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[Arx]

I've got half a Hokkaido pumpkin and some potatoes roasting in the oven right now. They are taking FOREVER to cook but oh MAN do they smell good. So hungry...

Dammit Sappho now I'm envious.

Although I just had chicken fillets, rice, and mixed vegetables drenched in gravy, so I can't complain.

[scrdest]

Huh? At least in Germany Mars and Milky Way are distinct.

Unless I'm misremembering, Milky Way originated as European-targeted variant of Mars, but they're both sold in both places AFAIK.

[Mesa]

Both Milky Way and Mars are a thing in Poland, though Mars is more common, in my experience.

Also, what do you do with excess spaghetti sauce from the previous day, some cheese and bread? Make oven-baked spaghetti+cheese pseudo-casseroles of course. It's pretty good stuff. (well, the sauce can be substited with anything, like tomatoes or ham)

In other news, we'll be buying full-grain bread now starting the next week. Can't wait, I've had enough white bread in my life at this point and not enough other kinds of bread. Goota thank my sister for (kind of) introducing me to how good it actually gets when we were at her's house earlier this week.

[LordSlowpoke]

roll the bread flat, put some sauce and cheese in it, more cheese to keep it solid, then heat it somewhere

spaghetti breadritto vOv

[Sappho]

Huh. I always thought Mars and Milky Way were the same thing with different names. They didn't have Mars bars where I grew up, and the first time I came to Europe, they didn't have Milky Ways, so I thought it was just regional names for the same product.

Well I sure learned something today!

My pumpkin was amazing. The problem with pumpkin is that there's never enough of it. I always want just a few more bites than are available. : (

[Bauglir]

I've just made a sandwich out of some pumpernickel fried in butter, about 6 ounces of beer cheddar, and a couple of sliced up pickles. It's amazing. Why are buttered rye breads the best for hot sandwiches?

[GiglameshDespair]

Mars bars and milky ways are completely different. Marbars are caramel, milky ways are not.

[Osmosis Jones]

I've just made a sandwich out of some pumpernickel fried in butter, about 6 ounces of beer cheddar, and a couple of sliced up pickles. It's amazing. Why are buttered rye breads the best for hot sandwiches?

Don't know about fried, but rye bread toasts up amazingly well. It ends up with lovely light, crisp surface with that chewy rye centre, and omg is so good. That may be my Polish genetics talking though... gotta have dat rye bread.

[Akura]

Bleh, I learned that the price of the rice I needed has doubled since I bought it last. Also got some mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and sauce. Pizza onigiri? Total ingedrient cost, about $17 for at least two weeks supply, so within budget, but still more than I wanted to pay . The cheese and sauce were cheaper than anticipated, so that's good.

[Sappho]

Mars bars and milky ways are completely different. Marbars are caramel, milky ways are not.

I thought Milky Ways had caramel, too. What am I thinking of, then? Because I'm sure there was no Mars bars where I grew up, but I distinctly remember a candy bar with nougat and caramel with a chocolate coating.

EDIT: It was driving me crazy, so I just looked it up. In the US, Milky Way bars are identical to Mars Bars. Caramel and nougat. In the UK, Milky Way bars have no caramel, so they're a different thing altogether. Mystery solved!

EDIT2: Complete with illustration!

Hmm, curious. Ok, after some sleuthing, it seems we may have a lost in translation situation going on here. In the UK, a Mars bar is caramel and nougat covered in chocolate. In the US, a Milky Way is caramel and nougat covered in chocolate. So they are pretty much the same candy but shaped a little different.

To make matters more complicated, a UK Milky Way is just nougat covered in chocolate or what Americans would call a 3 Musketeers. And a US Mars bar is caramel, nougat and almonds covered in chocolate or what Brits/Europeans would call a Mars Almond.

[Sirus]

Jeez. Who would have thought that candy bars could be so confusing?

[Osmosis Jones]

Mmm, especially because a Mars Almond sounds line a Snickers...

[Rose]

Fun fact.

The Indian version of snickers is eggless, meaning I can eat it.

Not so with Mars Bars.

[Akura]

Huh, I used far less cheese/pepperoni/sauce on these rice balls than I thought I would. They taste alright enough.

[aenri]

Huh, I used far less cheese/pepperoni/sauce on these rice balls than I thought I would. They taste alright enough.

Are you stuffing your pizza onigiris, or are you using it as topping?