I can't remember a BBQ where he

didn't serve baked beans. They are still around in the US, but

usually accompanied by a joke or two regarding gas. You usually find

them at BBQ or Southern Style restaurants - and always at a BBQ. My

dad always cooked his with some maple syrup and usually added some

ham or bacon in the pot when cooking for flavor.

> I think vinegar on chips is dying out with the younger generation

> here - a bit like mushy peas - another old British staple! Most

kids

> here slather on the tomato sauce (ketchup!) However, my eldest

> insists on covering her chips with Worcestershire sauce - not to my

> taste - Its great on cheese on toast though.

>

> Just on a different note - are Heinz baked beans a staple in the

US?

> An amusing news article recently has requested that food parcels

sent

> out to countries in need should not contain beans as the people

hate

> them. Someone replied that there are always tins lurking in the

back

> of cupboards in the UK and they are the ones that end up in the

food

> parcels as we don't love them that much either! Still you can't

beat

> a baked bean and cheese baked potato.

>

> Sue (UK)

[Guest guest]

Ha! We must have similar eating habits because my family loves a

good pot of - what else - " beanie weanies " ! I'm sure you can

guess what that is (for those who can't, it's a couple cans of beans

with cut up hot dogs put in it)! haha! Maybe we're related

somewhere! LOL

-E

> > Hey , I used to love vinegar on fries (and fish, too)! My

> > grandma (who was from Louisiana) taught it to me. As I've grown

> up,

> > I now use tartar sauce on the fish and ketchup on the fries, but

I

> > can remember loving the vinegar and fish/chips (yes, malt is the

> only

> > way to go with that).

> >

> > As for baked beans - you betcha! Home-made baked beans in a

> > sweet/tangy sauce (don't forget the bacon) go great with some

good

> > old bar-b-que chicken! YUM!

> >

> > -E

[Guest guest]

Ah no. Haven't had any beanie wienies in a long, long time. My

husband is a great cook who is constantly dreaming up new recipes,

and I think he would have conniption fits if I suggested it! - he who

once bought an 18 pack of Kraft Dinner because it was more

economical, and who slathers his in ketchup when eating it ... now

that is disgusting!

> Ha! We must have similar eating habits because my family loves a

> good pot of - what else - " beanie weanies " ! I'm sure you can

> guess what that is (for those who can't, it's a couple cans of

beans

> with cut up hot dogs put in it)! haha! Maybe we're related

> somewhere! LOL

>

> -E