Food Thread: Ova There! Look Ova There! Someone Is Browning An Omelet!

There is a conceit among a certain class of chefs that the perfect omelet is not browned, but is perfectly yellow. I guess that came about from their understandable attempts at avoiding tough and overcooked eggs, but I have never found it particularly difficult to cook omelets correctly.

Sure, there are a few tricks, like preheating the fillings in another pan, or shredding or grating the cheese so it melts faster. But there isn't anything clever about that, and the purpose, at least for me, is to make a good tasting meal, not satisfy an artificial rule based on pretty much nothing.

Oh...brown the butter before you cook your omelet and it will taste delicious! A bit different, but still yummy. And the eggs will most definitely be brown!

That tangent took me away from my point, which is that eggs are absolutely fantastic, easy to cook, relatively inexpensive, and can be tarted up in dozens of ways so it will always seem that you are getting a little bit of strange every morning.

One of my favorite things to do with eggs is to boil them so they are just hard (not gross and green and crumbly), ice them down so they stop cooking (that is 10 minutes for me), and then eat them with...um...mayonnaise! Yup...eggs with an egg sauce. That works for me.

Although inflation has reared its ugly head in the egg cases around here. I used to buy an 18 pack for $2.99. Last week it was $5.99, So...FJB!

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Who could possibly predicted that the vaunted wave of fake meat made from plant protein would fizzle? Personally I am shocked that Americans don't want to eat highly processed ersatz meat that is also very expensive and doesn't taste nearly as good as those plain old burgers you make with the $2.99/lb ground beef you buy at your local market.

It's almost as if Americans aren't the hipster, virtue-signalling douchebags that the idiot marketing people think we are.

Beyond Meat sales under threat as plant-based boom withers

"Part of the issue with the adoption of the category for new consumers is that you're not going to change cultural tastes overnight," Mizuho analyst John Baumgartner said. "Recruiting your next phase of consumers requires more innovation and better tasting products."

Ya think? What a concept! That the replacement product should be as good as the original. But the idea that our culture needs changing is deeply offensive and suggests that John Baumgartner needs a punch in the nose.

I like my culture of eating beef and chicken and pork and lamb just fine, and I don't need an over-educated and amazingly out-of-touch and ignorant analyst who specializes in "Food and healthy living" to pimp shitty new-age crap.

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No CO₂!

On one hand that is a catastrophe, because most of the beer I drink is made by small producers, although I am not averse to a cold one or three from one of the big guys. I have no idea what I will do without beer, other than channel Rogers Hornsby when he was asked what he does during the baseball off season...

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

American Craft Breweries Warn of National Beer Shortage Due to Loss of Key Carbon Dioxide Supplier

On the other hand, maybe this is a golden opportunity for American beer makers to learn how to make English real ales, which do not require CO₂ and are pumped at the bar with manual pumps after undergoing secondary fermentation in the cask.

A fella can dream, can't he?

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Long-time commenter "RedMindBlueState came through like a champ with a recipe for Greek Gigante beans! Well, actually it was his mom, so screw that, I'm not giving him any credit.

I'm going to work on the recipe a bit , since it was really only a list of ingredients (no amounts!) and an outline of the technique.

But they tasted great, so stay tuned for more!

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I really, really, really love fried seafood. Any kind is fine with me, from flounder (Southerners know how to do that with a whole fish) to cod to shrimp to clams. You fry it and I'll eat it.

Here is a fish-frying primer that doesn't have anything mind-blowing, but is a solid start for anyone who wants to fry fish but is unsure how to go about it. It is focused on fishermen, but it is a good resource for anyone.

How to Fry Fish: The Ultimate Guide on Everything from Oil Temperature to Batter Recipes

I rarely eat freshwater fish, but this guy makes it sounds spectacular, and our very own MisHum (who is a fairly accomplished fisherman) swears by the stuff he catches in the upper Midwest!

[Hat Tip: Misanthropic Humanitarian]

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Italian Baguettes? What? When I think of Italian bread, I definitely don't think of baguette-shaped loaves. The Platonic Ideal in DildoWorld is the Pane di Casa that we used to buy from Addeo's Bakery in the Arthur Avenue neighborhood of the North Bronx. But this sounds amusing, and certainly easy, so if I remember to buy durum flour I will give it a shot.

No Knead Durum Stirato

But be warned...it is a poorly written recipe. I think I know what she means when she gives directions on how to fold the dough, but a few simple photographs of the process would have been nice, instead of 8,000 pictures of the finished product.

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Sous Vide is the cooking equivalent of a gorgeous 40-something, dressing appropriately and beautifully, walking in elegant heels (not too tall and not too short) smiling at you as she sashays by...!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 02:06 PM (XIJ/X)
Or...it could be a shambolic zombie walking slowly and inevitably towards a meal while calling out for someone, anyone who might have "brains"
Posted by: Boswell at August 07, 2022 03:49 PM (+Cgut)

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Just send me oysters. Lots of oysters, and I will provide special dispensation for those without taste who insist upon maple syrup with their French Toast. And 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 the rest of you are off the hook with maple syrup and French Toast: I'm still watching 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 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 04:00 PM (k8B25)

2 Lines a cream pie

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 04:00 PM (k8B25)

3 Winds up

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 04:01 PM (k8B25)

4 "...and then eat them with...um...mayonnaise! Yup...eggs with an egg sauce. That works for me."

Around here we call eggs mooshed into mayo "egg salad," and make sandwiches out of it.

Posted by: TB at August 07, 2022 04:02 PM (LJrwl)

5 I actually like my omelette a bit over done.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 04:02 PM (BfhXc)

6 Holy crap! It's full of 2 minute rule violations!!!

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 04:02 PM (0IeYL)

7 Having hamburger, but gas for grill is out. If want to charcoal it should think about it soon

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 04:03 PM (k8B25)

8 Having hamburger, but gas for grill is out. If want to charcoal it should think about it soon
Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 04:03 PM (k8B25)

Hank Hill is very disappointed in you.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 04:03 PM (BfhXc)

9 Yesterday I made about 3lbs of potato salad.
Potato salad lends itself to great degree of improvisation, as to ingredients.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, introspectively at August 07, 2022 04:04 PM (jTmQV)

10 Tarted up eggs.

Uppity little biddies.

Posted by: Moki at August 07, 2022 04:06 PM (JrN/x)

11 Pot of Sunday sauce on the stove. Smells magnifico.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (89T5c)

12 The Incredible Edible Egg.

Had two of them this morning with English Muffins. And the yolks were nice and runny. Yummm.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (fe7in)

13 It's full of 2 minute rule violations!!!

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 04:02 PM (0IeYL)

Okay, but how about if I boil a dozen eggs? That way it's less than one minute/egg!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (XIJ/X)

14 Hard to believe that hard boiled eggs done in the InstantPot come out so daggone good.
Peel under running water, and the shells slide right off. No gray outer ring on the yoke either.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (svdGq)

15 Eggs were an inexpensive source of protein, that is, until ridiculous government over-regulation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (EZebt)

16 I had a weird craving for sauerkraut yesterday. So I cooked a pork roast is sauerkraut in the slow cooker. That will be dinner.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (eGTCV)

17 I think the price of eggs and milk sinks the Dems - whatever - I actually have a sausage (Jimmy Dean baby), spinach and bell pepper omelet on the menu tonight.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 07, 2022 04:08 PM (oWBc3)

18 "Potato salad lends itself to great degree of improvisation, as to ingredients."

A good dash or two of Old Bay kicks it up a notch.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:08 PM (svdGq)

19 Around here we call eggs mooshed into mayo "egg salad," and make sandwiches out of it.

Posted by: TB at August 07, 2022 04:02 PM (LJrwl)

I'm talking about standing over the sink, peeling an egg, then spooning some mayo on it for each bite.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:08 PM (XIJ/X)

20 Yesterday I made about 3lbs of potato salad.
Potato salad lends itself to great degree of improvisation, as to ingredients.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Oh yeah. I love me some potato salad. Especially the day or two after is was made.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:08 PM (LsEU/)

21 On eggs...

Friday, I was originally doing soup and sandwich as dinner - BLTAs with a Leek and Onion "French Onion-inspired" soup. I had spent 45 minutes carmelizing the leeks, vidalia onions, serrano pepper, and garlic (s&p and olive oil, too) when my youngest said - mom, that would be better with egg. So, changing plans on the fly, I beat 16 eggs and dumped them into the mixture and scrambled it up. I used some garden cherry tomatoes chopped raw on top, and damn, it was great!

It was a new bacon and egg combo that stays on my list next time my farm sends me leeks...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:09 PM (exHjb)

22 I'm talking about standing over the sink, peeling an egg, then spooning some mayo on it for each bite.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

This is just one more reason why it's great to have been born a guy.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:10 PM (LsEU/)

23 That last picture is disturbing and inexplicable.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 07, 2022 04:11 PM (yQpMk)

24 Lib.little sister just texted me a pic of the new smoker on her deck. I'mma little jelly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2022 04:11 PM (EZebt)

25 Anytime I see omelette, I am reminded of this...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5__zptEU9vE

Posted by: Golfman at August 07, 2022 04:11 PM (D8nZC)

26 20 Oh yeah. I love me some potato salad. Especially the day or two after is was made.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:08 PM

After being refrigerated I hope ;-)

The many ways you can make potato salad or cole slaw makes them some of the best sides for a summer time dish.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 04:11 PM (fe7in)

27 Ms. gourmand is sensitive to onions so I substituted some leeks (diced and quickly parboiled) along w the raw diced celery.
That worked out well. Other ad lib ingredients may include bacon bits, olives, even capers.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, introspectively at August 07, 2022 04:12 PM (jTmQV)

28 This is just one more reason why it's great to have been born a guy.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:10 PM (LsEU/)

Food, in particular leftovers tastes better when eaten over the sink, preferably with one's hands (and with mayo).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:12 PM (XIJ/X)

29 No Knead Durum Stirato

But be warned...it is a poorly written recipe. I think I know what she means when she gives directions on how to fold the dough, but a few simple photographs of the process would have been nice, instead of 8,000 pictures of the finished product.

It also would have been helpful if she'd put her ingredient list up front, rather than towards the bottom of the document.

But the prep itself somewhat resembles that of a ciabatta but with enough stiffness in the dough that you can fold the edges inward instead of just pushing it inward with a bench scraper and treat it sort of like a baguette. And the recipe also bears a fair resemblence to Rose Levy Beranbaum's Golden Semolina Torpedo. Except Rose's recipe makes a batard and bakes it in a rectangular cloche (Italian bread maker).

Either way, tasty!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 04:12 PM (ZSK0i)

30 I'm talking about standing over the sink, peeling an egg, then spooning some mayo on it for each bite.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:08 PM (XIJ/X)

Which everyone knows means there are no calories.

Posted by: Moki at August 07, 2022 04:13 PM (JrN/x)

31 Jacques Pépin says that there are two types of omelets, the Parisian one that is yellow and perfectly formed into a torpedo shape, and the country omelet that is browned and is in the classic omelet shape. The Parisian one is a bitch to get right.

Jacques making omelets https://tinyurl.com/yeft529h

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 04:13 PM (8ufRF)

32 Chili rellenos Jose, the perfect egg dish.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 04:13 PM (zHRci)

33 Hard to believe that hard boiled eggs done in the InstantPot come out so daggone good.
Peel under running water, and the shells slide right off. No gray outer ring on the yoke either.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (svdGq)

The only way I cook them now. I've heard the air fryer works well too, but I haven't tried that yet.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 07, 2022 04:13 PM (KHXdf)

34 So Mrs VIA and I are having a 'discussion'.

Those candy/wax thingies that come in either rainbow colors, or chocolate and you sprinkle them on ice cream and such.

In your house, are they 'sprinkles' or 'Jimmies'?

Seems like a regional thing, just like how to pronounce scrapple.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:13 PM (svdGq)

35 Sprinkles.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 04:14 PM (ZSK0i)

36 22 I'm talking about standing over the sink, peeling an egg, then spooning some mayo on it for each bite.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

This is just one more reason why it's great to have been born a guy.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:10 PM (LsEU/)

You could get a plate...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:14 PM (exHjb)

37 Just have the Denver or Spanish omelette at any decent diner, and youll be fine.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2022 04:14 PM (EZebt)

38 Nova Local, that sounds delicious. I have a church friend just out of the hospital who needs low fiber food, and with a bit of added cream and parmesan, that would make a dynamite quiche to take to her. Thanks!!

Posted by: Moki at August 07, 2022 04:15 PM (JrN/x)

39 I just spent *mumble mumble* dollars on cut glass bitters bottles. They're absolutely unnecessary, and probably don't work any better than the bottle the bitters are sold in, but I don't care. Presentation is important, and I think they look cool.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 07, 2022 04:16 PM (/NCI4)

40 >>> 15 Eggs were an inexpensive source of protein, that is, until ridiculous government over-regulation.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (EZebt)

I haven't calculated how much I'm spending to feed my birdbrains but I doubt it's $4 (or more!) per dozen. Of course, I'm not paying for the refrigerated transport cost anymore, so that helps.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 07, 2022 04:16 PM (llON8)

41 The winner of tonight's mystery meat contest is Jeffrey Corbin who guessed "some kind of beef."

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 04:16 PM (BfhXc)

42 38 Nova Local, that sounds delicious. I have a church friend just out of the hospital who needs low fiber food, and with a bit of added cream and parmesan, that would make a dynamite quiche to take to her. Thanks!!
Posted by: Moki at August 07, 2022 04:15 PM (JrN/x)

I had originally thought quiche for the leeks (or as I call mine - egg pie b/c with dairy free milk and double the eggs, it's eggier than "real" quiche), but I had a ton of leeks (and I had the serranos)...it worked out here b/c the kid doesn't like pie crust, so he did eat a huge helping!

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:18 PM (exHjb)

43 Son invited us to lunch at our mutual favorite restaurant today. Husband and I split a dozen oysters and I had a delicious grilled pompano. Can't remember the last time I had pompano!

Food experiment for tomorrow: jerk chicken made with marinade that son and DIL brought from Barbados.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 07, 2022 04:18 PM (fTtFy)

44 Shameful confession: I actually like Chapulines, Oaxacan fried grasshoppers. I know, I know, and the little legs get stuck between your teeth, but seriously, I love them, especially when made by my Mexican buddy's grandmother. I'll eat a whole snack-sized bag no problem.
Everyone else thinks I'm nuts.
I know.
Oh, with the Gallium/Zoho combination, the web browser is just Chrome, but it's Chromium. Usually when I'm working if I have to look anything up I just use a separate Android phone.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 07, 2022 04:18 PM (U11/V)

45 Helena Handbasket, may I put an order in for Oct?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 04:18 PM (zHRci)

46 37 Just have the Denver or Spanish omelette at any decent diner, and youll be fine.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2022 04:14 PM

Western Omlette with a side of bacon and rye toast. That is the breakfast I like to order when at a diner.
And if I am feeling a bit adventurous maybe some corned beef hash.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 04:19 PM (fe7in)

47 Alrighty then I just made a large fresh salad including mini cukes, iceberg lettuce, scalions,(long onions) celery and grape tomatoes sprinkled with cold three bean. I have sliced sweet mangos on the ready for a summer flair. Also featuring on today's menue BBQ ready angus beef patty's, all beef hot dogs, skinless bonless chicken thighs marinated in A-1,Lea and Perins Sauce (cant spell worstishire) and Kung Pao sauce with ketchup.. On the ready a can of Bushed Boubon and Brown sugar 'grillin beans. chips,dips whips and chains...

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 07, 2022 04:19 PM (5s/s5)

48
That last picture is disturbing and inexplicable.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Ought to be an album cover.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 07, 2022 04:20 PM (63Dwl)

49 The old, funny MadTV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEpf05pcYA4

Posted by: LenNeal at August 07, 2022 04:20 PM (U11/V)

50 Couple of weeks ago I went to a higher priced restaurant and was surprised to see Deviled Eggs on the appetizer menu. $8 for four of them. Overpriced but they were so good I ordered another round.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 04:20 PM (BfhXc)

51 Has anyone here eaten duck eggs, and if so, what are the pros/cons of them?

Posted by: Moki at August 07, 2022 04:20 PM (JrN/x)

52 Shameful confession: I actually like Chapulines, Oaxacan fried grasshoppers.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 07, 2022 04:18 PM (U11/V)

Nothing shameful at all! As long as there is no mandate that I eat them...enjoy!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:21 PM (XIJ/X)

53 Afternoon.

Omurice, or Japanese Rice Omelette.

https://tinyurl.com/yeyxckc8

Posted by: Robert at August 07, 2022 04:21 PM (8SYtQ)

54 Call me a pervert, I treated myself to french toast this morning slathered with butter and maple syrup. Lots of crispy bacon as well.

Grits on the other hand require only butter, salt and pepper to be delicious. Syrup would be blasphemous.

But I did not have a shaken Manhattan with it so I may not be a pervert.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 07, 2022 04:21 PM (Jzz++)

55 Greetings:

Don't eat eggs. Eat chickens.

Posted by: 11B40 at August 07, 2022 04:21 PM (uuklp)

56

Sous vide is like a $5,000 hooker...

Posted by: Eliot Spitzer at August 07, 2022 04:21 PM (7DYli)

57 >>> 45 Helena Handbasket, may I put an order in for Oct?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 04:18 PM (zHRci)

What did you have in mind?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 07, 2022 04:22 PM (llON8)

58 You could get a plate...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:14 PM (exHjb)

And ruin the ambiance?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:22 PM (XIJ/X)

59 But I did not have a shaken Manhattan with it so I may not be a pervert.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 07, 2022 04:21 PM (Jzz++)

Good for you! I think Manhattans are excellent breakfast cocktails!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:23 PM (XIJ/X)

60 Got two brined spatchcocked chickens going on the trager pellet grill.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 07, 2022 04:23 PM (bVYXr)

61 Moki, the duck egg yolks are much richer.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 04:23 PM (zHRci)

62 >>> 51 Has anyone here eaten duck eggs, and if so, what are the pros/cons of them?
Posted by: Moki at August 07, 2022 04:20 PM (JrN/x)

I haven't but they're a little bigger and richer than chicken eggs; the richness makes them popular for baking.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 07, 2022 04:23 PM (llON8)

63 51 Has anyone here eaten duck eggs, and if so, what are the pros/cons of them?
Posted by: Moki at August 07, 2022 04:20 PM (JrN/x)

Con - They cost more.
Pro - They have a slightly fuller flavor.

I buy them when they get discounted to the same price (or close enough) of chicken eggs b/c I like variety every now and then.

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:24 PM (exHjb)

64 Meatloaf is in the oven.

As far as Omelettes...they have to be well done and no cheese. I hate runny eggs so if the outside of the Omelette isn't brownish, I ain't eating it.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:25 PM (R5lpX)

65 Helena Handbasket, Dinner that Wednesday evening is going to be chili relleno jose and I need lots of eggs.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 04:25 PM (zHRci)

66 I'm not mentioning this to upset CBD, who is a very nice guy, but when young (Eisenhower was in the White House) I would put maple syrup on scrambled eggs. Not sure why I stopped. Possibly my taste improved but could be the household syrup supply got restricted to pancakes and mixed in milk. As described in the Bible.

Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2022 04:25 PM (7EjX1)

67 ... I've considered getting ducks because they are allegedly love to eat ants including fire ants.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 07, 2022 04:25 PM (llON8)

68 Food, in particular leftovers tastes better when eaten over the sink, preferably with one's hands (and with mayo).
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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A proper tomato sandwich, made with properly ripe tomatoes
has to be eaten over the sink, because juice will be dripping down off of your elbows.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2022 04:26 PM (Bhmmq)

69 >>> 65 Helena Handbasket, Dinner that Wednesday evening is going to be chili relleno jose and I need lots of eggs.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 04:25 PM (zHRci)

I can help with that!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 07, 2022 04:26 PM (llON8)

70 Meatloaf is in the oven.

Paradise by the Oven Light.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:27 PM (eGTCV)

71 Tonight's dinner (since the kid asked for a month of "his: Sundays, as you've seen from the past few) is Thanksgiving in the summer.

Aldi's and my farm box determined the actual meal contents. Aldi's turkey tenderloins, mashed yukon gold potatoes, my "no sauce" green bean casserole - aka, roasted green beans, baby bellas, and vidalia onions with garlic, s&p and then topped with fried onions 10 minutes before it finishes), and a white peach/nectarine/reg peach/blueberry salad.

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

72 >>>I'm talking about standing over the sink, peeling an egg, then spooning some mayo on it for each bite.

>I find this disturbing. I have 10 different varieties of hot sauce, none of them including mayo.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 04:27 PM (WHt4f)

73 Oh yeah...I also don't care for mayonnaise.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:29 PM (R5lpX)

74 So I'm the perfect heathen.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:29 PM (R5lpX)

75 Looking for a flat top propane grill//griddle

Don't think it's rocket science and looking for something inexpensive.

Any suggestions?

Posted by: Golfman at August 07, 2022 04:30 PM (D8nZC)

76 "I'm talking about standing over the sink, peeling an egg, then spooning some mayo on it for each bite. "

I substitute sprinkling salt in place of spooning the mayo.

But over the sink is the perfect location, either way.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:31 PM (svdGq)

77 Google?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:31 PM (R5lpX)

78
Okay, but how about if I boil a dozen eggs? That way it's less than one minute/egg!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:07 PM (XIJ/X)
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This sounds like a trick!

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 04:31 PM (0IeYL)

79 Oh yeah...I also don't care for mayonnaise.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:29 PM (R5lpX)

Me neither.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 07, 2022 04:31 PM (KHXdf)

80 Re: eggs and mayo: When I was working, I used to go to the deli and get a two-pack of hard-boiled eggs and a packet of mayonnaise. I’d take it back to my office and mix them up and make my own simple egg salad. It was always good when I was on a diet.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2022 04:32 PM (rbKZ6)

81 Oh yeah...I also don't care for mayonnaise.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:29 PM (R5lpX)

THIS is what is wrong with America!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 04:32 PM (XIJ/X)

82 "Looking for a flat top propane grill//griddle

Don't think it's rocket science and looking for something inexpensive.

Any suggestions?"

Believe it or not, the larger WalMarts offer a very good selection, at really good price points.
Like you said, it don't need to be too fancy, it isn't really rocket surgery.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:32 PM (svdGq)

83 I made a great egg recipe yesterday. An egg drop soup from a 1981 Michigan cookbook, a community cookbook of the “Michigan Telephone Pioneers of America”. Appears to be an organization of Michigan Bell employees, specifically in the Detroit metroplex and the Grand Rapids metroplex.

Very simple and quick. 2 cups chicken broth, a well-beaten egg, 1/3 tsp salt, 1 tbsp (green, but I used normal) minced onion, ½ tbsp corn starch, a pinch of white pepper, and ¼ tsp sesame oil.

Bring the broth to a boil; add salt. Mix cornstarch with 1 tbsp cold water, add to broth, stir several minutes until thickened. Turn off heat. Add the egg slowly, stirring in a circular motion so that the egg forms thin shreds. Add the minced onion, pepper, and oil. Serve hot.

Two servings, sort of. I made it for breakfast, and ate the whole thing. One egg = one breakfast.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 07, 2022 04:32 PM (U+Oxn)

84 75 Looking for a flat top propane grill//griddle

Don't think it's rocket science and looking for something inexpensive.

Inexpensive? Well there goes the Evo.

https://tinyurl.com/y36fxmyt

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 04:33 PM (fe7in)

85 Got any recipes for sous vide bugs... Since the Dems passed their green new steal today bugs are about all we will be able to afford

Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2022 04:33 PM (bs+z0)

86 Dinner is Moussaka with salad and pickles

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2022 04:33 PM (EZebt)

87 I'm talking about standing over the sink, peeling an egg, then spooning some mayo on it for each bite.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

This is just one more reason why it's great to have been born a guy.
Posted by: Tonypete

You could get a plate...
Posted by: Nova local

Now why would anyone do that?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:33 PM (LsEU/)

88 78 This sounds like a trick!

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 04:31 PM

Sounds like.......MATH!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 04:34 PM (fe7in)

89 In your house, are they 'sprinkles' or 'Jimmies'?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:13 PM (svdGq)

Sprinkles. As in, "why would anyone pollute perfectly good ice cream or donuts with those weird, candy-wax thingies called sprinkles?"

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 04:34 PM (OX9vb)

90 "Now why would anyone do that?"

A place to set the spoon between eggs?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:34 PM (svdGq)

91 87 I'm talking about standing over the sink, peeling an egg, then spooning some mayo on it for each bite.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

This is just one more reason why it's great to have been born a guy.
Posted by: Tonypete

You could get a plate...
Posted by: Nova local

Now why would anyone do that?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:33 PM (LsEU/)

To put the mayo on and dip

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:35 PM (exHjb)

92 Hard boiled eggs for me are cut in half and marinated in olive oil and red wine vinegar with pepper. I can never have too much pepper.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 04:35 PM (zHRci)

93 "Any suggestions?"
Any type of camp single burner grill works fine.
Be careful where you place it. Never place it on anything made of plastic. Lots of types under $25.
Coleman stuff is good, American Camper, etc.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, introspectively at August 07, 2022 04:35 PM (jTmQV)

94 27 Ms. gourmand is sensitive to onions so I substituted some leeks (diced and quickly parboiled) along w the raw diced celery.
That worked out well. Other ad lib ingredients may include bacon bits, olives, even capers.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, introspectively at August 07, 2022 04:12 PM

I often substitute shallots for onions. I like the taste better.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2022 04:37 PM (rbKZ6)

95 you know what is just a short step beyond hard boiled eggs?

Red beet eggs.
My mother would make them when I was a child.
I loved 'em.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:37 PM (svdGq)

96 Homemade charcoal going

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 04:38 PM (k8B25)

97 Food related: Yesterday I drove up to the Aldi in our far northern exurb, about 35-40 miles. The store was clean, but smaller than I expected, about the size of a Save-a-Lot. Like that chain, you need to bring your own bags or purchase theirs at checkout. Also you need a quarter to unlock the grocery cart; you get it back when you leave.

Overall they were not vastly cheaper than a Walmart. Meat was about the same price for the same quantity. Bread and bagels and pizza were better. Eggs, maybe .20 cheaper for a dozen; lettuce, maybe a dime cheaper. The pack of 8 frozen beef and bean burritos I picked up was about $3.99 compared to WM's $4.99 for the same size. And so forth. The clientele seemed better and nicer too -- but then I was in a suburban area, not near the 'hood.

If they open one within a 10-20 minute drive of me, I'll go. (Their website indicated there was going to be one, but not anymore. I think Somebody at Aldi took a look at that neighborhood and nixed it.) Trekking nearly 40 miles? I think not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2022 04:38 PM (c6xtn)

98 I get a dozen extra large eggs at Trader Joes for #2. 49

Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2022 04:38 PM (bs+z0)

99 "Sprinkles. As in,..."

Thank you.
So two votes for sprinkles.
None for Jimmies.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:38 PM (svdGq)

100 I'm drinking a coffee stout brewed by the local microbrewery. I really like it but it leaves my lips sticky when doesn't seem right for beer. Yet I like it.
I'm discombobulated

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:39 PM (eGTCV)

101 The old, funny MadTV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEpf05pcYA4
Posted by: LenNeal

During every one of my Mother's side's family reunion, that is what happened to Aunt Cassie's egg salad. Folks would even ask - "Is that Katherine's? Yes - Oh, no thanks."

Apparently, years ago, long before we were all born.. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:39 PM (LsEU/)

102 21 Friday, I was originally doing soup and sandwich as dinner - BLTAs with a Leek and Onion "French Onion-inspired" soup. I had spent 45 minutes carmelizing the leeks, vidalia onions, serrano pepper, and garlic (s&p and olive oil, too) when my youngest said - mom, that would be better with egg. So, changing plans on the fly, I beat 16 eggs and dumped them into the mixture and scrambled it up. I used some garden cherry tomatoes chopped raw on top, and damn, it was great!

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:09 PM (exHjb)

Yum.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2022 04:39 PM (0ixKl)

103 Has anyone here eaten duck eggs, and if so, what are the pros/cons of them?
Posted by: Moki

We had a few pet ducks as kids and would get eggs from them (well, from the girls at least). Mom never cooked them separately but rather would just add them in to her baking. They were huge compared to chicken eggs.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2022 04:41 PM (LsEU/)

104 Corner Mex grill substitution of tomatoes for red peppers and none too fresh green peppers in fajitas de Rey grumble grumble grumble

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at August 07, 2022 04:41 PM (kPy0C)

105 83 I made a great egg recipe yesterday. An egg drop soup from a 1981 Michigan cookbook, a community cookbook of the “Michigan Telephone Pioneers of America”. Appears to be an organization of Michigan Bell employees, specifically in the Detroit metroplex and the Grand Rapids metroplex.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 07, 2022 04:32 PM (U+Oxn)

I love a good egg drop soup! Lately I've been making Stracciatella alla Romana with spinach.

6 cups chicken broth, 5 ounces baby spinach, 2 large eggs, 1-½ tablespoons semolina flour, 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan or Romano cheese, 1/2 cup pastina, salt and pepper to taste.

Bring the broth to a boil and add the spinach and pastina. Cook at a low boil for 6 - 7 minutes. Whisk the eggs, semolina, grated cheese and salt and pepper together. Lower the heat some and swirl the egg mixture into the broth. Cook for 1 minute more and serve.

Posted by: jix at August 07, 2022 04:42 PM (DU7iZ)

106 I was almost 30 before I tasted freshwater fish. Now I crave it when well prepared. (Well prepared is another term for fried.) Properly fried walleye or perch is a treat for the gods. This doesn't keep me from eating cod, salmon or swordfish, etc.

I've found the Kent Rollins batter works every time. Thin, crispy, and flavorful. By the time the coating is golden brown, the fish is just cooked through, not overcooked. I've used it for cod, flounder, trout, and catfish fillets with great results. The secret seems to be using corn starch in the egg mixture. It lets the coating stay on the fish instead of ending up in the cast iron pan. And it doesn't require a lot of oil or fat.

Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2022 04:42 PM (7EjX1)

107 99 "Sprinkles. As in,..."

Thank you.
So two votes for sprinkles.
None for Jimmies.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:38 PM (svdGq

Jimmies is Jersey boardwalk Kohr's frozen custard cones.
Sprinkles is almost everywhere else.

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:42 PM (exHjb)

108 Over 100, so the Dems are apparently going to do it - they're going to replace Iowa as first in the nation because there are too many white men. To be clear, the article says the decision hasn't been made yet, but it sounds to me like it has been.I've long advocated for this change, just because I'm sick of EtOH subsidies, but way to go Dems. You're going to alienate absolutely everyone.

https://tinyurl.com/uw3ktkxk

Posted by: Archimedes at August 07, 2022 04:44 PM (/NCI4)

109 Micro bres are only beer I drink but not often. But like trying the different types just as have always gotten wines and scotch different types every time.

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 04:44 PM (k8B25)

110 Omurice, or Japanese Rice Omelette.

https://tinyurl.com/yeyxckc8
Posted by: Robert at August 07, 2022 04:21 PM (8SYtQ)

I'm gonna have to give that a whirl.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 04:45 PM (ZSK0i)

111 Nobody else here ever wants sauerkraut?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:45 PM (eGTCV)

112 108 Over 100, so the Dems are apparently going to do it - they're going to replace Iowa as first in the nation because there are too many white men. To be clear, the article says the decision hasn't been made yet, but it sounds to me like it has been.I've long advocated for this change, just because I'm sick of EtOH subsidies, but way to go Dems. You're going to alienate absolutely everyone.

https://tinyurl.com/uw3ktkxk
Posted by: Archimedes at August 07, 2022 04:44 PM (/NCI4)

So, Sunday threads don't have a 100 comment rule - they have a separate post 2-3 down for current type stuff, and the main threads stay in content.

Now, if you had Iowa state fair food info they'll miss, then it fits

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:46 PM (exHjb)

113 Lately I've been making Stracciatella alla Romana with spinach.

Yummy! Looks easy, too!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 07, 2022 04:46 PM (U+Oxn)

114 I have 6 chickens and 1 rooster. I get 3.5 dozen eggs per week.

50 lb bag of cracked corn costs $16, and lasts me about 2 months.

So 28 dozen eggs for $16, or 57 cents a dozen. Plus they have those good, deep orange yolks from all the bugs they eat when roaming.

Would definitely recommend keeping chickens.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 04:48 PM (lEdpj)

115 111 Nobody else here ever wants sauerkraut?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:45 PM (eGTCV)

Had an Aldi's jar on my shelf over a year - my Polish guest did me a favor a few weeks ago and made a Polish soup with it (and ate it). I didn't buy one again to replace it today...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:49 PM (exHjb)

116 I like sauerkraut, but then I'm part Dutchman

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 04:49 PM (k8B25)

117 Just got in from the lake. Been champing at the bit to ask this question. Anyone ever had Prime Rib Steak? I thought they were ribeyes, but no. Wife picked them up at Sam's. Few hits on the internet said they were different and offered different cooking methods on the grill. Not as good as a ribeye in my estimation.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 04:49 PM (nb5Ym)

118 Nobody else here ever wants sauerkraut?

Love sauerkraut. Got a great recipe for brisket, sauerkraut, and dumplings from an old Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book. My brother used to make sauerkraut and give it away, and it was perfect for that.

And of course on hot dogs with mustard; and if I go to a restaurant that looks like it makes a good Reuben, that’s at the top of my list of what to order.

I also eat it out of the jar over the sink.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 07, 2022 04:49 PM (U+Oxn)

119 Anyone ever had Prime Rib Steak?

How is that different from a normal prime rib?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 07, 2022 04:50 PM (/NCI4)

120 111 Nobody else here ever wants sauerkraut?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:45 PM

Where's the hot dogs? And mustard? Get them and I am game.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 04:50 PM (fe7in)

121 Quiche > scrambled eggs >

melet

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at August 07, 2022 04:51 PM (Vs0X/)

122 "gotta sous vide that shit"
- Thomas Jefferson

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 07, 2022 04:52 PM (sJHOI)

123 Scut Farkus Eating Scut Farkus...

Oh look, it's martini time! One olive only please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 07, 2022 04:53 PM (R/m4+)

124 Nobody else here ever wants sauerkraut?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:45 PM (eGTCV)

**

I love sauerkraut but the wife doesn't.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:54 PM (R5lpX)

125 gooder and harderer

The economic experts point to the $433 billion in proposed government spending, which they argue “would create immediate inflationary pressures by boosting demand, while the supply-side tax hikes would constrain supply by discouraging investment and draining the private sector of much-needed resources.”

Even crazy Socialist Bernie Sanders admitted this bill would not lower inflation.

Posted by: rhennigantx History of England at August 07, 2022 04:54 PM (BRHaw)

126 124 Nobody else here ever wants sauerkraut?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:45 PM (eGTCV)

**

I love sauerkraut but the wife doesn't.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:54 PM (R5lpX)

wifey eats kraut for gut health!

Posted by: rhennigantx History of England at August 07, 2022 04:54 PM (BRHaw)

127 How is that different from a normal prime rib?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 07, 2022 04:50
------------------

I don't think it is much different. I guess it's a prime rib roast cut into steaks. I wasn't a fan. Would prefer a ribeye which I think is cut from the part.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 04:55 PM (nb5Ym)

128 I like sauerkraut and kimchi.
Maybe not both at the same time...

Posted by: gourmand du jour, introspectively at August 07, 2022 04:56 PM (jTmQV)

129 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 07, 2022 04:56 PM (BRHaw)

130 Anyone ever had Prime Rib Steak?

How is that different from a normal prime rib?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 07, 2022 04:50 PM (/NCI4)

**

I do all the time. When the local market has rib roasts on sale, I buy a big one and have it cut into thick steaks.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 07, 2022 04:56 PM (R5lpX)

131 Use a push pin to make a small hole in the egg shell before boiling. The Sulphur in the eggs (bonded with oxygen) escapes and prevents green rings in boiled eggs.

Posted by: RS at August 07, 2022 04:56 PM (1XDfN)

132 *cut from same part.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 04:57 PM (nb5Ym)

133 Tomatillo, roasted poblano, onion and garlic are simmering in hot tomato sauce and about ready to add rice in for Spanish rice.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 04:58 PM (zHRci)

134 +1 for sauerkraut.

Been getting a brand at Kroger's called "Saverne" that's made with beer. Small jars. Pretty good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2022 04:58 PM (BFigT)

135 Just got in from the lake. Been champing at the bit to ask this question. Anyone ever had Prime Rib Steak? I thought they were ribeyes, but no. Wife picked them up at Sam's. Few hits on the internet said they were different and offered different cooking methods on the grill. Not as good as a ribeye in my estimation.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 04:49 PM

I had a meat cutter try to explain that to me once. Has something to do with the first or second cut of the front of the ribeye. Sometimes they call them delmonico steaks.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 07, 2022 04:58 PM (bVYXr)

136
Braise meat inside out,
He's cooking sous vida loca,
He'll re-verse sear that steak,
Cookin' sous vida loca!

---Ricky Martin

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 04:58 PM (lEdpj)

137 Liz Cheney “would find it very difficult” to support Ron DeSantis in 2024.

Hope she also find it difficult to suck 20 to 30 dicks a day at the buss station!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 07, 2022 04:58 PM (BRHaw)

138 >>> 114 I have 6 chickens and 1 rooster. I get 3.5 dozen eggs per week.

50 lb bag of cracked corn costs $16, and lasts me about 2 months.

So 28 dozen eggs for $16, or 57 cents a dozen. Plus they have those good, deep orange yolks from all the bugs they eat when roaming.

Would definitely recommend keeping chickens.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 04:48 PM (lEdpj)

They are highly entertaining too! Some towns / cities will allow hens (no roosters yelling at 4:30am); sex links are hybrids that hatch different colors based on which sex they are, so you'll know what you're getting.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 07, 2022 04:59 PM (llON8)

139 The Powers That Be are going to force us onto fake meat the same way they are attempting to force us onto electric vehicles--by taking away any other option through stupid policies.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 07, 2022 04:59 PM (K5n5d)

140 Not as good as a ribeye in my estimation.
Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 04:49 PM (nb5Ym)

Rib stake has the bone in, and people complain that the best parts are shaved out to keep the bone - some folks like the bone, saying it adds flavor. The problem with steaks is that some cuts fit someone's taste and other cuts do not - best to figure out what type of steak fits your taste.

I like the bone in - tomahawks are the best. But here is the thing - always buy 'prime'. I know, it's expensive. But I worked as a teenager for a butcher in a local market - 'Choice' is shit and they all laugh when people buy it. It's not worth the cost and unless you like it rare...you're eating boot leather.

Posted by: Boswell at August 07, 2022 05:00 PM (+Cgut)

141 Prime rib steaks sounds like a savage operation. I wouldn't buy it. I'll buy ribeyes or prime rib, but not some new fangled cut of meat.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:00 PM (WHt4f)

142 GroverNorquist

Every single Democrat in the US Senate cast the deciding vote to raise taxes in a recession.
Every one of them.

At the VP!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 07, 2022 05:01 PM (BRHaw)

143 111 ... "Nobody else here ever wants sauerkraut?"

Me! Me! I can make a great meal with sausage, or even good hot dogs, fried sauerkraut (so it's not too soupy), and some buttered crusty bread. Must not forget the brown mustard.

There is some excellent canned kraut out there but it is so easy to make your own.

Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2022 05:01 PM (7EjX1)

144 Weasel, how do you feel about pork ribs on the smoker?

I know it violates your 2 minute rule, but, are there exceptions?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:02 PM (5pTK/)

145 Green or grey rings around the yolk means it's overcooked.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 07, 2022 05:03 PM (u73oe)

146 >>>Ova There! Look Ova There!

Pretty funny, CBD.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2022 05:03 PM (0ixKl)

147 WTF did Democrat Senators vote AGAINST this Amendment to protect taxpayers making less than $400,000?

New auditors can only go after people making less than $400k!

Line 5

Amend 5194!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 07, 2022 05:03 PM (BRHaw)

148 Prime rib steaks sounds like a savage operation. I wouldn't buy it. I'll buy ribeyes or prime rib, but not some new fangled cut of meat.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:00 PM (WHt4f)

Prime rib steak clearly is the better cut than 'choice' ribeye.

Never buy 'choice' if you can buy 'prime'...for any cut of beef.

Posted by: Boswell at August 07, 2022 05:04 PM (+Cgut)

149 139 The Powers That Be are going to force us onto fake meat the same way they are attempting to force us onto electric vehicles--by taking away any other option through stupid policies.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 07, 2022 04:59 PM (K5n5d)

Nah, you never have to eat the fake meat. You can still bankrupt them by just eating real produce and not processed crud if they won't let us have meat and fish...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 05:04 PM (exHjb)

150 Omurice, or Japanese Rice Omelette.
https://tinyurl.com/yeyxckc8
Posted by: Robert at August 07, 2022 04:21 PM (8SYtQ)

The lovely and adventurous Mrs naturalfake loves making omurice.

she makes it the Japanese homecooking way which is -
anytime we have some leftover spaghetti meat sauce, that's what she mixes into the rice for omurice.
And once you lay the egg omelet blanket over the mounded rice, don't you dare forget the nice big squiggle of ketchup across the top. It really makes the dish.*

If you have finicky kiddos or grandkiddos, they all love this. They'll think you're some kind of genius gourmet.

*I didn't read the posted recipe, since we've already got a recipe we love.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 07, 2022 05:05 PM (5NkmN)

151 75 ... "Looking for a flat top propane grill//griddle
Don't think it's rocket science and looking for something inexpensive.
Any suggestions?"

Haven't tried it yet, maybe this fall, but the Blackstone griddles get great reviews and there are a bunch of videos about them on YT.

Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2022 05:06 PM (7EjX1)

152 So two votes for sprinkles.
None for Jimmies.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2022 04:38 PM (svdGq)

Hole on Thar Baba Louie.
It's agin the law here in South Jersey to call jimmies sprinkles....

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 07, 2022 05:08 PM (5s/s5)

153 That last picture is disturbing and inexplicable.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

I'd like to have a Joe Biden version of that on a t-shirt.

Or, better yet one of Joe Biden licking Joe Biden's head on an ice cream cone.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 07, 2022 05:08 PM (5NkmN)

154 I discovered tomato pie a few years ago and now it's a household staple.

Especially this time of year when the tomatoes are coming in so plentifully.

So easy and delicious!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:08 PM (lEdpj)

155 Inexpensive? Well there goes the Evo.

https://tinyurl.com/y36fxmyt
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 04:33 PM (fe7in)

I don't even see any pricing. Translation: my credit card doesn't go that high.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 05:08 PM (ZSK0i)

156 'Choice' is shit and they all laugh when people buy it. It's not worth the cost and unless you like it rare...you're eating boot leather.
Posted by: Boswell at August 07, 2022 05:00
------------

Agree. I've done it in weak moments when price was too tempting. Always disappointed.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 05:09 PM (nb5Ym)

157 151 75 ... "Looking for a flat top propane grill//griddle
Don't think it's rocket science and looking for something inexpensive.
Any suggestions?"

Haven't tried it yet, maybe this fall, but the Blackstone griddles get great reviews and there are a bunch of videos about them on YT.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2022 05:06 PM (7EjX1)

I bought my nephew a Firedisk.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 07, 2022 05:09 PM (BRHaw)

158 I love eggs.

Posted by: Baldy at August 07, 2022 05:09 PM (DsdrM)

159 My basil went nuts this year so I made some homemade pesto! Making asparagus stuffed chicken breasts and pasta with pesto for dinner.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:09 PM (nxdel)

160 My basil went nuts this year
Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:09 PM (nxdel)
--------

Forgot to plant the Xanax next to the basil, didn't you?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:10 PM (5pTK/)

161 Jimmies is Jersey boardwalk Kohr's frozen custard cones.
Sprinkles is almost everywhere else.
Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 04:42 PM (exHjb)

Hey Jersey!
Southern Ocean County here.. Little Egg Harbor near Mystic Island...

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 07, 2022 05:11 PM (5s/s5)

162 Sarah got a raise!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 07, 2022 05:12 PM (u73oe)

163 Sarah, this is the cooking thread. Be a dear, and go make me a sammich, m'kay?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:12 PM (5pTK/)

164 Sell everything.

The senate Dems just passed the "let's torch the economy into dust!" bill.

The stock market will tank tomorrow.

Posted by: Boswell at August 07, 2022 05:13 PM (+Cgut)

165 Fine Sarah, but what's on the menu tonight? making all that cash should be good.

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:13 PM (k8B25)

166 114 I have 6 chickens and 1 rooster. I get 3.5 dozen eggs per week.

50 lb bag of cracked corn costs $16, and lasts me about 2 months.

So 28 dozen eggs for $16, or 57 cents a dozen. Plus they have those good, deep orange yolks from all the bugs they eat when roaming.

Would definitely recommend keeping chickens.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at Augu

I have chickens too. I don't know how much their food costs but my eggs are really fresh. You are getting a lot more eggs than I am.
My chickens are getting old. I had like 10 young ones and a sparrow hawk killed them. I have too many roosters too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 07, 2022 05:14 PM (0Cl6X)

167 Grilling some yellow squash in Italian dressing

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:14 PM (k8B25)

168 The wife made her classic pig tail and beef neck soup. It congeals into a mortar.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 07, 2022 05:14 PM (b+v9B)

169 159 My basil went nuts this year so I made some homemade pesto! Making asparagus stuffed chicken breasts and pasta with pesto for dinner.
Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:09 PM (nxdel)

Mine went nuts, too...thankfully, my cherry tomatoes went equally nuts, so I'm actually struggling to use up tomatoes, but I'm staying ahead of the basil. Who knew how many dang tomatoes one plant could give you if you let it take over the spring garden area (I think I've gotten 3.5 pints worth every week for the last 4 weeks and they are still coming in just as fast and furious for now)...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 05:15 PM (exHjb)

170 Kroger has brisket $1.99/lb. I'm canning 15 pints of it right now. Smells amazing.

Now I'm craving potato salad.

Posted by: G. Gnome will not comply at August 07, 2022 05:15 PM (OQcPl)

171 My chickens are getting old. I had like 10 young ones and a sparrow hawk killed them. I have too many roosters too.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 07, 2022 05:14 PM (0Cl6X)
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Hey, hey, hey! Let's watch it with assuming which chickens can produce eggs, okay?

Posted by: Trannie Chickens and their attorneys at August 07, 2022 05:16 PM (5pTK/)

172 151 75 ... "Looking for a flat top propane grill//griddle
Don't think it's rocket science and looking for something inexpensive.
Any suggestions?"

Haven't tried it yet, maybe this fall, but the Blackstone griddles get great reviews and there are a bunch of videos about them on YT.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2022 05:06 PM (7EjX1)

We have one of the Blackstone grills. My husband won it in a golf tournament. We've only used it a few times, he likes it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 07, 2022 05:16 PM (0Cl6X)

173 vandalize the fake meat and only buy the real deal.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 07, 2022 05:16 PM (b+v9B)

174 Nah, you never have to eat the fake meat. You can still bankrupt them by just eating real produce and not processed crud if they won't let us have meat and fish...
Posted by: Nova local

Yep. I got better at gardening this year, and I'll raise my own chickens if I have to. Pigs would be undoable in my current home, but I have friends.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 05:16 PM (OX9vb)

175 'Choice' is shit and they all laugh when people buy it. It's not worth the cost and unless you like it rare...you're eating boot leather.

Posted by: Boswell at August 07, 2022 05:00 PM (+Cgut)

There is a huge amount of variation in beef, and I have seen choice that looked better than prime.

The most important thing by far is careful selection.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 05:17 PM (XIJ/X)

176 If things go pear shaped, I pity the rancher who runs cows near where we live.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:17 PM (5pTK/)

177 Nova Local.. I've never had any luck with tomatoes.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:18 PM (nxdel)

178 Blackstone griddles... we have a "portable" one. It's pretty heavy for "portable." Takes the 16oz propane bottles but you can buy an adapter to use the larger tanks. We did fajitas on it a couple days ago. Cooked breakfast once or twice on it too. The griddle itself needs to be seasoned properly... plan on a couple beers but it's necessary or shit will stick and burn.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2022 05:18 PM (BFigT)

179 151 75 ... "Looking for a flat top propane grill//griddle
Don't think it's rocket science and looking for something inexpensive.
Any suggestions?"

Facebook Marketplace...

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 07, 2022 05:18 PM (5s/s5)

180 The most important thing by far is careful selection.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 05:17 PM (XIJ/X)
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Or, if one is completely useless when it comes to picking good cuts, like myself, it pays to know a good butcher.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:18 PM (5pTK/)

181 Not to be heretical but I don't care for Prime Rib. Give me a ribeye or filet. I'll even take a sirloin over Prime Rib.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 05:19 PM (nb5Ym)

182 You are getting a lot more eggs than I am.
My chickens are getting old.

Yes, mine are only 2 years old.

Coyotes (I suspect) decimated the flock last year. I had about 14, as one of the hens was broody and hatched out a clutch.

Their output I cited is during the spring, summer and fall. When it gets cold their laying slows down considerably.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:20 PM (lEdpj)

183 but I have friends.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 05:16 PM (OX9vb)

I mean, they have space to raise the pigs. Heh.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 05:21 PM (OX9vb)

184 178 Nova Local.. I've never had any luck with tomatoes.
Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:18 PM (nxdel)

It and herbs are about the only thing I ever have luck with - animals eat the rest of my stuff (although my pepper plant is now flowering again, so maybe these flowers don't get immediately eaten b/c the tomato plant is now a huge camoflauge

!

I admit that this year, my guest got me multiple 6ft bamboo stalks from the lake, so that's holding up the plant in multiple places and probably helping the production - normally, I don't go that high...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 05:21 PM (exHjb)

185 Our neighbors have about 14-16 chickens. About once a month we get a carton of 18 eggs in trade for our excess squash.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2022 05:22 PM (BFigT)

186 You can't fake meat like this.

Posted by: Hunter at August 07, 2022 05:23 PM (sn5EN)

187 ha

Don Surber: NPR, that was the plan. “America has become a foolish nation. NPR is one reason. It failed to contact any of the Republican governors to find out what their plan was. Instead, NPR just flat-out said they had none. Oh, they had a plan: make those who support the invasion deal with its consequences.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 07, 2022 05:23 PM (BRHaw)

188 My chickens are getting old. I had like 10 young ones and a sparrow hawk killed them. I have too many roosters too.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 07, 2022 05:14 PM (0Cl6X)
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My wife and I stayed in a guest house, last year, next to the chicken run the owners had. Due to hawks, the owners had covered their chicken pen with some sort of net. Pretty good size area, too. maybe 30' by 100'.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:24 PM (5pTK/)

189 So is Civil War an oxymoron? How can war be 'civil? askin for a friend... https://tinyurl.com/ycy5uuh6

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 07, 2022 05:24 PM (5s/s5)

190
Their output I cited is during the spring, summer and fall. When it gets cold their laying slows down considerably.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:20 PM (lEdpj)

Mine slow down laying in the winter too. The stupid hawk keeps killing the hens and not the excess roosters.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 07, 2022 05:24 PM (0Cl6X)

191 Yep. I got better at gardening this year, and I'll raise my own chickens if I have to. Pigs would be undoable in my current home, but I have friends.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 05:16 PM (OX9vb)

Meat rabbits are fairly simple to raise if you do T have a lot of space.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:24 PM (lEdpj)

192 Nobody else here ever wants sauerkraut?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 04:45 PM (eGTCV

I make sauerkraut

Posted by: Kindltot at August 07, 2022 05:25 PM (xhaym)

193 How big does the coop need to be for 10-15 chickens?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 07, 2022 05:25 PM (u73oe)

194 >>>Not to be heretical but I don't care for Prime Rib. Give me a ribeye or filet. I'll even take a sirloin over Prime Rib.

>Prime rib must be medium-rare or rare. If you don't like it prepared this way, it's unremarkable.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:25 PM (WHt4f)

195 Cleaning out the frig and pantry at lake house.

Cooked pork steaks last night for 10 people. They were fabulous. There was only 3 of us so guess what we're eating tonight?

It was lake potatoes last night. Diced with peppers,onions, season salt and tons of pepper and
butter. Tonight it's horseradish tater salad to go with leftovers.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 05:26 PM (nb5Ym)

196
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:02 PM (5pTK/)
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The 2 minute rule really only applies to food that I make for myself. If someone else is cooking, no problem. Unless I don't like that person. Or if it's a Tuesday. Or if.... well you get the idea. It's complicated.

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 05:26 PM (0IeYL)

197 Last night, i made a Gimlet, which once again reminded me what a perfect and stupidly simple cocktail it is.

I kinda gilded the lily by using Monkey 47 gin, which to my surprise made a still tasty yet inferior Gimlet to one with Plymouth Gin (Churchill's choice and the gin most of the classic cocktails were first created using) or good ole Beefeater's,

I think to make a great Gimlet you need a fairly good splash of juniper in the mix.

Oh, and don't gimme any of that "Oooooo, I never use Rose's Lime. I only use fresh lime juice and sugar" guff. No, no ,no. That a gin sour and an entirely different beast.
Rose's Lime Cordial's peculiar "we're given this to you British tars to prevent scurvy" medicinal taste makes the cocktail.

I suppose the only way that could be improved is to get some Rose's from Aussieland where they still use cane sugar and not corn syrup as in the US.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 07, 2022 05:27 PM (5NkmN)

198 How big does the coop need to be for 10-15 chickens?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 07, 2022 05:25 PM (u73oe)

Depends.

If you free range them, they really just go up at night.

If you keep them in all the time, they need more space in the coop.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:27 PM (lEdpj)

199 My basil went nuts this year so I made some homemade pesto! Making asparagus stuffed chicken breasts and pasta with pesto for dinner.
Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:09 PM (nxdel)

What did you use for the nuts?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 07, 2022 05:27 PM (yQpMk)

200 Long-time commenter "RedMindBlueState came through like a champ with a recipe for Greek Gigante beans! Well, actually it was his mom, so screw that, I'm not giving him any credit.

And here I was actually going to stir a Manhattan tonight. Screw that.

*reaches for shaker*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2022 05:27 PM (RkC6l)

201 Yep. I got better at gardening this year, and I'll raise my own chickens if I have to. Pigs would be undoable in my current home, but I have friends.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 05:16 PM (OX9vb)

Some friends are broiler/roasters, some are better for stewing.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 07, 2022 05:27 PM (P4LRL)

202 I had a coworker that had chickens. She would come in and said, "look, we had frittatas for dinner last night, omelets for breakfast, and I brought hard boiled eggs for lunch. Will you please take some eggs?"

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 07, 2022 05:27 PM (KHXdf)

203 194 >>>Not to be heretical but I don't care for Prime Rib. Give me a ribeye or filet. I'll even take a sirloin over Prime Rib.

>Prime rib must be medium-rare or rare. If you don't like it prepared this way, it's unremarkable.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:25 PM (WHt4f)

I like all my steak rare or medium rare - I agree - prime rib isn't that great compared to other cuts. It's almost seems all about the served sauces, and since I can't have most of those anymore, I'll take most other cuts before Prime Rib...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 05:28 PM (exHjb)

204 >Prime rib must be medium-rare or rare. If you don't like it prepared this way, it's unremarkable.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:25 PM (WHt4f)

This man knows things.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 07, 2022 05:28 PM (yQpMk)

205 Over a year and a half after tentatively winning $886 million in broadband funding from the government's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), SpaceX is still trying to get paid by the Federal Communications Commission. One problem for Starlink -- though not the only problem -- is a series of objections from satellite company Viasat, which says Starlink lacks the capacity and speed to meet FCC obligations. In a new FCC filing, SpaceX denounced Viasat's

Viastat requires a perfect Southern view! PERFECT

Plus Ka-band satellites, the 2.4 meter antenna system

8 foot antenna~

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 07, 2022 05:28 PM (BRHaw)

206 For dinner I just cooked a 8 oz filet and baked potato. I'll have a Cesar salad with it. And by cook I mean just ordered to pick up from The Outback.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 05:29 PM (BfhXc)

207 The perfect omelet for me is the one my husband makes for me every Saturday morning.

Same man likes to eat boiled eggs mashed up with butter and a bit of salt. Oh, yes, it's wonderful.

Posted by: Flyover at August 07, 2022 05:29 PM (Rbu5d)

208 If bluebell and/or JackStraw are around, I tried Farfar's Danish ice cream yesterday. Good stuff. Thanks for the recommendation!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2022 05:30 PM (RkC6l)

209 Traditional pesto is made w pine nuts, olive oil and parmesan cheese, pinch of salt.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, introspectively at August 07, 2022 05:30 PM (jTmQV)

210 Meat rabbits are fairly simple to raise if you do T have a lot of space.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:24 PM (lEdpj)

Our giants meat rabbits feed the world!

Posted by: kim at August 07, 2022 05:31 PM (BRHaw)

211 Well, time to go eat some ribs.

Later!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:31 PM (5pTK/)

212
boiled eggs mashed up with butter and a bit of salt

Posted by: Flyover at August 07, 2022 05:29 PM

This is the Way.

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2022 05:31 PM (ENBF0)

213 First time my basil was bad, think it was started in greenhouse somewhere in December, it's looked like November for 2 months

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:32 PM (k8B25)

214 Meat rabbits are fairly simple to raise if you do T have a lot of space.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:24 PM

Our giants meat rabbits feed the world!
Posted by: kim at August 07, 2022 05:31 PM

Mmmm....rabbit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2022 05:32 PM (RkC6l)

215 Compare and contrast:

"not satisfy an artificial rule based on pretty much nothing."

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

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 07, 2022 05:33 PM (2WeMW)

216 G'rump, I used pine nuts.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:33 PM (nxdel)

217 My omelets always overcook on the outside while staying runny on the inside.

I can't figure out what the problem is. I've experimented with temperatures and oils and butter but to no positive effect.

I'm focused on the pan now. Maybe I have a lousy one.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2022 05:33 PM (+A+sw)

218 How big does the coop need to be for 10-15 chickens?
___________

Our neighbors have a small-ish coop and a 10X10 fiberglass shed for theirs. In-between is a fenced area.... but they let them "free range" most of the time. The chickens hang out in the buildings after dark.

The shed is decked out with mood lighting, chicken furniture, etc. It's a avian condo.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2022 05:34 PM (BFigT)

219 Speaking of plant-based meats doing badly, I gotta think Cracker Barrel's new launch of plant based sausage (to replace the turkey sausage on the menu - it wasn't just a menu add, apparently) probably won't last long...

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 05:34 PM (exHjb)

220 Burgers with Hatch chilies tonight!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 05:35 PM (ZSK0i)

221 I made pesto once with a lot of fresh spinach, a little fresh basil, a small amount of garlic, and pistachios. Traditional pesto is too much of everything for me. This one was mild and the pistachios made it really flavorful.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 05:35 PM (OX9vb)

222 ha

Public records show — and Fetterman has openly acknowledged — that for a long stretch lasting well into his 40s, his main source of income came from his parents, who gave him and his family $54,000 in 2015 alone. That was part of the financial support his parents regularly providedwhen Fetterman’sonly paying work was $150 a month as mayor of Braddock, a job he held from his mid-30s until he turned 49. Partway through his tenure, in 2013, he moved to an industrial-style loft he purchased from his sister for $1 after she paid $70,000 for it six years earlier.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 07, 2022 05:35 PM (BRHaw)

223 Squash grilled marinated in Italian dressing was good

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:35 PM (k8B25)

224 How big does the coop need to be for 10-15 chickens?

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"Assume perfectly spherical chickens..."

-- old theoretical physicist joke

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2022 05:35 PM (+A+sw)

225 And here I was actually going to stir a Manhattan tonight. Screw that.

*reaches for shaker*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2022 05:27 PM (RkC6l)

Hah!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 05:35 PM (XIJ/X)

226 Kid eating heads reminds me of Mikey in the Life commercials

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:36 PM (k8B25)

227 217 My omelets always overcook on the outside while staying runny on the inside.

I can't figure out what the problem is. I've experimented with temperatures and oils and butter but to no positive effect.

I'm focused on the pan now. Maybe I have a lousy one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2022 05:33 PM (+A+sw)

Too much egg put in the pan?

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 05:37 PM (exHjb)

228 Did I mention that the lovely and delightful Mrs naturalfake found a recipe for microwaving eggs that works like magic.

Get like a custard cup or small ramekin or even I suppose a smallish coffee cup.
splash in a tiny bit of water.
crack open an egg and gently plop the egg's contents into your cooking vessel.
Cook for one minute.*

Believe it or not you wind up with a perfectly cooked runny yolked egg with "fluffy" white. Very nice mouth texture and delish.

Give it a try.
*Your microwave may be a little different than ours so you may have to fiddle a little bit with the time.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 07, 2022 05:37 PM (5NkmN)

229 G'rump, I used pine nuts.
Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:33 PM (nxdel)

Perfect. We substitute roasted almonds when we don't have pine nuts.

We have keep pesto three years in the freezer and it was still good.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 07, 2022 05:37 PM (yQpMk)

230 >>>Mmmm....rabbit.

>I like rabbit. I have had some great rabbit stew at the local German restaurants. I suspect they're nasty little fucks to dress out.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:37 PM (WHt4f)

231 Lay about Leftist is Fetterman

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:38 PM (k8B25)

232 I'm going to look into chicken coop plans and/or kits.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 07, 2022 05:38 PM (u73oe)

233
I can't figure out what the problem is. I've experimented with temperatures and oils and butter but to no positive effect.

I'm focused on the pan now. Maybe I have a lousy one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2022 05:33 PM (+A+sw)

I flip my omelettes.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 07, 2022 05:38 PM (0Cl6X)

234 boiled eggs mashed up with butter and a bit of salt.

Posted by: Flyover at August 07, 2022 05:29 PM (Rbu5d)

I am intrigued!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 05:38 PM (XIJ/X)

235 Lay about Leftist is Fetterman
Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:38 PM (k8B25)

Bernie Sanders was even more of a bum.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 07, 2022 05:38 PM (yQpMk)

236 159 My basil went nuts this year so I made some homemade pesto! Making asparagus stuffed chicken breasts and pasta with pesto for dinner.
Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 05:09 PM (nxdel)

For some reason I saw basil and read husband. Thought how nice.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 05:39 PM (oFUlW)

237 I've been saving this up for several days. On an ONT the conversation turned to deep-frying crispy batter-and-dredge recipes. As you may know, real schnitzel, Long John SIlver's and even the new hush-puppy fish at Arby's are off your list if you're on keto, diabetic, or otherwise sensitive to things that can spike blood sugar. Sometimes you have to wonder how such a small amount of bread crumbs or flour can have such a riotous effect on that glycemic index, without any actual sugar being in the mix. Well, there is one that is not verboten.

Thin pork rind is sold as a snack, called cracklings. It's close to zero-carbohydrate, and you can mortar-and-pestle it to coarse crumbs, or use a blender or food processor to take it to powder. It blends well with the traditional deep-fry spices, and although it doesn't fluff up quite like pancake batter, it fries crisp.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2022 05:39 PM (x61Im)

238 If things go pear shaped, I pity the rancher who runs cows near where we live.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 05:17 PM (5pTK/)

Pear shaped or not I suspect that if poaching became a thing on ranches around here so would being shot on sight.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 07, 2022 05:40 PM (Jzz++)

239 I make omelet in small frying pan, scramble eggs, pour in pan, as soon as you can turn it do so, put in ingredients and fold immediately, turn it a couple minutes later.

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:40 PM (k8B25)

240 Pear shaped or not I suspect that if poaching became a thing on ranches around here so would being shot on sight.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 07, 2022 05:40 PM (Jzz++)

I think you may be correct. I haven't met that many ranchers, but they don't strike me as folks who would put up with poaching.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 05:42 PM (XIJ/X)

241 Imo eggs in omelet should be just done not minute more

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:42 PM (k8B25)

242 Thin pork rind is sold as a snack, called cracklings. It's close to zero-carbohydrate, and you can mortar-and-pestle it to coarse crumbs, or use a blender or food processor to take it to powder.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2022 05:39 PM (x61Im)

And let us not forget that adding pork flavor to foods is rarely a mistake!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 05:43 PM (XIJ/X)

243 Meat rabbits are fairly simple to raise if you do T have a lot of space.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:24 PM

Ummm....It's duck season.

Posted by: B. Bunny at August 07, 2022 05:44 PM (1DgE4)

244 217 My omelets always overcook on the outside while staying runny on the inside.

I can't figure out what the problem is. I've experimented with temperatures and oils and butter but to no positive effect.

I'm focused on the pan now. Maybe I have a lousy one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2022 05:33 PM (+A+sw)

I'll sometimes just pull my pan from the fire, keep the mixture moving, maybe slip a little butter under, if I think it's getting overcooked. I do like mine a bit wet on the inside.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 05:44 PM (oFUlW)

245 I cook scrambled eggs with mix ins. I don't attempt actual omelets. Actually the most common way I eat eggs anymore is as a casserole, usually in the crockpot during summer so I don't have to run the oven and make the house even hotter. Brown some sausgage, rehydrate a box of dried hashbrowns. Mix eggs with water if no cream on hand or better yet eggs and half and half. Season liberally with salt, pepper, onion, garlic, sage, bit of dried mustard is good. Mix in plenty of grated cheese. Bake about 70 minutes or cook in crock pot several hours. Bread can be subbed for the hashbrowns.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at August 07, 2022 05:44 PM (3cGpq)

246 Dr. Bon, they are not hard to dress out. Certainly easier than plucking a chicken or duck.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 05:45 PM (zHRci)

247 I do like mine a bit wet on the inside.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 05:44 PM (oFUlW)

Don't we all!

Posted by: Typical Piggish Moron at August 07, 2022 05:45 PM (XIJ/X)

248 The best pesto is made with basil just picked in the garden. It is still alive when you eat it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 07, 2022 05:46 PM (yQpMk)

249 I suspect they're nasty little fucks to dress out.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:37 PM (WHt4f)

....

Not much different than squirrels .

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2022 05:46 PM (lEdpj)

250 I have a lid from a sauce pan that fits perfectly on my 8 inch omelette pan. I have found that covering the omelette makes it cook more evenly.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 07, 2022 05:47 PM (u73oe)

251 Youngest son (the one who hates fish and ethnic foods) on tonight's summer Thanksgiving - "Mom, you finally learned how to make Sunday dinner" - thanks, I think!

Anyway, it was really good...and I have just enough turkey left over that he can have it tomorrow when we have the salmon I bought from Aldi's (yes, I let him pick what tonight's meal was b/c I got the salmon right as they were putting it out, so 24 hours in the fridge won't change much).

Of course, then I also got their seasoned crockpot pork roast for Tuesday b/c it was the cheapest meat in the store. One expensive (salmon), one middle (turkey), and one cheap (pork) is about as much as I can spend on proteins. And I bought them b/c we've had a lot of chicken and "ground" lately, so I figured we'd have a change.

And the turkey tenderloins don't "feel" so overpriced anymore b/c they have only increased 50 cents since 2020...still under $7 for 1.5lbs (and I make 2 for my crew)...of course, that's still an 8%ish increase in price, but that's nothing compared to everything else!

Posted by: Nova local at August 07, 2022 05:49 PM (exHjb)

252 Don't we all!

Posted by: Typical Piggish Moron at August 07, 2022 05:45 PM (XIJ/X)

Heh. I'll learn one day, "Read your comment out loud before hitting post".

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 05:50 PM (oFUlW)

253 I have a 8 inch pan and glass lid I use

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 05:50 PM (k8B25)

254 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 07, 2022 05:52 PM (T4tVD)

255 >I like rabbit. I have had some great rabbit stew at the local German restaurants. I suspect they're nasty little fucks to dress out.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:37 PM

Easy peasey.

Then see my rabbitt recipe in The Deplorable Gourmet.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2022 05:52 PM (RkC6l)

256 What is chicken furniture?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 07, 2022 05:52 PM (63Dwl)

257 > Pear shaped or not I suspect that if poaching became a thing on ranches around here so would being shot on sight.
__________

Shortly after moving into our place one of the farmers nearby paid us a visit. He was looking for some people who'd stolen some equipment off his property. Seemed pretty pissed off and mentioned "taking matters into his own hands."

I've no doubt ranchers and farmers would go medieval in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2022 05:52 PM (BFigT)

258 My pork loin is off the smoker. About 20 degrees short of the 145 I am shooting for so into the oven at 230.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 07, 2022 05:52 PM (yQpMk)

259 >>>My omelets always overcook on the outside while staying runny on the inside.

I can't figure out what the problem is. I've experimented with temperatures and oils and butter but to no positive effect.

I'm focused on the pan now. Maybe I have a lousy one.

Turn down the temperature, let it cook longer, these things are paramount. Probably, most likely, you need a larger diameter pan. Is your pan large enough to do a tri-fold omelet? It may be time to invest into a big-ass griddle.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 05:53 PM (WHt4f)

260 After many years of good service our microwave bought the farm and we decided not to replace it. Can't say we miss it much. We've come up with workarounds that do the job just fine and don't rely on electricity, if that is a factor. Yeah, a baked potato in a few minutes was convenient but I prefer the taste and texture of oven baked. And I can wrap the spud in foil that way to have an edible skin.

Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2022 05:53 PM (7EjX1)

261 I make omlettes in the cast iron pan with a tbsp of butter. Let the eggs start and lift the edges to allow the runny stuff to flow underneath. Fold one side over and continue to cook, the tilt the pan to.displace the mass and flip it.

And cilantro pecan pesto with feta cheese and garlic.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2022 05:54 PM (ikkIg)

262 Same man likes to eat boiled eggs mashed up with butter and a bit of salt. Oh, yes, it's wonderful.
Posted by: Flyover at August 07, 2022 05:29
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Hard or soft boiled?

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 05:55 PM (nb5Ym)

263 I've read/heard that lean rabbit has very little nourishment.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 05:55 PM (eGTCV)

264 I've read/heard that lean rabbit has very little nourishment.
Posted by: N.L. Urker
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Just give it more to eat?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2022 05:58 PM (9Spbq)

265 261 I make omlettes in the cast iron pan with a tbsp of butter. Let the eggs start and lift the edges to allow the runny stuff to flow underneath. Fold one side over and continue to cook, the tilt the pan to.displace the mass and flip it.

And cilantro pecan pesto with feta cheese and gar
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2022 05:54 PM (

This is exactly how I cook an omelette but I use an omelette pan. I lift the sides and let the uncooked part go underneath. I flip it and put cheese or whatever I didn't cook first in the pan on the omelette and fold it over on the plate with the pan.
The chef at my first job taught me how to flip things using just the pan.
They don't use a spatula or a spoon when they cook. I don't do this because I hate cleaning my stove but I can flip an omelette and yes I've made a mess.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 07, 2022 05:58 PM (0Cl6X)

266 And cilantro pecan pesto with feta cheese and garlic.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2022 05:54 PM (ikkIg)

Hm, I would try that. You can do a lot of substitution with pesto ingredients. Doesn't have to be traditional to be good.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 05:58 PM (OX9vb)

267 I've read/heard that lean rabbit has very little nourishment.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 05:55 PM (eGTCV)

Rabbit about the same as Chicken. If you have rabbits that are not well ( wild ) then yes they aren't nutritious.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 05:59 PM (BfhXc)

268 Re: omlettes...a dash of milk or cream whisked into the eggs makes all the difference in keeping the omlette intact during the flip.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2022 05:59 PM (ikkIg)

269 Warm German potato salad is to die for. I discovered it about a month or so ago.

Thinly slice onion, soak in white vinegar. Cut up and boil taters. Cut slice bacon into ~1" chunks, fry. Drain taters. Mix in bacon (and rendered fat), drained onion slices, and ~1 tspn coarse brown mustard.

You're welcome.

Posted by: butch at August 07, 2022 06:01 PM (dkY4g)

270 I'm stocking up on Haufbrau from the Class VI at Ft Lewis. Gotta take this bier shortage seriously.
Also scotch, bourbon, vodka, and gin...cause...reasons.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2022 06:02 PM (anj39)

271 Yeah, a baked potato in a few minutes was convenient but I prefer the taste and texture of oven baked.
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True of most foods, I think. There is a distinction between things reaching a certain temperature, and, being 'cooked'. I use the microwave primarily for reheating, thawing frozen foods, and making hot water.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2022 06:02 PM (Wmbtn)

272 I've read/heard that lean rabbit has very little nourishment.
Posted by: N.L. Urker

If it's your only source of food, the lack of fat in your diet can kill you.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 06:02 PM (ZSK0i)

273 Rabbit on a rotisserie sounds good to me. Two or three sounds even better.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 06:03 PM (WHt4f)

274 Cut slice bacon into ~1" chunks, fry. Drain taters. Mix in bacon (and rendered fat)

Pffft! What wouldnt go good with that mixed in!?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2022 06:04 PM (ikkIg)

275 Hot dog! Ketchup and mayo ice cream flavors being offered to London consumers.

Posted by: fd at August 07, 2022 06:05 PM (sn5EN)

276 I've read/heard that lean rabbit has very little nourishment.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 05:55 PM (eGTCV)

Rabbit about the same as Chicken. If you have rabbits that are not well ( wild ) then yes they aren't nutritious.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 05:59 PM

Not much fat in a wild rabbit.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 07, 2022 06:08 PM (bVYXr)

277 Butch, that German potato salad sounds easy and good. All of the recipes I see have sugar, and that doesn't sound good to me.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 07, 2022 06:09 PM (OX9vb)

278 prefer the taste and texture of oven baked. And I can wrap the spud in foil that way to have an edible skin.
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I've been dying for a baked potato but I'm not going to that crowded store just for sour cream. I rub mine with olive oil and salt and cook them right on the stove rack. The skin is perfect for me.

Posted by: dartist at August 07, 2022 06:09 PM (+ya+t)

279 Pear shaped or not I suspect that if poaching became a thing on ranches around here so would being shot on sight.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 07, 2022 05:40 PM (Jzz++)
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I like the cut of your jib, mister!

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 06:11 PM (0IeYL)

280 https://tinyurl.com/2hw22b3t
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Pretty good one

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 06:14 PM (k8B25)

281 Ralphie was right -- adding a little bit of sour cream to the eggs makes a difference.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 07, 2022 06:16 PM (vuisn)

282 I get a dozen extra large eggs at Trader Joes for #2. 49
Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2022

***
I have one a lot closer than Aldi. I'll take a look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2022 06:19 PM (c6xtn)

283 20 Tweets from Bad Blue

#2's a real head shaker.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 06:20 PM (ZSK0i)

284 adding a little bit of sour cream to the eggs makes a difference.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 07, 2022 06:16 PM (vuisn)

Oh Yeah!

One of my favorite egg dishes! I put a bunch of eggs into a double boiler, add tons of butter and sour cream and then whisk constantly for a long time until the eggs are incredibly creamy and delicious!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 06:21 PM (XIJ/X)

285 And cilantro pecan pesto with feta cheese and garlic.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Sounds kinda fancypants.

Posted by: Miklos, informed that pants are optional at August 07, 2022 06:23 PM (eHXZu)

286 Ale, Ale, The gangs all here!
What the heck do I care?
Just ‘cause we don’t have beer?

Posted by: epador at August 07, 2022 06:25 PM (ns4uC)

287 Gee - it's hot in Navada in the summer! And ABC is apoplectic!

https://tinyurl.com/w6jfdhc2

Read the article - its basically anecdotal statements from green folks and has zero historical readings from the area over time.

I just can't take the fake news media anymore - they don't even try to make a serious lefty case for why you should believe - they're just publishing to the true believers at this point already so its a lost $$ venture.

Posted by: Boswell at August 07, 2022 06:25 PM (+Cgut)

288 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at August 07, 2022 06:25 PM (T4tVD)

289 Come to think of it, the only class I really liked was Class Six.

Posted by: Miklos, Vlu-Rite is a notch above Military Special at August 07, 2022 06:26 PM (eHXZu)

290 Posted by: Miklos, informed that pants are optional at August 07, 2022 06:23 PM (eHXZu)

Only if you use organic cilantro

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2022 06:27 PM (ikkIg)

291 I am stuffed, but could go finish off bottle of scotch while grilling Anaheim pepper for chili tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 06:27 PM (k8B25)

292 adding a little bit of sour cream to the eggs makes a difference.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 07, 2022 06:16 PM
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True. For a spin try cottage cheese.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 07, 2022 06:28 PM (nb5Ym)

293 Come to think of it, the only class I really liked was Class Six.
Posted by: Miklos, Vlu-Rite is a notch above Military Special at August 07, 2022 06:26 PM

Class V. Then Class VI.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2022 06:30 PM (RkC6l)

294
https://tinyurl.com/2hw22b3t
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Pretty good one
Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 06:14 PM

the kid doing the cowboy action three gun was impressive

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2022 06:30 PM (ENBF0)

295 On omelets:

I use two large eggs, a dash of whole milk, some salt and pepper, whisked vigorously.

I put it in a hot 6" pan with some olive oil or melted butter.

I think maybe the pan is too small and too hot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2022 06:30 PM (+A+sw)

296 289 Come to think of it, the only class I really liked was Class Six.

Posted by: Miklos, Vlu-Rite is a notch above Military Special at August 07, 2022 06:26 PM (eHXZu)

Had a buddy who trained at Ft. Rucker. He lived off base in a dry county. He said the local cops would occasionally check his trash for evidence of alcohol consumption. Not sure what they could have done about it.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 06:30 PM (oFUlW)

297 OT: Actor Roger Mosley died today. He was 82. He's well known to a certain generation as T.C. from Magnum PI. He was in lots of movies and tv shows. Solid actor. RIP

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 07, 2022 06:30 PM (sAmhv)

298
Actor Roger Mosley died today. He was 82. He's well known to a certain generation as T.C. from Magnum PI. He was in lots of movies and tv shows. Solid actor. RIP
Posted by: Puddleglum at August 07, 2022 06:30 PM[/i[

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2022 06:32 PM (ENBF0)

299 Chicken in peanut curry sauce over glass noodles tonight. Followed by a perfecto of questionable origin accompanied by an amaretto.

The back patio is sublime this time of year.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2022 06:32 PM (ikkIg)

300 Egg salad, eggs, shallot, may, brown mustard. dash of horseradish. Spread on toasted pumpernickel with thin slice of tomato and a slice of prosciutto.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 07, 2022 06:32 PM (zHRci)

301 273 - wecipe?

Posted by: elmer fudd at August 07, 2022 06:32 PM (33kEg)

302 272 I've read/heard that lean rabbit has very little nourishment.
Posted by: N.L. Urker

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You reawee need to suppwement the wabbit with duck.

Huhuhuhuhuh

Posted by: E. Fudd at August 07, 2022 06:33 PM (+A+sw)

303 I bought my 1911 because Magnum had one

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 06:33 PM (k8B25)

304 I make my baked potatoes in the microwave and then wrap them in foil and throw them in the oven for 30 minutes at 400.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 06:34 PM (BfhXc)

305 You reawee need to suppwement the wabbit with duck.

Huhuhuhuhuh
Posted by: E. Fudd

rabducken au lait

Posted by: Miklos, with Justin Wilson accent at August 07, 2022 06:34 PM (eHXZu)

306 I think maybe the pan is too small and too hot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2022 06:30 PM (+A+sw)
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Switch out the milk for water. Gives lighter omelette. Also, turn the heat down in the pan.

(#2 daughter is the one who showed me the water instead of milk trick)

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 06:36 PM (5pTK/)

307 I'm in the percentage of people where cilantro taste like soap. I hate that because I love pico de Gallo. Pain in ass to pick out the cilantro.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 06:38 PM (BfhXc)

308 So, if I understand correctly, all rabbit needs is bacon

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 06:38 PM (eGTCV)

309 Last glass of Glen Moray 12 year
Have to get another bottle tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 06:38 PM (k8B25)

310 There is a restaurant not far from us called Da Wabbit. Nice place. They don't serve rabbit.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 06:39 PM (oFUlW)

311 I'm in the percentage of people where cilantro taste like soap. I hate that because I love pico de Gallo. Pain in ass to pick out the cilantro.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 06:38 PM (BfhXc)
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After a while, one gets used to the taste of soap.

Posted by: Our Gang at August 07, 2022 06:40 PM (5pTK/)

312 You know what goes good with duck?

Cheese and quackers!

Ha ha ha ha! I crack myself up.

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 06:41 PM (0IeYL)

313 Congratulations to the woman on #5 on Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 06:41 PM (k8B25)

314 Ha ha ha ha! I crack myself up.
Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 06:41 PM (0IeYL)

You mean you quack yourself up. I'm just keeping it teal.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 06:42 PM (BfhXc)

315 Cheese and quackers!

Ha ha ha ha! I crack myself up.

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 06:41 PM (0IeYL)

Is this open mic night?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 06:42 PM (XIJ/X)

316 There is a restaurant not far from us called Da Wabbit. Nice place. They don't serve rabbit.
Posted by: Javems

There was a place on St. Charles in New Orleans called The Stinking Rose.

Everything on the menu, including ice cream and other desserts, had garlic in it.

Posted by: Miklos, never made it past Igor's Bar next door at August 07, 2022 06:43 PM (eHXZu)

317 Cilantro hater here, but do love Mexican food

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 06:43 PM (k8B25)

318 Cheese and quackers!

Definitely something you can make in under 2 minutes!

Posted by: jewells45 at August 07, 2022 06:43 PM (nxdel)

319 Is this open mic night?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 06:42 PM (XIJ/X)

Why does that mallard?

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 06:43 PM (BfhXc)

320 You mean you quack yourself up. I'm just keeping it teal.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 06:42 PM (BfhXc)
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Dang it. That would have been better!

Posted by: Weasel at August 07, 2022 06:44 PM (0IeYL)

321 TC died? Sad. He had a cool helicopter.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 07, 2022 06:44 PM (u73oe)

322 Dr. Mrs. T. baked some salmon filets and made a mushroom-and-broccoli pilaf to go with them. Nice hot-weather food.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 07, 2022 06:44 PM (QZxDR)

323 I never get the rules here, but WVA voters need to get with the program - Joe M totally fucked you guys.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 07, 2022 06:45 PM (oWBc3)

324 There was a place on St. Charles in New Orleans called The Stinking Rose.

Everything on the menu, including ice cream and other desserts, had garlic in it.

Posted by: Miklos, never made it past Igor's Bar next door at August 07, 2022 06:43 PM (eHXZu)

I think I've heard of it. Upperline used to have an all garlic menu occasionally. Really miss that place.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 06:45 PM (oFUlW)

325 Dang it. That would have been better!
Posted by: Weasel

Don't let them get you down!

Posted by: Miklos, next to the viaduct at August 07, 2022 06:46 PM (eHXZu)

326 My favorite restaurant name is I Don't Care.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 06:46 PM (BfhXc)

327 Dang it. That would have been better!
Posted by: Weasel

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Use the joke. Kilroy will send you a bill.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 07, 2022 06:47 PM (u73oe)

328 I never get the rules here, but WVA voters need to get with the program - Joe M totally fucked you guys.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 07, 2022 06:45 PM (oWBc3)

No OT until after 325 comments. Sheesh.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 07, 2022 06:47 PM (BfhXc)

329 "You know what goes good with duck?
Cheese and quackers!"

That would fill the bill.

Posted by: fd at August 07, 2022 06:48 PM (sn5EN)

330 ..I think maybe the pan is too small and too hot. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2022 06:30 PM (+A+sw)

The pan is DEFINITELY too small for a two-egg omlet.

Try a 10" pan, so that the "sides of the pan" don't come into play. And drop the heat 1/2 of knob-number at a time. Don't cheat, be precise and take notes. If your setting was a "7", then try a "6-1/2", and repeat attempts till things start to work right for you. For that 10" pan, a combo of 1 tablespoon each, unsalted butter and bacon drippings should make for a superior product.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2022 06:48 PM (tkOps)

331 Nothing like duck puns on the web.

Posted by: fd at August 07, 2022 06:49 PM (sn5EN)

332 You know what goes good with duck?
Cheese and quackers!"

Soup is the correct answer

Posted by: Marx Brothers at August 07, 2022 06:49 PM (BfhXc)

333 The most expensive restaurant my wife and I ever went to served duck breast. It was great but it occurred approximately two percent of the dinner plate.
Made me feel like a peasant

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 06:49 PM (eGTCV)

334 *no comment*

https://tinyurl.com/jcxfvmrf

Posted by: Miklos, envious of Roddy McDowell at August 07, 2022 06:50 PM (eHXZu)

335 Everything on the menu, including ice cream and other desserts, had garlic in it.

Posted by: Miklos, never made it past Igor's Bar next door at August 07, 2022 06:43 PM (eHXZu)

San Francisco had a place like that, probably called the same thing, although I don't remember.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 06:51 PM (XIJ/X)

336 think you may be correct. I haven't met that many ranchers, but they don't strike me as folks who would put up with poaching.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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It's called rustling. It will get you killed.

Posted by: Drc at August 07, 2022 06:51 PM (CKVw/)

337 Nothing like duck puns on the web.
Posted by: fd at August 07, 2022 06:49 PM (sn5EN)

Let's get this pun pate going !

Posted by: Marx Brothers at August 07, 2022 06:51 PM (BfhXc)

338 https://tinyurl.com/jcxfvmrf

Posted by: Miklos, envious of Roddy McDowell at August 07, 2022 06:50 PM (eHXZu)

Mmmm, Tuesday Weld.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 06:52 PM (oFUlW)

339 Wth is confit?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 06:52 PM (eGTCV)

340 155 I don't even see any pricing. Translation: my credit card doesn't go that high.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 05:08 PM

Cheapest I saw might have been 3k

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 06:53 PM (fe7in)

341 And would duck confit poutine be worth eating?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 06:53 PM (eGTCV)

342 Off funny sibling sock

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at August 07, 2022 06:53 PM (BfhXc)

343 Okay folks, it's time to set up the bar and prep for dinner.

Thanks for hanging around and talking shit about all of the poor benighted souls who shake their Manhattans and put syrup on their French Toast.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 06:53 PM (XIJ/X)

344 Wth is confit?

Rendered duck fat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 07, 2022 06:54 PM (g8uGN)

345 Wth is confit?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 06:52 PM (eGTCV)

Traditionally? Duck legs poached in duck fat, garlic and thyme.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 06:54 PM (XIJ/X)

346 Mosquitoes are bad out on deck

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2022 06:54 PM (k8B25)

347 https://tinyurl.com/jcxfvmrf

Posted by: Miklos, envious of Roddy McDowell at August 07, 2022 06:50 PM (eHXZu)

Mmmm, Tuesday Weld.
Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 06:52 PM (oFUlW)

What are the odds that movie mentioned on topic two days in a row?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at August 07, 2022 06:55 PM (BfhXc)

348 Thanks for hanging around and talking shit about all of the poor benighted souls who shake their Manhattans and put syrup on their French Toast.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2022 06:53 PM (XIJ/X)
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We're no longer automatically excommunicated for syrup on French Toast?

Woot!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 07, 2022 06:55 PM (5pTK/)

349 Confit is one of those things cooking shows talk about without definition.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 06:56 PM (eGTCV)

350 What are the odds that movie mentioned on topic two days in a row?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at August 07, 2022 06:55 PM (BfhXc)

Probably pretty low, even with all the movie talk around here.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 06:57 PM (oFUlW)

351 Cheapest I saw might have been 3k
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 07, 2022 06:53 PM (fe7in)

Wow. That reminds me of those fancy-pants super-precise fitting lidded dutch ovens. A thing of beauty but I couldn't begin to justify the price.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 07, 2022 06:57 PM (ZSK0i)

352 Since I'm leaning keto maybe I'd like poutine if they held the fries.
That's a joke. I'm not quite that stupid.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 06:58 PM (eGTCV)

353 GUN NOOD

Posted by: Skip advising you of your Nood threads at August 07, 2022 07:01 PM (k8B25)

354 I make salsa to jazz up my eggs. Love it!

I don't think I've ever tried to make a French omelet - but I have made pizza omelets (pour the eggs into an oven-proof pan, then top with chopped tomatoes etc and some cheese, and place in a hot oven until the cheese melts). I've done it using the broiler for a few minutes. Yum!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 07, 2022 07:01 PM (Mzdiz)

355 349 Confit is one of those things cooking shows talk about without definition.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 06:56 PM (eGTCV)

It's cooking things in their own oil, if I recall.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 07:02 PM (oFUlW)

356 A two fold omelet with cheese tastes better than a single fold omelet with cheese.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 07, 2022 07:03 PM (WHt4f)

357 Speaking of losing your lunch have you ever noticed how much Nazi Pelosi and Michael Jackson look alike.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 07, 2022 07:03 PM (eGTCV)

358 r.e omelets. I'm a regular on omelets. I've learned several secrets or tips, tricks and techniques from this thread. You may also. Whip the eggs for 25-30 seconds until they appear a consistent color. I use 2 or 3 med or large eggs for single or double serve. Heated or saute on the filling is a booster. No milk in the eggs. I put four helping splashes of Tapatio and four shakes of Tajin seasoning. Usually don't put meat in the omelts. Exception: cubed ham. Spam works if sauted in Tajin with olive oil. Keep the cooks well oil with multiple triple shots of their fave fusil oil will help in almost all situations. That's why I'm called the Everclear Pundit. Thnx S.G.

Posted by: Ray at August 07, 2022 07:13 PM (sw3xv)

359 Late to the party, and I think first time posting (I lurk on this thread every week) but I grew up with “sprinkles” being the multicolored ones and “jimmies” being the chocolate colored ones. Southern California, so maybe just a family thing.

Posted by: Silence Dogood at August 07, 2022 07:19 PM (d/oLO)

360 Brown crusty eggs are disgusting. Disgusting.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 07, 2022 07:25 PM (OBjG6)

361 357 Speaking of losing your lunch have you ever noticed how much Nazi Pelosi and Michael Jackson look alike. COZ they were decanted and fermented on successive batches at the Wuhan five star embryo and bioweapons um er uh whatever.

Posted by: Ray at August 07, 2022 07:28 PM (sw3xv)

362 It is a very great failure to use what should be omelette toppings as fillings.

Why make nice crisp fried onions, bacon and suchlike all soggy and revolting by putting them in an omelette? Indeed, even the ordinary mushroom slice is much improved by frying until crispy.

Posted by: Fred Z at August 07, 2022 07:36 PM (RwRUc)

363 Uzi looks like fun Weasel. Never fired a rifle full auto that I recall. Lots of machine gun rounds but no rifle.

Posted by: Javems at August 07, 2022 07:37 PM (oFUlW)

364 Living in the Twin Cities during the mid-70s beef price burst I remember one supermarket chain selling something called "Juicy Burger II", which was 80% ground beef and 20% "textured soybean protein". It was OK, but nothing spectacular, and turned out to be a market flop quickly abandoned.

I also remember the opening credits for the Mary Tyler Moore show (which took place there) in which Mary is grocery shopping, rolls her eyes at the mystery meat she took, and added it to her cart anyway. I'm guessing it was Juicy Burger II.

Posted by: go get your fuckin shine box at August 07, 2022 07:49 PM (8VDkz)

365 Other toppings for French Toast: Lyle's Golden Syrup (really thick cane sugar syrup), or cinammon butter (soft butter with lots of brown sugar mixed in, and cinammon to taste.) Goes nicely on hot toast or waffles too.

Posted by: Dagny Taggart at August 07, 2022 08:12 PM (4OXRw)

366 That tangent took me away from my point, which is that eggs are absolutely fantastic, easy to cook, relatively inexpensive.
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Well until the Biden yrs.
I didn't buy eggs at Kroger @ 2.79, thought they'd be cheaper at Aldi. Just bought a dozen at Aldi for 3.23. That's insane.

Posted by: Farmer at August 07, 2022 08:57 PM (55Qr6)

367 Oh and BTW, do NOT brown my omelet except very lightly. i worked in restaurants many yrs when I was younger.
Some can do a good job, others don't care and they suck.

Posted by: Farmer at August 07, 2022 09:02 PM (55Qr6)

368 @227 One 'trick' to making an omelet is to ensure that the eggs are at ROOM TEMPERATURE. If you are going to add some cream (or sour cream, which as noted here, adds a nice flavour), make sure that IT is also at room temperature. If you are time pressed, beat your eggs and cream, then give it 20 second or so blast in the microwave. The difference in the way the eggs cook in the pan is noticeable: you don't get a puddle of uncooked egg on top of a thin crust of already-cooked egg.

Posted by: Dyspeptic Curmudgeon at August 08, 2022 12:38 AM (Kc1Sm)

369 @106 I have never tried freshwater fish in batter. But I have enjoyed lots of brook trout, pickerel and pike sauteed in butter. You need a fair bit of butter and it has to be almost smoking when you drop the filet of fish in. Takes no time at all. And spoils you for any other fish for quite a while!

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Posted by: Sarah at August 08, 2022 04:47 AM (kg+av)

371 I like to make omlettes on slow Saturday mornings. I take pride in a yellow, cooked through omlette. Eventually I accepted that they were ok if I got distracted and browned them a little. I don't like it when they get a little crispy, though.

As far as Beyond Meat, all you have to know is that Jim Cramer was a big fan of their stock.

Posted by: Tom at August 08, 2022 07:57 AM (UC9jk)

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