Honestly, the texture is like a cross between chicken breast and thigh, with a very firm fish flake. Flavor is mild, almost nothing.
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Oh, yes, just three buckets of popcorn, yeah?
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I remember enjoying a platter of frogs' legs in Strasbourg a good few years ago; if memory serves, they tasted a bit like rather oily chicken.
They're fickle in how you cook them. I suspect the heat wasn't high enough for that platter. Cooked in a lemon garlic sauce is a safe bet for them. I've had them steamed plain with only salt on top before. I'd compare them to a fried pastry. Too high a temperature and they dry out instantly. Too low and they'll soak up oil. Like a firm flake fish as I said. Because compared to chicken, fish is far more porous.
Hence the expression "holey mackerel", and not "holey chicken".
Actually, that explanation makes an awful lot of sense.
Not unlike greasy, oily chicken is my memory of the dish, in a supposedly good restaurant in the Old Town in Strasbourg.
I've found I like other tortilla based chips more. There's some multigrain ones that are very tasty and low on the bad stuff. Salt and vinegar crisps are an easy buy for me. Dill pickle, too, if it's a specific brand. Of the Lay's/Walkers, the only one I like nowadays is the lemon or lime flavored ones. Otherwise they're too greasy. I like supporting smaller companies that focus on delivering a quality product, especially if it's an organic one so I feel better when I blast through half the bag by myself.
Crisps are my weakness. But I rarely give in to temptation.
They're only a weakness if I'm craving salty and crunchy food. My weakness is mostly quality pretzels. The thick type that's also flaky and studded with good salt that doesn't fall off compared to the cheap stuff. Add a beer or two and it's a fantastic snack for a match or race.
Especially if I remember to spoon out some mustard as a dip.
With a beer, you can’t beat pork scratchings. They are terrible for you but taste lovely.
Oh, damn you. I was craving them two weeks ago and managed enough willpower not to purchase them. Now they're back on my mind.
Oh, yes......a heartfelt and profound amen to that.
They are mine, too.
Or crisps. Or nuts.
But, yes, pork scratchings are good, too.
I daresay you'll find a way to include them on a visit to a pub sometime in the near future....
And cocktail sausages; there was a pub (well, it was also in hotel) that I used to frequent at week-ends with friends in the mid 90s; on Fridays, at around tea time, they always produced amazing baskets of cocktail sausages for each table (on the house); of course, this would ensure that one would stay in that pub just a bit longer, rather than rushing home to eat.
That is partly the point, isn't it?
But, I will say that everyone's nose twitched (approvingly) when the baskets appeared and were handed out and placed on tables (with cocktail sticks and napkins) in that hotel bar.
There is nothing like the aroma of a frying sausage - conversation would temporarily cease - (and the TV, thankfully, was in its own television room, that bar was for conversation), and deep breaths would be drawn as breath would be happily inhaled, for cocktail sausages are utterly addictive.
Both of my parents really liked them; my father always loved cocktail sausages (especially when served in pubs), but Mother liked all sausages.
Last year, it struck me that she would like cocktail sausages, and so, I began to buy her cocktail sausages which she invariably devoured in considerable quantities.
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Indeed. Sausages are one of favourites.
Cocktail sausages are as addictive as heroin!