Let's Dine with Maxamini •*11/12/05

[hwy61]

I'll take one of each and a brownie for dessert...

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoNo

Hey! No honing in on my mail-order calzone customers!

Well now, have any calzones actually made it into the mail? I've been hearing a lot of talk about these mail-order calzones, but so far I think it's all vaporware. Maybe I'll jump in first and corner the market. I bought a mail-order haggis once. You can't really get "real" haggis in the US because if done properly it uses parts of the animal that aren't acceptable for human consumption per the USDA. So any haggis you get from the various British Foods type places aren't quite proper haggis. There's a thriving blackmarket for "real" haggis, though (and I've no idea why), and I found a Scottish butcher in Florida who did the real deal. He shipped a couple up to me encased in ice, inside a styrofoam cooler, inside a carboard box. Came up UPS. Still frozen solid when they reached me. The packaging was what you'd expect they ship human organs for transplantation in. Fun. Anyhow, I gave them as gifts one x-mas. Oh, they are awful. Haggis smells like a NYC subway bathroom, and the taste is a bit worse. But you have to do it once, don't you? Anyhow, I've wandered far far from the subject (does tend to happen). There will be no mail-order tortilla. Sorry. You want, then you gotta come get. I figure it makes the stuff seem more exclusive this way...

-Ricardo

[MaxaMiniBro]

I've been away from Mini2 for a bit, and just noticed this new thread. I have to say I was a bit surprised when I saw the menu. I thought for sure that Duck would have been the entree of choice; whether it be Peeking (a shy mallard), L'Orange or Electric Blue!
Chicken is a poor land-lubbing substitute...
Greetings all!

[NoNo]

Ha! Bowing out before the competition even begins! Why? Because you know you don't stand a chance against my arsenic-laced ninja calzones! Now, what I want to know is why does a Spaniard know so much about haggis? Also, what are your credentials regarding the taste of a NYC subway bathroom?

[MGB Boy]

I see your "Ha!" and raise you a "Ho ho!". I feel quite confident that my business would be vastly more successful than yours, if for no other reason than because I had no intention to lace my products with arsenic, thus allowing for the possibility of repeat customers (and believe me, there would be repeat customers). Fun though poisoning people is, eventually you run out of people. I'm too clever to have an MBA, but I'm pretty sure that's not good for a business plan.

A Spaniard learns much about haggis when the Spaniard in question is actually half Spanish (mother's side) and half Scottish (father's side). Ah hah! I'm Ricardo (which is a Spanish name, of course), my brother is Douglas (a Scottish name, means "dark water" or "dark river"). Just be thankful that, when considering a culinary contribution to this vast repast, I chose to draw upon my Spanish ancestry rather than my Scottish ancestry. I think there would be far less enthusiasm for the latter. But I could ditch the tortilla and bring haggis if people want?

You mean you don't know how a NYC subway bathroom tastes? Such a sheltered life...

-Ricardo (who owns a kilt and isn't afraid to use it)

[yellowmininy]

MaxBro- not to worry, I'm sure ducks will be featured guests and not on the menu!

Ricardo, the sudden visual image of goalie with kilt was almost too much!

My daughter loves haggis. (Sob!) Where have I gone wrong? Maybe it was all that time she spent in NYC as a child. Hmm. She says vegetarian haggis is good too. (The mind boggles at that one...)

[GadgetGav]

Hey, good haggis can be good. At our wedding (in Scotland) we had haggis stuffed chicken breast and it was good. A lot of people ate it, said how nice it was and then asked what it was... funny the number of people who turned up their noses only once it had been called 'haggis'. I think haggis needs an image makeover..!

Anyone noticed how OT this thread (and all our others) has gotten..?

[MGB Boy]

I'm sure that, after a sufficient quantity of whisky, haggis appears to taste good. So do sawdust, gravel, and cellophane wrappers. It if one disguised the haggis as a small ingredient in a greater overall dish, with other lovely flavors to cover it up, it might also be made to appear good. Again, much like sawdust, gravel, and cellophane wrappers.

As for veggie haggis, I've had that too. I'd say it tastes maybe 5% less revolting than the real deal. But the upside is the veggie haggis smells at least 40% less revolting than the authentic article. Closer to a Toronto subway bathroom. So that's nice.

-Ricardo

[hwy61]

Quote: Originally Posted by MGB Boy

A Spaniard learns much about haggis when the Spaniard in question is actually half Spanish (mother's side) and half Scottish (father's side). Ah hah! I'm Ricardo (which is a Spanish name, of course), my brother is Douglas (a Scottish name, means "dark water" or "dark river").

Now what I notice ( and I'm probably way off ) is although quick to tag brother Douglas with the rather powerful " dark water / dark river meaning, is the Spanish goalie reluctant to give the background of " Ricardo "... ?

[MGB Boy]

Well, depending on whom you ask, it means "powerful leader/ruler" or "strong/brave one". But I thought that would seem like bragging.

-Ricardo

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by hwy61

Now what I notice ( and I'm probably way off ) is although quick to tag brother Douglas with the rather powerful " dark water / dark river meaning, is the Spanish goalie reluctant to give the background of " Ricardo "... ?

I noticed that too...
I thought it meant 'bucket seat' but maybe I'm wrong...

[MGB Boy]

Quiet, you. You're thinking of my cousin Reccaro...

-Ricardo

[GadgetGav]

Oh yes... and what's his famous dish again..?

(Just to try to get back to the proper topic!)

[jwardell]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

Anyone noticed how OT this thread (and all our others) has gotten..?

Glad to see this place is back to what it used to be!

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

Oh yes... and what's his famous dish again..?

(Just to try to get back to the proper topic!)

Haggis soufflé. That's why I'm bringing food instead of him.

-Ricardo