Man versus Food

[arwkrite]

I think we all like our food and drink just whatever takes our fancy.
Two things came together this week which surprised me. First is Jamie Oliver finding stiff resistance to his healthy eating crusade in regards to what Americans eat. The second is a program on TV called Man v Food. I have not seen it on TV but have streamed some episodes over the internet.
This program is the altar to over indulgence and the most unhealthy eating practices you have ever seen. I am an overweight, pear shaped man. Not as fussy as he should be about what he eats. I like burgers, overfond of pies, likes fish and chips KFC chicken and pigs out on a carvery given the chance. But I would be considered bulemic should I ever try to eat in the places shown on this program.
The portions of food are massive yet considered healthy because they contain fried fresh veg. The 2 lb of pork and beef, mayonnaise, mustards and sauces are errm American. Its what made the good old US of A. Chilli of life threatening , atomic strength which even the cooks who make it refuse to eat are the mark of the All American Male.
If you get a chance please watch a few episodes . The US could probably feed half a dozen countries on what it overindulges and throws away. The average American is not shown in a good light. They would fit in with our lager louts very well. TV at its lowest common denominator.
Jamie, you dont stand a chance.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Last time i went to Florida i paid a $1 50 for breakfast , 3 rashers bacon , 2 fried eggs , tomatoes , mushrooms , hashbrowns , beans and 3 syrup pancakes + a jug of hot maple syrup and has much coffe as you could drink :p
The beer was the same , a16oz glass of Bud $1 99 , a 6 pint jug $5 ,

[arwkrite]

I have only been to the USA twice .Both times to Florida but only four days apart with the Republic of Columbia in between times. I think out of the 19 days I spent there I had two memorable meals. One the food was a pleasure to eat. The second was a water front eatery where a dolphin put on an impromptu show in a marina full of boats. The only dolphin I saw during my stay. Most of the fish came from New Zealand, the Lobster from Alaska and the the beef likely from the Argentine. The buckets of chicken wings with a pitcher of beer were much the same chicken wings are the world over but free. If self catering then everything tasted " sweet" as if containing sugar. Lots of the catering and bar staff were English. On returning to England we had to go to Blackpool for a family event. Who did we find serving us ? Youngsters from Florida ! From Miami to Key West and along the Gulf Of Mexico I found Florida a bit of a let down.. Dont bother driving all the way to Key West, its a real pain and looks like strip development. Take a plane ride instead.

[Strongers]

I visited Florida for three weeks when I was 14 and it was the best holiday I’ve ever had on the food front. Steak and chips where the steak overhangs the oversize plate and it cannot be seen due to the chips being piled on top of it. Chocolate chip pancakes with extra chocolate chips and chocolate syrup for breakfast. Not my cup of tea now, but I was amazed that I could get away with eating it at all let alone for breakfast. One night in a restaurant my aunt asked to look at the fruit cart for some pudding and the overly friendly waitress looked at her as if she had grown a second head.

One gripe I did have was the blood soaked bun base on the burgers because all meat was cooked medium rare, unlike here where blue, rare, medium and well done usually emerge dry and covered in some sauce that costs an extra nicker.

[Conrad]

Charlie Brooker did an excellent write up of Man versus Food in the Guardian last week (http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/13/charlie-brooker-man-v-food), it sounded scary enough to scare me off.

[Strongers]

Charlie Brooker did an excellent write up of Man versus Food in the Guardian last week (http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/13/charlie-brooker-man-v-food), it sounded scary enough to scare me off.

Sounds like he ate it though... Top man!

[Millay]

I’ve been over to Las Vegas five times now and it one of the few places that I don’t feel vastly overweight :p It is of course home to the all-you-can-eat buffet and they really do go for it with massive amounts of food available. They do have a lot of healthy foods available amongst all the BBQ ribs, pizza and fried chicken, and the Village Seafood Buffet at the Rio is fantastic. I once saw a guy feast entirely on crab claws, nothing else apart from a gallon of coke, he just kept going up for plate after plate.

Apparently the trick in Vegas is to go half an hour before the breakfast buffet turns into the lunch buffet so you pay the lower price but are still there for the lunchtime dishes. Personally I found that a good breakfast buffet around 11am would set me up for the day and I wouldn’t really need to eat anything else, maybe grab a hot dog around midnight to see me through the late night blackjack sessions :cool:

[arwkrite]

Charlie Brooker did an excellent write up of Man versus Food in the Guardian last week (http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/13/charlie-brooker-man-v-food), it sounded scary enough to scare me off.

That write up hit the spot. Charlie is quite correct with his choice of words. I have felt sick watching some episodes. Some of the dishes look interesting and may be worth a nibble but when you see the size of a normal portion being guzzled by customers......Heave Ho.:sick:
I have not seen a "Challenge Dish" in the UK since the 1980s. Gluttony is still about but comes in smaller portions. Sixteen ounce steaks are to much for me and they seem to be fading from menus.

I feel hungry. What have we got in the fridge ?....mmmm......one pot of out of date yoghurt and an open packet of something green and furry. :eek: I could kill my granny for a traditional English breakfast....good job they both popped off years ago.:pray:

[Alesonly]

. Sixteen ounce steaks are to much for me and they seem to be fading from menus.

I feel hungry. What have we got in the fridge ?....mmmm......one pot of out of date yoghurt and an open packet of something green and furry. :eek: I could kill my granny for a traditional English breakfast....good job they both popped off years ago.:pray:

Ive just Had a good Fry up in my local Caf I Had the Extra large Big breakfast as I was starving after last nights Beer session. Big Breakfast was Three Rashers of Bacon Two Eggs Three Pork Sausages A slice of Fried Bread Black Pudding Baked Beans Three Hash Browns & Mushroom's served with three slices of toasts And several Mugs of Tea. :)
Oh well bang gos my diet as I also had the large Mixed Grill in Wetherspoons last night. :whistle:

[arwkrite]

Ales,do you perhaps work in the line of extra-ordinary rendition:D ( what a nice name for something nasty ). I feel faint from hunger, the laptop turned into a pizza and I am now belching computer components. The packet of green and furry has disappeared and I dont feel well. I have some cookery books , how many pages do I have to eat for a good meal.
Its no good .I will go and have a walk and see if I can find any roadkill. Failing that I wonder if my stepsons fed his cat yet. Two meals in one there maybe.

[gillhalfpint]

I like to get a Wetherspoons breakfast before heading for a crawl, but now they have brought black puddings in I have to pay 60p for it as I also love the flat mushroom and you have to chose or pay extra. Still worth it.

Pet hate is when they bung your toast and preserves on top of the breakfast instead of a separate plate though.

[hopwas]

BBQ ribs, pizza and fried chicken, and the Village Seafood Buffet at the Rio is fantastic.

Now you are making me..

http://www.gadgetadvisor.com/hammerfall/images/smilies/drooling%20smiley.gif

I never been to USA, furtherest I have visited is Cyprus.

[Farway]

I feel all healthy,poached organic salmon salad yesterday, organic sirloin, eggs & homemade spud wedges tonight

However, I think the Scots can show the Americans a thing or two about eating

http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html :sick:

http://fxcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=103 [the famed deep fried Mars bar]

http://fxcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=112 {deep fried pizza, a friend nearly collapsed when he ordered a pizza in Scotland and it was just slung into the hot fat to cook]

and also

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ has Guinness chocolate pudding at bottom of page 1, just to bring beer back into thread

Also has a The Bacon-copia

Bacon horn stuffed with 20 hot italian sausages, 1 pound of scrapple, 4 pork chops, 1 black pudding sausage and 1 white pudding sausage, pepperoni and salami. :sick:



PS have looked through the "This is why you are fat" site, my arteries are furring up even as I looked

[arwkrite]

Bacon horn stuffed with 20 hot italian sausages, 1 pound of scrapple, 4 pork chops, 1 black pudding sausage and 1 white pudding sausage, pepperoni and salami. http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/../images/smilies/smiley-sick007.gif

Thats more meat than I eat in a month ! Must be the ale thats making me fat.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Dont know if they still do it but in Berwick if you ordered a pie at the chippie it got chucked in the fryer with the chips

[aleandhearty]

Dont know if they still do it but in Berwick if you ordered a pie at the chippie it got chucked in the fryer with the chips

Best not ask for a can of Irn Bru then.

[ETA]

Dont know if they still do it but in Berwick if you ordered a pie at the chippie it got chucked in the fryer with the chips

Some places still do deep fried haggis, deep fried Mars bars, and even deep fried battered pizza. The great American philosopher Homer Simpson would be in fat-boy Heaven in Scotland.

[hopwas]

Some places still do deep fried haggis, deep fried Mars bars, and even deep fried battered pizza. The great American philosopher Homer Simpson would be in fat-boy Heaven in Scotland.

My local fish and chips does deep fried Mar Bars and tried it. Tastes very disgusting! :sick:

However I do enjoy their Deep Fried Chorizo (Hot version of battered sausage) Delicious!

[arwkrite]

There have one or two instances of fried rat from fish and chip shops. I recall one which was served up to a Policewoman . She thought it was chicken until she found the head. It would seem the rat falls in the frier during the night. I have seen some whopping great rats around chip shops at night but never seen one on the menu.They must be a special order item.

[hondo]

Some places still do deep fried haggis, deep fried Mars bars, and even deep fried battered pizza. The great American philosopher Homer Simpson would be in fat-boy Heaven in Scotland.

Mmmm jumbo haggis supper with brown sauce :notworthy: perfect when stoatin home from the pub:nishelypished:
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[ROBCamra]

Mmmm jumbo haggis supper with brown sauce :notworthy: perfect when stoatin home from the pub:nishelypished:
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Totally agree, I love a haggis supper. I put on about a stone over 16 months living in Edinburgh.

I used to live in Dean Village so my downfall was the Italian run chippy on the corner of Queensferry Street and Melville Street which was on the way home from the pub.

They used to open late even in midweek. If they'd closed earlier I would still be relatively slim.

See, it's all someone else's fault. :D

[arwkrite]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4344890/Virgin-the-worlds-best-passenger-complaint-letter.html

A bit different but not worth a new thread as I dont reckon many of us are jet setters. It seems a case of celebrity chefs ego's before customers needs. Anyone remember Brittania Airways baked beans, sausage and mash in a tinfoil container, served at some ungodly hour after a long flight delay, on the way back from Costa del SomeWhere ? Feeling starved it tasted great and it was a bit of good old Blighty . They never made the mistake of putting custard on your dinner.

[Conrad]

I'm sure I have had that lot at a JDW :whistle:

Good complaint letter though, and nice to see they deflected it by pointing out it was award winning food, I'm not sure I want to know what awards however.

[arwkrite]

award winning food, I'm not sure I want to know what awards however.


You see "Award Winning Recipe" and such like on tins / boxes / sachets of pet food. I have never been tempted to try them though.