I have a mate who insists that mixing sweet and savoury foods is bad and wrong.
He likes sweet chilli sauce, and ketchup etc. When I pointed out this massive inconsistency he replied that this could be excused by what he calls 'ingredients theory', whereby something can be deemed savoury even if it contains sweet things. I suggested that perhaps a clue might be found in the name of 'sweet chilli sauce' as to its nature.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:28, 4 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

The separation of sweet and savoury is pretty modern in terms of fooding
so he's never had honey on pork or whatever? Your mate is a prick.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:32, Reply)

He's a vegetarian so no he hasn't. He's got some peculiar ideas and no mistaking.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:33, Reply)

Why do you even bother talking to a vegetarian about food.
Whenever one brings it up, just do what I do and spit in their face.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:34, Reply)

I set fire to him.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:35, Reply)

That's a very internet way of dealing with slight annoyances.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:41, Reply)

I went to a Hog Roast on Sunday
3 suckling pigs all marinated slightly differently, one had a Southern glaze that used root beer as part of the marinade, and it was sweet but fucking gorgeous
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:33, Reply)

I still haven't got around to Nigella Lawson's ham cooked in Coke recipe but I really want to try it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:34, Reply)

I'd love a go on Nigella Lawson.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:35, Reply)

yeah
because what every gorgeous successful famous chef wants is a spotty internet loser panting over her. you'll be right in there.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:36, Reply)

chef? haha

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:38, Reply)

you can put whatever noun you like in there
model, actress, newsreader, lawyer... the rest of the sentence is exactly the same
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:41, Reply)

whatevs babydoll, whatevs

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:42, Reply)

It is fucking great
I do a ham like this every Christmas
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:36, Reply)

he is right
but he is wrong on things like ketchup and HP and sweet chilli sauce. they are wrong and bad and generally fucking foul.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:33, Reply)

Parmesan shavings with honey drizzled over is fucking lovely, as is gorgonzola with honey.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:34, Reply)

what is the fucking matter with you?
has that hamster finally chewed its way up your guts and into your brain?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:35, Reply)

No, I had that in Italy and it's fucking lovely.
Give it a go.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:36, Reply)

i have
our catering team at work seem to think that gorgonzola dipped in honey and spread on ciabattia makes a good sandwich. they are fucking WRONG and so are you.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:37, Reply)

No, it's you that's wrong here.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:38, Reply)

That sounds alright to me.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:58, Reply)

's fucking lovely was the only thing on the menu that didn't contain meat
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:38, Reply)

Italian food lends itself to veggie recipes very easily.
It's a nightmare trying to get decent veggie stuff in France.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:39, Reply)

It does, but they don't see it that way.
The French are ridiculous - even a Margherita pizza comes with ham on it.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:48, Reply)

see also the spanish

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:52, Reply)

and the Japs, I am told

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:56, Reply)

and the chinese, i'd have thought
any country where a chicken foot is a delicacy isn't going to be that fussy about vegetarianism
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:57, Reply)

I was met with utter incomprehension by a Spanish waiter once when I tried to explain there was nothing I could eat from the food on offer.
Then I learned the phrase 'Soy vegetariano y no comer pescado' and was treated like a king* for the remainder of my holiday.
It's possible I was the first Englishman ever to have attempted to speak Spanish to him.

*Well, a vegetarian king.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 7 May 2013, 9:58, Reply)

A princess then

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 7 May 2013, 10:02, Reply)