Rant Squash.

[fettoken]

Trick is to season it until it tastes nothing like Squash..

 

[TdC]

Completely disregarding previous posts; how do you fellas prepare/eat the Squash?

Imo it works best with stews and casseroles (same thing?). Tried it on the grill once, not doing that again.

I call this thing a courgette.

 

[fettoken]

I call this thing a courgette.

Noted for future reference sake.

 

[Trem]

My wife likes squash. Roasted or in casserol. No idea how to prep tho cause i disslike

Your wife likes a bit of Trem squash as well.

 

[Moriath]

Your wife likes a bit of Trem squash as well.

Who doesnt.

 

[Scouse]

My mum's got me a blender. I was looking forward to all the kickass smoothies I'd be making and then I started keto again

You can do smoothies without the carbs, n00b

 

[TdC]

yeah, that's called drinking yogurt. I hate yogurt

 

[Scouse]

If people become addicted to sugar and in doing so become morbidly obese and develop health issues its their own frigging fault. Proper parenting and taking responsibility for yourself as an adult is the answer.

I wish it was but the evidence shows it isn't.

The 8000 stone girls are costing us a fortune - so when you go in for cancer treatment, as one in three of us will, they'll be saying "Sorry Mr Lamp, we've blown the cancer drugs budget on wankers who simply cannot stop drinking sugary drinks. But I noticed you were really pissed off when we stopped selling them - so the fact we can't give you the drugs you desparately need now is OK because you got to drink Ribena in sensible amounts, right?"

...

 

[Scouse]

I call this thing a courgette.

Yep. It's a courgette. Wouldn't call it a squash.

These are squashes, which are awesome roasted or baked, or made into soups, or in stews.

 

[CorNokZ]

I call this thing a courgette.

Fucking french faggot

 

[fettoken]

Yep. It's a courgette. Wouldn't call it a squash.

These are squashes, which are awesome roasted or baked, or made into soups, or in stews.

Prefer to call it Zucchini over Courgette though.

 

[Scouse]

That's just a crap americanism.

 

[fettoken]

That's just a crap americanism.

It isn't. Just stick with your crap French words and shit measurement system. Ironic you call it shit americanism when UK is commonly known as US lapdog *takes a stroll along the paved road*

 

[fettoken]

Got a bit carried away there, sorry about that.

 

[Scouse]

That's OK. But:

It isn't.

Yes. It is.

Spoiler

Origin of zucchini

1925-30, Americanism; < Italian, plural of zucchino, equivalent to zucc(a) gourd

This vegetable (actually an immature fruit), borrowed from Italy along with its name, has, in its native Italian language, both a feminine form (zucchina, with the plural zucchine) and a masculine form (zucchino, with the plural zucchini). It is the latter plural that has made it into English. And as with other Italian foods that enrich our vocabulary along with our diets, we have imported a plural form—only to treat it as a singular noun. Spaghetti, ravioli, tortellini, and fettuccini grace not only our dinner tables but our dictionaries, which show that English speakers normally treat these terms as mass (that is, uncountable) nouns rather than as plurals. We say, “This spaghetti is delicious” or “I'd like some fettuccini,” since we are not referring to individual pieces but to a cooked or cookable dish of pasta. Jokingly, we occasionally acknowledge Italian grammar, as by claiming to pick up one thin “spaghetto” or a puffy “raviolo.” Zucchini, however, is different. Because of the vegetable's size, it is a count noun when whole; you can bring home six zucchini or zucchinis from the supermarket. But when it is sliced, cooked, and served, you once again have a dish of food that is talked about as a mass noun. And in that form, some zucchini is absolutely delicious.

 

[fettoken]

How can it be 'Americanism' when it's borrowed from Italy? Am i missing something?

It's a widespread word known for the specific plant used widespread in EU, just not in UK and some other countries.

Edit: Nevermind. Originally from 'Americas', I think the term Americanism in this derogatory sense you're using it is incorrect. Also, Zucchini is specifically from Italy, but yeah, based on the original plant.

 

[Scouse]

How can it be 'Americanism' when it's borrowed from Italy?

Read what I posted - that's relvevant to America (even the dictionary defines it as an Americanism). They took an italian plural word and used that - just 80-90 years ago in their history.

It's always been Courgette in English. In American-English (not proper English) they don't use the English word - they use zucchini.

Therefore it's an Americanism**. Clearly.


I seem to remember you having a bit of brain fail on another English language topic recently when you were trying to tell English freddies that they were wrong about their own language on something else. Or was that someone else?




**Edit: Just to be clear - an Americanism, by definition, is NOT an English word.

 

[Ormorof]

its called a summer pumpkin in finland

 

[DaGaffer]

yeah, that's called drinking yogurt. I hate yogurt

What? No it isn't. You can make a smoothie with just fruit and ice. Use strawberries and cantaloupe (both very low carb), a load of ice, job done.

 

[DaGaffer]

Read what I posted - that's relvevant to America (even the dictionary defines it as an Americanism). They took an italian plural word and used that - just 80-90 years ago in their history.

It's always been Courgette in English. In American-English (not proper English) they don't use the English word - they use zucchini.

Therefore it's an Americanism**. Clearly.


I seem to remember you having a bit of brain fail on another English language topic recently when you were trying to tell English freddies that they were wrong about their own language on something else. Or was that someone else?




**Edit: Just to be clear - an Americanism, by definition, is NOT an English word.

Doesn't matter what you call it, fucking rank in any language.

 

[Scouse]

Doesn't matter what you call it, fucking rank in any language.

Depends what it's in tbh. I wouldn't ever eat it as a primary vegetable but as part of a dish it can be OK.

OK that is. Never OMG I love this. But a healthy bulking agent...

 

[TdC]

What? No it isn't. You can make a smoothie with just fruit and ice. Use strawberries and cantaloupe (both very low carb), a load of ice, job done.

meh.doesn't strike me as uber pleasant, although I could experiment with half and half yogurt / water ice I guess (which, as I type this, strikes me as even less pleasant)

 

[Bodhi]

Depends what it's in tbh. I wouldn't ever eat it as a primary vegetable but as part of a dish it can be OK.

OK that is. Never OMG I love this. But a healthy bulking agent...

That's what chips are for.

 

[Lamp]

Zucchini courgette squash pumpkin

Whatever

They taste shit. Nothing ever tasty is was or will be made from a fecking pumpkin.

You enjoy your pumpkin museli with a side order of kale lentils and couscous.

I'll be over there eating my juicy bleeding steak washing it down with red wine. When I die I want to die knowing many cows died to satisfy my gluttonous tastebuds and the pumpkin farmers can do one for all I care.

I'm off to floss my tooth with a Toblerone bar. With sugar on it.

 

[Moriath]

Zucchini courgette squash pumpkin

Whatever

They taste shit. Nothing ever tasty is was or will be made from a fecking pumpkin.

You enjoy your pumpkin museli with a side order of kale lentils and couscous.

I'll be over there eating my juicy bleeding steak washing it down with red wine. When I die I want to die knowing many cows died to satisfy my gluttonous tastebuds and the pumpkin farmers can do one for all I care.

I'm off to floss my tooth with a Toblerone bar. With sugar on it.

Except toblerone taste shit. I would swap 150 years of @Scouse diet for 80 of mine.

One mans poison is anothers meat. The ultimate goal isnt longevity. Its how you enjoyed your time. And 50 years in diapers isnt enjoyable to me

 

[Scouse]

I would swap 150 years of @Scouse diet for 80 of mine.

I dunno why. I eat loads of good fresh food, probably way too much red meat, drink too much alcohol. I do do a fuckload of exercise to compensate for the hewuge volumes that I eat tho.

I just don't stuff my maw with pointless fast food. I'd rather have fillet steak than pizza any day. But when I do have pizza I make sure it's a good 'un - not some sugar paste shit from dominos.

What do you mainly eat?

 

[Moriath]

I dunno why. I eat loads of good fresh food, probably way too much red meat, drink too much alcohol. I do do a fuckload of exercise to compensate for the hewuge volumes that I eat tho.

I just don't stuff my maw with pointless fast food. I'd rather have fillet steak than pizza any day. But when I do have pizza I make sure it's a good 'un - not some sugar paste shit from dominos.

What do you mainly eat?

I eat food cooked from raw about five times a week and a take away twice for dinners. Drink too much vodka with a snack on four nights out of seven i guess. Not to get hammered though. Only four glasses. Probably eight shots a night. I dont do shit from dominos we have herbies which is much better. Dominos swims with fat.

I am currently 1 st 6 pounds down from my heaviest when i had hypothyroidism. Well i still have that but got the drugs now too. And for the last two years havent been able to exercise much cause of my back.

However i am not an exercise person. Gym. Nope. Bike. Nah. Running. Fuck off. Etc etc.

 

[Trem]

We also have two take aways a week and I also hate Domino pizza. I drink every night, not before 7pm though and it's beer or cider. I want red wine but the last time I had it I was walking around the garden in my pants throwing up (migraine). Hmmm I might try it again now I'm medicated.

I eat once a day.

I'm 6'4" always been pretty chunky on arms and legs and weigh 15 stone.

 

[Raven]

I eat what I like when I like and generally laugh at those that get red in the face trying to tell me what to do and how I should be living.

It just so happens that I eat a nice varied diet of foods that the human body has evolved to eat...ie pretty much anything.

 

[Scouse]

So, our diets aren't massively different (though you guys drink a lot - @Moriath at 45 units and an additional 3,104 calories / week before any weekend drinking is taken into account).

I don't do the takeaway thing that often - maybe every three weeks. Mainly because whilst it tastes nice I don't always feel great afterwards - 'cause takeaway food tends to be on the stodgy shite side of the equation - but also because good freshly cooked food tastes nicer and my missus' is a good cook so I don't have to be lazy and go for it

But, and just because people expect me to be somewhat judgemental, this:

However i am not an exercise person. Gym. Nope. Bike. Nah. Running. Fuck off. Etc etc.

Is just laziness tbh. In the knowledge that we don't live in our natural evolved environment we know full well that we have to take care of our bodies in other ways or they'll fall into ruin. The result of inaction is that we'll A) be a drain on the NHS and B) our later years will be pain filled and hugely limited. Maybe we can watch telly whilst pissing ourselves and leaning hard on our families to take care of us, when they could be out enjoying themselves like we did?

Not looking after your body is simply mean


Edit: And before people start whining at me for moralising - it wasn't me who brought this subject up, remember...