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miski
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| Try Mais Al Ghanim near the Towers, the shrimp are great. Sorry je ne l'en pas bu depuis longtemps. |
Lo siento pero no entiendo el frances. Mejor que me hables en ingles.
Yes, I remember. Mais Al Ghanim. What does ''mais' mean by the way? |
Mais is a name.( first name / forename)
Sorry I thought you could speak French too , of course it ould be better to speak to you in English se quieres hijo mio. Somos amigos ahora? |
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007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| In fact, pretty much any food available in SA is available in the UK, but not vice versa. |
Are you sure? I have checked for the famous Afghani food 'Tamis and Foul' I did not find it in UK!
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| No need to feel ashamed by McD, BK, KFC etc. The rest of the world looks down its nose at them but still devours it in huge quantities |
I am in my 7th year of embargo against Uncle Sam's fast food, especially McD and Mikey Mouse Chicken! |
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canadashirleyblue
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Pickles. I really like pickles. I like the green relish you buy in North America and put on hamburgers. I like Miracle Whip (NOT Hellmans which you get in the UK). I like most of the Bicks pickles.
I like to make bran muffins. I use molasses. I use bran. Hard to find in the middle east.
I like savoury in my chicken dressing. Bet you Brits don't even know what it is.
I like Aunt Jemima pancake mix. And syrup (not real maple syrup - the fake kind that REAL Canadians eat).
See I do make my own food (occasionally). 
Oh and Kraft caramels at Halloween and eggnog at Christmas and frozen orange juice that you reconstitute.
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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Location: Spain
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| miski wrote: |
| sheikh radlinrol wrote: |
| miski wrote: |
| Try Mais Al Ghanim near the Towers, the shrimp are great. Sorry je ne l'en pas bu depuis longtemps. |
Lo siento pero no entiendo el frances. Mejor que me hables en ingles.
Yes, I remember. Mais Al Ghanim. What does ''mais' mean by the way? |
Mais is a name.( first name / forename)
Sorry I thought you could speak French too , of course it ould be better to speak to you in English se quieres hijo mio. Somos amigos ahora? |
Don't know what gave you the idea I spoke French? Anyway, if you don't fancy Mais Al Ghanim or Deek Al Roumi, we could always go to the nice Lebanese restaurant on the way to Salmiya (can't remember the name but you can sit outside in the garden.) I insist on Spanish wine even if you don't drink, but no dung beetles, please. |
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miski
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007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| "What you see is what you get, no more , no less. " Miss Escargot |
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miski
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Mais oui, monsieur Bond je presume? |
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007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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Bien sure, Madame/Demoiselle Miski, toujours 007 a votre service.
A propos, pourquoi avez-vous rejet� l'invitation de Sheikh Radlinrol? |
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miski
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:33 am Post subject: |
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| Je suis deslee but if dung beetles aren't on the menu .So much work to do course planning, breaking in a newbie at work and all that lesson planning for the 'first day back at school'.Write six questions to ask your neighbour about what they did on the holidays etc.BTW primaryresources.co.uk is a must......for all us old cheats. |
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Bebsi
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:22 am Post subject: |
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What's this about wine in Kuwait? I thought it was dry?????????? 
In Ireland, when I lived there, you could get maple Syrup, peanut butter, Oreos, pickles of various kinds, potato waffles, hash browns, muffins, mud pie, etc. That was when I was a kid...quite a months ago now!! 
In Romania, you can get Oreos and peanut butter, plus pickles everywhere. DK about maple syrup, tho.
Our apartment is one of six, in an old pre-war building. Most of the inhabitants are quite old and conservative, and we are the only ones with AC. When we open the door to the stairwell, a blast of hot humid air rushes in...a bit like stepping off a plane in Luala Mumpur on a particularly bad day 
Our ACs are probably working overtime to provide a measure of coolth to the stingy neghbours, in fact!!  |
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sheikh radlinrol
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| canadashirleyblue wrote: |
Pickles. I really like pickles. I like the green relish you buy in North America and put on hamburgers. I like Miracle Whip (NOT Hellmans which you get in the UK). I like most of the Bicks pickles.
I like to make bran muffins. I use molasses. I use bran. Hard to find in the middle east.
I like savoury in my chicken dressing. Bet you Brits don't even know what it is.
I like Aunt Jemima pancake mix. And syrup (not real maple syrup - the fake kind that REAL Canadians eat).
See I do make my own food (occasionally).
Oh and Kraft caramels at Halloween and eggnog at Christmas and frozen orange juice that you reconstitute. |
It's nice to hear a North American speaking well of their cuisine. I'm sick of Spanish people telling me that Americans live on hamburgers and nothing else. Surely a continent of more than 300 million people who trace their roots back to almost every corner of the globe will be rich in the cooking dept.
BTW, CSB, you're right about ''savoury''. What is it? |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| canadashirleyblue wrote: |
| And syrup (not real maple syrup - the fake kind that REAL Canadians eat). |
Hear Hear!! (that one cracked me up CSB) And I do agree on the Miracle Whip... I never liked real mayonnaise - greasy and tasteless.
And I too got so sick and tired of people who had bought into the idea that hamburgers and hot dogs are the American diet. Those are two things that were and are never eaten in my home. That is summer picnic food at best. We never visited fast food places... and I never tasted Coke or Pepsi until I was in college and thought they were disgusting and I only purchase them for guests.
Pickles are very individualistic too. Different mixes of spices make such different tastes. Personally I preferred my grandmother's.
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canadashirleyblue
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Savoury is a spice similar to pepper. It goes with sage when you make dressing for a roast chicken or a turkey. You do not buy packages of dressing from the shelf (English rubbish). You make your own. You use bread, onions, CELERY (north americans use a lot of that and nobody else seems to) sage and savoury.
I also like butter tarts. Do you know what they are?
Once, years ago I saw green hamburger relish in Asda's in Bury, Lancashire. Haven't seen it anywhere in the UK since There are pickles and there are pickles. I don't want English pickles. They don't have the "right" taste.
There is real maple syrup. It costs about $5 for a couple of ounces. Rich snots eat that. Real people eat the cheaper fake version made by Aunt Jemima.
I did find bran and molasses in the UK and Saudi but not in Kuwait.
I love middle eastern food but I don't cook it myself. I eat out!
Just saw your post veiled -
Hot dogs are children's food. I don't eat them. I have never cooked a hamburger in my life (and I am approaching retirement age). I do eat them at the golden arches occasionally though. I tried cooking french fries (chips to you Brits) a couple of times and don't do that anymore.
Yes, I have the receipe for my grandmother's pickles! They are sweeter than most pickles. I am planning to make some this year. |
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miski
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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Get the spuds out and have some Champ......
Boil potatoes
Heat milk, pepper, scallions ( spring onions to the Brits)
Mash potatoes and mix with milk mixture
Put on plate with large blob of full fat salted butter on top.....
To be enjoyed in any country, ingredients always available. |
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spiral78
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And the pounds pile on...
God, I WISH I could eat potatoes!! |
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