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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6975 on: August 13, 2020, 08:46:46 AM »
In India there are giant catfish in some of the rivers that have supposedly developed a taste for human flesh (people are often partly cremated and dumped in the headwaters of the Ganges, which supposedly releases them from the cycle of death and rebirth). And those catfish are rumoured to have been responsible for eating small children who were swimming in the river.

I saw this on the show "River Monsters" which I always assumed was a little bit embellished.

The legends of "man eating catfish" of monstrous size is also heard from the deep south.  They are primarily opportunistic bottom feeders and do have a wide mouth.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6976 on: August 14, 2020, 12:44:00 AM »
Greggs bacon baguette, red sauce.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6977 on: August 14, 2020, 04:21:45 AM »
Wholemeal toast.  Orange marmalade.  Breakfast tea.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6978 on: August 14, 2020, 04:06:42 PM »
In India there are giant catfish in some of the rivers that have supposedly developed a taste for human flesh (people are often partly cremated and dumped in the headwaters of the Ganges, which supposedly releases them from the cycle of death and rebirth). And those catfish are rumoured to have been responsible for eating small children who were swimming in the river.

I saw this on the show "River Monsters" which I always assumed was a little bit embellished.
Ha! As soon as I read the first line I immediately thought "I saw that one River Monsters!!" :laugh:

Made garlic noodles with parmesan and added French's fried onions on top. So damn good.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6979 on: August 18, 2020, 04:06:43 AM »
Greggs bacon baguette, red sauce.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6980 on: August 18, 2020, 04:16:46 AM »
Not ate anything today just in case I catch Corona off a contrail.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6981 on: August 24, 2020, 04:31:10 PM »
Dinner was good. I roasted parsnips, potatoes, bell peppers, and green beans and some Italian sausage.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6982 on: August 24, 2020, 04:39:18 PM »
Cheesy chicken enchilada.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6983 on: August 25, 2020, 05:05:45 AM »
Soft boiled eggs and marmite soldiers.  And a big cup of tea.

(Strange fact:  A US home is more likely to own a gun than have egg cups.)
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6984 on: August 25, 2020, 05:11:28 PM »
I haven't even seen an egg cup in decades.

My daughter likes eggs over easy, as do I.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6985 on: August 25, 2020, 05:19:35 PM »
Thought egg cups were the stuff of movies, kings in castles with fancy golden egg cups.

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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6987 on: August 25, 2020, 06:32:00 PM »
Egg cups are useful if you like dipping strips of toast in soft boiled eggs while the shells are too hot to hold with your fingers.

That's about it.

I remember them from when I was a little kid. Okay, when I was young.

That's a running joke between me and my wife. When she says "when I was little" I just laugh and remind her that she is still little, so she changes it to "when I was young".

And, in my case, I was never little. My mother used to tell me about the funny looks she got when I was a baby and she took me to the changing room at a shopping mall, I was like 12 months but I was as big as a 3 or 4 year old.
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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6988 on: August 25, 2020, 06:49:48 PM »
Have seen people dip toast in sunny side up eggs, but always preferred meat and eggs well done. Can't recall ever seeing an egg cup in person.

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Re: What did you eat today?
« Reply #6989 on: August 25, 2020, 08:36:19 PM »
I have egg cups
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