I know way too much about food and the industry.
>>8329031
I check peer-reviewed publications a lot, but what news site should I follow for industry-related news and market stuff?
>>8329039
Depends on what you want to know. Outbreaks... look no further than the CDC.
For general stuff, check out the Institute of Food Technologists' newsroom (http://www.ift.org/newsroom.aspx) If you join IFT, for which you may or may not qualify, you get their magazine. It is awesome.
>>8329031
What exactly does a food scientist do, so I can ask more precise questions.
Redbull me on the mcchicken. Is it really that great? Why do people like it so much?
>>8352929
ITS JUST A MEME ANON. ITS ONE OF THE WORST CHICKEN SANDWICHES MONEY CAN BUY. ITS MORE LIKE A MAYO SANDWICH WITH A SIDE OF CHICKEN.
>>8352929
Here's some help
http://www.inflexwetrust.com/2016/08/30/video-man-jerks-off-with-a-mcchicken-sandwich/
>>8352934
No, it's actually really tasty, an excellent value, and one of the few items at McDonald's that is actually worth getting.
Hey /ck/ how well does champagne age? I just found a bottle that's nearly 20 years old.
Where was it stored?
Im guessing you found a 1996? Good news if the bottle was stored correctly because its a phenomenal vintage, It should have a slightly darker golden hue now. It will be slightly less effervescent. Got a picture?
-sommanon
Also important if you found it upright/on its side.
Ah, the great debate. Some say best before 4-5 years old for a standard bottle, up to 10 years for an outstanding one. Others say up to 20 for a good bottle. Rule of thumb is, the sweeter the better it ages. Personally I prefer a ~fresh~ dry taste anyway, so I'm not a fan of old ones.
tl;dr Pretty sure your bottle won't get much better, drink it soon.
So I'm sick as a dog with the stomach flu. I'm talking vomiting, diarrhea, basically every single thing you can think of when it comes to this shitty virus. I've been in so much discomfort it's hard to sleep.
What are your guys' go to remedies to soothe an unstable stomach? Everything I eat, including the BRAT diet seems to just sit in my stomach and build air until I'm forced to vomit from the discomfort.
Sick food thread? Sick food thread.
anal
>>8352299
sauerkraut
cleans out your sinuses and rectum
Ginger Ale for the stomach and drink a lot of water.
Why does burger king get a bum rap? Their burgers have a smoky flavor, which makes them more tasty than boring McDonalds and Wendy's. Their fries are really tasty and give McD fries a run for their money. They have a lot of gimmicks for you to try out if you wanna try something new.
Honestly, it goes Burger King > McDonalds > Wendy's in terms of overall tastiness. McDs does good chicken and fries when they're fresh, and Wendy's is overpriced, overhyped garbage.
Their burgers don't have a smoky flavour, just a burnt flavour. They taste awful. If you're the kind of person to be impressed by Burger King's burgers, you're a pleb.
Only thing worthwhile at BK is chicken fries and they got rid of those over here
Nothing they serve tastes anything like meat
[quiet chewing]
Is Ham and cheese the best pizza type ever?
Add pineapple and then it is familia.
No.
>no anchovies
What was your favorite food your mom made for you growing up /ck/? For me its either her Loose burgers or Meatloaf and potatoes
For me, it is the McChicken, the best fast food sandwich
>>8352032
>Meatloaf
How white are you OP?
>>8352063
Irish/10, she put cheese on top of it too
http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/what-would-you-have-eaten-christmas-medieval-times-007143?nopaging=1
6 DECEMBER, 2016
ANCIENT-ORIGINS
What Would You Have Eaten for Christmas in Medieval Times?
With Christmas almost upon us, there will be plenty of frenzied present shopping and meal planning. Haven’t made that Christmas cake yet? Fear not. If you were preparing the festive meal 600 years ago you’d have far more on your plate.
The picture below is a calendar page from a Book of Hours, a type of prayer book popular among pious rich people in the Middle Ages. Apart from the costumes they are wearing, the people at the bottom of the page seem much like us – keeping warm and enjoying their food and drink.
It may surprise you to learn that this particular calendar month is January. The feast day celebrated by the couple is Epiphany on January 6, picked out in red (Epyphania). Our Christmases, hectic though they may be, are actually a doddle compared to the traditions of old. Medieval people celebrated all 12 days of Christmas, from December 25 through to Epiphany – the day the three kings turned up with gifts for the newborn Jesus – although they did not usually feast every day. Some households had their big feast on Christmas Day. For others, it was the first of January or the 6th, depending on local custom.
cont.
>>8351928
Wealthy or poor
There’s not much detail as to what the couple ate at their winter feast. The artist was more interested in depicting the strawberries and flowers in the margins than in putting food on the table. This is typical of medieval manuscript art. Even elaborate descriptions of royal feasts say little about food. We know even less about what the poor ate, although lords probably feasted their tenants at least once over Christmas.
We do know that preparations for winter would have begun in the late autumn. Humans and animals both ate the same basic foodstuff: grain. Poorer people did not have enough grain for animals over winter so most pigs and cattle were fattened up on acorns and slaughtered. Calendars commemorate this strategic act for the months of November and December as in the images below, paired with the relevant signs of the zodiac (Sagittarius and Capricorn).
Of course, the wealthy could continue to keep their animals alive, so they had fresh meat all winter. It’s not true that they used spices to liven up rotten meat: cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and pepper were imported from India or Indonesia, so if you could afford them you could afford good meat. The rich could also afford sugar – candied fruit, sugared almonds and sweets have always been popular Christmas treats.
The poor would have eaten sausage and bacon instead, salted fish if they could get it, stored or dried apples, peas and beans, perhaps a bit of honey, and would only have had the added flavours of onion, leeks and garlic. Even salt was expensive. The hungriest time was actually not the months that we associate with winter cold, but the months of April and May. It was then that stores had run out and there would be little growing yet in the garden. Nor was there much dairy as hens naturally lay less in winter and cows don’t produce milk until after they have their spring calves.
cont.
>>8351933
Yuletide feasting
The best way to find out what the wealthy ate is to turn to their financial accounts and cookery books. Cookery books such as theForme of Cury, written for the household of King Richard II (1377-1399), provide some tasty recipes. For arecent projectwe made recipes from this text and others for the public to try at festivals and markets around Yorkshire. In Castleford Market in December 2012 we prepared seasonal tastes such as gingerbread, mutton stew (mounchelet) and apple pudding (pommesmoile).
But it was nigh on impossible to prepare the main dishes that the rich had at their feasts. Turkey originally came from the Americas so was not found on English tables until the late 16th century. It probably replaced a showier but much less tasty bird: the peacock. The price of these birds meant that most people had to be content with another large expensive bird, the goose, which was a traditional Christmas main course until relatively recently. Also closely associated with Christmas was the wild boar – a boar’s head was often brought into the hall to accompanying carols. But it wasn’t always intended for eating.
And then elaborate displays of prepared meat, sugar or wax in the form of fantasy animals, angels and castles were often part of the entertainment, sometimes even moving mechanically or exploding.
So count yourself lucky as somebody who won’t go hungry this winter. You may have left the pudding quite late but you can leave the peacock and pommesmoile for next year.
Top image: ‘Bringing in the Boar's Head’, from the Christmas 1855 supplement to the Illustrated London News (public domain)
The article ‘What Would You Have Eaten for Christmas in Medieval Times?’ by Iona McCleery was originally published on The Conversation and has been republished under a Creative Commons license.
FIN
Tl;dr
I plan on eating the Mchicken the best fast food sandwich
/deens/
fry em up until crispy, put them on some toast with an egg, hot sauce and a raw onion (optional). pickle on the side.
serve with copious vodka
cheeki breeki
>>8351891
wtf. does that have tapenade in it? that looks heavenly.
>>8351891
Anybody else put 'chup on their 'deens? Round here we call that pitmaster privilege.
It's breddy gud.
>>8351682
nothing in fast foot restaurants "with sriracha" ever has sriracha and if you find them spicy or tasty you should end your own life.
>>8351683
It's a sandwich. Control yourself.
>>8351693
hamburgers arent sandwiches americunt, this is a sandwich.
anyone for bunny chow?
>hollowed out bread loaf
>filled with delicious curry
>topped with cheese sometimes
>served with removed bread for dipping.
is there a more based dish
answer is no
>>8351670
looks like someone literally shat on bread
>>8351677
kill yourself bud
>>8351670
Poo in the....
Bread?
Are you still using wheat pasta /ck/? Why? Are you a caveman?
Gluten is a strong protein that stresses your digestive system. Don't you know that? Are you an animal? Why are you still eating low tier wheat pasta?
Feels good not having a shit digestive system that can't handle 'stress'.
>>8351247
I don't have celiac disease and I thank god for that. I eat brown rice though and I do not peel my potatos.
>>8351247
I eat unprocessed barley.
>delicious
>like 50% undigested so exfoliating poops
>so high fiber
>filling
gotta build that TOUGH GI TRACT
Share your recipes.
Anyone have a recipe for some authentic Haitian cookies?
>>8351066
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/10904/earthquake-cookies/
>>8351066
>Haitian food
Serious question: what is it? a bag of rice from the UN?
>>8351444
its mud. seriously.
/ck/ is there any food that you can't stand on its own but you enjoy the products of?
Personally, I can't stand just straight up corn. But I love polenta, corn whiskey, corn tortillas and cornflakes.
Anyone else feel similarly about some other food?
Pic unrelated
Well, I don't like avocado but I do like guacamole.
>>8350984
that question really activated my almonds
all i can think of is i dislike soy beans and i dislike edamame
however i love miso, soy sauce and tempeh
>>8350984
potatoes. i can't stand boiled potatoes. but most other potato stuff is delicious to me. hash browns, fries, kartoffelpuffer, mashed potatoes, potatoes in the skin, the list goes on
Meme foods that you love
>>8350787
every meme food is loved by a large amount of people. that's how they became memes
But thatcs a condiment not a food.
I don't care how much Reddit has run it into the ground; I really like Nutella on my toast.