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Poetic licence with food - Veggie - 31-12-2023
Don't you love the way that ready meals are described by the supermarkets. Can you guess what I'll be eating tonight from the following description (minus a few key words
)? The number of ........ has no relevance to the actual words!"Our chef's gently steam ................ ............ until tender and drape them in a silky ........ .......... ............. ............ infused with earthy ............ ............ Garnished with a scattering of ........... ............. for the finishing touch."
RE: Poetic licence with food - Small chilli - 31-12-2023
Our chef's gently steam .seasonal ..vegetables until tender and drape them in a silky ....creamy three cheese sauce .. infused with earthy ..truffle crumb. Garnished with a scattering of selected herbs for the finishing touch."
Probably incorrect
RE: Poetic licence with food - Veggie - 31-12-2023
Close, SC, very close.
RE: Poetic licence with food - Veggie - 31-12-2023
If it helps in BIG LETTERS it says " EARTHY & DECADENT".
RE: Poetic licence with food - JJB - 31-12-2023
If you're eating it, I expect there's no meat/poultry. Initially I thought perhaps it was dog food.
"Our chef's gently steam pasta shapes until tender and drape them in a silky cheese sauce infused with earthy truffle oil. Garnished with a scattering of breadcrumbs for the finishing touch."
Basically mac 'n cheese.
RE: Poetic licence with food - Veggie - 31-12-2023
It was Tesco's Finest Truffle Cauliflower Gratin £6. Serves 4.
Our chefs gently steam cauliflower florets until tender and drape them in a silky extra mature Cheddar cheese sauce infused with earthy black truffle, Garnished with a scattering of parsley breadcrumbs for the finishing touch.
In other words, cauliflower cheese. As for serving 4, I've just eaten the lot but think I'm going to wish I hadn't !
RE: Poetic licence with food - Small chilli - 31-12-2023
It just screams look at how pretentious we are. The food very rarely lives up to the hype.
Or am I just an old cynical ………….
RE: Poetic licence with food - Veggie - 31-12-2023
Needless to say, I didn't buy it, it was in the free box this morning.
The truffle part is "truffle flavoured oil" the ingredients of which are Olive oil and flavouring!
RE: Poetic licence with food - Vinny - 31-12-2023
If it's cauliflower you have to add summat to it otherwise it's a tasteless mush!
Now if it was a ribeye a bit of salt would suffice! 