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Postby tessintrnc » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:03 pm

Svetlana wrote:Now you mention it, the British High Commissioner was my guest for Dinner and the Manager of Raffles came over to our table to introduce himself. We had arrived in the Official Car, with all flags flying....the doorman jumped to attention :-)

Now you wish you had not mentioned it....

Lana



I still have a Raffles menu somewhere in my "junk" box!!!
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Re: Pasatempo ...... To Swallow or not to Swallow?

Postby Kikapu » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:24 pm

Oracle wrote:I love Pasatempo (salted dry roasted pumpkin seeds) ... :D

But lately I have become so lazy to do the nifty crack between the teeth and eat the nut inside, that I just chew and swallow the whole lot ... seed pod and all ....

Is this the height of bad manners or do others cheat this way? :?


It just goes to show what an amateur Pasetempo eater you are.! :lol:

If you get the ones sold in Turkish shops which are lightly salted and roasted and not the silly white ones that they sell in non Turkish shops, which tends to break and fall apart, you should be able to hold the rounded end with your fingers while you work on the sharp end with your front incisors cracking along the edge of the seed about ten times in the space of 2 seconds, and then with slight pressure on the last crack with your teeth, the seed opens like a clam in which with your tongue, you pull it into your mouth, much like a chameleon with an insect. The whole thing takes few seconds . Eating the shell is likely to give you indigestion if you do too much at one time, so put your tongue into good use and start pulling the kernels out of it's shells. :lol: :lol:
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Re: Pasatempo ...... To Swallow or not to Swallow?

Postby denizaksulu » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:40 pm

Oracle wrote:I love Pasatempo (salted dry roasted pumpkin seeds) ... :D

But lately I have become so lazy to do the nifty crack between the teeth and eat the nut inside, that I just chew and swallow the whole lot ... seed pod and all ....

Is this the height of bad manners or do others cheat this way? :?



In the heat of summer that is the right thing to do Oracle. Chew and swallow. They are so nice when heavily roasted. I would eat an okka/oke in a few days. There was no question of High BP those days. :lol:
Cracking them open with your teeth can not do the enamel any good for sure. The roughage is good for you too. :wink:
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Re: Pasatempo ...... To Swallow or not to Swallow?

Postby Oracle » Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:01 pm

Kikapu wrote:
Oracle wrote:I love Pasatempo (salted dry roasted pumpkin seeds) ... :D

But lately I have become so lazy to do the nifty crack between the teeth and eat the nut inside, that I just chew and swallow the whole lot ... seed pod and all ....

Is this the height of bad manners or do others cheat this way? :?


It just goes to show what an amateur Pasetempo eater you are.! :lol:

If you get the ones sold in Turkish shops which are lightly salted and roasted and not the silly white ones that they sell in non Turkish shops, which tends to break and fall apart, you should be able to hold the rounded end with your fingers while you work on the sharp end with your front incisors cracking along the edge of the seed about ten times in the space of 2 seconds, and then with slight pressure on the last crack with your teeth, the seed opens like a clam in which with your tongue, you pull it into your mouth, much like a chameleon with an insect. The whole thing takes few seconds . Eating the shell is likely to give you diggestion if you do too much at one time, so put your tongue into good use and start pulling the kernels out of it's shells. :lol: :lol:


I will forgive your absurd suggestion regarding my visiting a Turkish shop :lol: for the imagery created further down.

Perhaps your instructions will find their way onto the back of the packs .... and may increase sales 8)
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Re: Pasatempo ...... To Swallow or not to Swallow?

Postby Kikapu » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:12 pm

Oracle wrote:
Kikapu wrote:
Oracle wrote:I love Pasatempo (salted dry roasted pumpkin seeds) ... :D

But lately I have become so lazy to do the nifty crack between the teeth and eat the nut inside, that I just chew and swallow the whole lot ... seed pod and all ....

Is this the height of bad manners or do others cheat this way? :?


It just goes to show what an amateur Pasetempo eater you are.! :lol:

If you get the ones sold in Turkish shops which are lightly salted and roasted and not the silly white ones that they sell in non Turkish shops, which tends to break and fall apart, you should be able to hold the rounded end with your fingers while you work on the sharp end with your front incisors cracking along the edge of the seed about ten times in the space of 2 seconds, and then with slight pressure on the last crack with your teeth, the seed opens like a clam in which with your tongue, you pull it into your mouth, much like a chameleon with an insect. The whole thing takes few seconds . Eating the shell is likely to give you diggestion if you do too much at one time, so put your tongue into good use and start pulling the kernels out of it's shells. :lol: :lol:


I will forgive your absurd suggestion regarding my visiting a Turkish shop :lol: for the imagery created further down.

Perhaps your instructions will find their way onto the back of the packs .... and may increase sales 8)


For a moment I thought you were still living in the UK..!! :lol:

Never mind, Halil will be happy to make a home delivery for you from the north.! :lol: :lol:
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Postby Nikitas » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:34 pm

Solve the problem by buying ready shelled pumpkin seeds. They sell them in Athens, must be available in Cyprus too.
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Postby Oracle » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:31 pm

Nikitas wrote:Solve the problem by buying ready shelled pumpkin seeds. They sell them in Athens, must be available in Cyprus too.


Nikitas you are a philistine and a Fast-Food Junkie ... :roll:

Pasatempo exemplifies the slow approach to food (pass the time = passe tempo = pasatempo).

I have tried those from Health Food stores and they give no satisfaction, despite going down fast and easy :wink: ...... and by the calorie-laden handful ...
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Postby Kikapu » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:38 pm

Nikitas wrote:Solve the problem by buying ready shelled pumpkin seeds. They sell them in Athens, must be available in Cyprus too.


I agree with Oracle .....your above comments makes you a "fast food junkie" Nikitas for trying to destroy our favourite past time for most of us that we enjoy trying to get to the kernel in a Pasatempo.! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Oracle » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:44 pm

Kikapu wrote:
Nikitas wrote:Solve the problem by buying ready shelled pumpkin seeds. They sell them in Athens, must be available in Cyprus too.


I agree with Oracle .....your above comments makes you a "fast food junkie" Nikitas for trying to destroy our favourite past time for most of us that we enjoy trying to get to the kernel in a Pasatempo.! :lol: :lol: :lol:


Yes what better way to satisfy oral cravings .... 8)
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Postby humanist » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:48 pm

Oracles my dear, we are not of English Royalty stock ...... anything goes. Do whatever ticles your fancy.

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