Grrlcot Nandos Chicken
I just watched this advertisement on my television, just now. Umm. Jesus Christ.
What was the fucking point? Alright, we know that the point was to show women on a platter for the consumption of men, by showing a glam happy stripper with the hope that the many men who find the consumption of women funny, sexy, or otherwise good might also enjoy the consumption of Nando’s foodstuffs.
But…
Oh jesus Christ.
My friends eat at Nando’s every now and then. From now on, I aint joining them.
Is Nandos just a Queensland thing? Because I’ve never heard of it before.
Comment by Richie — May 11, 2007 @ 11:56 am
*copy pastes from their website*
“Nando’s famous cockerel landed on Australia’s shores in 1990, providing the lucky people of Tuart Hill in Western Australia with a fiery taste of Portuguese-style flame grilled Peri Peri chicken. Nando’s has since spread it’s wings creating more Nando’s addicts as it opened restaurants in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales.”
Seems they’re all over the dang place.
The same pages tells me this:
“The Portuguese explorers came into contact with African people who introduced them to a little treasure called the African Bird’s Eye Chilli. Whether this fiery little chilli was indigenous to Africa or introduced was not certain, but it is certain that the rich and fertile climates were perfect for the Bird’s Eye chilli to grow with wild abandon.
The African people called this fiery little chilli, Pili-Pili. The explorers tried in vain to pronounce Pili-Pili but ended up with their own version called Peri-Peri and to this day the Bird’s Eye Chilli is still known as Peri-Peri. The settlers immediately experi-perimented with Peri-Peri in their cooking and because much of life revolved around food Peri-Peri became an integral part of their lives.”
At which point in this lovely little stroll through history are they going to mention that that the colonizers from Portugal not only failed to pronounce the name of the chili which they stole from the Africans, they also enslaved the African peoples too.
Oh wait.
They don’t.
Also:
“You can imagine the delight of the culinary-adventurous Portuguese mama’s, who were already in heaven with their fresh vegetable gardens and the abundance of wild meat, when they discovered the secret powers of Peri-Peri and it’s effects on their cooking. Peri-Peri added flavour and fire to all their food making them feel alive. The women were also delighted with the effect that Peri-Peri had on the libidos of their men and it was no wonder that they were constantly smiling. The settlers were amazed that something so small could be so satisfying.”
Awesome.
Comment by 'cause knowledge is power — May 11, 2007 @ 1:35 pm