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On 12/06/2017 at 5:39 PM, Torturga said:

What is Napoli sauce?

Firstly, thanks for your question.

It's basically a type of tomato based pasta sauce. I doubt it has anything specifically to do with Naples and is more likely an Australian misnomer.

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On 13/6/2017 at 1:54 PM, Requiem said:

Firstly, thanks for your question.

It's basically a type of tomato based pasta sauce. I doubt it has anything specifically to do with Naples and is more likely an Australian misnomer.

It might be what is called Italia sauce here in Sweden...most likely made of Dutch tomatoes, put in glass yar in eastern Europe, and manufactured by a company in Denmark *lol*

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15 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Last night I had: 

Bread: Fresh baked ciabatta, salted butter

Entre: Pan fried gnocchi, pumpkin, sage, chive

Main: Slow cooked beef cheek, smoked carrot and ham hock braise, pickled slaw. 

Req..sounds great again but what's a beef cheek..? excuse my ignorance :D it's not like an actual cow cheek is it?

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Just now, natassja7 said:

Req..sounds great again but what's a beef cheek..? excuse my ignorance :D it's not like an actual cow cheek is it?

Nah, it's a part of the body of the cow that tends to get cooked for a long time until it's all fally-aparty and delicious. The title is definitely misleading. I can't actually tell you what part of the cow it comes from though. 

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3 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Nah, it's a part of the body of the cow that tends to get cooked for a long time until it's all fally-aparty and delicious. The title is definitely misleading. I can't actually tell you what part of the cow it comes from though. 

Ah ok I suppose there wouldn't be much meat on a cow cheek.

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7 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Nah, it's a part of the body of the cow that tends to get cooked for a long time until it's all fally-aparty and delicious. The title is definitely misleading. I can't actually tell you what part of the cow it comes from though. 

 

3 minutes ago, natassja7 said:

Ah ok I suppose there wouldn't be much meat on a cow cheek.

It is actually the cheek muscle from a cow. Now I want beef. I got stuff for beef tacos, but I'm missing a couple of ingredients and my wife is out late tonight anyway, so I think it'll be a turkey sandwich for me. 

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1 minute ago, FatherAlabaster said:

 

It is actually the cheek muscle from a cow. Now I want beef. I got stuff for beef tacos, but I'm missing a couple of ingredients and my wife is out late tonight anyway, so I think it'll be a turkey sandwich for me. 

Oh really? wow...there seems something gross about that for some reason.. :D 

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3 minutes ago, natassja7 said:

Oh really? wow...there seems something gross about that for some reason.. :D 

I was thinking about the cheek of a fish, which is really nice, and forgot that beef cheeks are also cheeks because there's another meat that is called something that it's not and that's where I got my wires crossed. Bonus points if anyone can name what it is. 

Whenever I feel strange about eating beef cheeks I just turn the other cheek because I don't want to bite off more than I can chew. Sorry, just some cheeky puns there...

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Just now, Requiem said:

I was thinking about the cheek of a fish, which is really nice, and forgot that beef cheeks are also cheeks because there's another meat that is called something that it's not and that's where I got my wires crossed. Bonus points if anyone can name what it is. 

 

Sweetbreads? Rocky Mountain Oysters? :D

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