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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning

Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 03:30:10 AM

our sweetcorn is kind of 'sweet' in the same way you could possibly call a cherry tomato 'sweet'? i.e. not really. just a little bit.

So, I live in Philly. Kind of a big city. Lancaster, around an hour away, a lot of Mennonites and Amish. They love corn on pizza out there. But, they're 200 years behind the rest of us.

A few people from there come to the restaurant I work at. And it throws me off. Cause, they'll order cheesesteaks or whatever but no cars, a buggy, or they'll order a soup and salad. Always nice though. They're curious about our customs.

#22

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning

Last post by claws - Today at 03:23:59 AM

I actually had two slices of pizza with corn last week. We ordered takeout at work, and a colleague had a spicy sausage and corn pizza—I wasn't a huge fan. Personally, I never order corn on pizza. It's not that I dislike corn; I just don't think it belongs on a pizza. That said, if someone offers me a slice, I'm probably not going to say no. Except for seafood pizza, because I'm allergic to shrimp.

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 03:05:05 AM

our sweetcorn is kind of 'sweet' in the same way you could possibly call a cherry tomato 'sweet'? i.e. not really. just a little bit.

#24

Solved / Re: Hindu boy and Jesus Christ...

Last post by wositelec - Today at 02:57:33 AM

It was found by other user - VHS_Lives and confirmed by Polish user Pewupe too - "Bas Yaari Rakho" (2000).

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...

Last post by Alex - Today at 02:34:44 AM

The stuff I collect is a rather awkward scale, 1:56 which is a terrible scale for gaming and I truely do not understand why it has become the most popular size. I could have understood it more if it'd been at the same scale as the most popular model railways for getting terrain and buildings.

I blame it on the people who want to play skirmish games in 28mm (mostly the Bolt Action crowd). Over the past decades I have noted a steady move away from massed miniatures to toy soldiers. Is this the influence of GW, or are gamers growing older and can't see 1/300th as well as they used to?
I agree that 1/56 is too big to fit comfortably on a table. I do like the scale for modelling though. You can get a lot more detail in than in 1/72 and it doesn't take up as much space as 1/35.

I've noticed a lot of scale creep which I actually put down to GW. When I started playing in the 80s 25mm was the standard scale. Now it seems to be 28mm with many manufacturers coming in at 32mm. I don't buy as many Warlord figures as their "heroic" 28mm figures look like basketball players beside any armoured vehicles. Anyway, over the years GW seemed to try and fit larger and larger figures onto their bases. I remember a box of plastic Dark Elfs in particular during the 90s that had swords wider than their heads and couldn't be lined up next to each other as various bits protruded out beyond the 25mm base. Given that represents a 5-foot square, that is a huge elf. Warlord, consisting of ex-GW staffers just seems to have the same mindset with Bolt Action. My point of view on this is that if you make figures bigger, that means they take up more storage space so in the long run you sell less of them (I am at the point where I have almost reached the maximum amount of figures I can store in my man cave).

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning

Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 02:28:19 AM

^^ I'm assuming you mean 'corn' as in what we call 'sweetcorn', i.e. the little yellow nuggets? yes that's often on pizzas here. I'm a fan

just remembered my first ever job was in a chinese takeaway which for some reason also did pizzas. the dough bases were ready made but we had to do everything else. some of the ones I ended up coming out with were terrible! burnt a few as well... never had any returned though, I think most customers ordering a pizza from a chinese takeaway were probably drunk 

Sweetcorn. Yes. Is there a difference? Is it sweeter?

Either way, I don't want corn on my pizza. And yeah, I'd assume if you're ordering pizza from a Chinese take-away you're probably drunk.

There's nothing inherently wrong I guess about it, it's really just subjective tastes. If I'm getting pizza, I want it savory, salty, meaty. No corn. No pineapple. Just salty, with some meats, maybe a veg here or there (onion, pepper, etc) but no fruits or sweet corn.

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 02:10:46 AM

^^ I'm assuming you mean 'corn' as in what we call 'sweetcorn', i.e. the little yellow nuggets? yes that's often on pizzas here. I'm a fan

just remembered my first ever job was in a chinese takeaway which for some reason also did pizzas. the dough bases were ready made but we had to do everything else. some of the ones I ended up coming out with were terrible! burnt a few as well... never had any returned though, I think most customers ordering a pizza from a chinese takeaway were probably drunk 

#28

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning

Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 01:33:34 AM

fav varieties?

I'm a classic pepperoni, mushroom + green peppers guy, but also dig a hawaiian ham+ pineapple as well. (pretty much the only 'sweet and savoury' combo of any food that I can tolerate tbh... I cannot stand sultanas in curries. actually makes me retch. caramelised onion is another instant no-no)

love chicken but not generally into chicken on pizza. not sure why, just seems wrong. not a fan of anchovies either really, too salty

From watching UK peope & pizza videos on youtube, many like to drizzle hot (spicy) honey on their pizza. Is that a popular UK thing? I am intruiged though, and might have to try that.

So, I dunno if this is 'popular' as I don't live in the UK, but a few people I follow on social media (Instagram, YouTube, Facebook) who live there...apparently corn is a popular pizza topping. And that bothers me.

#29

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 01:28:00 AM

fav varieties?

I'm a classic pepperoni, mushroom + green peppers guy, but also dig a hawaiian ham+ pineapple as well. (pretty much the only 'sweet and savoury' combo of any food that I can tolerate tbh... I cannot stand sultanas in curries. actually makes me retch. caramelised onion is another instant no-no)

love chicken but not generally into chicken on pizza. not sure why, just seems wrong. not a fan of anchovies either really, too salty

From watching UK peope & pizza videos on youtube, many like to drizzle hot (spicy) honey on their pizza. Is that a popular UK thing? I am intruiged though, and might have to try that.

I dunno if that's popular but I did have a readymade frozen one a couple of years ago which had spicey honey... but that's the only time I've ever heard of it as a thing though

#30

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 01:26:12 AM

The stuff I collect is a rather awkward scale, 1:56 which is a terrible scale for gaming and I truely do not understand why it has become the most popular size. I could have understood it more if it'd been at the same scale as the most popular model railways for getting terrain and buildings.

I blame it on the people who want to play skirmish games in 28mm (mostly the Bolt Action crowd). Over the past decades I have noted a steady move away from massed miniatures to toy soldiers. Is this the influence of GW, or are gamers growing older and can't see 1/300th as well as they used to?
I agree that 1/56 is too big to fit comfortably on a table. I do like the scale for modelling though. You can get a lot more detail in than in 1/72 and it doesn't take up as much space as 1/35.