What Are You Eating? Or the Last Thing You Ate

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 5:31 pm

I'm not a fan of grits in general but a good combination is cheesy grits w/ shrimp. I think it's a Creole thing. There's lots of recipes on the internet that look really good.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 5:35 pm

Lemon drops.

SM

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 8:20 pm

[quote=""1lila1""]Eggbeaters w/ ff cheese, an english muffin, and coffee.[/quote]

What is an eggbeater in food terms?

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 8:35 pm

Eggbeaters are an egg substitute here in the US. It's really a brand name but they're so entrenched here and they're used like the word "Kleenex" is used for any sort of tissue paper. Without thinking I used the brand name but really I buy the Costco (a warehouse bulk buying store here) brand because they're just as good and a little cheaper. But without even thinking I described them as "eggbeaters", a different brand! Funny how we think like that!

Anyway, here they are. Do you have a similar product over there? http://www.eggbeaters.com/index.jsp

ETA: does the rest of the world eat "english" muffins or is that as American as "french" toast??

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 8:40 pm

It's like calling all adhesive bandages for sores Band Aids. I'm actually wearing real Band Aids but we have generic kind as well and I still call them Band Aids.

SM

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 8:54 pm

[quote=""1lila1""]Eggbeaters are an egg substitute here in the US. It's really a brand name but they're so entrenched here and they're used like the word "Kleenex" is used for any sort of tissue paper. Without thinking I used the brand name but really I buy the Costco (a warehouse bulk buying store here) brand because they're just as good and a little cheaper. But without even thinking I described them as "eggbeaters", a different brand! Funny how we think like that!

Anyway, here they are. Do you have a similar product over there? http://www.eggbeaters.com/index.jsp

ETA: does the rest of the world eat "english" muffins or is that as American as "french" toast??[/quote]

Thanks. I think that we have some egg substitutes here, but I have never thought to try them.

We have English Muffins here to. In fact, I am sitting here thinking about what I might have for breakfast, and some eggs and muffins could be just the thing.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 9:00 pm

We have nothing like eggbeaters here in the UK - I think wartime memories of dried eggs are still perhaps too entrenched. The original eaters of such might be now shuffling off the mortal coil but they've passed on the lore to their children and their children's children so at the moment egg products like that are relegated to extreme camping supply shops.

It's a while since I've had muffins for breakfast. Actually I quite fancy buttered crumpets!

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 9:43 pm

I love crumpets! My grandmother was an Anthropologist and, while she studied Native Americans, she loved all things foreign. She'd always take us out to ethnic restaurants, go to ethnic dance recitals, noon tea, European, Asian, didn't matter as long as it was foreign she thought it was great. Crumpets were a favorite of hers so whenever I think of them I always miss her. She was quite the character!! She'd take my cousin and I to the gay neighborhood in San Diego and peek inside the tranny bars to look at "all the wonderful homosexuals", lol!!

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Fri October 3rd, 2008, 11:15 pm

[quote=""1lila1""]I love crumpets! My grandmother was an Anthropologist and, while she studied Native Americans, she loved all things foreign. She'd always take us out to ethnic restaurants, go to ethnic dance recitals, noon tea, European, Asian, didn't matter as long as it was foreign she thought it was great. Crumpets were a favorite of hers so whenever I think of them I always miss her. She was quite the character!! She'd take my cousin and I to the gay neighborhood in San Diego and peek inside the tranny bars to look at "all the wonderful homosexuals", lol!![/quote]

There were for a time, crumpets being sold here in the NE that were very close to the real thing, but they also had a 'machine' taste to them that just wasn't right. One of these days, I'm going to get ambitious enough to make my own.

Your grandmother sounds like so much fun. We should have all had grandmothers like that, who were not afraid of finding new things.

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Sat October 4th, 2008, 1:15 am

[quote=""Telynor""]There were for a time, crumpets being sold here in the NE that were very close to the real thing, but they also had a 'machine' taste to them that just wasn't right. One of these days, I'm going to get ambitious enough to make my own.

Your grandmother sounds like so much fun. We should have all had grandmothers like that, who were not afraid of finding new things.[/quote]

I have a recipe for crumpets. When I try it and if it's any good I'll let you know! And yes, she was a blast! Well into her '70's she'd take off to Belize or Raratonga (sp?), her two favorite places, for months on end all by herself. She was quite a woman! We were very lucky!