...To loathe the term 'pan fried'?

[flaminannoying]

What the feck do you use to fry something if not a pan? I don't feel the need to tell people that my bread this morning was 'toaster toasted'.

Feel free to tell me if there are things other than pans one can use for frying.

so do i. always helps to know if you need to lather once or twice, or if rinsing is necessary. something deliciously and satisfyingly pedantic about reading the labels off shampoo bottles.

I have found my virtual soul mate!

Where have all you pan fried loathers been?

I thought it was just me. Is my absolute most poncey term.

I am curious as to what prompted the outburst though? Have you just been pan-frying some mushrooms or something flamin, and it reminded you, or has the utter feckness of the term been burning a hole in your soul for too long now until you could stand it no more and you just had to unburden yourself?

Whatever, I am glad you did.

A pox on all things 'pan fried'. And your 'flame-grilled' too.

I am totally with the OP
Annoys the hell out of me, irationally

I fried an egg in a saucepan the other day

My personal pet-hate is "contents may be hot" after cooking in microwave/ oven, etc. Well, I should jolly well hope so!

Many pizzas claim to have something to do with a "wood stove", which confuses me unless they magic themselves from a Tuscan pizzeria.

YANBU although there are different types of frying.

following on from notevenamousie - my personal favourite was cadburys used to have on the fruit & nut bar "made in a factory using nuts" - well i bloody hope so as its fruit & nut chocolate else it would just be fruit chocolate

"Home made" sort of wafts into the realms of smuggery too.

Did anyone say "wok" ?

grill
steam cooker (you can do beef in them, the grill setting sorts out the "fried look")

I love the term pan fried.
Pan fried tofu
Pan fried prawns drizzled with sweet chilli
I also love the term sauted. Sauted mushrooms. Oooom Nom Nom!

But, do you really have to specify whether you toasted your toast or pan fried it? You know, it is not toast, but pan fried bread, if you pan fried it.

It does Laundrygoblin, I have used it quite often on the "whats for dinner?" threads

"Cooked in butter" just doesn't have the same ring as sauted, does it?
Have seen packets of peanuts with "contains nuts" - the world has gone mad!

exactly, sauted sounds just so much better!

I think some restaurants kind of hope the clientele doesn't know that's what it means, though, don't you think?

Not sure about that. I would not order mushrooms as a side if I knew they had been cooked in olive oil. It just isnt the same.

home cooked...when it's on a restaurant menu...arg!!!!
If I wanted home cooked I'd be at home!

Poncey foodie marketing terms are just great.

Using words like "rustic" allows then to imply a lovely country kitchen etc. but these words are completely meaningless.

V good thread.
Curmudgeons just like me.I am not alone!!

Or, the origin of the dish may have been rustic? It implies it was once traditionally cooked in a country kitchen, possibly on the aga... - WE have brought you this fantastic dish, straight out of the French/Spanish/Turkish/Lituanian countryside, the recipe has been handed down from great grandma, and now YOU get to sample it - sort of.

love "home cooked" as well, when it's soo factory. Also when they specify "fresh" veg, and they can't even manage fresh spuds.

MY ds's nursery have obviously caught onto this because I have noticed that they slap the words "home made" in front of virtually every meal these days.

Lunch was "home made cauliflour cheese" etc.

The original one of these was when all food in restaurants became events.

So rather than saying "I'd like pizza please" it's "I'll have the rustic organic stoneground pizza with freshly champed sundried tomato and basil crush topped with age-dried fire hardened mozzarellini".

I find 'grilled to your liking' just toe curling. And lets not forget 'enjoy!'.

Can I add the word "mash" (as a noun) to the list of hates?
What's the difference between mashed potato and mash?
About £5 on the restaurant bill usually.

hilarious thread
agree totally with op

can I also say I loathe all the poncy coffee names
americano
cafe latte
fuck off -I want a coffee,I live in Britain,don't make me speak italian!