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Snacking while eGulleting... (Part 2)

elyse

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We buy 2 pound bricks of unremarkable (Costco Kirkland) sharp cheddar cheese and, using a food processor, grate it into half pound portions that go into ziplocs and then into the freezer. I just did that task and had enough cheese bits left from the mess that I made a 1/2 grilled cheese sandwich and sat down with it to egullet some more.  We go through about 2 bricks of cheese a month so I maybe will have to see how much mess there is again in the future. Good sourdough, butter and sharp cheddar, how can you go wrong.

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Bought this lot this morning.  Not only do I like pistachio nuts but also like their Chinese name  开心果 - kāi xīn guǒ. It translates as 'happy nuts' - or literally, 'open heart nuts' - open here being the verb, so 'open (your) heart nuts'.

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Duvel

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I am too scared to try ...

 

But the only context I could imagine eating this would be snacking while reading egullet :P

 

 

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liuzhou

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42 minutes ago, Duvel said:

That it does not live up to its name ...

 

Fairy Nuff.

 

I'd give them a go. Not that I really like my crisps/chips flavoured. Good old potato flavour is enough for me. Hard to find sometimes.

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Duvel

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Yeah.

 

There is nothing worse than if it promises cracked black pepper and then you only get the dull milled pepper flavor ...

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Kim Shook

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On 1/24/2017 at 5:37 AM, Duvel said:

I am too scared to try ...

 

But the only context I could imagine eating this would be snacking while reading egullet :P

 

 

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My husband got these from his dad for Christmas.  Our daughter made him promise that he would wait so she could record him for a live tasting on FB.  She loves to stop at the Asian or Middle Eastern market and get something completely unknown and put her 1st taste on FB.  

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Anna N

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On January 24, 2017 at 11:09 AM, blue_dolphin said:

It's not the cracked pepper that would give me pause about diving into that bag!

I suspect @Duvel had tongue firmly in cheek when this was posted.

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Duvel

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6 hours ago, Anna N said:

I suspect @Duvel had tongue firmly in cheek when this was posted.

 

You are a sharp observer of the human condition ... but as English is not my mother tongue, my puns tend to get lost in translation :raz:

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suzilightning

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not sure if snacking or linner........sautéed some bison, minced onion, red and yellow bell peppers.  Added some of my taco mix, salsa and a tiny can of corn.  Into a dish, topped with chopped black olives and some grated cheddar.  It's in the oven now.  I have some Tostitos whole wheat scoopers and my Cholula chile lime sauce.........

 

OK no salad so definitely snack..................

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On 1/29/2017 at 9:58 PM, liuzhou said:

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Dried (sort of) black plums.

How do these differ from what used to be called prunes, and have since just become, well, "dried plums"?

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liuzhou

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11 hours ago, MelissaH said:

How do these differ from what used to be called prunes, and have since just become, well, "dried plums"?

 

They don't differ. The name change (in the USA) is explained here.

 

But I just translated the Chinese name which has always just been "dried plums", an accurate description of what they are.

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10 hours ago, MelissaH said:

How do these differ from what used to be called prunes, and have since just become, well, "dried plums"?

 

No one eats prunes.

 

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jmacnaughtan

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4 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

No one eats prunes.

 

They should do.  Prunes are excellent.

 

I've been nurturing an ambition to open a prune business called "Agen Provocateur".

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Anna N

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6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

No one eats prunes.

 

No one?  Are you saying I'm no one? I eat prunes.  I eat pork with prunes more often than I eat pork with apple.  Sheesh. :D

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liuzhou

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8 minutes ago, Anna N said:

No one?  Are you saying I'm no one? I eat prunes.  I eat pork with prunes more often than I eat pork with apple.  Sheesh. :D

 

I eat prunes, too. Sometimes with dried plums. Depends what it says on the packet!

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...your dancing child with his Chinese suit.

 

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Anna N

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27 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

I eat prunes, too. Sometimes with dried plums. Depends what it says on the packet!

 Apparently ours start out as prunes which are then dried! I find that most amusing. I have never seen a prune tree but then I live a very sheltered life.

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The change was unquestionably a brilliant marketing ploy. Alas, it coincided with a sharp increase in their price (at least in my neck of the woods). 

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