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24 Nov 18 - 01:58 PM (#3963076) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu And would you believe Kevin the Carrot Aldi trucks/lorries? |
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24 Nov 18 - 02:07 PM (#3963077) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Yes keberoxu, it's mad isn't it? (I posted about it on the Black Friday thread.) People paying £20 for the giant Kevin, then offering it on e bay for up to £100. Have to say though, the adverts are rather sweet. Evil Parsnip doing his worst, and Kevin winning through. And each ad is based on a fairy tale (Little Red Riding Hood etc) I suppose there are worse things for children to get involved with. It's all very innocent. But I'd never pay all that money for an entire family of stuffed Carrot toys! I bet when Crimbo is over, all these huge Carrot things will be in the way, and end up in Landfill. |
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24 Nov 18 - 02:10 PM (#3963079) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu There was an ancestor, in the generation of my grandparents, who was extremely partial to ... parsnips. No one else would eat' em. |
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24 Nov 18 - 02:11 PM (#3963080) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou I seem to remember in the stage production of Spamalot (Monty Python type thing) that the hunchback who helped with the Death Cart was called Kevin. It's an Irish name. |
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24 Nov 18 - 02:13 PM (#3963081) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou I hate parsnips, they taste of soap. (I bet Steve will be on now giving us some hints as to how to cook them and make them tasty!) |
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24 Nov 18 - 02:21 PM (#3963083) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu Are there not alternate spellings of the name, like Cavan for example? |
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24 Nov 18 - 02:50 PM (#3963089) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou It's quite a nice name in my opinion. But lately it seems to have acquired a humorous overtone, rather like Cyril or Sydney. I think there was an Irish Saint Kevin. |
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24 Nov 18 - 07:06 PM (#3963113) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu There was a Saint Kevin and there was also a Saint Cavan, according to what a quick online search brings up. Saint Cavan had a church on one of the Aran Islands. Saint Kevin, hosever, was on the mainland, and there is a Seamus Heaney poem about St. Kevin and the Blackbird. He was a hermit partial to nature and to animal life. The English-language summaries say that "kevin" can be translated "high born" or "fair of aspect." |
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25 Nov 18 - 05:45 AM (#3963172) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Thompson Kevin wouldn’t work in France, where for some reason the name has a bad reputation.. There’s a song about the original saint, who kept his hermitage in Glendalough, one of the most beautiful places in Ireland. Senoufou, try cutting peeled parsnips in batons and steaming them, then covering them in a roux with honey and mustard and cooking them in the oven. |
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25 Nov 18 - 05:52 AM (#3963174) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Ha Thompson, my Irish mum used to cook them like that, and they weren't bad. But we both dislike them nonetheless. We adore sprouts however, if cooked very briefly. They should still be bright green and firm. (And covered in butter) I like spring greens too (same as sprouts, briefly cooked) |
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25 Nov 18 - 10:16 AM (#3963232) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Thompson Oh God yes sprouts. Lovely in a stir fry too. |
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25 Nov 18 - 01:06 PM (#3963260) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Do you know, I reckon the reason people hate sprouts is that they will blooming cook them for far too long. They go yellowish and smell like...er... a fart. Honestly, we just show them the simmering water for about three or four minutes. We never boil them for fifteen, ugh. Now husband has his new rice boiler with steamer attachment, we can do them in there. I think a family of Sam the Sprout would have been nice for the TV promotion! |
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25 Nov 18 - 01:11 PM (#3963263) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu I'm a veg, I'm a veg, I'm a Brussels veg, And my name is Sam The Sprout ... |
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25 Nov 18 - 01:24 PM (#3963268) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Haaaaahaaaagh keberoxu a Glasgae Sprout! Much more interesting than that feeble Kevin the Carrot! |
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25 Nov 18 - 02:33 PM (#3963276) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Jos I've always liked sprouts (but maybe some people just mindlessly reject anything that comes from Brussels). |
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26 Nov 18 - 04:29 AM (#3963337) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Dave the Gnome I like sprouts and parsnips. The former cooked, as suggested, very briefly. The addition of chestnuts is wonderful. Parsnips do need to be roasted, preferably with garlic and rosemary. |
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26 Nov 18 - 04:33 AM (#3963339) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou There's a Tesco Crimbo ad on TV at the moment where people grimace at the very idea of sprouts. We like the Scotsman who opens the door to some carol singers warbling "Sprouts!" He slams the door and mutters "No sprrrrrouts!" |
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26 Nov 18 - 08:05 PM (#3963477) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: McGrath of Harlow I would hope that any child who was fond of Kevin the Carrot would resolutely refuse to eat carrots at Christmas Dinner. As for "Kevin", my godfather used to always used to call me by the correct Irish pronunciation, which is Keeveen, but that's too much for most people to get their head round - as is the Irish spelling, Caoimhín, itself a modern simplified version of the older one, Caoimhghín. There's another Christmas advert featuring carrots this year (I think it's for McDonalds), which appears to promote the idea of putting out carrots for Father Christmas's reindeers, which seems an excellent idea. Presumably Dad is duty bound to eat it along with the now traditional mince pie. |
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27 Nov 18 - 04:23 AM (#3963514) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou I managed to persuade my husband when he first arrived in UK that Father Christmas was real. We always put out a mince pie, a tiny tot of sherry (from the miniatures I put in the Christmas cake) and a carrot for Rudolph. I used to creep out during the night to put his presents under the tree. I had no trouble eating the mince pie (deliberately leaving a few crumbs) and downing the sherry, but I did get rather tired standing there in my dressing gown at about 2am, munching away on that blooming crunchy carrot. I always picked the smallest one from the vegetable rack, but it took ages to eat. His face when he saw his gifts and the crumbs was a picture. The first time, he actually burst into tears! I reckon he's twigged now though all these years later. |
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27 Nov 18 - 04:42 AM (#3963517) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Will Fly Are you insinuating that Father Christmas is NOT real? Omigod! |
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27 Nov 18 - 05:12 AM (#3963522) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Heh heh Will! If he IS real, he can bring me a new, wrinkle-free face and a less...er...capacious rear end! |
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27 Nov 18 - 06:16 AM (#3963532) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: McGrath of Harlow But Father Christmas is generally understood to be pretty traditionally built himself. |
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27 Nov 18 - 06:56 AM (#3963544) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou That's true McGrath. He's supposed to represent Plenty and Conviviality. |
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27 Nov 18 - 10:51 AM (#3963584) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: leeneia Clearly some foods taste different to different people. Somebody said parsnips taste like soap. To me, they have a pleasant, nutty flavor. I used to hate Brussel sprouts till a friend told me to cut them in half, saute them till tender, and sprinkle with lime juice. Cilantro is a notable case. To me, cilantro has a pleasant, cool taste; to my husband it is bitter. There is even a website on the topic, Ihatecilantro.com The DH fancies that he has a superior palate to mine, but he thinks that food which is burning my mouth and lips is merely "a little spicy". |
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27 Nov 18 - 11:59 AM (#3963596) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou He sounds like my husband leeneia. He has an asbestos mouth. |
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27 Nov 18 - 09:42 PM (#3963679) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: McGrath of Harlow One of the interesting things about carrots is that if you eat too many you turn a bit orange, it's a substance called "carotene" that gets into your skin. It occurs to me to wonder if that explains Trump's appearance. |
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28 Nov 18 - 03:39 AM (#3963690) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Hahahaa McGrath! I've often thought the same thing. He should stick to parsnips. |
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28 Nov 18 - 04:31 AM (#3963692) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: BobL Were Kevin and Pascal raised in a Cabbage Patch (remember those?) |
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28 Nov 18 - 06:00 AM (#3963707) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Oh those sinister-looking weird dolls! All the rage, parents were fighting over them in the shops. Yuk. I've been thinking about these ads, and feel that they should introduce a bit of cultural enrichment. What about 'Osama the Okra'? Or 'Suliman the Scotch Bonnet'? 'Yassin the Yam'? I seem to be following you around on Mudcat today BobL. :) |
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28 Nov 18 - 10:32 AM (#3963737) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: leeneia I agree, Senoufou. When those Cabbage Patch dolls were all the rage, I thought they were a snide parody of infancy. I was surprised when my sister-in-law testily said that people buy them because they are cute. Cute? ============ I wonder about the effects of hours and hours of animation and fantasy (such as Kevin the Carrot, etc) on the minds of young children. What with all the media, and what with parents being lost in the dream world of the smart phone, are young children not learning about the real world? I like fairy tales, but that was at age ten, when I already knew what it meant, say, to fall off a bicycle. |
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28 Nov 18 - 11:17 AM (#3963744) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Jos I despair when I see books for small children, with drawings of animals that are often unrecognisable, drawn by people who have never looked at the animals in real life, or even seen films or photographs of them. I think they must have only ever seen cartoon animals, so they draw cartoons of the cartoons. |
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28 Nov 18 - 01:47 PM (#3963771) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou That's true Jos, especially for children living in city environments. But here in our village they get to see all sorts of animals and birds, both wild and domestic. The children are outside a lot, playing in the fields and down by the river. The two dairy farms and the riding stables hold lovely Open Days where people can watch cows being milked, get up close to big tractors, have rides on the horses and learn how to 'tack up' etc. One can encounter swans, egrets, wild geese, wood pigeons, swallows, foxes, badgers, deer, field mice, any number of dogs and cats. It's a veritable Noah's Ark, and infinitely better than sitting indoors watching inane cartoons on TV! |
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30 Nov 18 - 01:52 PM (#3964051) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu Here's a round-up of Kevin the Carrot show-off photos. |
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03 Dec 18 - 01:06 PM (#3964522) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu And now the madness includes holiday wrapping paper. |
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04 Dec 18 - 03:20 AM (#3964605) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Big Al Whittle I went to see Jim Broadbent at The Bridge Theatre last week. He asked me if I'd read his graphic novel, Dull Margaret. He never mentioned his latest success story as the voice of Kevin the Carrot |
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04 Dec 18 - 03:43 AM (#3964608) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou The Christmas wrapping paper apparently sheds glitter all over the carpet. Blooming nuisance! |
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04 Dec 18 - 12:11 PM (#3964734) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu Pascal the Parsnip reminds me of Mister Oogie Boogie from Tim Burton's Nightmare before Christmas. |
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05 Dec 18 - 11:19 AM (#3964924) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Charmion Parsnips are delicious when baked in the oven. I quarter the thick end and cut the rest into finger lengths (short finger), and toss them in an iron skillet with olive oil, sliced garlic and shallots, season with salt, pepper and thyme, then bung the pan in the oven. This baked-veg dish can be expanded with pretty well any root except rutabaga (too bitter). Harder veg, such as carrots, beets and potatoes, should be parboiled first so everything is finished at once. Great with steak or a joint of beef or lamb. |
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07 Dec 18 - 08:46 PM (#3965368) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu Now, what's this about an auction on eBay? |
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08 Dec 18 - 04:17 AM (#3965398) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Well there's a large Kevin the Carrot (the giant one, 1 metre tall) selling for £99.99 on ebay. Anyone daft enough to go for that needs certifying. Have people gone completely bonkers? |
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22 Dec 18 - 03:29 PM (#3967901) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Just saw their latest Kevin the Carrot ad. It features 'Auber Genie' who offers Kevin three wishes. But Pascal the Parsnip causes trouble and Kevin escapes on a magic carpet. I'm starting to love these little tales! |
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22 Dec 18 - 03:42 PM (#3967903) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu You say Aubergines, and I say Eggplants -- another UK verses US distinction. Hardly ever, in these (dis)United States, do I hear anybody call this nightshade-vegetable an "aubergine," when I hear it I always suspect UK origins. So, according to Big Al Whittle, Jim Broadbent supplies the voice of Kevin the Carrot. I wonder what actors are the voices of the other members of the vegetable kingdom. |
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22 Dec 18 - 07:12 PM (#3967943) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu I stand corrected: Jim Broadbent does voice-over narration. Not just a single carrot. And now I read about the other fairy-tales planned for the Aldi Christmas adverts: Kevin the Carrot and Pea-nocchio Katie the Carrot and the Fairy Cake Mother Kevin the Carrot and Rhubarb Stiltskin ...which makes me nostalgic for Robert Carlyle in hideous green-gold makeup with the spinning wheel. |
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22 Dec 18 - 07:20 PM (#3967945) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu ... and Senoufou/Eliza was just referring to the mysterious Auber Genie. |
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22 Dec 18 - 07:24 PM (#3967946) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu ... and, "you SHALL go to the ball!" |
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24 Dec 18 - 09:31 AM (#3968148) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Thompson Maybe I should run down to Aldi and buy a bunch of Kevin carrots; they're not selling particularly well in Ireland, as far as I know. Brussels sprout liking or disliking is genetic. St Kevin, as sung by the Dubliners. |
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24 Dec 18 - 09:50 AM (#3968150) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: Senoufou Ha Thompson, I enjoyed listening to that Dubliners' song. And the way they pronounce 'bewk' and 'hewk' is exactly how my mother spoke! I'm interested about the genetic link with liking or not liking sprouts. My husband had never in his life even seen a sprout until he came to UK. I've always encouraged him to eat green vegetables as a side dish to his fiery curries, and he loves sprouts, as do I. He's amazed to learn that some people detest them (we've watched that Tesco advert) as he wolfs them down with much pleasure. For our Christmas dinner tomorrow we have a large free-range chicken, a stalk of sprouts to pick and cook, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, spring greens, mashed and roast spuds, pigs in blankets and sage-and-onion stuffing. And individual Christmas puddings with a tiny spot of brandy (Muslim, but 'the alcohol evaporates' :) ) and fresh double cream. I think all this will be followed by a luxurious nap! Then the Queen's Christmas Message. Then another nap... Then Oliver! and The Snowman and Mrs Brown's Boys. |
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25 Dec 18 - 08:41 PM (#3968322) Subject: RE: BS: Pascal Parsnip vs Kevin Carrot & family From: keberoxu I have a feeling that, in Christmases Future, there are going to be some people muttering "Don't even MENTION Kevin the Carrot to me/us..." |