Before the challenge even began victory is declared in the hands of Gareth and Walter! See below for commentary:
[12:58:59 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: are there rules about what we can drink as part of our tasting
[1:00:50 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: umm
[1:01:10 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: up to you i guess .. but you ahve to put thatin your blog
[1:01:12 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: we need to standardise the accomapnying drink
[1:01:18 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: Only Gimblet Gravels Syrahs or Central Otago Pinot Noirs
[1:01:25 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: hang on
[1:01:34 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: this fettacine can have any sauce right?
[1:01:37 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: yup
[1:02:03 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: so I propose the following rule:
if the sauce is tomato pased then the house red must accompnay
[1:02:17 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: if the sauce is creamy then the house white must accompany
[1:02:23 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: but you can't tell that till you order
[1:02:34 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: or did you mean "based" or "paste"?
[1:02:44 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: based
[1:02:54 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: ok
[1:02:57 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: house red - yuck
[1:03:02 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: (often)
[1:03:50 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: true but we need some sort of standard
[1:04:22 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: nono, has to be carbonara
[1:04:34 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: woah, you just changed the rules
[1:04:36 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: does that have mushrooms?
[1:04:45 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: yeah it does
[1:05:02 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: so are we looking for a better fettucine or a better marinara?
[1:05:09 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: sorry, i just assumed it was a fettuccine carbonara
[1:05:21 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: sorry meant cabonara
[1:05:23 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara
[1:05:41 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: Carbonara needn't be fettucine
[1:05:50 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: and fettucine ussually isn't carbonara
[1:06:09 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: i'm not finding a need for mushrooms here
[1:06:21 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: gk: that is true .... i just assumed ...
[1:06:26 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: I don't like mushrooms
[1:06:31 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: me either
[1:06:35 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: oh ..
[1:06:42 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: ok this could bedifficult
[1:06:52 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1928,157181-246199,00.html
[1:06:56 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: hmm
[1:07:00 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: but J already accepted the challenge as it is stated on the blogs
[1:07:13 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: ie. a better fettucine of any description
[1:07:19 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: well, so we already know we won't like the fettuccine @ santos - gareth and walter FTW!
[1:07:23 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: i guess there is no clarification on what fettuccine meant ...
[1:07:32 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: [13:07:17] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: i guess there is no clarification on what fettuccine meant ...
is a style of pasta
[1:07:36 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: fettucine is a form of ribbon like pasta
[1:07:40 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: true ture
[1:07:41 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: man, i hope you don't write specs
[1:07:45 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: there is not room for error there
[1:08:03 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: Walter even linked to it on wikipedia yesterday
[1:08:09 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: but when people say spaghetti, it's most probably a blognase .. i guess i just assumed
[1:08:11 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: (i rule)
[1:08:17 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: [13:08:03] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: but when people say spaghetti, it's most probably a blognase .. i guess i just assumed
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[1:08:28 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: [1:08:02 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: but when people say spaghetti, it's most probably a blognase .. i guess i just assumed
thats what i would expect of a house music listener
[1:08:30 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: that's why you say "bolognaise" after it
[1:08:41 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: [13:08:22] Gareth Karl says: [1:08:02 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: but when people say spaghetti, it's most probably a blognase .. i guess i just assumed
thats what i would expect of a house music listener
FLAWLESS VICTORY to G
[1:08:44 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: meaning "how they do it in Bologne"
[1:09:18 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: because there is not really italian food - but many regional foods in italy (or something like that - i read that in Cuisine once)
[1:09:27 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: :)
[1:09:29 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: maybe i just have it so often i just assumed that fetta is a contraction for fettaccine carbonara
[1:09:36 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: fetta == knob cheese
[1:09:38 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: fettUccine
[1:09:43 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: fettuccine == a kind of pasta
[1:09:52 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: [13:09:30] Walter Rumsby says: fetta == knob cheese
aka smeg
[1:09:56 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: feta = style of cheese best made from goat's milk
[1:10:09 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: [13:09:50] Gareth Karl says: feta = style of cheese best made from goat's milk
but far too often made with cow's milk
[1:10:19 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: fetta is a short name for it. like maccas is short for macdonalds, and not macdo's
[1:10:34 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: macca is an international cricketer with diabetes
[1:10:55 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: [13:10:13] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: fetta is a short name for it. like maccas is short for macdonalds, and not macdo's
macas is australian, which highlights the low level of intelligence in australia since it's
McDonalds - not Mac
[1:11:29 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: macdos is quite funny though
[1:11:40 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: sorry, MCdoes
[1:11:40 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: macdo's is what the french call it
[1:11:47 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: lol wtf?
[1:11:52 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: j, your knowledge of:
1. cuisine
2. how to spell the names of "family restaraunts"
doesn't bode well - you won't impress the ladies tih this
[1:12:03 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: McDs (pronounced Mc Dees)
[1:12:34 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: tih this -> like this
[1:12:36 p.m.] Jerrold Poh (at work) says: it's enough to put the gypsy lover off guard =)
[1:13:19 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: 29,998 tracks played on last.fm
[1:13:54 p.m.] Walter Rumsby says: we should go and order knob cheese with mushrooms now g
[1:15:01 p.m.] Gareth Karl says: true
