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Old Sep 20th 2017, 11:54 am
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Originally Posted by Pica
Once the topping's licked off it's like chewing polystyrene-same goes for rice cakes-yuk
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Old Sep 20th 2017, 12:12 pm
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I agree popcorn is vile. Hate the smell too.
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Old Sep 20th 2017, 1:56 pm
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Originally Posted by Pica
Once the topping's licked off it's like chewing polystyrene-same goes for rice cakes-yuk
Polystyrene is incredibly low-carb though. Fat free, too
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Old Sep 20th 2017, 2:13 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Polystyrene is incredibly low-carb though. Fat free, too
Low carb is grounds for treason in Italy. Punishment is a Starbucks Frappucinno Grande con whipped cream (and sprinkles)
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Old Sep 20th 2017, 2:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Shard
Low carb is grounds for treason in Italy. Punishment is a Starbucks Frappucinno Grande con whipped cream (and sprinkles)
Eh, **** 'em. Bunch of food snobs over there anyway.
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Old Sep 20th 2017, 2:45 pm
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Originally Posted by uk_grenada
Canola is also called rapeseed.

Cold pressed requires huge pressures but people rave over it like olive oil, not cheap.

The normal stuff is not expensive, is the best for frying because it has a very high burn point, it doesnt oxidise easily. It is natural, and better for you than soya blended/unknown or corn oil. A lot better than the extended life oils used commercially, these are only marginally edible - and often 'pass through' unchanged...

I also use pure peanut oil sometimes, also very good, but always pricey.
Actually, no. Canola and rapeseed are not the same. It's the same genus of plant, but a now distinctly different cultivar from which canola oil is extracted. Canola was developed (by selective breeding) from rapeseed - which has been used for thousands of years as a source of plant oil for heating and lighting, and more recently as an excellent lubricant for steam engines. But regular rapeseed oil is, in terms of its use as a cooking oil, both much greener in colour than the "acceptable" yellow of canola, and - importantly - is high in erucic acid, which has a somewhat questionable effect on human health.

Since your comments on engine oil seem to be all about the standards, it's worth pointing out that both US and EU food safety regulators publish maximum acceptable levels for erucic acid in canola oil - at 2% and 5% respectively, these levels are very much less than the typically 40-50% content in rapeseed oil.
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Old Sep 20th 2017, 3:19 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Eh, **** 'em. Bunch of food snobs over there anyway.
Ah but.... never seen a pizza here with bludy pineapple on top, guess that's just one of the US of A's contribution to turning simple food into a gastronomic stuff as much into your mouth as you can feast. As for Starbucks.. abominable "coffee"
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Originally Posted by Pica
Ah but.... never seen a pizza here with bludy pineapple on top, guess that's just one of the US of A's contribution to turning simple food into a gastronomic stuff as much into your mouth as you can feast. As for Starbucks.. abominable "coffee"
But they do put potato on pizza, which I found strange. But probably no stranger than a chip butty.
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Originally Posted by Pica
Ah but.... never seen a pizza here with bludy pineapple on top, guess that's just one of the US of A's contribution to turning simple food into a gastronomic stuff as much into your mouth as you can feast. As for Starbucks.. abominable "coffee"
A) Pineapple on pizza is dope.
B) The Hawaiian pizza was apparently first made in Canada

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Old Sep 20th 2017, 5:34 pm
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Originally Posted by mrken30
But they do put potato on pizza, which I found strange. But probably no stranger than a chip butty.
It looks strange- pizza bianco -but it's very tasty

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Originally Posted by Pica
It looks strange- pizza bianco -but it's very tasty
I would agree. I found it very difficult to find bad food in Italy, the times I have been.
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Old Sep 20th 2017, 5:59 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
A) Pineapple on pizza is dope. ....
There is no greater pizza than a proper Hawaiian pizza (which I can't get locally), with juicy pineapple chunks and cubes of gammon ham, ..... and with added black olives.
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Old Sep 20th 2017, 6:18 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
There is no greater pizza than a proper Hawaiian pizza (which I can't get locally), with juicy pineapple chunks and cubes of gammon ham, ..... and with added black olives.
You won't get the gammon, but you can probably find somewhere that can make one with Canadian bacon, which is a passable substitute.
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
You won't get the gammon, but you can probably find somewhere that can make one with Canadian bacon, which is a passable substitute.
I've tried "Canadian bacon" and it is about like putting chopped leather boot laces on your pizza - strange strips of meat, square in cross-section, and about an inch long.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
I've tried "Canadian bacon" and it is about like putting chopped leather boot laces on your pizza - strange strips of meat, square in cross-section, and about an inch long.
Maybe they overcooked it, it's always been OK round my way.
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