good falafel doesnt really exist here, you might want to try panthère verte on st-viateur tho, its prob the best
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
ps go to jean-talon market if you havent already
this isn't a great falafel city but Falafel Freiha is regarded as the best.
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
also great veggie options (middle-eastern stuff) at Petit Alep.
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
both sides of the alep are wonderful
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
I really like panthere verte's falafel - but yknow I'm a health-food type - whatevs tho, they're really good!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
ooh I haven't been to either of the aleps in ages, need to fix that
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
what is falafel made of anyway? Fala?
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
the fala fel, burning in defiance
― your native bacon (mh), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
have any of you ever been to akli? in the foodcourt below office building on mctavish/metcalfe and sherbrooke. killer falafel imo, if a bit salty
also nilufar (st catherine bw atwater guy, st mathieu or sth?), not necessarily the best falafel but they cost like 1.75$ each and are pretty good, green & fresh rather than brown & dry
― flopson, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
thanks thread now i have to get falafel for dinner
― #1 Thwartstop Prospect (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
been really depressed by all montreal lebanese etc. food tho since going to berlin & basically living off sandwiches there, no comparison ito middle eastern sandwich scene
― flopson, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
wow, my riding actually went Quebec Solidaire!i guess i'm not totally surprised, but still, wow
trying to keep that in mind as PQ seems to be headed towards a majority? srsly?
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
i'm pretty pleased with these results so far
― flopson, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i guess i am too, kind of. my previous post was written when a PQ majority was being considered a reality. i figured PQ minority would happen though, so hey, here we go!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
well, "pleased" is not exactly the word tbh
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
pq coalition majority w/ qs (provided they give them a cabinet seat) still possible tho?
― flopson, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
sometimes seems like being an anglo in quebec is liked being consigned to vote for the same party for your entire life it's pretty pathetic, like as soon as there's a pq alternative standing across the stage no amount of corruption arrogance is too great to be swallowed & forgotten, ppl should be relieved the party they've spent the last 4 years cursing is being held accountable
― flopson, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
oh i'm certainly glad to see the liberals go! or go-ish!i don't know if the QS would want to be in a coalition with PQ? seems weird
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
Based on the current seat projections, I don't see how a PQ-QS coalition could form a majority?: http://www.cbc.ca/news/live/2012/09/quebec-votes-2012.html
Are there more updated numbers?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
i think that was just speculation from earlier in the night when PQ was much closer to a majority
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, cool.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, a Lib-CAQ coalition is theoretically possible!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
without charest having won his seat?
― flopson, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't say it's likely but constitutionally, that's not a problem at all.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
Afaik, there's nothing that says a PM or premier needs to be a sitting member. (Just double-checked with a constitution nerd.)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously, in general, I wish people were more open to the possibilities offered within parliamentarianism. It's so unimaginative that the sitting leader of the party with a plurality of seats always becomes PM/premier and I think it actually undermines parliamentary democracy a little.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
That's more of a post for the Cdn politics thread though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
this is awful. this is...i can't even.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 05:18 (eleven years ago) link
have you ever had some delicious food ethic or otherwise out somwhere and then you are punished badly in the restroom and you feel as if "why did they do it? "
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
his is awful. this is...i can't even.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, September 5, 2012 6:18 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^
as a smaller aside ty for all the recommendations. i'm gonna go to jean talon soon, they sell aubergines in hypnotic configurations, so i'm sold.
― very sexual album (schlump), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
as for me I find the Plant of Egg to be most unpalatable
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
awwwww really? i was never crazy about them before. i don't want to suggest user error but i have been detailing my eggplant wiles here if you feel like giving that little guy a second chance, the hell am i gonna do with this eggplant
― very sexual album (schlump), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
You may as well toss that Solanaceae in the rubbish bin. It would do as well there as anywhere. In fact I am suspicious of the entire Nightshade family, including the Tobbaco plant and Tomato as well. Only the potato has my permission to love itself.
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/OriginalPoutineLaBanquise.jpg
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
now we're talkin
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
i do like the small japanese eggplants tho
I like eggplant but it has to be cooked correctly, which isn't as intuitive as it should be, so maybe I hate eggplant.
― your native bacon (mh), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
eggplant is def a harsh mistress
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
when not done well its gross, but it can be so sublime
i went to the fall apple-themed menu at cabane à sucre au pied de cochon last week and one of the dishes was this aubergine pancake... impossible to describe but fuckin cuhrazypants
WHat of the seeds, the seeds? are they not an offense to the mouth?
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
i think i have never noticed aubergine seeds
― very sexual album (schlump), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://siteware.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/eggplant-seed-harvest.jpg
BEHOLD!
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
ha ha. are you sitting at your keyboard running knives over unwanted aubergines getting mad about subpar vegetables? no i mean i'm aware they exist, but like i have never texturally tasted them or felt them interfere with the eating of an aubergine. they just seem fine.
― very sexual album (schlump), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
It seesm to me thy tongue is not as sharp and precise as this steel blade or you too would quiver in horror at the granulations!
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol
i am quiverin
i just think you need to grill one of these guys, throw it in a sandwich or eat it on toast with mustard, let the good times roll
― very sexual album (schlump), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
The only thing that is rolling is my eyes and my bowels!
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
I bought some of those marinated, grilled eggplant slices you can get at any deli (in this case La Maison des Pâtes Fraîches). I made a basic tomato sauce then threw the eggplant slices in the food processor. Dumped them into the sauce. It was the richest, tastiest pasta sauce I've made in a long time.
I've been trying to replicate this at home by roasting eggplants in the oven. I can't seem to do it. I can't seem to do much of anything with eggplant at the moment.
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 6 September 2012 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
if you have a grill, you can grill them until they totally collapse (err on the side of overcooking), then let them cool a bit, peel them and get rid of the juice that leaks out, then chop em up like crazy or blend them, add lemon juice salt pepper tahini, and you got yourself a baba ghanouj.
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:11 (eleven years ago) link