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The Zoo Food Dilemma

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by pachyderm pro, 19 Feb 2018.

  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    What are cheese crisps?
     
  2. agnmeln

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    Probably a variation on fried cheese! It always makes me laugh to see how many different name variations there are for the same food items. For example, even just within different areas of the UK you could have a chip barm, bun, batch, roll, cob, muffin, teacake, bap . . . I could go on!
     
  3. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Wait, is fried cheese just a whole lot of cheese which has been fried? Like, you just get a bowl of fried cheese?

    I assumed it was a sort of topping, as in you'd have a sandwich or pie or whatever with cheese fried on the top.
     
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    Yes! :)
     
  5. Chlidonias

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    That's disgusting. Why would anyone eat that?
     
  6. Chlidonias

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    ....And I just Googled photos to see what fried cheese looks like. Ew.

    And then I Googled cheese crisps which are different, but still just, why would anyone eat that?
     
  7. agnmeln

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    It’s so nice with a caramelised onion chutney!
     
  8. Hix

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    They do cheese in a can, too (the Americans, that is).

    @Arizona Docent What's commercially marketed as Iced Tea isn't actually tea that's cold.
     
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    It's a roll, maybe call it a bun if you have a burger on it! :p
     
  10. agnmeln

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    I quite agree! It’s a definitely a roll, but what it makes is a butty, however where I live it is commonly known as a batch!
     
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    You guys are very brave.
    I would never dare to eat processed food like fried cheese or minced meat in a tourist place I don't know. Maybe if I see lots of obviously regular customers eating that.
    Thats why I bring food I know and remember to eat regularily. Otherwise I would get hungry and stuff myself with whatever junk food is available. And probably get fat.

    There was a thread some time ago 'what you learned from animals'. I learned this from reading about migratory birds. They split their journeys so that they refuel in advance. Otherwise they would fall exhausted into the sea.
     
  12. agnmeln

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    That’s the story of my life, I’m afraid!

    I wouldn’t say it is brave, more convenient.
     
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    Plenty of places sell iced tea in Europe :p in fact it seems to be one of the main soft drinks available in German zoos! However, as pointed out by @Hix the iced tea available commercially - even in the USA, by and large - is not merely tea that is cold; generally it contains far more water and sugar than it ever does tea.
     
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    You have no idea how right you are :D Mapy.cz

    After the fall of communism, nobody took care of it so the condition of the stadium got really bad, there were even talks about demolition. But afterwards football club Sparta Prague took care of it and buildt a training facilities for their academy team there
     
  15. Arizona Docent

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    Commercially available iced tea in a bottle or can is NOT the same as brewed iced tea which any real restaurant in the USA will serve. It will also be unsweetened (add your own sugar and lemon), except in the southeast USA (which we call the south hailing back to the days when all the states were in the east) in which case you have a choice of unsweetened or sweet tea. The latter must be one part sugar to one part liquid and is unpalatable to those of us from the western side of the country.

    Funny coincidence about CheezWhiz (cheese in a pressurized can). One of my coworkers has been joking with me about it the last couple days because they all know I eat healthy and something like that is so far beyond comprehension it is unspeakable. He is still looking for bacon flavored CheezWhiz to buy for me!
     
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    Do many zoos prevent visitors from entering with food? Valencia have a no food/drinks (apart from water), which I was a bit surprised about.
     
  17. agnmeln

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    Bali Safari also has a no food or drinks policy.
     
  18. Arizona Docent

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    A lot of USA zoos have a policy of no ice chests or glass bottles. This is to prevent people from taking in a large picnic. However they really can't prevent people from taking food of any kind because people can easily put a sandwich or snacks in their purse or camera bag.
     
  19. agnmeln

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    They do a bag search at the entrance of Bali Safari.
     
  20. HOMIN96

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    Imagine something like that being implemented here. People would go crazy about that... :D
     
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