Topic: WCDT: 2485-2489 (8-12 July, 2013) (Read 57289 times)

westrim · « **on:** 07 Jul 2013, 07:49 »

Thread up. Couldn't think of good material from the last couple comics, so taking inspiration from the end of the last thread instead.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #1 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 11:47 »

Sour Dough nation.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 12:59 »

Sourdough and Other - other being a Croissant.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 13:06 »

Croissants are yummy. When I was in Quebec the hotel we stayed at offered croissants for breakfast every morning. I should have stolen their recipe.

Round these parts, Sonic has sausage-egg "croissants" on their breakfast menu, but they're actually just stale hamburger buns.

Loki · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 13:21 »

What does Paderborner count as?

ThinksTooMuch · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 13:30 »

Had to say other, because you didn't have banana bread up there! Oh also yummy sourdough.

Zebediah · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 14:34 »

Ah, cornbread. Especially my wife's recipe.

And then there are hushpuppies. I'm getting hungry just thinking about them.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 14:36 »

Hushpuppies are very tasty

Kugai · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 16:48 »

Hmmm

So many choices. Went with White and Ciabatta, but Croissants and Kaiser Rolls are good too.

Cheese Vienna's and Tiger Loaves/Rolls are also a fave.

Tova · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 17:11 »

Out of curiosity, what is the entry 'wheat bread' meant to refer to, as distinct from 'white bread' or 'whole wheat bread'?

I was one of the hordes who marked 'sourdough' FWIW.

Edit: Also, someone voted for hardtack? Really?

jwhouk · « **Reply #10 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 17:17 »

Hardtack is yummy if you douse it in peanut butter, jelly, nutella, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, and a few scoops of ice cream.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #11 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 17:22 »

Most things are yummy if that is done to them.

also, bread pudding. That is all.

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #12 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 18:30 »

Quote from: Tova on 07 Jul 2013, 17:11

Out of curiosity, what is the entry 'wheat bread' meant to refer to, as distinct from 'white bread' or 'whole wheat bread'?

I was one of the hordes who marked 'sourdough' FWIW.

Edit: Also, someone voted for hardtack? Really?

It's a shorthand of whole wheat bread.

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #13 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 19:57 »

Gluten free

Method of Madness · « **Reply #14 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 20:03 »

Voted for rye and cornbread. Love me some rye.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #15 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 20:56 »

Quote from: Weird Al

But you just can't go wrong with the rye,
or the Kaiser

Tova · « **Reply #16 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 21:44 »

Quote from: mustang6172 on 07 Jul 2013, 18:30

It's a shorthand of whole wheat bread.

Yes, that's what I thought, which is why I was confused that it had a separate entry from 'whole wheat' in the poll.

Trivia: it's usually (but not always) called 'wholemeal bread' in Oz.

And to be accurate, my favourite bread is actually wholemeal sourdough.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #17 on:** 07 Jul 2013, 21:45 »

So wait, there are three entries for the same bread? Wheat, whole wheat, and hardtack...but no entry for multigrain?

Tova · « **Reply #18 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 01:52 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 07 Jul 2013, 21:45

So wait, there are three entries for the same bread? Wheat, whole wheat, and hardtack...

One of these things is not like the others... which one is different, do you know?

Agree with you on the multigrain thing, though.

Vurogj · « **Reply #19 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:02 »

Based on which ones have few votes, I feel like I might be the only Brit thus far to vote.

jeanramone · « **Reply #20 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:06 »

Quote from: FunkyTuba on 07 Jul 2013, 19:57

Gluten free

Same here. Limited options sadly.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #21 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:12 »

I don't know what gluten is, but apparently it's delicious.

jeanramone · « **Reply #22 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:21 »

It's wheat protein, and it makes my insides attack themselves. So I tend to avoid it.

techkid · « **Reply #23 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:40 »

Fair enough if you're intolerant, jeanmarone. But damn that gluten-free stuff is expensive.

Voted for crumpet (particularly with jam or honey), and whole wheat. But now I want to change to multigrain...

mtmerrick · « **Reply #24 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:42 »

Quote from: techkid on 08 Jul 2013, 02:40

Fair enough if you're intolerant, jeanmarone. But damn that gluten-free stuff is disgusting

Fixed that for ya.

pwhodges · « **Reply #25 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:49 »

In the UK, at least, there have been huge stride in the availability and acceptability of gluten-free foods over the past decade or so. It can now be practical (with careful planning), to entertain a group including gluten-intolerant people without having to cater separately. Bread is probably the item that is furthest from matching, but even that has hugely improved recently.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #26 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:54 »

Just like lactose free ice cream or anything sugar free - passable, but the second it hits your tongue you know there’s something very... off about it.

techkid · « **Reply #27 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:56 »

mtmerrick: I've never tried it, so can't really say.

Still, I don't care about the health benefits of food. Whether it's fruity or fatty, so long as it's delicious.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #28 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 02:57 »

^I like this guy

Seriously, if i didn't want to enjoy my food I'd be chugging Soylent.

techkid · « **Reply #29 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 03:15 »

Well, you see it in so-called "news" all the time. <some food you was taught was healthy> is unhealthy. <some other food> causes cancer. And so on.

Nuts to that, let me choose how to poison myself.

techkid · « **Reply #30 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 03:59 »

Comic is up, now.

I still stand by my stance on food. But I may be persuaded by electro-shock to improve my eating habits, as well. Maybe.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #31 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 04:02 »

Poor Momo.

I hope the warranty on her chassis covers catastrophic processor failure from overheating, to keep up with the social protocol database demands.

Emoroffle · « **Reply #32 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 04:03 »

She's gonna go all Skynet on their butts.

Nepiophage · « **Reply #33 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 04:22 »

Irish brown soda bread

Mlle Germain · « **Reply #34 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 04:35 »

Is beef jerky something very specific to the US? I looked up what it is on Wikipedia, but have never seen it in real life. At least with QC as the sole reference, it seems to be an important part of American food culture. I'd like to know what I'm missing there. What do the other Europeans say? Have you ever eaten it/ seen it in a shop in Europe?

jeanramone · « **Reply #35 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 04:48 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 08 Jul 2013, 02:49

In the UK, at least, there have been huge stride in the availability and acceptability of gluten-free foods over the past decade or so. It can now be practical (with careful planning), to entertain a group including gluten-intolerant people without having to cater separately. Bread is probably the item that is furthest from matching, but even that has hugely improved recently.

Australia also has a great range now. I even have proper choices when I go to a restaurant!

ankhtahr · « **Reply #36 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 05:01 »

Quote from: Mlle Germain on 08 Jul 2013, 04:35

Is beef jerky something very specific to the US? I looked up what it is on Wikipedia, but have never seen it in real life. At least with QC as the sole reference, it seems to be an important part of American food culture. I'd like to know what I'm missing there. What do the other Europeans say? Have you ever eaten it/ seen it in a shop in Europe?

It started to become available in Germany a few years ago. Tastes great, but is so unbelievably expensive here. About 3,80€ for 75g.

Does this mean that in a way Momo is shipping Dale and Marigold?

KOK · « **Reply #37 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 05:16 »

Beef jerkey made a brief apperence here in Denmark, both in 7-eleven and in some supermarkets. AFAIR it was a couple of years ago. I have not seen it for some time now. It was ridiculously expensive, which is no doubt why it didn't sell.

DSL · « **Reply #38 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 05:25 »

Don't know about the rest of you, but I can see the electricity between Dale and Marigold.

pwhodges · « **Reply #39 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 05:27 »

Ha-ha...

I just love Momo, though.

Of course, this opens the possibility of us seeing Dale and Marigold being forced to interact at more length in the diner.

Emoroffle · « **Reply #40 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 05:39 »

Here in the US jerky has centuries of history, the cheap supply of beef helps keep prices down too. The modern product is obviously far removed from the traditional preparation methods of Native Americans.

Emperor Norton · « **Reply #41 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 05:55 »

Quote from: Emoroffle on 08 Jul 2013, 05:39

Here in the US jerky has centuries of history, the cheap supply of beef helps keep prices down too. The modern product is obviously far removed from the traditional preparation methods of Native Americans.

This is why you make it yourself. Also the best method to make it IMO is using paper air conditioner filters and a box fan. God bless Alton Brown.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #42 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 06:27 »

Quote from: ankhtahr on 08 Jul 2013, 05:01

It started to become available in Germany a few years ago. Tastes great, but is so unbelievably expensive here. About 3,80€ for 75g.

Commercial beef jerky isn't cheap here, either, although cheaper than in Germany, it seems.

About $5-6 for 4 ounces or so.

Akima · « **Reply #43 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 06:40 »

Momo finds Dale's and Marigold's bad diet utterly shocking. She must have a dietician app, as well as a social protocol database.

Quote from: Mlle Germain on 08 Jul 2013, 04:35

Is beef jerky something very specific to the US?

You can certainly buy beef jerky in Australia, and South African style biltong too. Obviously I never buy it, but online it seems to cost about A$10 for 100g.

Emoroffle · « **Reply #44 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 06:59 »

Back in my grandmother's village we used to make our own jerky. After a cow was slaughtered, which was rare, we'd take the really tough cuts as well as the smaller bits and pieces of meat out to dry. This simply involved salting them then hanging them out to dry in the sun. Once they were dry we'd hammer it until it was easy to chew and pack it up to use in various recipes or eat it on it's own.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #45 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 07:21 »

Beef jerky is tasty.

And as for bread - whole wheat with spent grains from the last batch of beer.

Doc · « **Reply #46 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 07:29 »

Momo in Biribiri-mode.

tassaron · « **Reply #47 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 07:32 »

Have Dale and Marigold had any interactions more than one page long?

Momo forcing them to hang out at the diner seems kind of... forced. But I'll be glad to see them finally actually talking to one another, so that's okay.

TinPenguin · « **Reply #48 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 07:33 »

I guess pork scratchings would be the more common opposite of beef jerky in the UK... although biltong is becoming increasingly common here too.

Quote from: ankhtahr on 08 Jul 2013, 05:01

Does this mean that in a way Momo is shipping Dale and Marigold?

She is shipping them both with a healthy diet.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #49 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 07:34 »

Marbear, it's a diner. Of course you can have bacon.

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westrim