A Greek Metal Salad

Greek Salad ~ Tasty

'Tis very rare that I decide to go all healthy and choose a salad, but my moshing brethren, a Greek salad is different to other types. In fact this one even fills me up! *Shock* Also it is almost vegetarian. *Falls Over*
Rice, feta cheese, olives, beans and some grassy stuff is all thats needed to whip this dish up and you'll be pleased you did because its extremely tasty. I usually eat it on its own but if you're feeling extra peckish then something like fresh rainbow trout or chicken breast would be good to add to it. Drinkie wise I suggest a white wine or cold cider.
My arteries got a proper shock when at this dish, and so did my taste buds. Im usually a devout salad dodger but this ticks all the boxes.

Music to eat it to ~ System Of A Down, Van Halen and Dio. Rest In Peace Ronnie !!

Aloo Gobi Saag

Aloo Gobi Saag with chicken bites and breaded mushrooms

Righto my fellow moshers, heres an Indian dish called Aloo Gobi Saag that I combined with the more popular chicken nuggets and mushrooms in breadcrumbs. And before anyone decides to inform me that chicken nuggets are made from innards, beaks and azzhole, I know already and I couldn't really care less.
So what exactly is in a Aloo Gobi Saag? Well theres spinach, cabbage, potato, all marinaded in a spicy sauce. And its rather pleasant if you must know. The chicken nuggets weren't that great with it but the breaded mushrooms were a lovely accompaniment and id deffo eat this again, plus its not heavy which means you can fit more beer in!
Not sure who you would listen to whilst scoffing this meal though. Perhaps some Therapy? and early Manic Street Preachers.

Plain Snailing

Escargot. Or snail

I first tried escargot (snails) in France around 1985, when the Rainbow Bar & Grill in Hollywood was alive with the likes of Motley Crue and Guns n' Roses. Bands to drink scotch too. It was love at first bite and I instantly forgot what I was eating. And thats the trick with eating snails (and other types of 'delicacies'), push the ugly, gummy image aside and think 'thousands enjoy this dish, lets at least give it a whirl.'
So what do snails really taste like? Well i'll answer for those with cowardly taste buds. Snails tastle like snails and are about as far away from chicken as can be. In fact they are rather bland and without being drenched in garlic sauce, would a very dull meal indeed. The most accurate description I can give is they are like squid or mussels minus the fishy~ness. Same texture too, although snails are the more chewy.
And how does one go about eating these shelled wonders? Simple, you use cocktail sticks. Pick up the snail, plunge the cocktail stick into the shell and extract that juicy, slimey body (basically a slug on a stick) and bon appetit!
Usually you get around 7 or 8 on your plate (there was 12 in the pack I bought) and admittedly they are not very filling, but the garlic helps out in that department. Snails wouldn't get the average headbanger through a concert but if you're just kicking back at home with a case of beer and a few Napalm Death albums, you could do worse than chow down on yer garden snails.

Bands to eeat snails to ~ Gojira, Municipal Waste, Napalm Death, Lordi, Rammstein.


Nice!

Nuke The Swine!

Nuked!

The above was an experiment I cooked up (or should that be 'nuked up'?) just over an hour ago for lunch. After another busy morning I just felt lazy and decided to gather up my bacon and chips (fries for American readers) and zap them in the microwave. I then did the same with the poached eggs. PING!
But how did it go? And would it get me through a Hatebreed gig?
Well on the plus side, it was all cooked in around six minutes and because no nasty fats wre used (nasty to doctors that is, I love fats), its a very healthy method of cooking. So good news on that front.
But what of the all important taste? Well here is where the downer comes in. The eggs were fine, no problem but the bacon was very bland and chewy. I couldn't even eat the rind which is the part I like the most! Miss Piggy's sacrifice was sadly in vain for this dish and the chips weren't much better. Edible but soggy and pale, nothing like the glory that is chips cooked in a deep fat fryer. Indeed had I not chucked on genourous helpings of salt and brown sauce I wouldn't even have finished it. **shock**
Oh well, I tried, but this meal wouldn't have got me through a few Babychams at a Kylie Minogue gig, nevermind Jagerbombs with Hatebreed.