KFC in Basel and other culinary swinishness

[Tom1234]

@komsomolez

then went over lectures that we should not eat fast food

Yes, it was almost like a series of TED Talks, but in other ways, it was not.

[gaburko]

@komsomolez

I had pigeon for the first time recently in China. I thought it was awful. Very hard meat, not much flavour, annoying to eat. Maybe it was the local way to prepare it, but I was not impressed.

I’ve had pigeon a few times in Egypt where pigeon with rice is one of the national dishes. Confirm its awful and i intentionally had it twice at different places.

[Ace]

I’ve eaten pigeon loads of times, in the UK as well as France. But not here in Egypt, as it happens.

Not sure what people’s problems have been with it - yes, it’s a reasonable strong taste, and yes, it’s a bit picky to eat, but still utterly delicious whenever I’ve had it.

[ShirleyNot]

@gaburko

all weird meats are usually described “tastes like chicken…”

Don’t know if it was a wind up but when we were in Australia we were in a restaurant in Alice Springs and the guy told my son that croc tastes like the last thing it ate.

[komsomolez]

But back on topic, sort of. The Oreo shake looks great.

30 Worst Foods in America

[gaburko]

@ShirleyNot

Don’t know if it was a wind up but when we were in Australia we were in a restaurant in Alice Springs and the guy told my son that croc tastes like the last thing it ate.

Could be. In that case, my croc had an Egyptian pigeon for breakfast. And possibly some fecal matter for lunch before I had it for dinner.

[Castro]

@Ace

I’ve eaten pigeon loads of times, in the UK as well as France. But not here in Egypt, as it happens.

Not sure what people’s problems have been with it - yes, it’s a reasonable strong taste, and yes, it’s a bit picky to eat, but still utterly delicious whenever I’ve had it.

I’m a fan of Moroccan food and one of my favourite dishes is pastilla de pigeon. A sweet and savoury filo pastry pie filled with shredded pigeon, lightly scrambled egg and ground almonds.

I’ve also had chicken pastilla and its nowhere as good.

[Ace]

@Castro

pastilla de pigeon. A sweet and savoury filo pastry pie filled with shredded pigeon, lightly scrambled egg and ground almonds.

Sounds divine. We’ve been eating well this week (on hols in Egypt) with a Lebanese night, a Bedouin dinner, Greek night among others, all very well done, lots of Egyptian accompaniments all the time, but that’s one that I’d really like to try.

[Axa]

@gaburko

Erm…I do. But you do realize that “house slaughter” is animal abuse for the simple fact that I’ve seen chicks having their heads cut off by my grandmother multiple times and it’s absolutely unnecessary abuse in a time when this can be done quickly and without torture.

Wait a min. Decapitation with a big knife or small axe over a thick piece of wood is torturing hens? Something to ponder on Friday afternoon.

Back to the practical world, what is legal is OK AFAIK, it’s legal to rear your chickens (provide the neighbors don’t complain about noise), kill them and eat them. If you rear you own chickens and get sick after eating them, it’s your very own problem, hurrah for personal freedom.

What is not legal, is to buy a chicken reared in a backyard by someone else and kill it at home. The issue here is consumer/health protection. If the chicken has some illness, it is sold and the consumer gets sick…this is what the law tries to avoid. I guess this is the reason Phil_MCR cannot find live chickens being sold in farms or markets.

[gaburko]

@Axa

I guess this is the reason Phil_MCR cannot find live chickens being sold in farms or markets.

Quiet please! Don’t disturb him! He’s now recording the video of the humane slaughter. In his kitchen

[komsomolez]

I have this picture in my mind of feathers flying and the bird panicky flapping its wings and cackling. It must be quite distracting for the kids who don’t want to miss out on their 5 minute TV allowance.

[gaburko]

@komsomolez

I have this picture in my mind of feathers flying and the bird panicky flapping its wings and cackling. It must be quite distracting for the kids who don’t want to miss out on their 5 minute TV allowance

Then he goes on the balcony where the neighbor is doing laundry and it becomes slightly weird and inconvenient…she’s looking at him not fully understanding why he’s holding a chick and a knife, but Phil, reassuringly tells her “it’s gonna be humane!”…

[Phil_MCR]

If you want a video, take a look here:

How To Butcher Chicken...From Start To Finish!

[gaburko]

@Phil_MCR

If you want a video, take a look here

Dat u? All clear.

[greenmount]

@komsomolez

I had pigeon for the first time recently in China. I thought it was awful. Very hard meat, not much flavour, annoying to eat. Maybe it was the local way to prepare it, but I was not impressed.

I tried this dish in a top French restaurant and the presentation was (of course) great and I’m sure it was the best you could get but…it was stringy not hard, and very pink which I put it on the fact that it could have been undercooked…
Anyway, I did take a few bites and it tasted like liver as far as I remember.
I instantly regretted not ordering beef or something more familiar. To be fair I think I had a subconscious bias against eating this poor bird. I am sure other people who had this dish (it was a group of friends) enjoyed it, but it was definitely not “my cuppa”.

[Phil_MCR]

@komsomolez

crocodile meat

I’ve only had crocodile meat once, but remembered that it was really delicious and wanted to eat it again.

[greenmount]

@Phil_MCR

I’ve only had crocodile meat once

That is something I would never even try.

[gaburko]

@greenmount

That is something I would never even try.

Its just like chicken!

[greenmount]

@gaburko

Its just like chicken!

I’ll take your word for it.

[gaburko]

No, oh, please don’t! Maybe you missed my sophisticated and critical assessment of croc meat a few posts above. Its almost as disgusting as pigeon with tofu.