peak burrito? (1 Viewer)

[east hastings]

its a war on hipsters

nah it's not the style of barbers that's the problem it's the sheer number of them i could think of around 10 that have opened in the past year in the city off the top of my head

 

[hydromancer]

Where does sushi fit in with all of this ?

 

[dudley]

peak avocado

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[Cornu Ammonis]

did we lose a war?

We're calling them cupcakes, it makes sense to call it frosting. When the fairy cake craze hits, it will be icing all over the shop.

Actually, is icing and frosting the same thing? I think of frosting as the whipped/creamy icing used on cupcakes and to add little whirls and trim to larger cakes whereas icing is thicker usually a solid layer (see wedding cake for type specimen).

 

[Unknown Convict]

Actually, is icing and frosting the same thing?

yes

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

yes

Google disagrees with you.

Frosting, to me, is like a more sugary buttercream. Icing is sweeter again as it has a low fat content (water and sugar at its most basic and water, sugar and various gums at the fancier end of things). It's like saying bread and cake are the same thing; they're related for sure but they occupy different positions on the same spectrum.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

We need a unified theory of baking.

 

[Unknown Convict]

Google disagrees with you.

all hail the hegemony? i disagree with google.

granted, language develops, often in ways one might not approve of, like the encroachment of 'frosting', and it may have developed a more specific meaning, but when i was a kid it was an americanism and, according to the o.e.d., remains so:

Frosting:

3. a. A mixture of sugar (or other sweetener) with water, egg white, butter, or margarine, often coloured or flavoured, used for covering or decorating cakes, biscuits, or pastries; (also) a similar synthetic preparation used for this purpose; = icing n. 1a. Now chiefly N. Amer.

vs.
Icing:

1. a. A mixture of sugar (or other sweetener) with water, egg white, butter, or margarine, often coloured or flavoured, or a synthetic preparation with similar properties, used for covering or decorating cakes, biscuits, or pastries. Also fig. (cf. the icing on the cake at Phrases). Cf. frosting n. 3.

there's royal frosting and royal icing, buttercream frosting and buttercream icing, etc.

anyway, any excuse:

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[Unknown Convict]

We need a unified theory of baking.

nah, leave the amathematical yanks to their quaint system of cups and sticks.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

nah it's not the style of barbers that's the problem it's the sheer number of them i could think of around 10 that have opened in the past year in the city off the top of my head

It's the style too

Three Men and a Dog

It was there where the idea for a collaborative space that bridges the gap between the idea of a classic barbers and a retail space was born.

Cumberland Street is now a borough it seems.

 

[hydromancer]

Peak buritos

 

[east hastings]

Cumberland Street is now a borough it seems.

i only found out recently that the area around Grogans is known as the Creative Quarter

 

[nooleen]

where's the Scabby Quarter?

 

[GO]

Or the quarter of hash

 

[ann post]

I've learned this year that I'm happy to pay more for a barber who doesn't talk.

I know a lad who has a barber called Conan.

The day supermacs started doing burritos was the beginning of the end. This is the point where an imported cultural trend reaches the point where a west coast Ireland food chain sees it as a legit investment. Pizza and 'subs' are the last two food groups supermacs absorbed.

 

[east hastings]

There's a burrito place opening in my hometown, it has a population of 5,000 which seems far to small to sustain the want for burritos

 

[Unicron]

There's a burrito place opening in my hometown, it has a population of 5,000 which seems far to small to sustain the want for burritos

How often does Ciaran get home these days?

 

[east hastings]

How often does Ciaran get home these days?

it was Darragh that spotted it first

 

[pete]

Update: the former cupcake shop in the Stephens Green centre is now a "gourmet donut" establishment.

 

[Space]

I reckon it all started with Cuisine De France and Deli counters in shops. How long ago is that mid - late 90s? Twenty years?