What's For Dinner Tonight?

The Cryptkeeper

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Their advertising campaign was love it or hate it.

LOVE IT!

And yes, marmite goe well on pretty much everything :D

And while that ploughman-eque platter looks good, that plastic cheese looks plain nasty! Just a nice mature unpasteurised 18 month cheddar for me with my pickle thank :)
Just google imaged ploughmans lunch. :) I like the concept for the rugged approach. =P

I've never had poutine, but when I looked up what it was, I was pleasantly surprised. Cheese fries with gravy. Why not? LOL. It sounds good to me when you take the name out of the equation.

Oh no, now I have a major hankering for chili cheese fries.

BUT... it just so happens we picked up some farm fresh hamburger today... and I DO have a box of pre-mixed easy-make chili seasoning kicking around... Mmmmmmm.... new project.
No. lol Cheese curds, brown sauce, and greasy potato wedges. =P
 

tip top toker

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Oh, I thought it was like... melted cheese on fries with some gravy thrown in...
traditionally i think it is cheese curd, but i think realistically it can be made with any cheees. In the UK it' just called cheesey chips with gravy and is a staple kabab shop item. I like mine with extra hummus
 

The Cryptkeeper

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Oh, I thought it was like... melted cheese on fries with some gravy thrown in...
Ya and that sounds minimally palatable doesn't it? Mixing the two would be odd but not gag inducing right? French fries and cheese sauce, delicious. French fries and gravy, okay, I'm game. Mix the two, alright Ill give it a try, not enthusiastic but alright. Now Poutine....
 

april

Pickle Queen
Yep, probably. Gross. LOL. I like the caramel ones though :D
I also like all the others besides the cream egg, just a very bad texture in my mouth, 2 sweet and gritty lol i like the mini eggs that are chocolate bar "not candy bar" flavoured ( ya in canada words like flavour and colour are spelt with a u, why not in the USA??) lol maybe crypt will answer that one lol ;)
 

tip top toker

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Oh, and to hel with fries, it should be made with REAL chips. That is to say chunky chips. (yes, in the UK, crisps are crisps and chips are chips. Crisps are not chips!)

And thank god we're not the only ones. Whenever chrome or such tells me it's meant to be spelt without the U i just want to headbut the computer, we made the fucking language ok! American english just annoys the hell out of me, don't get me started on using Z's for everything to make it lazier to say... or aluminium for that matter! fucking aluminum. Lazy fuckers :D
 

AltarNation

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Oh, and to hel with fries, it should be made with REAL chips. That is to say chunky chips. (yes, in the UK, crisps are crisps and chips are chips. Crisps are not chips!)
You do realize how confusing that statement was, right? Shit.

What exactly do you think is the difference between fries and british "chips"? I was always under the impression that "chips" in the UK were the equivlent to what americans call "french fries"... ie, deep fried chunks of potato in any variety of shape thick enough to still have an "inside".. (Chips, on the other hand, in America, are what I think you guys call "crisps"...)
 

april

Pickle Queen
I've never had poutine, but when I looked up what it was, I was pleasantly surprised. Cheese fries with gravy. Why not? LOL. It sounds good to me when you take the name out of the equation.

Oh no, now I have a major hankering for chili cheese fries.

BUT... it just so happens we picked up some farm fresh hamburger today... and I DO have a box of pre-mixed easy-make chili seasoning kicking around... Mmmmmmm.... new project.
And u even cook !!! OMG someone has trained u well ;)
 

AltarNation

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I also like all the others besides the cream egg, just a very bad texture in my mouth, 2 sweet and gritty lol i like the mini eggs that are chocolate bar "not candy bar" flavoured ( ya in canada words like flavour and colour are spelt with a u, why not in the USA??) lol maybe crypt will answer that one lol ;)
I don't know why we don't use the u. Probably because we pronounce the word "our" like the word "hour"... and so "flavour" can be interpreted as being something like "Flave Hour" LOL... heh.

Fuck, this is confusing
 

AltarNation

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And u even cook !!! OMG someone has trained u well ;)
I cook like a freakin' champ. I come from french canadian roots, my dear. ;) My mom's like a master chef for our personal enjoyment. She never really worked as one, though she did do beautiful wedding cakes for years. My Grandparents on that side are both incredible cooks too.
 

The Cryptkeeper

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I also like all the others besides the cream egg, just a very bad texture in my mouth, 2 sweet and gritty lol i like the mini eggs that are chocolate bar "not candy bar" flavoured ( ya in canada words like flavour and colour are spelt with a u, why not in the USA??) lol maybe crypt will answer that one lol ;)
No thank you.

http://bit.ly/a0HDd

But I'm sure it has something to do with their derivation from Latin, as most irregularities in the English language do.
 

tip top toker

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You do realize how confusing that statement was, right? Shit.

What exactly do you think is the difference between fries and british "chips"? I was always under the impression that "chips" in the UK were the equivlent to what americans call "french fries"... ie, deep fried chunks of potato in any variety of shape thick enough to still have an "inside".. (Chips, on the other hand, in America, are what I think you guys call "crisps"...)
Nope. In the UK, fries are fries, chips are chips, and crisps are crisps. Fries are like mcdonalds or most takeout, thin and long. Chips are big and chunky. Crisps are what you would call chips.

Chips
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Fries
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We pronounce "our" either as "are" or "hour"
 

AltarNation

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No thank you.

http://bit.ly/a0HDd

But I'm sure it has something to do with their derivation from Latin, as most irregularities in the English language do.

That makes more sense than my ignorant comment on the subject, lol.

Seriously though, when I read "flavour" my brain hears "flave-hour" ...on the other hand, I love color being spelled colour... it seems like it gives it more spirit... which colour should certainly have
 

AltarNation

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Nope. In the UK, fries are fries, chips are chips, and crisps are crisps. Fries are like mcdonalds or most takeout, thin and long. Chips are big and chunky. Crisps are what you would call chips.

Chips
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Fries
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Oh.

Okay.

Well, when I say "fries" I mean either one, heh. We have a relaxed definition of fries I guess. :P I like the big thick ones though. And sometimes I like the thin ones. Depends on my mood!
 

The Cryptkeeper

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Oh, and to hel with fries, it should be made with REAL chips. That is to say chunky chips. (yes, in the UK, crisps are crisps and chips are chips. Crisps are not chips!)

And thank god we're not the only ones. Whenever chrome or such tells me it's meant to be spelt without the U i just want to headbut the computer, we made the fucking language ok! American english just annoys the hell out of me, don't get me started on using Z's for everything to make it lazier to say... or aluminium for that matter! fucking aluminum. Lazy fuckers :D
No you didn't lol your Germanic tribal invaders did. :) Old English wasn't started in the British Isles. =P You should know that, and I'd hazard a guess that you do. ;)
 

april

Pickle Queen
Oh, and to hel with fries, it should be made with REAL chips. That is to say chunky chips. (yes, in the UK, crisps are crisps and chips are chips. Crisps are not chips!)

And thank god we're not the only ones. Whenever chrome or such tells me it's meant to be spelt without the U i just want to headbut the computer, we made the fucking language ok! American english just annoys the hell out of me, don't get me started on using Z's for everything to make it lazier to say... or aluminium for that matter! fucking aluminum. Lazy fuckers :D

I've made both!! some restaurants offer crips, i luv the lattice crisps mmm

Home made chips are bomb!! mm sea salt is key :) and a good deep fryer, also keep ur oil clean but old oil fries things better imo not sure why
 

tip top toker

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Thick ones are for eating with lots of sauces and such, thin ones are to be covered in salt and eaten plane or maybe with a bit of ketchup. I say that like it's the standard, that' just how i do it :D You will be hard pressed to find ANY respectable resteraunt in the UK which serves fries instead of chips. Fries are deemd cheap and shit and to be had from greasy fast food places, chips are deemed awesome.

And it is generally easier just to consider englsh as england. the whole of euroipe is a miraiad of languages, everything went everywhere, America doesn't undertand the meaning of war :D back in the odl days it seemed like it was a weekend pasttime to invade your neighbours :D We got invaded by some vikingy bastards up north, and 2 days later got invaded by some possbily french buggers in the south :D When i say i'm english and welsh, i am more than likely a cornicopia of various foreign bloods the way we all went at it not too long ago :D
 
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