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I would have to draw a venn diagram of pasta and noodles.
I wouldn't consider all noodles to be pasta, and I would consider all pasta to be noodles.0 -
magster4isu wrote: »
Still doesn't answer my question.
for me pasta is made from specific ingrediants...usually contains wheat...
Noodles can be rice noodles...but not rice pasta....*scratches head*
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VintageFeline wrote: »
Yes we call all pasta of all shapes pasta.
Noodles though I call Asian not northern European?
I can see that too. I think of noodles more as German Egg Noodles or Spaetzle.0 -
magster4isu wrote: »
Still doesn't answer my question.
Best I can do. You know it when you see it.
More seriously, around here, noodles are usually flat and rectangular, and can vary from about an inch long to a few inches (but can be different widths although wide is the most common) where pasta is shaped into specific forms depending on the use.0 -
my unpopular opinion about health is that the old fashion way works, but no one wants to do it! That is eat whole foods, mostly plants, dark greens, and other veggies, no food that comes in a box, very little starch, with lean protein, plus exercise of some type.7
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tiffanybrooks530 wrote: »my unpopular opinion about health is that the old fashion way works, but no one wants to do it! That is eat whole foods, mostly plants, dark greens, and other veggies, no food that comes in a box, very little starch, with lean protein, plus exercise of some type.
so paleo + whole grains? I'm not sure that's such an unpopular opinion.
don't most people just call that "clean eating?"0 -
tiffanybrooks530 wrote: »my unpopular opinion about health is that the old fashion way works, but no one wants to do it! That is eat whole foods, mostly plants, dark greens, and other veggies, no food that comes in a box, very little starch, with lean protein, plus exercise of some type.
I'm not arguing whether this is good or bad, but where is this the "old fashioned way"? I'm in my mid-50's and even my grandparents didn't eat that way.3 -
a bulletproof coffee for breakfast (as part of a keto or LCHF diet) is an excellent way to lose weight20
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
I think you are wrong here. Look "chili" up in the dictionary. It's a hot pepper. Chile is just another spelling for chili.
You're right, they are completely interchangeable, with chili first. So why does something like "ancho chili pepper" look so weird to me, as opposed to "ancho chile pepper." Weird. Anyway, I asked Dr. Google, and he said that it's another great topic for debate, ha ha! : http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/19/local/me-54396
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NickleArse wrote: »a bulletproof coffee for breakfast (as part of a keto or LCHF diet) is an excellent way to lose weight
whats the point of adding butter to the coffee? seems like unnecessary calories to me. coffee is just fine as-is.4 -
Anyone got a good American chili recipe? I think I'm gonna order some ancho chili, lol.0
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stevencloser wrote: »Anyone got a good American chili recipe? I think I'm gonna order some ancho chili, lol.
Make sure you don't get the recipe from anyone from Texas. They forget to add the beans to theirs.16 -
stevencloser wrote: »Anyone got a good American chili recipe? I think I'm gonna order some ancho chili, lol.
this is a really good one, and appropriately complex to make
http://www.esquire.com/food-drink/food/recipes/a6171/texas-chili-recipe-ll-1208/
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NickleArse wrote: »a bulletproof coffee for breakfast (as part of a keto or LCHF diet) is an excellent way to lose weight
How exactly...?2 -
Just to add to the pasta discussion. I come from a small neighborhood in Queens, from parents who came from very limited food backgrounds and never had money to eat out. This would be our family definitions, I'm really sure not the same outside the family.
Spaghetti - just spaghetti
Macaroni - elbow macaroni, bow tie macaroni, corkscrew macaroni etc. (always specifically by shape). Except shells, which were just shells.
Noodles - lasagna, chicken noodle soup and Chinese
Pasta (never heard this until we moved to CA) - became bucket term for everything not noodles.
I'll save the "kidney bean stuff" that eventually morphed into "sweet chili" for another time...0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Some guy at a local chili cookoff made Cincinnati chili with cinnamon once. No idea how authentic it was, but I thought it was pretty good. I can't say I remember the texture at all. It was several years ago. He didn't win.
He wouldn't, I think. Most people seem to prefer eating things that taste the same way that particular dish has always tasted in their world.
This is the whole basis of the regional chili wars.1 -
this is a really good one, and appropriately complex to make
http://www.esquire.com/food-drink/food/recipes/a6171/texas-chili-recipe-ll-1208/
Lots of stuff there I can't get and don't know how to substitute unfortunately.0 -
I should clarify all of this by saying I don't buy Asprey's proprietary ingredients to make my BP coffee, it's jsut espresso, butter and coconut oil
whats the point of adding butter to the coffee? seems like unnecessary calories to me. coffee is just fine as-is.
I've done keto diet with and without bullet proof coffee, I get a lot less of the negative side effects of keto when I consume BP coffee
How exactly...?
helps me hit super low calories (on keto) whilst still feeling super energetic3 -
How exactly...?
'Cause its gross, and you will lose your appetite..11 -
French_Peasant wrote: »
You just need to come back to the U.S. and go on a Chili Trail Pilgrimage. Or, better yet, a BBQ Trail Pilgrimage, if you want to see a real smackdown.
For the record, although I happily eat any and all chili and BBQ, I favor a Virginia vinegar sauce over ribs or pulled pork (brisket is way down the list) and I will kick anyone's butt in a chili cook-off with my white chicken chili. The secret ingredient? Evil.
No smackdown. KC BBQ is the best, end of story.
Oh, and chili always have beans. Texans don't know what they're talking about.
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NickleArse wrote: »I should clarify all of this by saying I don't buy Asprey's proprietary ingredients to make my BP coffee, it's jsut espresso, butter and coconut oil
I've done keto diet with and without bullet proof coffee, I get a lot less of the negative side effects of keto when I consume BP coffee
helps me hit super low calories (on keto) whilst still feeling super energetic
Bulletproof coffee helped you keep your calories low?1 -
stevencloser wrote: »
Lots of stuff there I can't get and don't know how to substitute unfortunately.
This is the one I have used that has beer and chocolate in it: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/beer-chili-chocolate-the-end-come-and-get-it-98477866295.html. Nothing too crazy for ingredients other than the Mexican beer (which is a malty lager) and the corn flour.0 -
French_Peasant wrote: »
When I was in 4th grade, my grandparents moved to the Ozarks, and we would always cross the river near Cairo and then stop at Boomland (a mecca for roadside Americana back then) and Lamberts. I always felt like I was getting somewhere once we hit that red dirt.
Lamberts...home of the throwed roll!
Got me a big Lambert's travel mug when I last there about 2 months ago.
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Bulletproof coffee would not work for me, since for me (not saying for anyone else) I like to have either nothing at all for breakfast (other than black coffee) or something that includes some vegetables. I try not to have meals that involve lots of calories and no vegetables.
Also, and perhaps more importantly, I prefer black coffee, and the idea of oil and butter in coffee seems icky.1 -
Nope. Marjoram and Oregano are kissing cousins and are both members of the mint family. Mexican oregano (wild marjoram) is a completely different species unrelated to the mints. The botanical name is Lippia graveolens and it is actually related to verbena.
In just to thank you for going to the Latin name - the only sane way to talk about plants.
Maybe we need Latin names for stuff like pasta/noodles.3 -
magster4isu wrote: »
Still doesn't answer my question.
Link I posted earlier.
https://www.clearspring.co.uk/blogs/news/12237057-the-difference-between-noodles-pasta0 -
Bulletproof coffee helped you keep your calories low?
I only consume 20g of fat or 180 cals
keto has been shown to decease appetite and improve satiety on low calorie diets
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25402637
and i find BP coffee allows me to more strictly adhere to low calorie diets and not suffer any keto flu or lethargy normally associated with massive calorie deficits5 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »Bulletproof coffee would not work for me, since for me (not saying for anyone else) I like to have either nothing at all for breakfast (other than black coffee) or something that includes some vegetables. I try not to have meals that involve lots of calories and no vegetables.
Also, and perhaps more importantly, I prefer black coffee, and the idea of oil and butter in coffee seems icky.
If I'm going to have something greasy, I want melted cheese involved.17 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »
I actually think it's that a lot of Americans ran into noodles from a central European background first, and knew only a limited selection of pasta (which some apparently called macaroni in all forms, although we did not).
When I was growing up, you had noodles, which were egg noodles, or spaghetti, or lasagne noodles. Pasta as a general term was not used. I don't recall noodles with Chinese food from when I was young, but later had it with Japanese food (nice restaurant in town was Japanese) and then was exposed to it (late high school) in Chinese and Thai.
I now think of pasta as Italian and noodles as everything else, although I'd tend to agree that noodles is the generic.
That said, chili shouldn't be put on spaghetti, that's a weird Cincinnati thing. (Joking, mostly.)
Pretty close in the history points, for me, too (US Great Lakes region, rural). I'd add that the first people to start talking about "pasta" were perceived by some others as a little full of themselves and "fancy".3 -
He wouldn't, I think. Most people seem to prefer eating things that taste the same way that particular dish has always tasted in their world.
This is the whole basis of the regional chili wars.
I suppose that's true. Chili is serious business to some people. There was hate mail, calls for impeachment and lawsuits filed when the annual chili cookoff banned the use of meats that had not been USDA inspected.2
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