Snacks and surprises (without the surprises)

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This forum discussion centers around favorite snacks, with participants sharing a variety of preferences. Notable mentions include spicy poppadoms, beef jerky, boiled peanuts, and various nuts. The conversation humorously explores cultural differences in snack names, such as "Wotsits" for Cheetos in the UK, and includes playful banter about unusual delicacies like lutefisk and raw salted herring. The lighthearted nature of the discussion highlights the joy of food and the connections it creates among people.

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  • #31
jimmy p said:
Another cool snack or munch... pipitas - salted sunflower seeds. mmmmmmmmmmmmm tasty! i have some right now... and a kitten.. but the kitten isn't edible.
It is edible, if you don't believe, try one!
 
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  • #32
You said so because I heard from a friend of mine whose name is Shirley from Laos that some people in his country eat cats sometimes...
 
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  • #33
maybe that is where the saying "there is more than one way to skin a cat" originated from.
 
  • #34
smoothie:

Mangos
some lemons/lime
bannanna

hmmmm!
 
  • #35
Ivan Seeking said:
Jimmy, I told a Cockney lady at the store that I wanted some apples and pears. She slapped me. :biggrin:

Hello, HELLO! Is this microphone working?
psssst, psssst, thump, thump,
hello
hello
 
  • #36
BIG peach smoothie with LOTS of whipped creme on top (then stirred in). :BIGGRIN:
 
  • #37
Ivan Seeking said:
Hello, HELLO! Is this microphone working?
psssst, psssst, thump, thump,
hello
hello


lol, I acknowledged but it was in a post to zoobyshoe. Next time you are in a Cockney restaurant, tell the chef his food has the consistency of Henry the Third. :smile: :wink:
 
  • #38
What sort of food do they sell at a Cockney restaurant? The great East London cuisine of pie and chips? Of course, that comes free with a pint of lager and a blazing row.

Matt
 
  • #39
A raw salted herring, hold it by the tail fin, dip in some raw onion, and enjoy :biggrin:
Now there is something you can treat yourself with :smile:
 
  • #40
Monique said:
A raw salted herring, hold it by the tail fin, dip in some raw onion, and enjoy :biggrin:
Now there is something you can treat yourself with :smile:

Yeuch... sounds like the sort of filthy stuff they eat here in Norway.

They also have this strange one involving a fish, a hole in the ground, some urine and waiting a year... yummy!

Matt
 
  • #41
Is that the stuff they call Gevelkefisk? (or something like that...) We have some scandanavians in our area and they eat some kind of weird fish thing about which everyone says 'you have to develop a taste for it...' :eek:
 
  • #42
Monique, are you part sea lion? :smile:
That sounds like what we used to feed the seals and sea lions at Fisherman's wharf in San Francisco!
 
  • #43
Maybe it's lutefisk. "smelly old dried fish soaked in lye"

And then there's that rotting shark stuff that they eat in Iceland, I mean they literally let it rot for several months, all slimy and smelly. It was on National Geographic.
 
  • #44
Hey, you guys just have underdeveloped taste buds :biggrin: :smile:

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  • #45
Hmm, if I want my tastebuds 'developed' I'd much rather do it with a curry.
 
  • #46
Evo said:
Maybe it's lutefisk. "smelly old dried fish soaked in lye"
YEAH! That's the stuff!

And then there's that rotting shark stuff that they eat in Iceland, I mean they literally let it rot for several months, all slimy and smelly. It was on National Geographic.
:surprise:
 
  • #47
How about making a snack of these krinkle-cut French fries while throwing that cheeseburger and chocolate shake down your throat;

http://eat.bees.net/lep1.htm

Looks good to me! :approve:
 
  • #48
jimmy p said:
lol, I acknowledged but it was in a post to zoobyshoe. Next time you are in a Cockney restaurant, tell the chef his food has the consistency of Henry the Third. :smile: :wink:

Poor Henry!
 
  • #49
tsk tsk... got to know your rhyming slang... Henry the Third = turd, and if you did know that, then it is for the unenlightened
 
  • #50
peanuts

Polly said:
Me too, just love them, especially in winter time. Do you know the are great for our *ahem* intelligence too :biggrin: ?

Really? I had never heard that. Is that true for all nuts or just peanuts?
 
  • #51
jimmy p said:
tsk tsk... got to know your rhyming slang... Henry the Third = turd, and if you did know that, then it is for the unenlightened


I got it. Poor Henry! :biggrin:

I will never ask for a Henry again - the chocolate candy bar sold in the US.
 
  • #52
Ivan Seeking said:
I will never ask for a Henry again - the chocolate candy bar sold in the US.

:surprise: :smile:
 
  • #53
BoulderHead said:
How about making a snack of these krinkle-cut French fries while throwing that cheeseburger and chocolate shake down your throat;

http://eat.bees.net/lep1.htm

Looks good to me! :approve:

Now that's a snack AND a surprise!
 
  • #55
Echo 6 Sierra said:
White chocolate Reeses
Kosher dill pickles
Apple slices w/peanut butter and cinnamon
Echo 6 Sierra is going to have a baby!
 
  • #56
Math Is Hard said:
Really? I had never heard that. Is that true for all nuts or just peanuts?

Peanuts seem to be quite effective when cooked with water (steamed, boiled, stewed or in soup), the other nuts don't seem to have that "side-effect".
 
  • #57
What "intelligence" or "side effect" is this?
 
  • #58
Robert Zaleski said:
Echo 6 Sierra is going to have a baby!

NEGATRON, dude. But I can now see why you would think that. Plus, I don't have the right plumbing. The closest I could ever have come will have been when I passed a kidney stone that closely resembled a sea urchin. :surprise: :cry: :eek:
 
  • #59
Hmm.. speaking of peanuts, my favorite snack is peanut butter & crackers.
 
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  • #60
motai said:
Hmm.. speaking of peanuts, my favorite snack is peanut butter & crackers.

That's why you're so bloody brilliant, Motai, old chap!


[oops! sorry, I forgot you're not British - again.]
:smile:
 

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