| Author | Message | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 230 Registered: 7-2010 |
I used to have a (probably unique) scrund about the preparation of a certain meal. With hindsight, I could kick myself for it, but in fact, I didn't get rid of the scrund until I tried to prepare said meal myself. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1425 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the meal include potatoes? *grin* | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1426 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the meal include potatoes? *grins at Potato* | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1427 Registered: 9-2010 |
sorry for the weirdness...somehow my first post disappeared, or I thought it did, so I sent another post...please ignore one or the other, hopefully the mods can assist. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 232 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the meal include potatoes? *grins at Potato* LOL, but no :-D sorry for the weirdness...somehow my first post disappeared, or I thought it did, so I sent another post...please ignore one or the other, hopefully the mods can assist. No big deal | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 971 Registered: 9-2009 |
The meal: Has meat? Has potatoes? Is it pizza? Is it edible? Was edible after you cook it? Is it a soup? Can we prepare it? Are we likely to have the same scrund? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 234 Registered: 7-2010 |
The meal: Has meat? No Has potatoes? No Is it pizza? No Is it edible? Yes Was edible after you cook it? Yes Is it a soup? No Can we prepare it? Yes Are we likely to have the same scrund? It's possible but I don't think it's probable | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8224 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the meal eaten for breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? Is it an appetizer? Dessert? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 235 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the meal eaten for breakfast? I think it could be in some areas of the world, but not in the Western world, AFIAK Lunch? Dinner? Could be eiher, it's a warm meal Is it an appetizer? Possibly, but I raher think of it as a full meal Dessert? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8229 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the meal include bread? Pastry? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 236 Registered: 7-2010 |
Does the meal include bread? Pastry? No to both | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1594 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is the scrund related to the name of the dish? Relevant how many ingredients there are? Does the dish contain any of the following; fish? seafood? vegetables? fruit? any sort of liquid? any meat replacement, like soy or tofu? Are any of the ingredienst relevant? Or simply something about the preparation? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 237 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the scrund related to the name of the dish? Yesish Relevant how many ingredients there are? Yes Does the dish contain any of the following; fish? seafood? vegetables? fruit? any sort of liquid? any meat replacement, like soy or tofu? None of these Are any of the ingredienst relevant? The meal as I had known it has one more ingredient than the meal as I prepared it Or simply something about the preparation? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1596 Registered: 11-2003 |
Does it contain dairy? berries? Is this dish well known? The yesish regarding the name, does it have anything to do with the name indicating something that should be there, but is obviously not (like chicken salad would of course contain chicken, but you won't find Germans in German sausages)? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 238 Registered: 7-2010 |
Does it contain dairy? berries? None of these Is this dish well known? Yes The yesish regarding the name, does it have anything to do with the name indicating something that should be there, but is obviously not (like chicken salad would of course contain chicken, but you won't find Germans in German sausages)? No, it's the other way round | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8233 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the dish include meat? Chicken? Other birds? Fish? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 240 Registered: 7-2010 |
Does the dish include meat? Chicken? Other birds? Fish? Neither | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8237 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it include chocolate? Fruit? Vegetables? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1599 Registered: 11-2003 |
Does it contain grains of any sort? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 242 Registered: 7-2010 |
Does it include chocolate? Fruit? Vegetables? None of these Does it contain grains of any sort? Yes | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1601 Registered: 11-2003 |
Porridge? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8240 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a pasta dish? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 243 Registered: 7-2010 |
Porridge? No Is it a pasta dish? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8243 Registered: 4-2010 |
Rice? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 245 Registered: 7-2010 |
Rice? Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8245 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is this a common rice dish? Does it use ordinary white rice? Is it related to a specific type of cuisine? Asian cuisine? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2010 |
Does it have to do with risotto? Did you add button mushrooms instead of porcini? and it didn't have quite the same zep? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 246 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is this a common rice dish? Yes, I would say so, even though I guess most people rather consider it a side dish then a real meal Does it use ordinary white rice? Yes, but it'd work with other sorts, too Is it related to a specific type of cuisine? Asian cuisine? No to these Does it have to do with risotto? No Did you add button mushrooms instead of porcini? and it didn't have quite the same zep? I left out something, but that something normally doesn't belong there | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 974 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were you trying to prepare the common pilaf ? Did you leave pepper out? Salt? Hmm, I have to remember what my grandma used to put in it | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1168 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did you think that "rice pilaf" meant "pilaf flavored with rice", where "pilaf" was some kind of vegetable or other grain? whereas there is actually no ingredient that is called "pilaf" by itself? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 247 Registered: 7-2010 |
Were you trying to prepare the common pilaf ? Did you leave pepper out? Salt? No, it has nothing to do with pilaf Did you think that "rice pilaf" meant "pilaf flavored with rice", where "pilaf" was some kind of vegetable or other grain? whereas there is actually no ingredient that is called "pilaf" by itself? See above As to the meal itself, you're thinking too complicatedly. Think more along the lines of, how can rice generally be prepared? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 976 Registered: 9-2009 |
Rice should be boiled in water. Did you manage not to boil it? :=) | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2010 |
You responded that you left out something that normally doesn't belong, and to think of how rice is prepared. So does it have to do with the way rice is boiled in water to cook it since the water boils away so it shouldn't be there? in the sense that you made "fried rice" by frying it rather than boiling it and then frying it? because that would be the mistake I would make | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 249 Registered: 7-2010 |
Rice should be boiled in water. Did you manage not to boil it? :=) LOL, no You responded that you left out something that normally doesn't belong, and to think of how rice is prepared. Right So does it have to do with the way rice is boiled in water to cook it since the water boils away so it shouldn't be there? No in the sense that you made "fried rice" by frying it rather than boiling it and then frying it? No, but you're *somewhat* OTRT because that would be the mistake I would make :-) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8251 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you leave out a sauce? Butter? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 250 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did you leave out a sauce? Butter? Neither | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8260 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you leave out something used for flavoring the rice? A spice? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 251 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did you leave out something used for flavoring the rice? Yesish A spice? No | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1604 Registered: 11-2003 |
Herbs? Were you supposed to use stock when boiling the rice, not just plain water? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 254 Registered: 7-2010 |
Herbs? Were you supposed to use stock when boiling the rice, not just plain water? No to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8277 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are there beans in the dish as well? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 257 Registered: 7-2010 |
Are there beans in the dish as well? No HINT: The dish is just plain fried rice (that's why Tortiekitten's one question was OTRT), and when I made it myself, I didn't use any other ingredient than rice. However, for some reason, I expected somehing else to be in the fried rice as well (which, of course, wasn't when I made it myself). | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1448 Registered: 9-2010 |
Pork? Shrimp? Did you expect it to be "special"? I'm trying to remember what different kinds of fried rice there are without actually going and looking at the take-out menu we have for the local Chinese place...which Tortie probably knows better than me, despite the fact that it's here and she's elsewhere, as she usually helps Mom with the ordering while she's home. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 258 Registered: 7-2010 |
Pork? Shrimp? Neither Did you expect it to be "special"? Depends on how you define "special". It's nothing exotic but I'm not sure if people would expect it with fried rice, at least not in that very form. I'm trying to remember what different kinds of fried rice there are without actually going and looking at the take-out menu we have for the local Chinese place...which Tortie probably knows better than me, despite the fact that it's here and she's elsewhere, as she usually helps Mom with the ordering while she's home. Waaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy too complicated, I'm afraid. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1449 Registered: 9-2010 |
Well..."special fried rice" has vegetables, bits of fried eggs, little bits of meat...I can't remember what exactly. Tortie can weigh in when she's back. | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1613 Registered: 11-2003 |
Hmm, usually the fried rice I order come with egg. Is this the missing ingredient? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 259 Registered: 7-2010 |
Well..."special fried rice" has vegetables, bits of fried eggs, little bits of meat...I can't remember what exactly. Tortie can weigh in when she's back. See below Hmm, usually the fried rice I order come with egg. Is this the missing ingredient? YES! (I had no idea that fried rice with egg is something common. I've never ordered any, lol. Sorry if that caused some confusion.) Now, why didn't adding the egg occur to me? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1615 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is it relevant where you usually ordered your eggs? Did you think that the eggs in fried rice was something else than eggs? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 261 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it relevant where you usually ordered your eggs? No Did you think that the eggs in fried rice was something else than eggs? Yes | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1618 Registered: 11-2003 |
Did you think it was simply something coming from frying the rice? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 264 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did you think it was simply something coming from frying the rice? Yes ********** SPOILER ********** When my mum made fried rice, there were always little white and yellow flakes in it. She never old me what they were and I never asked but since she always referred to the dish as "fried rice", I thought that it contained nothing but rice and that the flakes must be a result of the frying process. When I tried to prepare the same dish myself, however, I never got those flakes (that I greatly enjoyed) and eventually, I asked her and she told me that they were little pieces of fried egg. When I was younger, I wouldn't eat eggs when I recognized them as such, which is the reason why I didn't recognize the flakes through their taste. | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1619 Registered: 11-2003 |
Good one, lol. Do you eat eggs these days then? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 268 Registered: 7-2010 |
Not really, lol. I now eat scrambled eggs and I still love the egg flakes in the rice, but I don't like fried eggs (that is, the version where you can clearly recognize the egg white and yolk) and hard-cooked eggs. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1471 Registered: 9-2010 |
I like eggs. I have even tried green eggs and ham, lol. (We had them when I was five, in kindergarten...it was probably made with judicious amounts of food coloring, I'd think. *grin*) |
