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Post by lojalnost on Mar 20, 2006 11:16:26 GMT 1
John Prescott has recently stunned the culinary world by asking for beans on his curry. Is this the best of both worlds, or is this disgusting  Also Jamie Oliver is popular in Croatia, does anyone know anything about this? My mother in law has started to present her food in a rather cool way  |
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Post by jackie chan on Mar 20, 2006 13:23:25 GMT 1
I assume you mean baked beans. If so, it seems a little strange to me. Nothing wrong with having fresh beans in a curry though.
Jamie Olivers books are available in croatian and they've played his shows on tv here.
You should count yourself lucky to have such a progressive mother inlaw.
I think his ethic of fresh ingredients relates rather well to croatian food.
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Post by lojalnost on Mar 20, 2006 13:36:55 GMT 1
Thanks!, yeah I mean baked beans, like pizza, you can't have pizza without baked beans and a beer. I think it's using them as a kind of sauce.
Jamie Oliver, yes she made grilled vegetables, with slightly burnt chicken and fresh herbs, with tomatoes and radish. Pucker! All arranged in a star! Lovely Jubbly
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Post by elaine on Mar 25, 2006 18:38:41 GMT 1
No comment yet from our man in Sibenik?
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Post by onetoten on Mar 25, 2006 23:30:07 GMT 1
No comment yet from our man in Sibenik? Yes.....They watch Jamie (more tongue than an extinct dinosaur) Oliver. The Croats do. But, I have to report, as a scientific study, it goes in one ear and out the other. Juha and past fajole still rules. Some relative Croats we attempted to feed English roast chicken, with Bisto and stuffing. They came in full forensic body suits and picked at it with forceps. And gave 'the face.' Similar to Star Wars, 'Use the Force Luke, Use the Force.' But, on another occasion they walloped a Dolmio extra spicey bolognaise the Wife amazingly prepared. It was one of those evening when she had been praying a lot. Well, on her knees by several empty wine bottles. NB. Pateks madrass required. Beans. URGENT. S.O.S. |
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Post by Madgolfer on Apr 9, 2006 14:38:22 GMT 1
I dream of Heinz baked beans since we used up our last tin some months ago. Perhaps we should get together and import a van load.
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Post by atavus on Apr 9, 2006 15:11:47 GMT 1
If you miss them that much just drive to Tesco in nagykanisza (Hungary) it is only 2 hours from Zagreb. I have to say that since I have moved to Croatia I have stopped eating packaged food, the stores here are still not very good, but I don't miss beans and microwaveable meals.
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Post by Ribaric on Apr 9, 2006 17:59:01 GMT 1
 Somewhere in a steel vault, in a secret location in Varazdin there is stored treasure beyond the wildest dreams of any British expat. Beans are currently fetching £300 per tin. PM me if you want one. ;D |
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Post by Knedla on Apr 10, 2006 1:46:38 GMT 1
Somewhere in a steel vault, in a secret location in Varazdin there is stored treasure beyond the wildest dreams of any British expat. Beans are currently fetching £300 per tin. PM me if you want one. ;D mmmm digestive cookies |
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Post by gmh on Apr 10, 2006 8:55:24 GMT 1
If you can hang in there for a few more years there might be a time when there's a curry house in every seaside town once the flood of indian tourists starts and bollywood starts filming epics. "To woo tourists from India, Croatia is launching an aggressive publicity campaign and the Bollywood too will be invited to explore the best of the Mediterranean country. "We are launching this campaign in a very big way. After Chandigarh, we will soon be taking this campaign to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai," Croatian Ambassador to India Dino Debeljuh told reporters in Chandigarh on Saturday after flagging off a group of Indian tourists to his country." More at www.hindustantimes.com |
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Post by atavus on Apr 10, 2006 10:03:54 GMT 1
Somewhere in a steel vault, in a secret location in Varazdin there is stored treasure beyond the wildest dreams of any British expat. Beans are currently fetching £300 per tin. PM me if you want one. ;D mmmm digestive cookies Mcvities chocolate digestives are available in nearly every supermarket in Croatia now. Fray Benton's pies are vile, tea...hmmm I don't drink tea so I have no idea what brands you can buy in Croatia, or if they're good, you definitely cannot buy custard here, heinz ketchup is in most stores, marmite you can't buy, I have seen hp sauce, but I think it may have been bbq. The stores are slowly getting better, the problem I have with the stores is like all around the world people eat what they're used to eating and a lot of that is very low quality end products in Croatia. Very few supermarkets sell good cuts of meat and you have to be up with the chickens to get good food at the market. In Croatia, the supermarket experience is culled, I think the market is the only way to shop, the bread, fruit and milk only last a day or two, so you need to go to the shop everyday anyway. |
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Post by Madgolfer on Apr 11, 2006 20:39:09 GMT 1
Rib, I've still got PG tips and Bisto gravey granuals if you fancy a swap.......
Atavus, thanks for the Tesco info, I feel a trip to Hungary coming on.......
(If anyone wants anything, orders accepted on all major credit cards)
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Post by jackie chan on Apr 19, 2006 13:38:34 GMT 1
Curry lovers start your engines.
There's some kind of Indian festival about to happen in Osijek.
It looks vegetarian only though.
SUNDAY FEAST program (tradicionalna duhovna glazba drevne Indije, predavanje na neku od tema Bhagavad-Gite, bogata ponuda vedske vegetarijanske kuhinje), ulaz besplatan
Ulica Hrvatske Republike 41/2
29. travnja, subota
u 18 sati
FESTIVAL OF INDIA
predavanje(reinkarnacija – mit ili stvarnost)
duhovna glazba
bharat natyam (tradicionalni indijski ples)
vegetarijanska zakuska
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Post by atavus on Apr 19, 2006 14:25:22 GMT 1
In the red corner  and in the blue corner  LLLLLLadies and gentleman takes your seats for this evenings finale. LLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTS get ready to rumbleeeeeeeeeeeee My money is on the nazi sympathiser and his harem. |
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Post by elaine on Apr 20, 2006 11:02:05 GMT 1
What are you on?
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Also Jamie Oliver is popular in Croatia, does anyone know anything about this? My mother in law has started to present her food in a rather cool way 
