I heard an interview with some dude who wrote a book about Hummus and he was very dismissive of what passes for it in the UK. He stated if you haven't tried freshly made Hummus from the Middle East or Israel then you really don't know what it truly is. I'll be looking to see if the Hummus Crisis has hit my local Co-op laters!
― calzino, Saturday, 29 April 2017 09:13 (seven years ago) link
"You will need tahini. Nigella Lawson prefers peanut butter"
You metropolitan elites are savages!
― calzino, Saturday, 29 April 2017 09:50 (seven years ago) link
the turkish-run cornershop where they call me "boss" if anything has more cheap hummus than usual at the moment
(i am not their actual boss)
― mark s, Saturday, 29 April 2017 10:12 (seven years ago) link
There is no scarcity of it's base ingredients, so it pretty much isn't a crisis.
― calzino, Saturday, 29 April 2017 10:23 (seven years ago) link
there is literally endless hummus every time i go in the supermarket, wtf is this alleged shortage supposed to be?
― Brexectile dysfunction (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2017 11:11 (seven years ago) link
one of the suppliers who sells to Sainsburies/Waitrose has manufacturing problems. It is just some wacky Ed Balls Day type meme really.
― calzino, Saturday, 29 April 2017 11:14 (seven years ago) link
nobody ever knocks taramasalata-munchers just because of the physical difficulty of reading it
― Brexectile dysfunction (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2017 11:16 (seven years ago) link
turks i know always just call it tarama (which makes sense bcz salata means salad)
― mark s, Saturday, 29 April 2017 11:19 (seven years ago) link
houmous memes are the most disgusting savage shit ever
admittedly this is the one thing I get to be all dayo about
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2017 11:40 (seven years ago) link
Pity u spelt it wrong so there boss
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Saturday, 29 April 2017 12:58 (seven years ago) link
حُمُّص
― mark s, Saturday, 29 April 2017 13:01 (seven years ago) link
why? why on earth could anyone have a reaction to a bland few stories about the lack of humus in supermarkets?
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 29 April 2017 13:07 (seven years ago) link
hummus*
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 29 April 2017 13:08 (seven years ago) link
before anyone soils themselves
Applause
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 29 April 2017 13:23 (seven years ago) link
Good thread.
What are the actual class-signifying tastes and products and buying choices etc at the moment? Are there any? Or would that be separate thread
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
I think quinoa has overtaken croissants as the middle class plat du jour.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 29 April 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
Houses
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Saturday, 29 April 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
Spelling of humus is a massive unexplored system of cultural fault lines tbh.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 29 April 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link
muhammara >>> hummus
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 30 April 2017 11:29 (seven years ago) link
Good thread. What are the actual class-signifying tastes and products and buying choices etc at the moment? Are there any? Or would that be separate thread
kale
― adolf hitler, the moses hightower of national socialism (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 30 April 2017 11:31 (seven years ago) link
I have just made a delicious batch of Kale/Spinach/Potato/Leek soup this morning, so that's my wannabe middle class foodie hipster action of the day done with!
― calzino, Sunday, 30 April 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
i just had the classic full english sunday fry-up: bacon, scrambled egg, fried chorizo, toasted croissant CRUNCH CRUNCH MUNCH MUNCH
all from the turkish cornershop, this is not fancy food
― mark s, Sunday, 30 April 2017 12:04 (seven years ago) link
you are a citizen of nowhere
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 30 April 2017 12:06 (seven years ago) link
i had devilled eggs and asparagus - to the gulag with me
I read that (in an Irish accent) as bedeviled eggs - don't you be eating those evil balls of corruption, now!
― calzino, Sunday, 30 April 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link
I think darragh otm. As soon as a food becomes well-known enough to be noticed as a class signifier, it's already spread to more or less everyone's shop/dinner table. But people say 'food-munching' instead of 'house-owning' or '30k-plus-earning'
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Sunday, 30 April 2017 12:38 (seven years ago) link
divilled eggs
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 30 April 2017 12:49 (seven years ago) link
bevelled uggs
― mark s, Sunday, 30 April 2017 12:57 (seven years ago) link
gluten free
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 30 April 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
"Maybe she has never eaten chips before - at least not without a knife and fork"
https://instagram.com/p/BTmI45shWQ-/
V. poor attempt at reverse-hummusing by Guardian there
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 08:27 (seven years ago) link
Keep your eye on this one. Morrisons already have a big section in their stores - bigger than Waitrose's - and produce their own gluten free products.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 08:32 (seven years ago) link
One thing that I think is still assumed with tory politicians - May, Cameron, even Boris, though not UKIP - is that of course they're not in touch with the common man, they are our betters and we could hardly expect them to eat the trash we do, but they want the best for us and know how to rule. Labour types, meanwhile, are supposed to be of the people and can be derided if they fail to do so.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:12 (seven years ago) link
the ones who feign the common touch are more despicable than the ones who clearly don't have it.
what even is "the common touch" - nobody i know has it, it seems like an uncommon, freakish construction itself.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:18 (seven years ago) link
to the point that you hear "politician" used as an insult for someone who behaves in a false manner.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:19 (seven years ago) link
This guy gets it.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/18/article-2295489-18A9EC7E000005DC-859_634x500.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:32 (seven years ago) link
This one doesn't.
http://i3.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article11685043.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/JS95958635.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:33 (seven years ago) link
jacob rees-mogg: forever cursed to appear both 12 years old and 60 years old simultaneously
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:38 (seven years ago) link
It's HIGNFY syndrome: presenting a jokey (but not actually funny) observation that the observer knows is clearly untrue, to an audience who also clearly understands that the observation is untrue, and that the joke could be funnier, but laughs anyway.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:47 (seven years ago) link
you seem to have misspelled 'ilxor' as 'hignfy' there
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:50 (seven years ago) link
^^^could be funnier
― mark s, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:51 (seven years ago) link
the ouroubous of debatable humour
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:53 (seven years ago) link
ouroboros johnson mp
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:54 (seven years ago) link
sir ouroboros pickles
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Thursday, 4 May 2017 00:21 (seven years ago) link
You won't find a better two-word punchline than this. pic.twitter.com/nwiMw08EKW— hrtbps (@hrtbps) October 5, 2017
― good art is orange; great art is teal (wins), Thursday, 5 October 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
UK MPs are calling for a "latte levy" on disposable coffee cups - and a total ban unless recycling improves. What would make you switch from disposal cups? #BBCBizlivehttps://t.co/JtpDG38KtL pic.twitter.com/Ngu84t9Pk9— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 5, 2018
as LocalGarda pointed out on twitter, it's actually just a "coffee levy"
― mark s, Friday, 5 January 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
Cofveve for short
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Friday, 5 January 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
*eyes widen*
― mark s, Friday, 5 January 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
(in fact it should be PLASTIC CUP LEVY)
*drops coffee cup*
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Friday, 5 January 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link