Now, there are differences in ‘Louis Sauce, Thousand Island Dressing, Seafood Sauce, Cocktail Sauce and Shrimp Sauce’. Many regional names, many interchangable.
I know of Louis Dressing and Thousand Island Dressing, they are similar, but not the same, both mayo based.
Seafood Sauce and Cocktail Sauce to me, are mostly tomato based with horseradish and other seasonings.
The Shrimp Sauces I’ve experienced are for dipping your shrimp in and can be Gullah cuisine or a vinaigrette style. Then there are many others that are all great dipping sauces for seafood…
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My pink taco sauce, crema agria and salsa rojo, is top notch on tamales and tostadas, if unorthodox.
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Last week, here in Bangkok, I was at Siam Paragon, possibly the most poshest shopping mall I’ve even been to anywhere (where do people find the money to shop at such places?!?). Anyway, in the extremely fancy food hall, they were handing out samples of durian, a food I’d intentionally avoided in a past visit to Hong Kong and Macau. I had been avoiding it because of the smell, but the sample was tiny and I thought I should at least try it. Well, the taste and texture were fine to me and surprisingly the smell wasn’t an issue. However, I didn’t like the aftertaste which was distinctly garlicky. I like garlic and all, but don’t want ANY fruit to taste like garlic before, during or after eating. I don’t regret trying it and now I can at least tell people I’ve tried it if someone asks.
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I like Louie sauce, not a big fan of Thousand Island!
I worked in the UK for a bit. There was a certain Mike Meyers movie that came out. I was with some co-workers who had just come in from London. A cab came by with a sign on top advertising The Spy Who Shagged Me. They all turned to me and asked how in the world you could have a movie with that name? I just shrugged and said we speak a different English here and shagged just sounded cute to clueless Americans. At the same time, that certain C word that people get all riled up over here is tossed around in pubs all the time by men at other men. Means something different than in the US.
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I do this more often than I’d like to admit. When something is good enough to make me return, it can be hard to branch out.
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I have my favorites at restaurants we go to regularly. They are usually things that no other place offers but sometimes it’s the best version of a dish I like. But I don’t eat the same thing every time we go out for a meal anywhere. I’m always surprised and happy when a restaurant adds new things to their menus - it can be fun to explore. At the same time, I’ve been really disappointed when a longtime favorite is cut from a menu…
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There is a French restaurant here that I go to infrequently (don’t like the 45-60 minute ride) that has one item that I always order because I like it so much. It’s called “The mouth of the St. Lawrence”, and consists of a mix of seafood in a saffron cream sauce. I like bread to sop up the sauce, but on one occasion when I asked for some, the waitress returned to tell me that the kitchen was warming up some sourdough bread, something I dislike; no white baguette, so I turned it down. I can’t understand how they would consider combining those tastes. And a French restaurant with no baguette?
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I’m not a fan of sourdough bread, either. That would have been a major disappointment, especially because of the long drive. Maybe next time you’ll have to BYOB!
Yes, but that “I’ll buy ya a pony” Pedialyte commercial kills me.
If you look at the evolution of American drinks, we’ve tried to replace water with soda, gatorade (and all later iterations), energy drinks and bottled water. I don’t know which makes less sense; so I pretty much stick to tap water and ice made from it. Anything else would be beer for me. I’ll have a Coke , or other soda, once a month tops. Much prefer brewhah.
That’s why I keep a tub of the powder, with a scoop, for dehydration /sickness emergencies. I wouldn’t get near pedialyte. Ewww. And who wants to lug/store bottles of Gatorade? With the powder, you can adjust the strength. And honestly, you don’t particularly need it full-strength. It’s the taste factor. If I have some lemon, I’ll squeeze a bit in. I don’t care if it`s sweet …
I have yet to try these calamari bungs the critics have all been raving about.
Thankfully, it’s been so long that I ‘had to’ drink gatorade I don’t even remember. I make a point of drinking PLENTY of water when I imbibe & make sure that my friends do the same.
Water works for about 99 percent of all situation. I keep a big Yeti tumbler of ice water near me at all times when at home. Park it on the nightstand at night. Plus, fewer plastic bottles!
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You don’t want to try them. Trust me on this.
I do the exact same. Yeti, ice water. Always a cold drink when I wake up at night or am sitting on the recliner. We should come up with some gimmick to sell bottle-less tap water. All about the container we create. Yetis ain’t cheap, we could sell specially made glass bottles to use for refills. Maybe the returnable bottle will come back with our efforts. Beat the pss out of this platic junk.
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I’m so old I remember schlepping returnable coke bottles back to the grocery. I didn’t think it was a big deal then.
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The “C” Word is often used by many Women as well as Men I know from all over the UK and it is used regardless to Gender.
The Meaning is the same on both Sides of the Pond. It is just no more offensive than using Cock or Dick to describe Someone.
Between mates, it can also be a term of endearment.
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I used to go back job sites and collect them for the return reward. It wasn’t a big deal, just free frickin’ money!
