Food Thread: I Have Fried Food On The Brain...And I'm Okay With That!

Am I the only one who prefers chicken fried steak for breakfast rather than lunch or dinner? Because as American breakfasts go, it is an easy top-10 meal! Especially if it comes with good gravy and a biscuit soaked in butter.

Whenever I travel that is the first thing I look for on a breakfast menu, and I absolutely love going out for breakfast in America. Not communist NJ...but the real America. I think breakfast joints are the best way to get to know a town...whether it is a bump in the road or a large city...it still shows you who lives there. And if there is chicken fried steak on the menu the odds are that they are good folk.

I have some thin-sliced sirloin that is earmarked for CFS (that's what we aficionados call it), and my biscuit work has been exemplary lately, so all indications are good. Gravy is straightforward, so the only issue is the batter. Too thick and it will be a gloppy mess, and too thin will be another dish entirely.

Anyone make this at home? Inquiring minds want to know!

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I guess the supermarkets where the government does its price surveys are different than where I shop, because I have observed another ratcheting up of a fair number of basics in the last few weeks. Bags of onions are up 15%, butter is up...again, ground beef seems to have sneaked another dollar/pound, and olive oil is still moving higher, even after the ridiculous 30% move of last year.

I just wish I could shop where the D.C. elites send their chefs...I would be able to save a ton of money!

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I bought a bunch of that last year because we had dinner guests, one of whom did not drink. For some reason he likes that stuff...so.

I made chili recently and needed some beer, because plain water is an abomination and does not belong in chili! So I used that "malt beverage", and because there was some left over in the bottle I tried it.

That was some nasty sh*t! I have been trying to remember the last beer I had that was as bad, and I am having a difficult time. Maybe Genesee Cream Ale...in high school? Hell, I remember where I was and what I was trying to do, so to be fair the Genny Cream was better!

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Commenter "Diogenes" obviously has no taste, but to proclaim it publicly takes a certain amount of fortitude. Or maybe he is using the maple syrup to mask the flavor of some horrendously bad food he made? Is that moldy bread he used for the French Toast? Maybe he's hard up for cash and is having a tough time affording groceries, so he has to use everything he can, including dumpster-diving for staples.

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That's my first attempt at full-sized fried chicken tenders. The paler ones are just flour, without the thick batter that I thought would get nice and crispy.
chicken tenders44.jpg

Sadly, they look better than they tasted, although the paler ones were pretty good. The chicken was cooked perfectly, but the batter just didn't get crisp, and there was a thin layer of it on the inside that was barely cooked.

I soaked the chicken in buttermilk for a day. That worked wonders on the chicken, which was moist and tender and quite tasty! But...the batter was bland and probably too thick, or maybe I didn't cook at high enough heat.

But no snot-nosed little punk of a chicken tender is going to beat me, so I will return soon with tales of my triumph!

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I like spicy food, and Joshua Weissman is one of my favorite internet chefs, because he really does know what he is doing. But this video is just clickbait.

I Made The Spiciest Burger Ever

Funny, but still clickbait. Why anyone would eat a dish made entirely of contrived foods is beyond me. At a certain level of heat it is simply painful. There are no complexities of flavor or texture or aroma...it's just agony.

Sort of like being a Republican!

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Flap Meat...whatever the hell that is...just send it, Broccolini that isn't $6/bunch, garlic...lots of garlic! (and basil! My basil did not do well this year!), well-marbled hanger steaks and elk chops 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: so why don't you put maple syrup on your steaks and chops and chicken?

But the real culprits are those poor deluded souls who shake their Manhattans. These are are the same people who drink fine bourbon with coke, and probably shake red wine with ice too.

However, I will give dispensation to those who use maple syrup on Brussels Sprouts! I tried that last week and it worked nicely. I still prefer Agave, but still...

And yes, I used to demand fancy bourbon, but let's face it, $1,200 for a bottle of bourbon is just stupid, insulting, and a ghastly affront to most people's palates and wallets. I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

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1 FOOD!!!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 04, 2024 04:01 PM (/HDaX)

2 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

3 food food

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat #26 at February 04, 2024 04:02 PM (qfLjt)

4 Suspect berr like wine in food, if you won't drink it don't put it in you food

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2024 04:03 PM (fwDg9)

5 Chicken fried steak and full size tenders are peak Midwestern cooking. I've eaten enough of them to know.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 04, 2024 04:03 PM (W+kMI)

6 Maybe Genesee Cream Ale...in high school?

Schmidt's Bavarian! Let's get Schmidt faced!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 04, 2024 04:03 PM (/HDaX)

7 I miss french toast with real maple syrup. Another culinary pleasure lost to the diabetes II lifestyle.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 04, 2024 04:04 PM (W+kMI)

8 For reasons unknown, yesterday when out I ordered a Monte Cristo sandwich. I know what they are but I loathe sweet sandwiches.

What the hell was I thinking?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2024 04:05 PM (T9WMp)

9 Nicely done, CBD! I'm going to research some chicken thigh recipes, something that can be done on a stove top in a kettle. Tonight is chicken and rice with some (wait for it)...Brussel Sprouts!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 04, 2024 04:05 PM (MeG8a)

10 Batter requires spice. More than you think

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 04, 2024 04:06 PM (BHL6B)

11 Really spicy food dishes aren't really cuisine. They're more like a dare.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 04, 2024 04:06 PM (W+kMI)

12 Chicken fried steak and full size tenders are peak Midwestern cooking. I've eaten enough of them to know.
Posted by: exdem13

Don't forget pork tenderloin sammiches. If they aren't as big as the plate, you're at the wrong place.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2024 04:07 PM (T9WMp)

13 I have reached a major decision point in my life. I have about 10 bottles of old, crappy liqueurs, e.g. Creme de Menthe. I've had these bottles for decades, and have never used a one.

I tossed my grad school "booze" some time ago, but held on to these for...reasons. It's time.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2024 04:07 PM (CsUN+)

14 I make CFSs at home for supper, but if I'm lazy I'll buy a box of frozen ones at Sam's. I prefer white gravy over brown. Goes well with ketchup too.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 04, 2024 04:08 PM (ju2Fy)

15 and my biscuit work has been exemplary lately

Are you using White Lily flour? No? Because you didn't attend the TxMoMe and get the 5 lb bag I brought for you?

Then your biscuits are hockey pucks compared to the light, fluffy, transcendent Southern biscuits that are the result of the glutenal properties of the white winter wheat used o make White Lily flour.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (a3Q+t)

16 Texas seems to be the king of chicken fried steaks.

Even a number of our four star restaurants have it on the menu.

Posted by: Rae Sienna at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (MNhXM)

17 There was a Simpson's episode where Apu has a garden on the roof of the Kwik-E-Mart, which is reached from a secret stairway hidden in the alcohol-free beer section. When Lisa asks what does he do when someone wants an alcohol-free beer, he responds, "You know, it's never come up!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (PiwSw)

18 Tonight, kid choice, so DiGiorno pizza was $4/each...and I got my prepared pork tamales from a Trader Joe's trip earlier this weekend. So everyone gets an arugula, iceberg, and cucumber salad with blueberries and sliced oranges. And then kids and spouse eat the pizza and I have one of my tamales.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (exHjb)

19 What's a monte cristo sandwich?
Goes on a web search.
Wow, there's a sandwich! My 25-year old self thinks it's killer. My current diabetic self just sighs...

Posted by: exdem13 at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (W+kMI)

20 Oh yes, Jules makes a great chicken fried steak. Good idea, we haven't had that lately, I'll have to suggest it.

Posted by: Farmer at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (55Qr6)

21 Maybe Genesee Cream Ale...in high school?
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I remember the ads for that on Buffalo TV stations during the '70s.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 04, 2024 04:10 PM (2yu8s)

22 make CFSs at home for supper, but if I'm lazy I'll buy a box of frozen ones at Sam's. I prefer white gravy over brown. Goes well with ketchup too.
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 04, 2024 04:08 PM (ju2Fy)

I found any fried food goes good with ketchup. I use Heinz 57 on my CFS instead of gravy.

Posted by: Rae Sienna at February 04, 2024 04:10 PM (MNhXM)

23 A deep fryer is your solution, CBD.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2024 04:11 PM (9hxVr)

24 Love the food thread. Even though I am not a foodie at all.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 04:12 PM (8Fdcq)

25 CBD--

If you're soaking your tenders in buttermilk and also using a batter, that might be the problem. I just drain them and then dredge them in seasoned flour twice before frying.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 04, 2024 04:13 PM (FEVMW)

26 Speaking of DiGiorno, the wife's decided tonight is going to be an absolute junk-food fest. So, pepperoni pizza with the croissant crust and just to really pound the point home, ciabatta garlic bread.

All we got to do is set the oven correctly.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 04, 2024 04:13 PM (/HDaX)

27 12 Chicken fried steak and full size tenders are peak Midwestern cooking. I've eaten enough of them to know.
Posted by: exdem13

Don't forget pork tenderloin sammiches. If they aren't as big as the plate, you're at the wrong place.
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I hear you, Tonypete. If they haven't beaten that loin wider than my hand, they're not doing it right. I will make an exception for Casey's convenience store, whose pork sandwiches are well done for commercial corporate product.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 04, 2024 04:13 PM (W+kMI)

28 I used to get a chicken fried steak every week from Luby’s until it became mostly just the chicken fry and a bit of steak.

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 04:13 PM (MNhXM)

29 If you're soaking your tenders in buttermilk and also using a batter, that might be the problem. I just drain them and then dredge them in seasoned flour twice before frying.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey

No dipping in pudding?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2024 04:14 PM (T9WMp)

30 Lefty's on the chicken tenders. The buttermilk soak is the best thing that can happen to chicken.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 04:14 PM (X9alN)

31 The best chicken fried steak I ever ate was in San Antonio at a place called Jailhouse Cafe, which was, surprisingly, beside the jail. The steak was huge and delicious. The cinnamon roll covered a dinner plate. I don't know if it's still there or not; this must be 20 years ago. I hope that it is.

Posted by: Ma�ana Akua at February 04, 2024 04:14 PM (owXCN)

32 Yum!

Posted by: m at February 04, 2024 04:15 PM (klLID)

33 Serendipitously, I pulled out the deep frier this past week. One was to try out a ca. 1881 recipe for “fried apples” that was, literally, “without paring cut them in slices an eighth of an inch thick, and fry in hot lard”.

In keeping with my theory that recipes from before the seventies often assume that adding salt doesn’t need to be part of the instructions, I salted them on the plate. They were very good with a grilled cheese sandwich. Not crunchy, because they weren’t breaded, but nicely caramelized and flavorful.

And since I had lard in my deep frier (and will for a few weeks at least now—I tend to keep it a long time once I’ve started using it), I sliced up some onions and garlic and put them in. I’ve done this before, but always with julienned potatoes. A nice way of eating leftover onion without work. Also went well with a grilled cheese sandwich.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 04, 2024 04:15 PM (EXyHK)

34 Montecristo = fancy French toast.
Great with homemade mayo-mustard sauce.
Very filling.
Then you make little fried patties with the left over egg batter.

Posted by: Ciampino - I love hot food but not hellfire at February 04, 2024 04:16 PM (qfLjt)

35 I tossed my grad school "booze" some time ago, but held on to these for...reasons. It's time.

I have a well-aged Manischewitz that I got at a white elephant exchange about two decades ago. The longer I take to open it the more afraid I am to open it.

I intended to bring it to the TxMoMe last year but Things Happened. Perhaps this year.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 04, 2024 04:17 PM (EXyHK)

36 One of the Internet chefs I follow talks often about piranha. He calls it the best steak in the world. Is anyone here familiar with it.? Why isn't it more available?

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 04:17 PM (8Fdcq)

37 I think baking soda in the batter/coating/chicken is one of the secrets to "crispy" fried chicken.

Or is it corn starch?

It's one or the other.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2024 04:18 PM (Q4IgG)

38 37 I think baking soda in the batter/coating/chicken is one of the secrets to "crispy" fried chicken.

Or is it corn starch?

It's one or the other.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2024 04:18 PM (Q4IgG)

It's cornstarch. And some rice flour if you want it even more crispy.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2024 04:19 PM (exHjb)

39 Northernlurker--

Does he mean picanha? It's a Brazilian steak/roast cut that's become very trendy. I can get the cut occasionally here in central Texas but I'm figuring Canada is right out--unless you go to a Brazilian steak house.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 04, 2024 04:19 PM (FEVMW)

40 I was working at the U of Toronto's licensee, Campus Beverage Services, during a strike at the brewery-run but state-mandated Brewers Retail.

The manager got in a dealcoholized beer [contrasted with non-alcoholic] -- St Christopher's -- that was acceptable.

It was brewed like normal beer but had the alcohol removed chemically, I take it, so it was better than 'beer' brewed to have no alcohol in it.

It was darkish-red colour but it wasn't called a particular type.

Found it here:
http://tinyurl.com/4mrybfyp

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 04, 2024 04:20 PM (2yu8s)

41 I had a Cornish Pastie, with mashed taters, and green peas for lunch today. It was yummy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2024 04:20 PM (tkR6S)

42 So we're frying hamburgers on the griddle outside tonight. It's not that cold and I'm in the mood for a fried burger with bacon and cheese.

And some onion rings.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2024 04:22 PM (Q4IgG)

43 Texas seems to be the king of chicken fried steaks.

Even a number of our four star restaurants have it on the menu.
Posted by: Rae Sienna at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (MNhXM)

Wash it down with water from a hoof print ?

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2024 04:22 PM (T4tVD)

44 I’ve been making five minute meals of ground beef(pre-made) burritos and chicken Caesar wraps.

I cook about 2lbs of taco ground beef and buy the grocery store cooked whole roasted chicken.

I use the spinach soft tortillas for both.

I’ll to this until I get sick of both.

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 04:23 PM (MNhXM)

45 Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at

Yes I meant picanha.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 04:23 PM (8Fdcq)

46 Texas seems to be the king of chicken fried steaks.

Even a number of our four star restaurants have it on the menu.
Posted by: Rae Sienna at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (MNhXM)

Wash it down with water from a hoof print ?
Posted by: JT at February 04, 2024 04:22 PM (T4tVD)

Only the 3 star restaurants serve that water.

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 04:24 PM (MNhXM)

47 Had a chicken fried pork steak at a brewpub recently while having lunch with a couple of friends. They called it schnitzel so they could charge $24. With mushroom sauce. The pork was overcooked but the sauce was good.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 04, 2024 04:25 PM (BHL6B)

48 Does he mean picanha? It's a Brazilian steak/roast cut that's become very trendy. I can get the cut occasionally here in central Texas but I'm figuring Canada is right out--unless you go to a Brazilian steak house.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 04, 2024 04:19 PM

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It's also known as sirloin cap or rump cap.

Posted by: Bigsmith at February 04, 2024 04:27 PM (+j+ar)

49 Then your biscuits are hockey pucks compared to the light, fluffy, transcendent Southern biscuits that are the result of the glutenal properties of the white winter wheat used o make White Lily flour.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2024 04:09 PM (a3Q+t)

Harrumph!

I make a mean biscuit!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 04:27 PM (gSZYf)

50 Going to make a hamburger but inside, it isn't too bad out but it is February

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2024 04:28 PM (fwDg9)

51 I have tried several different non-alcoholic beers over the years. Kind of like light beer. I decided if I had to drink that swill I’d rather not drink beer.

Cue the making love in a canoe joke.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 04, 2024 04:28 PM (BHL6B)

52 "I've had these bottles for decades, and have never used a one.

I tossed my grad school "booze" some time ago, but held on to these for...reasons. It's time.
Posted by: Archimedes"

Put them out in pie tin in your garden with Rainier beer as the control and see which one attracts the most slugs.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2024 04:29 PM (t1XYa)

53 Okay, picanha is a beef rump cut with the fat cap left on. That's the critical part and almost all North American butchers remove the fat cap. That's what makes it hard to find. Tastes pretty much like sirloin when it's cooked.

When I find it, I marinate it for a day or two in McCormick Brazilian Steakhouse seasoning and then grill it.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 04, 2024 04:29 PM (FEVMW)

54 The Hungry Horse in San Antonio had had an amazing chicken fried steak. But then the owner ran afoul of the tax man and no more Hungry Horse.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 04, 2024 04:30 PM (R4t5M)

55 I tossed my grad school "booze" some time ago, but held on to these for...reasons. It's time.

Okay, they're gone down my sink, which is now a nice fluorescent green, and smells like a chemical refinery.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2024 04:31 PM (CsUN+)

56 Chicken fried steak is good anytime. Only problen is going cholesterol 40.

Posted by: KungPow at February 04, 2024 04:31 PM (Rw2Dy)

57 I've got a Greek Cypriot neighbour who uses his hibachi barbecue in winter too even when there's snow on the ground.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 04, 2024 04:33 PM (2yu8s)

58 I tried adding broccoli to my chicken couscous and almonds last night.

Unfortunately, the broccoli has been sitting in the freezer for several years, slowly dehydrating.

I'm thinking that maybe I should throw it (and all the rest of the frozen veg in there) on the compost heap.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2024 04:34 PM (t1XYa)

59 Speaking of beef cuts, here's an interesting video from the Bearded Butchers on UToob:

https://youtu.be/1qReSsWr7Gw

That one's on where the various cuts come from. They pull the skirt steak off at about 6:39, for example.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 04, 2024 04:34 PM (/HDaX)

60 Good chicken fried steak is the best breakfast you can get, but I'll take it as a lunch or dinner as well. It's one of nature's perfect foods.

I decided - for whatever reason - to do a "Dry February." At least this year it's 2 days shorter than Dry January.

Posted by: PabloD at February 04, 2024 04:35 PM (x96/P)

61 the batter just didn't get crisp, and there was a thin layer of it on the inside that was barely cooked.

I soaked the chicken in buttermilk for a day.

That's the problem. I'd just dry brine 'em for a few hours. Then dredge and fry.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2024 04:36 PM (IG4Id)

62 Tough to judge the size of those fried tenders from the pic, but I think they might be too big. I’ve found that smaller, like a little bigger than bite size, are better. Easier to get the frying right. I don’t like thick heavy batter. And you’ve got to season the living shit out of it. Use more seasoning than you think you need … then add some more.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 04, 2024 04:36 PM (2YBu9)

63 That's the problem. I'd just dry brine 'em for a few hours. Then dredge and fry.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2024 04:36 PM (IG4Id)

The chicken was great though, so I am going to think long and hard before I change the buttermilk!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 04:38 PM (gSZYf)

64 Harrumph!

I make a mean biscuit!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 04:27 PM

Mean indeed, compared to what you would make using White Lily. Maybe this year you will hie thy heinie to THE premier event of the Moron social calendar, whereupon you shalt receive a bag of White Lily flour, and get schooled by nurse on the range. A two-fer!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2024 04:39 PM (a3Q+t)

65 I’ve never understood non-alcoholic beer. It tastes like Fani’s grasping Sarlacc poon pit. Even a good light beer is 100x better. Are there really people who drink that nasty shit?

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 04, 2024 04:41 PM (2YBu9)

66 I had to go to 0 percent beer. Peroni and Corona are good. Heineken, Becks. Stella. Guinness all horrible, Guinness by far the worst.

Posted by: Happy at February 04, 2024 04:41 PM (8wFql)

67 58 I tried adding broccoli to my chicken couscous and almonds last night.

Unfortunately, the broccoli has been sitting in the freezer for several years, slowly dehydrating.

I'm thinking that maybe I should throw it (and all the rest of the frozen veg in there) on the compost heap.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2024 04:34 PM (t1XYa)

Make cream of broccoli soup...waterlogged veg is perfect for soup making - just reduce the needed fluids based on how frozen-logged it is...and make sure you blitz the soup with a hand blender, so you don't get stuck with the semi-ruined texture of the old veg...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2024 04:42 PM (exHjb)

68 I’ve never understood non-alcoholic beer. It tastes like Fani’s grasping Sarlacc poon pit.
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 04, 2024 04:41 PM

Dude, you've been there?

Is it as bad as unadorned Brussels Sprouts?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2024 04:43 PM (a3Q+t)

69 And now I see you said the veg dehydrated...so rather than reduce the fluid, add more - same rest of directions!

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2024 04:44 PM (exHjb)

70 Going to make a hamburger but inside, it isn't too bad out but it is February
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2024 04:28 PM (fwDg9)

And getting cooler with every tick of the clock.

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2024 04:44 PM (T4tVD)

71 I don't get non- alcohol beer any more than decafe coffee

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2024 04:45 PM (fwDg9)

72 65 I’ve never understood non-alcoholic beer. It tastes like Fani’s grasping Sarlacc poon pit. Even a good light beer is 100x better. Are there really people who drink that nasty shit?
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 04, 2024 04:41 PM (2YBu9)

0% beer is like foods made for allergy sufferers. Sometimes, worth it for those whose liver needs them to not have the real thing...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2024 04:46 PM (exHjb)

73 Grade A Amber - the holiest of tree juices.

May it bless many crusts.

Posted by: DaveA at February 04, 2024 04:46 PM (FhXTo)

74 VFW here does pretty regular chicken fried steak dinners, maybe every couple of months. It's not great CFS but I try to go anyway. I use cube steak for CFS.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2024 04:46 PM (L8hCM)

75 get schooled by nurse on the range.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2024 04:39 PM (a3Q+t)

My doctor told me not to shoot underpowered rounds!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 04:47 PM (gSZYf)

76 68 I’ve never understood non-alcoholic beer. It tastes like Fani’s grasping Sarlacc poon pit.
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 04, 2024 04:41 PM

Dude, you've been there?

Is it as bad as unadorned Brussels Sprouts?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2024 04:43 PM (a3Q+t)
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No personal experience, but apparently you gotta be paid $700k to sample it. So it must be putrid.

I like Brussel sprouts!

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 04, 2024 04:48 PM (2YBu9)

77 We had a friend, old biker, that had been drinking since he was 13. Swore he'd never quit till he almost bled to death from a bleed in his stomach. He drank non alcohol beer the rest of his life. He couldn't break that habit of having a beer in his hand.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2024 04:49 PM (L8hCM)

78 I once read (on the internet) the difference between Chicken Fried Steak and Country Fried Steak was the gravy. White gravy for Chicken FS. Brown gravy for Country FS. That sound right?

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 04, 2024 04:50 PM (ju2Fy)

79 Back in the day, Old Style kegs were the tops.

Posted by: Jamaica at February 04, 2024 04:50 PM (Eeb9P)

80 0% beer is like foods made for allergy sufferers. Sometimes, worth it for those whose liver needs them to not have the real thing...
Posted by: Nova Local at

The local German Brewery makes an alcohol free beer that's pretty good.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 04:51 PM (8Fdcq)

81 I'm having Zatarains Red Beans and rice with some ham. Got a good price on a spiral cut ham, cooked it and split the meat into containers to freeze.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2024 04:51 PM (L8hCM)

82 I've got some fish in the fridge. Not sure how I'll cook it. My sister usually does it in foil packets with butter and onions and seasoning and it comes out great that way. I'm not messing with the grill, but should work fine in the oven. I often just fry fish in some bacon grease, but since this is lake fish and not just grocery store cod its probably worth spending a bit more time on it.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 04, 2024 04:55 PM (3cGpq)

83 White gravy for Chicken FS. Brown gravy for Country FS. That sound right?

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 04, 2024 04:50 PM (ju2Fy)

Well...it was on the internet so it must be true!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 04:56 PM (gSZYf)

84 Wife made potato soup yesterday. I love that stuff.

Posted by: Ronster at February 04, 2024 04:58 PM (mD/7n)

85 Place I hang has a CFS sammich with gravy and mayo.

in New Orleans sammich bread.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 04, 2024 05:01 PM (ENQN6)

86 Chicken fried steak…a true Texas thing. : o )

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 04, 2024 05:02 PM (8jCIK)

87 I had to go to 0 percent beer. Peroni and Corona are good. Heineken, Becks. Stella. Guinness all horrible, Guinness by far the worst.
Posted by: Happy

I was doing technical sales and dinners were part business so I used to drink a beer I liked, I was brewing at the time so many didn't know the beers I ordered, and then have a Clausthaler Non-Alcoholic Beer; they looked like a German beer so no one knew it was NA. It kept me sober...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 04, 2024 05:02 PM (drxMm)

88 The local German Brewery makes an alcohol free beer that's pretty good.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 04:51 PM (8Fdcq)

I love our fully clothed strip joint.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 04, 2024 05:02 PM (ENQN6)

89 In my experience, most people from the midwest have no idea what chicken fried steak is. What a pity.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:05 PM (lTGtQ)

90 I like Chicken Fried Steak. I like Chicken Tenders.

I don't much care for Frog Toast. Too blah.

N/A Beer is crap, should be outlawed as an afront to mankind.

Gonna try to make some Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers soon. Looks fun and tasty.

Oh look! Martini Time! One olive only please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2024 05:05 PM (R/m4+)

91 I made chili recently and needed some beer, because plain water is an abomination and does not belong in chili! So I used that "malt beverage", and because there was some left over in the bottle I tried it.

-

I have never put beer or water in my chili - I just use tomato sauce, but I like my chili thick.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:08 PM (lTGtQ)

92 Yesterday took the spawn out to hunt quail - got almost two dozen.

Today, finished off the last of the bacon wrapped garlic quail breasts. I think things taste better when you kill them yourself - they are certainly fresher.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:11 PM (lTGtQ)

93 Tonight: Crockpot ribs, smashed garlic potatoes with farmers cheese and sauteed asparagus.

And a pitcher of Gimlets to be enjoyed by everyone.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2024 05:12 PM (XV/Pl)

94 I've had pinto beans in the crockpot all day, with some ham chunks. Cheesy cornbread in the oven, and some greens to round it out. Almost ready!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2024 05:17 PM (OX9vb)

95 Always white gravy with CFS.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 04, 2024 05:18 PM (R4t5M)

96
God eats a Southern breakfast every morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2024 05:18 PM (MoZTd)

97 "Make cream of broccoli soup...waterlogged veg is perfect for soup making - just reduce the needed fluids based on how frozen-logged it is...and make sure you blitz the soup with a hand blender, so you don't get stuck with the semi-ruined texture of the old veg...
Posted by: Nova Local"

Hmmm.... That sounds like a really good option. And there's plenty of veg in the fridge to add...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2024 05:18 PM (t1XYa)

98 I've had pinto beans in the crockpot all day, with some ham chunks. Cheesy cornbread in the oven, and some greens to round it out. Almost ready!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2024 05:17 PM (OX9vb)

Simple yet so delicious.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 04, 2024 05:19 PM (R4t5M)

99 Best onion burgers in OK are at Bunny's on Meridian and about NW 50th. There are a coupla joints in El Reno that ain't bad. I knew Bunny when she still ran her place and we discussed the likely origin of onion burgers. She had done some research and believed they began at a little place in Enid, OK, called Dan and Bake's. My dad took me there as a young tyke and we always had onion burgers.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2024 05:19 PM (TSQkU)

100 So the plan was to make chili according to my recipe, using diced-up chuck roast instead of ground beef. The end product was hearty and flavorful, but I wouldn't call it chili. It was more like very spicy beef stew with red beans instead of potatoes.

The Marie Callender Banana Cream Pie will make everything right.

But now the doctors are telling me I have to start eating bland boring inoffensive non-threatening foods, so I don't know when I'll try chili again.

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2024 05:19 PM (geLO8)

101 or pie

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2024 05:20 PM (geLO8)

102 Only a commie would eat a CFS with brown gravy . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2024 05:20 PM (TSQkU)

103 I've had pinto beans in the crockpot all day, with some ham chunks. Cheesy cornbread in the oven, and some greens to round it out. Almost ready!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Mix some fresh chopped cilantro and diced onion into the beans - yum!

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:20 PM (lTGtQ)

104 Forgot to say that Bunny's is in OKC.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2024 05:22 PM (TSQkU)

105 But now the doctors are telling me I have to start eating bland boring inoffensive non-threatening foods, so I don't know when I'll try chili again.

Posted by: Don Black

As Mark Twain said, I don't know if eating healthy will make you live longer, but it sure will feel like it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:24 PM (lTGtQ)

106 I have never put beer or water in my chili - I just use tomato sauce, but I like my chili thick.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:08 PM (lTGtQ)

I have never put either of those in chili, either. Can't imagine why I would. Why do you do that, CBD? What are we missing?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2024 05:26 PM (OX9vb)

107
Notice no doctor says, "You need more pizza and chocolate ice cream in your diet."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2024 05:28 PM (MoZTd)

108 I'm going to miss red meat and salt
sugar in my coffee
flavors

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2024 05:30 PM (geLO8)

109 Best onion burgers in OK are at Bunny's on Meridian and about NW 50th. There are a coupla joints in El Reno that ain't bad. I knew Bunny when she still ran her place and we discussed the likely origin of onion burgers. She had done some research and believed they began at a little place in Enid, OK, called Dan and Bake's. My dad took me there as a young tyke and we always had onion burgers.
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2024 05:19 PM (TSQkU)

Nice!

Thanks LRob!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2024 05:32 PM (R/m4+)

110 I don't much care for Frog Toast. Too blah.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

Your batter is short on bourbon, vanilla, and/or bourbon.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2024 05:33 PM (DgGvY)

111 Batter? That seems wrong. What is the name for the non-bread part of French toast?

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2024 05:34 PM (DgGvY)

112 Oh Hadrian, yes he does. And it features biscuits made with White Lily flour, buttermilk, and lard, front and center. Gravy, brown, very brown, made with bacon grease, no matter whether you have any other meat at all. And grits drowned in butter from the Amish store. Fresh hen eggs, and you won’t be hungry again til tomorrow!

Posted by: Menagerie at February 04, 2024 05:35 PM (n/MLA)

113 My grandmother used to make French toast, then scramble the leftover egg mix, For some reason, those eggs were phenomenal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:35 PM (lTGtQ)

114 That pic of the chicken fried steak looks sad.

Everyone knows if you can see the food under the gravy, there ain’t enough gravy. Good try, though.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 05:35 PM (50ztE)

115 French toast around here is Cinnabon raisin bread dipped in eggs, cream and vanilla then slathered in butter and molasses.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 05:36 PM (X9alN)

116 What is the name for the non-bread part of French toast?

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2024 05:34 PM (DgGvY)

Egg, butter, and salt.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 05:38 PM (gSZYf)

117 Common Tater, amen.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 05:38 PM (X9alN)

118 I had a monte cristo sandwich once. It was deep fried, the whole thing. Can't remember where I was. Odd. Don't recall it being bad.

Off to make some armburgers. Saw that on a menu in Africa once. Careful not to order it. You never know.

Posted by: javems at February 04, 2024 05:38 PM (3jUkH)

119 A proper chicken fried steak is a culinary masterpiece.

You must select or create a cutlet from the finest stock and your choices when making gravy will distinguish a country-fried steak from a chicken-fried steak. Both are magnificent, but you must endeavor to achieve greatness.

Chicken-fried steak works best as a breakfast, but it's also unsurpassed as a weekday, late day afternoon special.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 05:39 PM (EEgXH)

120 Everyone knows if you can see the food under the gravy, there ain’t enough gravy.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 05:35 PM (50ztE)

A fair point. In fact, there should be more gravy than simply to cover the CFS. There should be extra for the biscuits!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 05:39 PM (gSZYf)

121 56 Chicken fried steak is good anytime. Only problen is going cholesterol 40.

Posted by: KungPow at February 04, 2024 04:31 PM (Rw2Dy)
----
Forget cholesterol. that was/is a scam practiced by the medical research crowd and the vegetable oil industry. Remember butter/margarine? Same guys. Later joined by the statin pharma.

Posted by: Ciampino - Just dollar signs at February 04, 2024 05:39 PM (qfLjt)

122 French toast is often screwed up, because historically it is made with stale bread. Either start with stale bread, or dry it out a fair bit in a warm oven before dipping in the batter. It needs to be a bit dry, to firm up when cooked. Fresh bread just means it turns to mush.

I like a little vanilla, cinnamon and a healthy pinch of salt mixed in with the milk & eggs.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 05:39 PM (50ztE)

123
Oh Hadrian, yes he does. And it features biscuits made with White Lily flour, buttermilk, and lard, front and center.

_________

Served in Grandma's kitchen.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2024 05:40 PM (MoZTd)

124 Stale bread. Isn't there a Frenchie dish called pain perdue that is essentially our french toast but in chunks rather than slices? Made from stale bread.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2024 05:44 PM (TSQkU)

125 I have GERD and I should give up coffee, booze, and spicy foods. I guess I'm gonna have to suffer till I die.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 05:44 PM (8sNng)

126 Gluttony is 4 rock lobster tails with garlic butter. Good thing I only had 3

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 05:45 PM (X9alN)

127 Forget cholesterol. that was/is a scam practiced by the medical research crowd and the vegetable oil industry. Remember butter/margarine? Same guys. Later joined by the statin pharma.

Posted by: Ciampino

The same people who told us that cholesterol and animal fat were bad for us are now saying that artificial fats are bad for us, and we just don't understand cholesterol.

Get back to me in 100 years when you are sure.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:45 PM (lTGtQ)

128 I tried chicken fried steak in one of those rest stop diners in Oklahoma. The meat and mashed potatoes came with a soupbowl of gravy on the side. It seemed a little excessive to me but what do I know?
The waitress called me hon.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 05:46 PM (8Fdcq)

129 Good thing I only had 3
Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 05:45 PM (X9alN)

Ha!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2024 05:47 PM (OX9vb)

130 Now I want to go to a diner and get called Hon.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 05:48 PM (8Fdcq)

131 came with a soupbowl of gravy on the side

Only a soupbowl? She must have sensed you were an "outta towner"; took it easy on you!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2024 05:48 PM (TSQkU)

132 The waitress called me hon.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 05:46 PM (8Fdcq)

If she hadn't... well then, its not authentic.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 05:49 PM (8sNng)

133 What I find to be completely crazy is those fucking Brits who call a biscuit 'Yorkshire Pudding.' I guess if you toss in a couple of eggs its pudding.

I got your beef wellington right here!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 05:51 PM (EEgXH)

134 I miss Usenet.rec.cooking

Text only. Today, if I search a recipe, every goddamned page turns out to be a fucking editorial. Just give me the goddamned recipe. “Thousands of years ago, ice sheets covered the northern hemisphere” I don’t really care that archaeologists have discovered chili powder derivatives in earthenware pots at Tapi Goblecki. Fuck

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 05:52 PM (50ztE)

135 But now the doctors are telling me I have to start eating bland boring inoffensive non-threatening foods, so I don't know when I'll try chili again.

Posted by: Don Black

The real key is gut heath that effects everything from cholesterol and immunity.

Take probiotics if necessary ( can’t hurt ) but you need to make sure you eat food that is ‘pre-biotic’ . The good bacteria has to have something to eat to keep it healthy.

Some top Prebiotic foods are bananas, barley, whole grains, legumes, oats, onions, garlic and dark chocolate.

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 05:52 PM (MNhXM)

136 The waitress called me hon.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 05:46 PM (8Fdcq)

If she hadn't... well then, its not authentic.
Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 05:49 PM (8sNng)

"Sugar" is also acceptable.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2024 05:52 PM (nFnyb)

137 118
Off to make some armburgers. Saw that on a menu in Africa once. Careful not to order it. You never know.

Posted by: javems at February 04, 2024 05:38 PM (3jUkH)
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Those must be frozen burgers defrosted in a sweaty, hairy armpit. Don't ever order wieners.

Posted by: Ciampino - Just a friendly warning at February 04, 2024 05:54 PM (qfLjt)

138 Our crew had Italian food for lunch and ice cream for dessert today. That and all the cat talk wore me out. I need a nap.

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2024 05:54 PM (NxC5+)

139 What I find to be completely crazy is those fucking Brits who call a biscuit 'Yorkshire Pudding.' I guess if you toss in a couple of eggs it's pudding.

What the....?

I'm just going to assume that you've never had Yorkshire Pudding.

It is nothing like a biscuit. Except , perhaps, that they both are made here on Planet Earth.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2024 05:55 PM (nFnyb)

140 Outside of Memphis, TN.... out some backwoods road north of town there was this shack. Off to the side of an intersection of two country roads.

Fried chicken, chicken fried steak or fried catfish.

Formica table (one) and a paper sack for takeouts.

Greens, fries, and/or cornbread were the only sides. No drinks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2024 05:55 PM (Q4IgG)

141 Text only. Today, if I search a recipe, every goddamned page turns out to be a fucking editorial. Just give me the goddamned recipe. “Thousands of years ago, ice sheets covered the northern hemisphere” I don’t really care that archaeologists have discovered chili powder derivatives in earthenware pots at Tapi Goblecki. Fuck
Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 05:52 PM (50ztE)

It is everything. I was looking up information on the 1845 Oregon Country wagon trains and some bimbo on a site wrote three pages on the westward migration without actually naming routes, captains, equipment besides firearms, food, watering holes or beginning or ending sites. and every picture was from the 1900's.
I am going to start calling this style "recipe blogging writing" and hope that the eventual take over of AI will bring us some actual facts.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2024 05:56 PM (D7oie)

142 The waitress called me hon.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 05:46 PM (8Fdcq)

If she hadn't... well then, its not authentic.
Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 05:49 PM (8sNng)

"Sugar" is also acceptable.

Posted by: naturalfake

But "dearie" is right out.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 05:57 PM (lTGtQ)

143
Tonight: Bacon wrapped shrimp with peppers (hot), scallops, scallops in breaded clam, flounder fillets, baked potato, cole slaw, cauliflower.

Pretty boring, but the bacon wrapped shrimp with hot peppers (from Aldi's) were the hit of the meal for me.

With Aldi's Magical Mystery Tour of seasonal frozen foods, you never know what kinda goodness you're gonna get from week to week. Don't pass this along to others. Keep it a secret.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 04, 2024 05:58 PM (nIvob)

144 You know who has the best biscuits?

Red Lobster

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 05:58 PM (MNhXM)

145 Yorkshire pudding is a gift from God. How the English found it is beyond human imagination

Posted by: Jamaica at February 04, 2024 05:58 PM (Eeb9P)

146 There is a place in Nacagdoches where you order your steak out of the meat counter and they serve it to you on a cafeteria tray.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 05:58 PM (X9alN)

147 Popeyes biscuits are pretty good also.

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 05:58 PM (MNhXM)

148 Today, if I search a recipe, every goddamned page turns out to be a fucking editorial.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 05:52 PM (50ztE)

Are you new around here? I bitch about that shit all of the time!

I F*CKING HATE IT!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 05:58 PM (gSZYf)

149 The waitress called me hon.
Posted by: Northernlurker

If she hadn't... well then, its not authentic.
Posted by: Hugh Jass

"Sugar" is also acceptable.
Posted by: naturalfake

"Sir" is right out.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2024 05:58 PM (DgGvY)

150 Canada halts assisted suicide program for mentally ill due to lack of doctors

Socialism medicine is about death.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 04, 2024 05:59 PM (ENQN6)

151 I just saw a movie who's target audience must be fat, females, cat-ladies 40 and above because they really seemed to be enjoying.

Why am I mentioning this on the food thread....well,

If the theaters would hand out free cartons of ice cream with their tickets along with a nice sized plastic spoon, or maybe snazzy cupcakes.

they could have another female-centric hit like Barbie on their hands.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2024 05:59 PM (nFnyb)

152 The waitress called me hon.
Posted by: Northernlurker

If she hadn't... well then, its not authentic.
Posted by: Hugh Jass

Hope you replied ‘ thank ya darling’

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 06:00 PM (MNhXM)

153 If I'm at a diner / roadhouse in Texas and I see chicken fried steak on the menu, I always ask if it is hand-battered or frozen pre-breaded. If frozen pre-breaded, that tells me all I need to know about the menu and its offerings. (Sysco's frozen finest!) A hamburger is as good as it will get at such a place.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at February 04, 2024 06:00 PM (d9Cw3)

154 If you want to improve “gut health”, Tea is your Friend. Tea is medicine, first and foremost. Tannins, or polyphenols. The catch is, it has to be taken in conjunction with fasting. No sugar, no milk.

The tannins have a strong affinity for protein, and is also toxic to “bad” bacteria and other critters we don’t want, or don’t want too much of.

High glucose diet also tends to cause the “bad” bacteria or critters to dominate. Starve the Beast, then kill it.

Coffee has tannins too, but Tea seems to be much more effective. Also being researched for beneficial effects with respect to oral health - gingivitis and gum disease. Tea is naturally effective at killing the nastiez in our mouth.

Try it! Tea is also a natural appetite suppressant and has a calming effect when fasting in addition to the natural action of caffeine - I like coffee much, but I don’t want to bounce off the walls either.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 06:00 PM (50ztE)

155 >>>What the....?

I'm just going to assume that you've never had Yorkshire Pudding.

It is nothing like a biscuit. Except , perhaps, that they both are made here on Planet Earth.

Posted by: naturalfake

>My apologies, biscuit does seem a bit primitive. Dinner roll seems more appropriate.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 06:00 PM (EEgXH)

156 "Sugar" is also acceptable.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2024 05:52 PM (nFnyb)

This is true. Actually may be preferable.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 06:00 PM (8sNng)

157 those fucking Brits who call a biscuit 'Yorkshire Pudding.'

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 05:51 PM (EEgXH)

Wait...what?

A "biscuit" in BritSpeak is a cookie. Yorkshire Pudding is a baked puff...not sweet at all.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:02 PM (gSZYf)

158 Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 06:00 PM (50ztE)

The root teas and green tea.

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 06:02 PM (MNhXM)

159 Tried my hand at scallion pancakes yesterday. They turned out quite well. I like the hot water dough effect.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 04, 2024 06:02 PM (Wnv9h)

160 Another southern food I have a hankering for is banana pudding
I have never had it. I have had banana cream pie.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2024 06:03 PM (8Fdcq)

161 I do not know who has good CFS around here.

Maybe T Bone TOms

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 04, 2024 06:03 PM (ENQN6)

162 Try it! Tea is also a natural appetite suppressant and has a calming effect when fasting in addition to the natural action of caffeine - I like coffee much, but I don’t want to bounce off the walls either.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2024 06:00 PM (50ztE)

I need t5o get back to green tea. Thanks CT.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 06:03 PM (8sNng)

163 Hope you replied ‘ thank ya darling’

Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 06:00 PM (MNhXM)

I have fallen I into this habit. Seems natural.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 06:04 PM (8sNng)

164 Today, if I search a recipe, every goddamned page turns out to be a fucking editorial.
Posted by: Common Tater

Are you new around here? I bitch about that shit all of the time!
I F*CKING HATE IT!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Amen!

1) click link to recipe site.
B) hit "end" key.
iii) read the recipe, ignoring the first 95% of the page.

When that doesn't work because the recipe is actually at the top, I get confused.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2024 06:05 PM (DgGvY)

165 Fried green tomatoes. Yum.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 06:05 PM (8sNng)

166 Some top Prebiotic foods are bananas, barley, whole grains, legumes, oats, onions, garlic and dark chocolate.
Posted by: Raw Sienna at February 04, 2024 05:52 PM (MNhXM)

I have had some reason to research this recently, most food with dietary fiber, soluble and insoluble is good for your gut. Things like active sauerkraut and kimchi are doubly good.

Peter Attia had Colleen Cutcliffe iof Pendulum Therapeutics to discuss gut health. Her company sells pro-biotics, but they discuss a lot of the things that have to do with gut health as well

https://peterattiamd.com/colleencutcliffe/

and Andrew Huberman also talks about the microbiome and gives tips

http://tinyurl.com/53sz2df5

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2024 06:05 PM (D7oie)

167 Northernlurker @ 160-
You should have been at Corsicana this past October for banana pudding.

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2024 06:06 PM (NxC5+)

168 I made Korean-style Sloppy Joes last night for dinner.

They were excellent. If the idea of a Korean-style Sloppy Joe sandwich appeals to you, here's the recipe:

Gochujang Sloppy Joes

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/gochujang-sloppy-joes

Quick and stupidly easy and delish.

Give it a whirl.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2024 06:06 PM (nFnyb)

169 Majority of Republicans are unaware of Trump’s legal challenges.

ha fucking ha ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 04, 2024 06:07 PM (ENQN6)

170 Huh.

The maple syrup on French toast picture is sideways on my cell, on Opera Mini. Looks right on Opera on MiladyJo's tablet.

Seen this before. Has to do (I think) with the browser taking its orientation instruction from the JPG meta data, rather than just the HTML code. I've done this and had to pull the pic, make a new copy of the JPG without the meta data, and use that. Probably not worth the trouble for a pic of this CBD blasphemy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - technically squeaking at February 04, 2024 06:09 PM (rRIcu)

171
It's kinda nice that Canadian Doctors don't wanna kill Canadians. It would be kinda nice if I felt that American Doctors wouldn't be up to the task of killing Canadians. But if the Doctors in this country are up to de-penising and de-titing our youth... because ObamaCare said, 'GO FOR IT!"...

Pretty sure they'd be willing to step into that void if the money was there.

What a long strange trip it's been.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 04, 2024 06:10 PM (nIvob)

172 >>>The waitress called me hon.
Posted by: Northernlurker

If she hadn't... well then, its not authentic.
Posted by: Hugh Jass

"Sugar" is also acceptable.
Posted by: naturalfake

"Sir" is right out.
Posted by: mikeski
_____________

The "authentic" greeting is "Shug or Sug" no a and r.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2024 06:10 PM (Q4IgG)

173 Here's a variation on the Margarita that supposedly set the world on fire though I've never heard of it.

Jimmy's Margarita
2 oz blanco tequila
1 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz Agave Nectar
Shake with ice. Strain. Drink.

It's very good. A drier, less citrusy style of Margarita.
The Agave Nectar takes it more in a vegetal direction.

Well worth trying. Give it a whirl.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2024 06:11 PM (nFnyb)

174 Beer sans alcohol. Why bother?
Smoked a ham all yesterday afternoon. Lathered it up with a homemade brown sugar frosting. Made scalloped potatoes.
Made green bean casserole. Made cheese cake with cherry topping.
Mrs. Red got home just in time to feast.
She thinks she deserves me.

Posted by: RI Red at February 04, 2024 06:12 PM (cGD0I)

175 Even the standard el-cheapo Black Tea is loaded with tannins, and is derived from Camellia sinensis. Quit arguing with me, and Try it.

Drink nothing but water or Tea during your fast, possibly electrolytes as is customary. Trust Me. Your gut will thank you.

Researchers have compared it in some ways to modern medicinal molecules that “target” specific cells or cancer. The tannins in Tea are extremely potent - if you’ve noticed how dirty a teapot or cup will get. It is very tough to remove. The tannins are like a natural antibiotic, is the theory or conjecture.

I don’t care the why particularly, just that it does.

Posted by: Common Tea at February 04, 2024 06:12 PM (50ztE)

176 The "authentic" greeting is "Shug or Sug" no a and r.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2024 06:10 PM (Q4IgG)

I've heard it all three ways, but actually "Sugar" the most.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2024 06:13 PM (nFnyb)

177 The "authentic" greeting is "Shug or Sug" no a and r.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2024 06:10 PM (Q4IgG)

Dated a gal from Alabama. Went to visit and stopped in a coupla diners. Yeah.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 06:13 PM (8sNng)

178 The French toast was terrific!
Mrs D uses brioche bread, air dried overnight. The batter included eggs, a dash of heavy cream, vanilla, and cinnamon.
You can go with powdered sugar, but why would you when excellent maple syrup is so readily available?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 04, 2024 06:17 PM (W/lyH)

179 Folks...we have many dozens of threads each week about serious topics.

This thread is about food and eating, and if you must deviate from those topics keep it light and fun.

Thanks,
The Management.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:17 PM (gSZYf)

180 Appetizer... fried green tomatoes
Entree, Chicken fried steak
Dessert, nanner pudding

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:18 PM (X9alN)

181 Common Tater never thought of that gravy quote but it's true

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2024 06:18 PM (fwDg9)

182 Chicken fried steak is the quintessential breakfast food. Second only to steak and eggs.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 04, 2024 06:18 PM (W/lyH)

183 84 Wife made potato soup yesterday. I love that stuff.
Posted by: Ronster at February 04, 2024 04:58 PM (mD/7n)

I would love a bowl of good potato soup. I has been a long time since I have had one.

Posted by: vic at February 04, 2024 06:19 PM (A5THL)

184 Tried my hand at scallion pancakes yesterday. They turned out quite well.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 04, 2024 06:02 PM (Wnv9h)

If you bake sourdough, instead of discarding the starter when you are simply maintaining it, make a savory pancake. It works great!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:19 PM (gSZYf)

185 If you bake sourdough, instead of discarding the starter when you are simply maintaining it, make a savory pancake. It works great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:19 PM (gSZYf)

Yum!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 04, 2024 06:21 PM (W/lyH)

186 This weekend's food experiment was decided when Sam's Club put out a specially-priced package of lamb loin chops ... Hubby hates lamb but, when I said I wanted to make a stew with Guinness stout, he acquiesced ... I followed internet suggestions to use lighter stout rather than dark, to add half the stout at the braising stage then the other half at toward the end, and to add a bit of brown sugar if any bitterness needed to be minimized ... Hubby had two helpings and said he'd enjoy having the stew again, so I'm thinking this year for Saint Patrick's Day instead of corned beef (for which the grandkids have no fondness).

Posted by: Kathy at February 04, 2024 06:23 PM (LPNLk)

187 Iam highly peeved that I can find no Guinness to cook with.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:24 PM (X9alN)

188 Another, often forgotten custom....

.... never offer to shake the cook's hand.

He knows where his have been, not yours.

*Road Kill Diner Guide #24"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2024 06:24 PM (Q4IgG)

189 Appetizer... fried green tomatoes
Entree, Chicken fried steak
Dessert, nanner pudding

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:18 PM (X9alN)

Will you marry us darlin'.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 04, 2024 06:25 PM (8sNng)

190
Oops. Sorry, thought any reference to a Grateful Dead tune was an indication of lack of sobriety and JackStraw had passed me a doobie.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 04, 2024 06:25 PM (nIvob)

191 I was put off of CFS because some cook was hiding a nasty piece of meat in all that batter.

Posted by: Ronster at February 04, 2024 06:26 PM (mD/7n)

192 Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 04, 2024 06:25 PM (nIvob)

No worries!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:27 PM (gSZYf)

193 Here in the Wilds of Central Texas, the old German influence is strong. Great beers, good food, and the addition of a fried egg on may dishes such as CFS, or Steak, or Burgers...

A fried egg perched atop your CFS, slathered in delicious white gravy. is a wonderful thing. Wash it down with a Shiner Bock. That's living!

Posted by: Brewingfrog at February 04, 2024 06:28 PM (ytNnw)

194 Cannibal Bob, Mi casa es su casa. I will cook for you anytime

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:28 PM (X9alN)

195 Northernlurker @ 160-
You should have been at Corsicana this past October for banana pudding.
Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2024 06:06 PM (NxC5+)
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The banana pudding topped with fudge brownie that someone else brought was just incredibly delicious. One of the best desserts I've ever had.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 04, 2024 06:28 PM (BpYfr)

196 Pea soup tonight. Fresh baked bread. And I'm a butterholic...so....

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 04, 2024 06:28 PM (8sNng)

197 194 Cannibal Bob, Mi casa es su casa. I will cook for you anytime.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:28 PM (X9alN)

Same here babe....someday.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 04, 2024 06:29 PM (8sNng)

198 Iam highly peeved that I can find no Guinness to cook with.

Posted by: Ben Had

Is there a Spec's near you? They would have it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 06:29 PM (lTGtQ)

199 Slap an over easy egg on an open-faced BLT.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:30 PM (X9alN)

200 Slap an over easy egg on ~~an open-faced BLT~~ absolutely anything!

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:30 PM (X9alN)

FIFY

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:32 PM (gSZYf)

201 Thomas Paine, alas , no. Not even any Modelo dark.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:32 PM (X9alN)

202 Chicken fried steak
Granny Clark's
Dublin, TX

Good stuff

Posted by: Emmie at February 04, 2024 06:36 PM (Sf2cq)

203 Pea soup tonight. Fresh baked bread. And I'm a butterholic...so....
Posted by: Hugh Jass

You and my wife. She loves butter so much she'll put butter on butter.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2024 06:36 PM (qoGsy)

204 Take probiotics if necessary ( can’t hurt ) but you need to make sure you eat food that is ‘pre-biotic’ . The good bacteria has to have something to eat to keep it healthy.

My good bacteria asked me for a rum and coke to wash down dinner.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 04, 2024 06:36 PM (R4t5M)

205 The only good CFS is made in Texas. End of story.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 04, 2024 06:36 PM (eYF7X)

206 How about some steak fried chicken?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2024 06:37 PM (63Dwl)

207 Chicken fried steak
Granny Clark's
Dublin, TX

Good stuff

Posted by: Emmie

Dublin is a great place. I toured the Dr Pepper plant there when it was still making Dr Pepper with sugar.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 06:39 PM (lTGtQ)

208 At nephew's for cousin's Christmas with my kids, french toast was made for breakfast, served with a variety of maple syrups. The smoke flavored and the cinnamon flavor well received.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 04, 2024 06:41 PM (4780s)

209 >>> But...the batter was bland and probably too thick, or maybe I didn't cook at high enough heat.

But no snot-nosed little punk of a chicken tender is going to beat me, so I will return soon with tales of my triumph!

>That's the spirit! I've never made tenders that were too big because otherwise they'd be breasts. Tenders must be fluffed and pampered. Spiced and flashed. I tend to prefer peanut oil but will do corn oil if necessary.

Mmm. Rib meat, - tenders.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 06:41 PM (EEgXH)

210 >A "biscuit" in BritSpeak is a cookie.

a chip is a 'crisp'
a fry is a 'chip'
a tiny meatloaf is a 'faggot'

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2024 06:42 PM (geLO8)

211 I have some Cougar Gold cheese left so au gratin potatoes are going to be paired with a beef tenderloin.

And Wine

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:42 PM (X9alN)

212 You and my wife. She loves butter so much she'll put butter on butter.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2024 06:36 PM (qoGsy)

This. lol! I glob it on in slabs. Breakfast out? "Extra butter please?"

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 04, 2024 06:43 PM (8sNng)

213 >I have some Cougar Gold cheese

sounds like something an older divorcee would offer the pool boy

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2024 06:43 PM (geLO8)

214 OK all, off to make split pea soup. Keep the faith.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 04, 2024 06:44 PM (8sNng)

215 Was Genesee Cream Ale the one that came in the wide mouth grenade bottle?

Posted by: From about That Time at February 04, 2024 06:45 PM (4780s)

216 There was also Mickey's Big Mouth.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2024 06:46 PM (63Dwl)

217 Eromero makes an awesome nanner pudding. You come to the MoMe get in line quick.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:48 PM (X9alN)

218 There was also Mickey's Big Mouth.

I used to drink that. It finally got so nasty even for me.

Posted by: Ronster at February 04, 2024 06:49 PM (mD/7n)

219 Dublin is a great place. I toured the Dr Pepper plant there when it was still making Dr Pepper with sugar.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2024 06:39 PM (lTGtQ)

You can still buy real sugar soda pop there. One of the flavors is supposedly the original Dr. Pepper recipe but they will deny this. They can't openly sell "real" Dr. Pepper.

Posted by: Emmie at February 04, 2024 06:50 PM (Sf2cq)

220 If any of you folks that likes to cook ever needs a place to live. I do like good or great food, but not enough to make the time to cook it myself. Its not about having no time, I just don't enjoy cooking so I default to make a big batch of something or close to Weasel's 2 minute rule with plenty of spices added to make it edible.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 04, 2024 06:50 PM (3cGpq)

221
1 cup flour
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp pepper
1/2 tbsp thyme
1/2 tbsp tarragon
1/2 tbsp ginger
1/2 tbsp ground mustard
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp oregano

coat your chicken tenders with that, then egg 'em, then roll 'em in some Panko bread crumbs, then fry 'em

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2024 06:50 PM (geLO8)

222 Bought a 3 lb. chuck roast today and it set me back $25.00. A chuck roast! $25.00!!!

Posted by: IrishEi at February 04, 2024 06:50 PM (rw9is)

223 Why is it that nobody ever raves about Canadian cuisine?

Those drunk fucks are lucky if the can even stagger long enough to suck on a caribou's cock once a week. Eh?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 06:50 PM (EEgXH)

224 it helps to chill the breaded chicken pieces in the fridge before frying- the egg/bread crumb matrix holds together nicely

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2024 06:52 PM (geLO8)

225 I think piranha are kind of boney, like salt water perch. Pretty small filets also, so wouldn't call it a fish steak

Posted by: From about That Time at February 04, 2024 06:53 PM (4780s)

226 AFAIK, the closest American thing to Yorkshire pudding is a popover.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 04, 2024 06:53 PM (FEVMW)

227 You and my wife. She loves butter so much she'll put butter on butter.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2024 06:36 PM (qoGsy)

Kind of like the French but different. You order bread there and they serve it with bread

Posted by: javems at February 04, 2024 06:53 PM (8I4hW)

228 Irish Ei, I need to send you a care package. Even with postage it wouldn't be that much.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:53 PM (X9alN)

229 A "biscuit" in BritSpeak is a cookie. Yorkshire Pudding is a baked puff...not sweet at all.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:02 PM

"a bit of biscuit" is British slang for a "romantic interlude" by Brendan Behan, amongst others.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2024 06:54 PM (a3Q+t)

230 Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 06:50 PM (EEgXH)

I remember eating very well in Montreal. And their oysters are excellent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:55 PM (gSZYf)

231 Hamburger wasn't grilled but good nevertheless, grilling weather is coming, Phil said so

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2024 06:56 PM (fwDg9)

232 ...Brendan Behan...

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2024 06:54 PM (a3Q+t)

Supposedly he died in a Catholic hospital, attended by nuns.

It is said that his last words were, "Bless me sister...may all your sons be bishops!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:56 PM (gSZYf)

233 223 Why is it that nobody ever raves about Canadian cuisine?

Those drunk fucks are lucky if the can even stagger long enough to suck on a caribou's cock once a week. Eh?
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Canadian cuisine is that of the very northern USA. Even the stuck-up Quebecois don't have fancy food. All the French Canadians that cared about spices and sauces went down to Louisiana.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 04, 2024 06:57 PM (W+kMI)

234 If you bake sourdough, instead of discarding the starter when you are simply maintaining it, make a savory pancake. It works great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:19 PM (gSZYf)

Koreans make a green onion pancake, though it is usually a rice flour batter. It is a bit like a sourdough pancake made with old starter

I used to have a pattern by making bread on Wednesday and making sourdough pancakes on the weekend. It fit my schedule.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2024 06:57 PM (D7oie)

235 Phil said so

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2024 06:56 PM (fwDg9)

Phil is a pimp...he can't outfight Old-Man Winter.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:57 PM (gSZYf)

236
Despite the fact that Cuisinart doesn't pay me a single cent for giving a positive review to their product... the "Griddler' is pretty much my - when the SHTF and I have to have a single kitchen gadget to survive with... and I can make sausage and pancakes and broken yolk eggs and bacon at the same time...if I can find them, and I will... barter my ass off.

Pretty impressive at the price. And then there's panini/Cuban sandwiches. It has definitely earned a space on the kitchen counter top. Although I discovered that toasting bread, making coffee, and using the 'Griddler' at the exact same time on a 1500 watt circuit adds up to 4500 watts... Click!

The walk of shame to the garage to reset the breaker. The rest of the house has mixed circuits, but not the kitchen.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 04, 2024 06:58 PM (nIvob)

237 Thanks for the hat tip, CBD...

Wow! I made the sidebar! Woooooot!!!

Oh, so we had toasted bagels w/butter and cream cheese for a lite lunch.

Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2024 06:58 PM (njWTi)

238 >"a bit of biscuit" is British slang for a "romantic interlude" by Brendan Behan, amongst others.

rub n tickle
a bit of the old how's your father

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2024 06:58 PM (geLO8)

239 Time for cocktails folks.

Thanks for reading and commenting...even Duncanthrax!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:58 PM (gSZYf)

240 CBD. Cheers and thanks.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:59 PM (X9alN)

241 Irish Ei, I need to send you a care package. Even with postage it wouldn't be that much.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2024 06:53 PM (X9alN)
~~~~~

Haha, you're the best, Ben. But these prices are really crazy!

Posted by: IrishEi at February 04, 2024 06:59 PM (rw9is)

242 196 Pea soup tonight. Fresh baked bread. And I'm a butterholic...so....
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Homemade bread deserves to be slathered with butter and honey.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 04, 2024 06:59 PM (W+kMI)

243 If you bake sourdough, instead of discarding the starter when you are simply maintaining it, make a savory pancake. It works great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:19 PM

I don't, but if I did, I would try that. It sounds good.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 04, 2024 06:59 PM (Wnv9h)

244 >>>Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 06:50 PM (EEgXH)

I remember eating very well in Montreal. And their oysters are excellent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

>Yeah, but somebody needs to rile them up once and a while. COBs need to maintain that air of professionalism and all that.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2024 07:00 PM (EEgXH)

245 Pew Pew Thread is nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 04, 2024 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

246 CBD, discard makes some really good crackers too. I never really thought about crackers enough to want to make them, did it on a whim. They are maybe one of my favorite sourdough things.

Posted by: Menagerie at February 04, 2024 07:02 PM (n/MLA)

247 193 Here in the Wilds of Central Texas, the old German influence is strong. Great beers, good food, and the addition of a fried egg on may dishes such as CFS, or Steak, or Burgers...

A fried egg perched atop your CFS, slathered in delicious white gravy. is a wonderful thing. Wash it down with a Shiner Bock. That's living!
=========
Ooooo, that sounds great! Alas, tonight is canned Boyardee.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 04, 2024 07:03 PM (W+kMI)

248 234 If you bake sourdough, instead of discarding the starter when you are simply maintaining it, make a savory pancake. It works great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 06:19 PM (gSZYf)

I've done the savory pancake, and love it, but another good use is crackers - I use this recipe - very tailorable,
great with cheese and a martini...

http://tinyurl.com/48a7uvcz

Posted by: MD_Mike at February 04, 2024 07:03 PM (BouEL)

249 Although I discovered that toasting bread, making coffee, and using the 'Griddler' at the exact same time on a 1500 watt circuit adds up to 4500 watts... Click!

I remember student housing like that.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 04, 2024 07:08 PM (/HDaX)

250 Awww, the gub thread is up. So be it, willowed away.

Pretty sure I've told this before...

Decades ago, a friend from deepest, darkest Arkansas was living in Santa Fe, NM. He was delighted one day to discover a restaurant with Chicken Fried Steak on the menu. He enthusiastically ordered it, in anticipation of the dish his country gramma would make, done right smothered in white gravy.

Imagine his distress and disappointment when it arrived, served Santa Fe style, smothered in... chili verde! I couldn't help laughing.

His country gramma brewed some mighty fine extra-strength beer!

Posted by: mindful webworker - home-brewed, maan! Illustrated at February 04, 2024 07:31 PM (aDA7y)

251 Darn.. nic link corrected

Posted by: mindful webworker - home-brewed, maan! Illustrated at February 04, 2024 07:40 PM (P/Y1w)

252 I've done the savory pancake, and love it, but another good use is crackers - I use this recipe - very tailorable,
great with cheese and a martini...

http://tinyurl.com/48a7uvcz

Posted by: MD_Mike at February 04, 2024 07:03 PM (BouEL)

What a great idea!

Thanks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2024 09:36 PM (gSZYf)

253 Had a chicken fried pork steak at a brewpub recently while having lunch with a couple of friends. They called it schnitzel so they could charge $24. With mushroom sauce. The pork was overcooked but the sauce was good.
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 04, 2024 04:25

I almost mentioned schnitzel when I posted about Jules making CFS. They are similar, breaded pounded meat that's fried. Not sure of the technical differences between the 2, just know I love both of them. Every so often.

Posted by: Farmer at February 04, 2024 11:43 PM (55Qr6)

254 There was a diner around here that had chicken fried steak. They also had chicken fried pork medallions that were out of this world. They used 'em for something they called "Farmhouse Benedict" -- biscuit, fried egg, chicken-fried pork medallions, with a slice of ham. Wow that was good.

I can't understand people that will pay good money for "fried chicken and waffles" and turn up their nose at a good chicken-fried steak. If I ever eat breakfast out, that's what I want (with nice gravy too, not the gravy from the biscuits and gravy, but special white gravy!)

Posted by: Joe at February 05, 2024 12:05 AM (EKLAy)

255 Could you finish the chicken tenders in the air fryer to make them crispy? Just a thought…

Posted by: Nan in cool AZ at February 05, 2024 12:11 AM (cLXPY)

256 If you're constipated, have a few Genny Cream Ales, aka the green death, aka Genny wine. You won't be constipated the next morning.
See, it's almost medicinal.

Posted by: Jerry at February 06, 2024 02:38 PM (C6UTz)

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