Carb on carb action

[kittyP]

Just realised I don't really know what carbs are.

Ha ha ha

Oh OU, I love you and your crazy food nazi ways.

I will love you despite your hatred for me eating carbs on crabs on carbs on carbs with crabs throun in x x

 

[killer b]

any rice, pasta, bread and hummus recipe suggestions?

1. cook rice
2. mix with hummus
3. spread on slice of bread.

yum.

 

[kittyP]

I need heat in my food its entirely relative
you've been to Turkish restaurants then and seen how they serve it, eating out of the tub is pretty gauche mr.

Biddlybee makes a mean hummus

 

[kittyP]

I never said that!
I love falafel, but have to say I like the taste of the trimmings more, esp pickled turnips. Falafel is more of a texture/ballast thing.

But this is the thing, it's all about the right combination.

Of course not all carbs instantly go together. You have to mix them up with other stuff too.

 

[Blagsta]

Biddlybee makes a mean hummus

You mean she skimps on the tahini

 

[kittyP]

You mean she skimps on the tahini

No

 

[Epona]

I'm not afraid of carbs (and when the hell did they become so evil anyway? ). Chip butties are fucking lush, but I'm more worried about the fat content than there being carbohydrates present!!

Ooh potato curry, naan bread, and pilau rice - carbs working together in perfect harmony (and as I make it myself rather than get it from the takeaway it's not full of fat, before anyone points the finger referencing my above comment)

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Potatoes are also full of vitamins. They are proper vegetables.

 

[Biddlybee]

I'm with OU... pittas are crap. Houmous however.... mmmmmm, great with chips, fish, chicken, rice, stuffed vineleaves, kofta... but with falafel? Nah, tahini yogurt sauce for that

 

[dilute micro]

pierogies - double the win

 

[fractionMan]

Did you get them for free or did you have to pay?

Free when someone bought chips. They were called "batter bits" in my day.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

It doesn't really taste of much

A good hummous should use the flavours of garlic, salt and lemon juice to cut through the ground chick peas and tahini. It should zing on your tongue, as well as having a decent consistency. Make your own hummous - it's a million times better than the homogenised supermarket crap and really satisfying. Best way of serving it imo is in a big bowl, make a hole in the middle and fill with olive oil, and serve with sliced cucumber, tomato and pitta

Most of our enjoyment from food is via our sense of smell. Houmous is anything but bland, unless you can't smell it.

Yeah I think our tongue can taste about 200 basic flavours, whereas our nose can discern about 20,000 different smells IIRC. Most "flavours" have a high percentage of their flavour derived from the smell component...

 

[fractionMan]

It's the covering it in olive oil that makes it extra tasty imo, although I could probably eat a pot with my finger without it.

 

[joustmaster]

Free when someone bought chips. They were called "batter bits" in my day.

Our town had 2 chip shops. Both gave them away for free if you had chips. But one would give them away for free just in a bag by them selves.

 

[fractionMan]

Our town had 2 chip shops. Both gave them away for free if you had chips. But one would give them away for free just in a bag by them selves.

They were pretty grim tbh. My mate used to eat them more than I did.

I tell you what pisses me off about chip shops though. The extortionate price of curry sauce. It's made out of cheap arse powder yet costs a quid a pot. Thieves imo.

 

[joustmaster]

They were pretty grim tbh. My mate used to eat them more than I did.

I tell you what pisses me off about chip shops though. The extortionate price of curry sauce. It's made out of cheap arse powder yet costs a quid a pot. Thieves imo.

How is he doing these days?

 

[fractionMan]

How is he doing these days?

He's fucking massive tbh

 

[ringo]

Shit, I've had toast, hashbrowns and chips in a cafe fry-up many times. Meat on meat on carbs on carbs on carbs action.

Breakfast is the time for carbs on carbs. Any combination of chips, hash browns and bubble is a must, although I did get thrown ou of a cafe in Streatham for asking for two types of potato.

 

[purenarcotic]

I am not a fan of hummus. But pita is fantastic. A pita filled with falafel and israeli salad is a fucking ace combination.

 

[Onket]

Does anyone know where I can get a decent lasagne & chips in Brixton tomorrow dinnertime?

 

[Dan U]

Does anyone know where I can get a decent lasagne & chips in Brixton tomorrow dinnertime?

Can you stick to the correct thread please

 

[Onket]

Threads digress, apparently.

 

[Dan U]

Lead by example Onket. You will never make mod otherwise

 

[peterkro]

Potatoes are also full of vitamins. They are proper vegetables.

Potatoes know as an aphrodisiac when first introduced to Ireland,after having fuck all to eat spuds give you the horn.

 

[Onket]

What do people think of Express Cafe in the market?

 

[DRINK?]

super noodle sandwiches were always a fav student food....not done it for a while though spesh

 

[Espresso]

I am partial to a meat and potato pie with chips, mushy peas and gravy from the chippy.
Seeing as chip shop gravy is abut 99.9% flour and one percent brown flavouring, that must count as 4 carbs. Five if you have a barmcake with it.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

What do people think of Express Cafe in the market?

Bog standard caff fare, pretty cheap....their breakfasts are ok, last time I went in there was cos Phoenix was shut. It's about as basic as you get though! I havent tried the lasagne and chips....

 

[Crispy]

Phwoar!

 

[fractionMan]