Food Thread: Chocolate? Chocolate!

[Courtesy of Dru]

There's nothing quite like a box of excellent chocolates. Dark chocolate of course, because milk chocolate is for children, and I will fight you on this, so just step outside for a bit while I tell the rest of you that white chocolate is not real, has never been real, and should be banished forever.

And keep that execrable ersatz food called marzipan out of my chocolate! Who are you people who eat that crap? Sand, almond paste, and a bit of Elmer's Glue does not a confection make!

The highest and best use of dark chocolate is as a wrapping for caramel. And good caramel too! Firm, not too sweet, a bit toasty, and with a hint of vanilla.

Don't worry, I understand that there are other delicious dark chocolate concoctions, but I could happily eat a good dark chocolate caramel every day for the rest of my life and not miss anything else. Truffles and crunchy stuff are good though, so if a box of chocolates comes my way that has some of that stuff, I will smile and eat them.

So...what kind of chocolate floats your boats?

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Food distribution in big cities has always been problematic, because a relatively low-revenue activity runs smack into the reality that city real estate is immensely valuable. So a 900 year run is pretty damned impressive! Sadly and predictably, the city of London is well on its way to screwing this up totally and completely. They spent a huge amount of money on the relocation, then abruptly cancelled it because...government!

The End of an Era: London's Smithfield Market to Close After Almost 900 Years

But rest assured, the building, which is imposing and impressive, will be turned into a "mixed use cultural environment," which in English means it will be a black hole of government spending and will fail in its intended purpose.

The neighborhood (Farringdon) is eclectic and fun and has managed to accommodate the market for a few years. Why they are pushing the market out is beyond me, other than of course the attendant graft and grift.

Pathetic.

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I had some crappy pizza yesterday. Suburban pizza joints can be good, but this one clearly didn't get enough competition to stay on top of whatever game they have. And rumor has it that they are not the worst in the area!

Crap dough that tasted too much of corn meal. Commodity cheese, sweet sauce, and the pepperoni was mediocre. Hell, I only had two slices, so that should tell you how bad it was!

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A lurker who prefers not to be identified asked me my thoughts about pozole, and this is what I said:

I have many thoughts on Pozole. All of them are good. It's a simple dish, and with quality ingredients you can't go wrong. I have made it several times, and while I prefer pork, there are good versions with chicken. I also have had excellent ones with both chile and tomatillo bases, so....
A very big deal is made of the garnishes, but I think that attention is misplaced. A few fresh ones is all it needs.

He mentioned that he roasts the hominy along with the peppers and tomatillos, and I am embarrassed that I never thought of that! What a good idea!

Anyway, Pozole is delicious, it's simple and it is worth seeking out a good recipe.

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I love Chicken Piccata, but for some stupid reason I don't make it at home, I guess because it is too easy. The video is Chef John, but the recipe is good and his voice isn't quite as irritating as usual, probably because this is an old video and he hadn't come into his current lilting weirdness.

I would add minced shallots, but that's just me.

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Ever make one? I have eaten a fair number of them, and they are usually pretty tasty, although I think the more important thing is the quality of the decorations. I have seen some wild ones!

Yule Log (Classic Bûche de Noël)

But when I think of the Christmas season I don't really think about desserts. It's seems to be focused more on special and complex main courses, but I am sure I am just missing out on some fun desserts that may be regional, or in the case of the Yule Log, from Frogland.

Anyone make any specialities.

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What the hell happened to all the vegetables? And send me garlic that isn't grown in heavy metals and human waste in China, well-marbled hanger steaks and elk chops to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

~~Who are those poor deluded souls~~ We know who shake their Manhattans! These are the same people who drink fine bourbon with coke, and probably shake red wine with ice too.

$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.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty of fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

Comments

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

2 Gotta sous vide that shit

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at December 15, 2024 04:01 PM (sJHOI)

3 Gotta sous vide that shit
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

Chocolate? Really?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 15, 2024 04:03 PM (VNX3d)

4 Pork chops, mashes and gravy soon.
And my grandmother taught me how to make gravy

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 04:04 PM (fwDg9)

5 But rest assured, the building, which is imposing and impressive, will be turned into a "mixed use cultural environment," which in English means it will be a black hole of government spending and will fail in its intended purpose.

The neighborhood (Farringdon) is eclectic and fun and has managed to accommodate the market for a few years. Why they are pushing the market out is beyond me, other than of course the attendant graft and grift.

Does this mean London will now become a food dessert? Nothing seems to excite big government types more than that bit of melodramatic, hysterical nonsense.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:04 PM (xCA6C)

6 The best filling for dark chocolate is nuts, not caramel. Don't be a douche

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at December 15, 2024 04:04 PM (sJHOI)

7 Chocolate peanut butter is ambrosia

Posted by: Accomack at December 15, 2024 04:04 PM (w9ItN)

8 Fave chocolate is dark with orange.. those ball-shaped ones that you smack on the countertop & they break into sections.

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2024 04:04 PM (YoCnN)

9 And keep that execrable ersatz food called marzipan out of my chocolate! Who are you people who eat that crap?

*raises hand in defiance*

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:05 PM (SfhV1)

10 Life is like a box of chocolates...

Posted by: Forrest Gump at December 15, 2024 04:05 PM (PiwSw)

11 I don't care much for chocolate. I do like white chocolate.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:05 PM (SfhV1)

12 See's Mayfair truffle is my Kryptonite

Posted by: San Franpsycho i at December 15, 2024 04:05 PM (RIvkX)

13 Not a fan of marzipan, either.

More for you!

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2024 04:06 PM (YoCnN)

14 When my Mg is low, only the darkest will do. I know I've had enough when it starts tasting like mud. I love chocolate Olathe with orange in it, nice and dark, please.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:06 PM (SSBCb)

15 Looking at some baked brie recipes for next week. The one I'm leaning towards has dried cranberries, pecans, honey and a drizzle of Bourbon on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2024 04:07 PM (Q4IgG)

16 We're having lots of folks over for Xmas dinner, and that means I'll have to make 2 tenderloins this year. I'm so glad I've learned how to trim and dress a tenderloin, since that will drop the price per pound from extortionate to merely obscene.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:07 PM (xCA6C)

17 Quality chocolate - either milk or dark - over hazelnuts, peanuts, or pecans. Turtles are a weakness of mine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 15, 2024 04:08 PM (VNX3d)

18 And keep that execrable ersatz food called marzipan out of my chocolate! Who are you people who eat that crap?

Marzipan is the Kaboom of confections.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:08 PM (xCA6C)

19 Good pizza place close to home. Their pizza is best reheated, or ordered by the slice with added toppings to crispen up the crust.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:08 PM (SSBCb)

20
But rest assured, the building, which is imposing and impressive, will be turned into a "mixed use cultural environment," which in English means it will be a black hole of government spending and will fail in its intended purpose.

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Les Halles in Paris closed in 1973 to be replaced by a commercial and shopping center so hideous that it was demolished in 2010.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:09 PM (dxSpM)

21 We used to go down to Wickstrom's, the Swedish bakery in Chicago and buy marzipan torte for Christmas Eve dinner. I'm not sure if they are still there. Andersonville went kind of Asian.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:09 PM (SfhV1)

22 Ah, pozole, menudo. Now you're talking my kind of food. Corn tortillas with it, please.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:09 PM (SSBCb)

23
I don't care much for chocolate. I do like white chocolate.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:05 PM (SfhV1)

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*fearfully holds out crucifix at arms length*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:10 PM (dxSpM)

24 Yay! Food!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2024 04:10 PM (Wnv9h)

25 that pic is an assortment of see’s candies, truffles.

Posted by: cherries are the best at December 15, 2024 04:10 PM (46vi2)

26 I don't care much for chocolate. I do like white chocolate.

aka a blend of Crisco and sugar.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:10 PM (xCA6C)

27 1. Hershey's
2. See's
3. Ghirardelli's

Posted by: San Franpsycho i at December 15, 2024 04:10 PM (RIvkX)

28 8 Fave chocolate is dark with orange.. those ball-shaped ones that you smack on the countertop & they break into sections.
Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2024 04:04 PM (YoCnN)

***fistbump***

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:11 PM (SSBCb)

29
Carob! That's the ticket!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:11 PM (dxSpM)

30 Does anybody have a good posole recipe to share?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at December 15, 2024 04:11 PM (sJHOI)

31 I’m not a chocoholic, by any stretch of the imagination. But when the urge hits, I prefer dark chocolate. The other day I got a Ghirardelli sea salt and almond. I gave most of it away out of fear I’d demolish it.
Sometimes I’ll head to Sprouts, they’ve got a pretty good bougie chocolate aisle, and their prices are easier on the wallet.

Posted by: kallisto at December 15, 2024 04:11 PM (8JjaE)

32 I made a pan of box brownies last night to scratch my chocolate itch.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 15, 2024 04:11 PM (aD39U)

33 See's Candy is the epitome of top quality chocolates. It was a California-only brand for years but since Buffet's Berkshire-Hathaway bought it they're expanding geographically.

I even ran across a See's Candy outlet in Macao a few years ago.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:12 PM (muwun)

34 Looking at some baked brie recipes for next week. The one I'm leaning towards has dried cranberries, pecans, honey and a drizzle of Bourbon on it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2024 04:07 PM

I've made a baked brie using Chef John's bacon onion jam as a filling. It disappeared very quickly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2024 04:12 PM (Wnv9h)

35
Dark chocolate nonpareils FTW.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:13 PM (dxSpM)

36 White chocolate is not chocolate.

I don't know what it is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho i at December 15, 2024 04:14 PM (RIvkX)

37 29
Carob! That's the ticket!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:11 PM (dxSpM)

Yeah. To the...
https://youtu.be/8lD5bfqzr6E

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:14 PM (SSBCb)

38 I've mentioned this before, but there's a place in Occoquan, a few miles from my house, that makes chocolate like nothing I've ever had before. It's just...sublime. It costs like it tastes, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:14 PM (xCA6C)

39 My mom got me See's chocolates for Christmas a few times. They were great and not overly artsy-fartsy. Any of the ones with nuts were top notch.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (sJHOI)

40 Yet another reason to visit Switzerland.

Chocolate. Insert Homer Simpson sounds here.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (LkLld)

41 Whenever we go to IKEA, Rev buys their little marzipan candies. He's addicted.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (SfhV1)

42 White chocolate is not chocolate.

I don't know what it is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho i at December 15, 2024 04:14 PM (RIvkX)

I'm still trying to figure out fat-free ice cream.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (muwun)

43 Today is day 3 of my rib roast and farm box...

Had the tallow fat layer and the ribs, so we're having beef and leek/veg soup. I used up my Thanksgiving champagne to deglaze the leaks and onions (which cooked in the chopped tallow) and added poblano, creminis, and some carrot, with salt, pepper, garlic and the 2nd to last amount of Thanksgiving thyme. I had made bone broth with the ribs, so added that and cut the meat off the ribs and added that, too. A fresh sourdough loaf is for dipping and raspberries/blackberries/clementines (the Aldi sale trip) are the fruit.

Dessert for us and youth group is Christmas cookies - vanilla spritz cookies and dark chocolate hot cocoa cookies.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (exHjb)

44 36 White chocolate is not chocolate.

I don't know what it is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho i at December 15, 2024 04:14 PM (RIvkX)

Raciiiiist!

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (SSBCb)

45 Grammie, I love marzipan too. And white chocolate. And all chocolate.

And I've made Yule log cakes before, both the traditional bûche de Noël like the one above, complete with meringue mushrooms, and a less fancy but still delicious simple rolled chocolate log with whipped cream filling and chocolate mocha icing. I actually like that one better.

And Jim, I'm happy to hear that you will likely be sprung on Tuesday! I'll be praying for continued improvement. You've had a rough go of it.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (79pEw)

46 We have some dark chocolate covered caramels... with sea salt.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2024 04:16 PM (Q4IgG)

47 I'm still trying to figure out fat-free ice cream.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (muwun)
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It's a lie.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:16 PM (79pEw)

48 And Jim, I'm happy to hear that you will likely be sprung on Tuesday! I'll be praying for continued improvement. You've had a rough go of it.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (79pEw)

Amen to that!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:16 PM (SfhV1)

49 See's Candy is an excellent company in all respects. High quality chocolate

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:16 PM (d9fT1)

50 Mark Steyn had a great tale about having to smuggle a Buche Noel from Quebec to New Hampshire. It was eight or ten years ago IIRC. I'll try to use my weak interweb search-fu capabilities to find it and post it later if successful.
I can't remember if he actually made it over the border or if he ended up bringing the bakers to make one.
Any help from the Horde would be appreciated.

Posted by: Fritzy at December 15, 2024 04:16 PM (LM1wn)

51 Wife bought me a custom box of Sees. Scotchmallows and Key lime truffles. I only eat a half of one at a time.

I also own Berkshire stock

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 15, 2024 04:17 PM (WF/xn)

52 And favorite chocolate is the only one I can eat - dark chocolate. With sea salt, it's the best thing there is...

2nd place is cocoa powder for the same reason - yes, it's not chocolate, but it makes chocolate cake and chocolate cookies, so it counts...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 04:17 PM (exHjb)

53 We have some dark chocolate covered caramels... with sea salt.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2024 04:16 PM (Q4IgG)

"Sea salt" = "salt"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:17 PM (muwun)

54 The highest and best use of dark chocolate is as a wrapping for caramel.

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*shakes head in dismay

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 04:17 PM (QTCRF)

55 I had to perform emergency procedure on a veggie wrap the other day. Someone brought them in to work, which was thoughtful!
But there was no slice of cheese to form a barrier between the sauteed veggies and the wrap, so it got real soggy.
I took it home, unfolded the wrap, stuck it in 400 degree oven after scraping off the filling. When the wrap had dried I added back the veggies, also cooked chicken and shredded cheese. Some red pepper flakes.
Took it out, folded it in half, and it was finally edible.

Posted by: kallisto at December 15, 2024 04:18 PM (QTqWy)

56 The best use of chocolate is as a wrapping for moar chocolate ! Preferably dark !

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 04:18 PM (QTCRF)

57 The Key lime truffles are "white chocolate" but still delish

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (WF/xn)

58 I wouldn't eat more than one or two bad bites of bad pizza.

Life is way too short and I have had too much good pizza in my life to waste any calories on bad pizza.

I mostly eat my own pizza anyway because California pizza is foul.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (RIvkX)

59 42 White chocolate is not chocolate.

I don't know what it is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho i at December 15, 2024 04:14 PM (RIvkX)

I'm still trying to figure out fat-free ice cream.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:15 PM (muwun)

Leave the ~~gun~~ice, take the ~~canolli~~cream.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (SSBCb)

60 "Sea salt" = "salt"
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Yay, marketing!

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (YoCnN)

61 I am seeing Panettone everywhere I go. Panettone, panettone, panettone.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (QTCRF)

62 See's candy is the best. Only thing I miss about California. But for some years they sell it in kiosks at the malls around here at Christmas.

Luckily for me, my brother sends me a box every year so I don't have to go out and forage for it.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (79pEw)

63 In the Spring chocolate is also used as a rabbit-shaped wrapping for air.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:20 PM (muwun)

64 Have no idea what I'll be eating tonight. Just back from a brunch of 11 old college friends and spouses, all knowing each other for 50+ years. Always nice. A good reason for seasonal holidays.
Dinner will depend upon defrostability.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 15, 2024 04:20 PM (4780s)

65 I made a dark chocolate bark this week with a smashed bag of potato chips, a bag of pretzels, and a bag of peanuts (all single serve - chocolate fit a 9 by 13 in a very thin layer). Family called it chocolate crack b/c it was so good, they got addicted. If you put salt and dark chocolate together, it seriously is the best thing you can put in your mouth (if you're not eating foie gras for price/ethical/availability reasons)...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 04:21 PM (exHjb)

66
"Sea salt" = "salt"

__________

Don't come crying to me when you get a goiter.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:21 PM (dxSpM)

67 I have been baking all day and there's flour all over my kitchen and probably in my hair but it smells good in here.

I have to figure out something for dinner that doesn't involve sugar.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:21 PM (79pEw)

68 46 We have some dark chocolate covered caramels... with sea salt.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2024 04:16 PM (Q4IgG)

Too salty for me. I knock off the salt crystals. I know: blasphemy.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:22 PM (SSBCb)

69
Luckily for me, my brother sends me a box every year so I don't have to go out and forage for it.
Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (79pEw)

I grew up with them in So Cal. I know the flavors and sen them for gifts. My Gramma loved the nuts and chews. California brittle is good!

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 15, 2024 04:22 PM (WF/xn)

70 tonight, I am making Ina Garten's chicken thighs in mustard creme fraiche sauce. It's quick, it's easy, and my wife loves it. Comfort food.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2024 04:22 PM (0tWCF)

71
So, something good comes out of California?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:23 PM (dxSpM)

72 I grew up with them in So Cal. I know the flavors and sen them for gifts. My Gramma loved the nuts and chews. California brittle is good!
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 15, 2024 04:22 PM (WF/xn)
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My mom likes the nuts and chews. My favorite is buttercream. Ooh la la.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:23 PM (79pEw)

73 I've been making my own stock and demi-glace for awhile now, and am finally close to fully equipped for the process. My new acquisition is a Chinois, which is basically a deep, conical strainer for separating the liquid from the vegetables and bones after prolonged simmering. I love buying silly, exotic kitchen tools.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:23 PM (xCA6C)

74 I mostly eat my own pizza anyway because California pizza is foul.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (RIvkX)

I liked Zachary's Chicago style pizza in Berkeley. But that isn't really pizza.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:23 PM (d9fT1)

75
Stollen vs Panettone

Who wins?

Stollen in my book. I've yet to eat a yummy panettone. Whereas every stollen I've eaten has been yummy.

Be better, Italians. Be better.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (iJfKG)

76 I've never had or made a Yule Log cake, but there was a photo of one in mom's Betty Crocker cookbook that always fascinated me.

One with dark chocolate frosting and a peanut buttery interior would not be amiss...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (kpS4V)

77 Around here, we had Fanny May chocolates. My uncle worked for Fanny Mae, so I always thought he worked in a candy factory.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (SfhV1)

78 Sometimes Hadrian. It's also shorts weather today

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (WF/xn)

79
Call me an unbeliever, but chocolate does not do much for me. I won't turn it down, but I won't go out of my way for it, either.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (xG4kz)

80 My new acquisition is a Chinois, which is basically a deep, conical strainer for separating the liquid from the vegetables and bones after prolonged simmering.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:23 PM (xCA6C)

That is a great tool. And that's what I use mine for!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (d9fT1)

81 60 "Sea salt" = "salt"
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Yay, marketing!
Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2024 04:19 PM (YoCnN)

But it said 250 million-year-old Himalayan salt!

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (SSBCb)

82 75
Stollen vs Panettone

Who wins?

Stollen in my book. I've yet to eat a yummy panettone. Whereas every stollen I've eaten has been yummy.

Be better, Italians. Be better.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (iJfKG)

Stollen by a mile.
This is one food I miss not being able to eat.
Yes, I could probably adapt it for me, but something would always be missing, and it's a ton of work to make what won't measure up...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 04:25 PM (exHjb)

83 Marzipan as a filling in cakes and ribbon cookies can be wonderful. Love chocolate covered cherries and candied orange peel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2024 04:25 PM (RIvkX)

84 Around here, we had Fanny May chocolates. My uncle worked for Fanny Mae, so I always thought he worked in a candy factory.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (SfhV1)

It's overrated.

Posted by: Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz at December 15, 2024 04:25 PM (muwun)

85 I've yet to eat a yummy panettone.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (iJfKG)

Maybe I am unlucky, but every one I have tried seems just a bit stale.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:25 PM (d9fT1)

86 A few things agains stollen - powdered sugar, and density.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 04:26 PM (QTCRF)

87 White chocolate is a abomination, you can have it

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 04:26 PM (fwDg9)

88 Jak Sucio makes an exceptional pozole.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2024 04:26 PM (LN7gX)

89 Psycho, I make ribbon cookies with almond paste and they are scrumptious. I also make a pound cake at Easter that has almond paste in it. With limoncello sprinkled on top.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:26 PM (79pEw)

90 It's overrated.

Posted by: Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz at December 15, 2024 04:25 PM (muwun)

LOL

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:27 PM (SfhV1)

91 Maybe it's where you people live. Check the date and make sure you buy it at the beginning of the season!

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 04:27 PM (QTCRF)

92 Dark chocolate of course, because milk chocolate is for children

Puts down Hershey bar, sulks.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 15, 2024 04:27 PM (/HDaX)

93 79
Call me an unbeliever, but chocolate does not do much for me. I won't turn it down, but I won't go out of my way for it, either.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (xG4kz)

Best chocolate needs a foil...
Salt
Peanut (in some form)
Cherry
Strawberry
Raspberry
Vanilla
Cookie butter (this has been a revelation)
(Tree Nuts if I could eat them)
(Alcohols...again, I can't have some of my favorites anymore)...

You don't tend to want chocolate on chocolate, unless you are mixing chocolates...and even then, a foil...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 04:27 PM (exHjb)

94 I liked Zachary's Chicago style pizza in Berkeley. But that isn't really pizza.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:23 PM (d9fT1)
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It's not really California pizza either. There was a decent NY style place on Clement St but the pandemic killed it. There's also a New Haven style joint in Sonoma I like. Thin, wood-fired, semolina crust.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2024 04:28 PM (RIvkX)

95 I may tell Pixy to auto-ban everyone who expresses anything positive about marzipan.

We don't want your kind around here!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:28 PM (d9fT1)

96 Woot! Grading is done!

I suppose I should celebrate with chocolate...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2024 04:28 PM (BpYfr)

97 Bah humbug, Dildo.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:28 PM (79pEw)

98 So I've had a request by one of the kiddos to have duck for Christmas dinner.

I've rarely cooked duck so if you have a good recipe, then....Give! As Moe of the Three Stooges would say.

As of right now, I've decided duck breasts are the way to go and found an Ina Garten recipe for Duck Breasts with A Cherry and Port Sauce that looks good.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2024 04:29 PM (iJfKG)

99 95 I may tell Pixy to auto-ban everyone who expresses anything positive about marzipan.

We don't want your kind around here!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:28 PM (d9fT1)

Not even with maple syrup on it?

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:29 PM (SSBCb)

100 We don't want your kind around here!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:28 PM (d9fT1)

*hangs on tight to the leather strap*

You can't kick me off this bus!!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:29 PM (SfhV1)

101 Panettone has one use (besides doorstop) -- it makes good French toast.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 15, 2024 04:29 PM (kpS4V)

102 Psycho, I make ribbon cookies with almond paste and they are scrumptious. I also make a pound cake at Easter that has almond paste in it. With limoncello sprinkled on top.
Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:26 PM (79pEw)
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Sounds awesome!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2024 04:30 PM (RIvkX)

103
My elementary school class took a field trip to the Hershey factory. Large vats of molten chocolate being mechanically stirred. They don't show tourists that any more. A good memory.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:30 PM (dxSpM)

104 What's next ?! Bannination over halva ??

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 04:30 PM (QTCRF)

105 Puts down Hershey bar, sulks.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 15, 2024 04:27 PM (/HDaX)

They make dark chocolate that is surprisingly good.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:30 PM (d9fT1)

106 Easier than I thought: Bootleg Buche for Christmas, The Mark Steyn Show Dec. 24, 2016. SteynOnline.com.

Posted by: Fritzy at December 15, 2024 04:30 PM (LM1wn)

107 What a coinkydink! Food thread, and I am eating food. Nomming on grape tomatoes while waiting on my ramen bowl to nuke in the microwave. Garnished with a broken-up slice of SteakUms processed something-or-other.

Got the dead limbs of the palo verde tree lopped off and cut up, and the small bits are in the wheelie bin. Yard looks bigger, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (8zz6B)

108 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:30 PM (dxSpM)

I had a friend who worked at the Hershey factory for the summer.

He saw things that were rather unappetizing...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (d9fT1)

109
Semi-sweet. For real men.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (dxSpM)

110 Panettone needs to be served properly, toasted slightly with a slice of butter on top all melty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (RIvkX)

111 My elementary school class took a field trip to the Hershey factory. Large vats of molten chocolate being mechanically stirred. They don't show tourists that any more. A good memory.

I'll bet it smelled better than the tuna-packing plant that my third-grade class visited.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (muwun)

112 Semi-sweet. For real men.

Dark and bitter, like my soul.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:32 PM (xCA6C)

113 naturalfake, grilled duck breasts are great. I do a blackberry/ sage sauce.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2024 04:32 PM (LN7gX)

114 "...of molten chocolate being mechanically stirred. They don't show tourists that any more"
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Not since that fat German kid fell into the vat.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 15, 2024 04:32 PM (kpS4V)

115
I'll bet it smelled better than the tuna-packing plant that my third-grade class visited.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (muwun)

________

Was your teacher a Mr. Mengele?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:32 PM (dxSpM)

116 The Quality chocolate - either milk or dark - over hazelnuts, peanuts, or pecans. Turtles are a weakness of mine.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I also love chocolate over coconut. Yum

Posted by: Tuna at December 15, 2024 04:33 PM (oaGWv)

117 My elementary school class took a field trip to the Hershey factory. Large vats of molten chocolate being mechanically stirred. They don't show tourists that any more. A good memory.

Is the rumor true that when a worker falls into the vat they just mix longer?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:33 PM (muwun)

118 There's a Nestle factory a couple towns over. They have a ChocolateFest every summer. It's so sweet it'll make you sick.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:33 PM (SfhV1)

119 112 Semi-sweet. For real men.

Dark and bitter, like my soul.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:32 PM (xCA6C)

someone around here said they like their coffee and women like that.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:33 PM (SSBCb)

120 I'd like to test that theory, grammie.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:33 PM (79pEw)

121 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:30 PM (dxSpM)

I had a friend who worked at the Hershey factory for the summer.

He saw things that were rather unappetizing...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (d9fT1)
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I suspect watching chocolate being made is a lot like watching sausage being made.

The end product is delicious, but we really don't want to know the details...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2024 04:34 PM (BpYfr)

122 Trader Joes had dried mango dipped in chili & dark chocolate at one time.

Posted by: DaveA at December 15, 2024 04:34 PM (FhXTo)

123 I'd like to test that theory, grammie.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:33 PM (79pEw)

Seriously, I only went once and I had to leave.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:34 PM (SfhV1)

124 Was your teacher a Mr. Mengele?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:32 PM (dxSpM)

The theme of the week was "Your Future In Tuna."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:34 PM (muwun)

125 I may tell Pixy to auto-ban everyone who expresses anything positive about marzipan.
We don't want your kind around here!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:28 PM (d9fT1)

Marzipan is just Halva made from almonds

Posted by: Kindltot at December 15, 2024 04:34 PM (D7oie)

126 They make dark chocolate that is surprisingly good.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:30 PM (d9fT1)

Yeah, but the bar I put down was Halloween candy.

Pouts.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 15, 2024 04:35 PM (/HDaX)

127 Dark and bitter, like my soul.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:32 PM (xCA6C)

someone around here said they like their coffee and women like that.

Chocolate and coffee, yes, my wife, not so much.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:35 PM (xCA6C)

128
Is the rumor true that when a worker falls into the vat they just mix longer?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:33 PM (muwun)

_________

If memory serves, there actually was an incident like that a few years ago. The guy was rescued. "Just one more minute!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:35 PM (dxSpM)

129 116 The Quality chocolate - either milk or dark - over hazelnuts, peanuts, or pecans. Turtles are a weakness of mine.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I also love chocolate over coconut. Yum
Posted by: Tuna at December 15, 2024 04:33 PM (oaGWv)

My turtles would bite me if I tried dipping them in chocolate...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:35 PM (SSBCb)

130 Ben Had

That sounds good!

What's your recipe?

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2024 04:35 PM (iJfKG)

131 Psycho, I make ribbon cookies with almond paste and they are scrumptious. I also make a pound cake at Easter that has almond paste in it. With limoncello sprinkled on top.
Posted by: bluebell

Anything with almond paste is good.

Posted by: Tuna at December 15, 2024 04:36 PM (oaGWv)

132 Bah humbug, Dildo.
Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:28 PM

I'll take Statistically Improbable Phrases for $1,000, Alex.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2024 04:37 PM (Wnv9h)

133 Daughter used to work for a SF area company, go out there every few months. Would get me Seeds chocolates.
I miss her having that job.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 15, 2024 04:37 PM (4780s)

134 Except for baking, we've pretty much switched to Kerry Gold butter. The hormone-free, grass fed cows make some really superior butter. And the butter fat content is higher than most American butters like Land O' Lakes. It's more expensive but worth it.

Just discovered they also make cheese. We tried their Dubliner cheese. It is delicious. The texture is firm but not crumbly, sort of like gouda or edam. The taste is creamy with a subtle sweetness. Goes great with fresh fruit. This will probably become one of our main go-to cheeses from now on.

Also got a package of their aged cheddar but haven't tried it yet.

Anyone familiar with Kerry Gold cheese?

Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 04:39 PM (yTvNw)

135 The Chicken Piccata looks good but I prefer Italian Breaded Chicken Cutlets. Lighter and easier to make.

Here's a good recipe. https://tinyurl.com/Italian-Chicken-Cutlets

Posted by: jix at December 15, 2024 04:41 PM (VghtP)

136 Sanders Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels from Costco. There is probably a 12-step program and I should probably seek it out.

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2024 04:41 PM (14URa)

137 I love dark chocolate and Yes! caramel. I keep a supply for after dinner. A square or too will keep me fro eating something with too many calories, like ice cream. But t has to be 72%. Anything less is somewhat disappointing and anything more is bitter and gritty.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 04:41 PM (t/2Uw)

138 My kid's school volunteered us to make a yule log for her class. I forgot how long you have to beat egg whites to get to stiff peaks. I used an electric hand mixer but my arms were still tired. I didn't get to taste any of it because I'm low carb DIE it ing. But the end result looked nice.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 15, 2024 04:42 PM (Y6IkP)

139 Chicken Posole?! Where the hell are you, California? No, it has to be pork. My mom's New Mexico traditional posole had pork knuckles, but a good, fatty BONE-IN Pork butt works too. Basic recipe for NM Posole from the Best of NM Kitchens (Pesole Ortiz): 2 cups of hominy, frozen 1 Quart of water, 1 pound of pork shoulder roast or chops*, 1/8 teaspoon oregano, 1 tsp whole black peppercorns, 1/3 cup chopped onion, 4 dried RED chile peppers, crushed, salt to taste. *We (OK, my wife) use a whole, bone in pork butt and simmer it all day. Drain and use the stock for the posole, Take out the bones, of course. This will of course, give you more than one quart of water - scale up as needed.

Posted by: JML at December 15, 2024 04:42 PM (OZvOK)

140 Chocolate and coffee, yes, my wife, not so much.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2024 04:35 PM (xCA6C)

That was my spouse's birthday cake - chocolate espresso (my daughter used a TON of espresso with a soak) - it was amazing...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 04:42 PM (exHjb)

141 Rebecca Ruth bourbon balls, from Frankfort KY. They have a Maker's Mark version that is wonderful. Used to be, if you visited the actual place, you could buy a bag of seconds.

Posted by: skywch at December 15, 2024 04:42 PM (uqhmb)

142 I’m not a big fan of chocolate. But when I do, I like chocolate like I like my women: dark.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 15, 2024 04:42 PM (JF5jB)

143 The Peppermint Bark from Costco always ruins my diet. Well, a lot of things do that, but that and egg nog puts me way over the top.

Posted by: JML at December 15, 2024 04:43 PM (OZvOK)

144 If memory serves, there actually was an incident like that a few years ago. The guy was rescued. "Just one more minute!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 04:35 PM (dxSpM)

Did Paddy at least die quickly?

Sadly, I'd say not, Mrs. O'Leary. he crawled three times out of the distillery vat to take a leak.

Posted by: just the punchline at December 15, 2024 04:43 PM (8zz6B)

145 I've eaten catfish all my life, but I'm prepping smoked catfish for the first time.
Marinating now.
Ask me next week.
Ken Beam's recipe. Kinda fun the first coupla episodes, but he grates on me after that.

Posted by: MkY at December 15, 2024 04:44 PM (cPGH3)

146 And keep that execrable ersatz food called marzipan out of my chocolate!

Just don't dis stollen, else bluebell is going to take umbrage, for reasons that were documented on the Food Thread a few years ago.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 15, 2024 04:44 PM (a3Q+t)

147 I got two cookbooks from the library that are diametrically opposed to each other: "A Man, A Can, A Plan" , with easy recipes that use canned foods and usually a meat, grain, or vegetable to round it out; and "I Love You: Recipes From the Heart" by Pamela Anderson, which features down home hippie vegetarian dishes. It's a beautiful book and the dishes look very appealing.

I need to use up the canned goods from my apocalypse cache. I've been expecting things to go sideways since about the 2012 CME threat and frankly I'm at the fukkit stage. Bring it, SMOD/Yellowstone Caldera/grey goo/aliens!!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 15, 2024 04:44 PM (kpS4V)

148 I sent myself the largest box of assorted premium chocolate from a local chocolatier I could get, to be here sometime next week. I did it last year, too.

My late father had a business which utilized very large expensive machinery. All the equipment salesmen sent copious Christmas gifts of chocolates and fruit, meats, nuts and candies. As a little kid, it was magical to have that laying around through the holidays.

So last year I sent myself a box of chocolates and those memories came flooding back. It was an unexpected delight to have those memories come flooding back. So I did it again. So what if it's twenty ten ka-thousand calories.

Life's short. Eat chocolate.

Posted by: Derak at December 15, 2024 04:45 PM (pF/n4)

149 Every year at Christmas, my son's mother in law send a box of home made chocolates. They are perfectly gorgeous and looklike they came from a gourmet choclatier.(is that a word?). last heay she sent chocolate covered mini pretzels. Not being a fan of pretzels, I was wary. They were fantastic. Dark chocolate goodness with a slightly salty cookie inside. They were wonderful. I hopethere is another bag in my future.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 04:45 PM (t/2Uw)

150 Dunc, I've thought about trying to make a stollen myself, but I'd just eat it.

Posted by: bluebell at December 15, 2024 04:45 PM (79pEw)

151 I'm completely off pizza the last few years. Every time I've tried since moving to the heartland, they're absolute heart-breaking crap. Back in Venice there was one very twee place that was awesome. Even as a committed carnivore, my faves were the five onion and the cheese bomb and I would pretty much kill to have either or both again, they were just that good.

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2024 04:46 PM (14URa)

152 How do you roast hominy?

Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2024 04:46 PM (DKIGo)

153 My niece was selling Girl Scout candies (yes, this is a new thing in addition to the cookies, the greed of GSA never ends). I bought a few boxes of Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels. With the Kung Fu Grip, of course. I had low expectations. But they are quite good. Recommended.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 15, 2024 04:46 PM (JF5jB)

154 Chocolate?
Bourbon Chocolate Pie
Find the one with the most bourbon.
Thank me later.

Posted by: MkY at December 15, 2024 04:46 PM (cPGH3)

155 136 Sanders Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels from Costco. There is probably a 12-step program and I should probably seek it out.
Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2024 04:41 PM (14URa)
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*fist bump*

Got a jar of same on the kitchen table "for Mom".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 15, 2024 04:47 PM (kpS4V)

156 33 See's Candy is the epitome of top quality chocolates. It was a California-only brand for years but since Buffet's Berkshire-Hathaway bought it they're expanding geographically.

I even ran across a See's Candy outlet in Macao a few years ago.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:12 PM (muwun)

If you're all right with ordering online, See's has a website that will ship directly to you.

Posted by: jix at December 15, 2024 04:48 PM (VghtP)

157 I make a real easy toffee using crushed pecans and melted semi sweet chips.
Easy and relatively quick fix for a sweet candy jones. Top with some kosher salt.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 15, 2024 04:49 PM (4780s)

158 Got a jar of same on the kitchen table "for Mom".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 15, 2024 04:47 PM (kpS4V)

I'm literally going through a jar a week for ages now. And I have a huge mountain of the empty jars in my garage because they're perfect for emptying the porch ashtray into to keep the ciggy stank out of my garage. Good thing I'm past being embarrassed about much!

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2024 04:49 PM (14URa)

159 I love chocolate covered jelly sticks especially the orange.

Posted by: Tuna at December 15, 2024 04:49 PM (oaGWv)

160 I used to make Yule logs as a side hustle in grad school- light chocolate mousse, vanilla sponge, ganache bark and meringue mushrooms. It was a tidy business, that makes me wish I'd gone to patisserie school!

Posted by: Moki at December 15, 2024 04:51 PM (wLjpr)

161 Hello! I am going to send the pictures of my Buche de Noel to TRex’s baking hobby thread. I make them every year from my French grandmother’s recipe, handed to me from my mom. It is written in French so I panic every year I can figure it out. 😂

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 04:52 PM (pZEOD)

162 i made babaganoush today for the first time. Finally found tahini in a container that allows mixing without making a mess. it's a pretty simple recipe but a bit time consuming and although the end product is absolutely delicious, there wasn't very much when all was said and done. Maybe a cup? And I used a single large eggplant.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 04:52 PM (t/2Uw)

163 154 Chocolate?
Bourbon Chocolate Pie
Find the one with the most bourbon.
Thank me later.
Posted by: MkY at December 15, 2024 04:46 PM (cPGH3)

Wife made Jack Daniel's Pecan pie. Was pretty good, but a bit heavy on the Jack. Wife thought it needed more...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:52 PM (SSBCb)

164 159 I love chocolate covered jelly sticks especially the orange.
Posted by: Tuna at December 15, 2024 04:49 PM (oaGWv)

Various chocolate and orange combos I just love. Had chocolate orange bark that was amazing.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:55 PM (SSBCb)

165 Also, chocolate- the darker the better.

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 04:55 PM (pZEOD)

166 There is a dark chocolate orange shaped like an orange and it breaks up into wedges that is pretty great.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

167 Some traditional pozole uses pork spine.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 04:58 PM (SSBCb)

168 Leftover posole for dinner. Flour tortillas. Our local candy company recently opened a new location. We got a 1# box of sea salt caramel, caramel, and butter toffee. Licorice mix.

Posted by: Oso loco at December 15, 2024 04:58 PM (ILafk)

169 All kinds of chocolate is good chocolate. But I do especially enjoy a good chocolate fudge. I recently made some marshmallow fudge from my mom’s high school home ec (or whatever they called it then) notebook. My mom threw away everything but she kept this notebook.

1-2/3 cup sugar; ½ tsp salt; 2/3 cup evaporated milk; 1-½ cups mini marshmallows; 1-½ cups chocolate chips; 1-½ cups nuts.

Heat sugar, salt, and milk over low heat to boil. Boil five minutes stirring constantly (it will get to about 236°-240°). Remove from heat, add marshmallows, chocolate, and nuts. Stir 1-2 minutes. Pour in a buttered dish.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 04:59 PM (EXyHK)

170 Enstrom Dark Chocolate Toffee. There is no substitute.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 04:59 PM (YHcuU)

171 Finally found tahini in a container that allows mixing without making a mess.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 04:52 PM (t/2Uw)

Yeah...that is irritating when the solids adhere to the molded bottom.

What kind did you use? Joyva tahini comes in a plain old can...makes it easy!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 04:59 PM (d9fT1)

172 Stephen @169, the Hershey's cocoa recipe fudge is my fave. My dad used to make it. I used to be able to, but afraid I'm losing my touch. I'm going to try to make it for our holiday gathering, along with pralines and peanut butter fudge.

Posted by: skywch at December 15, 2024 05:01 PM (uqhmb)

173 Costco has these almonds covered in coconut and chocolate. If you like Almond Joy, these are for you.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:01 PM (SSBCb)

174 Enstrom Dark Chocolate Toffee. There is no substitute.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 04:59 PM (YHcuU)

That is pretty fantastic stuff...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 05:02 PM (d9fT1)

175 Dark chocolate with raspberry filling is my favorite

Posted by: It's me donna at December 15, 2024 05:03 PM (VE6XX)

176 >>Dunc, I've thought about trying to make a stollen myself, but I'd just eat it.

My grandmother used to make it. She was a crazy good baker.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2024 05:03 PM (LkLld)

177 Hit candy jar in living room on way back from letting cat out.
Mix of cinnamon hot tamales and sweet tarts.
No chocolate involved.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 15, 2024 05:03 PM (4780s)

178 15.9 oz heavy plastic container says Haddar by Baracke.I was able to use a butter knife to mix it up, no muss , no fuss.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 05:03 PM (t/2Uw)

179 Aldi has really good chocolate. So does Trader Joe's.

I take a pain au chocolat from Aldi and fortify it with a half stick of a small flat chocolate bar from TJ because there's no such thing as too much chocolate. Warm it in the oven and consume it with coffee after giving thanks. Yum.

Posted by: Emmie at December 15, 2024 05:04 PM (Sf2cq)

180 I love any kind of soft cream fondant, covered with either milk or dark GOOD chocolate. Pangburns used to have a box of frappe creams, no longer available, that I hope I will get to have in heaven.

Posted by: skywch at December 15, 2024 05:05 PM (uqhmb)

181 Li-Lac Chocolatier, NYC. Made on-site, and divine.

Also, they have the wildest collection of chocolate molds anywhere (see their website).

Posted by: Beverly at December 15, 2024 05:05 PM (Epeb0)

182 Enstrom. I'll chase it down. I love toffee.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 15, 2024 05:06 PM (4780s)

183 top all melty
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (RIvkX)

We were always bugging mom to toast the pannetone she made so we could have it with butter. I’ll have to convince my aunt to make some, since mine doesn’t turn out so good.

Posted by: kallisto at December 15, 2024 05:07 PM (8JjaE)

184 Aldi has really good chocolate. So does Trader Joe's.

Trader Joe’s is the bane of my shopping trips, and it’s mainly the chocolate. But Aldi’s excels, sadly; when I visit my family in Michigan, I go for a walk every day across the city. It’s a very small city and there’s only really one route across it. I guess you could call it a shotgun city. At the end is an Aldi’s, and all that chocolate imported from Germany and thereabouts.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 05:07 PM (EXyHK)

185 "I think we stumbled upon a nudist colony."

"All midget nudists, too." - The other Hershey's Kiss

Posted by: mikeski at December 15, 2024 05:07 PM (DgGvY)

186 Yet another reason to visit Switzerland.

Chocolate. Insert Homer Simpson sounds here.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Yep. I'm down to the last three bars and a small box of Swiss chocolate. Been rationing it.

Posted by: scampydog at December 15, 2024 05:07 PM (41CYW)

187 Oh and CBD, it's made in Israel.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 05:08 PM (t/2Uw)

188 Chocolate: I've still got Halloween candy left over. I'll have to put it away for a while so I can eat Christmas sweets instead.

Posted by: mikeski at December 15, 2024 05:08 PM (DgGvY)

189 Mikeski, what is this "Halloween candy left over", I do not understand these words

Posted by: skywch at December 15, 2024 05:09 PM (uqhmb)

190
I've bought Her Majesty an air fryer recipe book for Christmas (in addition to the usual bling). She bought one and just loves it. I find it convenient for cooking my Italian sausages. Less messy than a pan.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 05:11 PM (dxSpM)

191 Btw that drone shit in NJ is no joke. I have friends who live there and they posted videos of the drones. It’s like something out of a sci-fi movie. It’s beyond insane — but typical — for the feds to deny anything is amiss. They can suck a bag of hairy balls.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 15, 2024 05:12 PM (JF5jB)

192 188 Chocolate: I've still got Halloween candy left over. I'll have to put it away for a while so I can eat Christmas sweets instead.
Posted by: mikeski at December 15, 2024 05:08 PM (DgGvY)

It's Christmas chocolate if you eat it near Christmas...

Why did Commander Data always confuse Halloween & Christmas?

Because Oct 31 = Dec 25...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:12 PM (SSBCb)

193 HOW MEN MAKE A SANDWICH
https://www.facebook.com/reel
/568389212186700

Posted by: Kathy at December 15, 2024 05:12 PM (qpw89)

194
It’s beyond insane — but typical — for the feds to deny anything is amiss. They can suck a bag of hairy balls.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 15, 2024 05:12 PM (JF5jB)

__________

Never believe a rumor until you hear the official denials.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 05:13 PM (dxSpM)

195 191 Btw that drone shit in NJ is no joke. I have friends who live there and they posted videos of the drones. It’s like something out of a sci-fi movie. It’s beyond insane — but typical — for the feds to deny anything is amiss. They can suck a bag of hairy balls.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 15, 2024 05:12 PM (JF5jB)

Someone figured out feds want to pass a bill taking more of our freedoms...so, it's probably us doing the flying (thus, why we've been told not to shoot them down)...

But that's not food...and my soup is...and it's dang good...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 05:13 PM (exHjb)

196 Caramel, with or without chocolate, seven layer magic bars, and Almond Roca. My mother used to give me a can of Almond Roca instead of a cake on my b-day.

Posted by: scampydog at December 15, 2024 05:13 PM (41CYW)

197 191 Btw that drone shit in NJ is no joke. I have friends who live there and they posted videos of the drones. It’s like something out of a sci-fi movie. It’s beyond insane — but typical — for the feds to deny anything is amiss. They can suck a bag of hairy balls.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 15, 2024 05:12 PM (JF5jB)

https://youtu.be/NuAKnbIr6TE

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:14 PM (SSBCb)

198 Hello! I am going to send the pictures of my Buche de Noel to TRex’s baking hobby thread. I make them every year from my French grandmother’s recipe, handed to me from my mom. It is written in French so I panic every year I can figure it out. 😂
Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 04:52 PM (pZEOD)

nice!

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 05:14 PM (QTCRF)

199 Anyone have a good recipe for roast beef and Yorkshire pudding ?

Posted by: Beverly at December 15, 2024 05:14 PM (Epeb0)

200
Anyone have a good recipe for roast beef and Yorkshire pudding ?
Posted by: Beverly at December 15, 2024 05:14 PM (Epeb0)

_________

*looks at English cookbook*

"Boil beef overnight..."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2024 05:15 PM (dxSpM)

201 That top photo looks like Sees. Was that question already answered? Anyway, I like all kinds of chocolate. Sees I grew up on and is excellent.

Of course all the Euro styles (Belgian, French, German, etc) are good, just in different ways.

Japanese chocolate is very good, basically it's similar to European styles, and there are several Japanese companies that are essentially European in their recipes and training. One funny thing in Japan is that Sees can be highly prized, and not just due to rarity (I think there's one store, in Tokyo). I think Sees has much more salt than typical Euro/Japanese chocolate, so it's got a different base flavor.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 05:16 PM (1m82a)

202 wait, this is the food thread , why do we have to wait for a Hobby thread for a dessert recipe ??? that is not fair.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 05:16 PM (QTCRF)

203 Eat something.

Posted by: Eromero at December 15, 2024 05:17 PM (LHPAg)

204 199 Anyone have a good recipe for roast beef and Yorkshire pudding ?
Posted by: Beverly at December 15, 2024 05:14 PM (Epeb0)

No.

But I have a tofu recipe that involves removing it from its packaging and throwing in the trash...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:17 PM (SSBCb)

205 Store bought panettone is not the same as homemade. It has a different texture, and the ones I’ve had seem to use a rum extract or some kind of flavoring. The ones my family make have more of a brioche texture and the flavoring they use is caraway seed or aniseed.
It must be a regional difference because the bif panettone factories are from the North.

Posted by: kallisto at December 15, 2024 05:17 PM (8JjaE)

206 When I was in the USSR for a time in my yute, one of the only good little luxuries was chocolate. Just a few varieties of course (and just bars, not elaborate confections or anything). We figured that along with all the industrial equipment and rocket engineers, the Soviets made off with some German chocolate-making know-how and gear after the war.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 05:18 PM (1m82a)

207 They can suck a bag of hairy balls.

Depends. What kind of chocolate is on them?
No marzipan in them, is there?

/food thread

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 15, 2024 05:18 PM (zdLoL)

208 Great timing for this post. I just, 5 minutes ago, ordered my Christmas gift for myself. I ordered candy from Oliver's Candy. I got some French Creams, and a box of dark chocolates, all soft centers. They may not arrive before Christmas, but that's okay.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 15, 2024 05:19 PM (0Htd1)

209 This is Tyler Florence’s Yorkshire Pudding. It’s pretty easy.

https://tinyurl.com/yke2smf2

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 05:20 PM (pRpzT)

210 Yorkshire pudding ?

Posted by: Beverly at December 15, 2024 05:14 PM (Epeb0)

1:1:1 eggs:milk:flour by volume.

Blend it in a blender, let it rest, then go to town with more beef tallow than you might think!

And a blazing hot oven!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 05:20 PM (d9fT1)

211 But I have a tofu recipe that involves removing it from its packaging and throwing in the trash...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:17 PM (SSBCb)

lol!!! How are you? Still want on the prayer list?

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2024 05:20 PM (14URa)

212 207 They can suck a bag of hairy balls.

Depends. What kind of chocolate is on them?
No marzipan in them, is there?

/food thread
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 15, 2024 05:18 PM (zdLoL)

::: Golf Clap :::

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:20 PM (SSBCb)

213 >>Yep. I'm down to the last three bars and a small box of Swiss chocolate. Been rationing it.

Christmas markets in Switzerland are the bomb. So much good food but the chocolate is other worldly.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2024 05:21 PM (LkLld)

214 Contribution to food thread: Pick up nice standing rib roast. Bring home, season well. Vacuum seal and freeze. Thaw day before Christmas. Cook roast Christmas Day, enjoy. (home made Horse Radish sauce will be served with the roast)

Sides are probably mashed potatoes and some sort of grilled veggie.

(I've already made my yearly potato tart..this year, I cooked the onions in bacon fat)

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 15, 2024 05:22 PM (tT6L1)

215 I had Yorkshire Pudding in Yorkshire!

It was pretty tasty. The Texan at our table thought it needed some chili on top. The savage.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 15, 2024 05:22 PM (kpS4V)

216 Cicero I didn't know Sees had expanded beyond CA - except those kiosks in western airports. They briefly had a store in Alaska a while back. And there were the seasonal stores that would open in vacant commercial space at malls around Thanksgiving, for one month, in the east - they still do that? State Dept. gift shop had a sign-up list, limited to 500 or something, to get Sees around the holidays.

Of course all these sort of outlets have only the pre-packed boxes, you can't pick your own.

AFAIK there are still only the two factories, one in LA and one in SF. The one in LA is on La Cienega. The one in SF is actually South San Francisco, just north the airport, not far from the national cemetery where you can see Nimitz's grave, among many other notables. Have dropped by both of them over the years when in the area.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 05:23 PM (1m82a)

217 I’m going to Wendy’s and getting a salad … and having read this diet busting thread, a chocolate Frosty.

Posted by: Adriane the Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 15, 2024 05:24 PM (1mz4r)

218 211 But I have a tofu recipe that involves removing it from its packaging and throwing in the trash...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:17 PM (SSBCb)

lol!!! How are you? Still want on the prayer list?
Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2024 05:20 PM (14URa)

I'm supposed to get out Tuesday, but we'll see. Have a long recovery ahead (6 mo before they try reconnecting me), and sleep apnea, despite the amazingly colorful dreams, is apparently an issue I can't ignore. Prayers are much appreciated.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:25 PM (SSBCb)

219 There is a See's Candy store in Salem Oregon down on Liberty downtown, and it looks to have been there since the 20's

Posted by: Kindltot at December 15, 2024 05:25 PM (D7oie)

220 I did have a great store bought panettone someone gifted us for Christmas. It was chocolate cream filled and I tell you what, it did not last long!
The packaging was very stylish. I hope I don’t get it this Christmas, it wasn’t great for the waistline.

Posted by: kallisto at December 15, 2024 05:26 PM (8JjaE)

221 Prayers are much appreciated.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:25 PM (SSBCb)

Ugh, still in the hospital? Will keep you on the list. xx

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2024 05:27 PM (14URa)

222 Time I visited the SF Sees factory while on a trip, there was a tanker truck pulled up in front. Talk about clean. You could eat off the fenders, the tank itself was like a mirror. The driver was hooking up a line to one of three pipes that protruded from the front of the building.

The pipe he connected to was labeled "Milk Chocolate".

So XXXXX gallons of milk chocolate were being pumped into the building. Industrial-level food production is amazing.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 05:27 PM (1m82a)

223 Prayers are much appreciated.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:25 PM (SSBCb)

Hang in there.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 15, 2024 05:27 PM (/HDaX)

224 162 ... " i made babaganoush today for the first time. Finally found tahini in a container that allows mixing without making a mess."

Sharon,
We love baba ganoush (sp?). We use Baron's pure tahini which I believe is made in Israel. It's the best tahini we've found and use it for hummus as well. We get it from Amazon.

Suggestion: if you have any REALLY good olive oil, a drizzle on the baba makes a difference. And Moki's flat bread recipe does a great job to scoop up baba and hummus. We get our olive oil and real balsamic vinegar from A Taste of the Old Country store. They are local for us but also ship. Their olive oil is from their own groves and is excellent. Their website explains the different qualities of the various olive oils.

Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 05:28 PM (yTvNw)

225 Wasn't listening enough to recall brands, but another customer at a European sausage specialty shop (biltong!) thanked the clerk for her chocolate recommend available there. Better than any domestic product he said. Another reason to return (besides biltong!).

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 15, 2024 05:28 PM (VUMeO)

226 Frango Mints from Fredrick and Nelson.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 15, 2024 05:31 PM (1avBY)

227 The pipe he connected to was labeled "Milk Chocolate".

Likely story. Secret code for penguin juice.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 15, 2024 05:31 PM (VUMeO)

228 Jim - May you be Blessed with Health & Healing …

and also a BiPap or C-Pap for the apnea.

Posted by: Adriane the Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 15, 2024 05:31 PM (1mz4r)

229 About the only chocolates I don't eat are ones with coffee. I've never liked the specific bitterness of coffee.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:32 PM (SSBCb)

230

I love chocolate, but as I am prone to gout, cocoa being high in purines is one of those things that I have to avoid.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2024 05:32 PM (x0n13)

231 >>We used to go down to Wickstrom's, the Swedish bakery in Chicago and buy marzipan torte for Christmas Eve dinner. I'm not sure if they are still there. Andersonville went kind of Asian.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 04:09 PM

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Swede who grew up in Chicago here. Unfortunately Wikstroms closed their retail store at least ten years ago. They maintained an online store and catering business until fairly recently, but it looks like that is gone too. Their competition across the street, Erickson's Deli, where my family usually got their smorgasbord provisions, is also gone.

Wikstrom's and Erickson's were primarily delis although both sold some baked goods. The Swedish Bakery in Andersonvile (formerly Bjuhr's Swedish Bakery) was a very popular place and expanded greatly over the years. But alas, they also closed a few years ago...I recall reading that they got an offer they couldn't refuse for the property.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 15, 2024 05:33 PM (1Au9i)

232 Here is our local chocolatier. They have and old ice cream counter from Woolworths. https://3georges.com/

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 05:33 PM (p4NUW)

233 Jim - May you be Blessed with Health & Healing …

and also a BiPap or C-Pap for the apnea.
Posted by: Adriane the Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 15, 2024 05:31 PM (1mz4r)

Agree on the apnea. That's nothing funny, depending on how bad it is.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 15, 2024 05:34 PM (VNX3d)

234
Big fan of the tri-color cookies, which I believe are primarily marzipan, with jam/preserves in between the layers and covered with chocolate.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2024 05:35 PM (x0n13)

235 We're at the point where a number of the places we used to go to dine out are gone. The owners might have retired, the lease might have gone up too high, or something. Bummer. We haven't found newer places that are as good.

The upside is that we are looking into better, usually more expensive, ingredients for our own cooking. The Kerry Gold and superior olive oils and balsamic vinegars mentioned above are examples. Same with spices from the Spice House. Given the costs of good restaurants these days, it's still cheaper than eating out as often.

Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 05:35 PM (yTvNw)

236 This will sound weird, before my time but I used to get surplus MCI rations for camping trips. They would have a can or stack of round pilot crackers, and two foil-wrapped discs of Chocolate w/ Toffee made by the Wilbur chocolate co. of Lititz, Penn. They were really good.

Milka Alpine chocolate is a reasonably priced import of excellent quality. Good luck keeping any around, wish you better luck than I’ve had

Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 05:36 PM (A4VG5)

237 230

I love chocolate, but as I am prone to gout, cocoa being high in purines is one of those things that I have to avoid.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2024 05:32 PM (x0n13)
I used to think gout was a rich man’s problem, like Henry the 8th.

Posted by: Eromero at December 15, 2024 05:36 PM (LHPAg)

238 It can be Scotch time
Neat please

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:37 PM (fwDg9)

239 Anybody have a favorite crockpot meatball recipe...I'm listening.

Posted by: skywch at December 15, 2024 05:37 PM (uqhmb)

240 Addicted to See's when I lived in LA, but remember growing up in NYC with places like Barracini's and Schrafft's. The latter two now long extinct.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2024 05:37 PM (x0n13)

241 >>> 76 I've never had or made a Yule Log cake, but there was a photo of one in mom's Betty Crocker cookbook that always fascinated me.

One with dark chocolate frosting and a peanut buttery interior would not be amiss...
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 15, 2024 04:24 PM (kpS4V)

Sadly, I can't find any online source for this combination, although I know there are several who will be happy to sell you the standard chocolate cake with vanilla filling. Williams-Sonoma is having a sale on their mocha cream filled version.
When I was not 29 we would get one from the local Deutsch bakery every Christmas.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2024 05:38 PM (KcwUg)

242 I like chocolate, just so rarely buy any. Actually had a dream bought a handful of Hershey Kisses so had to get a small bag couple weeks ago. Only 1 a day usually.

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:39 PM (fwDg9)

243 237 I used to think gout was a rich man’s problem, like Henry the 8th.
Posted by: Eromero at December 15, 2024 05:36 PM (LHPAg)

It says something about capitalism and prosperity these past few hundred years, that plebes like me can develop what was once considered a rich man's disease.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2024 05:40 PM (x0n13)

244 I'm in the mood for a bit of bourbon. Do I put a splash in some eggnog, or make a Manhattan and shake the shit out of it just because?

Posted by: PabloD at December 15, 2024 05:40 PM (NXK/x)

245 I order balsamics and specialty olive oils from a company called Seasons. They have a store in Old Alexandria with a row of Oils and balsamics and little tasting cups where I first discovered them. They charge a flat fee for shipping no matter how much you order($10.95). They have great gift baskets too.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 05:40 PM (t/2Uw)

246 Better chocolate are “conched” more thoroughly or longer. Gives a bit of a caramel note. Notice due to the finer grind, it is never gritty. Just melts smooth.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 05:41 PM (A4VG5)

247 >>> 113 naturalfake, grilled duck breasts are great. I do a blackberry/ sage sauce.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2024 04:32 PM (LN7gX)

It's in "THE" cookbook!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2024 05:41 PM (KcwUg)

248 CBD, pozole is indeed delicious. I prefer pork but chicken ain't bad!

Chocolate is my absolute favorite candy/sweet snack. My cardiologist disagrees for some reason. I don't pay strict attention to his opinions; I'm well past twenty-nine (and also well past 5

, so . . . .

And thank you for your insight last evening. I've changed my nic as below.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2024 05:43 PM (TSQkU)

249 >>I love chocolate, but as I am prone to gout, cocoa being high in purines is one of those things that I have to avoid.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2024 05:32 PM

I have gout, also. Since I stopped drinking beer, I rarely have flare-ups. I've had a couple in the last two years, but I think it's because I allowed myself to become dehydrated. That will do it every time.

Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2024 05:45 PM (DKIGo)

250 >>I order balsamics and specialty olive oils from a company called Seasons.

Around the corner. Terrible website but a pretty cool place.

https://www.theimpressedolive.com

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2024 05:47 PM (LkLld)

251 Parrot says "Say Ghirardelli"!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 15, 2024 05:48 PM (VUMeO)

252 Marzipan: agree

White Chocolate is not chocolate, but it can be good- whatever it is.

Milk Chocolate can be wonderful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 15, 2024 05:49 PM (bss/y)

253 If you think milk chocolate is better than just chocolate, you probably think chocolate milk is better than just milk.

So what's stopping you, I want to know? Why not milk chocolate milk? Or chocolate milk chocolate?

Milk chocolate milk chocolate...milk...chocolate...

Posted by: Bombadil at December 15, 2024 05:49 PM (MX0bI)

254 I have gout, also. Since I stopped drinking beer, I rarely have flare-ups. I've had a couple in the last two years, but I think it's because I allowed myself to become dehydrated. That will do it every time.
Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2024 05:45 PM (DKIGo)
Dehydration will kill an old person. You ‘re not an old person, are you?

Posted by: Eromero at December 15, 2024 05:49 PM (LHPAg)

255 38 ... "there's a place in Occoquan, a few miles from my house, that makes chocolate like nothing I've ever had before. It's just...sublime. It costs like it tastes, though."

Archimedes,
Please, what's the name of that chocolate store?

Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 05:49 PM (yTvNw)

256 249 I've had a couple in the last two years, but I think it's because I allowed myself to become dehydrated. That will do it every time.
Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2024 05:45 PM (DKIGo)

Bingo! I've been a bad boy and ate chocolate, beans and other high purine foods and wine, but I have made srure to drink several glasses of water a day to flush the system, I do have a supply of colchicine and Indomethacin just in case but thankfully, no need to take them.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2024 05:49 PM (x0n13)

257 breasts are great.

the cheese stands alone.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 15, 2024 05:50 PM (VUMeO)

258 >>Dehydration will kill an old person. You ‘re not an old person, are you?

Posted by: Eromero at December 15, 2024 05:49 PM

I've been 29 a couple of times.

Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2024 05:50 PM (DKIGo)

259 Cocoa is easy. Use Half and Half, or Milk. Even evaporated Milk is acceptable and tasty. 2 heaping large tablespoons of Cocoa per mug. More sugar than you think proper. And a pinch of Salt. Important.

Vanilla, Cinnamon, and Nutmeg are good, but not necessary. Tasty with Cinnamon for sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 05:50 PM (A4VG5)

260 Indo-meth-acin?

Indo WHAT?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 15, 2024 05:51 PM (VUMeO)

261 Re chocolate - since we are talking real chocolate, "Hershey's" shall not be mentioned as it's from the Devil's ass crack.

We do order a ton of it from Wilbur's of Lititz PA every year. Cargill bought them up a few years ago but haven't seemed to FTU just yet.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2024 05:52 PM (WXNFJ)

262 257 breasts are great.

the cheese stands alone.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 15, 2024 05:50 PM (VUMeO)

I love this place. I have no idea what this comment is in relation to, but I agree completely.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 15, 2024 05:52 PM (bss/y)

263 Chocolate, yes please. Love Belgian callebaut but there are others that are awesome. And yes to white chocolate if it is real (cocoa butter).

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at December 15, 2024 05:52 PM (jPdyB)

264 Chubby Chipmunk in Deadwood SD has the world's best truffles. One of my customers had a brother living in Deadwood, and every time he went to visit, he would bring me a box of mixed truffles.

Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 15, 2024 05:53 PM (lAAta)

265 The See's Candy store in downtown SF basically got shoplifted out of business, like all the other retail outlets downtown.
Amusingly, SFPD is reporting that retail theft is down. Which is credible because all the stores have closed and there is little or nothing left to steal.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 15, 2024 05:53 PM (c6hLR)

266 Nerdygirl, just ordered creams from Oliver's. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: skywch at December 15, 2024 05:54 PM (uqhmb)

267 Chocolate Milk is almost always an ersatz creation made with Lowfat Milk. Ya can t fix stupid.

Cocoa powder, cane sugar, salt, and water can be made into Syrup that is economical and fantastic. Mix into whole Milk. Voila! Good chocolate milk, no commie substitutes, no sir.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 05:54 PM (A4VG5)

268 >>> 244 I'm in the mood for a bit of bourbon. Do I put a splash in some eggnog, or make a Manhattan and shake the shit out of it just because?
Posted by: PabloD at December 15, 2024 05:40 PM (NXK/x)

Add some marzipan and maple syrup and then sous vide the whole thing.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2024 05:55 PM (KcwUg)

269 75 ... "Stollen vs Panettone
Who wins?
Stollen in my book. I've yet to eat a yummy panettone. Whereas every stollen I've eaten has been yummy."

Gotta agree: Stollen for the win. Panettone is okay if lightly toasted and buttered but stollen and kringles are proof that God loves us.

Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 05:55 PM (yTvNw)

270 Amusingly, SFPD is reporting that retail theft is down. Which is credible because all the stores have closed and there is little or nothing left to steal.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 15, 2024 05:53 PM (c6hLR)

Commies are like locust.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 15, 2024 05:55 PM (bss/y)

271 There was a small chocolate factory in Fremont names Theo's. I think they sold out after a couple decades of fantastic work. They imported their cocoa beans and roasted them and folks could reserve bags of the husks for garden mulch.

My neighbors got some and the whole block smelled like cocoa.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 15, 2024 05:56 PM (rCGG6)

272 Godiva used to be the best chocolate around. Then some VC types took over, closed their stores, decided to compete against Russell Stover on the grocery shelve. It’s now second rate bland tasting crap.

Posted by: Yoddler at December 15, 2024 05:57 PM (W9XfT)

273 >>Cocoa powder, cane sugar, salt, and water can be made into Syrup that is economical and fantastic. Mix into whole Milk. Voila! Good chocolate milk, no commie substitutes, no sir.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 05:54 PM

My mom used to make it. Put it on toast. It's what's for breakfast.

Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2024 05:57 PM (DKIGo)

274 Sadly, I’m pretty sure Wilbur Chocolate Co. of Lititz is just a distant memory by now.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 05:57 PM (A4VG5)

275 I once looked into roasting my own chocolate. Apparently it makes a hideous mess of your equipment.

Posted by: Splunge at December 15, 2024 05:57 PM (hmKaK)

276 Sadly, I’m pretty sure Wilbur Chocolate Co. of Lititz is just a distant memory by now.
Posted by: Common Tater

They must have went tits up this week as we had a monster delivery last Monday.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2024 05:59 PM (WXNFJ)

277 Do I put a splash in some eggnog, or make a Manhattan and shake the shit out of it just because?

Posted by: PabloD at December 15, 2024 05:40 PM (NXK/x)

Just pour your bourbon into a glass with some coke. You obviously have no taste.

Animals.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 05:59 PM (d9fT1)

278 I usually make it pretty hot, strength wise I mean. Chocolate milk will undergo a phase transition into a deep reddish color when it is strong enough.

Then add a little more. That should be about right.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 06:00 PM (A4VG5)

279 The cheese stands alone. The cheese stands alone. Hi-ho, the derry-o! The cheese stands alone.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 15, 2024 06:00 PM (VUMeO)

280 CBD: Writes normal food thread, including pozole, which is amazing. Mentions chocolate.

Comments: Chocolate? Did you say CHOCOLATE? We will discuss nothing else. Why? Because CHOCOLATE!!!!!

Posted by: Splunge at December 15, 2024 06:00 PM (hmKaK)

281 Well that’s good to know. Get those bastards to make more Chocolate Toffee discs ! They were awesome

Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 06:01 PM (A4VG5)

282 I didn't see where the chef added the wine to the piccata pan, so don't forget. I usually add a sweeter wine (like a gewurtztraminer) to offset the lemon tang, but that will depend on the amount of lemon added.

Otherwise, I do it pretty much as illustrated, with one important exception: you don't have to pound the chicken to get to desired thinness. Just cut the breast into three pieces across the grain. Slice the thickest piece into three lengthwise, and the other two into two. This way they will brown quickly--say two minutes on either side.

The sauce, however, needs to be thickened, so after you saute the chicken and remove to warming pan, add some of the remaining flour (which we are told not to waste) to the oil, stir to make a roux, mix the wine and lemon first (this is important), then add and stir at lower heat so it doesn't get lumpy or too thick. If that happens, just add a little more wine and lemon.

Posted by: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed at December 15, 2024 06:03 PM (kvDvI)

283 My favorite pozole place is a run-down restaurant in Yuma, Arizona. Los Manjares de Pepe. Heaped with onion, cilantro (it’s all on the side, of course, for you unlucky ones whose body rejects it) and either lime or lemon wedges depending on what’s cheaper, probably.

Sadly don’t get there very often now that I don’t live in San Diego! But it is one of my preferred stops on the way out or back, despite being quite a ways off of the highway.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 06:04 PM (EXyHK)

284 Here is another great little store for olive oil and things.
https://happyolive4.com/

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 06:04 PM (p4NUW)

285 150 ... " I've thought about trying to make a stollen myself, but I'd just eat it."

bluebell,
We've seen stollen, both with powdered sugar or icing (preferred) at Lidl. It's a seasonal thing.

Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 06:04 PM (yTvNw)

286 Gotta agree: Stollen for the win. Panettone is okay if lightly toasted and buttered but stollen and kringles are proof that God loves us.
Posted by: JTB

Ordered my Christmas Kringle a couple of weeks ago. Scheduled for delivery next Saturday.

Posted by: Tuna at December 15, 2024 06:05 PM (oaGWv)

287 White chocolate is fine. You just have to accept that it is incorrectly named, as it's not really chocolate. But as a confection, it can be perfectly delicious.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 15, 2024 06:05 PM (OX9vb)

288 285 150 ... " I've thought about trying to make a stollen myself, but I'd just eat it."

bluebell,
We've seen stollen, both with powdered sugar or icing (preferred) at Lidl. It's a seasonal thing.
Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 06:04 PM (yTvNw)

It's at Aldi's too - they import it.

Prior to my allergies, their version was good - not as good as my Oma's, but bought off the shelf for almost next to nothing (this is 2018-2019, so before food inflation was a thing and they had made their cheap price half off to hype it), it was one of the best value things I've eaten.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 06:07 PM (exHjb)

289 Tbh, CBD, I did not shake the Manhattan. My wife used to do that - like she was mixing paint or trying to pulverize the ice - and I had to stop her.

Posted by: PabloD at December 15, 2024 06:12 PM (NXK/x)

290 Ooooohhhh!!!

THE COOKBOOK!

Got it.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2024 06:12 PM (iJfKG)

291 259 Cocoa is easy. Use Half and Half, or Milk. Even evaporated Milk is acceptable and tasty. 2 heaping large tablespoons of Cocoa per mug. More sugar than you think proper. And a pinch of Salt. Important.

Vanilla, Cinnamon, and Nutmeg are good, but not necessary. Tasty with Cinnamon for sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 15, 2024 05:50 PM (A4VG5)
I’m making some hot chocolate tonight, even though the current is 70 degrees. In ETEX.

Posted by: Eromero at December 15, 2024 06:12 PM (LHPAg)

292 Howdy Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at December 15, 2024 06:15 PM (RFPHU)

293 Doof!

Posted by: scampydog at December 15, 2024 06:16 PM (41CYW)

294 I'll bet it smelled better than the tuna-packing plant that my third-grade class visited.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2024 04:31 PM (muwun)

Aw, man, so sad.

We got to visit a donut shop.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 15, 2024 06:20 PM (OX9vb)

295 Hi Doof!

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 06:21 PM (p4NUW)

296 I once looked into roasting my own chocolate. Apparently it makes a hideous mess of your equipment.
Posted by: Splunge at December 15, 2024 05:57 PM (hmKaK)

Traditional Spanish Manufacture of chocolate (in Spanish, with subtitles) hand ground, small batch roasted

youtu.be/f1YPvaVlRXI

Posted by: Kindltot at December 15, 2024 06:23 PM (D7oie)

297 I posted earlier ABC has to pay Trump 15MM dollars to settle the defamation lawsuit. It’s actually $16MM dollars…
A million goes to legal fees.

Posted by: kallisto at December 15, 2024 06:25 PM (8JjaE)

298 283 My favorite pozole place is a run-down restaurant in Yuma, Arizona. Los Manjares de Pepe. Heaped with onion, cilantro (it’s all on the side, of course, for you unlucky ones whose body rejects it) and either lime or lemon wedges depending on what’s cheaper, probably.

Sadly don’t get there very often now that I don’t live in San Diego! But it is one of my preferred stops on the way out or back, despite being quite a ways off of the highway.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 06:04 PM (EXyHK)

Yuma, eh? I'll to write that down. I wonder how many 'rons and 'ettes live in/around Sandy Eggo like we do? I know of at least 4...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 06:26 PM (SSBCb)

299 Doof!
Posted by: scampydog at December 15, 2024 06:16 PM (41CYW)

Hi Doof!
Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 06:21 PM (p4NUW)

Hello to you both!!

Posted by: Doof at December 15, 2024 06:30 PM (RFPHU)

300 Speaking of food, fake chef Barbara Stanwyck is on TCM in Christmas In Connecticut.

Stanwyck in her prime.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 15, 2024 06:30 PM (ufFY8)

301 283 My favorite pozole place is a run-down restaurant in Yuma, Arizona. Los Manjares de Pepe. Heaped with onion, cilantro (it’s all on the side, of course, for you unlucky ones whose body rejects it) and either lime or lemon wedges depending on what’s cheaper, probably.

Sadly don’t get there very often now that I don’t live in San Diego! But it is one of my preferred stops on the way out or back, despite being quite a ways off of the highway.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 06:04 PM (EXyHK)

SPB,
maps says there are more than one in Yuma. Which one? My sis heads that way sometimes.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 06:30 PM (SSBCb)

302 3:10 to Yuma

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 15, 2024 06:31 PM (ufFY8)

303 I miss decent lunch counters, real Dagwood sandwiches, and chocolate chip cookies.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 15, 2024 06:33 PM (Jtz/H)

304 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:35 PM (YHcuU)

305 Have any of you eaten or made at home a good birria?

Posted by: Dagwood at December 15, 2024 06:36 PM (CC0N1)

306 287 White chocolate is fine. You just have to accept that it is incorrectly named, as it's not really chocolate. But as a confection, it can be perfectly delicious.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 15, 2024 06:05 PM (OX9vb)

I believe it has cocoa butter in it, so is cacao based. More chocolate than soy milk is milk.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 06:36 PM (SSBCb)

307 in her prime.

Love that movie!!

Unfortunately I don’t have TCM, I will have to break down and pay YT

Posted by: kallisto at December 15, 2024 06:38 PM (8JjaE)

308 304 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:35 PM (YHcuU)

The Christmas Story meal - takeout Chinese Peking duck.

Put out a fresh fruit tray to freshen the meal (and buy and chop your own cucumber and scallions, so you have plenty for everyone)...

Enjoy a very easy day...

Barring that, I'd do an Italian pasta meal b/c it just seems like the "other" option folks expect for Christmas...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 15, 2024 06:38 PM (exHjb)

309 heh. Just had one of the remaining Halloween 3 Musketeers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 15, 2024 06:38 PM (XeU6L)

310 SPB, maps says there are more than one in Yuma. Which one? My sis heads that way sometimes.

I’m pretty sure both are run by the same family. The one I go to is the original at 2187 West 8th St.

I’ve never been to the other, for no reason other than Tradition! The other would probably be easier, since it’s right off of I-8. And probably wouldn’t have to park in the grass under a tree.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 06:39 PM (EXyHK)

311 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.
Posted by: Pete Bog
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We do chicken, shrimp, and steak fondue on Christmas Eve. A variety of dipping sauces. It's fun and something different.

Posted by: scampydog at December 15, 2024 06:40 PM (41CYW)

312 305 Have any of you eaten or made at home a good birria?
Posted by: Dagwood at December 15, 2024 06:36 PM (CC0N1)

Eaten. Lots of good birria.
Also tacos de cabeza, buche, huiltacoche, and so forth. With homemade beans an Mexican rice...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 06:40 PM (SSBCb)

313 Pretty sure CBD is drunk by now so the hell with it.

Gregg Allman, Trey Anastasio, Derek Trucks and Gov't Mule - "Soulshine" Live

https://tinyurl.com/4tp56j6c

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2024 06:40 PM (LkLld)

314 Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:35 PM (YHcuU)
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Hard to beat a bag of microwave burritos during the holidays!

Posted by: Weasel at December 15, 2024 06:41 PM (RG6z4)

315 L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:35 PM (YHcuU)

Roast Duck!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 06:42 PM (d9fT1)

316 311 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.
Posted by: Pete Bog

I'm thinking about a big pot of beef stew, fresh sourdough bread, and a ton of dessert.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 15, 2024 06:42 PM (OX9vb)

317 310 SPB, maps says there are more than one in Yuma. Which one? My sis heads that way sometimes.

I’m pretty sure both are run by the same family. The one I go to is the original at 2187 West 8th St.

I’ve never been to the other, for no reason other than Tradition! The other would probably be easier, since it’s right off of I-8. And probably wouldn’t have to park in the grass under a tree.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 06:39 PM (EXyHK)

Thanks! I'll let my sis know!

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 06:42 PM (SSBCb)

318 for dinner tonight I am making a chicken pot pie, with leftover chicken, and various roasted veggies.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 15, 2024 06:43 PM (D7oie)

319 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:35 PM (YHcuU)

A tradition in my family is homemade chili with rolls, with Christmas cookies for dessert. Filling, but relatively simple with a crock pot.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 15, 2024 06:43 PM (VNX3d)

320 Pretty sure CBD is drunk by now so the hell with it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2024 06:40 PM (LkLld)

For a guy who lives in a glorified truck stop between CT and MA, you sure are uppity!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 06:44 PM (d9fT1)

321 Fingers lopped off status:

[ ] too many

[x] none

Set up the Makita power miter saw, and cut up all my palo verde limbs into firepit size. No blood was shed in this stage of the operation, although when cutting the limbs off the tree, the butt end of one managed to take a little hide off my right arm. Minor scrape; it will heal.

Now enjoying a Pig's Ass Porter from Harvest Moon Brewing in Belt, MT. It is tasty, and toothy enough to be ranked as "food", hence on-topic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2024 06:45 PM (8zz6B)

322 Thanks for the tip on the Yuma place. Sounds like a good lunch stopover whenever I finally drive east to AZ for some reason. Plenty of reasons, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 06:46 PM (1m82a)

323 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.
Posted by: Pete Bog

We do traditional Christmas dinner Christmas Eve and tamales Christmas Day with chili.

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 06:47 PM (pZEOD)

324 Berdoll’s chocolate covered pecans and pecan brittle, preferably in both milk and dark chocolate. So very good.

Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups. My youngest son brought some home, and life will never be the same. My oldest son has now tried them, and I’m angling to get more.

Posted by: Advo at December 15, 2024 06:47 PM (jO4mz)

325 Tonight is turkey burgers and frozen french fries.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2024 06:47 PM (RIvkX)

326 I never have but lasagna could be a good Christmas dinner

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 06:48 PM (fwDg9)

327 I have Junior Mints

Posted by: jsg at December 15, 2024 06:48 PM (FnNUd)

328 304 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:35 PM (YHcuU)

King crab legs.

Posted by: jix at December 15, 2024 06:48 PM (VghtP)

329 Connecticut is a fake state. It's sole purpose is to provide work for never ending construction on I-95.

Literally nothing else happens in Connecticut.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2024 06:48 PM (LkLld)

330 Just stay clear of Glenn Ford in Yuma

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 06:48 PM (fwDg9)

331 304 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Feast of the Seven Fishes.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 15, 2024 06:49 PM (vOH33)

332 We're doing lamb racks to avoid the all day in the kitchen. Shrimp cocktails to start. We did duck one year and I think I liked that best.
We are having a Hannukah party early because of travel plans. That will be brunch start with bagels and lox, quiche and of course latkes. My DIL is a fabulous cook and the latkes were amazing. Last year she made jelly donuts too.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 15, 2024 06:49 PM (t/2Uw)

333 I never have but lasagna could be a good Christmas dinner
Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 06:48 PM (fwDg9)
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We used to go to the beach for a week at Christmas and that's what we'd have Christmas Day.

Posted by: Weasel at December 15, 2024 06:49 PM (RG6z4)

334 Any suggestions for a Christmas dinner that is not Prime Rib or Turkey? Not opposed to beef or poultry but L&T and I were thinking of getting out of the traditional.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Or pork tenderloin- maybe a fig sauce?

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 06:49 PM (pZEOD)

335 This will be a "duh" observation to most, but I am amazed at how good bread pudding can be - made from leftover burger buns from a party that otherwise would be tossed (or made into croutons, I guess). So simple, so good.

The bourbon sauce makes it. Just brown sugar, bourbon, butter. Friend had a Blue Angels party and had grocery bags of leftover buns. For some reason I thought, shame to toss all that ..... bread pudding! Just the basic version, cream/butter/cinnamon/sugar/eggs. Froze most of it and still enjoying it.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 06:49 PM (1m82a)

336 314 Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:35 PM (YHcuU)
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Hard to beat a bag of microwave burritos during the holidays!
Posted by: Weasel at December 15, 2024 06:41 PM (RG6z4)

We could get the individually wrapped ones put a bow on each and knock out the Christmas gift list as well!

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:50 PM (YHcuU)

337 Just stay clear of Glenn Ford in Yuma

I think that the destination prison in 4:10 to Yuma is the Yuma Territorial Prison, which is an easy and enjoyable bit of site seeing.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 06:51 PM (EXyHK)

338 Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:50 PM (YHcuU)
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Beginning to think you're management timber!

Posted by: Weasel at December 15, 2024 06:51 PM (RG6z4)

339 You make the tamales Piper? As I've said here before, I did that several times, from scratch (well, cheated on the dough, just combined lard and masa harina), and while they were good, they weren't 15-hours of labor good.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 06:52 PM (1m82a)

340 Stephen Blair, where'd you move to?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 06:52 PM (1m82a)

341 We received artificial chocolate bunnies at Easter. All my dad could afford. Since then, any chocolate with real chocolate is ok with me. Have done tours in Switzerland, decided free samples in Switzerland is the best.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at December 15, 2024 06:53 PM (0ylrj)

342 Stephen Blair, where'd you move to?

Retired to Texas. Just north of Austin.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 06:53 PM (EXyHK)

343 Okay folks...it's time for me to set up the bar and decide whether I will have a Manhattan, an Old Fashioned, or maybe even a martini!

Thanks for reading and commenting...even that weirdo from the fake state between MA and CT.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 06:54 PM (d9fT1)

344 I shot a man in Yuma just to watch him dance…. no that ain’t it…

Posted by: Eromero at December 15, 2024 06:54 PM (LHPAg)

345 Reminds me, as kids we got real chocolate bunnies and other stuff at Easter, from a local place, named Fior's. I was never there, but the stuff was amazing.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 06:54 PM (1m82a)

346 Reckon I need to go synchronize watches.

Posted by: Weasel at December 15, 2024 06:55 PM (RG6z4)

347 Stephen, buddy of mine who also grew up here (retired SEAL) moved to your area a few years back.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 06:55 PM (1m82a)

348 Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 06:54 PM (1m82a)

Fiore's? In Hoboken? The best mutz in NJ.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2024 06:55 PM (d9fT1)

349 339 You make the tamales Piper? As I've said here before, I did that several times, from scratch (well, cheated on the dough, just combined lard and masa harina), and while they were good, they weren't 15-hours of labor good.
Posted by: rhomboid at December

I have made them, more than a few times, but now I order them for the very reasons you mention.

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2024 06:55 PM (pZEOD)

350 Was shopping for beer yesterday, and came across a double IPA with a picture of ab ostrich, and the name

Pantsless Thunder Goose .

The most Moronic name I've seen in ages.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2024 06:56 PM (Wnv9h)

351 Or a crown roast.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 15, 2024 06:56 PM (vOH33)

352 No CBD, Fior's (not sure about spelling) in La Mesa, a neighboring suburb of San Diego.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 15, 2024 06:56 PM (1m82a)

353 Thanks for the suggestions. I had envisioned something more formal because Christmas but like the idea of the stews, chili and flavorful.

I'll report back.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:57 PM (YHcuU)

354 314 Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2024 06:35 PM (YHcuU)
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Hard to beat a bag of microwave burritos during the holidays!
Posted by: Weasel at December 15, 2024 06:41 PM (RG6z4)

Quite easy.
Tire iron
Baseball bat
Pelosi's hammer
...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 06:57 PM (SSBCb)

355 Or a crown roast.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 15, 2024 06:56 PM

Mmmm...I haven't done crown roast of pork.in ages.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2024 06:58 PM (Wnv9h)

356 Stephen, buddy of mine who also grew up here (retired SEAL) moved to your area a few years back.

Tell him to get on the Horde. There are occasional get-togethers. Not to mention the yearly TxMoMe a few hours northeast.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2024 06:58 PM (EXyHK)

357 269 75 ... "Stollen vs Panettone
Who wins?
Stollen in my book. I've yet to eat a yummy panettone. Whereas every stollen I've eaten has been yummy."

Gotta agree: Stollen for the win. Panettone is okay if lightly toasted and buttered but stollen and kringles are proof that God loves us.
Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 05:55 PM (yTvNw)

I’ve made both and bought both. Panettone is good, but stollen is in another league. Especially with marzipan or other almond filling.

Posted by: Advo at December 15, 2024 06:59 PM (jO4mz)

358 Just stay clear of Glenn Ford in Yuma
Posted by: Skip
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[checks watch]

*heck, its only 2:55, I have plenty of time*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 15, 2024 06:59 PM (XeU6L)

359 350 Was shopping for beer yesterday, and came across a double IPA with a picture of ab ostrich, and the name

Pantsless Thunder Goose .

The most Moronic name I've seen in ages.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2024 06:56 PM (Wnv9h)

Not book thread worthy...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 07:00 PM (SSBCb)

360 Gubs are nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2024 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

361 I like dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. One of my favorites at Christmas is the dark and white chocolate bark with the crushed peppermint candy. The only sweets I indulge in. That and the occasional peanut butter cookie with the hershy's kiss.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 15, 2024 07:01 PM (fs1hN)

362 I am thinking of ordering a few jars of mincemeat, and making mince tarts with hard sauce for the holiday season. Anyone here have tips on how to do it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2024 07:01 PM (8zz6B)

363 I make pozole but I can't eat it because I'm allergic to corn. Using two kinds of peppers (Chile California and a dark one) to put through the mill is recommended by locals here.

My pozole has fooled locals, who thought I was a native.

Posted by: KT at December 15, 2024 07:03 PM (xekrU)

364 Way different than a yule log, but kind of similar log shape...
Wifey makes filipino brazo de mercedes.

If/when chickens get productive I'll sk her to do one again.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:03 PM (/lPRQ)

365 364 Way different than a yule log, but kind of similar log shape...
Wifey makes filipino brazo de mercedes.

If/when chickens get productive I'll sk her to do one again.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:03 PM (/lPRQ)

I've had Mercedes' arm.
The names of various desserts give me a chuckle. I gave assorted putos to my Mexican friends.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 07:06 PM (SSBCb)

366 I am thinking of ordering a few jars of mincemeat, and making mince tarts with hard sauce for the holiday season. Anyone here have tips on how to do it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Frozen pastry dough from store, very flakey, roll out thinner, cut rounds with cookie cutte, use mini cup-cake pans. Easy Peasy

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:06 PM (/lPRQ)

367 >>I've had Mercedes' arm.
The names of various desserts give me a chuckle. I gave assorted putos to my Mexican friends.

What are you looking at?

Posted by: Spotted Dick at December 15, 2024 07:08 PM (LkLld)

368 I've had Mercedes' arm.
The names of various desserts give me a chuckle. I gave assorted putos to my Mexican friends.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia)

Mary's arm.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:08 PM (/lPRQ)

369 As for chocolate, I prefer plain chocolate that is almost dark. Lindt double-cream from Switzerland is my favorite. It isn't sold here. You have to have a friend ship it from Switzerland.

Can't eat much chocolate with caramel (corn syrup) but I love See's dark butter chews. Also their dark chocolate truffles. Don't like the raspberry ones.

Turtles I like with milk chocolate. Sees makes black walnut fondant and at one time they cornered the market on a contraption to extract black walnut meat from the nuts.

For cheap chocolate Trader Joe's makes a pretty good dark chocolate.

Posted by: KT at December 15, 2024 07:08 PM (xekrU)

370 362 ... AOP,
Many grocery stores will have mince meat in jars this time of year. I love the stuff, not just for pies or tarts but in yogurt and even in place of jam on a BB and J sammy.

Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2024 07:10 PM (yTvNw)

371 I've had Mercedes' arm.
The names of various desserts give me a chuckle. I gave assorted putos to my Mexican friends.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia)

Mary's arm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butche
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Lady Fingers

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 15, 2024 07:13 PM (XeU6L)

372 Sandra Boynton's 'written, illustrated, and over-researched' book:
https://tinyurl.com/mvjhwv3u
Chocolate
The Consuming Passion
Enjoy.

Posted by: Nazdar at December 15, 2024 07:32 PM (NcvvS)

373 COVID destroyed the pizza industry.

I've had frozen pizza that was decent and gas station pizza that was better than the franchise slop.

Everybody thinks they can make a pizza. These are hard times, indeed.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 15, 2024 07:59 PM (/MR36)

374 Just got home and saw the write up on chocolate. I was just at the store because the spawn wanted to get a teacher a bar of dark chocolate for Christmas... it had to be vegan though. That was interesting....🤮

Posted by: lin-duh at December 15, 2024 08:12 PM (Kcw7x)

375 373 COVID destroyed the pizza industry.

I've had frozen pizza that was decent and gas station pizza that was better than the franchise slop.

Everybody thinks they can make a pizza. These are hard times, indeed.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 15, 2024 07:59 PM (/MR36)

We make the cast iron pizza in a 10 inch lodge skillet. That makes as good a pizza as anything I’ve had. Well, maybe except for Giordano’s stuffed pizza, but that’s hard to come by in Texas.

https://tinyurl.com/muvnxtjm

Posted by: Advo at December 15, 2024 08:42 PM (jO4mz)

376 Chocolate not my favorite but when I get the craving it's See's dark chocolate Bordeaux-those one with the little chocolate sprinkles on top.
#32 Grump928 -to up your box brownie mix use kahlua in place of water and add 1 to 2 tsp espresso powder. Yum.

Posted by: S.Lynn at December 15, 2024 08:42 PM (Dz35s)

377 Mexican chocolate. With lots of alcohol additives. Highly recommend.

Posted by: NC Ref at December 15, 2024 10:20 PM (ymv7F)

378
Caramel is crap.
Toffee is made with butter and superior to caramel in every way.
Never buy caramel if toffee is available.

Posted by: Speller at December 16, 2024 02:06 AM (pSotA)

379 My vice is… and it’s a serious vice – it is pure raw cacao. I love pure, ceremonial-grade cacao. I scoop up a teaspoon and dump it into hot coffee. I even dump a half-tablespoonful of cacao into my mouth and wash it down with ice cold Coca-Cola. Talk about a rush!

Posted by: Poleaux at December 16, 2024 02:38 AM (EYRKb)

380 Wow, this piece of writing is pleasant, my sister is analyzing such things, therefore I am going
to tell her.

Posted by: End times prophecies at December 20, 2024 08:55 PM (uUF/N)

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