[smoothy]

Our nearby chinese takeaway made creative use of the local duck population ;)
Till they got busted which was a shame..

I used to love Peking Duck... until the last time I got it... thought it wasn't as good as usual... didn't get puking sick... but got mild nausea for the next week.

Heck wild game is usually more tasty than farm raised stuff... bland diet = bland meat.

Haven't had it since... mostly because I like the local Chinese restaurants even less than that one... never returned after that and never will.

[smoothy]

must have a big freezer, was that a drivein restraurant but I know what you mean, it is the standing joke around here about chinese restraurants that they keep the cat population down, I rarely eat chicken in a chinese restraurant

This was a regular sit down or take out restaurant in an shopping center. Average size. Been a lot of years... this was back in the 1980's.

Heck... we used to go for the all you can eat buffets at lunchtime.

[paraclete]

Yes I remember those places, I wonder what happened to them, went broke I expect, some things have disappeared like Pizza Hut restraurants,and Sizzlers, I think we can get two varieties of pizza now and who sits down in a pizza place

[smoothy]

Yes I remember those places, I wonder what happened to them, went broke I expect, some things have disappeared like Pizza Hut restraurants,and Sizzlers, I think we can get two varieties of pizza now and who sits down in a pizza place

Most health Dept writeups close them down until the situation is corrected... sometimes only hours.. sometimes days or weeks.

This case they revoked their business license... they REALLY came down hard on them. Something I've rarely seen, or at least have heard about. Maybe permanent shutdowns happen more often than I know.

One week we had lunch there... two weeks later we went there and they were out of business. (yes there was a writeup in the newspaper and I seem to remember Board of health paperwork of some type taped on the doors.)

Lot of places get minor write-ups from time to time for small stuff. I have close friends that have a few restaurants.

[paraclete]

Yes we have seen a few locals go that way too, but I'm speaking of a general change, maybe it's the marketing, maybe they are rebadging themselves, or maybe the GFC did them in, I know we have a lot less pizza brands and those we do have are in trouble at corporate level. But cleanliness in food outlets is a big problem, but I have seen upmarket restraurants become curry houses seems to be a trend.

Back to what's on our plate I hope it isn't horse

[speechlesstx]

Are you missing Pizza Hut?

[paraclete]

Well I certainly eat less pizza, it was a good alternative to McDonalds when travelling, I miss the choice

[speechlesstx]

And here I thought all those American intrusions were evil.

[paraclete]

If they weren't here we would rely on something else with better nutritional value, but they are. What they do is push the local product out over time. I hear Cahill's I think it is called is intending to set up here, what we don't need is another chain selling oversized burgers, we already have enough of those

[smoothy]

Just Imagine.. if it wasn't for western food in Australia they might be eating these as snacks. Like the Aborigines do.




I think the Western food is a better option.

[paraclete]

They tell me that they have a nutty taste but there are some in other places who eat snails and frogs, Bush tucker enabled abo's to survive for a long time and if you look at them in their natural state they are lean and well conditioned, it is western food that has ruined them just as it has us. Interesting that their name for us is hairy grub, when you live on welfare I expect Bush tucker puts some extra on the table when the money has run out

[tomder55]

Not saying I wouldn't eat one... but I'd have to be very hungry. Why would I eat a slug when my favorite food comes from down under ?

There is no way they could substitute horse for that !

[tomder55]

This chef is Philly plans on introducing horse meat into his menu... good luck with that !
Philadelphia chef plans to introduce HORSE MEAT to menu at popular Sicilian restaurant | Mail Online

[speechlesstx]

You haven't lived until you've had fried frog legs.

[Curlyben]

You haven't lived until you've had fried frog legs.

For sure...

[smoothy]

You haven't lived until you've had fried frog legs.

Those taste like chicken... and look like little drumsticks with plastic bones.

[smoothy]

This chef is Philly plans on introducing horse meat into his menu.... good luck with that !
Philadelphia chef plans to introduce HORSE MEAT to menu at popular Sicilian restaurant | Mail Online

If you get over Mr. Ed, Roy Rogers and Trigger... horse meat tastes just like beef only with more flavor. And its leaner.

[tickle]

If you get over Mr. Ed, Roy Rogers and Trigger......horse meat tastes just like beef only with more flavor. And its leaner.

Yes it is leaner, and tastier, but its hard to convince people of this. I wonder if they did not have a choice, would they starve, or eat a horse?

[tickle]

Those taste like chicken...and look like little drumsticks with plastic bones.

Deep fried frog legs, yum !

[smoothy]

Yes it is leaner, and tastier, but its hard to convince people of this. I wonder if they did not have a choice, would they starve, or eat a horse?

I think if people ever tried it... they would like it. It's a familiar taste people who eat red meat love.

It not like deer meat that tastes somewhat like it but different enough some people might not have a taste for it.