Flapjacks Don't Exist.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

So I heard some people talking about Flapjacks in the Chatbox.. "flapjack". What the hell is a 'flapjack'?? ITS A PANCAKE. Flapjack was just some jerk water named "Jack"'s idea to try and steal the thunder from this delicious breakfast classic. Is there anything that would differentiate a flapjack from a pancake? Let's think, what do you put on flapjacks, topping wise, SYRUP, the same exact syrup that you put on pancakes... THATS WHY ITS CALLED PANCAKE SYRUP. Never once have I heard someone refer to it as "flapjack sauce". Seriously, its a pancake, its in a pan its essentially a basic cakish recipe.. pan cake! I understand that a flapjack has some kind of tie into the great North American past time of lumberjacking, so I will make an exception, that if you are one of the remaining lumberjacks on the continent, fine, in your logging camp only, you may refer to them as flapjacks. Don't show up on my local pancake pub, and start throwing out your lumberjacking slang like some douche that just got back from New Zealand and started to refer to cool things as "Choice".

Don't let me hear it again or I'll have to send my monkey after you.
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[SardiniaAtlantis]

http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/1661286141_1382526026.jpg

[MINARDOWICZ]

Flapjacks are superior. They were invented by Atlantids, whereas, pancakes were invented by AlPIGnids. FACT!

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Flapjacks are superior. They were invented by Atlantids, whereas, pancakes were invented by AlPIGnids. FACT!

Minardids have no say in Atlantid matters, your kind is on the lower rings of human evolution or what we Atlantids know to be in actuality "Atlantid Devolution" sowhere below Alpinids and after Faelids.

[MINARDOWICZ]

Minardids have no say in Atlantid matters, your kind is on the lower rings of human evolution or what we Atlantids know to be in actuality "Atlantid Devolution" sowhere below Alpinids and after Faelids.

LIES! MINARDID STRONK!

[McCauley]

Only yankees say flapjacks.

[Kamal900]

http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/1661286141_1382526026.jpg

Hmm, pancakes.
http://drool.popey.com/droooool.png

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Hmm, pancakes.
http://drool.popey.com/droooool.png

Thats right even Homeroids know it's Pancakes.

[Mark]

Only yankees say flapjacks.

That's funny, I grew saying pancakes but thought that southerners and mid-westerners called them flapjacks lol.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Only yankees say flapjacks.

Them, and demon babies although often they are the same thing.

[Kamal900]

Them, and demon babies although often they are the same thing.

I've never even heard the word flapjacks till now, lolz!

[SardiniaAtlantis]

I've never even heard the word flapjacks till now, lolz!

That's probably because youve strayed clear of brothels, sex dungeons, and prison.

[Kamal900]

My dad needs some pancakes, he's a bit cranky today(right now is 10:35 am in the uae).
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s310/Kamal900/DSCN1448.jpg (http://s155.photobucket.com/user/Kamal900/media/DSCN1448.jpg.html)

[SardiniaAtlantis]

My dad needs some pancakes, he's a bit cranky today(right now is 10:35 am in the uae).


Let us get Socrates some Pancakes quickly or at the very least kunnafah.

[Kamal900]

Let us get Socrates some Pancakes quickly or at the very least kunnafah.

um, we say Knafeh..hmm knafeh.
http://auzamkitchen.com/images/lebnane%20kunafa.jpg
like to eat it in a bun
http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/G9fMx8KFPmxtl0crlPP1aQ/l.jpg

classic pali desert.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Yes Kunnafah bi kaak! I know it... with the bun awesome!! ;)

I spell it this way you really cant spell it wrong because its transliterated either way, but still since I spell it "kunnafah" that is the superior way.

[Kamal900]

Yes Kunnafah bi kaak! I know it... with the bun awesome!! ;)

I spell it this way you really cant spell it wrong because its transliterated either way, but still since I spell it "kunnafah" that is the superior way.

Yeah, many people do spell it that way which is fine. Knafeh came from Nablus. This pali from nablus can show you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lloqaVNeEQ

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Yeah, many people do spell it that way which is fine. Knafeh came from Nablus. This pali from nablus can show you.
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Yeah I actually knew that even thgh everybody else does them now lol, there is a few Arabic stores here one I used to go to had Nablusi cheese which is supposed to be used in them.. I never make it I just buy them at the restaurants when I go for tea and narghilah.

[Kamal900]

Yeah I actually knew that even thgh everybody else does them now lol, there is a few Arabic stores here one I used to go to had Nablusi cheese which is supposed to be used in them.. I never make it I just buy them at the restaurants when I go for tea and narghilah.

I don't know why Americans keep changing names of food and other things?

French fries = Freedom fries(lolz)
Foot ball = soccer ball
pan cake = flapjack

..hey what does a cuntflap means? i heard it in some video on youtube about a guy calling a girl a cuntflap.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

I don't know why Americans keep changing names of food and other things?

..hey what does a cuntflap means? i heard it in some video on youtube about a guy calling a girl a cuntflap.

Do you know Angela Merkel?

[Kamal900]

Do you know Angela Merkel?

yeah, what about her

[SardiniaAtlantis]

yeah, what about her
Angela Mirkel is a huge cuntflap.

[Kamal900]

....it it just me or the Ads in this forum are getting more weirder?

wtf is that?
http://cdn.adnxs.com/p/96/34/67/9f/9634679f87273f0a41efb7cb3e3b673a.jpg

David and Goliath in a nut shell.
http://cdn.adnxs.com/p/39/e8/ab/40/39e8ab40432ffafe1d1bb723dde94b31.jpg

[Kamal900]

Angela Mirkel is a huge cuntflap.

Is a cuntflap some old naggy woman who acts like a total bitch in every situation she faces?

[Leadchucker]

I don't know why Americans keep changing names of food and other things............

It gets worse. There are regional names that are different for food items plus just regional foods that aren't everywhere in the country.

[rhiannon]

So I heard some people talking about Flapjacks in the Chatbox.. "flapjack". What the hell is a 'flapjack'?? ITS A PANCAKE. Flapjack was just some jerk water named "Jack"'s idea to try and steal the thunder from this delicious breakfast classic. Is there anything that would differentiate a flapjack from a pancake? Let's think, what do you put on flapjacks, topping wise, SYRUP, the same exact syrup that you put on pancakes... THATS WHY ITS CALLED PANCAKE SYRUP. Never once have I heard someone refer to it as "flapjack sauce". Seriously, its a pancake, its in a pan its essentially a basic cakish recipe.. pan cake! I understand that a flapjack has some kind of tie into the great North American past time of lumberjacking, so I will make an exception, that if you are one of the remaining lumberjacks on the continent, fine, in your logging camp only, you may refer to them as flapjacks. Don't show up on my local pancake pub, and start throwing out your lumberjacking slang like some douche that just got back from New Zealand and started to refer to cool things as "Choice".

Don't let me hear it again or I'll have to send my monkey after you.
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/sm/custom/m/l/lberhfrk.png

Hubs is a New Englander and he calls em' flapjacks. I can't STAND it LMAO. We don't call pancakes "flapjacks" out here on the Left Coast:nono:

[Kamal900]

It gets worse. There are regional names that are different for food items plus just regional foods that aren't everywhere in the country.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTbUiuLgN6aCrAbvdGFJzp9j466Mo9d hAMCNOcFnNnRJsllR0O

[rhiannon]

Oh but the Pacific NW calls soda....POP. Just Ew.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

It gets worse. There are regional names that are different for food items plus just regional foods that aren't everywhere in the country.

Ever since I got to this country I have been calling them pancakes, therefore they are pancakes and anyone who disagrees with me must be executed or worse yet sent to Canada.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Oh but the Pacific NW calls soda....POP. Just Ew.

I just call it junkjuice. It belongs in the garbage and not in your body, maybe its good for cleaning rusted metals but not much else. I drink seltzer if I need that fizz carbonated water is the way to go, that and alcohol.

[Kamal900]

Ever since I got to this country I have been calling them pancakes, therefore they are pancakes and anyone who disagrees with me must be executed or worse yet sent to Canada.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzwhLsX7A1hi2z5B4JxRrMAIwoCVF_n hPsqPaAJtUWXCDb1dQE

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Hubs is a New Englander and he calls em' flapjacks. I can't STAND it LMAO. We don't call pancakes "flapjacks" out here on the Left Coast:nono:

Your husband will either give up this nonsense or face the gallows, or in a severe case deportation to Canada.

[rhiannon]

Angela Mirkel is a huge cuntflap.

Hmmmm
Is it better to be a huge cuntflap?
Or a blue waffle?
Yeeeikes

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Hmmmm
Is it better to be a huge cuntflap?
Or a blue waffle?
Yeeeikes

As I have said previously on the forum, I happen to highly enjoy cunts, and this extends to cuntflaps.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

:Bondage1:

[Graham]

Flapjacks aren't pancakes. They are made of oats.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGyqVU-WF2WxDEhkO6p1SVNrwr_wFGSoI6wqye6Se0ZdCUj0UTCg

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Flapjacks aren't pancakes. They are made of oats.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGyqVU-WF2WxDEhkO6p1SVNrwr_wFGSoI6wqye6Se0ZdCUj0UTCg

Indeed!!! This is actually one of the biggest reason it bothered me...I am lenient enough to allow them to change crisps to chips,biscuits to cookies,and chips to fries, but Pancakes which were actually invented in America should have on name from now on, and as I have so eloquently proved it is pancakes and pancakes alone, although I may make the occasional exception for "fatcrepes".

[armenianbodyhair]

The should really be in the anthropology section.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

The should really be in the anthropology section.
It was! The Underatlantids and Bonobos misplaced it again.

[Leadchucker]

Ever since I got to this country I have been calling them pancakes,

Pancakes are what we call them here.


This is a hoagie in my area in South Jersey. Other names for the same thing include grinder, sub,hero,wedge,blimpie,torpedo,bomber,spuckie,zepp elin,garabaldi,po'boy.

http://www.woodfiredkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Best-Hoagie-630w.jpg

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Pancakes are what we call them here.


This is a hoagie in my area in South Jersey. Other names for the same thing include grinder, sub,hero,wedge,blimpie,torpedo,bomber,spuckie,zepp elin,garabaldi,po'boy.

http://www.woodfiredkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Best-Hoagie-630w.jpg

Those are Heroes. And they shall henceforth be referred to as such by all in the contiguous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico as to what Alaskans would call them if they were able to thaw food we will have to ponder.

[Weedman]

Flapjacks are superior. They were invented by Atlantids, whereas, pancakes were invented by AlPIGnids. FACT!

flapjacks suck dick!

even that word/name "flapjack" sounds gay as hell.

NORMAL people just say pancakes


lol

[SardiniaAtlantis]

flapjacks suck dick!

even that word/name "flapjack" sounds gay as hell.

NORMAL people just say pancakes


lol

All scientific evidence seems to back up your statement.

[rhiannon]

Pancakes are what we call them here.


This is a hoagie in my area in South Jersey. Other names for the same thing include grinder, sub,hero,wedge,blimpie,torpedo,bomber,spuckie,zepp elin,garabaldi,po'boy.

http://www.woodfiredkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Best-Hoagie-630w.jpg

Oh wow! Now I get it... There's some joint out here called Blimpie's that makes sub sandwiches and I never got the name. Used to think it was horrible because of The obvious negative connotation with the word blimp. Never knew that was once a term for a sub sandwich. LOL

[rhiannon]

Those are Heroes. And they shall henceforth be referred to as such by all in the contiguous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico as to what Alaskans would call them if they were able to thaw food we will have to ponder.
Nah. They're subs :thumb001:

[henry52]

I have to wonder where the term flapjack really did come from. I have grown up in a location where both terms were used and interchangeable without any problems from people. In fact, many local restaurants still label some of their pancake meals as flapjacks. Triple Flapjack Stack and stuff like this. I personally have never given the whole idea much of a thought before right now. I personally am not very concerned with what people call them, as long as they taste great when I eat them. Call them what you will. You can even call it flapjack sauce for all I care.

[Black Wolf]

Of course they are pancakes! Amateurs! lol

[Caismeachd]

The American flapjack must just be an American bastardisation/hallucination of proper flapjacks.

This is what proper flapjacks look like.

http://www.remarkablegroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Square-flapjacks.jpg

[Graham]

Americans. Next you'll be naming crumpets differently.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

I have to wonder where the term flapjack really did come from. I have grown up in a location where both terms were used and interchangeable without any problems from people. In fact, many local restaurants still label some of their pancake meals as flapjacks. Triple Flapjack Stack and stuff like this. I personally have never given the whole idea much of a thought before right now. I personally am not very concerned with what people call them, as long as they taste great when I eat them. Call them what you will. You can even call it flapjack sauce for all I care.

I have to simply assume you grew up around a high crime area, with rampant prostitution, and more prisons than hospitals... That is the only thing that could account for such a shocking story. You must erase the word "flapjack" from your vocabulary at once or face the guillotines, or even worse yet deportation to Canada.

[justme]

The American flapjack must just be an American bastardisation/hallucination of proper flapjacks.

This is what proper flapjacks look like.

http://www.remarkablegroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Square-flapjacks.jpg

Flapjacks are delicious! In UK flapjack and pancake two different things.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Flapjacks are delicious! In UK flapjack and pancake two different things.

Incorrect American "Flapjacks" are pancakes that some devious individual named jack chose to call after himself in order to steal the thunder off of this breakfast classic. Everybody knows flapjacks are really meant to be a delicious oat bar, and only pedophiles, and prostitutes would say otherwise.

[justme]

Incorrect American "Flapjacks" are pancakes that some devious individual named jack chose to call after himself in order to steal the thunder off of this breakfast classic. Everybody knows flapjacks are really meant to be a delicious oat bar, and only pedophiles, and prostitutes would say otherwise.
What the hell is wrong with you?! I said "IN UK"

[Prisoner Of Ice]

Flapjacks are superior. They were invented by Atlantids, whereas, pancakes were invented by AlPIGnids. FACT!

Atlantids don't invent stuff they are too busy socializing.

[Caismeachd]

Flapjacks are awesome. They are so condensed that a small bar will fill you up. UK is a bit weird though because they sell pre made pancakes wrapped in plastic, like this

http://images.mysupermarket.co.uk/Products_1000/20/024420.jpg?v=2?1390523929705%20=1390523929705

[SardiniaAtlantis]

What the hell is wrong with you?! I said "IN UK"

Exactly, and I am correcting you to tell you that it is not only in the UK but everywhere on Earth that they are two different things. Falpjacks = Oatbar , pancakes = breakfast cakey disks.

[Caismeachd]

There are lots of strange differences between US and UK.

Living here a while you need to start speaking differently or people will think you are strange.

If you say "I'm going out wearing my nice pants" over hear people will think you are mental.

[justme]

Flapjacks are awesome. They are so condensed that a small bar will fill you up. UK is a bit weird though because they sell pre made pancakes wrapped in plastic, like this

http://images.mysupermarket.co.uk/Products_1000/20/024420.jpg?v=2?1390523929705%20=1390523929705

Those once you open them they become dry... And untastable... Home made pancakes are the best... Never had home made flapjacks but the ones from the shop are still good... But they fill you up sooooo quick!

[Caismeachd]

homemade chocolate flapjacks are incredibly good but I haven't had them since I was little.

http://londonfoodieny.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/chocolateflapjacks.jpg?w=500

[Caismeachd]

Those once you open them they become dry... And untastable... Home made pancakes are the best... Never had home made flapjacks but the ones from the shop are still good... But they fill you up sooooo quick!

I've never tried those and think they are funny. They are such a simple thing that I think it's pointless. But some food here is strange.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

There are lots of strange differences between US and UK.

Living here a while you need to start speaking differently or people will think you are strange.

If you say "I'm going out wearing my nice pants" over hear people will think you are mental.

That is mental, and would only be said by the same type of criminal deviants who would call a pancake a flapjack.

[rhiannon]

Americans. Next you'll be naming crumpets differently.No crumpets are sold as just that. I eat them occasionally:)

When I was in my early 20s I briefly dated a British guy. Used to bring him over to my place and feed him tea and crumpets in an effort to make him feel more at home. He thought it was pretty funny at the time.

[rhiannon]

Flapjacks are awesome. They are so condensed that a small bar will fill you up. UK is a bit weird though because they sell pre made pancakes wrapped in plastic, like this

http://images.mysupermarket.co.uk/Products_1000/20/024420.jpg?v=2?1390523929705%20=1390523929705

They sell frozen pancakes in the US. Hilarious. Personally I can't eat pancakes much at all....they tend to make me feel vaguely sick afterward. Hubs on the other hand believes pancakes are manna sent from heaven....and you should see the way he goes APESHIT over Maple Syrup....the pure stuff mind you. LMAO.

I blame it on his New England upbringing.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Using the word "Flapjack" for pancake not only is wrong because you are taking the name of an already established food, and giving it to another food, but it is also proven to be a sign of schizophrenia. See for yourself:
http://www.flapjackspancakes.com/images/flapjacks-logo.png
As you can see even the schizophrenic who owns this business is not fully sold on the idea of calling Pancakes "flapjacks" as part of him knows how wrong that is.

[rhiannon]

I don't know why Americans keep changing names of food and other things?

French fries = Freedom fries(lolz)
Foot ball = soccer ball
pan cake = flapjack

Oh, and soccer is a separate game here from football. Soccer here is futbal to the rest of the world lol. We are the only ones to have American Football....although the game is sort of played similar to Rugby so I hear.

[Black Wolf]

Mmmm flappers.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Oh, and soccer is a separate game here from football. Soccer here is futbal to the rest of the world lol. We are the only ones to have American Football....although the game is sort of played similar to Rugby so I hear.

American football though I enjoy the game immensely should be called American Rugby, or Handball.

[Caismeachd]

Oh, and soccer is a separate game here from football. Soccer here is futbal to the rest of the world lol. We are the only ones to have American Football....although the game is sort of played similar to Rugby so I hear.

They call it Soccer in Australia as well. Most Australians don't like it either similar to Americans. It's a pom sport to them. Australia has it's own weird version of football different than anywhere else. Aus has kept a British culture though much more than US though. (They eat marmite there and have similar slang, whinging vs whining etc and overall culture).

Things only America does, call Z 'Zee' instead of "Zed". Most English speaking countries saying whinging instead of whining. Americans pronounce coupe wrong. It's pronounced coup-ey. They pronounce car brands wrong like Hyundai etc. In America they say "Hon-day" but it's pronounced hi-yun-day.

There are more examples but I can't think of any more at the moment.

[rhiannon]

They call it Soccer in Australia as well. Most Australians don't like it either similar to Americans. It's a pom sport to them. Australia has it's own weird version of football different than anywhere else. Aus has kept a British culture though much more than US though. (They eat marmite there and have similar slang, whinging vs whining etc and overall culture).

Things only America does, call Z 'Zee' instead of "Zed". Most English speaking countries saying whinging instead of whining. Americans pronounce coupe wrong. It's pronounced coup-ey. They pronounce car brands wrong like Hyundai etc. In America they say "Hon-day" but it's pronounced hi-yun-day.

There are more examples but I can't think of any more at the moment.
Funny.
I've always pronounced Hyundai correctly, then.
You forgot a really BIG one, though.....the English (well that's where it came from initially) system of measurements. We are the only nation left in the world still using it.

*sigh*

Guilty of pronouncing coupe wrong though LOL

[Caismeachd]

Oh. Americans probably have no idea what a gherkin is or what rocket leaves are. There are tons of things you need to adapt to if you live here.

[Leadchucker]

Some other local stuff

Tastykakes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9KP4rpODkBM/TDDlD_w5gHI/AAAAAAAAJ_c/VxA_iC1FmGs/s1600/tastykake%2B025600007099.jpg

Cheese steaks. I like mine wizwit (with cheesewhiz and onions)
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Sandwiches/PhiladelphiaCheeseSteak.JPG


Scrapple
http://pdhomes.net/collections/notlad/foodstuff/img_1398.jpg


Beer
http://aleheads.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/yuengling.jpg


Taylor Porkroll
http://nonjersey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pork-roll-frying.jpg


Peanut Chews
http://sweets.seriouseats.com/images/2011/10/2011017goldenbergsstory.jpg


Trenton Oyster Crackers
http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/03/06/84/81/0003068481749_500X500.jpg


Saltwater Taffy
http://jerseyporkroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Fralingers-Salt-Water-Taffy1.jpg

[rhiannon]

Oh. Americans probably have no idea what a gherkin is or what rocket leaves are. There are tons of things you need to adapt to if you live here.
gherkin=pickle....right?
rocket leaves....have NO bloody idea lol. It could be construed as a name for Tea, though

[SardiniaAtlantis]

gherkin=pickle....right?
rocket leaves....have NO bloody idea lol. It could be construed as a name for Tea, though

Rocket leaves are rucola! what I love on pizza with prosciutto ;) yes Gherkin is a pickled cucumber good on you rhiannon!

[rhiannon]

Rocket leaves are rucola! what I love on pizza with prosciutto ;) yes Gherkin is a pickled cucumber good on you rhiannon!

Eh....I didn't exactly fall off the Turnip Truck yesterday LMAO. I'm longer in tooth than most of the lot of you :oldman:...especially amongst the women.

ahh....arugula! I like it on Pizza with prosciutto as well :)

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Eh....I didn't exactly fall off the Turnip Truck yesterday LMAO. I'm longer in tooth than most of the lot of you :oldman:...especially amongst the women.

ahh....arugula! I like it on Pizza with prosciutto as well :)

AHA So you live in an area in the US where you can get Real Pizza?!! Rules out small towns for the most part... hmm...

[Weedman]

Oh. Americans probably have no idea what a gherkin is or what rocket leaves are. There are tons of things you need to adapt to if you live here. :rolleyes:Americans are retards.....trust me I know:rotfl2


jk

[SardiniaAtlantis]

:rolleyes:Americans are retards.....trust me I know:rotfl2
Well.. thats a generalization.. someeee are lol XD

[Weedman]

AHA So you live in an area in the US where you can get Real Pizza?!! Rules out small towns for the most part... hmm...

dont know about pizza but I can get you some REAL fucking weed......... no shake.

lol

[Caismeachd]

gherkin=pickle....right?
rocket leaves....have NO bloody idea lol. It could be construed as a name for Tea, though

Gurka is also the word for cucumber in Swedish. Not sure what the etymology of the word is. Calling pickled cucumbers just pickles is a little simple when you think about it lol. Rocket is arugula but both words are incorrect nonsense from their original sources. Rocket comes from French roquette and arugula comes from some Italian word I can't remember.

[rhiannon]

Some other local stuff

Tastykakes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9KP4rpODkBM/TDDlD_w5gHI/AAAAAAAAJ_c/VxA_iC1FmGs/s1600/tastykake%2B025600007099.jpg
Yep. Heard of these thanks to hubs.

Cheese steaks. I like mine wizwit (with cheesewhiz and onions)
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Sandwiches/PhiladelphiaCheeseSteak.JPGI hear that is how they make them in Philly lol. I guess this means this is the proper way to make em' But....I must confess to being a total cheese snob....can't handle the processed stuff too well LOL. Phillies here are usually made with provolone and grilled green peppers/onions. Yummy stuff.


Scrapple
http://pdhomes.net/collections/notlad/foodstuff/img_1398.jpgVaguely heard of this.


Beer
http://aleheads.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/yuengling.jpgIf you're a fan of beer you'd love the Pacific NW. This area has more microbreweries in it than the rest of the country combined. I am including both Oregon and Washington, of course


Taylor Porkroll
http://nonjersey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pork-roll-frying.jpgThat's a new one lol



Peanut Chews
http://sweets.seriouseats.com/images/2011/10/2011017goldenbergsstory.jpgLook good to me lol



Trenton Oyster Crackers
http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/03/06/84/81/0003068481749_500X500.jpgHubs is a cracker snob too. He won't eat clam chowder without oyster crackers



Saltwater Taffy
http://jerseyporkroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Fralingers-Salt-Water-Taffy1.jpg

Er.....always thought this stuff was Southern?

[Caismeachd]

dont know about pizza but I can get you some REAL fucking weed......... no shake.

lol

The pizza here is literally awesome. I was surprised. You can get straight up true authentic Italian food delivered here. There are a few mexican restaurants here but I haven't tried them yet. Chinese food here is so-so. Haven't tried doner here yet because most of the turkish places here seem gross.

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[Caismeachd]

I thought salt water taffy came from either CA or the PNW? They don't have caramel in the UK or even know what it is.

[rhiannon]

AHA So you live in an area in the US where you can get Real Pizza?!! Rules out small towns for the most part... hmm...Well hubs would disagree with that. The West Coast is not as good for Pizza as the East according to him. If NY pizza is your thing, I have no idea where to get it lol. There are a few decent pizza joints around here though.

I hear the best pizza in the country is to be had in Connecticut....which happens to be where hubs is from. No wonder he's a pizza snob lol

[Caismeachd]

Bread products here are really good in Europe in general. In the US in order to get good bread you usually need to live in the middle of a city.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Gurka is also the word for cucumber in Swedish. Not sure what the etymology of the word is. Calling pickled cucumbers just pickles is a little simple when you think about it lol. Rocket is arugula but both words are incorrect nonsense from their original sources. Rocket comes from French roquette and arugula comes from some Italian word I can't remember.

The word is Rucola. Which is the only true and correct word as it is an Italian plant.

[Weedman]

The pizza here is literally awesome. I was surprised. You can get straight up true authentic Italian food delivered here. There are a few mexican restaurants here but I haven't tried them yet. Chinese food here is so-so. Haven't tried doner here yet because most of the turkish places here seem gross.

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actually I would love to have AUTHENTIC Italian pizza at least ONCE before I die

[Weedman]

Er.....always thought this stuff was Southern?nope.


but Russell-Stover candy is.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Well hubs would disagree with that. The West Coast is not as good for Pizza as the East according to him. If NY pizza is your thing, I have no idea where to get it lol. There are a few decent pizza joints around here though.

I hear the best pizza in the country is to be had in Connecticut....which happens to be where hubs is from. No wonder he's a pizza snob lol

Ah they all pale in comparison to la vera pizza napoletana! Pizza made how it should be made! In a brick oven and the same ingredients like in Italy NY style is simply the closest American representation of it...but thankfully if you live in a big city in the US you can find Neapolitan pizza joints!

[SardiniaAtlantis]

The pizza here is literally awesome. I was surprised. You can get straight up true authentic Italian food delivered here. There are a few mexican restaurants here but I haven't tried them yet. Chinese food here is so-so. Haven't tried doner here yet because most of the turkish places here seem gross.

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This Pizza looks very authentically prepared but It either did not charr enough in the oven or was not cooked in a brick woodburning oven at all. I would give it 3 stars out of 5.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

actually I would love to have AUTHENTIC Italian pizza at least ONCE before I die

Yes you do... Once you do you will Not be able to even eat that commercial American junk pizzahut/dominoes unless you are high off your rocker... "American Pizza" is Not pizza.

[Weedman]

They don't have caramel in the UK or even know what it is.:disapproving

freaks.



lol

[rhiannon]

Ah they all pale in comparison to la vera pizza napoletana! Pizza made how it should be made! In a brick oven and the same ingredients like in Italy NY style is simply the closest American representation of it...but thankfully if you live in a big city in the US you can find Neapolitan pizza joints!The place I'm thinking of in CT does it exactly that way. Brick oven Pizza is the best way to go because you should be able to fold your pizza while eating it like this:
http://www.hongkonghustle.com/wp-content/photos/Hong_Kong_pizza_pizzeria_HK.jpg If you can't the crust is too damn crispy and the thing is just gross.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

The place I'm thinking of in CT does it exactly that way. Brick oven Pizza is the best way to go because you should be able to fold your pizza while eating it like this:
http://www.hongkonghustle.com/wp-content/photos/Hong_Kong_pizza_pizzeria_HK.jpg If you can't the crust is too damn crispy and the thing is just gross.

Yes Exactly!!! Also "American Pizza" is very much the mindset of the typical American diet.. Pour on a Bunch of Toppings the More The Better!!! But Italian food is about balance, and proper marrying of ingredients and flavors together to create the perfect flavor combinations. Simple beauty!

[Caismeachd]

In Italy don't they believe mozzarella should be the only topping?

[Caismeachd]

The place I'm thinking of in CT does it exactly that way. Brick oven Pizza is the best way to go because you should be able to fold your pizza while eating it like this:
http://www.hongkonghustle.com/wp-content/photos/Hong_Kong_pizza_pizzeria_HK.jpg If you can't the crust is too damn crispy and the thing is just gross.

The pizza I get here is like that. They recently had a vote if they should continue to cut it or not so that it's more true to uncut Italian pizza.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

In Italy don't they believe mozzarella should be the only topping?

No not at all there is as many different types in Italy as anywhere else some pizze dont even have mozzarella at all and just tomato sauce and oregano.. It just depends! :)

[Caismeachd]

This Pizza looks very authentically prepared but It either did not charr enough in the oven or was not cooked in a brick woodburning oven at all. I would give it 3 stars out of 5.

It is wood fired. I think they do cook it a little more that that (some charring) but I can't find good examples.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

It is wood fired. I think they do cook it a little more that that (some charring) but I can't find good examples.

LOL I was messing about but yeah needs to have a bit of that charr! I am actually a Pizza fiend I am building my own Brick oven currently lol.
I have a special connection to it my grandparents used to make the best!

[Leadchucker]

I thought salt water taffy came from either CA or the PNW?

Invented at the Jersey Shore...no, not the stupid ass show on telly with the Brooklyn guidos, Atlantic City on the Boardwalk

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Invented at the Jersey Shore...no, not the stupid ass show on telly with the Brooklyn guidos, Atlantic City on the Boardwalk

I will never understand why people need to chew on things that are annoying as hell to get out of your teeth.

[Weedman]

I will never understand why people need to chew on things that are annoying as hell to get out of your teeth.

oral fixation comes in many forms

lol

[Weedman]

LOL I was messing about but yeah needs to have a bit of that charr! I am actually a Pizza fiend I am building my own Brick oven currently lol.
I have a special connection to it my grandparents used to make the best!

see you never find that type of age-old authentic customary cooking in America......................except in remote backwoods or some shit but they only cook weird animals that you'd otherwise fine in a zoo or wildlife park, though.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

see you never find that type of age-old authentic customary cooking in America......................except in remote backwoods or some shit but they only cook weird animals that you'd otherwise fine in a zoo or wildlife park, though.

LOL! Haha Roadkill and such? Lol. America used to have it, but industrialization changed the American way of eating forever...It's sad really we see all of the health problems that have come of it.

[Weedman]

No not at all there is as many different types in Italy as anywhere else some pizze dont even have mozzarella at all and just tomato sauce and oregano.. It just depends! :)

I want some big Italian family with like 7 grandmothers from "The Old Country" , a mother and 10 aunts and alot of sisters cooking in the kitchen making me dinner every day the rest of my life......THAT would be good food!

[Weedman]

The pizza I get here is like that. They recently had a vote if they should continue to cut it or not so that it's more true to uncut Italian pizza.

I've actually heard France is supposed to have good pizza too (?)
Dont know if it's true but I have heard that more than once.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

I want some big Italian family with like 7 grandmothers from "The Old Country" , a mother and 10 aunts and alot of sisters cooking in the kitchen making me dinner every day the rest of my life......THAT would be good food!

Hahaha You have to go to some remote village in Southern Italy and find yourself a bride lol! Youll definitely eat better!

[Caismeachd]

I'm not sure. I had pizza in Germany and Sweden and they tried to make them authentic like Italian pizza but they were just average/pretty good.

[rhiannon]

LOL I was messing about but yeah needs to have a bit of that charr! I am actually a Pizza fiend I am building my own Brick oven currently lol.
I have a special connection to it my grandparents used to make the best!My hubs could dream of being married to you LOL (well if you were female lol) He is a pizza fiend. Italian in general, actually. Incidentally, my married name ends in a vowel so yes, there is an ethnic connection for him as well :)

Instead he married a Californicator :) We get into food wars all the time....they are part of the general cultural clash that goes on around here on a regular basis.....all in good fun of course.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

My hubs could dream of being married to you LOL (well if you were female lol) He is a pizza fiend. Italian in general, actually. Incidentally, my married name ends in a vowel so yes, there is an ethnic connection for him as well :)

Instead he married a Californicator :) We get into food wars all the time....they are part of the general cultural clash that goes on around here on a regular basis.....all in good fun of course.

I'd like to know an example of these food wars! lol It seems to me Cali style anything generally just means adding avocado to it or making it vegetarian lol ;p

[Caismeachd]

CA has the best Mexican food by far anyways. Especially Mission district in San Francisco. No other place can really come close. Can't remember having good pizza there though. Good Gyros in CA as well. I prefered the Gyros I got in CA than any of the doner kebab I got in Germany.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

CA has the best Mexican food by far anyways. Especially Mission district in San Francisco. No other place can really come close. Can't remember having good pizza there though. Good Gyros in CA as well. I prefered the Gyros I got in CA than any of the doner kebab I got in Germany.

Germany is supposed to have good kebab so thats surprising.. Good kebab shops in Italy too with the immigrants and all.

[Weedman]

LOL! Haha Roadkill and such? Lol. America used to have it, but industrialization changed the American way of eating forever...It's sad really we see all of the health problems that have come of it.
yeah. Ive got friends from Lebanon and they always cook Lebanese and Persian food in their home.

They always say its healthy for you, not necessarily because of what it is, but just because it doesnt have chemicals or been processed like most foods and they cook it 100% all from scratch an by hand

its some of the best food I'v ever had, no matter what it is they fix, its always delicious.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

yeah. Ive got friends from Lebanon and they always cook Lebanese and Persian food in their home.

They always say its healthy for you, not necessarily because of what it is, but just because it doesnt have chemicals or been processed like most foods and they cook it 100% all from scratch an by hand

its some of the best food I'v ever had, no matter what it is they fix, its always delicious.

Well the Ingredients as well are Healthy! Italian/Lebanese/Greek/Spanish... Mediterranean food in general is the best for you and your body! Not only is it healthy but it tastes way better esp because it is made from scratch and all! :) The only thing is those Lebanese love their sweets lol you gotta watch out for those or theyll get you ahah!

[Weedman]

I'd like to know an example of these food wars! lol It seems to me Cali style anything generally just means adding avocado to it or making it vegetarian lol ;p

they mainly eat tofu and shit like that, LOL!

right Rhiannon? LOL!

just joking......... please dont kill me your Lioness, ok?

[Weedman]

Well the Ingredients as well are Healthy! Italian/Lebanese/Greek/Spanish... Mediterranean food in general is the best for you and your body! Not only is it healthy but it tastes way better esp because it is made from scratch and all! :) The only thing is those Lebanese love their sweets lol you gotta watch out for those or theyll get you ahah!

Oh, they already got me to love Persian sweets.........and I never knew so many things made of figs could tastes so good, either!

[Caismeachd]

Germany is supposed to have good kebab so thats surprising.. Good kebab shops in Italy too with the immigrants and all.

It's good but the Gyros in SF are just way better. SF had really good Argentinian food as well.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Oh, they already got me to love Persian sweets.........and I never knew so many things made of figs could tastes so good, either!

Oh man I love figs I got 12 fig trees right outside!!! Most Americans dont get it because they only tried Fig Newtons which are really not so good. lol.

[rhiannon]

I'd like to know an example of these food wars! lol It seems to me Cali style anything generally just means adding avocado to it or making it vegetarian lol ;p

Indeed, that is part of our food war. I LOVE veggies....raw, slightly cooked, whatever. Instead of eating hot meat/potatoes type fare, I prefer much lighter, cold or asian style foods. Two veggies most associated with Cali....avocado and alfalfa sprouts LMAO. The fare there is partially associated with the climate. It's basically on the order of at least 75-80 degrees all year round where I grew up. Obviously not the case for New England. Hubs doesn't usually handle the mouthfeel of raw veggies very well....half the time he spits the stems from COOKED veggies out.

Then you have the coffee war.....it's his Dunkin' Donuts versus me....the NW Coffee Snob. The few times I've gone into an East Coast DD have been STRESSFUL. If you don't know EXACTLY what you want the second you get to the counter....they are ON you. Yikes! I hear it's the same in the restuarants around Boston's North End. Whereas you can go into a NW Coffehouse....starbucks or something similar and ask questions and get exactly what you want :)

We finally came to a happy medium which satisfies my coffee snobbery, yet is simple in use and preparation.....we bought a newfangled fancy coffeemaker handmade in the Netherlands :) I must say it does a damn fine job of making good, strong coffee!

I come from the notion that you can put any foods together if you feel like it. He is much more restricted in his thinking. If you don't put stuff together the way you buy it in a restaurant or whatnot he won't like it. Just found out recently from him that the culture in New England is one is which encourages people to hover around the norm....or be more average. Don't go on the radar.

Out here people are a little wilder and more inclined to just do what they want.

This can be both a good and bad thing :)

Yet I do love New England and could actually live there for a time. I love the fact they get seasons. We don't as much :( New England Autumns are to die for!

[Weedman]

you wouldt like the South then.....we even fry the hell out of our vegetable and put bits of meat mixed in with them too!
LOL

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Indeed, that is part of our food war. I LOVE veggies....raw, slightly cooked, whatever. Instead of eating hot meat/potatoes type fare, I prefer much lighter, cold or asian style foods. Two veggies most associated with Cali....avocado and alfalfa sprouts LMAO. The fare there is partially associated with the climate. It's basically on the order of at least 75-80 degrees all year round where I grew up. Obviously not the case for New England. Hubs doesn't usually handle the mouthfeel of raw veggies very well....half the time he spits the stems from COOKED veggies out.!

Very Funny From all that you Wrote I think I would be on Both sides of the Spectrum... California and Italy have similar Mediterranean climates so we eat a lot of veggies and fresh foods too of course along with our meats, and pastas we have the full meal... Lots of fresh and well balanced, thats key to our food. But We are also like your husband that we are very picky as to what works with what and what does not or should not be eaten together.. in our thinking if its not optimal together than it does not go.
I think its the thousands of years of developing a food culture that has make it so. We also are not fond of having our foods touch each other which is something that really bugs me about many people that I dine with lol... They will often mix my foods all willy nilly no order to the meal and foods touching each other flavors mixing up lol. I cant stand it!

As for coffee I think DD isn't really so good at all... I have always wanted to try Seattle coffee since it is so famous.

[rhiannon]

you wouldt like the South then.....we even fry the hell out of our vegetable and put bits of meat mixed in with them too!
LOLDeep fried foods taste great....but they sure don't feel great after. Two notable exceptions I make for fried veggies are Fried Zucchini (dipped in homemade ranch dressing) or Vegetable Tempura. Both are yummy....but fattening as all hell LOL

[Weedman]

Oh man I love figs I got 12 fig trees right outside!!! Most Americans dont get it because they only tried Fig Newtons which are really not so good. lol.
yeah from my experience with those friends of mine, Im under the impression that figs and hummas (spelling ?)
are a staple of mediterranean diets.

and personally I could eat either one all day long, LOL!

[Caismeachd]

Artichoke dip is good but incredibly unhealthy. What's even the point of putting artichokes in it?

[rhiannon]

yeah from my experience with those friends of mine, Im under the impression that figs and hummas (spelling ?)
are a staple of mediterranean diets.
There were Pomegranate, Olive, and Fig trees where I grew up. I used to eat figs and pomegranates right off the branch.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

yeah from my experience with those friends of mine, Im under the impression that figs and hummas (spelling ?)
are a staple of mediterranean diets.

and personally I could eat either one all day long, LOL!

Hummos! Yeah its good stuff!!! In Italy there is whitebean mash which is similar also! :) Figs definitely staple throughout Back home we had them stuffed with cheese and pinenuts baked, and drizzled with honey I still make them like that sometimes but fresh is just great too!!! :p

[SardiniaAtlantis]

There were Pomegranate, Olive, and Fig trees where I grew up. I used to eat figs and pomegranates right off the branch.

One strange thing is that here in the US was the first time in my life they told me I should spit the seeds out when I eat pomegranate... I never ever heard that before and I have eaten them for years. Have you guys heard the same?

[rhiannon]

One strange thing is that here in the US was the first time in my life they told me I should spit the seeds out when I eat pomegranate... I never ever heard that before and I have eaten them for years. Have you guys heard the same?
I never spit the seeds out. Oddly, the pomegranate tree I used to pass under on my way home from school was also known as The Bee Tree because there would always be tons of those little suckers buzzing around. Used to have to DASH under the tree quick to avoid getting stung

[SardiniaAtlantis]

I never spit the seeds out. Oddly, the pomegranate tree I used to pass under on my way home from school was also known as The Bee Tree because there would always be tons of those little suckers buzzing around. Used to have to DASH under the tree quick to avoid getting stung

LOL thats funny... You know when I was a baby my favorite fruit was figs... I always thought that was normal until I came to the US and realized how bizarre that sounds XD

[Caismeachd]

I have always spit out the seeds with pomegranate.

When I was younger hummus used to gross me out but I like it now. It goes good with falafel and pita.

[Weedman]

Both are yummy....but fattening as all hell LOL
thats exactly why they're yummy.....because they're fattening as hell, LOL!

I love fried vegetables too, especially squash, okra, turnip greens.......and I also like grits alot , which is just made of corn meal

[Weedman]

I never spit the seeds out. Oddly, the pomegranate tree I used to pass under on my way home from school was also known as The Bee Tree because there would always be tons of those little suckers buzzing around. Used to have to DASH under the tree quick to avoid getting stung

damn! why didn't you just walk around it, though?

[SardiniaAtlantis]

thats exactly why they're yummy.....because they're fattening as hell, LOL!

I love fried vegetables too, especially squash, okra, turnip greens.......and I also like grits alot , which is just made of corn meal

Fried Cauliflower nicely salted! :thumb001:

[Caismeachd]

I've made roasted cauliflower before. It's a little pointless.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

I've made roasted cauliflower before. It's a little pointless.

Yes that sounds pointless indeed, it is best fried, pickled or used in salad. Also you can make a Sformato with it like so.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/cmi-lci/photos/547/file/original_cauliflower-sformato-crop.jpg

[rhiannon]

damn! why didn't you just walk around it, though? To do so meant going out on the street where there were always lots of cars. I was also just a little kid during this time so I stayed on the walkway.

[Graham]

Oh, and soccer is a separate game here from football. Soccer here is futbal to the rest of the world lol. We are the only ones to have American Football....although the game is sort of played similar to Rugby so I hear.

Soccer comes from Association football. Don't see the big deal in it. Especially if youse have your own football. Btw Rugby can be referred to as football also. If we want to confuse things. :)