What i did on July 4th 2010... - Page 4

Sailor Steve · 07-06-10, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

But there's nothing like a nice big cod fillet, properly battered and deep-fried, drizzled with fresh lemon juice and malt vinegar...

Well, hate is a strong word. I've eaten all kinds of fish, including shark. My mom used to grill a great catfish.

It's just something I don't actively pursue. Like Chinese.

Platapus · 07-06-10, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

But there's nothing like a nice big cod fillet, properly battered and deep-fried, drizzled with fresh lemon juice and malt vinegar...

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Well, hate is a strong word. I've eaten all kinds of fish, including shark. My mom used to grill a great catfish.

It's just something I don't actively pursue. Like Chinese.

It should be your patriotic duty to eat Cod on Independence Day.

Check out

Kurlansky, M., (1998) Cod: A biography of the Fish that Changed the World

(Which is actually a pretty interesting book)

Jimbuna · 07-07-10, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I have a fairly good handle on our respective terminologies. I was just havin' fun with yas.

Are yous sure?

I'm well aware you Americans take everything you read and hear literally

Jimbuna · 07-07-10, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by thorn69

Anyways, I just had to ask the female nurse in there with the doc during the procedure what she thought of my you-know-what. I was like, you see a lot of these things come in here right? She said several time a day - everyday with a cute smile! So before I really asked her anything she knew what I was going to ask and she said mine was the "perfect size"!

I mean, I just wanted to know if my wife had just been flattering me for the last 10 years!

That nurse is my wifes cousin and she was on the phone in fits of hysterics, we found it hard to understand what she was saying but she did make reference to "something the size of a cocktail sausage"

frau kaleun · 07-07-10, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

Mmmm-hmmm...

Hadn't ever tried fish with a vinegar of any kind though.

I never liked tartar sauce so once I learned to put lemon on fish that was my favorite when I could get it... until malt vinegar.

My dad learned to eat fish'n'chips with malt vinegar in England during the war but we never had it around here, until an "Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips" place opened up nearby. They had malt vinegar in little packets like fast food ketchup. I tried it because he was using it and OMG I loved it.

They closed down after a bit but most of the fast food fish places here still have it on the condiment stand. And the int'l market here carries bottles of it imported from the UK (and maybe other places, altho I haven't looked for it outside the UK aisles). I imagine it's way better than what comes in thost l'il fast food packets.

Maybe some of the Brits here could recommend a preferred brand?

AVGWarhawk · 07-07-10, 08:25 AM

Yep, Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips.

I would eat there when I was a kid. I do not have a restaurant local now. The malt vinegar made the meal. The good old days.....

frau kaleun · 07-07-10, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Yep, Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips.

I would eat there when I was a kid. I do not have a restaurant local now. The malt vinegar made the meal. The good old days.....

I don't know if it's just a case of "grumble grumble things were better in the olds days" but it seems like AT's was soooo much better than what's around now. Long John Silver's and Captain D's is what we have here.

Even LJS doesn't seem as good as it used to be, I worked in one for a couple years just out of high school and I remember it being much better back then than it is now.

AVGWarhawk · 07-07-10, 09:20 AM

I have not tried a Long Johns. To be honest, I have not had malt vinegar on fish since Arthur Treacher's. I just might get a bottle when we have our next fish fry.

Jimbuna · 07-07-10, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I never liked tartar sauce so once I learned to put lemon on fish that was my favorite when I could get it... until malt vinegar.

Maybe some of the Brits here could recommend a preferred brand?

When I was living in Holland alone I'd fly home every second weekend and take a dozen bottles of tartar sauce back for the cloggies, they loved the stuff.

As for malt vinegar, there are many brands available here in the UK but the Buna household prefer Sarsan's.

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have not tried a Long Johns. To be honest, I have not had malt vinegar on fish since Arthur Treacher's. I just might get a bottle when we have our next fish fry.

Tis a taste to behold Chris

Nobody has mentioned the other half of the condiment accompaniment....salt

07-07-10, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

That nurse is my wifes cousin and she was on the phone in fits of hysterics, we found it hard to understand what she was saying but she did make reference to "something the size of a cocktail sausage"

Where is the middle finger emoticon?!

Jimbuna · 07-07-10, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by thorn69

Where is the middle finger emoticon?!

Middle finger eh?

That would probably be a good alternative to show the true dimensional size...yes

krashkart · 07-07-10, 03:46 PM

I love how these threads sometimes become cultural exchanges.

So... the Buna household prefers Sarson's malt vinegar, FK first turned me on to the idea, and both she and AVG have mentioned it several times. One more thing to add to the grocery list this week, and a quest for the pickled herring. Thanks everyone.

There used to be a brand of pickled prawns that I loved but the company that made them went out of business. Anyone here have experience with pickling shrimp?

AVGWarhawk · 07-07-10, 03:55 PM

Pickled herring

I usually get some during the New Year celebration.

frau kaleun · 07-07-10, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Pickled herring

I usually get some during the New Year celebration.

I was at my sister's house watching one of those "guy travels around the world and tries weird food" shows. They were somewhere in Northern Europe - Amsterdam maybe? - and were out in the morning with their local guide buying pickled herring from some stand in a market.

The local dude mentioned that they were considered a good "cure" for a morning-after hangover by the Dutch/Germans etc.

My sister looks at her husband and says, "THAT'S why your parents always wanted pickled fish for breakfast on New Year's Day!"

frau kaleun · 07-07-10, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

FK first turned me on to the idea

Just as a disclaimer, I also enjoy drinking the juice (brine?) straight out of jars of dill pickles. So, you know, my taste buds...

In short, YMMV.

At least I don't drink the juice out of olive jars like one of my relatives. Cuz that would be gross.

07-07-10, 08:25 AM	#51
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,276 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yep, Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips. I would eat there when I was a kid. I do not have a restaurant local now. The malt vinegar made the meal. The good old days..... __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,276 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I have not tried a Long Johns. To be honest, I have not had malt vinegar on fish since Arthur Treacher's. I just might get a bottle when we have our next fish fry. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

07-07-10, 03:46 PM	#57
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	I love how these threads sometimes become cultural exchanges. So... the Buna household prefers Sarson's malt vinegar, FK first turned me on to the idea, and both she and AVG have mentioned it several times. One more thing to add to the grocery list this week, and a quest for the pickled herring. Thanks everyone. There used to be a brand of pickled prawns that I loved but the company that made them went out of business. Anyone here have experience with pickling shrimp? __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

07-07-10, 03:55 PM	#58
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,276 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Pickled herring I usually get some during the New Year celebration. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road