Dwarven take-away

[Mad Humanist]

So I think I may have just worked out why there are no Dwarven take-aways in my town. Indian, Chinese, Thai, Fish'n'chips but no take away. Human and Dwarven constitutions are so different that they get food poisoning from each others food. If some Dwarves set up a take-away in your town, would you get some after a nigh down the pub?

[goto124]

I would eat at a dwarven resturant, but only if it had credentials saying it's suitable for human consumption.

Come to think of it, I wouldn't eat at a human resturant unless it had those credentials too...

[Storm_Of_Snow]

I thought a Dwarven Takeaway was just another name for an off-licence.

[Mad Humanist]

I thought a Dwarven Takeaway was just another name for an off-licence.

Can you get "two servings of the mushy stuff with butter" at an off-license. Can you get "deep-fried fungus" at an off-license?

[KorvinStarmast]

Fried breaded mushrooms = deep fried fungus = great snack.
Mushy stuff with butter = mashed potatoes with butter = yummy (make sure not to skimp on the garlic)
or
Mushy stuff with butter = hot grits with butter = yummy (don't skimp on the fresh ground pepper and a bit of sea salt)

I could go on, but I suddenly came over all puckish. Esurient. All hungry like.

[goto124]

I could go on, but I suddenly came over all puckish. Esurient. All hungry like.

"Puckish" means "playful & mischievous". I think you mean "peckish"

[littlebum2002]

Gimlet's Hole, the Dwarven restaurant in Ankh-Morpork, serves the following delicacies:

Dwarf Bread (a food so bad it sustains you just by the thought of never having to eat it)
Fried rat (best in the city)
Soya rat (vegetarian)
Pizza "Quatre rodenti" (with newts and chillies)
Pizza "Klatchian Hots" (with salami)

I think i'll pass.

[Castamir]

"Puckish" means "playful & mischievous". I think you mean "peckish"

Who said Robin Goodfellow didn't like good food?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Gimlet's Hole, the Dwarven restaurant in Ankh-Morpork, serves the following delicacies:

Dwarf Bread (a food so bad it sustains you just by the thought of never having to eat it)
Fried rat (best in the city)
Soya rat (vegetarian)
Pizza "Quatre rodenti" (with newts and chillies)
Pizza "Klatchian Hots" (with salami)

All hygienically prepared: the chef always washes his hands after preparing rat (you wouldn't want a chef running around with hands smelling of rat, would you?).

Also, free beer. Just sit behind a dwarf that is quaffing.

GW

[Ruck]

So I think I may have just worked out why there are no Dwarven take-aways in my town. Indian, Chinese, Thai, Fish'n'chips but no take away. Human and Dwarven constitutions are so different that they get food poisoning from each others food. If some Dwarves set up a take-away in your town, would you get some after a nigh down the pub?

I'm quite curious to try Dwarven beer, if it's as much more "real" than Human beer as Durkon seems to believe.

[Kantaki]

I'm quite curious to try Dwarven beer, if it's as much more "real" than Human beer as Durkon seems to believe.

The traditional dwarven brewed beer would be a Pilz, wouldn't it?
I think I'll pass...
Ouch. That pun hurts. Thankfully not mine.

[littlebum2002]

The traditional dwarven brewed beer would be a Pilz, wouldn't it?
I think I'll pass...
Ouch. That pun hurts. Thankfully not mine.

What pun? Must have gone over my head.

Also, I got the impression that Dwarven Beer was something stronger than any human beer, which wouldn't be a Pilz. I was thinking something more like a Tripel.

Although, regardless of style, if it's so good that it makes the best human beer taste like urine by comparison, then I'd drink it. Although, it might end up where dwarven beer tastes like urine o humans...

[Talyn]

... Esurient...

It's not often I come across a word I need to look up. That's a great one, I'll have to find a way to work it into a conversation.

[Kantaki]

What pun? Must have gone over my head.

Also, I got the impression that Dwarven Beer was something stronger than any human beer, which wouldn't be a Pilz. I was thinking something more like a Tripel.

Although, regardless of style, if it's so good that it makes the best human beer taste like urine by comparison, then I'd drink it. Although, it might end up where dwarven beer tastes like urine o humans...

Ah sorry, it's kinda based in german.
The type of beer is called Pils.
And Pilz is german for mushroom.
Implying that dwarves drink beer made from mushrooms.
Because the live underground. Yoho-ho-hoho
(Considering their poison resistance that might even make sense. Could also explain why Durkon doesn't like the human version.)

[Quebbster]

Ah sorry, it's kinda based in german.
The type of beer is called Pils.
And Pilz is german for mushroom.
Implying that dwarves drink beer made from mushrooms.
Because the live underground. Yoho-ho-hoho
(Considering their poison resistance that might even make sense. Could also explain why Durkon doesn't like the human version.)

Oh, German. I thought there was something wrong with you.

[Kantaki]

Oh, German. I thought there was something wrong with you.

I am and there is, but the two are unrelated.

[Peelee]

Today I learned that some people (I'm assuming either British or Australian) call takeout take-away. Still confused as to what an off-license is, though. Off-brand, maybe?

[littlebum2002]

Ah sorry, it's kinda based in german.
The type of beer is called Pils.
And Pilz is german for mushroom.
Implying that dwarves drink beer made from mushrooms.
Because the live underground. Yoho-ho-hoho
(Considering their poison resistance that might even make sense. Could also explain why Durkon doesn't like the human version.)

I learned a German pun! I'm definitely going to ask my friend who knows German if pilsners are made from mushrooms.

Today I learned that some people (I'm assuming either British or Australian) call takeout take-away. Still confused as to what an off-license is, though. Off-brand, maybe?

I kinda figured it was one of those on-street vendors who sell the extremely sketchy food out of carts.

[Peelee]

I kinda figured it was one of those on-street vendors who sell the extremely sketchy food out of carts.

Oh. That kinda makes sense. I never thought to call them anything other than street vendors or food carts.

[Mad Humanist]

Today I learned that some people (I'm assuming either British or Australian) call takeout take-away. Still confused as to what an off-license is, though. Off-brand, maybe?

Shock horror news. Order of the Stick has British readers!

An off-license is a place where you can buy alcohol to take home. This is in contrast to a pub, to where you can escape from home to buy alcohol.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

An off-license is a place where you can buy alcohol to take home. This is in contrast to a pub, to where you can escape from home to buy alcohol.

And it's called off-license because it has a license that allows you to take the alcohol off the premises (in a pub, all alcohol must be consumed in-site).

GW

[Peelee]

That's makes a lot more sense. Thanks!

[Quebbster]

Most dwarves would probably approve of this discussion of ways to get drunk in foreign lands.

[KorvinStarmast]

"Puckish" means "playful & mischievous". I think you mean "peckish"

I did indeed, how did I mess that up? E is left hand, upper row, middle finger, and U is right hand, upper row, index finger. Possible short circuit of the neural network. Obviously, I need more garlic mashed potatoes. (That's 'cos I like taters, Precious).

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I could go on, but I suddenly came over all puckish. Esurient. All hungry like.

A little fermented curd will do the trick.

[Peelee]

I did indeed, how did I mess that up? E is left hand, upper row, middle finger, and U is right hand, upper row, index finger. Possible short circuit of the neural network. Obviously, I need more garlic mashed potatoes. (That's 'cos I like taters, Precious).

Eh, you were probably feeling puckish when you made that typo.

[KorvinStarmast]

A little fermented curd will do the trick.

Venezuelan Beaver Cheese; we looked high and low in Chicago one summer for VBC, only to find that nobody carried it. (While we were pretty sure that it was mythical, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction). We settled for some runny Camembert, before the cat got to it.

[littlebum2002]

Shock horror news. Order of the Stick has British readers!

An off-license is a place where you can buy alcohol to take home. This is in contrast to a pub, to where you can escape from home to buy alcohol.

And it's called off-license because it has a license that allows you to take the alcohol off the premises (in a pub, all alcohol must be consumed in-site).

GW

Wow, I wasn't even close. We call it a "liquor store". That's because it's a store where you can buy liquor

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Wow, I wasn't even close. We call it a "liquor store". That's because it's a store where you can buy liquor

You can buy liquor at a pub, though. The question remains, then, of whether you are allowed to take it home with you in its original container, or you need to first imbibe it. See? US terminology is lacking. British is so much better.

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GW

[Peelee]

Wow, I wasn't even close. We call it a "liquor store". That's because it's a store where you can buy liquor

Well, the drive-through versions do have some fun nicknames. Beer barn and brew thru being my favorites.