Food Thread: Bread, Champagne, and...Viking Flat Bread?

That is the bakery oven in a chateau called Chenonceau. It was built in the early 16th century, although I imagine the ladies of the house insisted on new kitchens every now and then, but the oven probably didn't change much.

What I found interesting is that there are plenty of people today who bake bread in an identical way. Big, heavy masonry wood-fired ovens hold heat wonderfully, and can produce fantastic quality stuff. Add in the bannetons (the woven-reed bread forms), which look the same today as they did in the 16th century, and what has changed?

Nothing. I'll bet the bread was good!

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Apparently all the cool kids in biomedical research have decided that there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption. They say, with absolute seriousness and tremendous gravity, that the number of cancer deaths has doubled in men because of alcohol.
Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths Doubled in US
Okay, but why has there been an increase? Has consumption gone up? Has the human male suddenly become more sensitive to the mutagenic properties of alcohol?

And how are they linking alcohol to these deaths?

Typical mushy-brained crap.

And typical biomedical research. If we listened to and acted upon 1% of the crap they pump out, we would be dead from malnutrition, because apparently every food causes cancer!

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Twice a year a lot of champagne goes on sale in France. No idea why, and I don't much care, but I will take advantage of those sales. That bottle was about $27, and delicious! Straightforward flavors with delicious, fine bubbles....exactly what reasonably-priced Champagne should be. Yes, it is comparatively pricey, but Champagne requires more work than still wines, so the premium makes sense.

Sadly, only the big Champagne houses send much Champagne to the United States, and they are the expensive ones. The small "Grower" Champagnes are usually much less expensive and as good, if not better than the name brands!

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This guy cooks like a normal human being. He makes messes and mistakes and tastes his own creations. It's wonderful! Julia Child's Epic Baked Alaska with COGNAC LAVA! probably isn't something I would try, but he's amusing enough that I will watch his videos even if I don't need cooking tips.

[Hat Tip: Bluebell]

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I know...I know... he is really irritating. But...Viking Flat Bread? What the hell is that? I have to know, and admit it, so do you.

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Kindletot mentioned that he is playing with his Japanese Milk Loaf recipe. I had no idea he was an actual foodie who seems to be approaching this with an analytical bent that puts my grunting attempts to shame!

I am playing with the Shokopan recipe for bread, it uses a roux to gelatinize flour, the pre-cooked flour to keep the finished loaf softer and finer crumb. This seems to make a finer crumb than potato bread.
1 Tbsp flour
1 Cup water
1 tsp salt
Disolve the flour and salt into the water and cook it into gravy. At this point you have either a "roux" you can mix your dough with, or you have library paste. Choose carefully
Let this cool, either way.
1 Cup flour
1 Cup water
1 tsp malt
Mix this together to let the yeast activate while the roux is cooling.
Mix the yeast mix together with the roux and then beat in about 5 more cups of flour. It needs to be firm enough to be handle and be smooth, but it will most likely to be sticky.
To handle the sticky dough you might try wetting your hands first, it is not ideal but you wind up not sticking to the dough
Let the dough rise in a warm space to double in size, twice, punching it down each time, and then turn out onto a floured board shape it down to fit in a greased loaf pan.
Let the dough rise again to just crest over the top of the loaf pan. Slit the dough top and bake at 400F for 40 minutes, then turn off the oven and let sit in the oven for another 10-15 minutes, then turn out of the pan to cool on a rack.
This is a recipe I put together while trying to work out a recipe for German brotchen using general purpose baking flour. I am still working on the brotchen
I didn't add any pictures because bread dough is as boring as . . . Well, bread dough.

Wow.

I have made this stuff and it is good. Actually, I have made the rolls, not the loaves, but it should be the same.

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[Hat Tip: Misanthropic Humanitarian]
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I thought France would have good garlic, but the Frogs seem to have the same problem we have in the U.S. At least they don't import filthy garlic from China. Pork is great here, but no game, so send all of your extra antelope to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

~~Who are those poor deluded souls~~ We know who shakes 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 or fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2025 04:00 PM (+qU29)

2 df

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:02 PM (AOsQT)

3 CBD I guess like Scotch, Bourbon can get quite pricey.
But finding just a bit higher than bottom tier is a lot better quality.

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2025 04:03 PM (+qU29)

4 But finding just a bit higher than bottom tier is a lot better quality.

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2025 04:03 PM (+qU29)

Agreed. There are plenty of inexpensive bourbons that are quite drinkable!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 04:03 PM (mWSu4)

5 Champagne named after a duck?

Posted by: But I've never been to France at June 08, 2025 04:04 PM (lIgBp)

6 Thanks for the fud thread cbd

Just had seitan fried rice for lunch. Tonight is french bread pizza with chicken meatballs and mushrooms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2025 04:05 PM (RIvkX)

7 The chili I made yesterday was my best effort to date. 93% lean beef, couple of diced habanero peppers, couple 3 minced garlic cloves, all the usual spices, onions, diced tomatoes, no beans.

It was about an 8 on the afterburner scale. I teared up, eating it.

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:08 PM (AOsQT)

8 And Krusteaz is my cornbread vendor now. Their cornbread bakes up well at 5582' ASL- better than Jiffy.

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:11 PM (AOsQT)

9 The breakfast looks pretty good!

Posted by: Eromero at June 08, 2025 04:12 PM (jgmnb)

10 >> The chili I made yesterday was my best effort to date. 93% lean beef, couple of diced habanero peppers, couple 3 minced garlic cloves, all the usual spices, onions, diced tomatoes, no beans.

How many cups of shredded carrots?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 08, 2025 04:12 PM (l3YAf)

11 >Champagne named after a duck?
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remember 'Cold Duck' from high school?

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:12 PM (AOsQT)

12 >How many cups of shredded carrots?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
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zero

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:13 PM (AOsQT)

13 Homemade pizza on the grill with a pizza stone tonight.

*needs to check on beer supply*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2025 04:14 PM (Q4IgG)

14 Don Black that chili sounds great, albeit spicy.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 04:15 PM (PVcx/)

15 you can only call it Champagen if it comes from the Pagen region of Fwance. Which apparently is much of the country.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 04:16 PM (PVcx/)

16 How many cups of shredded carrots?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
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zero
Posted by: Don Black
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Of course. The carrots must be chopped.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 08, 2025 04:16 PM (n4GiU)

17 FATHER'S DAY ... Should the gentlemen in my universe request something "different" for dinner this year, I recently learned of two retail stores within drivable distances ... Offerings by the first (Smoke'N Dudes) include alligator, bison, wild boar, duck, elk, kangaroo, ostrich, pheasant, quail, rabbit, venison, seasonings, sauces, and glazes ... The second company (Wild Fork) offers similar game meats plus seafood items, and also posts recipes ...
The two websites are: SMOKENDUDESBBQSUPPLY-dot-com and WILDFORKFOODS-dot-com

Posted by: Kathy at June 08, 2025 04:17 PM (qpw89)

18 >Don Black that chili sounds great, albeit spicy.

Posted by: Pete Bog
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I'd say it was my hottest batch
I credit those itty bitty orange peppers

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:18 PM (AOsQT)

19 5 Champagne named after a duck?

Posted by: But I've never been to France at June 08, 2025 04:04 PM (lIgBp)

Used to have Cold Duck with my roofing crew on Friday after work behind the liquor store. Passed the bottle around. Nobody fucked with us.

Posted by: javems at June 08, 2025 04:18 PM (8I4hW)

20 seriously, they're no bigger than my thumb, but they bring the heat

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:18 PM (AOsQT)

21 Huh. Those Viking flatbreads look like Indian paranthas.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 08, 2025 04:19 PM (/HDaX)

22 That dangerous chemical, dihydrogen monoxide, kills people every year! Industrialists allow it to lie in open pools here and there in the countryside! Won’t you sign my petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide? Please?!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:22 PM (2gJlZ)

23 WOW kindltot! Impressive!

Posted by: m at June 08, 2025 04:23 PM (CQE5S)

24 Black Viking Mohammedan Black Bread is the best.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:23 PM (gbOdA)

25 seriously, they're no bigger than my thumb, but they bring the heat
Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:18 PM (AOsQT)

I used to eat raw habaneros on a dare. I’m not a fan of excessively spicy food, I was just young and drunk.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 08, 2025 04:23 PM (l3YAf)

26 Just went out for potato skins with bacon & cheddar. Son had a hard cider and I had a coffee drink with Irish cream & butterscotch schnapps because coffee drinks with liquer are a rare treat for me. Spouse shared the bacon skins but only had club soda because he has gout and can’t drink. They will probably have sirloin kabobs with vegetables and mashed potatoes (made by me) , but after the potato skins I am not hungry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2025 04:24 PM (9z895)

27 Huh. Those Viking flatbreads look like Indian paranthas.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 08, 2025 04:19 PM (/HDaX)

See now, we will have naan of that

Posted by: Kindltot at June 08, 2025 04:24 PM (D7oie)

28 Made a awesome pizza yesterday, used store pizza dough but plain sauce, and best part garden oregano and basil, cheese and pepperoni.
Making fast food now as have to leave soon enough, Perdue breaded chicken patty on roll, lettuce, tomato and mayo with fries

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2025 04:25 PM (+qU29)

29 If you teared up eating it, just wait a few hours for the real fireworks!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:25 PM (2gJlZ)

30 22 That dangerous chemical, dihydrogen monoxide, kills people every year! Industrialists allow it to lie in open pools here and there in the countryside! Won’t you sign my petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide? Please?!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:22 PM (2gJlZ)

The Black Viking Mohammedans were the best a navigating dihydrogen monoxide until they were converted by the Peace of G D.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:26 PM (gbOdA)

31 Our 13-year-old grandson has a lot of "stuff" so for Christmas we gave him several coupons for cooking lessons with his grandfather (husband) and me. He was really touched by the gift and this week--with school being over--he collected one of the coupons. We made homemade burgers and French fries fried in beef tallow. It was all really delicious and he was very proud of our collective work.

Today we made another batch of fries and refined the recipe by crisping them up in the air fryer after the initial frying. I'm a pretty tough self-critic but these fries were pretty amazing.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 08, 2025 04:27 PM (FEVMW)

32 Whatever happened to Cold Duck?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 08, 2025 04:27 PM (63Dwl)

33 I just got a double Whataburger , a chicken sandwich and a small milkshake. ( the Chicken sandwich was going to be for dinner)

$20

Fast food prices have gotten out of control,

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:27 PM (VofaG)

34 See now, we will have naan of that
Posted by: Kindltot at June 08, 2025 04:24 PM (D7oie)

We knead less anti Black Mohommedan Viking Phobia.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:27 PM (gbOdA)

35 Are those Viking flatbread canoes in the photo?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 08, 2025 04:28 PM (36PRH)

36 $20

Fast food prices have gotten out of control,

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:27 PM (VofaG)

Fast Cheap Good

Pick ZERO

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:28 PM (gbOdA)

37 If you teared up eating it, just wait a few hours for the real fireworks!

Why? Is it the 4th of July?

Posted by: That guy who never seems to "get it" at June 08, 2025 04:29 PM (s8j++)

38 33 I just got a double Whataburger , a chicken sandwich and a small milkshake. ( the Chicken sandwich was going to be for dinner)

$20

Fast food prices have gotten out of control,

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:27 PM (VofaG)

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I paid $16.50 (before tax) for a pub burger and fries yesterday.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 08, 2025 04:29 PM (36PRH)

39 Fast food is insane. You can get a good burger at a sit-down restaurant for cheaper than McD’s around here.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 08, 2025 04:30 PM (l3YAf)

40 Yonder lies da bread oven of my fodder.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:30 PM (gbOdA)

41 @40

lol
"Hello mudder, Hello fodder"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 08, 2025 04:31 PM (36PRH)

42 39 Fast food is insane. You can get a good burger at a sit-down restaurant for cheaper than McD’s around here.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 08, 2025 04:30 PM (l3YAf)

Chilis strat and I should have bought.

Chip and Fires and Burger about $15 and then sell you 2 presidente Margs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:32 PM (gbOdA)

43
all the usual spices

Something from every jar in the spice rack?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 08, 2025 04:32 PM (63Dwl)

44 I regularly eat out at least once a week: $20 for that amount of food sounds about right. As the sign says at my local sandwich shop “Due to circumstances beyond our control, prices have increased.”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:32 PM (2gJlZ)

45 I used that bread recipe to make a fake focaccia, too. Half that recipe, double raised and punched down before shaping, with a mix of tomato spaghetti sauce and anchovy powder (my wife loves it) smeared on top, and whatever extras you want, and shredded mozzarella sprinkled over top.

I don't call it pizza because the bread gets about an inch thick and stays tender, and I fear vendettas

Posted by: Kindltot at June 08, 2025 04:32 PM (D7oie)

46 lol
"Hello mudder, Hello fodder"
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 08, 2025 04:31 PM (36PRH)

Kirk Douglas jumping into dog pit.

WTFO

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:33 PM (gbOdA)

47 Huh. Those Viking flatbreads look like Indian paranthas.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 08, 2025 04:19 PM (/HDaX)
* * * *
Huh. I thought they were flour tortillas until I read the text. Appears to be the same.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 08, 2025 04:33 PM (rxCpr)

48 32 Whatever happened to Cold Duck?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Climate change.

Posted by: Come on, people! Do I have to do EVERYTHING? at June 08, 2025 04:34 PM (lIgBp)

49 Something from every jar in the spice rack?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 08, 2025 04:32 PM (63Dwl)

When we cleaned out MIL pantry we found a spice rack.
Made In West Germany.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:34 PM (gbOdA)

50 Are those Viking flatbread canoes in the photo?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 08, 2025 04:28 PM

The Vikings had their share of canoe accidents, given the David Hoggars and Greta Howdareyousdottirs of the age.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 04:34 PM (XqeJN)

51 Kirk Douglas jumping into dog pit.

WTFO
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:33 PM (gbOdA

Hey at least he had his sword. ( I always wondered as a kid how many dogs /wolves he killed down there)

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:35 PM (VofaG)

52 Fast food is insane. You can get a good burger at a sit-down restaurant for cheaper than McD’s around here.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
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You can still get a Wendy's tripple for $12 here. No way I could get a sit-down burger of similar size for that.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2025 04:35 PM (ITkJX)

53 Innernet sez Cold Duck is still a thing in 2025

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (AOsQT)

54 When I was in Turkey, some.mornings I'd get a loaf of eckmek, otherwise known as bread. (About 15 cents) When it was still warm, Id cut up some cheese, salami, and open a bottle.of wine and dang! Talk about good eating!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (W/lyH)

55 "Hello mudder, Hello fodder"
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Last thread, This thread?

Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (DgGvY)

56 47 Huh. Those Viking flatbreads look like Indian paranthas.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 08, 2025 04:19 PM (/HDaX)
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Huh. I thought they were flour tortillas until I read the text. Appears to be the same.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 08, 2025 04:33 PM (rxCpr)

At some point every civilization pounds wheat or corn and makes tortillas.
At some point the yeast in the wind or water made it rise.
Bread and Beer.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (gbOdA)

57 Beau Biden died in a Viking flatbread canoe.

Posted by: Not a joke at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (lIgBp)

58 I'm thinking about stoking up the grill and making some grilled ciabatta bacon cheese burgers, just to mix it up a bit.

Maybe even mix in a dab of spicy bbq sauce as an option.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 08, 2025 04:37 PM (syvpP)

59 Silly boy, I've never trippled!

Posted by: Just the punchline at June 08, 2025 04:38 PM (lIgBp)

60 You can still get a Wendy's tripple for $12 here. No way I could get a sit-down burger of similar size for that.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2025 04:35 PM (ITkJX

Chili's had a great deal for a burger, fries and one other side for $11. That was 6 months ago. I think they stopped that promotion since.

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:38 PM (VofaG)

61 54 When I was in Turkey, some.mornings I'd get a loaf of eckmek, otherwise known as bread. (About 15 cents) When it was still warm, Id cut up some cheese, salami, and open a bottle.of wine and dang! Talk about good eating!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (W/lyH)

Bottle of Red
Bottle of White
It all depends upon our appetite

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:38 PM (gbOdA)

62 Champagne is the only alcohol that gives me a headache. So, only one glass please.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 04:39 PM (W/lyH)

63 57 Beau Biden died in a Viking flatbread canoe.
Posted by: Not a joke at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (lIgBp)

tff

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:39 PM (gbOdA)

64 Whatever happened to Cold Duck?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That's a blast from the past.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2025 04:41 PM (lJ0H4)

65 Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (lIgBp)

66 In France, they warn you not to eat bread fresh out of the boulangerie. If the loaf is still crackling, it’s still expanding, and will do so in your stomach, not a pleasant experience. Wait until you get home and the loaf has ceased to make noises before partaking. It’s very good!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (2gJlZ)

67 Fast food prices have gotten out of control,
Posted by: polynikes

With energy and labor costs and taxes where they are, the actual price of the food is a rounding error. So the price difference between a real restaurant and Mickey D's is becoming a rounding error.

That's why the Clown wants you to order your own food on a tablet before they cook it on a robotic grill. They can't pay an illiterate/innumerate $17 an hour to mess up your order for you.

Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (DgGvY)

68 "Fast food prices have gotten out of control"

Interestingly, when we made burgers and fries with our grandson, he was very surprised to learn that cooking food at home is cheaper than fast food. Sigh.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (FEVMW)

69 Never heard of it but Pol Roger was Churchill's favorite champagne and he drank a lot of it.

And Cliff Clavin trivia for the soon to be gun thread, the magnum round was named after the magnum sized champagne bottle.

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (VofaG)

70 Whatever happened to Cold Duck?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That's a blast from the past.
Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2025 04:41 PM (lJ0H4)

The Duck Commander got it at last, in his last hunt.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (VNX3d)

71 Why are those breadbaskets on the wall? Won't the bread fall out?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (W/lyH)

72 93% lean beef

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:08 PM (AOsQT)

I did not know you were gay!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (mWSu4)

73
Hello mudder, Hello fodder"

Could this food be somewhat hodder?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2025 04:43 PM (zgdXM)

74 I don't get it

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:43 PM (AOsQT)

75 CBD, does France celebrate Pride Month?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 04:44 PM (XqeJN)

76 57 Beau Biden died in a Viking flatbread canoe.
Posted by: Not a joke at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (lIgBp)

Jill bless her soul
Went into the rose garden
Grab a few ears of corn
And beat them into masa for tortilla
That Mexican boy (off screen Mayorkas) killed a neighbors goat
And God Dammit, we had cabrito
Then that big tittied Gal (off screen AoC) made them margaritas in the wise latinas mouth and I drank 2.

Arriba

Posted by: uncle handsy Joe pithy comments at June 08, 2025 04:44 PM (gbOdA)

77 alright then

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:44 PM (AOsQT)

78 The second company (Wild Fork) offers similar game meats plus seafood items, and also posts recipes ...

Posted by: Kathy at June 08, 2025 04:17 PM (qpw89)

I used to buy from Wild Fork because they would ship to me. But they just opened a store about three miles away. Very convenient, and the quality is good.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 04:44 PM (mWSu4)

79 I prefer my bread to be quiet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 08, 2025 04:45 PM (63Dwl)

80 Why are those breadbaskets on the wall? Won't the bread fall out?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (W/lyH)

the sad true fact is the United Colors of Bannetons are all pretty much that off yellow/grey

Posted by: Kindltot at June 08, 2025 04:46 PM (D7oie)

81 75 CBD, does France celebrate Pride Month?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 04:44 PM (XqeJN)

It is called the Four Seasons.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:46 PM (gbOdA)

82 Used to have Cold Duck with my roofing crew on Friday after work behind the liquor store. Passed the bottle around. Nobody fucked with us.

Well, five guys with toolbelts swilling a modest but assertive little sparkler by the dumpsters out back are probably best to be avoided.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2025 04:46 PM (vYDwg)

83 I don't get it
Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:43 PM (AOsQT)

He's probably insinuating that real men use 80/20 beef. This is true for hamburgers, but in chili it is tots OK. I think he's been smoking those funny Gauloises'

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 04:46 PM (W/lyH)

84 Champipple.

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:47 PM (VofaG)

85 72 93% lean beef

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:08 PM (AOsQT)

I did not know you were gay!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (mWSu4)

He likes them skinny

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:47 PM (gbOdA)

86 The summer I stayed in France, the family I stayed with harvested their own garlic from their backyard garden. When I went back about ten years ago, the area where they had lived was marked, on the “unofficial” maps, as a no-go zone (because Mohammedans).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:47 PM (2gJlZ)

87 You know what they say: first the Cold Duck gets guzzled; next, all the hobos go up in flames.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2025 04:48 PM (vYDwg)

88 Ground sirloin is always leaner correct?

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:49 PM (VofaG)

89 I like chili made with steak tips, but it’s expensive, and not to be attempted lightly (best have your best family chili recipe handy)!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:50 PM (2gJlZ)

90 Citarella is where I buy the hard to find seafood. Broken Arrow ranch is where I get game. I will shill for both of them as I had never had anything but the best I product and shipping.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 04:50 PM (DLqye)

91 89 I like chili made with steak tips, but it’s expensive, and not to be attempted lightly (best have your best family chili recipe handy)!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:50 PM (2gJlZ)

We get the stip meat made for stir fry.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:51 PM (gbOdA)

92 Never heard of it but Pol Roger was Churchill's favorite champagne and he drank a lot of it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (VofaG)

And when he died, the company put a black ribbon on their champagne bottles.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 04:53 PM (mWSu4)

93 Son's football team lost the championship game in their 1st season (darn best players not showing up b/c this was a delayed season)...their only loss of the season, but they literally took players from other teams so they could play today, so valiant effort.

For dinner, just chucking in TJ's orange chicken (son's request). Having it with garlic and nutritional-yeasted air-fried zucchini, homemade banana chocolate chip muffins, and a triple berry salad (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries). Now to make it...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 04:53 PM (tOcjL)

94 Have not had a red chili in forever. Green chili for me.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 04:53 PM (DLqye)

95 CBD linked at the Liberty Daily

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 04:54 PM (gbOdA)

96 89 I like chili made with steak tips, but it’s expensive, and not to be attempted lightly (best have your best family chili recipe handy)!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:50 PM (2gJlZ)

That's a good idea. I got some steaktips in a beef gift package and I've been wondering what to do with them. Never cooked with them before.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 04:55 PM (W/lyH)

97 "...Wait until you get home and the loaf has ceased to make noises..."

Is that how you kids are doing it nowadays?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at June 08, 2025 04:55 PM (lIgBp)

98 I don't get it

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2025 04:43 PM (AOsQT)

Fat is flavor!

93% is for effetes who are afraid of food.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 04:55 PM (mWSu4)

99 Leftover sweet and sour chicken and pork fried rice from the local Chinese place tonight.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2025 04:56 PM (lJ0H4)

100 44 I regularly eat out at least once a week: $20 for that amount of food sounds about right. As the sign says at my local sandwich shop “Due to circumstances beyond our control, prices have increased.”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 04:32 PM (2gJlZ)

I dunno - ate out yesterday for lunch and got 3 sushi rolls (shrimp tempura, salmon avo, and tuna avo), green salad, and miso for $18 plus tax and tip (so $24ish) at a sit down.

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

101 I made my own chex mix. A bag of chex mix and a bag of nuts. Mix 'em together. Whoa la. I'm f'n Megan Markle.

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2025 04:57 PM (vFG9F)

102 The best bread products I have ever had were the "Brotchen" in SW Germany. Perfect rolls, Crispy crust, chewy in the middle (and a bit of flavor between Rye and French bread).

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 04:57 PM (2cS/G)

103 Heads up.
One week until Socks & BBQ Tools Day.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 08, 2025 04:57 PM (lIgBp)

104 101 I made my own chex mix. A bag of chex mix and a bag of nuts. Mix 'em together. Whoa la. I'm f'n Megan Markle.

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2025 04:57 PM (vFG9F)

I thought you were gonna say you started with the Chex cereal box...this way is funnier though (and a better Weasel recipe)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 04:58 PM (tOcjL)

105 The Weber Genesis is generally considered a more robust and versatile grill compared to the Weber Spirit. The Genesis typically offers more burners, larger cooking space, higher BTU output, and a more durable construction with a stronger warranty. The Spirit, on the other hand, is a more budget-friendly option, often suitable for smaller families or those with limited space

Also, avoid drinking Coke while gobbling Mentos.

Posted by: The French at June 08, 2025 04:59 PM (s8j++)

106 Well, s***!

Posted by: The French at June 08, 2025 05:00 PM (s8j++)

107 > Whatever happened to Cold Duck?
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It got better.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2025 05:00 PM (Q4IgG)

108 104 101 I made my own chex mix. A bag of chex mix and a bag of nuts. Mix 'em together. Whoa la. I'm f'n Megan Markle.

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2025 04:57 PM (vFG9F)

I thought you were gonna say you started with the Chex cereal box...this way is funnier though (and a better Weasel recipe)...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 04:58 PM (tOcjL)

I made Kaboom mix
Bag of Kaboom
Bowl of hickory nuts and a ball peen hammer
Some assembly req.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 05:00 PM (gbOdA)

109 I'm about to cook up a burger (ground beef and brisket) which will be served with cheese, bacon, tomato, lettuce, and avocado.

Don't tell Sir Mix-a-Lot, but I ain't got no buns!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:00 PM (kpS4V)

110 Well, s***!

Posted by: The French

Oops. I mean "merde"!

Posted by: The French at June 08, 2025 05:01 PM (s8j++)

111 Today we are having soup dumplings from a place in Mobile, I just have to steam them, and broccolini. It’s just the kid and me, so it will be great.

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:01 PM (aT5K/)

112 109 I'm about to cook up a burger (ground beef and brisket) which will be served with cheese, bacon, tomato, lettuce, and avocado.

Don't tell Sir Mix-a-Lot, but I ain't got no buns!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:00 PM (kpS4V)

The lettuce can be the bun...or the burger (one on each side with veg and sauce inside)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:01 PM (tOcjL)

113 Any fans of shishito peppers here? I hear they have nice mild heat. May have to grow one in my pepper plot, which is doing very well this year.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:02 PM (kpS4V)

114 My father would do the home grocery shopping on Saturday and I would go with him. He was one of those shoppers who went to different stores depending on what food he was getting. Anyway one of our stops was at Star Bakery where we would get 3 loaves of fresh ,hot French bread. Two for home and one to eat while we did the rest of the shopping .

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 05:03 PM (VofaG)

115 those aren't wasps, of course

anyhoo, beef bulgogi tacos for dindin tonight

Posted by: Otto Pen at June 08, 2025 05:03 PM (sJHOI)

116 Apparently Los Angeles is on fire again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:03 PM (aGhg6)

117 94 Have not had a red chili in forever. Green chili for me.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 04:53 PM (DLqye)

Red is great. Apparently, my boys have started liking mine more b/c now a giant pot has no leftovers, and doesn't even have enough for their sisters and mom to get 2nds...I did make beef and black bean this week, which is one of my favorites (with 2 bottles of my spouse's beer, that he makes low hops, high malt for me, which is ideal for the kids and I to eat, b/c I hate hops bitter flavor)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:04 PM (tOcjL)

118 Any fans of shishito peppers here? I hear they have nice mild heat. May have to grow one in my pepper plot, which is doing very well this year.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Bought a bag at TJ's a couple of months ago. As you said, nice and mild. Ate most of them raw.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2025 05:05 PM (lJ0H4)

119 Speaking of wild meat, a restaurant in Taiwan is offering Godzilla Ramen:

https://tinyurl.com/2adb7mb9

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:06 PM (kpS4V)

120 I cab crushed pepper now without heartburn.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:06 PM (aGhg6)

121 I mix tuna with egg salad and mix in fresh bacon bits.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2025 05:07 PM (ITkJX)

122 116 Apparently Los Angeles is on fire again.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:03 PM (aGhg6)

Ima gonna straighten out a hanger and looter weinnies, beer, and mustard.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 05:08 PM (gbOdA)

123 Never heard of it but Pol Roger was Churchill's favorite champagne and he drank a lot of it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2025 04:42 PM (VofaG)

Cuvee Winston Churchill by Pol Roger is wonderful champagne. And it is priced to reflect that.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:08 PM (PVcx/)

124
119 Speaking of wild meat, a restaurant in Taiwan is offering Godzilla Ramen:

https://tinyurl.com/2adb7mb9
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

I love a good ramen, but will pass on this. I have eaten gator, it tastes like fatty fishy chicken.

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:09 PM (aT5K/)

125 Merde! Mon ami, merde!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 05:09 PM (2gJlZ)

126 I love a good ramen, but will pass on this. I have eaten gator, it tastes like fatty fishy chicken.

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:09 PM (aT5K/)

Mine was cooked by military enlisted over open fire, so more of the fat had been burned off, but chicken-ish is about right.

I'd eat alligator again...but I wouldn't pay a lot to do so (I'd pay what I'd pay for chicken)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:10 PM (tOcjL)

127 118 Any fans of shishito peppers here? I hear they have nice mild heat. May have to grow one in my pepper plot, which is doing very well this year.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Bought a bag at TJ's a couple of months ago. As you said, nice and mild. Ate most of them raw.
Posted by: Tuna at June 08

Every now and again, there is a spicy one. I love them blistered with salt and rice vinegar.

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:11 PM (aT5K/)

128 Any fans of shishito peppers here? I hear they have nice mild heat. May have to grow one in my pepper plot, which is doing very well this year.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

The lively and adventurous Mrs naturalfake isn't here right now, so I can't give you the exact recipe, but it's simple.

She flash fries the shishito peppers(no batter or coating) in hot oil then quickly toss them with miso and sesame seeds while they're still hot.

Great beer food! And nice as a side with grilled fish or meat.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:11 PM (iJfKG)

129 114 ... "Anyway one of our stops was at Star Bakery where we would get 3 loaves of fresh ,hot French bread. Two for home and one to eat while we did the rest of the shopping ."

Polynikes, That sounds both delicious and like a fond memory.

Posted by: JTB at June 08, 2025 05:12 PM (yTvNw)

130 Has anyone seen the wish you were here video with Trunp and Elon?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:14 PM (aGhg6)

131 When I moved to Corsicana there no such thing as French bread here. My mom would ship me 6 loaves at a time from CA.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:14 PM (DLqye)

132 Had some excellent food up in New Hampshire this past weekend. After meeting up with CBD, RMBS and his friend we met RI Red at a place right down the road from the hotel. A basement bar that served excellent Italian food. Being I was on the road for 7 hours I scarfed down the food like there was no tomorrow. Delicious.

The next day we met a diner for breakfast had a delicious Western omelette and proceeded to go and do what we were up there to do. (Read about in the next thread ;-) )

After the activities we decided to go the a Mexican place that again was nice a close to the hotel.
Awesome food. I had a stuffed jalapeno as a starter and ordered the paella for my main. The only negative about the paella was that the mussels were not fresh. Other than that it joined the clean plate club.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at June 08, 2025 05:15 PM (0XVad)

133 Enjoying a Bloody Mary made with the Charleston Spicy mix someone here recommended last week. Very tasty.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2025 05:16 PM (lJ0H4)

134 It's on Instagram.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:16 PM (aGhg6)

135 Heh. I haven't had a Bloody Mary in a month of Sundays.

Time to rectify that.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 08, 2025 05:18 PM (/HDaX)

136 We have a Wild Fork near us.

Some of their stuff is pretty good if overpriced.

I'm very tempted to try getting their Iberico acorn-fed Pork Ribs to BBQ.

I'm a little leery though cuz they are very fatty and the aftermath could be awfully messy.

Buuuuut, sometimes you must suffer for your art.

I suppose I'll wait till all the kiddos are home to make the attempt.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:18 PM (iJfKG)

137 Off to the salt mines
Have a great evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2025 05:18 PM (+qU29)

138 32 Whatever happened to Cold Duck?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 08, 2025 04:27 PM (63Dwl)
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The ducks got smart and wear down.

Posted by: Ciampino - They just muffle up at June 08, 2025 05:18 PM (sPQoU)

139 Having a pecan imperial stout from some place out of NY.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2025 05:20 PM (ITkJX)

140 I recently invented Chili Surprise.

1 can Hormel Chili
2 hotdogs, chopped
Shredded cheese

Dump chili into bowl, add hot dogs, microwave 90 seconds, top with shredded cheese.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:20 PM (Xw+1y)

141
I was pretty lazy cooking-wise this week.

I did make a Kaiju-Sized Breakfast for Dinner with French Toast, bacon, sausage, and eggs.

That was nice.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:21 PM (iJfKG)

142 https://is.gd/LyKEZG

There it is.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:21 PM (aGhg6)

143 140 I recently invented Chili Surprise.

1 can Hormel Chili
2 hotdogs, chopped
Shredded cheese

Dump chili into bowl, add hot dogs, microwave 90 seconds, top with shredded cheese.
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025

Oh dear heavens!

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:21 PM (aT5K/)

144 Have not had a red chili in forever. Green chili for me.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 04:53 PM

Chimayo weeps.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 05:22 PM (XqeJN)

145 Weasel, have you given up on your chicken bowl?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:22 PM (DLqye)

146 Oh dear heavens!
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:21 PM (aT5K/)
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I know! Sounds delicious, right? You should try it!

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:22 PM (Xw+1y)

147 I'm very tempted to try getting their Iberico acorn-fed Pork Ribs to BBQ.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:18 PM (iJfKG)

I wonder whether that is a waste of great pork? I look at the Iberico stuff and think of delicately searing it in a pan, finishing in the oven, and eating it as a simple dish to enjoy the quality of the meat.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:23 PM (mWSu4)

148 Hello mudder Hello fodder
Could this food be any hodder?
Dinner should not be lukewarm
I ate far better at the dorm.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2025 05:23 PM (vMomv)

149 Weasel is a punk rock chef.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:23 PM (kpS4V)

150 143 140 I recently invented Chili Surprise.

1 can Hormel Chili
2 hotdogs, chopped
Shredded cheese

Dump chili into bowl, add hot dogs, microwave 90 seconds, top with shredded cheese.
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025

Oh dear heavens!

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:21 PM (aT5K/)

I dunno...there's some veg content of some type in the chili...I think. This might be one of Weasel's healthiest recipe posts...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:23 PM (tOcjL)

151 Just made a pot of chickpeas from dried beans. These things were so old we couldn't recall where or when we got them. Soaked overnight and simmered for about two hours. I'm surprised at the difference from canned versions. These are not so mealy and have, somehow, a fresher taste.

The canned are convenient but I think we'll save those for hummus and use the dried for soups. I'm still looking at other ways to use them as more carb friendly than potatoes.

Posted by: JTB at June 08, 2025 05:24 PM (yTvNw)

152 Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:22 PM (DLqye)
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No, not at all! It's just that these inspirational food creations just come to me seemingly from nowhere!

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:24 PM (Xw+1y)

153 Every now and again, there is a spicy one. I love them blistered with salt and rice vinegar.

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:11 PM (aT5K/)

Isn't that odd! I find the same thing.

I blister them in olive oil then sprinkle sea salt on top.

Love 'em!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:25 PM (mWSu4)

154 Shishito Peppers are food roulette. Most of them are moderately spicy with a sweet flavor, but every tenth one or so brings the heat in a very meaningful way.

I like them but it is always bracing when you bite into the hot one in the batch.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:25 PM (PVcx/)

155 140 I recently invented Chili Surprise.

1 can Hormel Chili
2 hotdogs, chopped
Shredded cheese

Dump chili into bowl, add hot dogs, microwave 90 seconds, top with shredded cheese.
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:20 PM (Xw+1y)

No animals were harmed in the making of this chili.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2025 05:25 PM (gbOdA)

156 It's easy to make fun of Weasel's minimalist preparations, but I have made WeaselBeanz from his recipe, and they are pretty damned tasty!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:26 PM (mWSu4)

157 I'm very tempted to try getting their Iberico acorn-fed Pork Ribs to BBQ.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:18 PM (iJfKG)

I wonder whether that is a waste of great pork? I look at the Iberico stuff and think of delicately searing it in a pan, finishing in the oven, and eating it as a simple dish to enjoy the quality of the meat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:23 PM (mWSu4)

I wonder the same myself. That's one reason for procrastinating.

Weirdly, that's one of their items that's not badly overpriced. Overpriced but...

It tasks me. It tasks me and I shall have it!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:26 PM (iJfKG)

158 > 140 I recently invented Chili Surprise.
> Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025

I get it. Sometimes you're just in the mood for old-fashioned white-trash style comfort food (my native cuisine, so not a criticism).

For added trailer park authenticity, rather than using shredded cheese, you could tear up some Kraft American Singles.

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 05:27 PM (qpyNK)

159 Hormel chilli is fairly decent. I got a free can for trying a new brand of corn chips a few years back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:28 PM (aGhg6)

160 Speaking of canned chili, I used to buy the Nalley bargain brand, which was cheap and reasonably tasty.

After Dopey's inflation, though, the cans started being only about half full of actual chili, with the rest being reddish-orange liquid.

Lately I've been buying Stagg. The "Dynamite Hot" flavor is the one I like best.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 05:29 PM (qpyNK)

161 Hormel brand is also thoughtful enough to include a pop top on their cans!

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:29 PM (Xw+1y)

162 The canned are convenient but I think we'll save those for hummus and use the dried for soups.

Posted by: JTB at June 08, 2025 05:24 PM (yTvNw)

I have used dried chickpeas for hummus and the results were delicious. One advantage of using dried is that you can cook the hell out of them and get rid of most of the shells. That way the hummus is incredibly smooth.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:30 PM (mWSu4)

163 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:26 PM (mWSu4)
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*fistbump!*

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:31 PM (Xw+1y)

164 No, not at all! It's just that these inspirational food creations just come to me seemingly from nowhere!
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:24 PM (Xw+1y)

Guy Savoy
Alain Ducasse
Weasel

Inspired and Inspirational Food Pioneers

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:32 PM (PVcx/)

165 Hormel brand is also thoughtful enough to include a pop top on their cans!

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:29 PM (Xw+1y)

Luxury!

Have you ever considered working canned corn beef hash into your repertoire?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:32 PM (mWSu4)

166
*For added trailer park authenticity, rather than using shredded cheese, you could tear up some Kraft American Singles.*

Ahem.

Posted by: Cheez Whiz Original Cheese Snack 8 oz. Spout-Top Can at June 08, 2025 05:32 PM (lIgBp)

167 Test.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:32 PM (CA3k/)

168 Huh. The last phone IP was evidently flat out banned. I do not remember doing anything sporty...

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:33 PM (CA3k/)

169 Pass.

Posted by: Your 4th grade teacher at June 08, 2025 05:34 PM (lIgBp)

170 Hey, Chef, whatcha cookin today?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:34 PM (DLqye)

171 Alcohol consumption has been the way for most recorded history. I remember seeing something that argued that the brewing of primitive beer WAS the reason for civilization.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:35 PM (CA3k/)

172 It's easy to make fun of Weasel's minimalist preparations, but I have made WeaselBeanz from his recipe, and they are pretty damned tasty!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:26 PM (mWSu4)

I made them as well. I will admit to deviating from the recipe. He said cut the bacon into .308 cubes and I did them as 7.62. Still turned out great.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:35 PM (PVcx/)

173 The best bread products I have ever had were the "Brotchen" in SW Germany. Perfect rolls, Crispy crust, chewy in the middle (and a bit of flavor between Rye and French bread).
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 04:57 PM (2cS/G)

Then slap a couple Nuremberg wursts in one, add some of that awesome mustard and dang! Some fine eatin' washed down with a fine Helles lager.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 05:35 PM (W/lyH)

174 I get it. Sometimes you're just in the mood for old-fashioned white-trash style comfort food (my native cuisine, so not a criticism).

For added trailer park authenticity, rather than using shredded cheese, you could tear up some Kraft American Singles.

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 05:27 PM (qpyNK)

My best trailer park food which everyone loves...

Find a microwave safe cup. Put olive oil and (vegan) butter and a large scoop of jarred chopped garlic and some salt in the microwave and melt it for 30 seconds. No measuring besides eyeballs. Stir.

Then take bottom end, uber-white going stale hamburger and hot dog buns, open them up, and put a normal size drawer spoon of the topping on each one and spread it. Nope, no measuring spoons. Weasel recipe here.

Broil in the oven 3-5 minutes (sorry Weasel, 3.5 minutes is as low as I can go). Watch these suckers get devoured and be told it's world's better than almost any sold garlic bread outside of high end Italian places...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:35 PM (tOcjL)

175 Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:33 PM (CA3k/)

Can you send me the IP please.

cbd at cutjibnewsletter dot com

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:35 PM (mWSu4)

176 Have you ever considered working canned corn beef hash into your repertoire?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)

Hey! Don’t knock canned corned beef hash! Cooked on a flattop so it gets just crispy and served with poached eggs and rye toast is one of my favorite breakfasts!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2025 05:36 PM (BT7V7)

177 The Ancient Egyptians were Irish after all.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:36 PM (aGhg6)

178 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:32 PM (mWSu4)
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Why yes, yes I have!

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:37 PM (RG+lC)

179 Don't knock it until you've fried it.

Posted by: Spam at June 08, 2025 05:38 PM (lIgBp)

180 Can you send me the IP please.

cbd at cutjibnewsletter dot com
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 05:35 PM (mWSu4)

I don't know the old one. I just restarted the phone and it seems to have worked.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:38 PM (CA3k/)

181 And chili should be served over a split bag of Fritos corn chips, then some fresh onion and shredded cheese.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2025 05:38 PM (BT7V7)

182 > Ahem.
Posted by: Cheez Whiz Original Cheese Snack 8 oz. Spout-Top Can at June 08, 2025 05:32 PM (lIgBp)

You can never go wrong with a food that comes in aerosol form.

Remember the "squeeze cheez" they used to sell? It came in a little plastic chub like ground beef or sausage.

It had enough MSG to stock every restaurant in China, but it hit the spot after a night of drinking.

Also, does anyone remember the old-fashioned brick chili? It came in a shelf-stable (more or less) brick. You added it to your own beans (if desired). We used to eat it fairly regularly when I was a kid, back in the Paleolithic.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 05:39 PM (qpyNK)

183 My FWP is living 2 minutes from a great ice cream parlor, Island Creamery. I can't decide between strawberry, butter pecan or mint chocolate chip.
That bread looks delicious but doesn't solve my dilemma.

Posted by: Accomack at June 08, 2025 05:39 PM (JY+81)

184 Don't knock it until you've fried it.
Posted by: Spam at June 08, 2025 05:38 PM (lIgBp)

I tried making fried spam once, maybe 8 years ago after not having spam for about 30 years.

It was disgusting. I guess my palate changed. Still love the Underwood chicken spread though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:39 PM (CA3k/)

185 Have you ever considered working canned corn beef hash into your repertoire?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)

That's a good trailer park breakfast.

Cut the corned beef hash into slices, fry until crisp then fry eggs in the fat.

Yum-yum!

Spam works well this way too.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:40 PM (iJfKG)

186 Hey, Chef, whatcha cookin today?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:34 PM (DLqye)

Winston the Dog and I have been bachelors for the week, as the lovely and talented went home to her mother's. I kind of assume she will be back but now that I think about it, she didn't say when.

The long and the short of it is I've been sort of grazing the frig and occasionally going out. Broasted Chicken at the Parkman Bar and Grill last night. It was fantastic. Probably make chicken picatta tonight.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:40 PM (PVcx/)

187 My ex ate cold spam with ketchup on white bread. I could not bring myself to make that "sandwich "

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:41 PM (DLqye)

188 179 Don't knock it until you've fried it.

Posted by: Spam at June 08, 2025 05:38 PM (lIgBp)

One food my spouse used to love that I just couldn't get into...maybe it's b/c it's what it looks like when you open the can and remove it.

Also can't do corned beef hash...sorry guys. I'm all bacon for breakfast. No ham, no sausage, no deviation (okay, I'd do a steak, but I have other concerns, like bankrupting myself, if I got that habit)...unless it's in gravy...then it's okay.

Which leads me to say, not for breakfast, but chicken fried steak (which again, still steak) is amazing. Now if I want it, I have to make a version for myself, but man, when I could have the trailer park version - damn!

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:41 PM (tOcjL)

189 Ok, I’ll admit I had a can of Hormel Chili: Angus Beef, No Beans in the pantry. Let’s see, the vegetable contents include tomatoes, tomatoes in tomato juice, bell peppers, red bell peppers, green chiles, green chile purée, chile sauce (includes some garlic), seems to be thickened with oatmeal and corn flour. Not bad! Might try Weasel’s recipe with it. But not tonight, I’ve already eaten!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 05:41 PM (2gJlZ)

190 @Diogenes, that's what we would eat at night, but in the mornings, racing back for formation, we'd just grab the plain one or one with Kase.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (2cS/G)

191 Last time I made chili was an all meat ketoish affair. 2 lbs ground beef to one pound sausage (or chorizo worked too.) Delicious. I might have to make some and get some fritos.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (CA3k/)

192 Any fans of shishito peppers here? I hear they have nice mild heat. May have to grow one in my pepper plot, which is doing very well this year.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:02 PM (kpS4V)

My wife cooks them up soy sauce, garlic, anchovy powder, green onions and sometime sesame seeds, and it keeps like a pickle.

She also likes them raw, dipped in gochujang sauce.

I grow them for her

Posted by: Kindltot at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (D7oie)

193 > 187 My ex ate cold spam with ketchup on white bread. I could not bring myself to make that "sandwich "
Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:41 PM (DLqye)

I don't think I could handle it with ketchup.

I do like it with mayo and cheese, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (qpyNK)

194 Peacfull protests include arson now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (aGhg6)

195 He said cut the bacon into .308 cubes and I did them as 7.62. Still turned out great.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:35 PM

Well, you're not alone. CBD has converted to metric, as well, using 9mm, instead of .45.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (XqeJN)

196 183 My FWP is living 2 minutes from a great ice cream parlor, Island Creamery. I can't decide between strawberry, butter pecan or mint chocolate chip.
That bread looks delicious but doesn't solve my dilemma.

Posted by: Accomack at June 08, 2025 05:39 PM (JY+81)

Butter pecan and strawberry - get one of each for a nice combo.

Never get the fake mint, mint choco chip. Only mint from the garden should be used and eaten...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:43 PM (tOcjL)

197 I remember seeing something that argued that the brewing of primitive beer WAS the reason for civilization.
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It separates us from the animals.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:43 PM (kpS4V)

198 Now I will eat the hell out of fried corned beef hash. Crispy heaven.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:43 PM (CA3k/)

199 Roli Roti makes a good pork and potatoes hash.

https://tinyurl.com/knzxewup

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:44 PM (/sySz)

200 Kitty is mewling plaintively for some of my yogurt.

Can't drop some in her bowl; she has to lick it from my finger.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:44 PM (kpS4V)

201 187 My ex ate cold spam with ketchup on white bread. I could not bring myself to make that "sandwich "

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:41 PM (DLqye)

When I first met him, my spouse ate it cold out of the can. Needless to say, then he actually had my food and never went back. Gave up his cold Chunky soup can habit too (that was a breakfast one)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:44 PM (tOcjL)

202 Having Crock Pot roast beef that was slow-cooked in a lovely tomato sauce, served over mini-rigatoni and covered in fresh shaved parm.

Having it with a nice Scotch as a change of pace.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2025 05:44 PM (XV/Pl)

203 Maxine Waters is a stupid biatch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:45 PM (aGhg6)

204 Well, you're not alone. CBD has converted to metric, as well, using 9mm, instead of .45.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (XqeJN)

I am surprised he has not espoused the superiority of 7.5 French.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:45 PM (CA3k/)

205 chicken fried steak (which again, still steak) is amazing. Now if I want it, I have to make a version for myself, but man, when I could have the trailer park version - damn!
Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:41 PM (tOcjL)

Point of Order - If you use bread crumbs and squeeze a lemon on it, you can call it Schnitzel or Milanese and charge an extra $7.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:45 PM (PVcx/)

206 205 chicken fried steak (which again, still steak) is amazing. Now if I want it, I have to make a version for myself, but man, when I could have the trailer park version - damn!
Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:41 PM (tOcjL)

Point of Order - If you use bread crumbs and squeeze a lemon on it, you can call it Schnitzel or Milanese and charge an extra $7.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:45 PM (PVcx/)

No, b/c then you're missing the glop...it was the marriage of the glop with the fry that made it amazing!

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:46 PM (tOcjL)

207 Chicken fried steak is what separates us from the animal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:47 PM (CA3k/)

208 11.43 mm.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:47 PM (aGhg6)

209 You know what soup is great out of the can? Progresso chicken & wild rice. Also a pull tab can.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:47 PM (RG+lC)

210 Well, you're not alone. CBD has converted to metric, as well, using 9mm, instead of .45.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (XqeJN)

I knew he went to France but now you tell me he's gay? 9mm is not the CBD I know.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:48 PM (PVcx/)

211 The idiots who did that study about eliminating alcohol probably wonder why no one, except equally stupid politicians, takes them seriously. They are not influenced by the evidence of the past 7 or 8 thousand years that there are health benefits to booze.

I would think actual scientists conducting actual studies would be pissed at these fools for wasting time, resources, and ruining belief in their efforts.

Posted by: JTB at June 08, 2025 05:48 PM (yTvNw)

212 I finally mastered the perfect crust on my chicken fried steak.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:48 PM (DLqye)

213 Hormel sent a bunch of their poptop chili to the troops in desert storm. While i appreciated the gesture, gag me! That shit was vile! I have not eaten hormel.since.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 05:48 PM (W/lyH)

214 The Progresso chickarina(sp?) Is really good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (CA3k/)

215 And the mashed potatoes with the chicken fried steak that also got glopped...now that I write this, maybe it's a good thing I can't eat this unless I make it...b/c I almost never make it and my heart is probably thanking me!

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (tOcjL)

216 @Pete Bog. We went to Bermuda a couple months ago, and I ordered the Veal Milanese because someone had told me it was good. It was great, the best Schnitzel-style dish I've had in years.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (2cS/G)

217 Heh... a friend of my late mother's worked the night shift. One night he came home hungry and browsed the refrigerator. Oho! Some potted meat! Sandwich time!

The next day he found out that his wife had fed half a can of dog food to the dog and put the rest in the fridge.

According to him it wasn't half-bad.

Strongheart brand, if anyone's curious. I don't think it's made any more.

(Strongheart was a movie dog. He was a German Shepherd like Rin Tin Tin, but Strongheart was the OG).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (qpyNK)

218 Get the Hormel 100% natural chili with beans. Real ingredients and no junk.

I went to the local farmers market and have found people selling pasture raised chickens. They were talking about how they aren't allowed to sell the chickens they butcher themselves. Nice couple. I can get decent chicken at the store but like to buy from local growers.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (AcTAo)

219 Maxine Waters is a stupid biatch.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:45 PM

Weeeeeeeellll...Maxine Wayers is a big fat bitch, she's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world...

Posted by: Eric Cartman at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (Wnv9h)

220 Campbell's Chunky is pretty good.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (aGhg6)

221 Marinate spam in teriyaki sauce, then fry and serve over sushi rice. Make a little loaf and wrap in nori!

Spam musubi.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2025 05:50 PM (mT+6a)

222 209 You know what soup is great out of the can? Progresso chicken & wild rice. Also a pull tab can.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:47 PM (RG+lC)

Weasel - a better recipe.
One can of Campbell's tomato condensed soup
One half box of Trader Joe's beef bone broth box (so 8oz)
A touch of water if you overboil it or like it thinner

Warm together and add either parm or nutritional yeast to the top...protein bomb for your sandwich of choice...or a nice soup for a low salt salad...

2 minute recipe at your service (yes, you can add chopped veg or herbs to the top, but this is the simple "I have nothing" version)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:51 PM (tOcjL)

223 Chicken fried steak is what separates us from the animal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 05:47 PM

That, and we use cutlery.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2025 05:51 PM (Wnv9h)

224 Maxine Waters is a stupid biatch.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:45 PM

Weeeeeeeellll...Maxine Wayers is a big fat bitch, she's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world...
Posted by: Eric Cartman at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (Wnv9h)

Come on guys. This is the food thread. Talking about that stupid bitch is making me lose my appetite.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 05:51 PM (W/lyH)

225 There was a great place in the Hill Country that used to serve Chicken Fried Steak dinner and Peach Cobbler and basically that was it.

Great Food. Best CFS I've ever had outside of Mom's.

Their gravy used CFS crispys and drippings and breakfast sausage. Excellent combo if a bit unusual.

And wonderful Peach Cobbler. Probably the best evah.

We used to drive about an hour from my folks place to get there, but it was worth it.

And then one day it was gone. Couldn't get enough folks to make the long haul i guess.

*single tear slides down cheek*

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:52 PM (iJfKG)

226 212 I finally mastered the perfect crust on my chicken fried steak.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:48 PM (DLqye)

For the good of our heart health, it might be best not to share

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:53 PM (tOcjL)

227 My wife cooks them up soy sauce, garlic, anchovy powder, green onions and sometime sesame seeds, and it keeps like a pickle.

She also likes them raw, dipped in gochujang sauce.

I grow them for her
Posted by: Kindltot at June 08, 2025 05:42 PM (D7oie
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These sound delicious and umami AF.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:53 PM (kpS4V)

228 0.45 in = 11.43 mm > 9.00 mm

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 05:53 PM (2gJlZ)

229 54 When I was in Turkey, some.mornings I'd get a loaf of eckmek, otherwise known as bread. (About 15 cents) When it was still warm, Id cut up some cheese, salami, and open a bottle.of wine and dang! Talk about good eating!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 04:36 PM (W/lyH)

Little is in Turkey with GF and family as we speak. He's spoken well of the local fare, especially the breakfast that you mention, except he's been enjoying the local pilsner..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 08, 2025 05:53 PM (bA75n)

230 Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:51 PM (tOcjL)
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Thanks! But I suspect I would lose the benefit of annoying WW by not standing over the sink and eating from the can.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:53 PM (RG+lC)

231 Pallets of cinderblicks have been prepositioned for tonights peacefull protests.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM (aGhg6)

232 "I recently invented Chili Surprise."

What's the surprise?

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM (vFG9F)

233 Spam musubi.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Nothing says North Shore like gas station musubi on your way to Ehukai Beach! 🤙

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM (kpS4V)

234 That, and we use cutlery.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Pork ribs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM (mT+6a)

235 What's the surprise?
Posted by: fd at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM (vFG9F)
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The hot dogs, but don't tell anyone.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM (RG+lC)

236 Heh... a friend of my late mother's worked the night shift. One night he came home hungry and browsed the refrigerator. Oho! Some potted meat! Sandwich time!

The next day he found out that his wife had fed half a can of dog food to the dog and put the rest in the fridge.

According to him it wasn't half-bad.

Strongheart brand, if anyone's curious. I don't think it's made any more.

(Strongheart was a movie dog. He was a German Shepherd like Rin Tin Tin, but Strongheart was the OG).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (qpyNK)

Ackshewallee the taste testers for dog food aren't dogs.

Humans are the taste testers.

If they give it the thumb's up then it goes to the dogs.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM (iJfKG)

237 Little is in Turkey with GF and family as we speak. He's spoken well of the local fare, especially the breakfast that you mention, except he's been enjoying the local pilsner..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 08, 2025 05:53 PM (bA75n)

Good for him! The only beer we had when I was there (mid 80's) was Efes Bier. Pretty sure it was formaldehyde strained thru some hops. The first one was vile. The rest not so bad.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 05:56 PM (W/lyH)

238 230 Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:51 PM (tOcjL)
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Thanks! But I suspect I would lose the benefit of annoying WW by not standing over the sink and eating from the can.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:53 PM (RG+lC)

Well, you can pull that recipe out when you need to impress someone - find something green to drop on top and they'll think you're an amazing chef (b/c the secret is everyone's loves Campbell's - the fact it's still the 1950's recipe probably explains why)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 05:56 PM (tOcjL)

239 Nothing says North Shore like gas station musubi on your way to Ehukai Beach! 🤙
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Oh yeah.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2025 05:56 PM (mT+6a)

240 "I recently invented Chili Surprise."

What's the surprise?
Posted by: fd at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM

Pretty sure it came as a bit of a shock to the cow.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2025 05:56 PM (Wnv9h)

241 Haole.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:57 PM (aGhg6)

242
Ackshewallee the taste testers for dog food aren't dogs.

Humans are the taste testers.

If they give it the thumb's up then it goes to the dogs.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08,

My dog is currently eating carrots and blueberries for a snack. 😂

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2025 05:57 PM (/sySz)

243 The hot dogs, but don't tell anyone.
Posted by: Weasel "

Ok!

Posted by: the otters at June 08, 2025 05:58 PM (vFG9F)

244 Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 05:49 PM (2cS/G)

How did you like the rest of the food in Bermuda? I recall it being pretty good but that was probably 35 years ago. Since your return are you regularly sporting knee socks with your shorts?

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:58 PM (PVcx/)

245 Haole.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 05:57 PM (aGhg6)
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Correct term is "Fuckin' haole".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:58 PM (kpS4V)

246 That, and we use cutlery.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Pork ribs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2025 05:55 PM

There are, of course, exceptions to the rule. Tasty, tasty exceptions.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2025 05:58 PM (Wnv9h)

247 Missed lunch so I am snacking on some boneless smoked sardines with crackers and hunks of gruyere cheese.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:59 PM (DLqye)

248 Since we are pretty good at using diet, within reason, instead of strong medication to deal with our mild diabetes, I'm always looking at labels of prepared foods. Since canned soup was mentioned, I'm always surprised at how high the carbs are. Even a simple canned tomato soup is high. Not sure why. We keep a few cans of soup on hand for emergency provisions but I make most of the soup from scratch these days. And mine tastes better. Enameled cast iron dutch ovens are our friends. They aren't just for bread anymore. :-)

Posted by: JTB at June 08, 2025 05:59 PM (yTvNw)

249 I've thought about adding a few crumbled saltine crackers to the chili surprise. Kind of "Chili Surprise Deluxe"

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:00 PM (RG+lC)

250 I've thought about adding a few crumbled saltine crackers to the chili surprise. Kind of "Chili Surprise Deluxe"
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:00 PM (RG+lC)

I thought that meant you added a couple of sprigs of parsley, for a splash of color.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2025 06:01 PM (VNX3d)

251 That would be a fun food thread.

Food you eat with your hands and why it’s so awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2025 06:02 PM (mT+6a)

252 I thought that meant you added a couple of sprigs of parsley, for a splash of color.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2025 06:01 PM

Presentation is important.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2025 06:02 PM (Wnv9h)

253 A lot of you guys/gals have referenced trips/meals involving Asia. I refuse to go there because I think I will fuck up and be "the guy" who wises off to the wrong person, or smokes somewhere I shouldn't. Next thing you know, I'm Brittney Griner eating rice all day. My wife spent 2 weeks in India a few years ago, I was terrified the whole time. I need basic Western conventions anywhere I go.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:02 PM (2cS/G)

254 249 I've thought about adding a few crumbled saltine crackers to the chili surprise. Kind of "Chili Surprise Deluxe"
Posted
I use crackers to spoon up the chili(and rice).

Posted by: Eromero at June 08, 2025 06:03 PM (jgmnb)

255 197 I remember seeing something that argued that the brewing of primitive beer WAS the reason for civilization.
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It separates us from the animals.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 05:43 PM (kpS4V)

I read about this. Apparently it was at least a contributing inspiration to move from hunter/gatherer cultures to agricuture/farming societies.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 08, 2025 06:05 PM (bA75n)

256 @Pete Bog, the food was excellent. All of Bermuda exceeded our expectations. Kayaking with sea turtles, sharks, around reefs, etc. Perfect place.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:05 PM (2cS/G)

257 In college I had a friend who would eat dog biscuits as a snack. She swore they were not bad, so I tried one. They were not bad, even tasty, but they don’t have the same standards as human food, so there were noticeable rat hairs in the biscuit. I suppose the dog biscuit was fired enough it sterilized the contents, but that was unsettling. Didn’t seem to bother the girl though.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 06:05 PM (2gJlZ)

258 248 Since we are pretty good at using diet, within reason, instead of strong medication to deal with our mild diabetes, I'm always looking at labels of prepared foods. Since canned soup was mentioned, I'm always surprised at how high the carbs are. Even a simple canned tomato soup is high. Not sure why. We keep a few cans of soup on hand for emergency provisions but I make most of the soup from scratch these days. And mine tastes better. Enameled cast iron dutch ovens are our friends. They aren't just for bread anymore. :-)

Posted by: JTB at June 08, 2025 05:59 PM (yTvNw)

A canned veg soup is almost all carbs b/c it's all veg...there's no fat added and usually little to no protein. It's why you want to expand with a fat or protein to balance it.

Like my can of tomato soup - the can (which you split with 2, once you add the bone broth) has 50 carbs in it. Split, it's 25, which isn't bad for a veg side - but it could be better. Adding the bone broth brings the protein in the can from 5 grams to 25 grams (or 12.5 split). Thus, a better option for balancing (but you still need a fat source for lunch - parm is okay, but something more helps)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 06:05 PM (tOcjL)

259 Posted by: Eromero at June 08, 2025 06:03 PM (jgmnb)
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A Fritos Scoop would be good for that, too! But agreed, a saltine is the original.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:05 PM (RG+lC)

260 Missed lunch so I am snacking on some boneless smoked sardines with crackers and hunks of gruyere cheese.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 05:59 PM

I just had a slice of parsleyed ham over some salad with a little wine. Spring on a plate.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2025 06:07 PM (Wnv9h)

261 Weasel, I have to pour your creation over some blue corn tortilla chips and add a scoop of sour cream

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:08 PM (DLqye)

262 A lot of you guys/gals have referenced trips/meals involving Asia. I refuse to go there because I think I will fuck up and be "the guy" who wises off to the wrong person, or smokes somewhere I shouldn't. Next thing you know, I'm Brittney Griner eating rice all day. My wife spent 2 weeks in India a few years ago, I was terrified the whole time. I need basic Western conventions anywhere I go.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:02 PM (2cS/G)
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Huh.
Run PT behind a Korean infantry platoon, in July, and you pretty much lose your appetite.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:09 PM (W/lyH)

263 Tuna salad sammich for lunch today.

It's too hot to cook.

Posted by: JQ at June 08, 2025 06:09 PM (rdVOm)

264 My take on Turkish food is it’s all Greek food with Turkish names. Recently had a chance to try some Turkish Delight. It’s not bad, tasty in an inoffensive way that would appeal to a child’s palate. Not good enough to sell your soul for (unlike Edmund in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 06:10 PM (2gJlZ)

265 Ackshewallee the taste testers for dog food aren't dogs.
Humans are the taste testers.
If they give it the thumb's up then it goes to the dogs.
Posted by: naturalfake

That makes sense. How bad would dog food have to be before a dog wouldn't eat it? Dogs are scavengers. If they eat something completely unpalatable and hork it back up, they're likely to give it a second try.

Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2025 06:10 PM (DgGvY)

266 RMBS, that parsleyed ham sounds like it would be a good choice on the lunch menu for the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:10 PM (DLqye)

267 I had beans and rice for dinner so might just have cereal and yogurt for supper.

Posted by: Eromero at June 08, 2025 06:12 PM (jgmnb)

268 Lincolntf, lots of very different places in "Asia".

But relax and go, your fears are greatly over-done.

India? Actually low on my list, for various reasons, but fear not one of them.

Japan. More orderly, cleaner, than probably anywhere you've been. Culture of politeness, especially to foreigners. Not many faux pas you're likely to commit, and in the remote possibility you do, nothing will be said, or smiling "help" offered, at worst.

Never had an off moment or experience - small towns in Indonesia, Borneo, Singapore. And these days "American" conveniences/standards more prevalent all the time.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:12 PM (1m82a)

269 Weasel, I have to pour your creation over some blue corn tortilla chips and add a scoop of sour cream
Posted by: Ben Had

Mind the Weasel Cuisine time limit, here.

Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2025 06:12 PM (DgGvY)

270 Hummingbird spotted hovering over my bee balm. Excellent! I was wondering when the critters would start using the pollinator garden.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:13 PM (kpS4V)

271 Good for him! The only beer we had when I was there (mid 80's) was Efes Bier. Pretty sure it was formaldehyde strained thru some hops. The first one was vile. The rest not so bad.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 05:56 PM (W/lyH

Heh, that's what he was drinking. It was his first tap beer, and he did say that it wasn't as good as PBR. He also had a cocktail called an Old Monkey. He's just enjoying the fact he can be served alcohol like an actual adult. Still has over a year to go before the good ol' USofA trusts him to drink. Ok to register for the draft though...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 08, 2025 06:14 PM (bA75n)

272 Weasel, I have to pour your creation over some blue corn tortilla chips and add a scoop of sour cream
Posted by: Ben Had

Mind the Weasel Cuisine time limit, here.
Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2025 06:12 PM (DgGvY)
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That'd also involve more dishes to clean and an extra spoon.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:14 PM (RG+lC)

273 My take on Turkish food is it’s all Greek food with Turkish names. Recently had a chance to try some Turkish Delight. It’s not bad, tasty in an inoffensive way that would appeal to a child’s palate. Not good enough to sell your soul for (unlike Edmund in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 06:10 PM (2gJlZ)

There is a brief season for small.flying dish on the Black.Sea. Rajai ran a little restaurant in Sinop. When the season was in, he'd get some.of the fish fresh off the boat, and prepare Fish Sish. OMG!!!
Cubed, skewered, fried in butter and garlic. Served with rice and beans. Best meal I had in my year there.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:15 PM (W/lyH)

274 @Diogenes We had guys and their wives from Korea with their "Kimchee", made me sick. I mean, we're in the middle of Europe, why are we celebrating fermented Korean cabbage shit when we have Paris restaurants an hour away?

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:15 PM (2cS/G)

275 There's a persistent rumor that the reason Spam is so popular in the Pacific Islands is that it's the closest available substitute for human flesh in their traditional recipes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 06:16 PM (qpyNK)

276 Thanks, rhomboid.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:16 PM (2cS/G)

277 I ordered a bottle of peppermint flavored antacid tablets with my Kroger delivery today. Now Amazon is offering me the same. Too creepy.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2025 06:17 PM (lJ0H4)

278 Weasel, you can make Walking Chili, where you pour the chili into a bag of Fritos and munch on the move. That should suit your active lifestyle.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:17 PM (kpS4V)

279 RMBS, that parsleyed ham sounds like it would be a good choice on the lunch menu for the MoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:10 PM

I'd be happy to send you the recipe to take a look at.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2025 06:18 PM (Wnv9h)

280 French food is mostly garbage. It only got the reputation of being good by comparison with English food.

There, I said it.

They drown it in sauces to disguise what are fundamentally mediocre dishes.

Mexicans have good food. Italians have good food. Even Germans have good food.

France? Meh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 06:18 PM (qpyNK)

281 278 Weasel, you can make Walking Chili, where you pour the chili into a bag of Fritos and munch on the move. That should suit your active lifestyle.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:17 PM (kpS4V
And if weasel uses a plastic spoon he’s ahead of the game.

Posted by: Eromero at June 08, 2025 06:19 PM (jgmnb)

282 Set my grill on fire again this week. I guess I should clean it. Baking soda paste and a wire brush???

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 08, 2025 06:19 PM (mlg/3)

283 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:17 PM (kpS4V)
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Isn't that trendy now?

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:20 PM (RG+lC)

284 Weasel, you can make Walking Chili, where you pour the chili into a bag of Fritos and munch on the move. That should suit your active lifestyle.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

We used to do the walking taco variation at work.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2025 06:20 PM (lJ0H4)

285 Roadside stand (actually just a table, and a grill) in Azerbaijan in Caucasus foothills, some of the best food I've ever had. Just kebab, and yogurt. Of course fresh and produced there on that farm. In Azerbaijan basically stuck with kebab, one time some Caspian fish. Georgia was for eating well.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:20 PM (1m82a)

286 > 282 Set my grill on fire again this week. I guess I should clean it. Baking soda paste and a wire brush???
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 08, 2025 06:19 PM (mlg/3)

Setting it on fire is HOW I clean mine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 06:20 PM (qpyNK)

287 I remember Hilo Hattie, may she RIP, in an old Bob Hope movie cracking a lot of jokes about native preference for long pig. Don’t think you can joke as openly about it today.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 06:20 PM (2gJlZ)

288 @Diogenes We had guys and their wives from Korea with their "Kimchee", made me sick. I mean, we're in the middle of Europe, why are we celebrating fermented Korean cabbage shit when we have Paris restaurants an hour away?
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:15 PM (2cS/G)

When I was in Augsburg, the worst dining out was Chinese. Pricey too. Germans, and their Asian imports just could not replicate Asian food. My local Puyallup Panda Express makes it better than anything I found in Europe.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:21 PM (W/lyH)

289 That'd also involve more dishes to clean and an extra spoon.
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:14 PM (RG+lC)

This and the 'if I make that, I only have to clean that pot first' is what shows the true bachelor man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at June 08, 2025 06:21 PM (zZu0s)

290 "Didn’t seem to bother the girl though.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit "

Didn't seem to bother you either. Did she have dog breath?

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2025 06:21 PM (vFG9F)

291 @Rodrigo, not in my experience. The French food (right over the border, not Paris) was amazing. I remember a lamb dish that, 32 years later, still stands out to me. Probably only cost 10 bucks back then, still trying to replicate it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:21 PM (2cS/G)

292 I eat kind of a keto chilli. Pound of burger salted. 1/4 cup of marinara sauce 1/4 cup shredded cheese.
Crushed Red Pepper
Chilli Powder
Paprika
Ground Cumin
Garlic Powder

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 06:22 PM (aGhg6)

293 Baking soda paste and a wire brush???

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 08, 2025 06:19 PM (mlg/3)

I use a wet rag and a scraper. The water flashes to steam and it really helps speed up the cleaning process.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 06:23 PM (mWSu4)

294 There is a brief season for small.flying dish on the Black.Sea. Rajai ran a little restaurant in Sinop. When the season was in, he'd get some.of the fish fresh off the boat, and prepare Fish Sish. OMG!!!
Cubed, skewered, fried in butter and garlic. Served with rice and beans. Best meal I had in my year there.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:15 PM (W/lyH)

Little raved about the mussels and rice that he had. He claims that he never had mussels before, but I'm sure I've made it for him. I'll have to ask him if he had flying fish yet. I remember watching them take off in front of the bow wake as our ship approached Bermuda..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 08, 2025 06:23 PM (bA75n)

295 Setting it on fire is HOW I clean mine.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 06:20 PM (qpyNK)

This is known.

However, I do clean the smoker.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:23 PM (W/lyH)

296 Hubby enjoyed the Efes Pilsner he had in Turkey. It reminded him of PBR which he likes when he finds it on tap.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 08, 2025 06:24 PM (2NHgQ)

297 They drown it in sauces to disguise what are fundamentally mediocre dishes.
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France? Meh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 06:18 PM (qpyNK)

I disagree. I have spent a lot of time in France, and I can't remember the last time I had a meal that was heavily sauced.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 06:25 PM (mWSu4)

298 weft, I use rags, lots of paper towels, industrial de-greaser, wire brush, and fire. If your grill was on fire of course it meant some fat deposited somewhere on the grill was on fire, right? Baking soda and vinegar now a stable cleaning agent for me, but on the grill I go more nuclear.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:25 PM (1m82a)

299 There was a brand of bacon in Maryland that made "Korean spice" flavored bacon. I want to replicate it -- what spices do you think I should use? It was almost teriyaki-like but smoky and Korean-y.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:26 PM (kpS4V)

300 French food is mostly garbage. It only got the reputation of being good by comparison with English food.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 08, 2025 06:18 PM (qpyNK)

Here we go. That's like yelling Crossbow in a Long Bow Users Group, or Maryanne at the Ginger Aficionados meeting.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 06:27 PM (PVcx/)

301 German cooking is surprisingly good, despite the traditional French disdain for it. A lot of the better traditional American recipes are actually German in origin. We forget how much impact the German immigration to America had on our cuisine. The best Hill Country BBQ in Texas was often due to good German cooks.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 06:27 PM (2gJlZ)

302 258 ... "Like my can of tomato soup - the can (which you split with 2, once you add the bone broth) has 50 carbs in it. Split, it's 25, which isn't bad for a veg side - but it could be better. Adding the bone broth brings the protein in the can from 5 grams to 25 grams (or 12.5 split). Thus, a better option for balancing (but you still need a fat source for lunch - parm is okay, but something more helps)..."

Agreed. I keep broth I've made in the freezer and throw some in when adding the liquid. Also, I saute most of the veggies in GOOD olive oil and use fresh cracked black pepper (there is a mill by the side of the stove) and herbs for seasoning. I often add kidney beans for the protein or chicken if I have any. I like to adjust the salt to taste. Not sure of the carbs but my glucose readings are better after my soup than after canned. All this adds maybe ten minutes to preparing the soup.

Posted by: JTB at June 08, 2025 06:28 PM (yTvNw)

303 Pellet grill hit 550 the last time I used it, of course it was set for 450! A sign from the grilling gods that it needed cleaning. Like Weasel I created a new recipe, blackened marinated chicken thighs.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 08, 2025 06:28 PM (2NHgQ)

304 278 Weasel, you can make Walking Chili, where you pour the chili into a bag of Fritos and munch on the move. That should suit your active lifestyle.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:17 PM (kpS4V

AKA, Frito Pie. In my road warrior days, it was my go-to 7/11 order that would sustain me for the next couple hundred miles..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 08, 2025 06:28 PM (bA75n)

305 The biggest difference about good-food Euro countries is not so much the signature or famous dishes, as much as the *average* level of food quality.

Gas station near the beach in Fiumicino. Little deli attached to it. Likely the best sandwich I've ever had. From a gas station.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:28 PM (1m82a)

306 299 There was a brand of bacon in Maryland that made "Korean spice" flavored bacon. I want to replicate it -- what spices do you think I should use? It was almost teriyaki-like but smoky and Korean-y.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:26 PM (kpS4V)

Gochujang is what I'd use and see how close that is. Just head to HMart, buy a container of the paste, and rub it on. They have other jang pastes, but that is most common when someone calls something "Korean" - if you want to make it yourself, it's normally made with a mix of red chili powder, glutinous rice, and fermented soybean powder (and some other things).

Posted by: Nova Local at June 08, 2025 06:28 PM (tOcjL)

307 Gas station near the beach in Fiumicino. Little deli attached to it. Likely the best sandwich I've ever had. From a gas station.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:28 PM (1m82a)

I still remember the pasta dish I had when I was nine. We stopped to get gas somewhere in central Italy. The station had a lunch counter.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 06:30 PM (mWSu4)

308 it meant some fat deposited somewhere on the grill was on fire, right? Baking soda and vinegar now a stable cleaning agent for me, but on the grill I go more nuclear.
Posted by: rhomboid

I don't know. The fire was on inside of the hood in the center. I'm thinking build up of carbon and creosote. Normally, I just pre-heat before grilling and wipe down the grates twice.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 08, 2025 06:30 PM (mlg/3)

309 I often joke that my favorite German food was Turkish kebabs, but German cuisine is actually very tasty. Jaeger schnitzel was one of my favorites. But also the simpler fare, like bratwurst mit brotchen and mittelshcarfer senf (mustard). Their bread was always awesome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 08, 2025 06:31 PM (0aYVJ)

310 I will put Spiesbraten up against Bouillabaisse any day of the woche.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:31 PM (2cS/G)

311 Eris, not sure, but if there's a Korean or Asian store in reach, probably get some kojuchiang (sp? There are as many transliterations for this as for Ghaddafi/Qadhafi/etc).

Surprised at the ubiquitous adoption of Korean spice profiles in zillions of products. Happened with sriracha for a while, seems to be a thing.

But trying to "improve" bacon seems, I dunno, blasphemous or something.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:31 PM (1m82a)

312 Bratwurst is good stuff.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 06:32 PM (aGhg6)

313 That makes sense. How bad would dog food have to be before a dog wouldn't eat it? Dogs are scavengers. If they eat something completely unpalatable and hork it back up, they're likely to give it a second try.
Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2025 06:10 PM (DgGvY)

That was always our standard for really bad food. We were trailer camping in the mountains and were out of food and options one evening, so there was this weird little gas station down the road that said they sold pizza. Ended up being cold tomato sauce over a big matzo cracker, none of us could eat it. Someone said “give it to the dog” a half husky who was usually ravenous. We set it on the ground and he sniffed it, then looked up at us like “are you f’n kiddin me???”
After that, the ultimate low standard was So Bad even the Dog Won’t Touch It.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 08, 2025 06:33 PM (3tIsI)

314 fd -
She was one hot baked potato, but unfortunately in a long term relationship with a big strapping man who became my friend. I don’t think they ever married, so maybe I missed my chance. Oh to be young again!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 06:34 PM (2gJlZ)

315 @Pug The kebabs were awesome. They probably made up half of my off-duty food consumption. Those gut trucks knew what time we got released, and were lined up and ready.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:36 PM (2cS/G)

316 The biggest difference about good-food Euro countries is not so much the signature or famous dishes, as much as the *average* level of food quality.
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Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:28 PM (1m82a)

AutoGrill for the win! and equally true for the wine. Consistency of the food, beer and wine is really remarkable.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 06:36 PM (PVcx/)

317 I will put Spiesbraten up against Bouillabaisse any day of the woche.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:31 PM (2cS/G)

Is that a white apron I see flying from the kitchen window?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:36 PM (W/lyH)

318 But trying to "improve" bacon seems, I dunno, blasphemous or something.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:31 PM (1m82a)
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Merely *enhancing* it, Sir!

And of course I already have a jar of Mother In Law gochujang in the fridge.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:37 PM (kpS4V)

319 Heh heh.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:38 PM (2cS/G)

320 Eris then give that paste a try, maybe that will do it.

You reminded me of a favorite simple bacon thing, appropriate now with grilling season everywhere.

A topping for burgers. Just put some fresh rosemary and black pepper on good bacon, bake it in the oven how you usually do. Amazing on top of a burger (or by itself, or so I was told, or something).

Posted by: rhomboid at June 08, 2025 06:39 PM (1m82a)

321 Welp, reckon I better go do something about the Gun Thread. Later Taters.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:40 PM (a4dG3)

322 I dunno...there's some veg content of some type in the chili...I think. This might be one of Weasel's healthiest recipe posts...
Posted by: Nova Local
Yeh, there's carrots.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 08, 2025 06:40 PM (n4GiU)

323 @Pug The kebabs were awesome. They probably made up half of my off-duty food consumption. Those gut trucks knew what time we got released, and were lined up and ready.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:36 PM (2cS/G)

When I was in Augsburg, we learned that we could eat in the German workers mess hall and on Thursday, it was jager schnitzel day. Damn!!!
Even Mrs D. made a point of joining me for lunch.
Then Saturday at our little golf course for schnitzel sammiches.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:41 PM (W/lyH)

324 My Bloody Mary was so tasty I had a second.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2025 06:41 PM (lJ0H4)

325 CBD, if you don't know by now that Kindltot is a foodie then you haven't been paying attention for years. Sheesh.

Also, I really do encourage everyone to check out the Anti-chef video that CBD linked (the baked Alaska one). His whole channel is an absolute delight. The guy is creative, funny, persistent, and a great editor. I don't know how he doesn't have millions of followers but I hope he gets there.

Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2025 06:42 PM (79pEw)

326 Carrots in chilli. Yeesh.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 06:42 PM (aGhg6)

327 There was a great German restaurant in Baltimore called Hausner's, (IIRC). One memorable dinner consisted of chilled cantaloupe soup with hasenpfeffer as the main course, washed down with copious amounts of beer.

In New Jersey, we had Dutchman's. Amazing schnitzels..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 08, 2025 06:44 PM (bA75n)

328 bluebell, a wedding ceremony is in the works for the TXMoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:45 PM (DLqye)

329 Really, Ben Had? You're getting married??? Congratulations!!

Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2025 06:45 PM (79pEw)

330 bluebell, a wedding ceremony is in the works for the TXMoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:45 PM (DLqye)

I bet there will be a dozen shotguns present!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:46 PM (W/lyH)

331 Mr. Dunderback's.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 08, 2025 06:47 PM (aGhg6)

332 We lived in Augsburg when I was much younger. 1971-72 I still remember the Gasthaus Lamb.

I was a big fan of the Jaeger Schnitzel. Really all the food. Regrettably my parents did not embrace the German custom of letting the kids drink beer.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 06:47 PM (PVcx/)

333 Really, Ben Had? You're getting married??? Congratulations!!
Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2025 06:45 PM (79pEw)
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Such exciting news!

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:47 PM (a4dG3)

334 322 I dunno...there's some veg content of some type in the chili...I think. This might be one of Weasel's healthiest recipe posts...
Posted by: Nova Local
Yeh, there's carrots.

See my comment at 189.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 06:48 PM (2gJlZ)

335 Really, Ben Had? You're getting married??? Congratulations!!
Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2025 06:45 PM (79pEw)
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Such exciting news!
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:47 PM (a4dG3)

The Bachelorette party will be a rager!

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 06:49 PM (PVcx/)

336 Such exciting news!
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 06:47 PM (a4dG3)
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Is it true you're the maid of honor? And Duncanthrax is the flower girl, and Eromero the ring bearer?

Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2025 06:49 PM (79pEw)

337 Sweet, Diogenes. I was single when I was in, but my girlfriend had Mess Hall privilege a few times, and she was shocked by the quantity/quality of the food. She was Dutch S. African, lived in Namibia, studying abroad in Germany, and her go-to lunch snack was Gerber's baby food. So weird taking her for waffles and bacon and eventually out for Prime Rib and Whiskey. Alas, I ultimately ditched her.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:50 PM (2cS/G)

338 bluebell, hahahaha. A lovely couple are doing a JP wedding and will do an ecumenical ceremony at the MoMe.

We finally got a wedding !

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:50 PM (DLqye)

339 bluebell, a wedding ceremony is in the works for the TXMoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:45 PM

Wait...whut?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2025 06:50 PM (Wnv9h)

340 Wait...whut?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2025 06:50 PM (Wnv9h)
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The groom is always the last to know, it seems.

Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2025 06:53 PM (79pEw)

341 Congratulations to whoever it applies. I'll be married 25 years come October, the best decision I have ever made.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:54 PM (2cS/G)

342 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Congratulations to you and your beloved.

I assume all shotguns will have to be without shells and pointed away from the nuptial couple.

*There is a chance I mis-understood your announcement, and it is another couple, not you.*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2025 06:54 PM (u82oZ)

343 Alas, I ultimately ditched her.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:50 PM (2cS/G)

Oh well. Easy come...easy go.

But your story reminds me of when I first got to Augsburg and refugees were coming through. (before the wall came.down)
Long story and I won't bore you here. But so very sad when you'd see these people looking in store windows, or seeing American troops and weeping.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:54 PM (W/lyH)

344 Kindletot mentioned that he is playing with his Japanese Milk Loaf recipe.

Wow, I read that wrong the first time.

There was a German man and wife that used to cook and sell bratwursts at the local farmers' market. He also had a spiced sauerkraut on hand. The brats were out of this world good, the kraut was tasty (although he had it hot and I prefer it room temp). He sold packs of them too, fair price for the quality. I haven't seen him there in years though, unfortunatley.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 08, 2025 06:56 PM (8hxDK)

345 Baked potato for dinner today. Had a ribeye yesterday, so this is technically a continuation of that meal..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 08, 2025 06:56 PM (bA75n)

346 Skunk sighting! 🦨

Is skunk edible? Has anyone tried?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:56 PM (kpS4V)

347 NaCly, cybersmythe and his lovely lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:56 PM (DLqye)

348 Diogenes

I love to argue with pompous Leftists on what is wrong for America. For every reason they advance, I can state two reasons to be proud of America.

But Leftists want me to shut up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2025 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

349 @Diogenes I remember that "vibe" even as late as 1991. We'll let it go for this thread, but I know what you are saying.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 08, 2025 06:56 PM (2cS/G)

350 Spam is best cooked in honey butter.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 08, 2025 06:57 PM (lIgBp)

351 Ben Had

Alas. It would be another story in the Legend of Ben Had.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2025 06:57 PM (u82oZ)

352 But Leftists want me to shut up.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2025 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

They want to shut all of us up.

We will not comply.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2025 06:58 PM (W/lyH)

353 NaCly, I have a new plan but it definitely doesn't involve marriage.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 08, 2025 06:58 PM (DLqye)

354 We finally got a wedding !
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Hooray!

Bacon bouquet?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:59 PM (kpS4V)

355 It's time to start dinner!

Thanks for reading and commenting folks...even the French food haters!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 08, 2025 06:59 PM (mWSu4)

356 Eris, you'd have to de-stink it, and I can't imagine that isn't hazardous. I'd just fast that day.

Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2025 06:59 PM (79pEw)

357 Ben Had

Perks right up!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2025 06:59 PM (u82oZ)

358 A JP wedding? Like with kimonos and the bride in that traditional white outfit, the shiromuko?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 07:00 PM (2gJlZ)

359 NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Crossed katanas for the win!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2025 07:01 PM (u82oZ)

360 Bluebell, do you still have all that you planned for ace's wedding?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2025 07:01 PM (u82oZ)

361 Thanks! But I suspect I would lose the benefit of annoying WW by not standing over the sink and eating from the can.
Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2025 05:53 PM

A John Deere tractor battery being charged on the counter should make up for at least 3 or 4 not standing over the sinks and eating from the cans.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 07:05 PM (XqeJN)

362 I knew he went to France but now you tell me he's gay? 9mm is not the CBD I know.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 08, 2025 05:48 PM

The Frenchification has happened faster than I predicted.

He still hasn't embraced soccer fandom, but I suspect that's next, given the current trajectory.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 07:07 PM (XqeJN)

363 Bluebell, do you still have all that you planned for ace's wedding?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2025 07:01 PM (u82oZ)
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Gosh, that was a long time ago! I didn't save it, but I could probably find it eventually if the need arises!

Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2025 07:08 PM (79pEw)

364 Nood

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2025 07:09 PM (2gJlZ)

365 He still hasn't embraced soccer fandom, but I suspect that's next, given the current trajectory.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2025 07:07 PM (XqeJN)
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He's just in it for the hooliganism and high-end looting.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 07:10 PM (kpS4V)

366 Blackhawks in the sky over L.A.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 08, 2025 07:31 PM (Xlykt)

367 Yō Mary....... Little Willie wants to meet your mouth !!!!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at June 08, 2025 07:34 PM (7uGna)

368 There was a brand of bacon in Maryland that made "Korean spice" flavored bacon. I want to replicate it -- what spices do you think I should use? It was almost teriyaki-like but smoky and Korean-y.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 08, 2025 06:26 PM (kpS4V)

Eris, you want to look up Gochujang for the typical spices, but they use Doenjang, pepper paste, brown sugar or rice syrup, and garlic as a base

https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/gochujang

Posted by: Kindltot at June 08, 2025 07:50 PM (D7oie)

369 every housewife in Korea has her own recipe by the way. The one above is my wife's but Maangchi wrote a cookbook

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