Porridge

[ferg]

have you ever tried buckfast xkejjer??

[Efflux]

yummy, only had buckfast once, but I remember it being very sweet.

[leah]

its fucking horrible, if you serve porridge at any mediterranean restaurant in any mediterranean country you'll get projectile vomiting on the waiter's sorry face as tips. thats not food, for fuck's sake. we're used to succulent rabbit in wine sauce, fillets of beef in pepper sauce, buttered duck and that kind of shit, not porridge. yuck.

polenta... not wildly dissimilar yet those plucky italians seem to cope very well. and in restaurants, would you believe?



(i could have found a more appetising example, but i am lazy so i got it from wikipedia)

[Sperge]

Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court, and it is now my duty to pass sentence. You are an habitual criminal, who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard, and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner. We therefore feel constrained to commit you to the maximum term allowed for these offences — you will go to prison for five years.

[xkejjer]

polenta despite its measly original state (some corn) develops into something much more tasty than porridge, for fuck's sake.. if you have eaten both and havent seen a world of difference your taste buds are fucked, my friend.

that said, its not even near the top list of good food anyway.

[Efflux]

Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court, and it is now my duty to pass sentence. You are an habitual criminal, who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard, and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner. We therefore feel constrained to commit you to the maximum term allowed for these offences — you will go to prison for five years.

If you ever go to St Albans Station, go up on the bridge and across the road you can see the gates from the front of Slade. How exciting. You probably even touch them if you were so inclined

[baldmosher]

polenta despite its measly original state (some corn) develops into something much more tasty than porridge, for fuck's sake.. if you have eaten both and havent seen a world of difference your taste buds are fucked, my friend.

Corn > Oats

Porage with golden syrup > Rice with stuff added > Polenta with stuff added > Mashed potato with stuff added

I wouldn't eat polenta for breakfast but I would eat porage with golden syrup for a meal. That's the deal clincher right there

[xkejjer]

seriously fucked up taste buds then..

no wonder the english aren't well known for their culinary insticts and traditions

[baldmosher]

no wonder the english aren't well known for their culinary insticts and traditions

That's ridiculous. We have ALL the culinary expertise. We stole everyone else's recipes!

PS I think porage is probably a Scottish invention.

[SunburnedCactus]

Porridge oats were eaten by neolithic peoples 5,000 years ago. Respect the ancient foodstuff.

[missmorbid]

Porridge oats were eaten by neolithic peoples 5,000 years ago. Respect the ancient foodstuff.

So were insects and rocks I suspect. 'SPECT.

[SunburnedCactus]

Porridge oats were eaten by neolithic peoples 5,000 years ago. Respect the ancient foodstuff.

So were insects and rocks I suspect. 'SPECT.

So that's your excuse for eating bugs? I always wondered...

[xkejjer]

they ate porridge cause they didnt know how to make the beef in butter sauce gravy with a side plate of potatoes filled with cheese and mushrooms though..

[SunburnedCactus]

Or maybe they didn't want to go to all that effort

[baldmosher]

they ate porridge cause they didnt know how to make the beef in butter sauce gravy with a side plate of potatoes filled with cheese and mushrooms though..

Everyone knows that cro-magnan man invented filoux pastry.

[Sperge]

they ate porridge cause they didnt know how to make the beef in butter sauce gravy with a side plate of potatoes filled with cheese and mushrooms though..

Everyone knows that cro-magnan man invented filoux pastry.

And Neanderthals invented ginger hair. Meet Wilma...



I think I'll have Betty, thanks...

[SunburnedCactus]

Fan of the older lady are we?

[leah]

why does lyle's golden syrup in a tin taste like the tin? other tinned things don't taste like the tin they're in (apart from some canned lager which tastes like the can).

and, in case anyone has ever wondered, here is the explanation about the lion and bees on the lyle's tin.

[Sperge]

Fan of the older lady are we?

Betty Rubble was the pretty, demure wife in the Flintstones, while Wilma Flintstone was the nagging old boot. Bit of a no-contest really.

As for me, I tend to be a fan of the younger lady. But not quite as young as some of those that baldmosher posted in the countdown thread.

[ferg]

racist

[Sperge]

racist

Oh come on, Ferg, look at her. You'd need some serious beer goggles, now wouldn't you?

And if it's any comfort, the idea that Neanderthals disappeared because Homo Sapiens were 'smarter' is pretty much discredited now: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/ ... eed=uknews

[baldmosher]

Betty Rubble is manifested in modern day as Dominick Destruction.

Every 6 year old's fantasy right there.

Betty was hideously miscast in The Flintstones Movie.

[SunburnedCactus]

Betty Rubble is manifested in modern day as Dominick Destruction.

Every 6 year old's fantasy right there.

Betty was hideously miscast in The Flintstones Movie.

This Dominick Destruction? Doesn't exactly seem suitable for 6 year olds...

[Sperge]

Betty Rubble is manifested in modern day as Dominick Destruction.

Every 6 year old's fantasy right there.

Betty was hideously miscast in The Flintstones Movie.

This Dominick Destruction? Doesn't exactly seem suitable for 6 year olds...

Yep, that's her. And she's a Sunday school teacher, don'tcha know?

[SunburnedCactus]

Sure and I'm the president of Uruguay.