Been through Morocco without being in Morocco

[Ronald Zeeman]

Learning ever day.

 

[AuAL]

Dutch ovens work exactly the same as tagine pots. Google Le Creuset Dutch ovens to see what I mean.

I use a comal for many Mexican ingredients. In the US, we would call a comal a griddle. Same exact thing, just different names. I use my husband's great-grandmother's ancient cast iron pancake griddle as a comal. She might have inherited it from her great-grandmother for all we know.

Not quite. The low cover of the Dutch oven tends to keep a blanket of steam over the food. A tajine allows to the steam to rise, condense on the lid and dribble down as liquid back into the pot. A subtle difference, but it has an effect on the cooking. I use both, for different dishes.

 

[AuAL]

I have ridden trains through European countries without getting off said trains and being IN those countries

I have some rules of my own (I have rules of my own for lots of things - it goes with the territory.) I don’t count myself as having “visited” a country unless I have slept a night (in a stationary location - yes, I’ve ridden some night trains…) and/or eaten a meal, outside an airport, in that country. You can’t count stamps in passports anymore because some of them don’t give stamps anymore - cursed digital immigration technologies (though it does make it much easier, when it works.) My tally under these rules is now 46 countries.

 

[Mary Terry]

I have some rules of my own (I have rules of my own for lots of things - it goes with the territory.) I don’t count myself as having “visited” a country unless I have slept a night (in a stationary location - yes, I’ve ridden some night trains…) and/or eaten a meal, outside an airport, in that country. You can’t count stamps in passports anymore because some of them don’t give stamps anymore - cursed digital immigration technologies (though it does make it much easier, when it works.) My tally under these rules is now 46 countries.

I feel the same about flying over a country in an airplane. Just because I was physically present in a country's airspace does not mean that I've visited the country.

 

[Judge]

I feel the same about flying over a country in an airplane. Just because I was physically present in a country's airspace does not mean that I've visited the country.

I tend to agree. I just wish I could have claimed only to fly over Illinois, but found myself landing at O'Hare one too many times! Some might consider that an autistic nightmare unto itself.