First time - worth the wait?
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Somehow I had got to my fifties without having tried escargot. Finally got around to it on Saturday. Shared a starter with my daughter who was also curious. We were wholly underwhelmed. They weren’t bad as such and if served them at a meal I would eat them, but they were not good either. Some sort of texture cockles but not much flavour.
Anything you have finally got around to trying in life and were disappointed (or really impressed and kicked yourself for not trying earlier)? Doesn’t have to be food.
On the flip side I put off learning Mandarin thinking it was impossible but actually the grammar is quite straightforward and the characters are learnable. Tones still a nightmare. I wish I had started earlier.
PS mods - this isn’t supposed to be a thread particularly about food so please leave here.
Anything you have finally got around to trying in life and were disappointed (or really impressed and kicked yourself for not trying earlier)? Doesn’t have to be food.
On the flip side I put off learning Mandarin thinking it was impossible but actually the grammar is quite straightforward and the characters are learnable. Tones still a nightmare. I wish I had started earlier.
PS mods - this isn’t supposed to be a thread particularly about food so please leave here.
dundarach said:
Was 50 last year before I tried a water slide in Scarborough. Hated it, but knew I would, I wonder if that was the problem.
Maybe too old at the first attempt. I have found my tolerance of amusement park rides has dropped considerably over the years. Things I would have been happy to try at 20 I won’t do now. No doubt says something about me that I assumed this was a car related thread until I saw the other posts…
Anyway, sticking to the car theme: I waited over 6 months for my first new car, a Toyota MR2 Mk2 in black back in 1990. Reread the brochure about a million times and every review going. Like a kid at Xmas. When I finally got it, was everything I hoped for and more. Loved that car (even be tempted to buy another, but know it could never live up to the experience back then).
In our “instant gratification” society, there’s a lot to be said for waiting for a new car. Would happily join a waiting list like that again just for the joy of expectation.
Anyway, sticking to the car theme: I waited over 6 months for my first new car, a Toyota MR2 Mk2 in black back in 1990. Reread the brochure about a million times and every review going. Like a kid at Xmas. When I finally got it, was everything I hoped for and more. Loved that car (even be tempted to buy another, but know it could never live up to the experience back then).
In our “instant gratification” society, there’s a lot to be said for waiting for a new car. Would happily join a waiting list like that again just for the joy of expectation.
Skeptisk said:
Somehow I had got to my fifties without having tried escargot. Finally got around to it on Saturday. Shared a starter with my daughter who was also curious. We were wholly underwhelmed. They weren’t bad as such and if served them at a meal I would eat them, but they were not good either. Some sort of texture cockles but not much flavour.
How were they done. Normally with masses of garlic butter so you really can't taste the snail itself but I wouldn't call them tasteless.On the same track I would add frogs legs. Had them a couple of times and they're just like very small chickens but less taste.
67Dino said:
No doubt says something about me that I assumed this was a car related thread until I saw the other posts…
Anyway, sticking to the car theme: I waited over 6 months for my first new car, a Toyota MR2 Mk2 in black back in 1990. Reread the brochure about a million times and every review going. Like a kid at Xmas. When I finally got it, was everything I hoped for and more. Loved that car (even be tempted to buy another, but know it could never live up to the experience back then).
In our “instant gratification” society, there’s a lot to be said for waiting for a new car. Would happily join a waiting list like that again just for the joy of expectation.
I think only similar experience was waiting for a new E46 M3, but it wasn’t 6 months. I did keep reading the brochure and all the magazine articles I could find. I really liked it but shortly after ordering it my wife got pregnant and it was a pain with a new born so after about 18 months swapped it for a 530d estate.Anyway, sticking to the car theme: I waited over 6 months for my first new car, a Toyota MR2 Mk2 in black back in 1990. Reread the brochure about a million times and every review going. Like a kid at Xmas. When I finally got it, was everything I hoped for and more. Loved that car (even be tempted to buy another, but know it could never live up to the experience back then).
In our “instant gratification” society, there’s a lot to be said for waiting for a new car. Would happily join a waiting list like that again just for the joy of expectation.
croyde said:
I love ordering escargot but thinking about it, I guess it's the garlic sauces, herbs and French bread that make the dish.
On their own they are much like rubbery chewy mushrooms but with far less taste.
But I like them but can't understand why anyone likes oysters.
Yes it was in garlic sauce and that was good. On their own they are much like rubbery chewy mushrooms but with far less taste.
But I like them but can't understand why anyone likes oysters.
I am similarly puzzled by the love some people have for oysters. It must be the texture because it can’t be the taste. I suppose if they were really cheap and I could have them with some drink, maybe okay, but they are always horrendously expensive.
I haven't had snails but I had frogs legs once as they were offered up at when visiting relatives in Jakarta. I don't think I'd actively choose them if they were an option. Are these foods just something which was consumed as there was nothing else to eat at the time and it somehow went through some sort of renaissance? Like lobster. Or Kopi Luwak.....
croyde said:
I love ordering escargot but thinking about it, I guess it's the garlic sauces, herbs and French bread that make the dish.
On their own they are much like rubbery chewy mushrooms but with far less taste.
But I like them but can't understand why anyone likes oysters.
Raw oysters are saline snot. But cooked (grilled, topped with breadcrumbs and a little butter) oysters are fabulous!On their own they are much like rubbery chewy mushrooms but with far less taste.
But I like them but can't understand why anyone likes oysters.
I was dining with a very staid colleague and a Japanese guest in a restaurant and I ordered escargot as a starter. Rude, I might have been when I laughed out loud when both the Japanese chap and my colleague visibly shuddered when they realised what I was eating! Given that one would often eat raw fish and still-living prawns cooked at the table, and the other shied away from anything 'foreign' on his plate, I thought this reaction was hilarious.
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