Author Topic: Hello from Michael Raso - New Jersey USA (Read 24885 times)

jojonas~ · « **Reply #50 on:** February 05, 2015, 08:11:56 PM »

I hear you, leon.

btw... was there ever made a food forum or was that just an ongoing joke?

Hungry Mike · « **Reply #51 on:** February 05, 2015, 09:24:29 PM »

Quote

too much dead pig in them

Wow, your wagon wheels have dead pig in them! Makes me hungry just thinking about that. Ours just have dead corn, refined flour and probably wax.

Francois · « **Reply #52 on:** February 05, 2015, 09:29:21 PM »

Quote from: Adam Doe on February 05, 2015, 06:46:50 PM

MoonPies are great, except the banana flavored ones.

Is there any good artificial banana flavor available in the world?
Somehow, it never tastes right... especially the banana flavored antibiotics I had as a child. The first taste would send your tastebuds into a panic and the aftertaste was so bad I still remember it!

jharr · « **Reply #53 on:** February 05, 2015, 10:44:52 PM »

Butyl ester is cheap and easy to make. If you tell someone it smells/tastes like banana, it is close enough to fool them.

LT · « **Reply #54 on:** February 06, 2015, 12:03:07 AM »

Quote from: Hungry Mike on February 05, 2015, 09:24:29 PM

Quote
too much dead pig in them

Wow, your wagon wheels have dead pig in them! Makes me hungry just thinking about that. Ours just have dead corn, refined flour and probably wax.

I might be wrong on that Mike ... But I beleive the mallow centre has pork gelatine in it. I don't eat that. I'm happy for it to be smeared on acetate and soaked in silver nitrate though

Hungry Mike · « **Reply #55 on:** February 06, 2015, 12:13:15 AM »

Quote

mallow centre has pork gelatine

Yes, gelatin is usually made from animal byproducts, cows & pigs being the main source of those byproducts. Kosher / Parve gelatin I believe come from a fish source. There is also gelatin made of agar agar - I have seen "healthy" snack cakes made from that stuff. I was thinking you might have meant lard which was used in cream filling at one point.

I wonder, is there such a thing as vegan photographic film?

Quote

Is there any good artificial banana flavor available in the world?

I think the answer is no. For me the worst was artificial watermelon flavour. On what planet does watermelon taste like that stuff?

Bryan · « **Reply #56 on:** February 06, 2015, 04:53:13 AM »

Quote from: Hungry Mike on February 06, 2015, 12:13:15 AM

Quote
mallow centre has pork gelatine

Yes, gelatin is usually made from animal byproducts, cows & pigs being the main source of those byproducts. Kosher / Parve gelatin I believe come from a fish source. There is also gelatin made of agar agar - I have seen "healthy" snack cakes made from that stuff. I was thinking you might have meant lard which was used in cream filling at one point.

I wonder, is there such a thing as vegan photographic film?

Quote
Is there any good artificial banana flavor available in the world?
I think the answer is no. For me the worst was artificial watermelon flavour. On what planet does watermelon taste like that stuff?

I think Polyester film would be vegan but I'm not sure of the source of all the chemicals that go into. Used more for film projection that shooting stills.

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #57 on:** February 06, 2015, 12:25:49 PM »

Welcome, Mike! Although I've now stopped listening to the FPP (no time for podcasts anymore) I did listen to the first 100 episodes and I think my camera was the second to be given away

Photo_Utopia · « **Reply #58 on:** February 06, 2015, 01:32:31 PM »

Quote from: Hungry Mike on February 06, 2015, 12:13:15 AM

Quote
mallow centre has pork gelatine

Yes, gelatin is usually made from animal byproducts, cows & pigs being the main source of those byproducts. Kosher / Parve gelatin I believe come from a fish source. There is also gelatin made of agar agar - I have seen "healthy" snack cakes made from that stuff. I was thinking you might have meant lard which was used in cream filling at one point.

I wonder, is there such a thing as vegan photographic film?

Quote
Is there any good artificial banana flavor available in the world?
I think the answer is no. For me the worst was artificial watermelon flavour. On what planet does watermelon taste like that stuff?

I think all gelatin used in film comes from animals apparently the complex sulphurs actually make the film more sensitive by about 10 fold the Kodak herd were fed on hot plants mustard and horseradish I think.
The photo scientist C.E.K Mees was known to joke if cows didn't like mustard we couldn't go to the movies...

Verian · « **Reply #59 on:** February 06, 2015, 01:46:13 PM »

Quote from: Leon on February 04, 2015, 09:57:46 PM

Quote from: Hungry Mike on February 04, 2015, 02:59:25 PM
Never feed your Whippet a Whippet:

That's not a whippet ... That's a 'Tunnock's Teacake'!

I just wanted a like button, but as there isn't one I quoted. Tunnocks Tea Cakes are Ambrosia.

mcduff · « **Reply #60 on:** February 06, 2015, 02:27:08 PM »

Quote from: Photo_Utopia on February 06, 2015, 01:32:31 PM

I think all gelatin used in film comes from animals apparently the complex sulphurs actually make the film more sensitive by about 10 fold the Kodak herd were fed on hot plants mustard and horseradish I think.
The photo scientist C.E.K Mees was known to joke if cows didn't like mustard we couldn't go to the movies...

That was such an interesting tidbit I had to google it -- I thought it was pretty funny that the first search result was your blog. It is good BTW, never looked at it.

I think the second link was to an old Popular Science article (page 129 "Wonder Stories in the Making").

My dad, who was an old school chemical engineer (back in the 'better living through chemistry' days) told me that pig gelatin was used in a lot of processes that he was involved in, so clearly gelatin is not gelatin. It is cool that you can even further dial in parameters by what the critters are eating!

And no, the polyester film is not going to be vegan-friendly as it is not the base that has gelatin in it, the gelatin layer sits atop of it holding all those lovely bits of silver.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #61 on:** February 06, 2015, 02:51:19 PM »

Quote from: tkmedia on February 06, 2015, 07:20:54 AM

Quote from: jojonas~ on February 05, 2015, 08:11:56 PM
I hear you, leon. btw... was there ever made a food forum or was that just an ongoing joke?

that's the one, I guess?
wait... am I'm made fun of here???

Hungry Mike · « **Reply #62 on:** February 06, 2015, 03:08:47 PM »

Quote

I think all gelatin used in film comes from animals apparently the complex sulphurs actually make the film more sensitive by about 10 fold the Kodak herd were fed on hot plants mustard and horseradish I think.

That's really interesting and would make sense. There's been a long tradition in animal husbandry to feed animals specific things to alter their meat or byproducts for different results. Humans, we're such cruel bastards.

If we had a foodwasters.com I'd be first in line (I spend A LOT of time thinking about food) but frankly you shouldn't waste food

.

Francois · « **Reply #63 on:** February 06, 2015, 03:26:16 PM »

We actually had a foodwasters for a while. It was more of a recipe exchange than anything and it was sadly very under-utilized.

LT · « **Reply #64 on:** February 06, 2015, 04:27:19 PM »

Yes - there was definitely a Foodwasters.com site for a while set up by Ed and me. It didn't get used much. It was good though!

Francois · « **Reply #65 on:** February 06, 2015, 09:10:11 PM »

Today I did succumb to some valentines treats. I got a tumbler with jelly hearts, those powdery heart candies with a message on them, some cinnamon hearts and some red and white jellybeans... Classic and still the best!

FiatluX · « **Reply #66 on:** February 06, 2015, 09:46:59 PM »

You should´ve changed it to foodwankers.. After this thread it seems more appropriate.

DonkeyDave · « **Reply #67 on:** February 06, 2015, 10:37:41 PM »

Hey Mike, welcome to FW! Long time no see, still listening to the shoe every 2 weeks - thanks so much for all the work/podcasts/promotion/cool films/fun and merriment

Michael Raso · « **Reply #68 on:** February 07, 2015, 03:34:38 AM »

Possible 2016 meet-up in London, Dave! We're all looking forward to coming back!

DonkeyDave · « **Reply #69 on:** February 07, 2015, 06:25:13 AM »

well Mike if you want to see the real UK, and have the time, you are more than welcome to stay chez donkey, real country pub, historic county town, castles, home of Thomas Paine, or live out your Quadraphenia dreams in Brighton

LT · « **Reply #70 on:** February 07, 2015, 07:53:34 AM »

Quote from: FiatluX on February 06, 2015, 09:46:59 PM

You should´ve changed it to foodwankers.. After this thread it seems more appropriate.

A bit rude.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

jojonas~ · « **Reply #71 on:** February 07, 2015, 10:28:40 AM »

Quote from: Leon on February 06, 2015, 04:27:19 PM

Yes - there was definitely a Foodwasters.com site for a while set up by Ed and me. It didn't get used much. It was good though!

I tried to look it up at atchive.org but only got the frontpage

FiatluX · « **Reply #72 on:** February 07, 2015, 01:07:13 PM »

J/K Leon,
I was hoping that it was obvious..

(Lesson learned: Scandinavian humor can be easily misunderstood)

jojonas~ · « **Reply #73 on:** February 07, 2015, 10:42:39 PM »

Quote from: FiatluX on February 07, 2015, 01:07:13 PM

J/K Leon,
I was hoping that it was obvious..

(Lesson learned: Scandinavian humor can be easily misunderstood)

if it's any comfort, I've learned that the hard way too

SLVR · « **Reply #74 on:** February 07, 2015, 11:51:51 PM »

LT · « **Reply #75 on:** February 08, 2015, 04:19:03 PM »

My comment was meant to be funny too! Internet Fail.

tkmedia · « **Reply #76 on:** October 26, 2015, 01:52:15 AM »

bought some mallomars today...

Francois · « **Reply #77 on:** October 26, 2015, 12:37:34 PM »

Looks a lot like our whippets...and looks delicious too!

Adam Doe · « **Reply #78 on:** October 26, 2015, 05:55:42 PM »

Quote from: Francois on October 26, 2015, 12:37:34 PM

Looks a lot like our whippets...and looks delicious too!

They are!

Francois · « **Reply #79 on:** October 26, 2015, 08:33:36 PM »

But ours have either jam, chocolate or caramel filling...

SLVR · « **Reply #80 on:** October 27, 2015, 12:41:59 AM »

OMG we've done this before!

Adam Doe · « **Reply #81 on:** October 27, 2015, 02:06:49 AM »

Ok, you win. I'll take jam.

Francois · « **Reply #82 on:** October 27, 2015, 01:28:31 PM »

These are so sugary that if you give them to kids, they'll run around tree all afternoon on just the sugar buzz!

Adam Doe · « **Reply #83 on:** October 27, 2015, 06:16:22 PM »

Quote from: SLVR on October 27, 2015, 12:41:59 AM

OMG we've done this before!

It bears repeating.