tortilla chips - now with improved stereotyping!

[cakeinoz]

I had a hankerin' for a BBQ chopped salad last week. The recipe, as it resides in my head, is a variation on this, minus the jicama and hateful cilantro. It had been a very long time since I'd made it, but it came out reasonably well, and cookieman really enjoyed it, too

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[ashkitty]

...Wow.

[cakeinoz]

I know, right? Though I admit that, having lived in Holland and experienced this guy!, I think my indignation sensors have been dulled.

[ashkitty]

...Yeeeeeeeeaaaaah.

[susanelizabeth]

Salad cream! Mmm! LOL
That recipe sounds delicious but seriously hard work. I'm inviting myself for tea at your place if you serve food like that. Yummy.

[cakeinoz]

haha we had a good laugh the first time we saw 'salad cream.' It felt like "okay, you're eating a salad, here's what goes on it. period." It was in a pub somewhere..

You're totally welcome to visit and partake salad! You won't be allowed in the kitchen, however, because then you might discover just how easy the salad is to make. :D I think the recipe makes it look difficult because it's telling you how to make the dressing, etc. We also have the brownies I made the other day for dessert! In case you need further enticement. (or if you don't like brownies, forget I said anything. heh.)

[laurelwood]

The whole family is crowded around the monitor right now, jaws agape. Says Brooke, "Dude, that's just wrong." If I were daring, I'd love to plant a few bags of those on a shelf at Whole Foods and watch the fireworks.

I'm glad to hear the chips are good, though. Thin tortilla chips are kind of hard to come by; it seems like everyone nowadays is thinking that, well, people like those thick kettle-style potato chips, so why not make tortilla chips a quarter inch thick as well? I much prefer thin ones.

What did Dutch corn chips taste like? Obviously pretty bad, but I crave further description of just HOW bad.

[cakeinoz]

Dutch corn chips were really thick, with lots of hard bits. My guess would be that the cornmeal wasn't milled enough or something. And it's funny that 'thick' would be a bad thing in a tortilla chip when I have no problem with Fritos, for example. Somehow Fritos manage to make the thickness a bit lighter, though, and it's not just a slab of cornmeal. I don't know.

I still remember the Kinderegg toy I found a few years back, probably in Germany. It was a little caricature of a Chinese man, complete with the rice paddy hat, buck teeth, and slits for eyes. Soon after, I found the Mexican guy version, with a sombrero and I've forgotten what else. I know I still have the Mexican guy around, but I'm not sure about the Chinese guy. I hesitate to comment too much on these things because people get defensive and then proceed to tell me that Americans are too sensitive about these things. Okay, maybe we are. So I'll just put the photos up and let people draw their own conclusions. :) If I ever find the toys I'll post pics.

[cheese4me]

Sadly, not the most inappropriate packaging I've seen but it is darn close.

Hint: I dislike HVR as a salad dressing, but love it as a dip. Mix the powder with some sour cream and add milk to thin a bit for a very nice salad dressing.

Hugs!

[cheese4me]

Oh, I dislike it as dressing because of the mayo. blech.

[cakeinoz]

heey that's a great idea for the dressing! I haven't actually used the powder for salad dressing before. I either use it with sour cream as a dip, or mixed in with bread crumbs (or some other coating) for baked chicken. Oh, and once or twice in wish mashed potatoes. I will totally try the dressing thing sometime!

*hugs* to you as well!

[mrsuke]

Here in Norway, we have a spice company (like McCormick's), called Black Boy (www.blackboy.no). Wonder how long Black Boy Barbeque Oil would make it on US shelves. ;)

[cakeinoz]

yeah indeed I can only imagine how long that would last in the states :D