Pretentious Food

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:28 am

I was posting a reply in another thread when I started to think of this. What is the most pretentious description of a dish you have ever seen. It can be either messing up great basic ingredients, pairing silly tastes together or overly florid descriptions.

Here are some of mine I have seen.

ROASTED LAMB ON TOASTED RAISIN BRIOCHE

Thinly sliced Leg of Lamb and goat cheese served with mint and wasabi sauce

Why Mess with lamb and mint

Tender Pork Loin Rubbed w/ a Sweet Chili Guava Barbeque Glaze Served

w/ Mashed Sweet Potato & Topped w/ a Mango Coulis & Candied Pecans...

Whaaaat

Traditional French Onion Soup

Laced w/ Sherry & Served w/ Crouton & Danish Emmentaler Swiss Cheese

Didn't know Traditional French onion soup had sherry in, Danish/Swiss Emmentahl ?? which is it.

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:20 am

funny stuff B. Can't recall any messed dishes from the west, maybe peanut butter on raisin toast ahahahaha but no I will keep eyes peeled.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:02 pm

well this is decidedly UNpretentious! Bothwell just called me, he hit a huge mallard with his car and he's sent me a photo of it with his picturephone, he's going to cook it! ROADKILL! ~~HAHAHAHA...he said he will remove the skin, slice off the breasts and saute them with shallots and marsala...i guess that's one way to pick up dinner! so i suppose when he's over here next trip we'll be scraping up the armadillos on the side of the road :yh_drool

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:02 pm

LC, you mean you don't eat your roadkill???!!!?!?!!?!?! That's just wasteful.... :yh_rotfl

Speaking of pretentious...Bullet and I had dinner at a five-star restaurant a few weeks ago. WOW. Was that ever cool...

I'm not really comfortable in super fancy places like that, but this was a special occasion and it was kinda fun, pretending we did stuff like this all the time. The descriptions on the menu were elaborate: "The finest cut fillet mignon, seared with a blend of exotic spices, served on a bed (Yup, it really said "bed") of creamy garlic russet mashed potatoes...." etc, etc, yada, yada. It took longer to read the menu than it did to eat!

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:23 pm

the canonical ingredient to make any dish pretentious seems to be the addition of a mango chutney sauce.

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:25 pm

anastrophe wrote: the canonical ingredient to make any dish pretentious seems to be the addition of a mango chutney sauce.

Oh how 21st century

heh heh

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:53 pm

here's Bothwell's roadkill duck, he just called and told me it was delicious!

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Jika · Post by **Jika** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:02 pm

:wah: Quality thread Bothwell.

It took me awhile to remember what this dish was 'called' or assembled with.

A few years ago about ten of us went out to dinner in Melbourne city, someone had chosen an up-market Italian place....Anyhow, the guy sitting next to me ordered, wait for it......

Venison Fettuccini in Chocolate sauce :yh_giggle

Needless to say his reaction was priceless on the first mouthful. He ended up ordering something else. :wah:

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:18 pm

anastrophe wrote: the canonical ingredient to make any dish pretentious seems to be the addition of a mango chutney sauce. living here in the land of tropical fruit i LOVE anything mango! and each year wait for the best of all, the large juicy haydens. the only way to eat a mango is in your bathing suit with your dive knife and sitting on the edge of a boat, so when all the sticky juices run over you, you simply fall overboard! sensual and sweet! :-6

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:05 am

Yes the Mallard was delicious, bloody should be he cost me a Ã‚£100 heated door mirror!!!. Just did the breasts as I could not be bothered to hang it. Shallots and Butter in the pan, sear the breasts, chuck in a glass of Marsala and in the oven for 10 mins, lovely jubbly.

Oh sorry i should say, I introduced some shallots to the pan and accompanied them with some unsalted french butter from cows that only fed on bordeaux grass, the duck breasts were then gently reposed on said butter and given the merest hint of colour before being wafted to the oven for a gentle 10 minutes combustion of their flesh

Jika, I saw some chilli and chocolate sausages on sale at a farmers market over here, after laughing my head off i was told by the guy running the stall that the Inca's had been using chocolate for cooking for centuries!! bloody told me!! So fair go I am going to try some next week.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:38 am

:yh_rotfl OMG!!! you ACTUALLY ate roadkill!

Well bothwell, I must say, I've never heard a 'roadkill samich' sound so good! :yh_rotfl

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:02 am

I most certainly did eat it. Shame Badgers are not edible, I have seen 6 on the side of the road in the last 2 days, it's breeding season and they are really daft when it comes to traffic, of course you also have farmers dumping the ones they have shot, which is illegal.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:19 am

guess I better REALLY pay attention to what's in that meat pie! :driving:

Jika · Post by **Jika** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:32 am

Bothwell wrote:

Jika, I saw some chilli and chocolate sausages on sale at a farmers market over here, after laughing my head off i was told by the guy running the stall that the Inca's had been using chocolate for cooking for centuries!! bloody told me!! So fair go I am going to try some next week.

Ut oh!............hope you've got a good Cab Sav to wash that down with!

May I suggest a Crabtree! (Australian of course) The guy who owns this boutique winery is a retired Barrister from the 'Ol' Bailey'! We got chatting to him and turns out it was his dream to have his own winery in retirement.

BAROSSA VALLEY S.A.

He is now, world renowned for his blends, Cab Merlot etc and unfortunately for us 90+ % of his produce is exported back to the UK or Europe.

Arrrgh....I am green with jealousy!!!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:49 am

My papa would take home and eat the pheasents he hit with his delivery truck. I've never eaten any of them, but I not much on wild game.

I guess I just haven't lived yet, never been to a 5 star restraunt.

Just a country girl here, give me good aged ribeye with just the right amount of marbling and I'll cook you a steak that melts in your mouth like butter!!!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:24 pm

Bothwell wrote: I most certainly did eat it. Shame Badgers are not edible, I have seen 6 on the side of the road in the last 2 days, it's breeding season and they are really daft when it comes to traffic, of course you also have farmers dumping the ones they have shot, which is illegal. just wanted to announce new items on the menu at Bothwell's Pub.

:yh_drool duck a la motorway, and badger brulee. :driving:

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:39 pm

I would call Bothwell's meal: Duck a la casualty with a sideswipe of shallots.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:13 am

Godiva Girl wrote: Yes, a perfectly aged ribeye or new york strip steak, cooked just barely medium rare so it's not raw but still good and bloody. That with a good glass of red wine, perfect dinner.

Yepp :yh_drool

LOL koan

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:23 pm

Bothwell wrote: I most certainly did eat it. Shame Badgers are not edible, I have seen 6 on the side of the road in the last 2 days, it's breeding season and they are really daft when it comes to traffic, of course you also have farmers dumping the ones they have shot, which is illegal.well around here it's alligator breeding season, and if you want to run over one of the 11-foot beasties, you can have alligator tail, deep-fried, a local delicacy....NO WAY DO I EAT REPTILES!!! YUCKY POO!!! :yh_sick

America's Largest Reptile

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:38 pm

Hey LC,

Did Carl base his roadkill eating ex-governer on Bothwell?

Perhaps you are in his books?????????

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:43 pm

SOJOURNER wrote: Hey LC,

Did Carl base his roadkill eating ex-governer on Bothwell?

Perhaps you are in his books?????????i called him 'Skink' for weeks! :rolleyes:

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:40 pm

lady cop wrote: here's Bothwell's roadkill duck, he just called and told me it was delicious!

When you really think about it, it can't get any "fresher" than that!!! :wah:

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:06 am

Cars you are absolutely correct, It's pheasant season now and the little tinkers are all over the roads and are as dumb as mud, I shall be taking the truck out "Shooting" tonight. Get the juniper berries ready!

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:34 am

There are soo many posts to whom I want to reply :wah: I am such a dumbass I cannot delete my own posts - much less take good posting material hostage;

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:53 am

nvalleyvee wrote: There are soo many posts to whom I want to reply :wah: I am such a dumbass I cannot delete my own posts - much less take good posting material hostage;NV....thanks for sweet comment in the car thread....if you want to delete a post click on edit button down to your right...you will see delete option! it will not work for starting new threads.

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:47 am

No far Pretentious would be.

A medley of possum encased in a delicious pastry crust annointed by a fresh mango reduction spiced with the finest ingredients from the orient!!!!!!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:33 pm

I told him to kiss my lily white *beep* and he ended up doing it. Barf! he kissed your lily-white? LOL