soon Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 "The traditional story is that poutine originated in the 1950s in Warwick, Quebec, at a restaurant called Le Lutin qui rit. Upon being asked to add cheese curds to a customer's fries, owner Fernand Lachance responded, “Ça va faire une maudite poutine,” or, “That's going to make a dreadful mess. Poutine wasn’t always called poutine. At first, poutine was simple a 50-50 mixture of cheese curds and fries. When gravy got added somewhere along the way, it was called “mixte.” “Poutine” was adopted when large chains started selling the concoction—cheese, gravy, and all." The Poutine I had today: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 It has a Japanese style presentation (scallions of course) but with chips! And cheese I suppose but the Cheese reminds me of Tofu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: It has a Japanese style presentation (scallions of course) but with chips! And cheese I suppose but the Cheese reminds me of Tofu. I've got to say. I've tried it once and it's pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Cheese with gravy?? That ain't right!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, janrichmond said: Cheese with gravy?? That ain't right!! I'm surprised you didn't say ''chips and gravy'', instantly rekindling the North-South debate? (I heard it once said that the North begins, not at the Watford Gap, but where there are people who believe it is alright to put gravy on chips, and vice versa). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 9 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: I'm surprised you didn't say ''chips and gravy'', instantly rekindling the North-South debate? (I heard it once said that the North begins, not at the Watford Gap, but where there are people who believe it is alright to put gravy on chips, and vice versa). I don't do chips n gravy, it's Heinz ketchup or salad cream on chips My son in law is from up north and when he moved down here he was so gutted when he went to the chippy and they didn't have gravy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 There's no way in hell these shows could be made today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 20 minutes ago, Jabberwocky said: There's no way in hell these shows could be made today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Apparently Star Wars original trilogy couldnt be made today either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 hour ago, janrichmond said: I don't do chips n gravy, it's Heinz ketchup or salad cream on chips My son in law is from up north and when he moved down here he was so gutted when he went to the chippy and they didn't have gravy I'm a salt and vinegar ''fish and chip purist'' myself, but yes gravy is a prevalent condiment here. The chap who does the BBC commentary for Durham CCC puts gravy on fish and chips!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 7 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: English real ales/stouts are what I drink. Rarely drink Lager. I was drinking a Stout that said on the can: Lager Type. It was slightly fizzier than Guinness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 23 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: There are three amalgamated things drastically wrong with that foodstuff, firstly that there are chips on a pizza, secondly that the chips are cheesy chips, and thirdly, that the entire concoction is frozen. It is a mistake compounded with a mistake compounded with a mistake. Asda has a donner kebab pizza in the same range. Whether they should be prosecuted for selling it is an argument for another day but you can't argue that it's very much a British "dish" (😂) the Turkish and Italian shouldn't feel in any way responsible. Here's the link if anyone wants to buy one https://groceries.asda.com/product/boxed-pizza/asda-take-away-beef-kebab-mega-pizza/1000003093569 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 25 minutes ago, spunko12345 said: Asda has a donner kebab pizza in the same range. Whether they should be prosecuted for selling it is an argument for another day but you can't argue that it's very much a British "dish" (😂) the Turkish and Italian shouldn't feel in any way responsible. Here's the link if anyone wants to buy one https://groceries.asda.com/product/boxed-pizza/asda-take-away-beef-kebab-mega-pizza/1000003093569 Doner Kebab pizzas are fuckin' bangin' though. Never had one out of an ASDA but I mean one from your local kebab shop/pizza place. Fair dues though I've only had one once and I was high as a cunt at the time but I remember it being the fuckin' bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 1 hour ago, spunko12345 said: Asda has a donner kebab pizza in the same range. Whether they should be prosecuted for selling it is an argument for another day but you can't argue that it's very much a British "dish" (😂) the Turkish and Italian shouldn't feel in any way responsible. Here's the link if anyone wants to buy one https://groceries.asda.com/product/boxed-pizza/asda-take-away-beef-kebab-mega-pizza/1000003093569 The British however seem to have an extra propensity to create frozen supermarket variants of foodstuffs, although I appreciate this is a global phenomenon - N.b., the height of culinary laziness, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 22 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: I'm surprised you didn't say ''chips and gravy'', instantly rekindling the North-South debate? (I heard it once said that the North begins, not at the Watford Gap, but where there are people who believe it is alright to put gravy on chips, and vice versa). The north begins at Leeds as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Just now, Dazey said: The north begins at Leeds as far as I'm concerned. I'm inclined to agree. The Midlanders are neither one or the other, are they, neither southern enough to be a bona fide southerner, nor northern enough to be a certifiable northerner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) Anything north of Watford is fuckin' bumblebee land. After that its fuckin' Brummies and then northern filth. Edited October 5, 2018 by Len Cnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Shakespeare was a brummie. The cadenzas of the West Midland accent are reflected in his stanzas, as is certain colloquialisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Shakespeare was a brummie. The cadenzas of the West Midland accent are reflected in his stanzas, as is certain colloquialisms. There's more than a few northerly candences to Dickens work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Just now, Len Cnut said: There's more than a few northerly candences to Dickens work too. It surely would be intentional though - Hard Times in particular, his ''Northern novel''? Dickens was from Portsmouth. With Shakespeare it is more a sense of his Warwickshire country bumpkin roots lingering. Understand also that English was more changeable in Shakespeare's day than during the 19th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 12 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Shakespeare was a brummie. The cadenzas of the West Midland accent are reflected in his stanzas, as is certain colloquialisms. Where for art thou bab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, janrichmond said: Where for art thou bab? Try saying, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." With the up-and-down rhythm of a Birmingham accent. It is a theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Try saying, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." With the up-and-down rhythm of a Birmingham accent. It is a theory. i can't imagine Barry from Auf Wiedersehen Pet saying that, that's who i base my attempts at Brummie on. On a side note, do you notice how many people can't spell rhythm? I'm far from perfect at spelling but its that word that always sticks out to me....or is it just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Rythymn and Rymime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 18 hours ago, wasted said: Rythymn and Rymime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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