...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.

I caught a bit of Gordon Ramsay in some dreadful restaurant on tv yesterday.

GR 'Is this homemade or bought in?'

Waitress 'Er...yes'

GR 'WELL! Which is it then!?'

Waitress 'Er..it's homemade somewhere else and we buy it in'

GR 'F%£k!!!'

I refuse to ask for a 'grande' that's for sure
and rustic means they haven't peeled the skin off

I've NEVER used the term pan fried before, but now I've read a thread with about a million pan fried references in it I am now bound to use it - Maybe I can have some pan fried bacon tonight and swoosh it down with a lovverley froot shoot?

I would dearly love to know what else you can fry things in. Of course, before "pan fried", there was "sauteed". Erm, yeah, just "fried" then.

Have we had 'enrobed' as in 'enrobed in a chocolate envelope' or whatever.

'Dusted'

'Lovingly'

I have an irrational disliking for these poncey menu descriptions as well.
My own favourite is when they say 'Mains' rather than Main courses. Also, Fillet of line caught Brill (from the Fifteen menu) amongst numerous others.

Also Corn-fed Chicken is from a menu of a restaurant I'm going to tonight - but I'll let them off cos the food is great!

I really dislike "entrées' used to mean main dishes in American menus. As any fule no, an entrée is a starter.

HA! loin of cod, or worse, haddock. Just where exactly on a haddock is the loin? [clueless emoticon]

i hate vegetarian option.indiscriminate scraps not worthy of name just option. nice

They are specially evolved Darwinian fish, Duchesse, with tiny little legs and thus loins. Must be.

Don't you do poncey spuds then?

Reminds me of Gary Larsen's Boneless chicken ranch...

Docbunches - yesss ! 'mains' as a term drives me demented - also have an irrational dislike of 'starter'

gross is "mum's got a boneless box" positively porno sounding

Duchesse - THANKYOU for mentioning Americans and their entrees.

ScottishMummy - So glad I'm not the only one who sniggers at "boneless box" .

I totally agree.

Another one that bugs me is 'country vegetables' - what, rather than those gritty inner-city vetetables that give you suspicious glances as you wander past their urban vegetable patch?

country vegetables- a bit slower and more laid-back, and hence tenderer, than their city cousins.

yes don't want those urban hoody vegetables.sus looking carrots

Don't get the pan fried thing, i guess bieng a chef i fry in a variety of ways, but......

I hate buying a packet of pistachio's or walnuts or something that have - 'May contain Nuts' on the packet. I should bloody well think so!

Ooh, just noticed my packet of Sensations is "Made with real ingredients"!!!

My pet hate (I'm afraid I "pan fry" a lot, and sautee, jus etc - but I'm a food ponce ), is the "serving suggestion" pictures - often being item on a plate with a sprig of parsley - thanks would never have been so inspired otherwise

Just think how many people might otherwise dump said product straight on the table without even a sprig of parsley...

Am i the only person on MN to have a deep fat fryer?

They make the BEST chips as well as smashing pork balls for sweet & sour.

Everything in moderation .

Oh my God! I am aren't i?

Hmm. I heard (I think it was on Masterchef) the phrase 'poached in butter'. Now, I may be wrong here, but I thought that was just frying.

I've also heard a meal out being described as an 'experience'. As in, "Did you enjoy your meal experience?". Usually accompanied by a simper.

Grr.

once went to a poncey gaff were there referred to the dining experience brought dinner and said Voilà in a really obsequious manner

i's have preferred egg and chips in a caff