Americans: why don't you use kettles?

[xenon]

I read the first page and then skipped to the current one, so apologies if this has been covered, but

1. what the fuck is a mosquito sanctuary and
2. why the double fuck would anyone want to spend a holiday in one

I've no idea - but I did wonder at the time.

you daft twonks. It's Maurice's typical dry humour.
Back to broiling.

I has a question. Do we have the equivielnt of chese steaks like in Philidelphia over here in the UK? I've oly heard about them.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Back to broiling.

I has a question. Do we have the equivielnt of chese steaks like in Philidelphia over here in the UK? I've oly heard about them.

Is a cheese steak basically a steak with cheese shoved on top? Some people do that here I guess, although it can't be good for the old arteries.

 

[xenon]

I a actually think you make perfect sense, it's just the word broiling is alien to British ears and makes us think of something completely different to what it is.
Coz it sounds so much like "boiling".

Broiling's a good word. Frying something that also heats ti's juices so it steams too.

Rather grimly, I think I first came across the word in Freddy Forcyth's The Dogs of War. In relation to someone who unfortunately found themselves stood behind a rocket launcher...

 

[xenon]

Is a cheese steak basically a steak with cheese shoved on top? Some people do that here I guess, although it can't be good for the old arteries.

Basically I think so. The chese described was pretty artificial sounding though. Grilled strips of meat and maybe vege, on bread, then triangles of whatever type of chese, put on top.

 

[gosub]

you could bring one with you, but you may end up in Guantanomo Bay as a suspected terrorist

No its pressure cookers they have classed as a weapon of mass destruction. Which should make the next war justification seem more plausible

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Is a cheese steak basically a steak with cheese shoved on top? Some people do that here I guess, although it can't be good for the old arteries.

It's basically like a kebab, except in a roll, and with actual chopped steak, and with cheese on it (various types but it's always American cheese so eh) and also hot peppers if you want.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Seeing as though it's cropped up a few times now, we're going to have to have a discussion about 'American cheese' and 'cheeselike products'.

I'm not entirely sure even the cheese gods of Wisconsin are capable of producing proper cheese.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Seeing as though it's cropped up a few times now, we're going to have to have a discussion about 'American cheese' and 'cheeselike products'.

I'm not entirely sure even the cheese gods of Wisconsin are capable of producing proper cheese.

Well. There is "American cheese", and there is "American Cheese". The latter is a specific type of shitty cheese; I use the former here to refer to general mass market cheese sold in America, whether it's called "cheddar" or "provolone" or whatever. All of them are shit, though, and they're treated as generic condiments.

Of course it's entirely possible to make decent cheese in the US—in Philadelphia you can go to Reading Terminal Market and buy Amish stuff if you want. Just like it's entirely possible to make decent beer in the US, but "American beer" is generally not very good.

 

[xenon]

Seeing as though it's cropped up a few times now, we're going to have to have a discussion about 'American cheese' and 'cheeselike products'.

I'm not entirely sure even the cheese gods of Wisconsin are capable of producing proper cheese.

Cue 10 more pages...

I have no idea about US chese TBH. I've only been their once, a long time ago, had a great time. The nachos had generic, nacho chese. That's what I'm calling it anyway.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

On a cheesesteak you really should go for cheese whiz IMO which is delivered in big cans and is liquid at room temperature and below. The other usual alternatives are, technically, provolone, American Cheese and mozzarella, but it's best to go full artificial, and none of them taste any different.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

And yet Canadians make fantastic cheddar.

 

[xenon]

Well. There is "American cheese", and there is "American Cheese". The latter is a specific type of shitty cheese; I use the former here to refer to general mass market cheese sold in America, whether it's called "cheddar" or "provolone" or whatever. All of them are shit, though, and they're treated as generic condiments.

Of course it's entirely possible to make decent cheese in the US—in Philadelphia you can go to Reading Terminal Market and buy Amish stuff if you want. Just like it's entirely possible to make decent beer in the US, but "American beer" is generally not very good.

AH yeah, see there you are, generic.

 

[Thimble Queen]

I read this as Anarchists: Why don't you use kettles

 

[littlebabyjesus]

So basically most Americans never grow out of the dairylea/edam phase.

 

[xenon]

Cheese Whiz?

Sounds disgusting.

I want some.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I read this as Anarchists: Why don't you use kettles

Can't be trusted with them. I did manage to blow up a kettle many years ago.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Can't be trusted with them. I did manage to blow up a kettle many years ago.

How did you manage that?!

 

[Vintage Paw]

Easy Cheese (in a squirty can), Cheez Whiz (a perma-melted "cheese" sauce type thing), Velveeta (not sure if cheese or if just orange melty thing)...

Oh America.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

How did you manage that?!

In my defence, its turning-itself-off mechanism was faulty. I forgot about it, it boiled dry and exploded.

 

[gosub]

I read this as Anarchists: Why don't you use kettles

Americans not Anarchists, you know - the ones that go around blowing things up and causing chaos.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Cheese Whiz?

Sounds disgusting.

I want some.

Sounds a bit to close to Cheese Jizz.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Sounds a bit to close to Cheese Jizz.

Tastes a bit like it too.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Easy Cheese (in a squirty can), Cheez Whiz (a perma-melted "cheese" sauce type thing), Velveeta (not sure if cheese or if just orange melty thing)...

All of that sounds so profoundly wrong. It's an insult to proper cheese.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Tastes a bit like it too.

 

[Thimble Queen]

In my defence, its turning-itself-off mechanism was faulty. I forgot about it, it boiled dry and exploded.

For some reason I'm reminded of my old flat mates in halls who exploded eggs in the microwave. They drew faces on them first and filmed them going round until they went splat. They didnt clean it afterwards

 

[littlebabyjesus]

For some reason I'm reminded of my old flat mates in halls who exploded eggs in the microwave. They drew faces on them first and filmed them going round until they went splat. They didnt clean it afterwards

It's what microwaves were made for.

But not cleaning is bad.

 

[xenon]

Sounds a bit to close to Cheese Jizz.

Pun innit. Jee - wiz!

 

[Thimble Queen]

It's what microwaves were made for.

But not cleaning is bad.

Well, I admit I saw the funny side. But the kitchen STANK of egg for ages afterwards

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Pun innit. Jee - wiz!

It'd be much better if they renamed it Cheese Jizz.

 

[xenon]

It'd be much better if they renamed it Cheese Jizz.

Someone would buy it... Not someone you'd want to take a sandwhich from though. Or shake hands with. :sickface: