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

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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.

Does anyone else here ever buy "Quorn Fillets"?

How does one fillet a Quorn, exactly, one wonders . . .?

While we're on the subject of lettering on packaging. My DB finds the phrase 'to open slide finger under flap' on cereal packets so hilarious he can occasionally weep over it.

Not sure but think it would almost definitely involve a microscope and very small tools...

LOL quorn is grown in big petrie dishes in factories.im ambivalent about it, do eat it

Oh this is my kind of pedantry thread.

ROFL at 'enrobed' in chocolate. For some reason that reminds me of a conversation with a bloke once about sexual penetration. Bunch of feminists (in which I include myself) going on about the inherently patriarchal nature of the penetrative act [cmon, it was the early 80s ].

Bloke turned round and said 'I'm a feminist; I prefer to think of it more as my envelopment...'

That's a euphemism he must have waited years to use, that is.

DH (veggie) and I love the slogans on the Quorn packaging. So pathetically "damning with faint praise"; their promotions budget must be pitiful.

Examples I can remember: "Surprisingly satisfying" and "Suprisingly tempting."

We've taken to thinking up our own (who says vegetarians don't know how to have fun?)

Surprisingly edible
Surprisingly non-emetic
Surprisingly refuses to change colour when cooked

Not food related but I detest when clothes that should be described in the plural are desribed in the singular, ie 'She was wearing a black cigarette pant with a heeled pump' etc.

Makes it sound like she only dressed one side of her body.

love the serving suggestion disclaimer.the sausage lovingly garnished.

some numnut must open packet and be disappointed no sprig of parsley

Mumsnet Garnished

DH always laughs at 'Fresh Sandwiches'... on what kind of occasion would a shop be selling 'Stale Sandwiches'?

Not food related, but I really hate shoes being referred to as 'heels'.

I always laugh at what i call 'Supermarket food porn'

This is when i read things like.

Fish Cakes . aromatic mouthwatering suculent

I think 'are they trying to make me hungry or turn me on?'

PortBlack, I have a deep fat fryer. Best chips. EVER

Bit like "architect designed house" for a new build. As opposed to the one my dd2 has just drawn

Morris that is The Fashion Singular, it is recognised in the OED now, or it should be

'Like a pant...'

I always used to scoff at the term pan-fried but cheffish DH explains that is a merely a way to differentiate frying pan-fried from deep fat fryer-fried... I don't have one of those but I want one!

But don't get me started on pre-planned and pre-booked and all their relatives. How the feck do you plan or book something in a non-pre fashion??

That's a whole new boring thread.

Cheese frequently has 'Warning - contains milk' on it.

I once saw some ice-cream that proudly claimed to have 'that hand-cranked flavour' - WTF?!

There is soething in Tesco at the moment, it a new product, like dried fruit i think. On the packet it says.

'Exactly like a smoothie but lumpy and dry'

I am wondering who could possibly find that tempting?

Oh I don't have a problem with architect designed house - as opposed to one "designed" by a builder...

thank you for your correction Bonsoir

I find the term 'enjoying a cake' for example irritating..it's as if 'eating' is a bit too rough or indelicate

PMSL at pan fried and hand-cooked! It's all marketing bollocks, isn't it? Like 'Taste The Difference', 'Finest', etc - there's nothing special about those brands, it's just that all their other food is such cack they're charging us a premium to eat food as it should be. (Except that Tesco apparently used broiler chickens in their 'Finest' meals...heard it on R4 so it must be true!)

Mine is "Hand cut sandwiches". So what?! Would this affect your decision to purchase the sandwich, whether it is handcut or not? Pointless.