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It may have been a rogue bottle, it tasted metalic..Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I've been into eating raw bell peppers lately. They really are something, it seems so obvious now.
I don't like raw pepper as they taste too bitter to me. Throw them in a little heat for 5 minutes or so, much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by billl
Interesting day. Had a 30 odd mile bike ride, played tennis and then had to take shelter in a pub and so drank some beer (San Miguel). I think I'm going to rest my weary limbs with some Leffe later.
Yes there are few things as relaxing as Leffe, I had one today before reparing to a pub that has a buxom French barmaid plein de joie de vivre. I was so pleased at this new addition to the staff that I bought a bottle of J&B whisky in the supermarket on the way home and a few mixers to go with it. I'm just going to open it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Just for clarification: Do you just mean the green bell peppers, or are you also referring to the red ones. (They are all the same peppers, I'm pretty sure, just different stages of ripeness.) I like the bitterness of the green ones (as I understand you don't), but the red ones really remind me of tomatoes more than anything. I'd even say they're sweet. Still, I haven't quite nailed this all down, I'm still trying to figure them out, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone found even the red ones to be bitter. But there's a big, big difference there...Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
(Oh, and about heating them, I like sauteeing them in soy sauce and a few other things, no science about it, but I've started having them raw just to save time and keep myself from letting them rot before I get around to it. Slicing one up and eating it instead of potato chips is working, as a healthy snack. I'm always looking for an easy way to eat vegetables, and get some nutrition going.)
Oh definitely, it is much better to eat peppers raw than not at all, I've tried slicing a few on sandwiches and so on (green or red) but I just find them too bitter to enjoy that way. Even on top of pizzas in the oven I'm not too keen. I like them stir-fired though.Quote:
Originally Posted by billl
Wowza a buxom French barmaid.:cheers2: Brilliant! I'll raise a glass of Leffe to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
It's also much better than I faced when trying to get into our local post-tennis pub. We were never keen on the couple who run it, but they have a decent selection of beers/lagers so we always used to go there. That was until today when the horrid pair wouldn't let us into the back beer garden because someone was up a ladder? I asked if we could bring our (wet) bikes inside a porch bit, keep in mine we are regulars, and the look on her ugly face was one of terror. 'Never mind, it doesn't matter' I said and then we found another pub. We will never go back again.
Yeah, me too--that's what got me inspired to do the sauteeing (which was really just an amateur attempt at stir-frying) that got me into this whole thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
I thought the Green, Red and yellow peppers you get in packs of three were all ripe just different varieties. I actually prefer them raw - very refreshing.
I tend to go for dark beers, but after Neely's tales of Golden Hen and Emil's Leffe I may step back from the dark side next time.
A word of caution re the Leffe: although it goes down very easily, it should be treated with respect as it's stronger than the usual lagers.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Tonight I didn't have the slightest inclination to cook anything so, as is often the case on these occasions, I made a cheese sandwich and drank a small bottle of vino rosso before turning my attention to my Justerini & Brooks whisky, supplemented by American dry ginger ale. There was a small amount of Janneau brandy left in its bottle so I finished that off with a Coca Cola mixer. So now I'm back on the Scotch and I have become aware that I should add some American dry to alleviate the slightly inebriating effect of drinking it straight.
That's true but Leffe should always be sipped from a 330ml glass, like most Belgian ales. You should never put Leffe in a standard pint glass, though I have seen it done in some underhand pubs, tut, tut...Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I don't often drink spirits but whisky and ginger ale is my most popular venture into the spirit world, especially at Christmas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I've just got home from about 8 hours of tennis and beer. I've immediately reached for some pasta and then a handful of Brazil nuts I got from Sheffield market for £4 a bag. A bit pricey I thought at the time but these nuts seem to last.
I've stuck a 750ml bottle of Leffe on chill and got my Leffe glass on standby...
The recent lauding of Leffe forced me to purchase a six pack earlier this week for a trial run.
My delivery method at the moment is pretty simple; straight from the bottle.
Not bad on a hot Texas day.
This is nothing short of sacrilege; as it should be sipped and not gulped down like a tin of Fosters. How is the flavour to be savoured if it's treated like the lunchtime tipple of a truck driver listening to Dolly Parton and chewing on a Yorkie bar?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
No, imagine you are seated in some small Belgian estaminet having just partaken of an exquisite repast of boiled horse meat and potatoes, for it is only in such circumstances that the delicate texture of Leffe will be truly appreciated.
Bishop's Finger last night, not bad at all. That's the last of my Birthday beer gone.
Under what circumstances should one sample a Bishop's Finger by the way.
in about two minuets it's coffee but right now just water.
Oh so you're the one with the birthday.:cheers2: Yes Bishop's Finger is not bad at all...actually I was thinking about Bishop's Finger yesterday. I'm not sure when one should pull a Bishop's Finger? Perhaps on a Sunday or for some other solemn occasion.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I've just had some ice cream, strawberries and melon in a Leffe glass but I wouldn't recommend the combination. For some reason the ice cream seems to super-freeze the melon and then the strawberries and they don't taste too good that way.
Here's the info on Bishop's Finger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
The French have their appelation controlée, the Germans have their rheinheitsgebot purity laws, but the British had nothing – until now.
Until Shepherd Neame unveiled its Bishops Finger Charter in 2003.
First brewed at the Faversham Brewery in 1958, Bishops Finger Strong Kentish Ale has been brewed continuously ever since and is unique in many ways.
It is certainly the only English beer to have its own Charter, which decrees that the ale must be brewed only on Fridays by the Head Brewer and that it must be tasted on a weekly basis by a member of the Board of Directors.
The Charter further stipulates that the 5.4% abv ale can only be brewed using pure artesian well water drawn from Kentish Greensand, winter pearl malting barley harvested by Roddy Loder-Symonds on Denne Hill Farm at Womenswold between Canterbury and Dover, and peerless East Kent Goldings hops, grown less than 30 miles away from the brewery.
Bishops Finger holds the rare distinction of being granted a Protective Geographic Indicator by the European Union, which means it’s the only beer in Britain entitled to be known as a Kentish strong ale.
In fact, Bishops Finger is believed to be unique in that it’s a product of a single county. It’s brewed in Kent using water from the Faversham Brewery’s artesian well and raw materials – barley and hops – grown in Kent.
The ale takes its quirky name from finger-shaped Kentish wayside signposts which pointed pilgrims the way to St Thomas à Becket’s shrine in Canterbury Cathedral before it was destroyed on the orders of Henry VIII in 1538
Yes that's interesting. It used to be the blurb on the back of the bottle, some of it anyway, I wonder if it still is? I think I might have to get a bottle of that for tonight actually. I think I've had just about all of the Shepherd Neame beers and they're all quality brews, I think Spitfire is their biggest seller along with Bishop's Finger.
Carrot juice.
Very good and has no sugar.
A very well kept secret.
I should start a thread on how to maintain a sugar free lifestyle one of these days.
Nachos and a Provo Girl beer.
Just had a ham sandwich with a couple of glasses of Shiraz red wine.
Now I am eating pastrami flavoured bagel chips and drinking Sambuca with lemonade and a dash of blackcurrant cordial.
Times are hard but we must make the most of them.
Black coffee
Bríó.
I've just been drinking Amaretto and brandy with lots of ice. It's known as a French Connection but whatever it's called it is propelling me to bed.
my black cup of coffee
Same here. With sliced MangoQuote:
Originally Posted by Helga
Chocolate coconut milk ice cream & chocolate orange cake
At this very moment, I am eating something called Nutty Nibbles and drinking a glass of Campo Viejo Rioja.
Water. How dull. :-)
Grilled chicken and Rotini pasta soup with Concha y Toro Casillero Del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon.
Smoked almonds - very moorish
A roast beef sandwich with Jim Beam and root beer on the rocks.
Coke and Strawberry Icee
Chips, Mushy Peas & Vegan Fish
cheese sandwich
(that's what I have been eating two times a day for the last seven days because I can't be bothered to make something more complicated)
a cold beer
Just a cup of tea at the moment, but I'm dreaming of a glass of wine this evening :)
Stella Artois
Soy latte