What's everyone up to right now?

[Angrboda]

Still, has to be an improvement over the cheesy polenta with sausage and onions which Meals-on-wheels is bringing me today.  

I'm not quite so sure given the stuff I just bought Got the closest (and only) thing I could find to Quinoa crackers in my local supermarket... Ryvita "Rye Crispbread" topped with 'Red Quinoa'. Basically it's like eating cardboard or chipboard, and not something that would seem to be out of place lining a hamster cage So back to the drawing board.. I think I'm going to have to find a bigger supermarket if I'm gonna find a better selection, and I want something that's not just topped with quinoa but made of it. But this'll do for the moment; at least it should help with my weight loss goals.. at the cost of any taste whatsoever

I love rye crisp bread! Infidel!



Nom nom nom nom.....

[emjay]

I'm not quite so sure given the stuff I just bought Got the closest (and only) thing I could find to Quinoa crackers in my local supermarket... Ryvita "Rye Crispbread" topped with 'Red Quinoa'. Basically it's like eating cardboard or chipboard, and not something that would seem to be out of place lining a hamster cage So back to the drawing board.. I think I'm going to have to find a bigger supermarket if I'm gonna find a better selection, and I want something that's not just topped with quinoa but made of it. But this'll do for the moment; at least it should help with my weight loss goals.. at the cost of any taste whatsoever

I love rye crisp bread! Infidel!



Nom nom nom nom.....

Hmm Maybe it'll grow on me... especially if I put something on it Other than that I'm sure it's healthy - high in protein and fibre... so that's reason enough to eat it for me... but it has a long way to go before it's a tasty nom nom nom snack for me

[pocaracas]

If you want fibre... or something that has the same effect, try these: Tesco Fig Roll Biscuits.
I've tried other brands, but these from Tesco are my favorites... just try to avoid eating a whole pack in one day...


Yes, I know they have much more sugars than the Rye things, but if you eat enough of them, you'll retain almost none of the sugar

That's the whole trick with fruits. Fructose (the sugar in most fruits) is only processed in the liver (like alcohol) and it then results in localized fat near the liver - aka, the belly.... just like alcohol... and excessive consumption can lead to cirrhosis, just like alcohol.
But we can avoid having too much fructose, if we eat an accompanying dose of fibre, as we do when we eat fruit - apples, pears, peaches, etc always with skin. This fibre causes the sugar (and some other ingested stuff) to stay on course along the intestine, instead of sticking around and entering the blood stream.
It is known that there are some substances which are not fibres, but have the same flowing result... and figs rank up there on those.

[Angrboda]

If you want fibre... or something that has the same effect, try these: Tesco Fig Roll Biscuits.
I've tried other brands, but these from Tesco are my favorites... just try to avoid eating a whole pack in one day...

Is that something like a fig newton? I've never seen the aforementioned biscuits. Doesn't the word biscuit mean something different over there than over here?

[emjay]

Yeah Jor... they are what you've pictured. Thanks for the suggestion poca... and the warnings I used to have them a lot as a kid... and yeah, I think I remember that effect Good to know they up there on the fibre scales.. and certainly more palatable than this Rye Crispbread (sorry Jor ) so I might give em a go for old time's sake.

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Since I'm on this trip down memory lane, IIRC even more laxative in effect are those pink wafer biscuits... remember them? Absolutely sickening in large amounts... had them as a kid as well but if I never see another one in my life it will be too soon

[Jackalope]

Oregon Brewer's Festival. Strange beers from all over the area.

[The Grand Nudger]

If you want fibre... or something that has the same effect, try these: Tesco Fig Roll Biscuits.
I've tried other brands, but these from Tesco are my favorites... just try to avoid eating a whole pack in one day...

Is that something like a fig newton?  I've never seen the aforementioned biscuits.  Doesn't the word bisquit mean something different over there than over here?

Euros call cookies biscuits so that they don;t feel as fat as us.  They are.  Lelz, swallow those newtons ya fuckin gluttons!

[brewer]

Yeah Jor... they are what you've pictured. Thanks for the suggestion poca... and the warnings I used to have them a lot as a kid... and yeah, I think I remember that effect Good to know they up there on the fibre scales.. and certainly more palatable than this Rye Crispbread (sorry Jor ) so I might give em a go for old time's sake.

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Since I'm on this trip down memory lane, IIRC even more laxative in effect are those pink wafer biscuits... remember them? Absolutely sickening in large amounts... had them as a kid as well but if I never see another one in my life it will be too soon

[emjay]

Is that something like a fig newton?  I've never seen the aforementioned biscuits.  Doesn't the word bisquit mean something different over there than over here?

Euros call cookies biscuits so that they don;t feel as fat as us.  They are.  Lelz, swallow those newtons ya fuckin gluttons!

I'm not sure tbh... we do use the term 'cookies' as well... though it may just be an import... like when things try to sell us the 'authentic American experience' as things do from time to time But generally I do think of buscuits and cookies as different, with cookies being much bigger and rougher... usually with chocolate chips. A real treat especially when hand made/freshly baked. Do you have things like Digestives? That you'd have with your tea/coffee? If so, do you call them buscuits or cookies? Anything like that I'd call a buscuit and never a cookie... so the cookie for me is reserved for the big irregular things described which it doesn't feel right to call buscuits.

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Yeah Jor... they are what you've pictured. Thanks for the suggestion poca... and the warnings I used to have them a lot as a kid... and yeah, I think I remember that effect Good to know they up there on the fibre scales.. and certainly more palatable than this Rye Crispbread (sorry Jor ) so I might give em a go for old time's sake.

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Since I'm on this trip down memory lane, IIRC even more laxative in effect are those pink wafer biscuits... remember them? Absolutely sickening in large amounts... had them as a kid as well but if I never see another one in my life it will be too soon

Thank you ever so much for that I'll be having nightmares now... they look just as revolting as I remember them

[Silver]

Mmmm, those were goods.