Comments on: Making a Meal out of it http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:07:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ray http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171531 Ray Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:46:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171531 But they were on their own, weren't they, not part of a traditional breakfast? But they were on their own, weren’t they, not part of a traditional breakfast?

]]> By: derrida derider http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171530 derrida derider Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:27:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171530 <i> bizarre and repulsive heresies of the fried kidneys ...</i> Have you not read the opening scenes of Ulysses ("the faint tang of urine ...")? bizarre and repulsive heresies of the fried kidneys …

Have you not read the opening scenes of Ulysses (“the faint tang of urine …”)?

]]> By: blah http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171387 blah Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:56:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171387 <i>Perhaps a bit like Barry, I’d always thought that “Irish breakfast” was sort of like “Irish Coffee”, that is, any old crappy coffee with whisky.</i> Yep. Where I come from, "having an Irish breakfast" means you start drinking at 8:00 am. Perhaps a bit like Barry, I’d always thought that “Irish breakfast” was sort of like “Irish Coffee”, that is, any old crappy coffee with whisky.

Yep. Where I come from, “having an Irish breakfast” means you start drinking at 8:00 am.

]]> By: Henry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171386 Henry Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:26:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171386 Since Michael is my uncle, I'll be steering well clear of blogging on that topic (not that I have any inside information or anything, but it would seem a bit fishy for me to be opining on the matter). Since Michael is my uncle, I’ll be steering well clear of blogging on that topic (not that I have any inside information or anything, but it would seem a bit fishy for me to be opining on the matter).

]]> By: Kevin Donoghue http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171385 Kevin Donoghue Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:47:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171385 This is posted under four categories, one of which is Irish Politics. Is it some sort of allegory of the PD leadership race? Is Michael McDowell the white pudding? This is posted under four categories, one of which is Irish Politics. Is it some sort of allegory of the PD leadership race? Is Michael McDowell the white pudding?

]]> By: Republic of Palau http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171379 Republic of Palau Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:41:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171379 Oddly enough, my partner and I were just arguing over whether (for breakfast item substitution purposes) one standard UK/Irish sausage is equivalent to two rashers of back bacon or whether the ratio should be 1/1. Of course if it's streaky bacon the ratio should be 1/4, that's obvious to any thinking person. My own rule of thumb is that one sausage = 2 back rashers = one egg = 1 round fried bread/toast. We have yet to to come to terms on black pudding, hash browns, mushrooms or beans. Heated discussion is likely to continue. Oddly enough, my partner and I were just arguing over whether (for breakfast item substitution purposes) one standard UK/Irish sausage is equivalent to two rashers of back bacon or whether the ratio should be 1/1. Of course if it’s streaky bacon the ratio should be 1/4, that’s obvious to any thinking person.

My own rule of thumb is that one sausage = 2 back rashers = one egg = 1 round fried bread/toast.

We have yet to to come to terms on black pudding, hash browns, mushrooms or beans. Heated discussion is likely to continue.

]]> By: Henry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171368 Henry Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:30:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171368 I'll be thanking American blow-ins not to be impugning my Gaelic heritage ;) (although, I will admit, if forced to it, that I don't actually _like_ black pudding, but still feel that it's an essential part of the meal that's in it). I won't opine on the respective merits of black pudding producers, but will maintain against all comers that the best sausages in Ireland are produced at Andy Nolan's butcher shop in Kilcullen (see further rasher's comment in "this thread":http://www.p45rant.com/boards/archive/index.php?t-27846.html). I’ll be thanking American blow-ins not to be impugning my Gaelic heritage ;) (although, I will admit, if forced to it, that I don’t actually like black pudding, but still feel that it’s an essential part of the meal that’s in it). I won’t opine on the respective merits of black pudding producers, but will maintain against all comers that the best sausages in Ireland are produced at Andy Nolan’s butcher shop in Kilcullen (see further rasher’s comment in this thread).

]]> By: Steve LaBonne http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171367 Steve LaBonne Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:27:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171367 <blockquote>Maybe that’s what it says on the carton, but unless something has changed drastically, people say ‘skim milk’.</blockquote>Much the same is true in the US, for that matter.
Maybe that’s what it says on the carton, but unless something has changed drastically, people say ‘skim milk’.
Much the same is true in the US, for that matter.

]]> By: astrongmaybe http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171365 astrongmaybe Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:18:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171365 <i> I always suspected Henry was not a real Irishman, or he would have known that skim milk is not sold here. Only fat free milk is. </i> Maybe that's what it says on the carton, but unless something has changed drastically, people <i> say </i> 'skim milk'. I always suspected Henry was not a real Irishman, or he would have known that skim milk is not sold here. Only fat free milk is.

Maybe that’s what it says on the carton, but unless something has changed drastically, people say ‘skim milk’.

]]> By: William Sjostrom http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171364 William Sjostrom Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:08:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171364 I always suspected Henry was not a real Irishman, or he would have known that skim milk is not sold here. Only <i>fat free</i> milk is. Kieran is, however, correct that Clonakilty is the best pudding. Curiously, though, the company mostly bailed out of the tiny and quaint tourist town of Clonakilty and operates out of a decidedly neither quaint or tiny factory in Little Island, just outside Cork City. I always suspected Henry was not a real Irishman, or he would have known that skim milk is not sold here. Only fat free milk is. Kieran is, however, correct that Clonakilty is the best pudding. Curiously, though, the company mostly bailed out of the tiny and quaint tourist town of Clonakilty and operates out of a decidedly neither quaint or tiny factory in Little Island, just outside Cork City.

]]> By: bethany http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171363 bethany Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:04:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171363 Kieran, did you just try to invoke a *canonical* Irish breakfast? I hope at least three popes rolled over in their graves on that one! You did give me a craving for ponhoss, though (which didn't even rate a wikipedia entry). I'll be digging thru the freezer when I get home. Kieran, did you just try to invoke a canonical Irish breakfast? I hope at least three popes rolled over in their graves on that one! You did give me a craving for ponhoss, though (which didn’t even rate a wikipedia entry). I’ll be digging thru the freezer when I get home.

]]> By: Henry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171351 Henry Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:56:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171351 basil, you're thinking of Bloom in_Ulysses_ I suspect. basil, you’re thinking of Bloom in_Ulysses_ I suspect.

]]> By: Barista » Blog Archive » so pisht she dropped the farl on the dymatron http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171350 Barista » Blog Archive » so pisht she dropped the farl on the dymatron Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:29:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171350 [...] The whole story is taken up at Crooked Timber, which embeds the whole thing in wonderful fun. [...] [...] The whole story is taken up at Crooked Timber, which embeds the whole thing in wonderful fun. [...]

]]> By: Basil Valentine http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171344 Basil Valentine Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:21:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171344 I'm sure I remember a character in Beckett, maybe <i>Murphy</i> or <i>More Pricks than Kicks</i>, having kidneys for breakfast. I’m sure I remember a character in Beckett, maybe Murphy or More Pricks than Kicks, having kidneys for breakfast.

]]> By: dearieme http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-171343 dearieme Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:33:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/07/making-a-meal-out-of-it/#comment-171343 In short, the Hibernian breakfast consists of a Caledonian breakfast with the fried bread subtracted. In short, the Hibernian breakfast consists of a Caledonian breakfast with the fried bread subtracted.

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