Food Thread: A Steak On Every Grill, A Chicken In Every Pan, But No Wheat For The Poor?

Everybody loves a great piece of prime beef, cut from the best part of the cow, cooked to perfection and served with something equally delicious on the side (like...um...bacon!).

Unfortunately with Bidenflation running in excess of 10%, and probably much more for food, buying that steak can be a painful financial experience. But there are wonderful alternatives to rib steaks and NY strips and fillets that, while still pricey, aren't break-the-bank and sell the kids into slavery territory.

When I was just starting out and didn't have a pot to piss in, I would buy chuck steaks for a ridiculous price...well under $1/lb. And they tasted great! No, not wonderfully tender like the more expensive cuts that I couldn't afford, but still beefy and delicious.

Lamb shoulder chops and pork shoulder chops and some of the other cuts from the beef shoulder can be wonderful eating for a fraction of the cost of their more famous cousins. I recently have been seeing something called "beef shoulder petite fillet," which is a lovely and flavorful cut from the clod. Unfortunately it takes a bit of work for the butcher, but if you see it at a reasonable price (I paid $8/lb in my expensive area), give it a shot.

I am not suggesting that we cut back on animal protein for the good of the country or the planet or some such bullsh*t. In fact, just the opposite. We should eat MORE meat and tell the neo-luddites to stick it.

And if you even think about eating that horrid, anti-American fake meat that many markets are pushing, your man card will automatically combust.

You've been warned.

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Putin's adventures in Ukraine have put quite the damper on wheat production in the world. Something like 13% of the world's wheat supply comes from that area, so I guess all of those poor people who rely on wheat for a lot of their calories will have to switch to something different...like quinoa or heritage organic oats. And if they can't? Well, they will just have to tough it out. It's really not a big deal. It's not like people would get upset if they can't afford to feed their families.

Let's Go Brandon!

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Speaking of inexpensive...

I bought some whole legs (they were huge! Probably emu legs from the zoo) that were on sale for 99¢/lb., and because I had recently seen some recipe that called for boned chicken legs I had to prove to myself that I could do it. It's even easier than it sounds, and takes about 45 seconds, so I will be doing more of that. My goal was cracklingly crisp skin, which is a noble goal for anyone and anything.

As for cooking them? Well, I just so happened to have a large can of bacon fat that was pretty much full, so a couple of heaping tablespoons of that into a large pan and off we went. I pounded the chicken a bit to even it out, and then just seared them in the fat until the skin was nice and crispy. Then I flipped them and tossed in some thyme and some garlic cloves that I had scrunched a bit under the heel of my hand.

And now comes the bad technique! I basted with the fat, hoping to flavor the meat and the skin, but as our intrepid professional chef (kch) pointed out to me, the basting may have prevented the skin from getting as crisp as I wanted.

Anyway, into the oven at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, and then onto a cutting board to rest for a few.

It tasted great, and the garlic was delicious. I was careful not to leave the garlic and thyme in the bacon fat; instead piling them on top of the chicken while it finished cooking in the oven.

Delicious, fun, easy, and just a bit different. Oh...cheap as hell!

And for your amusement, here is a poem about a chicken!

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I like daiquiris, but they do tend to the sweeter side, so this Hemingway Daiquiri might be the way to go. I'll bet the addition of grapefruit juice will temper the sweetness and add some complexity to what is a pretty monochromatic drink. Although...here is another version without any sugar, and it also has an almost certainly apocryphal story about the origin of the drink.
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Old Grand-dad.jpg

Intrepid commenter and bourbon aficionado "Doof" recommended this bourbon to me, and after a few fits and starts ( couldn't find it!) I bought a bottle for about $35. More than Doof is paying, but after tasting it I am quite happy with the price point.

This is a well balanced bourbon that keeps all of that alcohol wonderfully in check. It is a classic flavor profile...full and rounded and with a touch of vanilla. It's a keeper!

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Yeah; Jamie Oliver is a smarmy little (insert British accent) twat, but this does actually sound pretty good. I love curry, and I love shrimp. So...now all I need to do is find mango chutney. Easy prawn curry
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And how about one more recipe? Somebody mentioned hominy in the comments a few days ago and ever since I have been obsessing about this recipe for Chicken Verde Stew with Hominy.
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Romaine lettuce that is green, instead of the white crap they sell that has never seen a photon, pork rib roasts from the front end of the pig where all the good and fatty meat lives, carrots that don't taste like stalky chalk, spare bottles of Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year Old Bourbon, an herb garden that actually produces herbs (but no basil!), well-marbled NY strip steaks and elk backstrap to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

And don't think that you are off the hook with maple syrup and French Toast: I'm watching you...all of you! And I am watching you perverts who shake Manhattans and keeping a list for the Burning Times.

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Ood fight

Posted by: Skip's Phone at March 27, 2022 04:01 PM (2JoB8)

2 Not "Sven gives crude food tips" post so much as "Saltgrass Steakhouse" is good stuff for the $.

That is all.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:01 PM (Lzpvj)

3 Greetings:

As my father taught me, "A meal without meat is like a day without sunshine."

Posted by: 11B40 at March 27, 2022 04:02 PM (uuklp)

4 Dutifully called them to dinner

Posted by: Skip's Phone at March 27, 2022 04:02 PM (2JoB8)

5 Baked chicken thighs tonight - nothing fancy, simple Italian seasonings. Maybe some asparagus or broccoli to go along with it.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2022 04:03 PM (Msys3)

6 Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:01 PM (Lzpvj)

I read the post you linked for me last week. Saved it for future reference if I do indeed start brewing real beer. Think I'm going to stay with kombucha for now and see what sort of flavor profiles I can create with that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:05 PM (nC+QA)

7 Hello, what time is dinner?

Posted by: ALH at March 27, 2022 04:06 PM (eqjnd)

8 Meat loaf here tonight. A special request.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 27, 2022 04:06 PM (bVYXr)

9 Round steak and cube steak was a staple in my house growing up. The round steak was used to make Swiss steak in the electric skillet at least once a week.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 04:06 PM (/ijUi)

10 Speaking of kombucha, it turns out that tamarind pulp is an *excellent* sugar source for creating a fizzy second ferment. Honey and maple syrup give a really good flavor but almost no carbonation.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:07 PM (nC+QA)

11 Good Sunday afternoon, horde!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at March 27, 2022 04:07 PM (OX9vb)

12 Man card status: Plexiglas encased with gold filigree.

And yes, we're have T-bone grilled tonight.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 27, 2022 04:07 PM (ZSK0i)

13 So, I have no dishwasher, and I tend to have little meat on Fri/Sat in Lent, so I declared tonight a beef night.

So, it's hamburgers tonight with optional toppings of cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles (yes, it's like a toppings bar at my house). To go with, I've got roasted brussels sprouts and onions with a balsamic glaze and fresh cut strawberries and grapes.

Originally, I was gonna do the "potato" option, but TMobile gave me free Dunkin Donuts for the kids, and I don't need an extra carb...so veg it is (and since it's on parchment, no cleaning for that one)...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:07 PM (exHjb)

14 Aldi sells chicken leg quarters for $.43/lb. Pretty hard to beat that price.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:08 PM (nC+QA)

15 Yeah; Jamie Oliver is a smarmy little (insert British accent) twat,{...}

I hit his site to look at the recipe and I don't think I've ever seen a large, more obnoxious cookie notification. Damn.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 27, 2022 04:08 PM (ZSK0i)

16 (cough) larger, not large.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 27, 2022 04:09 PM (ZSK0i)

17 10 Speaking of kombucha, it turns out that tamarind pulp is an *excellent* sugar source for creating a fizzy second ferment. Honey and maple syrup give a really good flavor but almost no carbonation.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:07 PM (nC+QA)

I literally picked up a "cooking tamarind concentrate" today at HMart ($3 for a big jar of the just tamarind pulp and water - sign me up to try it).

Jet Tila mentioned using this in his vegan pad thai...so since bean sprouts and tofu were uber-cheap, I'm gonna make a vegetarian pad thai (with egg, tofu, peanuts, and sprouts) later this week and try this in my sauce for some extra sour kick...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:10 PM (exHjb)

18 6 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:05 PM (nC+QA)

It's a laudable hobby ma'am and in extreme cases could be a societal boon.

I need a good hobby when I get settled, if I still drank I'd give serious thought to a meadery.

One of the challenges with mead is learning your local environment's impact on fermentation times and yeast requirements.

Happy brewing, and I am curious as to real birch beer.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:11 PM (Lzpvj)

19 With prices of things heading north it might be worthwhile to invest in a vacuum sealer for food.
Buy a bunch of meats, seal and freeze.

FJB LGB

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 27, 2022 04:11 PM (mcfjc)

20 https://youtu.be/WlQKPHddXz0

Birch Beer

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:12 PM (Lzpvj)

21 And for your amusement, here is a poem about a chicken!
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This is why I come here.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 04:12 PM (wyw4S)

22 Almost half the world's oat supply comes from Russia so I wouldn't count on that (or the various livestock that eats oats) being readily available in the near future, either.

Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:12 PM (UewuT)

23 Pretty much everything it too goddamn expensive these days.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 27, 2022 04:12 PM (II3Gr)

24 Last, but not least (for a while):

Aldi sells chicken leg quarters for $.43/lb. Pretty hard to beat that price.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:08 PM (nC+QA)

That's a pretty darned good price.

What I do to save a few bucks (although it's not as cost-effective as Aldi's) is buy the whole chicken instead of individual parts. Break the bird down yourself and you have a couple of breasts for stir frying and smaller parts for a nice braise.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 27, 2022 04:13 PM (ZSK0i)

25 I want the Old GrandDad 114. And that steak. But first the Old GrandDad.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 04:13 PM (0OP+5)

26 Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:07 PM (exHjb)

I tried your idea for my over-fermented fruit last week. I cooked the fruit and liquid in the fat from the other baked pork chops and it turned out pretty good. Browned the chops slightly and then braised them in the liquid. The fat gave a nice body while the fruit liquid gave a sweet and tangy flavor.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (nC+QA)

27 I shop the 'Reduced For Quick Sale' meat bin now. If it ain't too green, I'm keen.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (4I/2K)

28 14 Aldi sells chicken leg quarters for $.43/lb. Pretty hard to beat that price.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:08 PM (nC+QA)

Pretty hard to find them, too. Normally, the frozen chicken section of my Aldi's is picked over.

I was sad they've raised the price of my Gluten Free (and really, Dairy Free which mattered) General Tso's chicken again from $5.49 (Jan) to $6.49 (Feb) to $7.49 (Mar)/bag (22 oz - 18oz chicken / 4 oz sauce). Since my fam eats 2.5 bags/dinner (although we only use 1/2 the sauce), I've now stopped buying it to see if the price will level out or drop...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (exHjb)

29 Had some beef ribs I wanted to roast for the first time. Found a recipe that called for 3 hours at 300F. Holy moly I could hardly get the temp probe in they were so tough. Took 7 1/2 hours to get to 205F. Could have put them in the crock pot or braised them covered I guess but I wanted the crispy outside fat. Haven't tasted them yet.

Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (+ya+t)

30 Chile Rellenos stuffed with fajita chicken and Monterey jack then smothered in bacon wrapped jalapeno queso. Accompanied by a spicy margarita. Margarita mix has just the right blend of jalapeno and hatch.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (oyWR2)

31 I do that chicken thing with thighs when they have boneless on sale - what can't bacon grease do?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 27, 2022 04:15 PM (oWBc3)

32 27 Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (4I/2K)

Can make for good jerky....

I am very seriously pondering learning to make pemmican.

https://youtu.be/SJ9OjrnlH9g

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:15 PM (Lzpvj)

33 26 Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:07 PM (exHjb)

I tried your idea for my over-fermented fruit last week. I cooked the fruit and liquid in the fat from the other baked pork chops and it turned out pretty good. Browned the chops slightly and then braised them in the liquid. The fat gave a nice body while the fruit liquid gave a sweet and tangy flavor.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (nC+QA)

Excellent! I'm glad to hear it worked. And now, you have a "happy accident" for the future if it happens again.

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:15 PM (exHjb)

34 23 Pretty much everything is too goddamn expensive these days.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 27, 2022 04:12 PM (II3Gr)

Amen.

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:16 PM (exHjb)

35 I've actually heard of Old Grand-Dad before, but only because I researched the booze references in the Thorogood song 'I Drink Alone.'

I'm one of those weirdos who cares about what the song is about, not just whether it has cool riffs. Next thing you know, I'll be caring about whose ass it is and why it's farting!

Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:16 PM (UewuT)

36 Pretty much everything it too goddamn expensive these days.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 27, 2022 04:12 PM (II3Gr)

Mon ami, I concur.

Posted by: The Rent Is Too Damn High Guy at March 27, 2022 04:16 PM (4I/2K)

37 Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:11 PM (Lzpvj)

Inspector has the same problem. He really enjoyed brewing beer, the less said about his still as a teen the better, but is now non-drinking so he could give me the benefit of his experience but not of his palate.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:17 PM (nC+QA)

38 30 Chile Rellenos stuffed with fajita chicken and Monterey jack then smothered in bacon wrapped jalapeno queso. Accompanied by a spicy margarita. Margarita mix has just the right blend of jalapeno and hatch.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (oyWR2)

And this makes me miss dairy!

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:17 PM (exHjb)

39 Since winter is back this weekend, I made some old fashioned chicken and noodles for Mr. April. It's not my favorite, and more carbs than I usually like at a time, but I had some. Hit the comfort food spot.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at March 27, 2022 04:18 PM (OX9vb)

40 The people who like me best are beer drinkers. I'm not sure why that is.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:19 PM (VdGjU)

41 And this makes me miss dairy!
Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:17 PM (exHjb)

She's pretty, light and airy
She's the HQ's own Miss Dairy

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 27, 2022 04:20 PM (II3Gr)

42 37 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:17 PM (nC+QA)

It is important to have a non-biased taste tester.

My friend's kids were encouraged to experiment with wine-making and brewing as part of their home education for applied science.

Our ancestors were kick-ass people, I refuse to apologize for them to anyone.

*wink*

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:20 PM (Lzpvj)

43 Bourbon...

I have a bottle of "Bedtime Bourbon." It's a small batch Bourbon from the Louisville Bourbon Transit Company. Batch #4 950 bottles from 4 barrels. 90 proof.

About $60 which I think is a pretty good deal for a limited run.

Very good for sipping or mixing. Notes of vanilla, spice and cream. Very smooth.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2022 04:20 PM (BFigT)

44 I am very seriously pondering learning to make pemmican.

https://youtu.be/SJ9OjrnlH9g
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:15 PM (Lzpvj)

Would suggest taking fiber pills with pemmican.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:21 PM (4I/2K)

45 Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:12 PM (UewuT)

Well dang. that throws a wrench in my plan to shift my koji and sourdough starters to an oat-based diet. Not sure what my next best option would be.

Koji can culture practically any grain or legume, I just need to build the skill to get it to do so. The sourdough still needs regular flour to make most baked items so maybe I should just stick with wheat flour.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:21 PM (nC+QA)

46 32 27 Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:14 PM (4I/2K)

Can make for good jerky....

I am very seriously pondering learning to make pemmican.

https://youtu.be/SJ9OjrnlH9g
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:15 PM (Lzpvj)

I don't know - I don't even like jerky, but it seems like the jerky stage looked more appetizing than the final stage of pemmican in that video...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:21 PM (exHjb)

47 All of us down at the Brattleboro Women's Reproductive Health Center are happy the price o f meet is very high because it be saving the animals. We be shoulds only eat veggiables from countries produced with peoples of coler to helps fight Globul Climate Change .......

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at March 27, 2022 04:22 PM (a376J)

48 The 4.99 rotisserie chicken at Costco is still a really good deal.

Lasts all week and the bones are thrown in the Instapot for stock.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 04:22 PM (U2p+3)

49 A Sikh family just came into the pub. I would have thought they're non drinkers.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:22 PM (VdGjU)

50 40 The people who like me best are beer drinkers. I'm not sure why that is.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:19 PM (VdGjU)
Report for duty at TxMoMe in October, I think you will find us whiskey drinkers are right friendly too.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 04:22 PM (0OP+5)

51 But first the Old GrandDad.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 04:13 PM (0OP+5)

It is a fine bourbon. I was surprised by how good it was, and even more surprised by how much of it I drank.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:24 PM (XIJ/X)

52 44 Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:21 PM (4I/2K)

The occasional bout of dysentery is what makes it work.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:24 PM (Lzpvj)

53 Polliwog- are you needing oats as in flour? Sorry, I'm not familiar with this process.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:25 PM (oyWR2)

54 46 Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:21 PM (exHjb)

The pemmican is a combination of caloric density indexed to extending the servings via other ingredients.

It was good enough for Boone and Crockett.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:25 PM (Lzpvj)

55 The occasional bout of dysentery is what makes it work.
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:24 PM (Lzpvj)
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I've told this story here before, but when my oldest son was young and played Oregon Trail, he'd buy nothing but guns and bacon and all his people would die of dysentery.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (wyw4S)

56 The occasional bout of dysentery is what makes it work.
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:24 PM (Lzpvj)

Cleans you out better than colonoscopy prep, does it?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (4I/2K)

57 It isn't my "man" card that will burst into flame, it would be my patriotism card! There's nothing more American than cowboys, and where would they be if we started eating that non-beef that Bill Gates is pushing? I've been trying to buy more meat from local ranchers (like Ranch Foods Direct). It's not cheap either, but I know it is healthier for me.

Posted by: Nancy at 7000 ft at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (0tmoY)

58 51 But first the Old GrandDad.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 04:13 PM (0OP+5)

It is a fine bourbon. I was surprised by how good it was, and even more surprised by how much of it I drank.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:24 PM (XIJ/X)
Not me. Hah, just kidding. I never saw you even tipsy. And of course I'm almost always sober too. Almost.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (0OP+5)

59 Ben Had!
Your chili rellenos sound fantastic.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (U2p+3)

60 49 Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:22 PM (VdGjU)

I wonder what the Sikh equivalent of "Biden Catholicism" would be called?

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (Lzpvj)

61 56 Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (4I/2K)

I endured that last month, it is a near run thing but I would give the prep the nose or never mind.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:27 PM (Lzpvj)

62 54 46 Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:21 PM (exHjb)

The pemmican is a combination of caloric density indexed to extending the servings via other ingredients.

It was good enough for Boone and Crockett.
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:25 PM (Lzpvj)

Yeah, but with beef prices today, I'd probably cry over what I ended up with at the end of that...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:27 PM (exHjb)

63 I wonder what the Sikh equivalent of "Biden Catholicism" would be called?
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (Lzpvj)

SINO?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:28 PM (VdGjU)

64 The great thing about chicken legs and thighs, even if the bone is left in, is that it is difficult for even the worst inattentive cook to totally over-cook them - thus leaving more time for the cook to enjoy that Old Granddad!

Posted by: Boswell at March 27, 2022 04:28 PM (5iUNf)

65 60 49 Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:22 PM (VdGjU)

I wonder what the Sikh equivalent of "Biden Catholicism" would be called?
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (Lzpvj)

Apparently, you can be an unbaptized Sikh...and they can drink at will...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:28 PM (exHjb)

66 40 The people who like me best are beer drinkers. I'm not sure why that is.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:19 PM (VdGjU)

Report for duty at TxMoMe in October, I think you will find us whiskey drinkers are right friendly too.
Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 04:22 PM (0OP+5)

Beer drinkers and hell raisers: https://youtu.be/wzZcBceUZJw

Posted by: Count de ZZ Top at March 27, 2022 04:28 PM (4I/2K)

67 And this makes me miss dairy!
Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:17 PM (exHjb)

I feel your pain - it's been over fifteen years since I developed issues. I've tried some vegan baking recipes, but the only one that tasted good was a peanut butter cookie (add semisweet or dark chocolate chips in...mercy) but most vegan baking is...bleah.

Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:28 PM (JrN/x)

68 nurse, the rellenos were good, the magaritas were fantastic. The mix is on my shopping list for the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:29 PM (oyWR2)

69 62 Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:27 PM (exHjb)

Might not be a bad use for deer extras.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:30 PM (Lzpvj)

70 My solution for the over-fermented fruit and liquid was to simply eat the fruit, but to add a tablespoon of cultured cream to smooth out the bite. Pretty much all that was left was a white fleshed Asian melon, lotus root, and the ginger I'd put in for flavoring.

I decided to use the juice to make vinegar by adding some sugar. In one jar I just added sugar and in the other I added the fruit peels/cores from the fruit I was processing for my new ferment. The jar with fruit bits started bubbling the next day but the other jar did pretty much nothing for nearly a week. At that point I split it into two jars and added fruit bits to one and herbs to the other, along with more sugar. They are both bubbling now as well and I'm interested to see how the different flavors work out.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:30 PM (nC+QA)

71 I wonder what the Sikh equivalent of "Biden Catholicism" would be called?
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (Lzpvj)

I'm pretty sure it's "Heretical LowIQ Lying Bullshit" for any religion.

Or. recipe. Just to drag this back on topic.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 04:30 PM (5NkmN)

72 I found a package of chicken breasts at the bottom of the freezer. They've been there since before my wife died. So I did them in the slow cooker. I deem them okay.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:31 PM (VdGjU)

73 45 Well dang. that throws a wrench in my plan to shift my koji and sourdough starters to an oat-based diet. Not sure what my next best option would be.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:21 PM (nC+QA)

I looked it up to share the data, and it seems I did slightly misstate the production percentage. Russia produces about 20% of the total, but fully half of it is minor producers not on the chart I saw so they're still about half of the production that matters. Still going to be a major disruption to international agriculture.

Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:31 PM (UewuT)

74 Appetizers for dinner tonight for the dog's 10th birthday pawty. Bird's Nests, zucchini fries, spanakopita, shrimp egg rolls, scallops wrapped in bacon for the stoopid hoomans. She's getting strawberries, kiwi, and some peanut butter-oat balls for special treats.

Posted by: JuJuBee at March 27, 2022 04:31 PM (mNhhD)

75 Aldi sells chicken leg quarters for $.43/lb. Pretty hard to beat that price.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Are they sold in big bags? Frozen? I've got a nice tandoori chicken I use them for but usually have to buy a footlocker full.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 27, 2022 04:31 PM (rz+/y)

76 Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:25 PM (oyWR2)

I'm using oatmeal oats. Raw for the starter, cooked for the koji.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:31 PM (nC+QA)

77 From Wikipedia (in turn sourced from UN stat nerds):
Oats production -- 2019, Millions of tonnes
Russia 4.42
Canada 4.24
Poland 1.21
Finland 1.19
Australia 1.13
United Kingdom 1.08
Brazil 0.92
World 22.59

Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (UewuT)

78 My favorite Bee headline needs to be pulled out again though adjusted just a bit.

' Taco Bell will not be effected by rising beef costs'

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (u5NuV)

79
I've told this story here before, but when my oldest son was young and played Oregon Trail, he'd buy nothing but guns and bacon and all his people would die of dysentery.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 04:26 PM (wyw4S)

What are you supposed to buy that stops the dysentery?

A doc at an embassy we were posted to swore by drinking white wine before eating any meal in that particular country, and while the rest of us all suffered at least once, he never did. Of course, he was the doc...so he could have cheated with actual drugs. But it made for a good story and a lot of white wine purchases.

Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (JrN/x)

80 Shrimp and pasta tonight. With lemon, garlic, and spinach.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (ju2Fy)

81 Damnit, I dorked up the thread. Let's try to fix this...

Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (UewuT)

82 OK, tire got filled but truck giving issues starting every once in a while like now.
Anyway yesterday on Garden Thread posted pictures of my charcoal making
First how it's made
https://tinyurl.com/ep9xw27s
Sealed old clean paint can, small hole in top to let out steam and wood chemicals
1 pot of cross cut maple branches
https://tinyurl.com/c7u5pn4p
1 pot of split maple
https://tinyurl.com/ysbrr3zu
Bought some steaks but question is when to brave cold

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (2JoB8)

83 Chicken burritos/enchiladas here tonight. Filling is a pint jar of shredded,home canned chicken, some mushrooms and onions sauteed, some shredded jack cheese and 1/3 can of cream of mushroom soup. Gonna mix the rest of the soup with some of the liquid from the canned chicken and pour it over the top. Bake till hot - half hour.

I guess it would be considered wet burritos rather than enchiladas because I tucked the ends of the tortillas and the cheese is on the inside. Serving with Cuban black beans and rice.

Posted by: cfo mom at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (Q8bDL)

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (ju2Fy)

85 break

Posted by: Count de ZZ Top at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (4I/2K)

86 I feel your pain - it's been over fifteen years since I developed issues. I've tried some vegan baking recipes, but the only one that tasted good was a peanut butter cookie (add semisweet or dark chocolate chips in...mercy) but most vegan baking is...bleah.
Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:28 PM (JrN/x)

Thankfully, I can have eggs, but not tree nuts (and no dairy), so I almost never have dessert out, unless it's sorbet or a fruit bowl.

But, I have found some dairy free dark chocolate brownie mixes that hit the spot...and I have the allergy free chocolate chips and vegan butter and butter Crisco, which when used 1/2 and 1/2 can make an incredible cookie. And I know they are both really good, b/c when I do bake, my kids demolish everything in 24 hours, so I tend to get 1 or 2 of what I make.

It is great for the figure when you can't have processed sweets and restaurant desserts, that I can say. So, silver linings...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:33 PM (exHjb)

87 moki, I don't think there was a cure for dysentery available on the Oregon Trail game. Alas, I never played it so I could be wrong.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 04:34 PM (wyw4S)

88 I also make a great scratch (I think Michael Chiarello recipe, but I have to check) citrus olive oil cake. More places should bake with olive oil b/c you get total moistness and no dairy issues!

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:34 PM (exHjb)

89 Nova Local, do you mind sharing the dairy free. brownie mix? That sounds wonderful!

Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:34 PM (JrN/x)

90
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 27, 2022 04:31 PM (rz+/y)

In 10 lb bags, but not frozen so they're easier to split some out for immediate use and freeze the rest.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:35 PM (nC+QA)

91 I made the mistake of using the leftover carcass of a cornish hen to make broth. It made about a cup.

Old GrandDad is one of the Bourbons my dad used to buy. Another one to try is Old Forrester. They have something like 8 different blends and some are not bad. Prices are all over the place for it however.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2022 04:35 PM (BFigT)

92 Thanks for another great Food Thread, CBD! I need to research that leg de-boning process.

Posted by: SuperMayorSuperRonNirenberg-Buffest Mayor Evah at March 27, 2022 04:35 PM (gZiK/)

93 65 Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:28 PM (exHjb)

Not wanting to unleash Xbows Longbows on the matter, I cannot express politely how thrilled I am with people who claim ethnic minority status based on the conflation of faith and ethnicity.

Ethnically Sikhs are just Punjabis and other subcontinent tribes.

You are not "an unbaptized Sikh" dear sir or ma'am you are a drunk most likely Punjabi but quite possibly a hybrid of several other ethnic groupings.

It'd be like saying "Christian" as a racial classification for 2d generation atheists.

Not aimed at YOU just saying it bothers me, humanity makes too many individual activities team sports and too many team sports individual activities.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:35 PM (Lzpvj)

94 All of us down at the Brattleboro Women's Reproductive Health Center beleive Puton ivaded that Ucrane place because he be upset thats Trump lied about ore Black Presdent for four yeers. Presdent Puton knews that Presdent Obama was strong and nots to be messed unlike Trump who lied ...

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at March 27, 2022 04:36 PM (a376J)

95 88 I also make a great scratch (I think Michael Chiarello recipe, but I have to check) citrus olive oil cake. More places should bake with olive oil b/c you get total moistness and no dairy issues!
Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:34 PM (exHjb)

Yum! That sounds divine! Bluebell makes a wonderful chocolate olive oil cake, so CBD may need to do olive oil baking as a topic some week!

Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:36 PM (JrN/x)

96 Doesn't matter what you buy in Oregon Trail, sooner or later everyone dies of dysentery. But with lots of guns you can at least have some fun shooting buffalo on the way.

Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:36 PM (UewuT)

97 80 Shrimp and pasta tonight. With lemon, garlic, and spinach.
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (ju2Fy)

Yum!

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:37 PM (exHjb)

98 Chicken Verde Stew with Hannity? No Way!

oh wait...

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2022 04:37 PM (evAgx)

99 Most here are, of course, too young to remember it, but while Scotch was gaining new respect in the 60's and 70's, it was at the expense of the old bourbon brands. When a whiskey goes down, either the name gets snatched up and stored away by a richer company, or the brand goes "bargain" and slips down a shelf. Old Grandad and Four Roses were a couple that had been highly respected once, and became just bar-bourbon. In the last decade or two the owners have been building them back up with improved mashbill and higher-class mixing and aging. Of course the price goes up, but the market is there. Meanwhile the odd Scotch here or there slips away...

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 27, 2022 04:37 PM (videA)

100 96 Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:36 PM (UewuT)

You are forbidden to hunt, travel, or leave the wagon.

//Doc Ant'knee Fauci Wandering Sawbones

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:37 PM (Lzpvj)

101 Spam is popular in Hawaii.
Their version of a Poor Boy sandwich is a slice of spam on top of sticky rice, held together with seaweed.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 04:38 PM (jTmQV)

102 CBD, you ought to be able to make up a batch of mango chutney with little problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:38 PM (oyWR2)

103 80 Shrimp and pasta tonight. With lemon, garlic, and spinach.
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (ju2Fy)
We had that last night so I have a big two-person t-bone I'm goin' iron skillet cook with salt pepper and real cow butter. Maybe mashed taters and gravy. And something green.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 04:38 PM (0OP+5)

104 gotta sous vide that shit

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah - Reset This (points to amazeballs)! at March 27, 2022 04:39 PM (sJHOI)

105 89 Nova Local, do you mind sharing the dairy free. brownie mix? That sounds wonderful!
Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:34 PM (JrN/x)

I seriously meant it's a mix - Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge

. Yup, a cheap one, too!

Now, sometimes I do amp it up with allergy free chocolate chips, a vegan caramel swirl, or some chopped peanuts or peanut butter...but if you just make the box, you can be so happy you have brownies. And they don't suck.

Just don't overbake - I like fudgy, and these give me fudgy.

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:39 PM (exHjb)

106 CBD, you ought to be able to make up a batch of mango chutney with little problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:38 PM (oyWR2)

Probably. And they seem to be on sale everywhere too!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:40 PM (XIJ/X)

107 gotta sous vide that shit
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah - Reset This (points to amazeballs)! at March 27, 2022 04:39 PM (sJHOI)

Never. Gets. Old.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:40 PM (4I/2K)

108 EASTER DINNER update
(Gluten- and sugar-free testing)

GF brioche rolls had rich flavor and great texture. Baked half the yeast dough Monday after rising once, froze other half in roll-size portions, and baked today (tested this to learn if it could save me time on Easter AM). Freezing did not affect the flavor or texture -- so, yippee, the brioche recipe from letthemeatGFcake-dot-com is on the Easter menu!

Another successful test this week was GF cardamom blondies. After baking, the warm blondies got a thin layer of caramel sauce then were later topped with a cooked frosting (1/2 c. apple jelly, 1 egg white, and 2T sugar whipped in a double boiler). The texture is like Marshmallow Fluff and, supposedly, can be made using any flavor jelly.

Changed my mind about putting DIY sugar-free Nutella into mini coconut nests (the nests had fragile sides and soggy bottoms). So, instead, I will be making a GF+SF Nutella cheesecake -- adapted from https://tinyurl.com/bdcmzkd6 -- using GF graham crackers and stevia. The other GF+SF dessert will be mini pavlovas (recommended last week by a Horde member, thanks!) filled with SF lemon curd.

Posted by: Kathy at March 27, 2022 04:40 PM (h3RRP)

109 87 moki, I don't think there was a cure for dysentery available on the Oregon Trail game. Alas, I never played it so I could be wrong.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 04:34 PM (wyw4S)

Lol, no worries. I find it oddly amusing that whoever created the game put that little "bug" in it. It's historically accurate, since that particular disease has affected (and still affects) populations for millennia.

Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (JrN/x)

110 Their version of a Poor Boy sandwich is a slice of spam on top of sticky rice, held together with seaweed.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 04:38 PM (jTmQV)

I would eat that. Maybe with a spicy mayo-based sauce.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (XIJ/X)

111 Sorry to derail things with my rant on "non-baptized Sikhs"

Happy cooking and brewing.

We need to get back to Lost Ways.

lost-ways.net

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (Lzpvj)

112 83

I guess it would be considered wet burritos rather than enchiladas because I tucked the ends of the tortillas and the cheese is on the inside. Serving with Cuban black beans and rice.
Posted by: cfo mom at March 27, 2022 04:32 PM (Q8bDL)

See, I never understood why folks would ever not tuck the ends b/c why have the filling leak out?

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (exHjb)

113 That plant based mystery meat protein just does not cut it on the BBQ......

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (m22ci)

114
"I seriously meant it's a mix - Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge. Yup, a cheap one, too!"

I LOVE Duncan Hines mixes - I find they don't upset my stomach like BC or Pillsbury, so this is double good!! Thanks!!

Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:43 PM (JrN/x)

115 Sorry to derail things with my rant on "non-baptized Sikhs"

Happy cooking and brewing.

We need to get back to Lost Ways.

lost-ways.net
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (Lzpvj)

I'm sorry for bringing it up at all.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:44 PM (VdGjU)

116 Clogginstein is big into recycling.. .....So everyday I have some recycled meat for you if would like it ..............

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at March 27, 2022 04:44 PM (m22ci)

117 I had red beans and rice with sausage this weekend for the first time in a long time at a small place in East TN. Holy cow was it good.

I need to make that again real soon.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2022 04:45 PM (Msys3)

118 That plant based mystery meat protein just does not cut it on the BBQ......

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM

I saw some plant based "steaks" the other day at Sams. Looked like half digested vomit sealed in a package.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 27, 2022 04:45 PM (bVYXr)

119 101 Spam is popular in Hawaii.
Their version of a Poor Boy sandwich is a slice of spam on top of sticky rice, held together with seaweed.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

That's spam musubi. Best from a gas station on Maui.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 04:45 PM (U2p+3)

120 Slow roasting/crock-potting will cover a multitude of sins when it comes to tough meat, as I'm sure everyone here already knows.

It's no coincidence that delicacies like the Italian Beef sandwich, corned beef and cabbage, and slow barbecue had their origins in poor/immigrant communities.

Old Granddad takes me way back. That and Old Crow were the favorite bourbons of the father of a friend of mine back in high school. We'd sneak a drink from the old man's stash every once in a while. One of those would have been the first whiskey I ever drank, and the other would be the second.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 04:45 PM (bW8dp)

121 Two things before I go and read comments so far:
Mango chutney usually available in the Indian Foods section at the grocery store. OST common brand is Major Grey's Chutney.
That Jamie Oliver recipe had incredible complex cookie questions that required way too much patience on my part.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 04:45 PM (Y+l9t)

122 115 Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:44 PM (VdGjU)

No no worries, I am always happy to read about pubs and I like the Sikhs.

Good dependable people who were the backbone of the Shanghai Metropolitan Police.

I apologize again.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:45 PM (Lzpvj)

123 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (XIJ/X)

Since Inspector is, mostly, doing keto I started mixing him a sauce of siracha and mayo when I made him breakfast. He really likes it and has started doing that with a ghost pepper salsa as well. The mayo really helps him get the fat needed because otherwise it's *really* tough to do that. It's super easy for him to slide into just heavy protein, and that doesn't work the same way as keto.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:46 PM (nC+QA)

124 beef shoulder petite fillet-
Top blade? Does it have gristle looking spider in the center?
The end of the blade has the flat iron steak. Very tender and tasty.

Posted by: retretbutch at March 27, 2022 04:46 PM (gE1E/)

125 113 That plant based mystery meat protein just does not cut it on the BBQ......
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (m22ci)

Safeway is offering me a pack of 8oz or 16 oz fake beyond burgers for free if I'm willing to buy them. I'm probably stopping by to buy my oat milk this week (since HMart and Aldi's don't stock it), and I'm trying to decide if I hate myself enough to take the free product...and then deciding if that would be a true Lenten sacrifice if I did and actually ate it...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:46 PM (exHjb)

126 116 Posted by: Ferd Berfall at March 27, 2022 04:44 PM (m22ci)

You two are the living embodiment of Brattleboro gumption.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:47 PM (Lzpvj)

127 Brewing is something that I might experiment with sometime. Tennessee has plenty of cows, modest local grain/legume output, most of the good whiskey between us and Kentucky, but not much in the way of beer outside of a few microbreweries. So it might be a useful skill if things ever fell apart.

The local wine isn't very good either, but that's because we can't grow good grapes.

Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:47 PM (UewuT)

128 123 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:41 PM (XIJ/X)

Since Inspector is, mostly, doing keto I started mixing him a sauce of siracha and mayo when I made him breakfast.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 04:46 PM (nC+QA)

My youngest mixes the two as a potato chip dip...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:48 PM (exHjb)

129 Thanks for the Food Thread, CBD! That chicken sure does look tasty!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, HONK! Believing in America at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (XTpZy)

130 Doesn't matter what you buy in Oregon Trail, sooner or later everyone dies of dysentery. But with lots of guns you can at least have some fun shooting buffalo on the way.
Posted by: CppThis at March 27, 2022 04:36 PM (UewuT)
---------

I think that was precisely my son's thinking. Why not eat bacon and go out in a blaze of firearm glory.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (wyw4S)

131 Nova local, is goat's milk out of the question for you? I know it is recommended for people with certain types of allergies.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (oyWR2)

132 Safeway is offering me a pack of 8oz or 16 oz fake beyond burgers for free if I'm willing to buy them. I'm probably stopping by to buy my oat milk this week (since HMart and Aldi's don't stock it), and I'm trying to decide if I hate myself enough to take the free product...and then deciding if that would be a true Lenten sacrifice if I did and actually ate it...

That's a tough one. It would be tougher if they were offering you free food.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (SchxB)

133
I think that was precisely my son's thinking. Why not eat bacon and go out in a blaze of firearm glory.
Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (wyw4S)

A well-raised young man!

Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:50 PM (JrN/x)

134 What's this about firearms?

Posted by: Weasel at March 27, 2022 04:50 PM (0IeYL)

135 > The local wine isn't very good either, but that's because we can't grow good grapes.

I don't know about Kentucky, but the Ozarks were a major wine-producing region before Prohibition, and I think the climate and geography is pretty similar.

There have been attempts to revive the industry in the Ozarks, but without a huge amount of success so far.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 04:51 PM (bW8dp)

136 bacon and a blaze of glory_ I am Hordecus!

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:52 PM (oyWR2)

137 Wife made cabbage bundles, ground beef and rice baked in a rolled cabbage leaf, tomato sauce on top.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 04:52 PM (2JoB8)

138 Does it have gristle looking spider in the center?

Posted by: retretbutch at March 27, 2022 04:46 PM (gE1E/)

Nope. It looks a bit like real fillet, but shorter and even more tapered.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:53 PM (XIJ/X)

139 134 Posted by: Weasel at March 27, 2022 04:50 PM (0IeYL)

If I bake a souffle it invariably winds up being carbon-fiber?

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (Lzpvj)

140 OMG

Local distillery makes a fantastic "martini gin"
It's got a really nice herbal taste and with two blue cheese stuffed olives and two onions. It's practically a meal.

Oh. And stop using Gallo vermouth. Just. Stop.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (U2p+3)

141 Minor failure yesterday with the fajitas.

The chicken and pork were perfect but for some reason but beef fajitas were still tough despite the usual treatment. Suppose next time I buy Kroger Brand Pre-Pemmicanated Cow Flesh, I'll beat the hell outta it with a meat tenderizer.

I think I'll cut up the remaining beef and work it into chili. That ought to soften things up.

I was thinking about trying to make a batch of CBD's Special New York Chili but his recipe's use of 5 lbs of carrots for each 1 lb of beef plus 500 ml carrot juice just seemed wrong and metric(!), so no.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (5NkmN)

142 131 Nova local, is goat's milk out of the question for you? I know it is recommended for people with certain types of allergies.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (oyWR2)

Yeah, all animal milk is out for me. My allergy is bad enough that I'm a label reader. I can always tell if a "may contain" actually contains any part of milk b/c I react pretty instantly, although thankfully at that cross-contamination level, pills almost always work for me. My epi is for tree nuts, b/c my reaction on those is way worse...although then again, i haven't actually had any milk except by cross contamination since getting the tree nut allergy, so maybe they are both equally bad now - I'd rather not test that out...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (exHjb)

143 That chicken sure does look tasty!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, HONK! Believing in America at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (XTpZy)

It was...juicy and flavorful, and the roasted garlic was awesome.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:55 PM (XIJ/X)

144 lasagna today

tradish, nothing fancy.

get 2 meals out of it, which is why it's a Sunday deal

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah - Reset This (points to amazeballs)! at March 27, 2022 04:55 PM (sJHOI)

145 > Would suggest taking fiber pills with pemmican.

The Lewis and Clark expedition carried mercury-based laxative pills developed by Dr. Benjamin Rush (who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence). The pills were so powerful they were given the nickname "thunderclappers".

In modern times, archaeologists have been able to trace the exact route of the expedition by following the trail of mercury contamination.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 04:55 PM (bW8dp)

146 Mary sounds like she has been hitting the Old Grandad pretty hard today.

Posted by: cfo mom at March 27, 2022 04:56 PM (Q8bDL)

147 137 Wife made cabbage bundles, ground beef and rice baked in a rolled cabbage leaf, tomato sauce on top.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 04:52 PM (2JoB

I may need to put that on a future menu...I can't remember the last time I made cabbage rolls...and cabbage and rice is still pretty cheap!

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:56 PM (exHjb)

148 The local distillery has an attached speakeasy. I want to pop in but a cocktail is twice the price of a beer.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 04:56 PM (VdGjU)

149 And stop using Gallo vermouth. Just. Stop.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (U2p+3)

Agreed. Try Dolin. Excellent value, and it is a fine Martini vermouth.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:56 PM (XIJ/X)

150 HEB has pork loin (Smithfield Center Cut) on sale this week for $1.77 / lb with $10 additional purchase.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 04:56 PM (4I/2K)

151 Biden: I want to thank President macron of France comparing my Ukraine Strategy to that of the great French vicotry at The Battle of Dien Bien Phu that took place in 1954 in India.

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at March 27, 2022 04:57 PM (m22ci)

152 Mrs Blutarski is on a diet, so I just cook for me. It's tough because it takes a couple of meals to finish off the leftovers. That's why I can't test kitchen with pork belly right now. I can only buy it in 10 pound slabs.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 27, 2022 04:57 PM (rz+/y)

153 105 89 Nova Local, do you mind sharing the dairy free. brownie mix? That sounds wonderful!
Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 04:34 PM (JrN/x)

Pretty sure my mom's brownie recipe had no dairy. Most basic brownie recipes, as far as that goes.

It's nice to have a mix handy, though.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at March 27, 2022 04:57 PM (OX9vb)

154 Patrick Henry was treated for a bowel obstruction by his physician with a dose of mercury.
He died the next day.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 04:57 PM (jTmQV)

155 132 Safeway is offering me a pack of 8oz or 16 oz fake beyond burgers for free if I'm willing to buy them. I'm probably stopping by to buy my oat milk this week (since HMart and Aldi's don't stock it), and I'm trying to decide if I hate myself enough to take the free product...and then deciding if that would be a true Lenten sacrifice if I did and actually ate it...

That's a tough one. It would be tougher if they were offering you free food.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (SchxB)

Yeah, I also loved it was free at the small size or the bigger size, like "please take as much off our hands as you can." I'm not sure even free will get me to get over my mental aversion to these. Give me black bean burgers over this any day!

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:57 PM (exHjb)

156 145 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 04:55 PM (bW8dp)

Emperor Qin China's first confirmed Emperor used to take Mercury nightcaps....

The ancient Chinese were in love with the stuff and had a working animatronic map of the known world with mercury rivers and coasts that could float ships.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:58 PM (Lzpvj)

157 Going to make Thai style boneless chicken thigh with asparagus and green onion tonight because I want to try these Kahlua Pork spring rolls I bought at Trader Joe's. I got the last package in the freezer case so figured they must be good.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 04:58 PM (Y+l9t)

158 I was thinking about trying to make a batch of CBD's Special New York Chili but his recipe's use of 5 lbs of carrots for each 1 lb of beef plus 500 ml carrot juice just seemed wrong and metric(!), so no.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (5NkmN)

You shake your Manhattans, so everything you say is invalid.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:58 PM (XIJ/X)

159 > Pretty sure my mom's brownie recipe had no dairy. Most basic brownie recipes, as far as that goes.

I think my family brownie recipe has a lot of butter in it, if I'm remembering right.

Haven't made them for a long time, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 04:58 PM (bW8dp)

160 142 131 Nova local, is goat's milk out of the question for you? I know it is recommended for people with certain types of allergies.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 04:49 PM (oyWR2)

Yeah, all animal milk is out for me. My allergy is bad enough that I'm a label reader. I can always tell if a "may contain" actually contains any part of milk b/c I react pretty instantly, although thankfully at that cross-contamination level, pills almost always work for me. My epi is for tree nuts, b/c my reaction on those is way worse...although then again, i haven't actually had any milk except by cross contamination since getting the tree nut allergy, so maybe they are both equally bad now - I'd rather not test that out...
Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (exHjb)
No animal milk, eh? Well....you know.....most women of a certain age......aw shucks.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 04:58 PM (0OP+5)

161 Back in my younger years when I couldn't afford to eat Kobe beef for every meal, I knew a couple of butchers who would hook me up with some great custom-made cube steaks. Very versatile and delicious if done right.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 27, 2022 04:59 PM (S3EUx)

162 That's why I can't test kitchen with pork belly right now. I can only buy it in 10 pound slabs.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 27, 2022 04:57 PM (rz+/y)

I'm missing the problem? So you finish it in three meals instead of two!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:59 PM (XIJ/X)

163 154 Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 04:57 PM (jTmQV)

Crossing the streams of the food thread and the book thread in Gore Vidal's "Lincoln" he took the time to explain about "blue mass" laxative use.

Mercury was also the prevailing prescription for melancholy.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 05:00 PM (Lzpvj)

164 A very cunning way to sell bone for $18.99 a pound.

Posted by: jbspry at March 27, 2022 05:00 PM (ATe9j)

165 I'm cooking a 5 lbs pork butt roast in my crock pot right now, just need about 6 more hours for it to get good.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at March 27, 2022 05:00 PM (setIA)

166 Agreed. Try Dolin. Excellent value, and it is a fine Martini vermouth.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March

Oooo. I'll look that one up next time I'm at the liquor store. I have Carpano right now. It's very nice.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (U2p+3)

167 Wife made cabbage bundles, ground beef and rice baked in a rolled cabbage leaf, tomato sauce on top.

Posted by: Skip

We used to call those "Pigs in a Blanket" when I was a kid - it makes no sense and I don't know why Mom named them that.

Probably the same reason bell peppers were called 'mangoes' in our house. When I met a real mango for the first time - maybe after college - I was terribly confused.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (Msys3)

168 Nova local - oh please do get them. I would love to hear a report about them from someone *real*. Take one for the team!

Posted by: cfo mom at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (Q8bDL)

169 Pork chops, mashed sweet potatoes, and broccoli.

Yessss.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (2ifr/)

170 HEB is the bomb. Fantastic grocery store.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (l0RRz)

171 144 lasagna today

tradish, nothing fancy.

get 2 meals out of it, which is why it's a Sunday deal
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah - Reset This (points to amazeballs)! at March 27, 2022 04:55 PM (sJHOI)

Lasagna is a great cold day dish...and nothing fancy ever needs to be done with it.

Even when I make it dairy free now, there's usually nothing better than the ground beef, tomato sauce, cheese and/or bechamel (mine DF) combo...if there's an extra veg, it's in the "tomato sauce" family, but it's never needed. One can always be happy with the traditional...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:02 PM (exHjb)

172 170 HEB is the bomb. Fantastic grocery store.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (l0RRz)

It is, as is Publix. The best common denominator for them is they both carry Bluebell ice cream.

Posted by: Moki at March 27, 2022 05:02 PM (JrN/x)

173 141 Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (5NkmN)

Cheat on the beef....

buy corned beef from Kroger cut to thickness 3 on the blade and slice it into strips....

marinade the meat, stir fry the marinade and cheese serve in a bowl with the makings garnishes near the tortilla.

Boom you are done.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 05:02 PM (Lzpvj)

174 Potatoes au gratin, chicken sauteed in butter with salt and pepper, and spinach for dinner tonight. Maybe a few tomato slices.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, now with coof antibodies? at March 27, 2022 05:04 PM (Mzdiz)

175 I make three cocktails--Manhattans, Margaritas and Martinis. Lately I've been drinking Manhattans because I know it involves alcohol, which reduces consumption.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 05:04 PM (VdGjU)

176 Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (Msys3)

Tell me that at least your mom used ground *pork* in her "pigs in a blanket".

I *suppose* there is a passing exterior similarity between a mango and a green bell pepper. I can imagine your confusion.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 05:04 PM (nC+QA)

177 168 Nova local - oh please do get them. I would love to hear a report about them from someone *real*. Take one for the team!
Posted by: cfo mom at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (Q8bDL)

Okay, if they are still there when I go, I'll get them and try them and report back on a future food thread.

For the team.

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:05 PM (exHjb)

178 HEB is the bomb. Fantastic grocery store.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (l0RRz)

Milk was always really expensive there, although seafood and many meats were often on good sales. Since we were going through 3.5 gallons of milk a week when all the kids were home, that was the deciding factor so we went to Kroger and then Aldi as soon as one opened near us.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 05:06 PM (nC+QA)

179 Two pounds of beef chuck makes a lot of beef stew. Mrs. Paco prepares it in an Instant Pot. Not sure about all of the ingredients, although I know it includes some red wine. Delicious, stick-to-your-ribs fare.

Posted by: Paco at March 27, 2022 05:07 PM (njExo)

180 Made up a batch of fig/walnut spread since sammich weather is here.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:07 PM (oyWR2)

181 I bought a couple cases of spam when oblabla was president.
Half the price of today.
My favorite application is diced spam with scrambled eggs, with hot sauce of some type.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 05:07 PM (jTmQV)

182 I found some pork belly that's been in the freezer for a while. I hope it's still good.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 27, 2022 05:07 PM (VdGjU)

183 176 Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (Msys3)

Tell me that at least your mom used ground *pork* in her "pigs in a blanket".

I *suppose* there is a passing exterior similarity between a mango and a green bell pepper. I can imagine your confusion.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

My Croatian grandmother used a mix of pork and beef and lamb in her cabbage rolls. Her tomato sauce was made from scratch with toms grown in her garden. She would make gallons of the stuff in the late summer and can it.

Her cabbage rolls were pretty damn great.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 05:07 PM (U2p+3)

184 Hello foodhorde. When the burning occurs who will start the fan?

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 27, 2022 05:08 PM (UwWGz)

185 I like to make what I call "redneck lasagna". Jimmy Dean hot sausage rather than Italian sausage. Some chili seasoning in the sauce. Simmer the sauce for a long motherfucking time, then put alternating layers of cooked lasagna pasta, sauce, and good quality cheddar cheese (like Tillamook Sharp) in a crockpot until that sucker is full.

Cook on low for about 5 or 6 hours so the flavors meld. Enjoy.

Leftovers freeze well.

I'm sure any Italian nonna would cast a curse on me for doing this, but everyone seems to find it tasty.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 05:09 PM (bW8dp)

186 179 Two pounds of beef chuck makes a lot of beef stew. Mrs. Paco prepares it in an Instant Pot. Not sure about all of the ingredients, although I know it includes some red wine. Delicious, stick-to-your-ribs fare.
Posted by: Paco at March 27, 2022 05:07 PM (njExo)

If you have enough water-based veg, you don't need any other liquid than wine in a beef stew. Especially if you go the crockpot/Instapot route...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:09 PM (exHjb)

187 Hi!!! Pete Bog. Hope your having a better day.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:10 PM (oyWR2)

188 Btw, I'm sure other people have noticed this, and maybe mentioned it here at Ace's place, but what's the deal with saltine crackers? It's hard to think of a simpler food, but Wal Mart and Food Lion here in Southport, NC were out of plain old saltine crackers for a couple of weeks.

Posted by: Paco at March 27, 2022 05:11 PM (njExo)

189 183 176 Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2022 05:01 PM (Msys3)

Tell me that at least your mom used ground *pork* in her "pigs in a blanket".

I *suppose* there is a passing exterior similarity between a mango and a green bell pepper. I can imagine your confusion.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

My Croatian grandmother used a mix of pork and beef and lamb in her cabbage rolls. Her tomato sauce was made from scratch with toms grown in her garden. She would make gallons of the stuff in the late summer and can it.

Her cabbage rolls were pretty damn great.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 05:07 PM (U2p+3)

I like that meat combo - going on my list to experiment b/c I have all 3 in my freezer, and feeding 7, I can probably do 1lb of each, and only have a lunch or two worth of leftovers...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:11 PM (exHjb)

190 My favorite application is diced spam with scrambled eggs, with hot sauce of some type.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Texas Pete, Valentina Extra Hot, Cholula, Tabasco Green, Frank's Redhot, Crystal?

Or just whatever you pull down from the shelf?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2022 05:12 PM (Msys3)

191 I buy a meatloaf mix that is beef, pork and veal. Bet that would be good in stuffed cabbage.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 05:13 PM (Y+l9t)

192

Mango chutney is deliciously and easily made at home. Highly recommend you try.

Lobster cakes for lunch.

Steak au Poivre with mushroom cream sauce and risotto con pomodori secchi tonight. Drop by about 8 PM... a nice red would be appreciated.

As would a nice redhead, although explaining same to Household Six would require some planning.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at March 27, 2022 05:14 PM (7DYli)

193 Paco that has come up before here and other threads yet I don't have them all the time ( peanut butter on them is my favorite) when looked they are always there.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 05:14 PM (2JoB8)

194 125 Safeway is offering me a pack of 8oz or 16 oz fake beyond burgers for free if I'm willing to buy them. I'm probably stopping by to buy my oat milk this week (since HMart and Aldi's don't stock it), and I'm trying to decide if I hate myself enough to take the free product...and then deciding if that would be a true Lenten sacrifice if I did and actually ate it...
Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:46 PM (exHjb)

Take the free fake burgers, and feed them to a cow.

Posted by: Splunge at March 27, 2022 05:14 PM (71xoW)

195 gourmand- have you ever added a little pico de gallo to the eggs an then add the hot sauce?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:15 PM (oyWR2)

196 190 My favorite application is diced spam with scrambled eggs, with hot sauce of some type.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Texas Pete, Valentina Extra Hot, Cholula, Tabasco Green, Frank's Redhot, Crystal?

Or just whatever you pull down from the shelf?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2022 05:12 PM (Msys3)
Sriracha, always look for the rooster label. SWIDT?

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:16 PM (0OP+5)

197 194 125 Safeway is offering me a pack of 8oz or 16 oz fake beyond burgers for free if I'm willing to buy them. I'm probably stopping by to buy my oat milk this week (since HMart and Aldi's don't stock it), and I'm trying to decide if I hate myself enough to take the free product...and then deciding if that would be a true Lenten sacrifice if I did and actually ate it...
Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 04:46 PM (exHjb)

Take the free fake burgers, and feed them to a cow.
Posted by: Splunge at March 27, 2022 05:14 PM (71xoW)

I was thinking my neighbor's dog could have them if they suck (b/c my cat won't touch them), but then I thought - are these even safe for dogs?

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:17 PM (exHjb)

198 My wife, being from Brooklyn, once came to visit the Boswell clan in the south in the mid-90's. We all headed out to buy something to cook for the family get together and so we took her to a Seessel's Supermarket - now Kroger's, I think after a few acquisitions.

She went into a market in Memphis and her jaw just dropped, much like the Soviets were awe inspired when they first went into an American supermarket in the 80's and knew they were finished. I never forgot that moment she first went in:

"It's a cathedral!" she exclaimed, staring in amazement. And it was - a cathedral of bacon, fresh meats, cheeses, vegetables and...well, pure grocery love.

Posted by: Boswell at March 27, 2022 05:18 PM (5iUNf)

199 I have a sneaking suspicion that those exhorting us to own nothing, live in the pod, take the bus, and eat the bugs for Gaia will not do the same. Probably as small recompense for the burden of benevolently running our lives.

Posted by: butch at March 27, 2022 05:18 PM (cHvOo)

200 Looking at the food thread post while snacking on some re-heated carry-out pepperoni pizza.

I don't think I've linked to this video, but I've meant to, and this seems like the place:
https://youtu.be/A2-NtnR4sLs
If Regular People were Cooking Show Judges (3:13) - for certain values of "regular people"
from It's a Southern Thing channel, with guest Chef Jonathan Harrison from "Next Level Chef" on FOX (so it says here - I've never heard of him, but the vid is funny).

Posted by: mindful webworker - washed down with a glass of cheap merlot at March 27, 2022 05:19 PM (AbN6v)

201 *making Eromero a batch of guajillo sauce* so you can throw that Sriracha in the trash.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:19 PM (oyWR2)

202 BenHad, Your dinner sounds delish, I am salivating here. We have to use the grill tonight despite the fact that it is a bit too cool outside for my liking. Making pork spiedini to be served with rice and a salad. My double wall ovens finally bit the dust and I've got to get replacements, yuck!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 27, 2022 05:19 PM (a4EWo)

203 Made 2 lbs. of potato salad yesterday because I had the ingredients and I can't buy anything near as good around here. Love the recipe with a lb. of bacon in it cut the way I like it. There goes the diet again.

Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 05:20 PM (+ya+t)

204 Saw Fake hamburgers today, even if free how about no.
I don't at least buy their Global warming religion.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 05:20 PM (2JoB8)

205 > have a sneaking suspicion that those exhorting us to own nothing, live in the pod, take the bus, and eat the bugs for Gaia will not do the same.

As someone put it recently, they want a world in which they are the elite 1%, and everyone else is an impoverished serf.

They hate, hate, HATE the middle class.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 05:22 PM (bW8dp)

206 DDS!!, Hope you are well, sweet Lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:22 PM (oyWR2)

207 Hi Ben Had. Thanks for your thoughts. I am. Spent ten days in a place with a high asshat factor. Getting better already

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 27, 2022 05:22 PM (UwWGz)

208 200 Looking at the food thread post while snacking on some re-heated carry-out pepperoni pizza.

I don't think I've linked to this video, but I've meant to, and this seems like the place:
https://youtu.be/A2-NtnR4sLs
If Regular People were Cooking Show Judges (3:13) - for certain values of "regular people"
from It's a Southern Thing channel, with guest Chef Jonathan Harrison from "Next Level Chef" on FOX (so it says here - I've never heard of him, but the vid is funny).
Posted by: mindful webworker - washed down with a glass of cheap merlot at March 27, 2022 05:19 PM (AbN6v)

Okay, that was funny - exaggerated, but funny!

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:23 PM (exHjb)

209 I do my steaks on the stove top, in a cast iron skillet

I don't want to mess up the inside of my oven

Nothing That Spatters

Posted by: DB at March 27, 2022 05:24 PM (geLO8)

210 203 Made 2 lbs. of potato salad yesterday because I had the ingredients and I can't buy anything near as good around here. Love the recipe with a lb. of bacon in it cut the way I like it. There goes the diet again.
Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 05:20 PM (+ya+t)'

You and my mom learned together - that was her bacon/potato ratio for potato salad, too. It's the only recipe of hers than I ALMOST follow exactly...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:25 PM (exHjb)

211 BTW, am I nuts for worrying more about the availability of cat food than people food? To ask is to answer.

Posted by: butch at March 27, 2022 05:25 PM (cHvOo)

212 So, I was just informed that we are having tempura for dinner. Yum! I love tempura! Some of the best was purchased from small stalls on the street in Hawaii.

Mr. LS has never made tempura before but to his way of thinking, it's go big or go home, so he's giving it a try. Not sure where the inspiration came from but it's great that he is willing to experiment on the food front, and that I am willing to consume said experiments...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, HONK! Believing in America at March 27, 2022 05:25 PM (XTpZy)

213 >>some re-heated carry-out pepperoni pizza.

O we used to dream of having some re-heated carry-out pepperoni pizza

would've been a palace to us-
the best we could manage were some expired Hot Pockets

Posted by: DB at March 27, 2022 05:26 PM (geLO8)

214 212 So, I was just informed that we are having tempura for dinner. Yum! I love tempura! Some of the best was purchased from small stalls on the street in Hawaii.

Mr. LS has never made tempura before but to his way of thinking, it's go big or go home, so he's giving it a try. Not sure where the inspiration came from but it's great that he is willing to experiment on the food front, and that I am willing to consume said experiments...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, HONK! Believing in America at March 27, 2022 05:25 PM (XTpZy)

Is he experimenting with shrimp or veg?

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:27 PM (exHjb)

215 "Probably the same reason bell peppers were called 'mangoes' in our house."

Tonypete--My husband is from central Indiana and they also grew up calling bell peppers mangoes. He and my SiL had a conversation about it one day and I looked at both of them like they were from Planet Z.

Pigs in blankets in my house were split hot dogs with some cheese in the slits then wrapped in bacon and baked.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at March 27, 2022 05:27 PM (fTtFy)

216 Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (5NkmN)

Cheat on the beef....
buy corned beef from Kroger cut to thickness 3 on the blade and slice it into strips....
marinade the meat, stir fry the marinade and cheese serve in a bowl with the makings garnishes near the tortilla.
Boom you are done.
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 05:02 PM (Lzpvj)

Oh, I couldn't do that.

If I did my Mexican ancestors would rise from their graves and beat me to death with stale churros.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 05:27 PM (5NkmN)

217 > BTW, am I nuts for worrying more about the availability of cat food than people food? To ask is to answer.

There was a shortage of dry cat food here for about a month... probably around December if I'm remembering right.

Fortunately I had plenty on hand then. Now I have a lot more on hand.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 05:27 PM (bW8dp)

218 Legally Sufficient, tempura batted prawns--Oh yes!

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:28 PM (oyWR2)

219 > Pigs in blankets in my house were split hot dogs with some cheese in the slits then wrapped in bacon and baked.

Pigs in blankets in my family were hotdogs wrapped in biscuit dough and baked, with condiments served separately on the plate for dipping.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 05:29 PM (bW8dp)

220 Butch @ 211, I'm the same. I think it's because cats are strict carnivores, whereas we have more options. I've been stocking up from Chewy's plus buying canned chicken whenever it's on sale.

Posted by: skywch at March 27, 2022 05:29 PM (sKjat)

221 Rodrigo Borgia @ 205 - Gotta keep the serfs malnourished, on foot, and unarmed.

Posted by: butch at March 27, 2022 05:30 PM (cHvOo)

222 You and my mom learned together - that was her bacon/potato ratio for potato salad, too. It's the only recipe of hers than I ALMOST follow exactly...
------
Your mom and my aunt must be related because it came from her. I add a little too. So good.

Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 05:31 PM (+ya+t)

223 My aunt on picnic days makes hot dogs in Cresent rolls with cheese, can't not eat them.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 05:31 PM (2JoB8)

224 I think this was a deal:

2 packages of boneless porkchops 1" thick (10 total)
2 packages of bone-in porkchops 2" thick (6 total)
1 package of pork patties 1/2 lb. ea. (3 total)

$18

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2022 05:31 PM (BFigT)

225 Yeah, I also loved it was free at the small size or the bigger size, like "please take as much off our hands as you can." I'm not sure even free will get me to get over my mental aversion to these.
Posted by: Nova local

My small town, rural Kroger had every last package of that crap marked down to almost nothing, in a prominent freezer display. Not only was no one picking through it, everyone gave it a wide berth.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at March 27, 2022 05:34 PM (OX9vb)

226 My goal was cracklingly crisp skin, which is a noble goal for anyone and anything.

Is this statement Cannibal Bob approved?

Asking for The Horde.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2022 05:34 PM (a3Q+t)

227 *making Eromero a batch of guajillo sauce* so you can throw that Sriracha in the trash.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:19 PM (oyWR2)

Wow. Sounds great...super chef

Obligatory praising Ben Had sketch here:

https://dave409aos.___bb.com/

Posted by: Boswell at March 27, 2022 05:34 PM (5iUNf)

228 "Next Level Chef" cracked me up cuz they clearly took their inspiration for the show from an oddball Spanish horror movie titled "The Platform",

wherein political prisoners were held in a vertical jail with a platform(!) that ran dow through a hole in the middle of the cell.

Those near the top could eat whatever they wanted, with the food on the platform ever diminishing till those on the lower levels had nothing but scraps and poo at best.

Interesting movie. Worth a watch.

NLC wasn't mean enough with that concept where those on the bottom level would get stuff like Rocky Mountain Oysters or Underwood Deviled Meat Spread or Bull Penises or sea cucumbers to work with.

Kind of a fail.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 05:35 PM (5NkmN)

229 If there is a Brookshires in your area they do a sale rack for meat. The deals are too good to pass up. Roasts, steaks, chops about 1/3 of the price and the meats are not out of date.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:36 PM (oyWR2)

230 FenSon wants to try a new thing we picked up the
PA Dutch market yesterday-jalape�o burgers. I like spicy foods, but that sounds too spicy for me. I'll stick with the bacon cheeseburger.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2022 05:36 PM (Qpodf)

231 My small town, rural Kroger had every last package of that crap marked down to almost nothing, in a prominent freezer display. Not only was no one picking through it, everyone gave it a wide berth.

Gee, maybe if they threw in a free box of Kellogg's "Pride" cereal that would have helped.

Helped keep shoppers further away, that is.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at March 27, 2022 05:37 PM (SchxB)

232 Frying up thick uncured bacon. I'll find some use for it.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:38 PM (0OP+5)

233 That Jamie Oliver curry, where is the curry powder to give it the actual curry flavor and smell or am I missing something?

Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 05:38 PM (qfLjt)

234 *making Eromero a batch of guajillo sauce* so you can throw that Sriracha in the trash.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:19 PM

What about after the guajillo sauce is consumed?

Asking for Eromero.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2022 05:39 PM (a3Q+t)

235 Ah, yeah, forgot.

"The Platform" is playing on Netflix for those who wish to watch it.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 05:39 PM (5NkmN)

236 231 My small town, rural Kroger had every last package of that crap marked down to almost nothing, in a prominent freezer display. Not only was no one picking through it, everyone gave it a wide berth.

Gee, maybe if they threw in a free box of Kellogg's "Pride" cereal that would have helped.

Helped keep shoppers further away, that is.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at March 27, 2022 05:37 PM (SchxB)

My Safeway had that cereal marked down to a $1. Even with kid cereal devourers, I passed. And if it's free, I'll still pass, so they can't get the $1 per purchase donation...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:40 PM (exHjb)

237 232 Frying up thick uncured bacon. I'll find some use for it.
Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:38 PM (0OP+5)

BLT for the win (and my lunch today)...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:40 PM (exHjb)

238 Is he experimenting with shrimp or veg?
Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:27 PM (exHjb)
* * * *
Legally Sufficient, tempura batted prawns--Oh yes!
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:28 PM (oyWR2)
* * * *
It's chicken (from a recent Costco trip), sweet potato, onion and baby bella mushrooms. I'm betting it will be excellent!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, HONK! Believing in America at March 27, 2022 05:41 PM (XTpZy)

239 > Underwood Deviled Meat Spread

I actually used to like that stuff, though I haven't had it in decades. It was one of the go-to items to bring on a camping trip.

Maybe it's been been crapped up the way that non-gourmet-brand hot dogs have been crapped up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 05:41 PM (bW8dp)

240 Frying up thick uncured bacon. I'll find some use for it.
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Everything is uncured around here. I have a hard time finding cured. Uncured goes bad too fast for me unless I cook and freeze it.

Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 05:41 PM (+ya+t)

241 https://tinyurl.com/2p9fdzjy
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Was going to wait until 6pm but some good ones and some food related

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 05:41 PM (2JoB8)

242

An interesting trend as prices have gone up: the return of 73/27 ground beef.

A staple when I was a kid, it disappeared as health consciousness took over. But its BACK baby, and better than ever!

Make burgers with a panade and your favorite seasoning profile and LIVE! $1.99/lb or less in bulk.

I am also jamming on a local places 80/20 blend of 1/2 beef, 1/2 pork... Damn good utility ground meat! $2.99/lb.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at March 27, 2022 05:42 PM (7DYli)

243 Duncanthrax @ 234- I'm still trying to figger was that the sauce she whupped up last TxMoMe? Cause that was good stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:42 PM (0OP+5)

244 Duncanthrax, I will make some for both of you and include the recipe. How's that?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:43 PM (oyWR2)

245 Duncanthrax @ 234- I'm still trying to figger was that the sauce she whupped up last TxMoMe? Cause that was good stuff.
Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:42 PM (0OP+5)
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Oh hell yes it was!

Posted by: Weasel at March 27, 2022 05:43 PM (0IeYL)

246 Eromero, that was the quajillo.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:44 PM (oyWR2)

247 #3 You know work days if I have even just a little bit of sausage or ham ( my go to at breakfast) I am much better filled the whole morning. It's mostly a matter of time where I am going that makes that.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 05:44 PM (2JoB8)

248 Cause that was good stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:42 PM (0OP+5)

Oh yes!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 05:45 PM (XIJ/X)

249 That Jamie Oliver curry, where is the curry powder to give it the actual curry flavor and smell or am I missing something?
Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 05:38 PM (qfLjt)

The curry is the mix of the garlic, chilli, ginger, onions and chutney.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 27, 2022 05:45 PM (ZSK0i)

250 If I even mention meatloaf around Mr. L, then we must have meatloaf. Same with sloppy joes.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at March 27, 2022 05:47 PM (Vf4Y7)

251 248 Cause that was good stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:42 PM (0OP+5)

Oh yes!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Agreed. It was a delight.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 05:47 PM (U2p+3)

252 Drinks and appetizer night at the MoMe will include the guajillo sauce with argentine shrimp for dipping.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:48 PM (oyWR2)

253 47 All of us down at the Brattleboro Women's Reproductive Health Center

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Mary, I love reading your ramblings and as a grammar nazi I enjoy your creative spelling and grammar. Keep it up, but then that is redundant for a Reproductive Center. (snigger)

Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 05:49 PM (qfLjt)

254 Ben Had, I'll go ahead and preorder 25 gallons. Use it on bout near everything. Assume same amount for Weasel, CBD, Duncanthrax, et al.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:49 PM (0OP+5)

255 Drinks and appetizer night at the MoMe will include the guajillo sauce with argentine shrimp for dipping.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:48 PM (oyWR2)

*commences drooling*

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 05:49 PM (4I/2K)

256 boned chicken legs

You took out the bones? Is that easy?

I don't have enough fry thigh practice = a bunch of leftovers with 1/2 the meat underdone on the bone waiting for lunch.

Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2022 05:50 PM (FhXTo)

257 When the spam loaf starts to go bad after two weeks in the frig, I use one of the three "curry powders" I have to stretch it out to three weeks.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 27, 2022 05:51 PM (S3EUx)

258 Count, my email was stuttering this morning but I will get back to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:51 PM (oyWR2)

259 Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2022 05:50 PM (FhXTo)

It's really easy. And it makes it easier to cook because it is the same thickness throughout.

There are YouTube videos of it...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 05:52 PM (XIJ/X)

260 Brattleboro Women's Reproductive Health Center is another name for a "Brattleboro Abortion Clinic".............

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at March 27, 2022 05:54 PM (m22ci)

261 Underwood Deviled Meat Spread
I actually used to like that stuff, though I haven't had it in decades. It was one of the go-to items to bring on a camping trip.
Maybe it's been been crapped up the way that non-gourmet-brand hot dogs have been crapped up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 05:41 PM (bW8dp)

Yeah, used to love sandwiches with it when I was a kid.

But, a few years ago I saw some at the store and told the kiddos, "Hey, you're in for a real treat for lunch."

No. They weren't. It basically tasted the way canned dog food smells.

Not a success.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 05:54 PM (5NkmN)

262 The Ukrainian Catholic church a couple blocks from Casa Sabin had a fund raiser for Ukraine today, so the XO and I are having cabbage rolls, cheese pierogi bathed in bacon and bacon grease, and some delicious looking bits of sweets for supper tonight.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at March 27, 2022 05:55 PM (vMM2s)

263 A friend gave me 2 big old Jap steaks, a filet and a cowboy.

Cooked both with a dollop of butter in a large skillet, but they rendered so much fat the butter was unnecessary.

Very tasty and tender but a little too rich for me.

Oh look! Martini time! One olive only please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 27, 2022 05:55 PM (R/m4+)

264 261 Underwood Deviled Meat Spread
I actually used to like that stuff, though I haven't had it in decades. It was one of the go-to items to bring on a camping trip.
Maybe it's been been crapped up the way that non-gourmet-brand hot dogs have been crapped up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 05:41 PM (bW8dp)

Yeah, used to love sandwiches with it when I was a kid.

But, a few years ago I saw some at the store and told the kiddos, "Hey, you're in for a real treat for lunch."
No. They weren't. It basically tasted the way canned dog food smells.
Not a success.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 05:54 PM (5NkmN)

Eek...I've never had this, but this is a picturesque enough description that I think I never will!

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 05:56 PM (exHjb)

265 Armour Potted Meat

don't be scared

Posted by: DB at March 27, 2022 05:58 PM (geLO8)

266 All these stories about Ukraine winning do not make sense. Russia destroys more and more of Ukraine everyday to the point their is nothing left. Send more weapons to continue the fight ????????? It ends when Russia runs out of weapons basically and declares victory........

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at March 27, 2022 05:58 PM (m22ci)

267 My old man would occasionally serve us Underwood Deviled ham and/or chicken.

I recall liking it.

I haven't been tempted to have it in 40+ years, tho'.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah - Reset This (points to amazeballs)! at March 27, 2022 05:59 PM (sJHOI)

268 267 My old man would occasionally serve us Underwood Deviled ham and/or chicken.

I recall liking it.

I haven't been tempted to have it in 40+ years, tho'.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

On a cracker with a little crystal hot sauce.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 06:00 PM (U2p+3)

269 "Texas Pete, Valentina Extra Hot, Cholula, Tabasco Green, Frank's Redhot, Crystal? "

Those are all good but my go to is Tabasco.
Maybe because I met Mr. McIlhenny once. Did the island tour. I highly recommend.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:01 PM (jTmQV)

270 > Armour Potted Meat

You used to be able to get generic "Potted Meat Food Product", back when generic items were all the rage.

I never had the courage to try it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:01 PM (bW8dp)

271 Underwood deviled ham is $3.99 at the grocer, which works out to $16/lb

better off buying beef tenderloin

Posted by: DB at March 27, 2022 06:01 PM (geLO8)

272 Completely off topic.

the san diego zoo tv show has a lady that looks like louise fletcher aka nurse ratched. What is she doing with that pangolin???

Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2022 06:01 PM (FhXTo)

273 I'm still trying to figger was that the sauce she whupped up last TxMoMe? Cause that was good stuff.
Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 05:42 PM

Everything Ben Had whups up is el fantastico.

One does, however, hope to be 'invited to be at', and not 'invited to' the kitchen table.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2022 06:01 PM (a3Q+t)

274 >>.I never had the courage to try it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

camping trip quality

Posted by: DB at March 27, 2022 06:01 PM (geLO8)

275 216 Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2022 05:27 PM (5NkmN)

My English ancestors would beat me with a Mastodon if they could figure out how to swim here.

Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 06:02 PM (Lzpvj)

276 There are YouTube videos of it...

thanks, have to queue 1 up behind the race cars and kaiju.,

Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2022 06:02 PM (FhXTo)

277 > better off buying beef tenderloin

Beef tenderloin won't sit on the shelf for a couple of years and be perfectly fine, though.

You're probably paying more for the can and processing than the actual meat in a case like that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:03 PM (bW8dp)

278 Count, my email was stuttering this morning but I will get back to you.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:51 PM (oyWR2)

Of course. Reckoned you were doing horse rancher stuff and batch up the MoMe stuff for your 'free' time.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 06:03 PM (4I/2K)

279 All the canned stuff, what you are paying for is the convenience and the ability to store it without refrigeration.
Might be valuable in the months ahead.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:05 PM (jTmQV)

280 Duncanthrax, I will make some for both of you and include the recipe. How's that?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:43 PM

We would be pleased and honored!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2022 06:05 PM (a3Q+t)

281 > All the canned stuff, what you are paying for is the convenience and the ability to store it without refrigeration.

Yep, even with stuff like beans. Compare the price for bulk dry beans to canned beans (don't forget to account for the water weight in the canned beans, which is most of the weight shown on the can).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:07 PM (bW8dp)

282 My grandparents on my mom's side were farmers and my grandmother was a very good cook (not a lot of variety - but what she made, she made well). For some reason (even though there was a freezer full of beef and fresh chickens available (he was a dairy farmer who also raised a small amount of chickens) they would always have canned beef & chicken (not "home" canned - commercial). You could make something decent tasting out of it, but GOOD LORD the smell of that shit when you opened a can.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah - Reset This (points to amazeballs)! at March 27, 2022 06:07 PM (sJHOI)

283 I am betting the food at the NoVaMoMe is going to be awesome.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:07 PM (oyWR2)

284 Regarding beef, one of the best pieces of advice I ever got from a YouTube cooking video was to stop buying packaged stew meat at the store. Stew meat is leftover bits that can't be sold any other way; the recommended alternative was to buy chuck roast and cut it into stew-sized pieces myself.

It really does have an impact on the flavor and quality of the result.

I made some wonderful Hungarian goulash back when I could still afford beef.

Posted by: Cybernetic at March 27, 2022 06:09 PM (xawZJ)

285 279 All the canned stuff, what you are paying for is the convenience and the ability to store it without refrigeration.
Might be valuable in the months ahead.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:05 PM (jTmQV)

Yeah, I have some freeze dried for that...it lets me not have to think about eating it a lot longer. And if I have to eat it, at that point, I probably won't mind.

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 06:10 PM (exHjb)

286 Yep, even with stuff like beans.
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I found out the hard way if you keep dried beans too long it takes forever to cook them. That's why I like the attachment on my Foodsaver that sucks the air out of ball jars for dried stuff.

Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 06:11 PM (+ya+t)

287 the recommended alternative was to buy chuck roast and cut it into stew-sized pieces myself.

I always do that. Pressure cooker is the way to go with chuck (apologies to sous-viders)

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah - Reset This (points to amazeballs)! at March 27, 2022 06:11 PM (sJHOI)

288 Interesting discussion with my feed man about the best beef to feed out for eating. His choice is Jersey. Says he switched from angus about 10 years ago and has been really happy.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:12 PM (oyWR2)

289 And stop using Gallo vermouth. Just. Stop.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 04:54 PM (U2p+3)

Agreed. Try Dolin. Excellent value, and it is a fine Martini vermouth.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 04:56 PM (XIJ/X)
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I can concur - and the sweet is excellent in Manhattans. Very reasonably priced. Keep it refrigerated. If you want to splurge - and it is a splurge - try Antica Formula. Maybe for the holidays with company coming in.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2022 06:12 PM (LyTO1)

290 I don't have a man card, but I don't plan to eat fake meat either. It looks awful and somebody I know who tried it said it tasted awful too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2022 06:12 PM (+4iyt)

291 I have a new single guy meal I call BBQ Cashew Chicken.

Bag of Uncle Ben's rice pilaf, shred a cooked chicken breast from grocery store , whole cashews, Baby Ray's Honey BBQ sauce. Mix together. I think it moves up to my favorite five minute meal ever.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:15 PM (/ijUi)

292 Drinks and appetizer night at the MoMe will include the guajillo sauce with argentine shrimp for dipping.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 05:48 PM (oyWR2)

*commences drooling*
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 05:49 PM (4I/2K)
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Commences driving!!

Posted by: Weasel at March 27, 2022 06:15 PM (0IeYL)

293 Tonight is Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya with cous cous, and eggplant ragout.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2022 06:16 PM (EZebt)

294 We antique Betty Crocker, Better Homes And Gardens, Dutch Oven, The Dinner Bell Cookbook, Military Wives Cookbook, all we're missing is the Moron.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 06:16 PM (0OP+5)

295 Made an easy chicken soup for dinner tonight and tomorrow ... Temps have been dropping all day, with a hard freeze predicted tonight ... Chicken broth, diced onions, diced fennel, sliced carrots, stewed tomatoes, a little orange juice, garlic, basel, thyme, crushed red pepper flakes ... Simmer a bit then add cooked chicken (canned also works if busy), and some halved black olives .. Low-carb and low-fat, but delicious!

Posted by: Kathy at March 27, 2022 06:17 PM (h3RRP)

296 Friends of mine used to make potted beef from left over pot roast, and seal it in the jar with about a half inch of butter. It wasn't very good straight out of the fridge, but once it warmed up to room temp it was fantastic.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at March 27, 2022 06:17 PM (vMM2s)

297 290 I don't have a man card, but I don't plan to eat fake meat either. It looks awful and somebody I know who tried it said it tasted awful too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2022 06:12 PM (+4iyt)

I wonder if not thought of as a beef replacement, if you could redeem it.

The same way that using ground turkey in turkey concept ways (vs a straight beef replacement) works...

Mind you, I don't think I'll have any desire to experiment to see what might work...but if they are pea protein based (and I know one of the major brands is), I wonder if going towards Indian flavor profiles (where peas are used a ton) might work...

If we ever truly get stuck eating like the 99%...

Of course, this feels like being in slum, and trying to find ways to make garbage taste better...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 06:17 PM (exHjb)

298 > Compare the price for bulk dry beans to canned beans

A can of cooked pinto beans (about 1.5 cups) costs $1.25 here, or about $0.83/cup cooked.

A pound of dry pinto beans (makes 6-7 cups cooked) costs $1.69 here, or about $0.26/cup cooked.

These are Alaska prices. May vary in your area.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:17 PM (bW8dp)

299 Chile verde is great and basic, everyone who likes green chiles should try it.

CBD and others a question: suggested prep/cooking for chuck steaks (as steaks)? I do the Mississippi pot roast in the slow cooker with chuck roast and it's spectacular/easy, but I do see chuck steaks on sale occasionally and wonder how to make them tender enough for conventional preparation.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:18 PM (OTzUX)

300 My mom's retirement home had to reduce their menu choices and put in place some restrictions to reduce food waste.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:19 PM (/ijUi)

301 167 We used to call those "Pigs in a Blanket" when I was a kid - it makes no sense and I don't know why Mom named them that.

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Pigs-in-a-blanket is Yorkshire pudding with sausages embedded. Yummy specially with those little cocktail sausages. Of course Yorkshire pudding by itself is a great accompaniment for roast beef or pork.

Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 06:20 PM (qfLjt)

302 A pound of dry pinto beans (makes 6-7 cups cooked) costs $1.69 here, or about $0.26/cup cooked.

These are Alaska prices. May vary in your area.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:17 PM (bW8dp)

All I could think of reading that was the movie 'Into the Wild'

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:20 PM (u5NuV)

303 "A pound of dry pinto beans (makes 6-7 cups cooked) costs $1.69 here, or about $0.26/cup cooked."

BUT you have calculate in the cooking costs.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:20 PM (jTmQV)

304 There are nearly enough different recipes for "pigs in a blanket" in this thread alone to make a cookbook.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:21 PM (bW8dp)

305 Nova local, I make a turkey burger with cranberries and diced jalapenos in it. I add chunks of pepperjack cheese but it's good without the cheese also.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:21 PM (oyWR2)

306 sigh

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2022 06:21 PM (K3ZCc)

307 > BUT you have calculate in the cooking costs.

True enough. I don't think that would be nearly enough to account for a 3x difference in price, though, especially since you're probably going to be heating up the canned beans anyway.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:21 PM (bW8dp)

308 Have mentioned before but seems cheaper/easy recipes are even more relevant now.

When you see boned/skinned chicken thighs on sale for a great price, grab a few pounds.

Put in slow cooker. Add in your choice of dry spices: paprika, smoked paprika, salt/pepper, garlic & onion powder. Cook 4-6 hours. Remove chicken and shred, reserve half the liquid (it makes its own, no need for any liquid added at the start).

Put shredded chicken back in cooker along with BBQ sauce of choice and as much cooking liquid as needed to achieve consistency you want.

Done. Fantastic tasty pulled chicken. Almost no real "cooking" involved. Can be very cheap, too.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:22 PM (OTzUX)

309 we have some friends that have time share cows, thye give a guy some $ to raise a cow then convert it to meat when ready.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2022 06:22 PM (K3ZCc)

310 Last year I got the coof, and I swear my taste buds haven't been the same.
I'm still waiting for restoration.
Meanwhile, I add too much seasoning, at the expense of gastro well being later, like when I'm trying to sleep...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:23 PM (jTmQV)

311 rhomboid, marinate them for about 3 days and then cook.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:23 PM (oyWR2)

312 I thought pigs in a blanket were cocktail weenies wrapped in canned biscuit dough and baked.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 06:23 PM (U2p+3)

313 176 I *suppose* there is a passing exterior similarity between a mango and a green bell pepper. I can imagine your confusion.

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I see your *
For someone who had mango and avocado trees in the yard almost everywhere I lived in Africa, no, a bell pepper bears no resemblance to a mango.

Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 06:24 PM (qfLjt)

314 I don't think it's fair to have the book and food threads on the same day. I realize I'm sitting here for hours going through fascinating and informative (savory and delicious) comments.

But, whatcha gonna do?

Posted by: mindful webworker - washed down with a glass of cheap merlot at March 27, 2022 06:24 PM (LLzS4)

315 I thought pigs in a blanket were cocktail weenies wrapped in canned biscuit dough and baked.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2022 06:23 PM (U2p+3)
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Me too!

Posted by: Weasel at March 27, 2022 06:24 PM (0IeYL)

316 I do see chuck steaks on sale occasionally and wonder how to make them tender enough for conventional preparation.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:18 PM (OTzUX)

Salt them well in advance, and cook them at a slightly lower heat than one would a NY strip or rib steak. And...I usually go for medium/medium-rare rather than bloody-rare.

They will never be amazingly tender, but the beefy flavor and unctuousness from the fat makes it a fine steak.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 06:24 PM (XIJ/X)

317 > I thought pigs in a blanket were cocktail weenies wrapped in canned biscuit dough and baked.

Yeah, same here... but usually with homemade biscuit dough.

I never quite understood canned biscuits -- making scratch doesn't take more than a few minutes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:24 PM (bW8dp)

318 Afternoon Horde.
I am fatigues having accomplished many man chores today...but I did sing a couple church songs so I'm not completely in the negative category.
Happily I found a source for Hofbrau bier so I bought all they had (6 bottles) and am not nursing the second.
Cheers Maties!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2022 06:25 PM (axyOa)

319 305 Nova local, I make a turkey burger with cranberries and diced jalapenos in it. I add chunks of pepperjack cheese but it's good without the cheese also.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:21 PM (oyWR2)

I've got to try that. It's kinda like my "Thanksgiving" meatball - ground turkey, whole berry cranberry sauce, eggs, grated onion, salt, pepper, and some dry Stovetop stuffing mix - cooked ala Rachel Ray's oven meatballs (400 for 20 minutes) - serve with Thanksgiving sides and a turkey gravy (if you want to go all in on Thanksgiving)...

For turkey burgers, I usually do "the club" burger - turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and homemade dijonaise. It's so good, the kids love it in the "burger" rotation (they also add cheese)...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 06:25 PM (exHjb)

320 I thought pigs in a blanket were cocktail weenies wrapped in canned biscuit dough and baked.

Yeah, same here... but usually with homemade biscuit dough.

I never quite understood canned biscuits -- making scratch doesn't take more than a few minutes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:24 PM (bW8dp)
***

I thought that's what your found in your bed after a bad night at the roadhouse in Moscow Idaho?
Ahhh...a friend told me.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2022 06:27 PM (axyOa)

321 312 I thought pigs in a blanket were cocktail weenies wrapped in canned biscuit dough and baked.

We called those sausage rolls.

Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 06:27 PM (qfLjt)

322 I think it moves up to my favorite five minute meal ever.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:15 PM (/ijUi)

Too much time for Weasel!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 06:27 PM (XIJ/X)

323 OT: apparently Hunter Biden's laptop had DoD encryption keys on it.

Why? Well, that's an interesting question, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2022 06:28 PM (bW8dp)

324 Local grocery store still has (maybe had) 88 cent loaf of bread. It will be nothing but a distant memory the next time I good shopping. The 4.99 rotisserie chicken is now 8.99. I read WW2 novels and how the Germans had to do with next to nothing to eat and needed ration coupons. I believe Uncle Joe is heading us that way.

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2022 06:28 PM (RMfpC)

325 CBD, not if you use the canned chicken.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:29 PM (oyWR2)

326 I give in to turkey burgers every once in awhile, toast the roll, lettuce and tomato with mayo and its pretty good.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 06:29 PM (2JoB8)

327 Made an easy chicken soup for dinner tonight and tomorrow
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Thanks for that. I never really thought about canned chicken for soup. It's my next shopping list.

Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 06:29 PM (+ya+t)

328 I thought pigs in a blanket were cocktail weenies wrapped in canned biscuit dough and baked.
Posted by: nurse ratched

This is, in my experience, correct.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Monty Python voice-- Yorkshire pudding? at March 27, 2022 06:30 PM (LLzS4)

329 The 2 minute rule must be strictly observed!

Posted by: Weasel at March 27, 2022 06:30 PM (0IeYL)

330 310 Last year I got the coof, and I swear my taste buds haven't been the same.
I'm still waiting for restoration.
Meanwhile, I add too much seasoning, at the expense of gastro well being later, like when I'm trying to sleep...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:23 PM (jTmQV)

Try to reverse your meals - have lunch as the "spiced" meal and dinner more a lunch-type blander option. And then end your dinner meal with a ginger tea (I add powdered ginger to my favorite vanilla tea). Ginger both eases and speeds up digestion.

PS - You can also just chew some ginger gum - they make it for pregnant ladies and will also help...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 06:30 PM (exHjb)

331 Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 06:24 PM (qfLjt)

Mostly they're both green and of approximately the same size and of not entirely dissimilar shape.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2022 06:31 PM (nC+QA)

332 The Kailua Pork Spring Rolls are delicious. Pork is smoked and tastes like it was done on a wood fire. Another Trader Joe's hit.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 06:31 PM (Y+l9t)

333 Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a go Nova local!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:31 PM (jTmQV)

334 little sausages wrapped in in dough around here are called kolaches.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:32 PM (oyWR2)

335 Just nibbling on the edges of bourbon still, have focused on exploring sipping rums for a while. Really glad I did. Very large range of flavors and styles, which makes for nice variety.

Winners that have so far earned regular status -

Real McCoy 12-year/Doorly's 12-year/Seale's 10-yr (all same company (in Barbados), and Jung & Wulff Guyana, for "English" style

Ron Allegro & South Bay (Dominican Republic) and Cana Fuerte (Central America) for "Spanish" solera style

Neisson Reserve Especiale (Martinique) for French style agricole

Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:33 PM (OTzUX)

336 333 Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a go Nova local!
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:31 PM (jTmQV)

I hope it works!

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 06:33 PM (exHjb)

337 332 The Kailua Pork Spring Rolls are delicious. Pork is smoked and tastes like it was done on a wood fire. Another Trader Joe's hit.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 06:31 PM (Y+l9t)

Any chance those are dairy and tree nut free (and any chance the Orange Chicken bags at Trader Joe's are still $5?) I have one around, but never go except for holidays b/c the turns are a pain to get there, but you're trying to convince me...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 06:34 PM (exHjb)

338 > we have some friends that have time share cows
________________

I totally get this. Except for the "time share" piece. Do I need to vomit up some percentage at a specific time?

How, exactly does that work?

No... I get it. I do wonder if my neighbors who raise beef would be agreeable to this and how I'd go about broaching the subject.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2022 06:34 PM (BFigT)

339 Ben Had and CBD, gracias for chuck steak tips

Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:35 PM (OTzUX)

340 Being lazy, I was just buying meat in small packages, enough for a meal and a leftover. Lately I've been getting family packs and breaking them down. Freezer's looking pretty good and I've saved a few bucks. Bought 4 two pound chubs of burger at Braums for just under $6 each. Two days away from sell by date. Broke them down into patties, and twenty burgers for $24 is pretty good nowadays.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 27, 2022 06:35 PM (lz5hY)

341 I bought three pieces of roasted chicken breasts from my grocery store yesterday. $7.49. . It's my go to protein additive to my canned food.

The price hasn't increased but the size of the chicken breasts are smaller.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:35 PM (u5NuV)

342 Pigs in a blanket are ground pork or beef wrapped in the big leaves of cabbage used to cover your homemade sauerkraut while it ferments. Tried it a few times when I made sauerkraut, otherwise just plain cabbage leaves.

Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 06:37 PM (+ya+t)

343 I had my sourdough starter, untouched, in the fridge for probably eight months. A couple of days ago I poured off the alcohol, took out about two tablespoons and fed it. It is happily bubbling along. I'll probably grow it for a few days and start baking again.

New York strip with au gratin potatoes and some veggies of some sort tonight. Probably with a nice C�tes du Rh�ne.

Posted by: Javems at March 27, 2022 06:38 PM (AmoqO)

344 Real McCoy 12-year/Doorly's 12-year/Seale's 10-yr (all same company (in Barbados), and Jung & Wulff Guyana, for "English" style

Ron Allegro & South Bay (Dominican Republic) and Cana Fuerte (Central America) for "Spanish" solera style

Neisson Reserve Especiale (Martinique) for French style agricole
Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:33 PM (OTzUX)
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I have had a most unfortunate experience with rum about 30 years ago and with the exception of a couple of mojitos, have never consumed it since. And I know I am missing out.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2022 06:38 PM (axyOa)

345 Sigh - time to go clean up dinner! Thanks for the food thread CBD and I'll try to be back next week (the guest will be here, and I might let him pick dinner b/c it will be his 1st real day b/c we're just getting pizza for him Saturday b/c airports - I'm not timing airports and customs)...

Posted by: Nova local at March 27, 2022 06:38 PM (exHjb)

346 249 That Jamie Oliver curry, where is the curry powder to give it the actual curry flavor and smell or am I missing something?
Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 05:38 PM (qfLjt)

The curry is the mix of the garlic, chilli, ginger, onions and chutney.
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Traditionally one adds a fruit chutney, to one's plate of complete curry, in order to temper the hot chillies.
I've never seen a recipe where the chutney is added during the cooking. I personally do not ever add chutney as I don't like the sweet taste mixed with salty food, though my late wife loved it. No masala? No turmeric?

Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 06:39 PM (qfLjt)

347 turkey club sandwich with melted cheddar. home made potato chips cooked in the microwaved, brushed with bacon grease.
omg.

Posted by: vivi at March 27, 2022 06:39 PM (33kEg)

348 there's a place down the road that makes kolaches

what are kolaches

Posted by: DB at March 27, 2022 06:39 PM (geLO8)

349 I totally get this. Except for the "time share" piece. Do I need to vomit up some percentage at a specific time?

How, exactly does that work?

No... I get it. I do wonder if my neighbors who raise beef would be agreeable to this and how I'd go about broaching the subject.
Posted by: M

there is not much to it, we just suggested to a farmer friend that we had some spare capacity and a friend of ours that wanted some beef that they should get together.

from what I understand the farmer said the costs are x based upon these criteria, our friend said fine. if there are any extraordinary vet costs, which there have not been, the farmer just sends a bill over.

I would just ask your friend what he would charge, set a $, get the tag nmbr and go with it.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2022 06:40 PM (K3ZCc)

350 I have had a most unfortunate experience with rum about 30 years ago and with the exception of a couple of mojitos, have never consumed it since. And I know I am missing out.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2022 06:38 PM (axyOa)

Get the fake rum. Malibu. But you have to temporarily hand over your man card. Admittedly I don't have a problem with that when combined with a vacation at the beach.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:42 PM (u5NuV)

351 Hadn't noticed much difference using diastatic malt for bread, then saw low on the side of King Arther Allpurp bag (recommended for bread) that it contains malted barley flour alraedy.. Have to try malt with the gold medal stuff next I guess

Posted by: Lord percy or Senor Coffee at March 27, 2022 06:42 PM (iSbhf)

352 what are kolaches
Posted by: DB

I think it's like a jelly donut, but with the jelly in a hole on the top of the pastry, instead of filled.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at March 27, 2022 06:42 PM (OX9vb)

353 what are kolaches
Posted by: D

overshoes

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2022 06:43 PM (K3ZCc)

354 there's a place down the road that makes kolaches

what are kolaches
Posted by: DB at March 27, 2022 06:39 PM (geLO

The best on the go breakfast food ever !

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:44 PM (u5NuV)

355 there's a place down the road that makes kolaches
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They are a round Bohemian pastry with a dollop of fruit preserves or cheese on top around here. That's funny.

Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 06:44 PM (+ya+t)

356 The best on the go breakfast food ever !
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

if this were true the nobody would be inquiring as to what they were

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2022 06:44 PM (K3ZCc)

357 Diogenes I doubt your experience involved 12-yr old Barbados rum that is bourbon-like, so maybe you can dip your toe back in? Just a thought. This stuff bears little resemblance to rums used mostly for mixing.

Fortunately for me my similar experience involved vodka, so I'm not really missing that much. And I did it right - in RUSSIA!, with the proletariat's 3 ruble/bottle stuff, long ago.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:45 PM (OTzUX)

358 I used to enjoy rum until I made the mistake of signing up for a tour at Bacardi.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 27, 2022 06:45 PM (jTmQV)

359 In Texas , they are filled with various meats.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:46 PM (u5NuV)

360 More rum, more fun! Or is it jail time?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 27, 2022 06:46 PM (oWBc3)

361 they did not have any specific cow needs other than corn fed

Posted by: confederatefifth at March 27, 2022 06:46 PM (K3ZCc)

362 334 little sausages wrapped in in dough around here are called kolaches.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:32 PM (oyWR2)

A good kolache is a thing of beauty.

Posted by: Javems at March 27, 2022 06:47 PM (AmoqO)

363 In Texas , they are filled with various meats.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

is that a mix or a cut?

Posted by: confederatefifth at March 27, 2022 06:47 PM (K3ZCc)

364 rhomboid, JackStraw would have some very good rum selections to offer.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:47 PM (oyWR2)

365 In Texas , they are filled with various meats.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:46 PM (u5NuV)

God Bless Texas and the German and Czech immigrant settlers!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 06:47 PM (4I/2K)

366 I got the uncured bacon fried up, crumpled some blue cheese on a plate, fried a couple aigs in the bacon grease and flooped them on the blue cheese. This is serious good food here. Inspires me to finish off the Wild Turkey 101. Which will inspire me to get out tomorrow and find some Old GrandDad 114. This is what is known as serendipity.

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2022 06:47 PM (0OP+5)

367 Did make some sourdough, fermented KA whole wheat for 3 days until bubblied out, added to 3 cups KA Allpurp with pinch sugar salt tbsp honey +molasses and 2 tbsp veg oil, rose like crazy ,punched down 3 times betwen 7 am and 8 pm formed loaves in pans with parchment baked before it overflowed the pans 25 minutes. TTurned out really good only slightly sour, basically 50/50 ww &WHITE flour.

Posted by: Lord percy or Senor Coffee at March 27, 2022 06:48 PM (iSbhf)

368 Uke soldiers are shooting their POWs in the legs.

https://bit.ly/3JNVCPh

Posted by: bonhomme at March 27, 2022 06:49 PM (i0wNm)

369 Javems, the Chek community in Ennis makes the best ones around.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:49 PM (oyWR2)

370 In Texas , they are filled with various meats.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:46 PM (u5NuV)

God Bless Texas and the German and Czech immigrant settlers!
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2022 06:47 PM (4I/2K)

In Louisiana they are called pistolettes and are filled with shrimp or crawfish etoufee. Awesomeness.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:49 PM (u5NuV)

371 Trader Joe's has the best frozen foods. I buy sweet potato fries, sweet potato gnocchi, cheese blintzes, shrimp dumplings. I completely skip the frozen food aisle at the supermarket. There produce is also far superior. My newest find: brownie coffee ice cream sandwiches and only 140 calories.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 06:50 PM (Y+l9t)

372 Kolaches are bigger than pigs in a blanket. More the size of a hot dog. Hey, it's Texas.

Posted by: Javems at March 27, 2022 06:51 PM (AmoqO)

373 My newest find: brownie coffee ice cream sandwiches and only 140 calories.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 06:50 PM (Y+l9t)
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I have heard a lot of things about them, all good, and I'm afraid to try them because I know I will love them. Maybe after Lent is over.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 06:51 PM (wyw4S)

374 Actually Bacardi has its high-end aged stuff too, but out of my current price range.

And due to newly adopted indulgences of the last few years, I now find the idea of touring rum distilleries and tabacaleras (cigar factories) in a place like the DR or Nicaragua appearing as "huh, that might be fun" items.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:52 PM (OTzUX)

375 Traditionally one adds a fruit chutney, to one's plate of complete curry, in order to temper the hot chillies.
I've never seen a recipe where the chutney is added during the cooking. I personally do not ever add chutney as I don't like the sweet taste mixed with salty food, though my late wife loved it. No masala? No turmeric?
Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 06:39 PM (qfLjt)

Some curry dishes use powders, some use pastes. It depends a lot on the ethnicity of the curry dish. Thai is distinctly different than most Indian, etc., etc. A Thai massaman curry paste is a mix of dried chillies, lemongrass, garlic, galangal and shallots. No masala, no turmeric. And so on.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 27, 2022 06:52 PM (ZSK0i)

376 Ok folks...it's time to set up the bar and decide what I will be drinking.

Martini...Manhattan...Old Fashioned?

Thanks for playing!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 06:53 PM (XIJ/X)

377 Martini...Manhattan...Old Fashioned?

Thanks for playing!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 06:53 PM (XIJ/X)
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You drink all that, you'll be pickled.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 06:54 PM (wyw4S)

378 Kolaches are bigger than pigs in a blanket. More the size of a hot dog. Hey, it's Texas.

more of a sow in a comforter

Posted by: confederatefifth at March 27, 2022 06:54 PM (K3ZCc)

379 Thanks-not really- now I have a craving for lamb curry.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:54 PM (oyWR2)

380 >>>[327] Thanks for that. I never really thought about canned chicken for soup. It's my next shopping list. Posted by: dartist at March 27, 2022 06:29 PM (+ya+t)
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You're welcome, Dartist ... I keep plenty on hand for soups, casseroles, and quick chicken salad (first draining the chicken on a paper-towel lined plate before adding mayo etcetera).

Posted by: Kathy at March 27, 2022 06:54 PM (h3RRP)

381 Diogenes I doubt your experience involved 12-yr old Barbados rum that is bourbon-like, so maybe you can dip your toe back in? Just a thought. This stuff bears little resemblance to rums used mostly for mixing.

Fortunately for me my similar experience involved vodka, so I'm not really missing that much. And I did it right - in RUSSIA!, with the proletariat's 3 ruble/bottle stuff, long ago.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2022 06:45 PM (OTzUX)
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I will consider it.
And the Russia story sounds awesome!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2022 06:54 PM (axyOa)

382 bonhomme that's disturbing to see, if didn't see it would discount it, that why only watch videos not read accounts. But even seeing you need to be careful it's what it portrays.
Seems legitimate.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 06:55 PM (2JoB8)

383 I didn't know that the Ukraine was the bread basket of Europe. So we will ship our wheat to Europe so they can make bread. Have you ever counted the wars that that part of the world has had in the last 200 years. Lots...

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2022 06:55 PM (RMfpC)

384
Martini...Manhattan...Old Fashioned?

Thanks for playing!
Posted by: Charlie

that is too much work,

bourbon neat

Posted by: confederatefifth at March 27, 2022 06:55 PM (K3ZCc)

385 369 Javems, the Chek community in Ennis makes the best ones around.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:49 PM (oyWR2)

I think someone told me that at the last MoMe. Shame it's in the wrong direction for me.

Posted by: Javems at March 27, 2022 06:56 PM (AmoqO)

386 Made chicken salad for lunch with canned chicken. Something different than my usual.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 06:56 PM (2JoB8)

387 Hey guys I was surfing this AM and I found this Upright smoker. It is an Oklahoma Joe bronco smoker for 90.00.
https://tinyurl.com/yckkk796
I have read good reviews on that brand. I can give you a report when mine gets here.

Posted by: Picric at March 27, 2022 06:56 PM (13tTk)

388 CBD, depends on what's for supper.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:56 PM (oyWR2)

389 depends on what's for supper.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:56 PM (oyWR2)

Slow-grilled chicken!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 06:57 PM (XIJ/X)

390 The bell peppers reminded me.
In Italian bell peppers are called peperoni - yeah that first pepperoni pizza really confused me.
A single one is a peperone.
Chilies are peperoncini (soft c as ch as in church) and one only ends in 'o'.

Posted by: Ciampino at March 27, 2022 06:57 PM (qfLjt)

391 Ok folks...it's time to set up the bar and decide what I will be drinking.

Martini...Manhattan...Old Fashioned?

Really?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2022 06:59 PM (BFigT)

392 slow-grilled chicken and an Old Fashioned.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2022 06:59 PM (oyWR2)

393 Bluebell, you will not be disappointed. I wish they also came with just vanilla ice cream. I wonder if they use coffee because it somehow cuts the calories?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 06:59 PM (Y+l9t)

394 and I still haven't been to the In-N-Out Burger since it opened

Posted by: DB at March 27, 2022 07:00 PM (geLO8)

395 Bluebell, you will not be disappointed. I wish they also came with just vanilla ice cream. I wonder if they use coffee because it somehow cuts the calories?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 06:59 PM (Y+l9t)
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I love coffee ice cream so I will be happy with them the way they are! They probably do it because coffee and chocolate go so well together. Lots of chocolate cake or brownie recipes have a bit of coffee in them.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 27, 2022 07:01 PM (wyw4S)

396
what are kolaches
Posted by: DB

Night Stalker

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2022 07:01 PM (63Dwl)

397 Nurse invites you to the weekly Gun Thread

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2022 07:01 PM (2JoB8)

398 Martini...Manhattan...Old Fashioned?
Thanks for playing!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 06:53 PM (XIJ/X)

Martini.....this is the day The Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 27, 2022 07:02 PM (R/m4+)

399 Martini...Manhattan...Old Fashioned?

Thanks for playing!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2022 06:53 PM

Shake yourself up a good Manhattan.

*runs*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2022 07:06 PM (RkC6l)

400 Skip you are being too coy about it. Even though I've been told that as Willow's Apprentice I'm. It supposed to do this, it is lonely over there so.

nood

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2022 07:10 PM (Y+l9t)

401 In Louisiana they are called pistolettes and are filled with shrimp or crawfish etoufee. Awesomeness.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 27, 2022 06:49 PM (u5NuV)

First encountered them at an Exxon station in Lafayette. Had cheese in them as well I think. I used to make them but deep frying is just too messy.

Posted by: Javems at March 27, 2022 07:14 PM (AmoqO)

402 Might not be a bad use for deer extras.
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2022 04:30 PM (Lzpvj)

I'm way late tot he party, so forgive me if this has been said.
3 days out of St. Louis, the Lewis and Clark expedition stopped to "make meat". Most of that was jerky and pemmican. Venison fat is considered "bad", but only if it is allowed to go bad.
Mountain men used it as a butter substitute. It's sweet if not allowed to go rancid, which it does quickly.

Posted by: MkY at March 27, 2022 07:21 PM (cPGH3)

403 Where I grew up, pigs in a blanket referred to breakfast sausage links (pork sausage with sage) rolled up inside pancakes.

Posted by: MammaB at March 27, 2022 08:31 PM (BeCc7)

404 I saw a related, good idea on a space list just now: let's suspend the alcohol-in-fuel requirement and subsidy for a year or two, so that ADM's wheat can be redirected to food production during the upcoming shortage.

Let's call some politicians and see if we can make this happen!

Posted by: jdgalt1 at March 27, 2022 09:52 PM (3SFo/)

405 What do you mean, you had never heard of Old Grand-dad?

Go back and listen to "I drink Alone" by the fabulous George Thorogood again, or I will serve you French Toast with syrup, and a side of pink tomatoes.

Posted by: Josh at March 28, 2022 09:34 AM (hUqY2)

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