#496457 - Tue Sep 15 2009 10:52 AM
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wayman, I always thought that was something that my family said. I had no idea that others had heard it, too.
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#496458 - Tue Sep 15 2009 11:48 AM
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#496459 - Tue Sep 15 2009 11:48 AM
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If we delete angels on horseback, and substitute oysters wrapped in bacon and grilled till the oyster is cooked and the bacon is crispy, are we striking a blow for clarity, or losing yet another picturesque and economic expression?
Alternatively, you could try my mother's approach, lifted from "The Encyclopaedia of Precious Names for Food". 
My mother insists on calling Devils on Horseback (a variation of Angels on Horseback), "Oysters en Brochette". If she lived in New Orleans, it would be fine to use that term, as it is a regional dish. She lives nowhere near New Orleans.
Some people (my mother included) use the term Angels on Horseback when speaking of S'mores.
Rocky Mountain or Prairie Oysters should be renamed, so as not to fool unsuspecting diners. Just my opinion.
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#496460 - Tue Sep 15 2009 01:09 PM
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quote]wayman, I always thought that was something that my family said. I had no idea that others had heard it, too.
Same here ClaraSue, thought it was just MY family and I hesitated mentioning it, but mom insists that's what everyone calls it - not just her.
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#496462 - Tue Sep 15 2009 04:37 PM
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I remember that phrase. It was/is a military term for creamed chipped beef on toast. Also known as SOS. I prefer creamed chipped beef. I make creamed turkey and serve it on toast (preferably rye) and love it! I looked it up and the first time it appeared in military usage was in the 1910 edition Manual for Army Cooks.  Anyway, it's hard to change something that's been called one thing for so very long a time.
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#496463 - Tue Sep 15 2009 05:02 PM
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What is "chipped" beef? We don't have that expression over here.
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#496464 - Tue Sep 15 2009 11:38 PM
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Chipped beef is thin sliced beef (much thinner than jerky) that is cured, sort of drying it out, either by smoking it or salting it. For creamed chipped beef it is chopped up, added to a white sauce and then that's spooned over the toast. Since this goes back to WWI, I imagine it was the military's first style of what we would call today military rations. Adding: Here is a Wiki article about it. At the end they even have a link to recipes!
Edited by Jar (Tue Sep 15 2009 11:41 PM)
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#496465 - Thu Sep 24 2009 06:49 AM
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Yay - we have Spotted Dick back! The council have bowed to angry accusations of political correctness, and restored the original name. http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149868327
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#496467 - Sat Sep 26 2009 08:51 AM
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Weeell... there's been a 19lb baby born in Indonesia...  and Ronnie Biggs has been spotted out on a mobility scooter, which does a breakneck 4mph...  Nah, no news. 
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#496468 - Sat Sep 26 2009 11:06 AM
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Good grief, my daughter is pregnant, I hope she doesn't produce something that big!
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#496469 - Sat Sep 26 2009 11:55 AM
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Congratulations and good luck to Sue and Sue's daughter - and don't panic! I believe the child's mother had gestational diabetes that wasn't very well controlled.
Mine was 6lb 5oz and not excessively uncomfortable for me. Hers is three of mine. Ouch!
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#496470 - Sat Sep 26 2009 12:16 PM
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My first one was just over 4lb 8oz so that is four of mine!
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#496471 - Sat Sep 26 2009 12:35 PM
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In other news, the Associated Press reports that "Humble Bob" Shoudt won this year's International Burrito Eating Championship. Shoudt managed to eat 33 1/2 burritos in 10 minutes, while the runnerup, Hall "Hoover" Hunt, put down 30 in the allotted time. The latest results from other professional eating contests can be found on the web site of: The International Federation of Competitive Eating
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#496472 - Sat Sep 26 2009 12:55 PM
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Sorry, Sue -
I was so busy thinking about all the money one of my boys could make as a Professional Eater, that I missed your post.
What wonderful news! All my best wishes to you and your daughter.
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#496473 - Tue Sep 29 2009 10:38 AM
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#496474 - Tue Sep 29 2009 11:08 AM
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#496476 - Tue Sep 29 2009 02:25 PM
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#496477 - Tue Sep 29 2009 06:57 PM
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Anything Biggsie can do... Trying out Sue's wares.
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#496478 - Wed Sep 30 2009 05:04 AM
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By heck, talk about random associations  Sponge puddings to Ronnie Biggs in just a few posts. Or is someone trying to tell me something?
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#496479 - Wed Sep 30 2009 05:52 AM
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Whoops, back to the topic! Quote:
Is there any dish or foodstuff that you would consider requires a name change?
Probably quite a few dishes don't match up to their name, for instance blancmange, it is normally candy pink, not white.
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#496480 - Wed Sep 30 2009 09:24 AM
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My Gran's blancmange was sort of grey....
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