speaking of weird food.....

[Athenaeus]

There is a restaurant here that deep fries them and they are surprisingly light and tasty - but it's not the same type of 'jeelie piece' that most of the rest of the population eats.

And afterwards you have half bottle of an Islay (whiskey) to forget what you have just ate!!!
Right Rachel??

[Rachel]

EMTCHEF,
i think that they have an article from anewspaper about the 'jeelie pieces' outside their restuarant. I try and go past this week and get the gist of what it is they do and let you know, if you want

[Rachel]

Athenaeus,
I think that if you eat 'jeelie pieces' your main course has probably been something like 'chips with curry sauce' washed down with copious amounts of beer. . .who knows if you would reach the whisky!

[Live_to_cook]

Let's see. Jell-o sandwiches (are these deep-fried too?) Fried candy bars. Chips with curry sauce. What, no haggis?

They say the Scots are a hardy bunch, and I for one believe it.

[Kimmie]

Here's a delightful treat someone once made for an office Christmas party:

A gelatin mold should be made with Knox Unflavored Gelatin and red food coloring. One would think that a flavorless food would not be at all difficult to swallow, but believe me, from the looks of people who inserted cold masses of gelatinous glop into a mouth that was expecting sweets, the experience is unexplainably horrifying! Some claimed to be nauseated by the feel of it; others politely swallowed...

Rachel!!
At last !! Someone sane around here.
My dear Rachel so glad you came to stand for our cuisine.
They have been abusing me here for our tastfull haggies!!

Give them a nice lesson since you seem quite a foodie to me!

foodie= Athenaeus did you know that word?

[Rachel]

to 007,
I suppose I should get off the 'chips and curry sauce as great cuisine' mode. I mean we do have venison, Finan haddies, kippers and beautiful raspberries, but if i go on about that, I run the risk of sounding like an advert for the Scottish Tourist board!

[nancya]

Hey Atheneaus...no one ever got you a picture, did they? Well, here I am to the rescue.



I don't know why everyone is making fun of Jell-O. It is a very versatile food that you can stick just about anything in and it is still generally edible. I like Jell-O. Every once in a while you just need to make one of those tilted glasses multi-layered Jell-O things. It looks pretty. It tastes - well like fruit flavored plastic, but that's okay with me.

By the way, seems to me our friend James is right on the money...

[Athenaeus]

Thank you Nancy!!

This photo of mine it's unique in it's kind I guess!
Oh!! You have seen photos of mine Nancy
This week are everywhere in the States!

As for Jello , to make a long discussion short

I prepare it also and very often especially after I got married!
I find jello very inspiring in cooking and in marriage also.
I make it with fresh fruits because in Greece with such a heat and all these fresh fruits during the summer time , is very nice to have jello after food!
I also make other deserts using jello, deserts that combine creme fraiche and jello.

But eating fried Jello ... oh no my dear!

In that case I am sure that I will manage to find my way to whiskey regardless the quantity of beer I must have in order to shallow it!!

[mudbug]

On A Cooks Tour while in Scotland, they went to a restaurant where they fry candy bars like a mars bar in a light batter on a regular basis.