What Foods Would You Be Happy To Go Without?

Stuffing with plain old sage & onion works a treat to eat in the depth of winter.
I also love calves liver as long as it's cooked enough (but not too much, obviously)!
There's probably a reason kidneys smell the way they do....maybe that's why they're regularly 'devilled'!

 

If you ever get to S W France, (after renouncing your vegetarianism for the duration) try a salade de gésiers. I tried it without knowing what it was many years ago, and looked it up afterwards. "Third stomach of small bird". Gizzards to you and me, meaty morsels of gallic delight.

You could also feast on duck heart skewers, and don't miss 'cou farci' which is the neck of a goose stuffed with foie gras and truffles.

Given this diet, it's odd that the people of this region are amongst the longest lived in Europe...

 

What on earth is wrong with you? I suggest you seek help, immediately!

 

Lots of better ways to cook potatoes in my view. GOOD ‘proper’ chips are OK, but how many times do you actually get them?

 

You’ve upped the things a bit there!

Only the French would think to forcefeed and torture a goose, rip the poor thing’s liver out then stuff it down its own throat…. I’m glad we’re out of the EU!!!

I read something about ortolans a while back, which I hadn’t heard of at the time. Absolute nutters.

 

Fair dos, but the answer is whenever I want now that I have a deep fat fryer.

 

Chip shop chips are the worst. Pale, flabby horrors.

 

Good for you, that’s the right way to go. I don’t like them enough to be bothered to buy one. And my wife quite likes those frozen ‘fries’ thingies, so she has them whilst I would probably have potato croquettes, or just nice crusty bread.
Mind you, when a teenager looking for quick sustenance between pubs, I did often choose a bag of chips. They were probably better back then.

 

I’ve generally found that chippies get better the further north you go.

It’s all avocado smoothies and milky coffee daaan saaaaf ain’t it?

 

Wrong.

 

Gravy tho? With chips? Weird. You lot got the mushy peas thing right. Side order of a pickled egg.

 

Agreed. Steel's in Cleethorpes is the best EVER chippie. Sit down meals, fresh battered fish so big it's too big for the already-large oval plate, mountains of the tastiest chips and proper mushy peas. All washed down with a pot of tea and slices of bread & butter. After one of those meals you can't eat for a week!

 

Oooooh now you’re talking! Pea fritter and a pickled egg, chips and scraps and half a bottle of vinegar.

Fan-*******-tastic.

 

Surely what you actually hate is marzipan. Which is gross.

Like licorice. And raw celery.

 

Our recent signing agrees:



He looks like he actually did try them all as well in fairness.

 

Although I prefer chips shaped like fingers, the fat ones you get at country pubs can be really good - much better than the thin ones at most fish & chip places I've been to.

 

Do you reckon anyone has ever battered a chip?

Let’s keep the Scottish bantz to a minimum folks, they’ve had a tough week.

 

Hummus

Looks like cat sick, heck the word even sounds like a medical term for sick, and I am determined to go to my grave never having tasted it

 

Blasphemy

 

I like all those. But then I’m not a fussy eater.

 

Not better, just tasted better after 5 pints !

 

Sounds absolutely offal.

 

Chips can be any shape or size as long as they are properly crunchy on the outside with a hint of orange/brown to them.
The McCain home fries or whatever they are called now are great as long as you cook them 10 mins longer than they suggest.

 

Nothing beats a home made triple cooked chip

 

Nope, they are much better slightly soft.

 

Different chips are required for different things. Like a fine wine, it;s about choosing the right accompaniment.

Fries with a burger, fat soggy ones with fish and fat crispy ones with a steak as examples.

Oven chips have their place, they're quite decent if cooked properly and actually not that bad for you.

 

I could go without salad dressing and to be honest most sauces. Gravy is of course permitted.
Mayonnaise can f*** right off.

 

Nope. Tuna and chicken sandwiches impossible to imagine without it.

 

That's pure madness, right there.

 

Your sanity is quickly restored

 

Tuna and chicken? eugh. Either with sweetcorn but not together.
Preferably in a toastie with some melted vintage cheddar.

 

Now that's a food I will turn down flat.

 

Because you don't like it, or ethically?

 

No, not together! Two distinct sandwiches, both of which are enhanced by mayo.