What are you eating right now ?

[thalbergmad]

Let us say I will be eating the same as above and I don't need to buy from Tescos.

What would you recommend?

Thal

[ahinton]

Let us say I will be eating the same as above and I don't need to buy from Tescos.

What would you recommend?

But, unless I've missed something, all that you've specified above is a "Sunday roast", which could involve any one of a variety of different red and white meats that might respectively go better with red, rosé or white wines - or even (though unlikely in your case, I imagine) a vegetarian roast; I'd need more details of that as well as some idea of your wine style preferences to be able to make any meaningful and helpful suggestions. That you are no longer restricting yourself to Tesco's stock does, however, widen the brief usefully.

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

I give up

[m1469]

I am eating a box of salad bar stuff, which includes within it (well, some of it is already in my stomach) some tempeh, a little bit of roasted chicken, a little bit of cottage cheese and feta cheese, a few artichoke hearts, a few slices of kiwi, a few strawberries, a couple of other berries, a tiny bit of grilled vegetables, and two different kinds of lentils.  It's kind of like an antipasto, which is one of my favorite types of eating ... mmm.  In a couple of hours, I'm going to be bringing it with kempo (which, btw, makes me feel like I could actually beat somebody up if I needed*slash*wanted to)!  

[ahinton]

I give up

Too easily and readily, it would seem - still, that's your prerogative and saves me some trouble, I suppose; all that you had to do was tell me what you proposed to have for lunch next Sunday and I'd try to give you some wine recommendations to accompany it. Never mind.

Best,

Alistair

[pianoisthebest23]

A bagel with peanut butter and a steaming hot cup of cappucino.

[goldentone]

A bagel with peanut butter and a steaming hot cup of cappucino.

Sounds good.

[thalbergmad]

Ryvita.

[ted]

I eat a fair dollop of Ryvita. I stick two or three together like a sandwich with butter and plenty of Marmite; really bonzer fart fodder.

[thalbergmad]

Wow, thanks Ted. Never thought of trying them with marmite.

I rush to the kitchen.

Thal

[costicina]

You all eat weird stuff for my tastes  Never tried the old, good Mediterranean diet, more specifically Italian diet? 

[patrickd]

Nothing, but having a cup of coffee.

[db05]

Just ate carbonara and chicken nuggets for lunch.
Drinking pineapple juice now. Milk and then juice, am I sabotaging my digestion? 

[ted]

What I am not eating is marmite. Supplies of marmite in New Zealand are running out because the factory will close for a few months due to earthquake damage. I like marmite myself but I find the current crisis mentality here really silly. It just isn't that important is it ? Surely to goodness we can use a close substitute or simply go without for a few weeks ? The term "Marmageddon" is appearing in the newspapers here and pots of marmite are selling on the internet for $100. With all the real issues we have here, isn't it a bit trivial ?

I sometimes feel I am living in a world of loonies.

[j_menz]

Supplies of marmite in New Zealand are running out because the factory will close for a few months due to earthquake damage.

Should we set up an aid programme and send you some Vegemite?

[ted]

Should we set up an aid programme and send you some Vegemite?

Certainly not, it won't worry me, and Vegemite is still available. But you might be able to make a few dollars out of some silly Kiwis desperate enough to buy it online.

[Bob]

Finishing off a jar of Nutella.  A whole jar in less than 24 hours.  Mmm.... Es ist sehr gut auch.

Ingredients are in Swedish or something I think.... So my body may not be able to take in the calories if those calories are in a foreign language.

And it's sticky like peanut butter. I've never had Nutella before.  *Bob wonders if he'll be among those who choke to death to Nutella.*

[Bob]

*Bob wants some marmite now.*

https://www.amazon.com/Kraft-Vegemite-400g-Jar/dp/B002O10K6C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332607371&sr=8-1
"Product Description
The Aussie essential. Vegemite is a salty spread with distinct taste acclaimed by Australians everywhere. Americans please use in moderation."

What do they think we're going do?  Eat a... whole jar of it at once?   *burp*


I still don't understand the point of Nutella, what it's for, what it's supposed to go on.  It tastes like frosting but good frosting, not too sweet.  Like frosting chocolate.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite
"U.S. President Barack Obama, in response to a question in March 2011 during a joint visit with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to a high school in Virginia, gave his impression of Vegemite by stating "It’s horrible" and, following a description by Ms. Gillard, summarised it with "So it's like a quasi-vegetable by-product paste that you smear on your toast for breakfast - sounds good, doesn't it?".[43]"

[ted]

Baked salmon, in a marinade with sesame seeds, with courgettes, broccoli, garlic cloves and ginger.

[johnmar78]

Ted, I have to tell you I eat at least 4 plates of your portion as my lunch =2 cups of rice and the rest=2 kg. Your fish makes me hungry.

[ted]

Four ! Good grief, be careful, we don't want you ending up like Waller. He used to order twenty hamburgers for lunch; ate and drank himself to death, poor man.

The salmon was indeed delicious though; my wife is an amazing cook. She has an uncanny ability to taste something somewhere and duplicate it without a recipe later on at home.

[johnmar78]

good stuff Ted, being an asian I ate more than average Westerner. My boss always walked in and saying wooh meals for 3 man. in big mac wise, for lunch I can have 4 big macs plus chips and large orange juice. I think I got the defect genes from my dad. Because, My daughter does the same, but she is not fat but big.

[m1469]

That looks and reads deliciously, Ted. 

Agh... I'm so hungry that when I went to the market just now to get TP and my eyes fell upon the raw red meat sitting in their cooler bin, I instinctively wanted to devour it and thought it looked delicious as is.  That's actually true.  It's similar to if I get so tired that I get in bed without caring if there's a spider in it.

*makes lunch*

[pianowolfi]

I'll be soon eating some shrimps.  Every once in a while I can't resist and then I'm eating a lot of them...Yummy!!!

[49410enrique]

Baked salmon, in a marinade with sesame seeds, with courgettes, broccoli, garlic cloves and ginger.

wow serve me a piece! that looks so tastey, now my remarkably unremarkable  diet coke with a few supplement pills really does look sad in comparison....

[thalbergmad]

Agh... I'm so hungry that when I went to the market just now to get TP

Enlighten me please as to this TP???

Thal

[thalbergmad]

At the moment, grape flavoured Creatine and a couple of dry crackers.

Thal

[flyinfingers]

TP?  toilet paper?   
Thinking ahead maybe?

Enrique, I'm surprised you drink nutrasweet being so health conscious and all!
Never touch the stuff -- it's poison!
Sorry.  I hope yours has been drunk by now so I didn't ruin it for you!

Homemade chicken soup with lots of veggies and rice to nurse my cold!   Sniff!  Sniff!
It'll be gone tomorrow.  Thankfully, mild case!  Phew!

[thalbergmad]

TP?  toilet paper?   

I just use some of me old Schumann scores.

Thal

[flyinfingers]

I just use some of me old Schumann scores.

Thal

Ink stains?

[49410enrique]

Enrique, I'm surprised you drink nutrasweet being so health conscious and all!
Never touch the stuff -- it's poison!
Sorry.  I hope yours has been drunk by now so I didn't ruin it for you!

no worries, if i drink a single one of these in 2-4 weeks it's a lot, sometimes none at all, i just felt like having a fizzy, i'll take a bit of the poisonous sweetner over the hit of sugar/insluin to my abs lol  
as for being health conscious yeah to a point but also i try to take stock of what makes life more enjoyabe vs miserable and longer. and with somethings, i'd rather meh not live an extra 2.5875 years if whatever i indulge that shortened my life by said much made them that much worth living. but it's benign, some coffee, some soda, some whatever...

on the TP, yeah i thought so too, but i've never gone to the grocery store hungry and only thought about what i must buy to make sure i can poop when i need to oh well

[49410enrique]

Ink stains?

for real, talk about some crazy runs...

[thalbergmad]

Nice intro, but it all goes downhill after that.

Thal

[49410enrique]

Nice intro, but it all goes downhill after that...

staight to the toilet i suppose....

[costicina]

  Lol, this surreal exchange is one of the best reading I've had lately...My life would be dull and empty without you, really!!!! 

[pianowolfi]

Nice intro, but it all goes downhill after that.

Thal

You haven't heard my interpretation yet 

[thalbergmad]

I would listen to that, even though I hate the piece with every cell of my construction.

Thal

[pianowolfi]

I would listen to that, even though I hate the piece with every cell of my construction.

Thal

I'll probably actually try to get that Minidisc back from the people I gave it to 11 years ago and maybe post it... I am curious. It's from my "former life"   But perhaps I'm all upset when I listen to it again...

[thalbergmad]

Personally, I would not listen to something I recorded years ago.

Thal

[db05]

Just ate lunch an hour ago (rice, chicken in tomato sauce), made myself some hot tea...
now I'm drinking the tea cold because I forgot it for 30 mins. 

[m1469]

I'm eating some sauteed mushrooms and eggplant with a little bit of garlic powder on it.  I just finished some chicken breast ... not exactly a mind blowing dinner, but it's gettin' the job done.

[m1469]

A talapia loin satueed in a little bit of olive oil and lemon juice, with some malt vinegar and pepper on top.  mmmmm ... soon, some salad greens!

[goldentone]

A talapia loin satueed in a little bit of olive oil and lemon juice, with some malt vinegar and pepper on top.  mmmmm ... soon, some salad greens!

You seem to eat in installments.  What you need is a "golden" chef to serve up some magic for you once in awhile for your ivory nights.  Not only will you enjoy a gourmet dinner, but candles and atmosphere too!  Right now the menu has a few things to choose from, but we'll be adding more dishes in the future!

[m1469]

You seem to eat in installments.  What you need is a "golden" chef to serve up some magic for you once in awhile for your ivory nights.  Not only will you enjoy a gourmet dinner, but candles and atmosphere too!  Right now the menu has a few things to choose from, but we'll be adding more dishes in the future!

Sounds lovely .

[iratior]

Hi m1469!  I'm looking forward to cooking a rainbow trout fillet for myself later this afternoon.  Yesterday, I made a pie with strawberries, raspberries, and red globe grapes.  One of my friends has a son who is a chef in a D.C. restaurant, who has tried my pies and complimented them.  I do need to go shopping for more milk and fruit juices, though.  Glad you've been online.

[m1469]

Hi m1469!  I'm looking forward to cooking a rainbow trout fillet for myself later this afternoon.  Yesterday, I made a pie with strawberries, raspberries, and red globe grapes.  One of my friends has a son who is a chef in a D.C. restaurant, who has tried my pies and complimented them.  I do need to go shopping for more milk and fruit juices, though.  Glad you've been online.

Wow, that all sounds delicious.  I *love* (super fresh) fish and berries and pie!  I've never heard of grapes in a pie, but I know there are pies with raisins in it, so I guess it's not that strange.  I think that strawberry pie is probably my favorite pie in the world.  I mean plain strawberry with an amazing crust and some freshly whipped, real cream (not cool whip).  Oh man.  But, I like loads of pies ...

I once made a frozen, raw, vegan pie that only had 5 ingredients but was pretty good, actually.  It's primary berry were strawberries, and then some blueberries, too.  I bet raspberries would be *amazing* in pie.  The recipe calls for almonds, strawberries, blueberries, dates, and agave.  I used prunes instead of dates (b/c they are less expensive and we had them on hand, too), and honey instead of agave (same deal there).  You blend the almonds, prunes, and add honey to make the crust (spread it around in the pie dish to form the crust) and blend the berries with a little honey, too, and throw that in.  Then you freeze it and that's that!

hmmm ... I'm going to eat pie this summer, that's for sure.

[goldentone]

A steak fajita (from Moe's) with mushrooms, pico, sour cream, and then black beans and rice on the side.  I just realized I forgot to get cheese on it.

[ted]

Baked salmon again, this time in shin-mirin sauce with sesame seeds, accompanied by red silverbeet.

[m1469]

Dinner:  A tilapia loin, with the tiniest bit of satueed onions, some chopped asparagus, some mushrooms and fresh spinach, with pepper, garlic powder, and lemon juice while cooking, and then some parmesan cheese sprinkled all over it.





I'll tell you what I WISH I were eating though ... hmmm ...

Some oysters; a couple fried with a little batter (or herbs or something), and a couple raw, in the half shell with some spicy cocktail sauce and lemon,

Prawn cocktail

Some kind of unimaginably good ravioli or tortellini ... seriously, some kind of deliciousness about it that I can't even imagine and have never had (I already really like what I've had, but it's never been fresh with supreme ingredients).  

Butternut squash soup.

Some kind of green, amazingly fresh and delicate vegetable.  Maybe a salad that I don't know how to make.


....

[goldentone]

Ohh, those plates. . .

Your tilapia dinner looks like it's from a fabulous restaurant.  It looks delicioius, and beautifully presented!  I may have to go back to the drawing board with my dinner service.