Today on 9 May "Europe Day"

[Betonov]

Sobec salad then: only fresh vegetables, sliced tomatoes, sliced spring onion, sliced cucumber and some peppers (not the spicy ones, the yellow big ones), some lemon juice and olive oil over it. I allways grate some ementaler cheese over it.
Or maybe Forelle ala Trieste, grilled only on gentle amounts of olive oil, my second favourite dish, but the garlic sause is deadly (that's trout or postrv for all non Germans)
Oh, and you'll love prsut, air dried salted pork thigh (I'll shoot anyone who calls it ham ), it's actually healthier than it sounds, low on fat if you don't eat the white fat parts and pigs are hand picked so they have more muscles than fat. But the salt content might kill you.

My doctor said the same thing (well, alcohol excluded since I don't drink), but I gave him a shifty look and said of course.

I'm lucky, my doctors are more busy trying to cure my asthma than getting me on diets But a weight loss is a priority, since I've had weight problems since I was 5. I managed to change my diet, still eat most of the things that make life easier, but crossed of some of the nasty ones, like anything fried. One thing is for sure, my heart-burns are gone, it's working. Now if I can just put my asthma in check so I can get more moving and less trying to catch my breath in my life

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Respenus

By the merciful Gods! I weep for you Sky. My doctor said the same thing (well, alcohol excluded since I don't drink), but I gave him a shifty look and said of course. I've said it many times, although it is far from rational: I'd rather die happy on a full stomach, than gain a couple of years and be miserable due the diet. Foolishness of a young man, you might say. Wisdom of a gourmand say I.

Actually it is not as worse as it seems, if you know whjat you are doing (eating). Basing on avoiding highly glycaemic carbonhydrates and focussing on low gycaemic ones, plus avoiding animal fat anbd prfgeerring unsaturated plant oil, still leaves you many options to eat, and eat a lot. For the allowed things, there is no limit.

The watchwords would be LOGI (Wiki has no English entry for it, althoigh the methoid was developed at Harvard), and Montignac method. But it is less a temporary diet, but a change of food habits in general.

It is even easier when you just want to hold your weight. But as long as you want to loose some, the rules are tighter.

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Betonov

To all the foreigners on the forum, the slovenian conversation after @Betonov is Respensus sending me to hell for making him hungry

While we're on the subject...
I might visit Slovenia with a few friends this summer (Metalcamp festival in Tolmin), is there anything particular you can recommend us to eat or do (in the few hours without interesting concerts)?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

So why are you on hunger strike then?

To sabotage this thread whose original theme I did not like .

And because I feel too heavy. I am not fixiated on numbers, I just do not feel well the way I am in. Have become lazy over the past two years. Lots of bicycle, but no other exercising anymore. Too many sweets.

Worst of all, two months ago I was maintaining my two swords, Katanas, like I use to do two or three times a year (checking, preventing rust, mineral powder and the like).

It felt heavy when swinging them.

Not good. My old mentor would chase me around the block all day long, cursing me. It tells me my muscles have become - well, older, and untrained.

Wouldn't mind to have 20 pounds less on my ribs. When my weight was 79 kilos, I felt best in my life, physically (I'm 178 cm)

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

While we're on the subject...
I might visit Slovenia with a few friends this summer (Metalcamp festival in Tolmin), is there anything particular you can recommend us to eat or do (in the few hours without interesting concerts)?

Don't know any good restaurants in Tolmin, but I recommend you drive to Bled for a Kremsnita or kremna rezina. It's a cake with a special (secret recipe) egg creme and whipped cream between two slices of pastry. But it's a long drive from Tolmin to Bled.
Trout ala trieste (trzaska postrv) is good, the trouts in that valley are especially good. It's esentialy a grilled trout with garlic sause, suprisingly good.
And my favourite dish of all time, grilled squid, filled with cheese and prsut, any good restaurant has them (polnjeni kalamari na zaru).
And when it comes to pastry, potica and prekmurska gibanica. But it might be hard to get them, since they are regional dishes.
Nightlife: Ljubljana, Portoroz or Bled

I'll PM you if I remember anything more significant

Respensus, anything to add ???

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Skybird

To sabotage this thread whose original theme I did not like .

Agreed, let's make it a thread about European food instead

Originally Posted by Betonov

Don't know any good restaurants in Tolmin, but I recommend you drive to Bled for a Kremsnita or kremna rezina. It's a cake with a special (secret recipe) egg creme and whipped cream between two slices of pastry. But it's a long drive from Tolmin to Bled.
Trout ala trieste (trzaska postrv) is good, the trouts in that valley are especially good. It's esentialy a grilled trout with garlic sause, suprisingly good.
And my favourite dish of all time, grilled squid, filled with cheese and prsut, any good restaurant has them (polnjeni kalamari na zaru).
And when it comes to pastry, potica and prekmurska gibanica. But it might be hard to get them, since they are regional dishes.
Nightlife: Ljubljana, Portoroz or Bled

Now if I only could remember all those strange words... Why couldn't you Slovenians come up with an easier language?

I'll PM you if I remember anything more significant

Respensus, anything to add ???

That'd be much appreciated

[Respenus]

Not much to add, Betonov has managed to write down all the supposedly great dishes of the Slovenian cuisine. Furthermore, I don't know much about that of Slovenia in particular, so I can't add anything else. But from what I heard from people who went to Metalcamp in the past, you can expect one hell of a time. Whether that's good or bad, I really don't know and I really don't wish to find out

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

To sabotage this thread whose original theme I did not like .

And because I feel too heavy. I am not fixiated on numbers, I just do not feel well the way I am in. Have become lazy over the past two years. Lots of bicycle, but no other exercising anymore. Too many sweets.

Worst of all, two months ago I was maintaining my two swords, Katanas, like I use to do two or three times a year (checking, preventing rust, mineral powder and the like).

It felt heavy when swinging them.

Not good. My old mentor would chase me around the block all day long, cursing me. It tells me my muscles have become - well, older, and untrained.

Wouldn't mind to have 20 pounds less on my ribs. When my weight was 79 kilos, I felt best in my life, physically (I'm 178 cm)

One thing you'll never achieve...beating the onset of age

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Now if I only could remember all those strange words... Why couldn't you Slovenians come up with an easier language?

Riiiiiight, and the Dutch came up with something a lot easier

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Come on Sky Have a beer and a saltstick then don't be a sauerpuss if you don't like Sauerkraut. I'll bring you some zaseka* and dry sausage.
It's Europe day, next week will have America day. Any excuse for a celebration in these troublesome times. Leave the politics in the trashbin until tommorow.
Respensus, you bring cevapcici* and ajvar* and I'll bring the spring onions and potatoes and we'll have a Subsim Europe day celebration at Skybird, to cheer him up. Everyone else bring the drinks

*speaking in my worst balkan-accent-imitation*
Ah, zhose Germans always think only wiz zeir brains. Have some food, have a drink and dance! Tohmorrow iz loong away!

PS: I must admit that Skybird has a point, especially in terms of the EU (un-)democracy

PPS: Question to the Slowenians: Does your Aldi carry vegetarian cevapcici? Ours had it some years ago! They were extremly yummy - but I think I was the only one who bought them...

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

One thing you'll never achieve...beating the onset of age

James Dean did.

[August]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

One thing you'll never achieve...beating the onset of age

Amen Brother.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Penguin

PPS: Question to the Slowenians: Does your Aldi carry vegetarian cevapcici? Ours had it some years ago! They were extremly yummy - but I think I was the only one who bought them...

Those even exist ???
Can't really tell you, but I'm shure that you'll find a grocery or restaurant in Ljubljana that sells them. But as I said, can't give you any other or more precise location

And please, we are not the balkans , when food is not involved

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Those even exist ???
Can't really tell you, but I'm shure that you'll find a grocery or restaurant in Ljubljana that sells them. But as I said, can't give you any other or more precise location

Oh they were great, juicy, spicy and with enough fat - like the original and as they were sold by Aldi also cheap - many veggie meat substitute lacks all these features

Originally Posted by Betonov

And please, we are not the balkans , when food is not involved

My bad, but according to wiki at least southern Slovenia belongs to it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Balkan_topo_en.jpg
Cheers from the Penguin whose ancestors came from the deep Balkan, centuries ago!

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Penguin

My bad, but according to wiki at least southern Slovenia belongs to it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Balkan_topo_en.jpg
Cheers from the Penguin whose ancestors came from the deep Balkan, centuries ago!

Yes it is. Slovenia belongs to the balcans and central europe. Depends how you look at it. We were the powerhouse of Yugoslavia, we were the second Switzerland in the 90'. But we are going back south the past years
The food is good though

It's a pride thing, not wanting to be in the balcans. Foolish pride, more like self-denial