The combination of carbs and fats, especially processed carbs like bread and pasta is everyone's weaknesses.
It's why people can plow through pizza or fettuccine alfredo.
The carbs taste very good mixed with fats, and they start spiking your insulin making you want more tasty carbs.
Same thing happens with corn tortillas at a Mexican restaurant.
Most people aren't going to go crazy with plain corn tortillas. Cut them in quarters, deep fry them in oil and now you have a basket of chips with hot sauce. People plow through that.
Nobody wants to eat a bowl of plain mashed potatoes.
But fry those things and call them fries, chips or crisps and they are litterly addictive..
I love plain boiled potatoes, season them, add a small knob of cholesterol lowering spread...and they are as tasty as a plate of chips.
What is cholesterol lowering spread?
Fake butter?
Digger said
Sep 10 6:56 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
The combination of carbs and fats, especially processed carbs like bread and pasta is everyone's weaknesses.
It's why people can plow through pizza or fettuccine alfredo.
The carbs taste very good mixed with fats, and they start spiking your insulin making you want more tasty carbs.
Same thing happens with corn tortillas at a Mexican restaurant.
Most people aren't going to go crazy with plain corn tortillas. Cut them in quarters, deep fry them in oil and now you have a basket of chips with hot sauce. People plow through that.
Nobody wants to eat a bowl of plain mashed potatoes.
But fry those things and call them fries, chips or crisps and they are litterly addictive..
I love plain boiled potatoes, season them, add a small knob of cholesterol lowering spread...and they are as tasty as a plate of chips.
What the hell is that?
Syl said
Sep 10 7:19 PM, 2025
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
The combination of carbs and fats, especially processed carbs like bread and pasta is everyone's weaknesses.
It's why people can plow through pizza or fettuccine alfredo.
The carbs taste very good mixed with fats, and they start spiking your insulin making you want more tasty carbs.
Same thing happens with corn tortillas at a Mexican restaurant.
Most people aren't going to go crazy with plain corn tortillas. Cut them in quarters, deep fry them in oil and now you have a basket of chips with hot sauce. People plow through that.
Nobody wants to eat a bowl of plain mashed potatoes.
But fry those things and call them fries, chips or crisps and they are litterly addictive..
I love plain boiled potatoes, season them, add a small knob of cholesterol lowering spread...and they are as tasty as a plate of chips.
What the hell is that?
Benecol, I have been using it as a butter replacement for years.
And if anyone wants to tell me it doesn't work, dont' bother. I had high cholesterol around 10 years ago, was offered medication. tried it, had side effects, came off it, started using Benecol, and now my cholestrol is perfect.
Syl said
Sep 10 7:34 PM, 2025
Tonights tea...vegi pizza, add goats cheese, mushrooms and sliced green jalapeños, with a salad.
Anonymous said
Sep 10 7:47 PM, 2025
Seasoned grilled cheese on toast with mushrooms, tomatoes and spring onions as I didn’t feel like cooking a full meal.
Maddog said
Sep 10 8:23 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
The combination of carbs and fats, especially processed carbs like bread and pasta is everyone's weaknesses.
It's why people can plow through pizza or fettuccine alfredo.
The carbs taste very good mixed with fats, and they start spiking your insulin making you want more tasty carbs.
Same thing happens with corn tortillas at a Mexican restaurant.
Most people aren't going to go crazy with plain corn tortillas. Cut them in quarters, deep fry them in oil and now you have a basket of chips with hot sauce. People plow through that.
Nobody wants to eat a bowl of plain mashed potatoes.
But fry those things and call them fries, chips or crisps and they are litterly addictive..
I love plain boiled potatoes, season them, add a small knob of cholesterol lowering spread...and they are as tasty as a plate of chips.
What the hell is that?
Benecol, I have been using it as a butter replacement for years.
And if anyone wants to tell me it doesn't work, dont' bother. I had high cholesterol around 10 years ago, was offered medication. tried it, had side effects, came off it, started using Benecol, and now my cholestrol is perfect.
I'm not going to argue if it works. Like olive oil, its a fat, which is why it makes those carbs taste yummy.
Fats are essential (unlike carbs)..
Digger said
Sep 11 1:02 AM, 2025
Dirty hotdogs
Anonymous said
Sep 25 6:25 PM, 2025
Roast chicken breast, roast parsnip, sweet potatoes and gravy. Followed by fresh strawberries and vanilla ice cream.
Digger said
Sep 25 6:41 PM, 2025
smoked haddock, crushed home grown potatoes, greens, curry sauce and a poached egg.
Syl said
Sep 25 6:47 PM, 2025
Digger wrote:
smoked haddock, crushed home grown potatoes, greens, curry sauce and a poached egg.
I bet your home-grown spuds are tasty.
Easy tea for us....plate of roast chicken wings and crusty bread and butter.
Digger said
Sep 25 9:22 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
smoked haddock, crushed home grown potatoes, greens, curry sauce and a poached egg.
I bet your home-grown spuds are tasty.
Easy tea for us....plate of roast chicken wings and crusty bread and butter.
You know what goes really well with chicken? Chestnuts and walnuts.
I always grow Pink Fir Apple spuds....they are lovely.
Maddog said
Sep 25 10:00 PM, 2025
Swan..😉
Syl said
Sep 26 12:17 AM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Swan..😉
As long as they are not ours, the king owns them all now.
Maddog said
Sep 26 12:30 AM, 2025
In the off chance the king gives you a swan..
Digger said
Sep 26 12:17 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
In the off chance the king gives you a swan..
I should think that like most wild meat, you'd have to be careful about cooking it right.
Maddog said
Sep 26 3:14 PM, 2025
Digger wrote:
Maddog wrote:
In the off chance the king gives you a swan..
I should think that like most wild meat, you'd have to be careful about cooking it right.
Wild meat is what we are supposed to eat as domestic meat is more of man made experiment.
What you have to be careful about is handling wild game after it's killed. Especially if it's warm outside..
What most people do with wild game is cook it too long..Generally wild animals have very little fat and don't need to be cooked as long. That's why some people are turned off by venison. Some fool cooks it until it's shoe leather..
Digger said
Sep 26 8:37 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Digger wrote:
Maddog wrote:
In the off chance the king gives you a swan..
I should think that like most wild meat, you'd have to be careful about cooking it right.
Wild meat is what we are supposed to eat as domestic meat is more of man made experiment.
What you have to be careful about is handling wild game after it's killed. Especially if it's warm outside..
What most people do with wild game is cook it too long..Generally wild animals have very little fat and don't need to be cooked as long. That's why some people are turned off by venison. Some fool cooks it until it's shoe leather..
I've never eaten game of any kind. It doesn't appeal to me.
Maddog said
Sep 26 10:06 PM, 2025
Digger wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Digger wrote:
Maddog wrote:
In the off chance the king gives you a swan..
I should think that like most wild meat, you'd have to be careful about cooking it right.
Wild meat is what we are supposed to eat as domestic meat is more of man made experiment.
What you have to be careful about is handling wild game after it's killed. Especially if it's warm outside..
What most people do with wild game is cook it too long..Generally wild animals have very little fat and don't need to be cooked as long. That's why some people are turned off by venison. Some fool cooks it until it's shoe leather..
I've never eaten game of any kind. It doesn't appeal to me.
It's the original food source.
What about fish? Surely you have had wild caught salmon?
Digger said
Sep 27 10:15 AM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Digger wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Digger wrote:
Maddog wrote:
In the off chance the king gives you a swan..
I should think that like most wild meat, you'd have to be careful about cooking it right.
Wild meat is what we are supposed to eat as domestic meat is more of man made experiment.
What you have to be careful about is handling wild game after it's killed. Especially if it's warm outside..
What most people do with wild game is cook it too long..Generally wild animals have very little fat and don't need to be cooked as long. That's why some people are turned off by venison. Some fool cooks it until it's shoe leather..
I've never eaten game of any kind. It doesn't appeal to me.
It's the original food source.
What about fish? Surely you have had wild caught salmon?
Wild salmon is very very expensive over here. I mean meat not fish. The gamey taste? Yuk.
Vam said
Sep 27 11:00 AM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
In the off chance the king gives you a swan..
That looks way too greasy for me. And before you ask, I’m not keen on duck meat either - apart from the duck with tamarind sauce dish served at a local Thai restaurant.
Ate out a few times last week. Some simple comfort food tonight…spaghettini al pesto + cherry tomato and chives salad on the side + something Netflix = me time 😎
What the hell is that?
Benecol, I have been using it as a butter replacement for years.
And if anyone wants to tell me it doesn't work, dont' bother. I had high cholesterol around 10 years ago, was offered medication. tried it, had side effects, came off it, started using Benecol, and now my cholestrol is perfect.
Seasoned grilled cheese on toast with mushrooms, tomatoes and spring onions as I didn’t feel like cooking a full meal.
I'm not going to argue if it works. Like olive oil, its a fat, which is why it makes those carbs taste yummy.
Fats are essential (unlike carbs)..
Dirty hotdogs
Roast chicken breast, roast parsnip, sweet potatoes and gravy. Followed by fresh strawberries and vanilla ice cream.
I bet your home-grown spuds are tasty.
Easy tea for us....plate of roast chicken wings and crusty bread and butter.
You know what goes really well with chicken? Chestnuts and walnuts.
I always grow Pink Fir Apple spuds....they are lovely.
As long as they are not ours, the king owns them all now.
In the off chance the king gives you a swan..
I should think that like most wild meat, you'd have to be careful about cooking it right.
Wild meat is what we are supposed to eat as domestic meat is more of man made experiment.
What you have to be careful about is handling wild game after it's killed. Especially if it's warm outside..
What most people do with wild game is cook it too long..Generally wild animals have very little fat and don't need to be cooked as long. That's why some people are turned off by venison. Some fool cooks it until it's shoe leather..
I've never eaten game of any kind. It doesn't appeal to me.
It's the original food source.
What about fish? Surely you have had wild caught salmon?
Wild salmon is very very expensive over here. I mean meat not fish. The gamey taste? Yuk.
Ate out a few times last week. Some simple comfort food tonight…spaghettini al pesto + cherry tomato and chives salad on the side + something Netflix = me time 😎