 20thmaine  | 12 Oct 2011 4:14 p.m. PST |
Patum Peperium – The Gentleman's Relish – do you like it or do you not ? Yes
No |
| Erasmus B Dragon | 12 Oct 2011 4:16 p.m. PST |
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| Connard Sage | 12 Oct 2011 4:17 p.m. PST |
Mmmmmmmmmmm, fish paste. What's not to like? |
| 20thmaine | 12 Oct 2011 4:40 p.m. PST |
c) Never heard of it.
Well, strictly speaking now, you know, you have heard of it though, you know, – it's mentioned in the poll title.  Don't knows are encouraged to find out – otherwise we'll have 20 variations on "don't know" |
| Fonthill Hoser | 12 Oct 2011 5:02 p.m. PST |
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| ochoin deach | 12 Oct 2011 5:07 p.m. PST |
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| Sergeant Paper | 12 Oct 2011 6:03 p.m. PST |
To make your own, from:
link Servings: 6 Ingredients:
200 g anchovies, drained & coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons fresh white breadcrumbs
150 g butter
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1 pinch freshly ground nutmeg
1 pinch ground mace
1 pinch ground ginger
1 dash fresh ground black pepper (good twist) Directions:
1) Using a mortar and pestle, pound the anchovies and butter until they resemble a smooth paste. You could also use a food processor.
2) Stir in the breadcrumbs, spices and pepper and spoon the paste into a large ramekin. Cover and chill before serving.
3) Serve with scrambled eggs, toast, sandwiches and as a "kick" to savoury sauces! |
| Fonthill Hoser | 12 Oct 2011 7:24 p.m. PST |
Yep, just like I thought, Peppermint Patties. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 13 Oct 2011 7:32 p.m. PST |
Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| ochoin deach | 13 Oct 2011 11:25 p.m. PST |
Ingredients:
200 g anchovies, drained & coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons fresh white breadcrumbs
150 g butter
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1 pinch freshly ground nutmeg
1 pinch ground mace
1 pinch ground ginger
1 dash fresh ground black pepper (good twist)No 5 day old dead cat? So it isn't the same as vegemite.
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| Von Trinkenessen | 14 Oct 2011 4:15 a.m. PST |
Indubitably 20th Maine your post is separating out the gentlemen from the players!! |
| 20thmaine | 14 Oct 2011 5:00 a.m. PST |
It is, without doubt, a more refined choice. |
| John the Greater | 14 Oct 2011 5:30 a.m. PST |
Prior to this poll, I never heard of the stuff. Now I get to outrage my better half by making some this weekend. Ya gotta love TMP! |
| Klebert L Hall | 14 Oct 2011 6:06 a.m. PST |
Probably, though I've never had it.
I like most stuff.
-Kle. |
| Grand Duke Natokina | 14 Oct 2011 1:41 p.m. PST |
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| brass1 | 15 Oct 2011 8:06 a.m. PST |
Not even close to Nuoc Mam. I have seen any number of recipes for this substance but the down-home way to make it goes something like this: chop up a bunch of fish put them in a jar add whatever spices you have lying around, plus vinegar if you have it, otherwise use whatever rice-based moonshine you've been brewing in the abandoned wing-tank out back seal the jar, bury it, and leave it buried until the fish have rotted unseal the jar, carefully pour off the top few inches of liquid for your own use, and give the rest to people you don't like and will probably never see again LT |
| brass1 | 15 Oct 2011 8:10 a.m. PST |
John the Greater wrote: Prior to this poll, I never heard of the stuff. Now I get to outrage my better half by making some this weekend. Ya gotta love TMP! Hmmm … I always assumed that Mrs Greater had a fairly high level of tolerance for the gross and malodorous but I could conceivably be wrong. LT |
| Grand Duke Natokina | 15 Oct 2011 12:41 p.m. PST |
Brass,
From your description, it sure sounds like nouc mam. |
| brass1 | 16 Oct 2011 9:29 a.m. PST |
Close, maybe, but it lacks Eagle Three-Star Rice Brandy (the generic name for homemade hooch that can eat a plastic canteen) and lengthy underground decomposition. LT |
| 20thmaine | 21 Oct 2011 3:25 a.m. PST |
Is it like vegemite? Never had vegemite – does it contain anchovies ? If not then no, nothing like vegemite. |
| 20thmaine | 21 Oct 2011 3:27 a.m. PST |
Peppermint Patties???
never had Peppermint patties – but I beleive they are some kind of chocolate and peppermint sweet confection, so no, nothing like "Patum Peperium – the gentleman's relish" which is savoury. And has (to my knowledge) the unique amongst food substances instruction to "use sparingly". |
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