Things that are a now "a thing"
Discussion
I have noticed of late more and more "things" which are now being referred to as "a thing" and now every so often, I catch myself using the phrase "that's a thing now." However, I have just seen it used on a BBC News Article. Usually refers to something which has become incredibly popular incredibly quickly, I guess the Americanism would be "zeitgeist" (or is that a German term?)
On my list:
- Pulled Pork, which became "a thing" about 3 years ago I think. Which has now given rise to pulled beef, pulled chicken, pulled lamb; all of the cheap bits of meat, cooked slowly in a barbecue style sauce and then ripped apart.
- Kale. Appeared about the same time as pulled pork, to my memory, and was previously mostly just used as rabbit food before a person obviously decided they could sell it to people as the new superfood.
- Christmas Advert -s this is "the thing" to which the BBC news article referred, they specified John Lewis, which is always different and expected to be "amazing" but I would also suggest the Coca Cola truck advert.
- Top Down cooking/craft instruction videos that autoplay on Facebook.
So what else is now "a thing" that wasn't "a thing" before?
On my list:
- Pulled Pork, which became "a thing" about 3 years ago I think. Which has now given rise to pulled beef, pulled chicken, pulled lamb; all of the cheap bits of meat, cooked slowly in a barbecue style sauce and then ripped apart.
- Kale. Appeared about the same time as pulled pork, to my memory, and was previously mostly just used as rabbit food before a person obviously decided they could sell it to people as the new superfood.
- Christmas Advert -s this is "the thing" to which the BBC news article referred, they specified John Lewis, which is always different and expected to be "amazing" but I would also suggest the Coca Cola truck advert.
- Top Down cooking/craft instruction videos that autoplay on Facebook.
So what else is now "a thing" that wasn't "a thing" before?
Pulled pork has come with the rise of really st, trendy BBQ places. The usual crap food, cod-Louisiana smokehouse vibe etc etc. Loads of pretty crap eateries have piggybacked this trend, such as Longhorns. Pulled this and smokehouse that, it's mostly pretty naff. It's a trend that is surely on the way out.
Shakermaker said:
- Pulled Pork, which became "a thing" about 3 years ago I think. Which has now given rise to pulled beef, pulled chicken, pulled lamb; all of the cheap bits of meat, cooked slowly in a barbecue style sauce and then ripped apart.
Havent tried anything "pulled" yet (ive seen pulled fish even), but it befuddles me, im all for slow BBQ style cooking, but why would you then ruin the meat by pulling it to shreds?Back in my day, we had to actually chew our meat damnit...
boyse7en said:
Shakermaker said:
- Top Down cooking/craft instruction videos that autoplay on Facebook.
What is that?Do I have to take my top down to cook? Or can I legitimately ask the missus to take hers down while on chefing duties?
devnull said:
I quite like those top down videos, great for cooking inspiration. That "OOHH HOO YESSS" clip at the end can fk off, though.
I like them too, they're just, a new thing that's suddenly everywhere. Though the American ones are quite simple to follow - its either, cover it in cheese, or, wrap it in breadcrumbs, deep fry it, and then cover it in cheese. paulrockliffe said:
Is pulled meat a 'thing'?
It's just what you end up doing if you slow-cook meat; try slow cooking pork, beef or chicken and then carving it.
Maybe not new in execution, but certainly in name and prominence. Slow cooked barbecue pork belly, takes a lot of time to say, and write, so now, people say "pulled pork" which has really been taken up and run with by everyone now.It's just what you end up doing if you slow-cook meat; try slow cooking pork, beef or chicken and then carving it.
Shakermaker said:
- Pulled Pork, which became "a thing" about 3 years ago I think. Which has now given rise to pulled beef, pulled chicken, pulled lamb; all of the cheap bits of meat, cooked slowly in a barbecue style sauce and then ripped apart.
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