Luckily we weren't go to the schnitzel place, but I've seen them so often now that I was curious about their menu. They have probably the most ugly styling for a fast food chain.
I do like hotdogs though, chili cheese dogs to be specific.
Received an early Christmas present of a couple of Wusthof kitchen knives and tried the 8” chef’s out earlier. It’s a damn nice knife, although it’s so sharp that I’m slightly concerned that I’m going to somehow end up with it opening up an artery somewhere on my body after some piece of cack-handedness on my part.
I've got a lot of time for Gregg but the bacon roll I just finished was one of the worst I've ever had. Layers of lukewarm slimey bacon with flimsy fat.
Blows my mind when I see just eat drivers in Greggs picking up orders. I've had bad hangovers but I've never had a "ah yes, let's order and pay over the odds for soggy lukewarm pastries" hangover. Fuck me.
Are there any good substitutes for white wine that have a longer shelf life? I don't care that much for white wine as a drink and I don't use it in cooking often enough that I'll finish a bottle before it goes bad.
I also wanted to share this, which I looked up after another disappointing french toast lunch last weekend (it was at John's place, who does some good breakfast burritos I really don't know why I ordered french toast, and they were all decorated for Christmas. Had "Remember Jesus is the reason for the season" painted on their windows). I searched for the dutch word for french toast as I was wondering if it was really that different from how it's made here.
"The word "wentelteefje" always generates a big smile from the adults and a snicker from the kids. The word itself could be considered an insult ("teef" is Dutch for female dog and therefore also used to describe less than pleasant women), and to "wentelen" means to turn over. So "wentelteefje" literally means "turnover little bitch", pardon my English.
But how did this name come about? Did people run around kitchens yellow insults at the maids to flip the bread? No, of course not. The generally assumed thought is that the name came from "wentel het even", turn it over for a minute (loosely translated) which might not be correct, after all according to this article by Ewoud Sanders in the NRC newspaper. Regional variations of the name wentelteefje include draaireuen (rotating studs) and gebakken hondsvotjes (baked dogs butts), of which the latter one sends me into a fit of giggles and is making me seriously contemplate telling my non-Dutch family that this is the correct name. I know, I know! It's not right. I promise I won't."
I'll have a look for those, last time I got the small bottles they were plastic and I try and avoid buying things in plastic bottles. Even though I'm aware it might not matter that much.
Have to go to the liquor store soon anyway, my weekly supermarkets don't have much choice for wine. Or alcohol.