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What new foods have you tried recently?

Cheesypoof said:
I have a feeling there is a lot of sugar in those....it may not be listed in the ingredients but I dont trust much that comes in a jar....could never do it!
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The red cabbage would, normally. It's meant to be sweet. Most of the other pickles would be sugar-free though. It's a constant source of irritation to me that most British gherkins/cucumbers have sugar added. I like them sour!!
 
gentlegreen said:
Yes, pretty well consistently - and it is on the label - presumably why it ferments so quickly - but I still don't fully understand the dangers of sugar per se and I'm woofing this stuff down in conjunction with massive amounts of broccoli, kale and beans. Vinegar is also reckoned to be a good thing to consume on a daily basis.
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Sugar is bad for spiking blood sugar as it is harder for some bodies to break down - meaning, your insulin resistence goes down and it ends up stored as fat. Thats the theory, badly explained. It does appear to happen with myself. I am quite small but have a kind of apple shape - ALL sugar goes straight to my belly and my body cannot really metabolise it, that's why i try to avoid processed food and drinks (I dont fully understand why things in jars are so bad for you either....im always shocked when i read about the contents of readymade sauces, etc). And i dont understand why i cant have a bought 100% orange juice but can eat oranges and citrus fruits. But i do I notice a difference in going easy on sugar so it does seem to be the badboy in my life.

You eat superhealthy food anyway, gentlegreen. Fair play to you.
 
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The cabbage has 5.5g per 100g and I will eat half to a whole jar - so maybe 20g of sugar - though I drained it ...

The UK RDA is now 5 percent of daily calories - so 80kcals / 2800 = 3 percent

It used to annoy me that the "diet" soup I used every day had added sugar...

What definitely spiked my insulin was the muesli I used to have for afters .. for some reason adding pickles to my dinner reduces my desire for that ...

Though I still sometimes demolish whole cans of fruit salad in juice - which contain 28 g of sugar !
 
gentlegreen said:
What definitely spiked my insulin was the muesli I used to have for afters ..
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I wouldnt trust premade Museli such as Alpen or Dorset Cereals as far as I could....better off having porridge cos at least you know that is 100% rolled oats, and adding blueberries and cinammon (no honey or sugar). Or making your own granola but that is a bit of a faff....
 
krtek a houby said:
Sounds magnificent! Where did you buy it?
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My local (north London) wholefoods shop. Quite a well known brand, I think. Dee's.

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Had the samphire with a couple of pieces of cod. It was ok - I fried it in olive oil and hoiked it out while it still had a good crunch to it. It was nice but not particularly remarkable.
 
I really like samphire, a popular meze here in Turkey.

I had rambutan and lychee from Thailand, look a bit like eyeballs but yummy.
 
Rebelda said:
I tried putting salt in my porridge this morning. Did not like.
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That is the correct way to make porridge - just water and salt. None of this milk nonsense. Did you add a tablespoon of salt, as I never taste it when I make porridge - only a smidgeon of salt is needed.
 
farmerbarleymow said:
That is the correct way to make porridge - just water and salt. None of this milk nonsense. Did you add a tablespoon of salt, as I never taste it when I make porridge - only a smidgeon of salt is needed.
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Tiny pinch, and I make porridge with water. Didn't like it *shrug*
 
Rebelda said:
Tiny pinch, and I make porridge with water. Didn't like it *shrug*
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It shouldn't actually taste salty, you're just counting on its flavour-enhancing properties. Same way a pinch of salt in filter coffee grounds actually works pretty well. I'm a cook in water, add milk to taste after sort of person and it makes a fairly small, but nicely noticeable difference.
 
Chz said:
It shouldn't actually taste salty, you're just counting on its flavour-enhancing properties. Same way a pinch of salt in filter coffee grounds actually works pretty well. I'm a cook in water, add milk to taste after sort of person and it makes a fairly small, but nicely noticeable difference.
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I've a pretty low tolerance for salt tbh. I just didn't like what it did to the porridge. I also didn't like what it did to the flavour of my coffee that I was drinking alongside. So clearly it's not for me.
 
weetabix with golden syrup. Like its baked into the actual bisc itself. Suprisingly good. First time I put sugar on out of habit and experienced a sugar rush which was nice but the crash inevitably came. Also Doubledeckers have got smaller. Not new bbut annoying

The taste of golden syrup wetabix begs for a light touch of cinnamon.
 
Raw oysters. They're relatively cheap round here ($1 a shuck in happy hour). I tried swallowing them whole first time i had them but they just made me feel a bit sick. However chew them with tabasco and drink the liquor from the half shell and they're really good.
 
Cacao nibs. Bit of a weird one, this - hate turned to bafflement to love. They're stupidly expensive and the first few bits I got out of the pack were just like little nubs of wood bark, too hard to chew. Amazingly chocolatey fruity smell though. Then it got better and I crunched up some more ... it's very strange. They're just not very nice, in many ways (hard, bitter, sort of bland yet unpleasantly bitter at the same time) but they get their hooks in to you ... and suddenly they seem intensely chocolatey (all the pleasure of a good dark choc bar without the sugar) and the gravelly hardness turns to delicious crunchiness, like nibbed hazelnuts or something, and even though your mouth's full of gritty dark brown mud you just keep shovelling them in.

I am not a health food freak so all the claims about superfoods, organicness, bla bla bla, go right over my head. I just tried them because I like chocolate. The nutritional values are bloody shocking tho - 610 kcal per 100g?!?!?!? for something that isn't even a sweet or junkfood treat? Must be the fat content. Mind you they're so intense you'd never want to consume more than a teaspoonful at a time anyway.
 
Ming said:
Raw oysters. They're relatively cheap round here ($1 a shuck in happy hour). I tried swallowing them whole first time i had them but they just made me feel a bit sick. However chew them with tabasco and drink the liquor from the half shell and they're really good.
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Oh yum. The oysters in Ireland are out of this world! I like mine with tabasco or lemon and salt. A pint of Guinness on the side - heaven!
 
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It's a Sri Lankan dish called idiappa kothu mutton. A friend recommended a Sri Lankan cafe in Wembley and, finding myself passing through, I took advantage.

It's a superb dish of mutton, onions, and spices, blended with egg and spicy rice vermicelli which I believe the SL's call string hoppers. It was absolutely delicious, incredibly fiery, packed with tender meat, and cost a shade over a fiver for that massive bowl in the pic which could feed 2!

If anyone's interested the caff is Gana, on the Ealing Road.
 
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Hardly a daring adventure, but I bought a pack of Sainsbury's spinach and ricotta ravioli, and it did not come apart at the seams when I boiled / simmered it for 4 minutes.

I was so impressed that I can't remember how it tasted. OK, I think.

I never seem to have the time to make my own pasta and ravioli, so I am grateful for small things like that.
 
Maultasche a south German regional dish of a pasta like dough parcel stuffed with either meaty/breadcrumb/herb stuffing or a veggie version. It's alright, like a giant ravioli. I've had the meaty one with cheesey spatzle (noodles) and onion gravy and veggies ones with a tomato sauce. Would eat again though they are a bit bland stodge :D
 
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