The apple strudel thread

DAS · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 16.54

I have not found any apple strudel thread so i thought i would take mattas into my own hands....

(Since this has been requested by people, I fully expect a discussion on the pros and cons of apple strudel)

Gavin Scott · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 16.59

Question:-

What's a strudel?

cat · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.03

Oh excellent.

http://www.strudelland.com/

May be of interest.

Oh, and look, it's George Best's liver:

http://www.strudelland.com/Vegetable-Strudel.htm

noelfirl · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.03

This is one, apparently, or to be precise a "Viennese Apple Strudel". Can's say I find it particularly appealing looking...

EDIT: Looking at that Strudelland website I have to ask, why on earth would anyone put cheese and raisins together with puff pastry? It boggles the mind.

Gavin Scott · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.08

Maaan that looks good. Wish I was eatin' it right now.

Why oh why did I just waste my shopping budget on that bag of scumdrops?

noelfirl · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.10

Gavin Scott wrote:Maaan that looks good. Wish I was eatin' it right now.

Why oh why did I just waste my shopping budget on that bag of scumdrops?

You're lucky, *I* just wasted my money on a dozen crapweeds...

DAS · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.11

What fascinates me is the hazing of boundaries between strudel, roulard, your classic "pie" and so on and so forth. Some of the desserts at Strudelland I would have classed as roulard. Is this some kind of globalisation of desserts?

cat · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.17

To paraphrase the great Francis Fukayama, this really is "the end of roulard".

Strudel now has the entire global pastry-filled-sweet industry to itself.

It's shocking when you think about it, really.

DAS · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.20

I quite agree - I'd say it's just one example of post-modern empire. Or empie-er.

Shabang.

I'll go.

cat · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.28

I am now hungry.

Gavin Scott · Thu 22 Jul, 2004 17.29

Scumdrop, anyone?