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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 15:08:03
I threatened it, now I'm starting it.
Floop controversially argued that Italian bread trumps French bread. Controversial because, although Italian bread has the variety and a very beautiful consistency and texture, when French bread is done right the simplicity and flavour is just superb.
Of course, there are many other contenders. Some personal favourites are the big, round Greek loaves (a little saltier, and quite coarse); naan bread (always, always good); a big British tin loaf isn't quite the artform that a continental bread is, but it's still good.
Let's discuss bread.
As serious as your life |
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 05/23/2005 : 12:30:24
This banter, I enjoy this. There's no aggression because of the simplicity of this fact:
Floop and I, and everyone who appreciates fine bread ARE RIGHT.
As serious as your life |
| VoVat |
Posted - 05/23/2005 : 10:42:59
Actually, the concept of the "sandwich" was brought to Earth by ancient astronauts, along with the arts of pyramid-building and bowling.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 15:45:06
this painting is an early artistic representation of the Indian "sandwich".. or, san choo, where the word sandwich comes from, which means "gift from god"..
the hands of the man and woman symbolize the slices of bread, and the light between them is a visual metaphor for the wonderful taste sensation created by the union of bread, meat and mayonnaise.
the painting is early 19th century navajo.. but it's based on religious iconography that stretches back to the very first recorded Navajo drawings, and early "san choo" forms of song and dance |
| kathryn |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 15:28:43
Surfer - in a world where potato bread exists, there is hope.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| floop |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 14:33:45
if "England" is what you call the northwestern part of the Unites States where the Navajo Indians lived |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 12:49:01
The truth being, sandwiches were invented in England. Good man, floop.
As serious as your life |
| floop |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 12:47:04
the sandwichs were invented by the French thing is right up there with maple syrup was invented in Canada in terms of myths that people keep perpetuating..
i guess if we know the truth, that's all that matters |
| floop |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 12:42:27
but the indians were the first to make sandwiches out of them |
| darwin |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 12:41:25
I thought the Spanish brought horses to the New World. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 12:36:29
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
quote:
Originally posted by floop
it is a commonly held misbelief that the French invented the "sandwich"
Really? The Earl of Sandwich, French? I've never heard that.
It's a shame that kathryn and rosa have never had good bread. A shame.
"If the English claim to have invented the sandwich, the French disagree, saying that long before the word sandwich came into use, it was common for workers in the field and those going on a journey to take with them meat or fish between two slices of black bread. " from WHO COOKED THAT UP? by J.J. Schnebel (1999)
meanwhile, we all know that the sandwich was actually invented by native Americans, specifically the Navajo, who used to eat dried eagle and horse meat between bread made from corn meal and acorns..
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| VoVat |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 12:28:12
I'm not a fan of plain white bread (Wonder Bread style), although I do like white Italian bread pretty well. For sandwiches, my favorites are rye and oat.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 06:54:03
Potatoe bread is also good.
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This is the war and not the warning. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 06:53:01
So, the big debate here, based around sliced loaves, for purposes of sandwiches, toast and associated snacks:
Brown or white?
As serious as your life |
| Carl |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 06:34:45
BLACKADDER:Baldrick, go to the kitchen and make me something quick and simple to eat, would you? Two slices of bread with something in between.
BALDRICK: What, like Gerald, Lord Sandwich, had the other day?
BLACKADDER:Yes, a few rounds of Geralders.
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| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 05/20/2005 : 01:53:35
I have no idea what on earth a reuben may be (I was always under the impression they were a shitty emo band) and ham and cheese sandwich? Give me a slice of ham and a piece of cheese and I'm happy.
Kathryn - I too thought I was alone - it's now as if there is hope.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. |
| darwin |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 23:49:01
quote:
Originally posted by floop
it is a commonly held misbelief that the French invented the "sandwich"
Really? The Earl of Sandwich, French? I've never heard that.
It's a shame that kathryn and rosa have never had good bread. A shame. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 22:57:07
it is a commonly held misbelief that the French invented the "sandwich" |
| VoVat |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 19:30:40
quote:
A ham and cheese on rye without rye is just a ham sandwich!
Actually, it's not really a sandwich at all, is it?
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 18:03:13
I am just...I'm sorry. I'm getting emotional. Never before has
anybody expressed or shared... damn, where's a hanky?
Never before has a living soul shared my bafflement at
slapping two unnecessary pieces of bread around
food and calling it a sandwich, when the contents are just
fine by themselves. I'm too emotional to post.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Carl |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 18:02:56
I've been eating white bread rolls with cheese, lately. I love French bread! |
| hammerhands |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 17:43:49
A container for a sandwich, what kind of bread do they not have where you live?
A ham and cheese on rye without rye is just a ham sandwich!
What kind of Reuben would you eat? |
| VoVat |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 16:29:15
I'm honestly not a fan of chocolate ice cream, but enough people are that I think that would be a good marketing strategy.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 15:47:03
more places should have free chocolate ice cream for dessert |
| VoVat |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 15:45:31
I think more restaurants should serve bread with meals. At so many places, it's all potatoes, potatoes, potatoes. And those are just as full of starch, but don't taste as good.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 15:30:43
But... it's bread? What's not to like?
As serious as your life |
| floop |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 14:44:05
we'll change all that. i'll show you the way.. |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 14:40:52
I honestly don't like bread particularly the taste and texture of white bread. I'll eat the odd bit of rye bread and there are times when I do eat bread - it's just that I don't like it. I'd far rather just have the meatballs than a meatball sandwich. In fact sandwiches themselves are probably the reason I don't really like bread.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 14:27:09
are you a low-carb dieter, or do you just honestly not like the taste of bread?
i think bread (and carbs in general) are underrated.. it's not so much that it tastes so great by itself (though it can), but the combination of it with other foods..
without bread, a meatball sandwich would just be a bunch of meatballs..
and how can you have eggs and bacon without toast? |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 14:18:38
And I wasn't?
Seriously - when you're eating a sandwich isn't the bread just a container to keep the really good bits all in place?
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 14:13:19
i was joking.. once you're a soulmate, you're a soulmate for life.
we don't have like every single thing exactly the same to be ambiguously-platnoic soul-mates |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 14:09:05
I'm hurt.
Shall I try make up for it in the barbequed fish and meat department instead?
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 14:06:01
this could threaten our soulmate status |
| kathryn |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 14:00:29
At the risk of answering a question meant for your South African
soulmate: easy, if you don't like bread, it's easy.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 13:59:54
As delicious as you are trying to make that sound there are so many other things on the menu at Italian restaurants that I'd rather eat than bread.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/19/2005 : 13:58:05
but how can you go out for an Italian meal without first eating fresh, perfect bread (dipped in olive oil and basalmic vinegar with mounds of freshly crushed garlic, and some crushed black pepper) ? |
