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(Daily Mail) Strange Englishman plans to live on wild plants, acorn coffee, and roadkill for a year, says it can't possibly be any worse than regular English food   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 68
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LittleSmitty 2008-04-06 06:30:40 PM  
Be careful of the mushrooms. Some are good to eat, some will get you high, some will kill you

 
kilgorn 2008-04-06 06:31:01 PM  
I don't know why. He could make millions
designing headgear...

 
Iron Chef Scottish 2008-04-06 06:31:16 PM  
That joke is getting so tired.
/Zzzzz

 
ukiah 2008-04-06 06:32:23 PM  
ZOMG BRITISH FUD IS BAD!!!11!

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 06:32:25 PM  
My french teacher (being french) hates british food, but I say that there has to be one, or even more, redeeming aspect(s) about british food. It can't be all that bad, can it?.

 
LittleSmitty 2008-04-06 06:34:28 PM  
CygnusDarius: My french teacher (being french) hates british food, but I say that there has to be one, or even more, redeeming aspect(s) about british food. It can't be all that bad, can it?.

Beans and toast for breakfast?

 
HMS_Blinkin 2008-04-06 06:34:56 PM  
You don't boil pizza!

static.last.fm

 
Barakku [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 06:35:01 PM  
CygnusDarius: My french teacher (being french) hates british food, but I say that there has to be one, or even more, redeeming aspect(s) about british food. It can't be all that bad, can it?.

Well, it's not cheap and it's not good, but you you've got an obstructed colon---fuhgedaboutit.

 
Lagaidh 2008-04-06 06:35:52 PM  
I harbor "like" for the submitter's headline.

+0.33

 
Get Lost 2008-04-06 06:38:34 PM  
Not even a Bacon Butty?

/The Horror.

 
daveydave 2008-04-06 06:39:21 PM  
He sneak eats crisps like a mofo.

 
Haplo127x 2008-04-06 06:39:28 PM  
cueing "Into the Wild" theme music now...

 
phlegmmo 2008-04-06 06:40:01 PM  
Any dead squirrels, foxes, badgers and rabbits he comes across will become his dinner. He hopes that by cutting out processed foods his overall health and well-being will improve dramatically.

Eating any animal you find dead is hardly a way to improve your overall health.

 
Pontius Gandalf 2008-04-06 06:40:56 PM  
You know what would be weird? If a british guy was the cook at a 7-Eleven on Gilligan's Island. And he talked like Jack Nicholson.

 
NOVanHelsing [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 06:41:29 PM  
Sounds like a modern age Yule Gibbon...

Wiki --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Gibbons

 
Buttle not Tuttle 2008-04-06 06:46:28 PM  
So he's channeling Euell Gibbons? (new window) He used to appear on the Tonight Show to tell people how they could eat stuff like crab grass and pine cones. (Well, I'm not sure if he ate those things specifically, but it was stuff along those lines.)

I'm just old enough to remember that commercial. (Lawn, off, etc.)

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 06:48:04 PM  
LittleSmitty: Beans and toast for breakfast?

That's a mexican cowboy breakfast.

/Well
//More along the refried beans with toast and black coffee for breakfast

 
jackbooty 2008-04-06 06:49:08 PM  
Buuuuuuuuurn.

 
LittleSmitty 2008-04-06 06:49:31 PM  
Well, parts of a pine tree are edible

 
Feldspar Q. Walrustitty 2008-04-06 06:50:04 PM  
Pontius Gandalf: You know what would be weird? If a british guy was the cook at a 7-Eleven on Gilligan's Island. And he talked like Jack Nicholson.

Only if he had tits like Mary Jane.

 
Feldspar Q. Walrustitty 2008-04-06 06:51:08 PM  
Feldspar Q. Walrustitty: Pontius Gandalf: You know what would be weird? If a british guy was the cook at a 7-Eleven on Gilligan's Island. And he talked like Jack Nicholson.

Only if he had tits like Mary Ann.


/FTFM
//Kirin and cold medicine will do that to you

 
LittleSmitty 2008-04-06 06:51:56 PM  
CygnusDarius: LittleSmitty: Beans and toast for breakfast?

That's a mexican cowboy breakfast.

/Well
//More along the refried beans with toast and black coffee for breakfast


That is a real British breakfast, NO KIDDING. Not to say it's the only breakfast, just sayin

 
YouPeopleAreCrazy 2008-04-06 06:51:58 PM  
www.wildfoodadventures.com
Approves

 
Alternate Reality 2008-04-06 06:52:32 PM  
"Every morning he will forage within a ten-mile radius of his home, seeking out field mushrooms, berries, nuts, bark, herbs, plants such as dandelions and daisies, and even roadkill."

If he's gonna eat wild mushrooms, he'd better be an accomplished mycologist.

 
lifeboat 2008-04-06 06:53:36 PM  
img248.imageshack.us

 
SharkTrager 2008-04-06 06:54:24 PM  
Iron Chef Scottish: That joke is getting so tired.
/Zzzzz


Yes, but at least this time it's topical.

 
Asura-HiME 2008-04-06 06:54:59 PM  
CygnusDarius: My french teacher (being french) hates british food, but I say that there has to be one, or even more, redeeming aspect(s) about british food. It can't be all that bad, can it?.

Ever wonder why Brits are always crazy about Indian, Polish and Chinese food?

 
Iron Chef Scottish 2008-04-06 06:59:08 PM  

Asura-HiME

Polish builders, cleaners, farm labourers and plumbers. Polish food? Not so much.

 
LittleSmitty 2008-04-06 06:59:45 PM  
http://www.britainexpress.com/articles/Food/beans-on-toast.htm

 
AirForceVet [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 07:03:11 PM  
Bloody hell, how will he survive without pints of bitter?

www.ukstudentlife.com

 
simpsonfan 2008-04-06 07:05:12 PM  
Tom and Barbara Good, unavailable for comment.

 
RogermcAllen 2008-04-06 07:06:37 PM  
Will he be in his bunk?

 
Bonzo_1116 2008-04-06 07:10:21 PM  
Is he allowed to steal forage from his neighbors' vegetable gardens? If so, he'll be all set.

 
buckler 2008-04-06 07:10:30 PM  

 
FarkinNortherner [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-04-06 07:12:44 PM  
How people from the country that brought us McDonalds can denigrate the country of fish and chips is utterly beyond me, but this cliche will obviously never die, so I'll address TFT instead -

Asura-HiME: Ever wonder why Brits are always crazy about Indian, Polish and Chinese food?

Hell. No.

The skill of Polish chefs is matched only by the marketing abilities of Polish restaurateurs:

img514.imageshack.us

 
buckler 2008-04-06 07:14:51 PM  
Bonzo_1116: Is he allowed to steal forage loot find from his neighbors' vegetable gardens? If so, he'll be all set.

FTFY

 
Bonzo_1116 2008-04-06 07:16:28 PM  
FarkinNortherner:

The skill of Polish chefs is matched only by the marketing abilities of Polish restaurateurs:


Hey, don't knock kielbasa and klumpkes. Those things are delicious.


But I do get the feeling that the less delicious parts of Polish cuisine didn't survive the trip across the Atlantic, so I don't think we're exposed to the full range of "treats" in the US.

 
FarkinNortherner [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-04-06 07:20:38 PM  
Bonzo_1116: I do get the feeling that the less delicious parts of Polish cuisine didn't survive the trip across the Atlantic, so I don't think we're exposed to the full range of "treats" in the US.

I suspect you're right. The desire to boil miscellaneous viscera to flavourless grey oblivion, then serve swimming in fat, seems to have been extinguished with its transplant.

 
Frogdog13 2008-04-06 07:22:23 PM  
British chocolate beats American chocolate by kilometers. I also have to chime in for beans on toast; it's simply delicious, although I don't eat it for breakfast--it's more of a supper thing.

Oh, Ribena also rocks. I'm not sure if any of that qualifies as food though.

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 07:25:44 PM  
FarkinNortherner: Hell. No.

The skill of Polish chefs is matched only by the marketing abilities of Polish restaurateurs:


Looks slightly better than the torta stands in Mexico, and those are deliciious:

blvrgarciadeleon.googlepages.com

 
Bonzo_1116 2008-04-06 07:26:52 PM  
FarkinNortherner:

I suspect you're right. The desire to boil miscellaneous viscera to flavourless grey oblivion, then serve swimming in fat, seems to have been extinguished with its transplant.


Mexican food has some of this going on, but at least they add enough chiles and garlic to make it worth eating. Chiles and garlic cover up a multitude of sins

mmmm mmm menudo!

 
Bonzo_1116 2008-04-06 07:28:12 PM  
CygnusDarius: FarkinNortherner: Hell. No.

Looks slightly better than the torta stands in Mexico, and those are deliciious:


Dammit, now I want a carnitas torta for dinner.

What part of Mexico are those from originally?

 
nastro 2008-04-06 07:29:10 PM  
lifeboat

LOL

 
Neises 2008-04-06 07:30:27 PM  
Fish & chips, dummies.
...And some freaky fatty pork rind stuff they call crisps.

 
Donald_McRonald 2008-04-06 07:30:46 PM  
I saw Drennan on Nightline a while back. They showed how to cook roadkill.

 
Bonzo_1116 2008-04-06 07:33:48 PM  
Neises: Fish & chips, dummies.
...And some freaky fatty pork rind stuff they call crisps.


Have you tried the Filipino kind with vinegar dipping sauce?

Surprisingly good.

 
Bonzo_1116 2008-04-06 07:35:17 PM  
Donald_McRonald: I saw Drennan on Nightline a while back. They showed how to cook roadkill.

Using Huckabee's squirrel recipe?

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 07:37:02 PM  
Bonzo_1116: What part of Mexico are those from originally?

If it's made out of pig, it's gotta be from the center of Mexico, basically you can't go wrong with Guadalajara, because they make awesome tortas. The best are tortas ahogadas, but they're soaked (not dipped) in chilly.

Mexico City, I'd stay away from that hellhole of a town.

Bonzo_1116: Mexican food has some of this going on, but at least they add enough chiles and garlic to make it worth eating. Chiles and garlic cover up a multitude of sins

mmmm mmm menudo!


Paul Rodriguez said it best: Menudo is made from pig parts the pig doesn't want back.

/Pozole on the other hand...

 
Bonzo_1116 2008-04-06 07:38:41 PM  
CygnusDarius:

Mexico City, I'd stay away from that hellhole of a town.



Hey! My sister-in-law is from there....it's not all bad.

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 07:42:18 PM  
Bonzo_1116: Hey! My sister-in-law is from there....it's not all bad.

Aside from the weather, and the sheer assholeness of the general population... It's tolerable.

 
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