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Meaningless words on menus

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    #92
    Shenshen
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,453 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shenshen


    "Vegetarian option"

    What it really should say is "we'll see what scraps we can defrost, throw into a tin of tomatoes and pour of yesterday's pasta that's been kept in hot water to stay "fresh".


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    #93
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    'Carefully selected'

    'Finest ingredients'

    A 'medley' of whatever.


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    #94
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    Hand cut sandwiches.

    :confused:

    wouldn't fancy a robot cut sandwich


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    #95
    LenaClaire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭LenaClaire


    1966 wrote: »
    "Pan fried........"

    Does this sound posher than plain old "fried"????

    In cooking terms pan fried is different to regular fried. Fried implies that it was deep fried, like in a chipper.

    Pan Fried is a small amount of oil in a cooking pan, you fry one side of the item and then flip it and fry the other side. It is a more old fashioned way to fry.


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    #96
    MJ23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    dnos.


    Oh yeah, it's soup.


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    #97
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,379 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    blue note wrote: »
    Chips usually have these phrases as well; hand-cut, homemade, twice cooked, etc all mean frozen chips 9 times out of 10.
    I would have thought its the opposite. I can't recall ever getting typical frozen supermarket type chips where a menu said any of those things. I have seen bags of chips outside restaurants in the morning, which were not frozen and cut. I suppose you could freeze these but they are not typical supermarket chips, which are partially cooked.

    Some authority did DNA tests on fish here, most fresh cod in chippers was indeed cod, most smoked cod was not. The chipper near me now has "fresh cod", "portion of white fish", and "smoked white fish". Most chippers would be using frozen cod of course, fresh in effect means a fillet rather than the processed "portion" which is just a big fish finger in batter.


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    #98
    alabandical
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭alabandical


    It's the in-between menu filler that really grinds my grapes.

    ...served with an accompaniment of...
    ...resting on a bed of...
    ...paired lovingly with...


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    #99
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Shenshen wrote: »
    "Vegetarian option"

    What it really should say is "we'll see what scraps we can defrost, throw into a tin of tomatoes and pour of yesterday's pasta that's been kept in hot water to stay "fresh".

    Proper order!

    :pac:


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    #100
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    Hand cut sandwiches.

    :confused:

    Along with Freshly Cut Sandwiches. Do they sit on a shelf in the kitchen for a week and get cut in half before serving?


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    #101
    Lelantos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    LenaClaire wrote: »
    In cooking terms pan fried is different to regular fried. Fried implies that it was deep fried, like in a chipper.

    Pan Fried is a small amount of oil in a cooking pan, you fry one side of the item and then flip it and fry the other side. It is a more old fashioned way to fry.

    Pan fried steak would fried steak suggest it was done in a deep fryer?


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    #102
    Shiraz 4.99
    Site Banned Posts: 824 ✭✭✭Shiraz 4.99


    Corn fed chicken


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    #103
    LenaClaire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭LenaClaire


    Lelantos wrote: »
    Pan fried steak would fried steak suggest it was done in a deep fryer?

    Yes, there is a dish like that, a steak is breaded and deep fried. Usually a very cheap cut of steak in a place like a diner.


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    #104
    Plazaman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    Keith wrote: »
    They dont even make a label with my name on it :(
    April O Neill wrote: »
    People are idiots.

    I can't understand the fuss either it's just a bottle of Coke. This is why I also never go to Homebase with my friend Matt White, he goes crazy in there.


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    #105
    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Osmosis Jones wrote: »
    Was in a restaurant with friends and the menu had words like "Hungry" "Starving" etc over the lists. One of the girls, who works in a kitchen, says to the waitress "what kind of food is 'peckish'?":rolleyes:
    That's actually quite a good idea.
    EurasianBadger wrote: »
    wouldn't fancy a robot cut sandwich
    I would. Those triangles would be millimetre perfect.


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    #106
    Lelantos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    LenaClaire wrote: »
    Yes, there is a dish like that, a steak is breaded and deep fried. Usually a very cheap cut of steak in a place like a diner.

    So it wouldn't be on a pretentious menu?
    The point being that pan fried is redundant. You would always asume it would be pan fried, deep fried would be unusual & perhaps that would deserve mention on a greasy spoon menu


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    #107
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Shenshen wrote: »
    "Vegetarian option"

    What it really should say is "we'll see what scraps we can defrost, throw into a tin of tomatoes and pour of yesterday's pasta that's been kept in hot water to stay "fresh".

    Sucks to be veggie! :pac::p


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    #108
    Lelantos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    My personal bugbear is "x...nestling in a bed of our own garden leaves" pretentious way of saying Tescos own brand rocket.


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    #109
    LenaClaire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭LenaClaire


    Lelantos wrote: »
    So it wouldn't be on a pretentious menu?
    The point being that pan fried is redundant. You would always asume it would be pan fried, deep fried would be unusual & perhaps that would deserve mention on a greasy spoon menu



    I think the only reason they say pan fried is to note it is not grilled over fire.

    Anyway, I was just pointing out that Fried and Pan Fried are two different cooking styles so technically, it is not redundant.


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    #110
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,931 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    "angrily prepared by .."


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    #111
    iDave
    Registered Users Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    I dont know what 'Jus' means


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    #112
    Lelantos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    iDave wrote: »
    I dont know what 'Jus' means

    Jus the 2 of us, we can make it if we try, jus the 2 of us, you and I


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    #113
    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    "homemade"

    like f**k it is, some sweaty chef or baker made it in a kitchen or factory somewhere.


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    #114
    checkyabadself
    Registered Users Posts: 471 ✭✭checkyabadself


    kneemos wrote: »
    Marketing is all about personalisation apparently like the new Coke cans with names on them,I've vowed never to buy one.

    No cola for you then.....I can`t imagine you`ll be standing next to someone with a "Share a Coke with Kneemos" can any time soon.




    Seriously though, totally agree with you.


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    #115
    68Murph68
    Registered Users Posts: 583 ✭✭✭68Murph68


    Siosleis wrote: »
    A "melody" of desserts.
    It's medley!MEDLEY!

    Cant help but think of this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmkyDTX08Y#t=0m44s

    I also think Jim Carrey would approve of this thread.

    http://klipd.com/watch/dumb-and-dumber/what-is-the-soup-du-jour-scene


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    #116
    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    iDave wrote: »
    I dont know what 'Jus' means

    Watery gravy, and not much of it.


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    #117
    68Murph68
    Registered Users Posts: 583 ✭✭✭68Murph68


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    "angrily prepared by .."

    "bitterly prepared by..."


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    #118
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    From the other side of the coin, worked in a hotel bar where the menu listed "homemade chips" which were clearly of the frozen bought in type. A customer complained and the head chef who was a lunatic came out with the bag of chips, planted them on her table and asked her what was written on the bag, "home made". He walked off proud without any hint that he realised the problem.


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    #119
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    I was in a restaurant the other day which had 'seasonal vegetables' on the menu. They were mixed frozen peas and that teeny cubed carrot.


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    #120
    iDave
    Registered Users Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    Lelantos wrote: »
    Jus the 2 of us, we can make it if we try, jus the 2 of us, you and I

    Well done, you are todays winner of Boards


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    #121
    Mr_Spaceman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭Mr_Spaceman


    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    Jus.

    Or specifically, a "suggestion" of redcurrant jus.

    A pile of pretentious pish, more like.


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