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« Reply #3000 on: 12:58:01, 20-09-2007 » |
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that grotesque invention of sweet chilli sauce. What is the appeal of the latter? It is hot, but otherwise tastes of nothing else but sugar. With you 100% there Ian, it's disgusting.  Not so bad when it comes on the side as a dip where you can ignore it, but what's really distressing is when the rest of the food comes smothered in it (I had black pudding once that had been 'drizzled' with the stuff. Why  ) |
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« Reply #3001 on: 12:59:12, 20-09-2007 » |
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Unnecessary noise - my grump for today...
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« Reply #3002 on: 13:07:49, 20-09-2007 » |
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Ian, couldn't agree more. Yuk, yuk, yuk. Ever tried a really good homemade sweet chilli sauce, though? A world of difference. Absolutely! It's gorgeous stuff when done well. I haven't ever done a homemade version but one of my favourite Borough Market eateries is very good at it. Stuart - sweet chilli sauce on black pudding? What on earth is all that about  |
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Ian, couldn't agree more. Yuk, yuk, yuk. Ever tried a really good homemade sweet chilli sauce, though? A world of difference. Absolutely! It's gorgeous stuff when done well. I haven't ever done a homemade version but one of my favourite Borough Market eateries is very good at it. So, anyone with decent recipes that might change my opinion on the stuff? Stuart - sweet chilli sauce on black pudding? What on earth is all that about That really is gruesome - reminds me of someone who was so addicted to tomato ketchup (another of my pet hates, alongside baked beans - can't even stand the sight of the latter on a plate) who eat it on fruit cake |
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« Reply #3004 on: 13:32:22, 20-09-2007 » |
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Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar flavoured crisps. Moi R'sThat be to do with charrrgin' punters more for the same thing as before, oi believes, an' that's the kind of scam us pirates oughter be approvin' of! |
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« Reply #3005 on: 14:00:47, 20-09-2007 » |
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Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar flavoured crisps. Wouldn't they look rather black and unappetising? |
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« Reply #3006 on: 15:28:53, 20-09-2007 » |
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Ian, I second martle's mention of the fact that sweet chilli sauce isn't necessarily at all like the pub-quality stuff you've been exposed to.
And yes, they look absolutely gross. Remind me of something that happened to me...
I'm okay with tomato ketchup. My personal relationship with Yorkshire sauce, on the other hand, have been much more tumultuous. Haven't tried it on anything in several years.
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« Reply #3007 on: 15:29:42, 20-09-2007 » |
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Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar flavoured crisps. Wouldn't they look rather black and unappetising? Well, as Cap'n Richard says - basically they are the same as ordinary Salt and Vinegar, but the name adds a bit to the price. And whilst we're here, I'd like to Grump about 'Lush'. Not only do we have smelly cities and towns because we cram too many people into them, but now we stick uber-smelly shops in their shopping malls, so nasty stink is 'papered over' with artificial pseudo-nice-but-really-nasty-stink. Why are we building over the south east of England and making the crowding worse? Tommo |
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« Reply #3008 on: 15:30:40, 20-09-2007 » |
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Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar flavoured crisps. Wouldn't they look rather black and unappetising? To my knowledge, sea-salt is rather indistinguishable from normal salt, whatever these other people might say. Saying that, I have had them, and they are, insofar as they might reasonable be, pretty unobjectionable. What about the new rice-based pringles? OH YES, I know all about Lush. Used to pass it every day. Seriously gross. |
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« Reply #3009 on: 15:37:22, 20-09-2007 » |
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I agree about Lush. There's a whole side of Covent Garden Market I can't walk through without choking - and when I used to live in York I would cross the street when passing Lush to avoid the overpowering smell.
The thing is, Lush's products are actually really lovely (I got some for Christmas) - ONE AT A TIME, that is. And therein lies the problem - what's the point of selling gorgeous products if the combination of said gorgeous products makes customers avoid the shop to begin with?
There is one Lush store in London which I can bear to enter, and it's the one on New Bond Street. Unlike the other branches, the displays are laid out in a way which lets clear air permeate. I actually commented upon this to a staff member the first time I went in there, and was told that I was not the first person to say so.
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I agree about Lush. There's a whole side of Covent Garden Market I can't walk through without choking - and when I used to live in York I would cross the street when passing Lush to avoid the overpowering smell.
The thing is, Lush's products are actually really lovely (I got some for Christmas) - ONE AT A TIME, that is. And therein lies the problem - what's the point of selling gorgeous products if the combination of said gorgeous products makes customers avoid the shop to begin with?
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« Reply #3011 on: 16:29:20, 20-09-2007 » |
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Ian, couldn't agree more. Yuk, yuk, yuk. Ever tried a really good homemade sweet chilli sauce, though? A world of difference. Absolutely! It's gorgeous stuff when done well. I haven't ever done a homemade version but one of my favourite Borough Market eateries is very good at it. So, anyone with decent recipes that might change my opinion on the stuff? Ian, this one is pretty close to the one in my brilliant Thai cookbook at home. The secret is in using enough 1) garlic and 2) lime (preferable to lemon) juice. http://www.chilliworld.com/FactFile/Hot_Sauce_Recipes/Thai_Sweet_Chilli_Sauce.asp(Sorry, this should be on the WtBurning thread, but...)  |
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« Reply #3012 on: 18:00:10, 20-09-2007 » |
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I agree about Lush - I tend to let my wife go in and I just stand about outside waiting until she's finished but even there, I'm not immune from the smell. On the rare occassions I have gone into the shop (not recently) my eyes start to stream and I sniff!
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« Reply #3013 on: 18:57:48, 20-09-2007 » |
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` reminds me of someone who was so addicted to tomato ketchup (another of my pet hates, alongside baked beans - can't even stand the sight of the latter on a plate) who eat it on fruit cake ` OMIGOD!! I can`t decide whether ketchup on cake is more disgusting than ketchup drizzled on black pudding, Gross, gross, gross! Bleeghhh! I make Thai fishcakes every now and again and they are very different from the oily beast often served in restaurants. They shouldn`t be like that. They`re meant to taste of, erm, fish  |
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« Reply #3014 on: 19:01:03, 20-09-2007 » |
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OMIGOD!! I can`t decide whether ketchup on cake is more disgusting than ketchup drizzled on black pudding, Gross, gross, gross! Bleeghhh!
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