Food Goryus Food

[stephanie]

You didn't have Mars as an option so I just put down where I currently reside. LOL!! I am originally from New Jersey, but currently live in TN. Culture shocked!!! From scrapple and eggs to biscuits and gravy!!

Steph"still trying to figure out how I got here"D

[JennyP]

Stephanie: I spent a year of high school in NJ, but I don't remember scrapple .....what is it??
I'm one of those G.R.I.T.S. (girl raised in the south) (( at least mostly in the south!!)))
jP

[stephanie]

Jenny, Scrapple is exactly what the name implies...only tastier!! It is basically left over pig!!LOL!! They grind it down (sort of like sausage) and compress it into some sort of loaf type thing cut it down and fry it up UMM UMMM!!! I think I remember Pete saying something about scrapple if I am not mistaken. Belive me no one here has ever heard of it unless they are from North East. Where did you go to high school in NJ? I am originally from Vineland. I tell everyone VHS was like the movie "Lean on Me". I didn't even realize I went to a bad school until I moved here. I just thought it was normal. It was just a good thing I survived!!

Steph

[Corey Nicholls]

Scrapple is good for your low fat, healthy heart diet?

[Joann Raytar]

Scrapple always scared me. I know Pork's the other white meat but meat shouldn't have a gray and beige tinge to it. It also has that weird texture.

Spam and Sizzle Lean are two more I don't understand. They comes across as a ham and bacon wanna be's. Why not just buy ham or bacon?

Wait a minute ... is this conversation taking place in the International Forum?

To stay with the theme, our non-US members now have to post their own national weird food products. We know you know what Spam is thanks to Monty Python. One of you can start with explaining the appeal behind hagas ...
:(

[John R]

Originally posted by Jo
One of you can start with explaining the appeal behind hagas ...
:(

och eye the noo
Neeps way lass.
Sorry but i dont like it at all. I'm not sure if there are any scots members who could tell you either.
I think its a bit like Maria's black pudding... all blood and guts :hammer:

[Corey Nicholls]

Isn't hagas sheeps guts or something?

Gimme a pie floater and dead horse any day!

[Joann Raytar]

Corey,
Is a pie floater what I think it is.


John,
Ewwww.

[Cindy Hamlin]

This is unrelated to the original post, but I wanted to share this since we had veered into the food realm.

Have you ever read the ingredients for Scrapple and Vienna Sausages?

True, Scrapple is pig parts, but it is the parts left after you remove the chops, hams, butt roasts, and all the pieces you see in the grocery. What does that leave????? Lips, legs, and wouldn't be surprised if there were some innerds (would account for the color comments)! My father (may he rest in peace) ate that stuff that looked like "hurl in gelatin" every day of his life.

Thanks for bringing back the graphic!:drop:

[Maria]

I still think Black Pudding is the most horrid. As John mentioned, it's a kind of sausage made out of congealed blood. It has white bits in that are blobs of fat. And Haggis is sheep's stomach, but I've never had that.

[stephanie]

So what is for dinner guys?? With all this yummy talk about all this disgusting food I am ready to cook up some dinner!!LOL!! Yes some of the ingredients of this stuff would definatley make you puke. I used to work in a German deli (before I got into the wonderful world of optical) and my goodness some of the stuff in there would make me so sick. Headcheese?? That has to be the most gross thing I have ever seen and beer cheese has got to be the worst thing I have ever smelled (with the exception of one of my patients HAHAHAHA!!)

Bon Appetite!
Steph

[Corey Nicholls]

When's dinner Steph?

Sounds good to me!..............NOT!

Jo,

A pie floater is a hot meat pie and sauce served in a bowl of pea soup............YUMMIE!

[Joann Raytar]

Corey:
That actually doesn't sound too bad.

[John R]

Originally posted by Jo
Corey:
That actually doesn't sound too bad.

Ah but the trouble is it may be called a meat pie :D but just what meat is it :hammer: Dingo ? Kangorooo ?? Korla ???

[Corey Nicholls]

John,

Did you fail biology at school, or was it english?:p

The spelling is......Kangaroo, Koala! :hammer:

A meat pie is supposed to be made from beef traditionally, but you can get them in almost any flavour imaginable.

The problem is that the cheaply made ones sometimes have been known to contain pieces of something not recognisable as beef, or if they are, I don't want to know what part of the cow!

[John R]

Its all that bouncing around I must have lost the plot :hammer:




I am the weakest link bye bye.......................

[Corey Nicholls]

John,

Do you have that stupid show over there as well?

[Joann Raytar]

Corey,

They have to have that show over there. We even have it over here.

[John R]

Yep we do and what makes it even better is we sold it to the yanks ...... but the down side is we have to watch the yankie program as well but hey its now become one of the all time great cult comedy programs boy are the yanks thick.... :hammer:

[Corey Nicholls]

It could have been worse!

John could have called them "Seppo's"!

For those who are scratching their heads..........Rhyming slang-

Septic Tanks- Yanks, or Seppo's for short.

Now does everyone know what a septic tank is?

[Joann Raytar]

Yep we do and what makes it even better is we sold it to the yanks ...... but the down side is we have to watch the yankie program as well but hey its now become one of the all time great cult comedy programs boy are the yanks thick....

John, not only did we buy it but we cloned it. We have created the Daytime Weakest Link starring this fellow who looks just like the woman who does the night time show.

[optispares]

:drop: HAGGIS

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1 C liver 1 C heart
1 C lung (or 1lb lamb) 2 C chopped onion
2 C steel-cut oats 2 t salt
2 T black pepper 1 t nutmeg
3/4 C oil 3 T lemon juice
2 C stock

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Cover the raw organ meats with cold water. Boil for 1 hour. Drain, keeping the stock. Cool, then coarsely chop the meat. Refrigerate the stock and discard any fat. Put liver and heart in a small Reynolds Oven Cooking Bag. Add onions, oats, and other dry ingredients. Mix well. If using lamb, break into warmed stock. Bring to a slow boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add lemon juice and oil to lamb/stock mixture. Add to bag and mix well. Close off the bag allowing 4" for expansion. Pierce top of bag with a knife. Immerse in a large pot with a plate or rack on the bottom. Add water until almost covers the bag. Maintain a slow boil for 1-1/2 hours, add hot water as necessary.

now you can try it for your self.:cheers:

[ioconnell]

Originally posted by Maria
I still think Black Pudding is the most horrid. As John mentioned, it's a kind of sausage made out of congealed blood. It has white bits in that are blobs of fat. And Haggis is sheep's stomach, but I've never had that.

What is wrong here, Black puddin ranks up there with beef in my opinion. All It is, is pinhead oatmeal, spices and pigs blood. It makes a welcome addition to my full Irish breakfast.:hammer:

I have seen that most americans are afraid of it but I am dissapointed in you brits.

[Joann Raytar]

Originally posted by ioconnell
All It is, is pinhead oatmeal, spices and pigs blood.

You are actually saying that pig's bood is mmmm, mmmm good??? ;) And you guys say we yanks eat strange things.

[Johns]

Had Hagas once at a B/B in Belfast. My friend and I were showing our wives that it was completely harmless. My friend and I spent the next 4 days w/ food poisoning. Of course, it could have been caused by anything, but I'll never eat anything from that animal again.