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The marvel of Pot Noodles by shlong on 2000-12-06 01:57:07
On entering my office, theres only two things I know I will depend on to get me through the day. 1, My ID badge. 2, A Pot Noodle. I have very strict preferences however. i refuse to touch the sweet and sour, and any that contain mushroom. These are the bad eggs in the Pot Noodle family. I hope to get a years supply for Xmas from my dear sister.
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| My leg has a big fat graze by the knee - See "Extreme Pain" for details. by Kid. on 2000-12-06 03:33:25 | Reply to this | |||||||||||||||||
Surely Pot Noodles are largely consistant of bad eggs. I used to be partial to them, but I eventually became partially Pot Noodle myself, and said enough was enough. I can't eat them now, because there are not non-meat flavours (flavors, USA-folk) and they are vile, too. What about coffee? Don't U need that too?
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| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by next door neighbour on 2000-12-06 13:57:41 | Reply to this | |||||
Ollie get back to work ya lay about i can see over ya shoulder
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| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by Shlong - are you being stalked? on 2000-12-06 14:44:20 | Reply to this | |
| Dammit next door neighbour. Dammit to hell. | |
| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by shlong on 2000-12-07 04:49:40 | Reply to this | |
| I have discovered who my stalker is... hes called Neil Cliffe and can be contacted on 079687501**. Depending on how much he annoys me depends on whether or not I'll reveal the last two digits. The message was also written after I had left the office, and so I was not being lazy at my desk, I was probably stuck in traffic on the M62. PS, I blame Canada for this strange behaviour. | |
| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by Amelia on 2000-12-08 06:53:32 | Reply to this | |||||||||||||||||
OK, I plead clueless Americanism here. What are Pot Noodles? (Probably not what some of you have been hoping they were.) Are they sort of like Top Ramen? Or what?
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| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by Amelia on 2000-12-08 16:32:27 | Reply to this | |
| A-ha! Thanks for your enlightening gastronomic replies. I suspect they are what is known here as "Cup o' Noodles." Before you add the boiling water, there are all these fascinating little crinkly cubes. After you add the boiling water, you pray that you will not slop it out of the styrofoam container and burn yourself on the salty slop. The health-food stores often have a variant called "Cup o' Cous-Cous," but I have never seen a potato surrogate in that form. Boys, here is a bit of advice from an older woman: Learn to cook. Really. You can have a lot more variety in your meals without spending any more money if you learn what to do with some of those other mystery items in the market. | |
| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by GOAU on 2000-12-10 11:50:41 | Reply to this | |
| The only thing is though if you put too much water in them, they become almost unbearable to eat. not good. | |
| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by Wash on 2000-12-11 10:08:46 | Reply to this | |
| ...and too little water leaves you eaiting a tar-like substance, which vaguely resembles turd. | |
| I'm with Amelia here. by Kid. on 2000-12-12 01:11:23 | Reply to this | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cooking is a) Fun, b)Time-efficient c)Personal and d)Easy. And you can make Quorn Pasties/Rolls, like I did on the yest.
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| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by shlong on 2000-12-12 06:50:19 | Reply to this | |
| I'm not going to knock home cooked food, but the simple fact is that I cannot prepare any kind of meal in 30 minutes with the limited utensils available to me. Every night I enjoy the semi-home cooked meals my mum prepares (i say semi because she doesn't peel, slice and deep fry the chips. And the pizzas are not freshly prepared). Ok, i just total contradicted what I was trying to say..... but I'm sure I would enjoy proper food, given the chance. | |
| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by tommie on 2000-12-12 09:06:09 | Reply to this | |
| I believe Pot Noodles are still in the clinical trials stage with the FDA. | |
| Quorn by Amelia on 2000-12-15 06:21:48 | Reply to this | |||||||||
I couldn't stand it anymore, so I went to (d'oh!) www.quorn.com, where I learned all about this fabulous meat substitute that is made from myco-proteins which are apparently extracted from teeny tiny mushrooms that are native to Buckinghamshire, U.K.
I quote: "When it is harvested, myco-protein has a similar appearance to bread dough and is composed of a mass of very fine fibres. Because of the similarity between myco-protein and meat fibres, Quorn products have a texture similar to that of lean meat although non-animal in nature. Myco-protein is very nutritious - it is low in fat, a good source of protein and fibre, cholesterol free and by definition contains no animal fats."
Sad to report, Quorn is not yet available to consumers in the USA. Just another poncey European delicacy!
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| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by tommie on 2000-12-15 10:30:23 | Reply to this | |||||
Vegemite, which I mentioned previously, is an extract of yeast which is, like mushrooms, a fungus. Very popular in Australia, it can be found in the US if you put forth some effort. Go here for more info.
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| Re: QURON by Wash on 2001-02-12 09:07:59 | Reply to this | |||||||||||||
On visiting resident Kid at the weekend in his new town of Norwich, I lost my Quorn-virginity in deciding to indulge in the meat substitute. Respect to Kid. i dont think I could do it. Meat rocks. I love meat. I also love Norwich, what a great town, though its hard to find your way around, as all the signs seem to be missing. Kid?
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| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by Kid. on 2001-02-15 04:19:13 | Reply to this | |
| Marvellous. Not poodles! AHa! Wordplay wordplay. It is a world. I'll go away now. To a Semantics lecture. Soon..... | |
| Re: The marvel of Pot Noodles by Wash! on 2002-05-06 08:29:02 | Reply to this | |
| I had a Pot Rice today, and have also tried Pot Pastas recently. I gotta say that Pot Pastas come top of the list by quite a way, and the Chicken Curry flavoured Pot Rice I had earlier today is still repeating on me. NB: avoid confision: Pot Rice, NOT Pat Rice. | |
| QUORN comes to America! by Amelia on 2002-05-12 20:39:24 | Reply to this | |||||
So last week my sister in California casually mentions a delicious dinner of myco-proteins, and I immediately begin to squeal into the phone, "You mean, Quorn?!" So she goes, "Yeah," so I go, "I thought that stuff was only in Europe," and she goes, "No way, I got it right in town." So I went to www.quorn.com to see what was what and they told me that I could now buy Quorn at my own local Whole Foods afilliate. So tonight I go over and ask for some Quorn, since I don't see it in the freezer case. And the juice bar guy starts showing me corn. So I'm all like, "No, it starts with a Q!" So he gets his manager, and she gets her manager, and they all stare at the freezer case, and then finally the other guy gets a look on his face and he goes down in the basement and comes back with a case of Quorn Nuggets. So the juice bar guy goes, "Oh you mean the Q-corn! That there is the Q-corn!" And I'm like, "Whatever, dude." So finally I got me a box of Quorn nuggets (and some spirulina powder and Veggie Booty and organic pears) and I went home and nuked them up and spread duck sauce on them and now I can only say, "Quorn rocks!"
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