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Food Thread: The Perfect Restaurant Menu: A Fable [CBD]
No, I don't mean this kind of issue.....
But wandering into the local pub or American restaurant....what do you want to see on the menu? It's a struggle to find simple classic food. Why is it that so many restaurants think that simple is bad and boring?
Here is my wish list. 1. Fried Chicken with good mashed potatoes and an interesting vegetable.This is as simple as it gets, food costs are low, people love it, it goes well with beer. 2. French Onion Soup.
Duh. Cheap. great tasting. Easy to prepare in advance. 3. Roast Chicken.
Yes, it can be tough to make perfectly, but there are plenty of excellent recipes for roast chicken that will make most people very happy. One problem is finding good quality poultry, but come on....I'll bet that every restaurant in America is within shipping distance of a good poultry farm. 4. Steak and French Fries.
No, not a 60-day dry-aged steak for $67.50. A nice sirloin with good, crispy fries. 5. Fish and Chips.
It's easy to make, and very quick. Frying foods is usually the quickest way to cook them! Can you tell that I crave the classic, simple dishes that mom is rumored to make best? So....what is your #1 dish?
This is a sticky bun from Balthazar Bakery, which is the baking arm of a small restaurant group here in the NY metro area. They have a few excellent (and relatively expensive) restaurants, and also a big bakery just over the river in NJ. It has a retail counter, where one can find spectacular baked goods, including this fantastic version of the common sticky bun found in every bakery on the planet.
Be careful of the Gell-Man Amnesia Effect: Here's an article in Bon Apetit about common mistakes with marinades. Aside from the fact that it imparts no useful information, other than the most obvious and trite suggestions, it has some factually incorrect statements. Yes, you can use your marinade to baste the cooking meat....just make sure that you don't use it just before you remove the meat from the grill or the oven or wherever you are cooking. Bacteria are killed by heat. It's not difficult to understand that sufficient heat will kill the bacteria in the marinade!
This is from "America's Test Kitchen." It's a bit busy, so read through it and get the important parts. It's really just pressing the chicken so it gets maximum contact with the hot pan. And...thyme and potatoes go really well together...
FYI...."Butterflying" is of course just spatchcocking.
- Whole chicken, butterflied. 3lb fryers work well.
- table salt and ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil plus 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil
- 3 cloves garlic , minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice from 1 lemon, plus 1 lemon cut into wedges
- 1 1/2 pounds Red Bliss potatoes (small), scrubbed, dried, and cut into 3/4 inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
- 1 One full brick, wrapped in foil.
1. TECHNIQUE: BUTTERFLYING A CHICKEN With the breast side down and the tail of the chicken facing you, use poultry shears to cut along the length of one side of the backbone. With breast side still down, turn the neck end to face you, cut along the other side of the backbone and remove it. Turn the chicken breast-side up. Open the chicken on the work surface. Use the palm of your hand to flatten the chicken, then pound it with the flat side of a mallet to a fairly even thickness. Season the chicken with salt and pepper to taste. 2. Adjust an oven rack to the lowest position and heat the oven to 450 degrees. Heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a heavy-bottomed 12-inch ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Swirl the skillet to coat evenly with oil. Place the chicken, skin-side down, in the hot pan and reduce the heat to medium. Place the brick on the chicken and cook, checking every 5 minutes or so, until evenly browned, about 25 minutes. (After 20 minutes, the chicken should be fairly crisp and golden; if not, turn the heat up to medium-high and continue to cook until well browned.) 3. Meanwhile, mix the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, garlic, 11/2 teaspoons of the thyme, the pepper flakes, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper in a small bowl and set aside. 4. Using tongs, carefully transfer the chicken, skin-side up, to a clean plate. Pour off any accumulated fat in the pan and add the potatoes, sprinkling them with 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon black pepper, and the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons thyme. Place the chicken, skin-side up, on the potatoes and brush the skin with the reserved thyme-lemon juice mixture. 5. Transfer the pan to the oven and roast until the thickest part of the breast registers 160 degrees on an instant-read thermometer, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and let rest 10 to 15 minutes.
6. Return the skillet with the potatoes to the oven and roast until browned and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the potatoes to a large bowl, leaving the fat behind. Toss the potatoes with the parsley. Cut the chicken into pieces. Serve the chicken and potatoes immediately with the lemon wedges.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 04:03 PM (adaac)
Posted by: Gaff at June 28, 2015 04:04 PM (0YV0o)
Posted by: huerfano at June 28, 2015 04:05 PM (bynk/)
Posted by: Fox2! at June 28, 2015 04:05 PM (brIR5)
Posted by: Phil at June 28, 2015 04:06 PM (39FGM)
Posted by: HH at June 28, 2015 04:07 PM (Qia1Z)
2. Reuben sammich.
3. Venison tamales with Jalapenos. Yep, gotta make these myself.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at June 28, 2015 04:07 PM (rCjdK)
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 04:08 PM (adaac)
Posted by: HH at June 28, 2015 04:09 PM (Qia1Z)
Posted by: Kreplach at June 28, 2015 04:09 PM (WVvzl)
That is a tough one! Have you ever had good meatloaf at a restaurant?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:09 PM (Zu3d9)
What we called country cooking here. There are at least 10 such restaurants within a 5 mile radius of my little town here. And that doesn't count the "fast food chicken places".
2. French Onion Soup. Duh. Cheap. great tasting. Easy to prepare in advance.
We used to have one place here that did that but it went TU. I have to drive to "the city" to get it now.
3. Roast Chicken.
Probably available but I have never ordered it.
4. Steak and French Fries.
Just about any restaurant in town. But I prefer to make my own.
[1]5. Fish and Chips.
Lots of those around too.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:10 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 04:10 PM (adaac)
Posted by: Kreplach at June 28, 2015 04:11 PM (WVvzl)
A lot of restaurants have reasonably good burgers.
Are you talking about a great one?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:12 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 28, 2015 04:13 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:13 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Amichel at June 28, 2015 04:15 PM (zX+hP)
...but I'll get frozen crinkle-cut.
That's how I judge a place. If you can't do a a simple burger well, I'm not eating anything else and don't expect me to come back.
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at June 28, 2015 04:15 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:16 PM (GpgJl)
Mamaw comfort food: neck bones with egg noodles.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at June 28, 2015 04:16 PM (rCjdK)
Shockingly, yes. There are a few diners along rtes 11/15 in PA that have pretty good meatloaf. Hamloaf, in some cases, even.
Posted by: Phil at June 28, 2015 04:16 PM (39FGM)
Posted by: wcgreen at June 28, 2015 04:17 PM (Pb64z)
Posted by: FireHorse at June 28, 2015 04:17 PM (hrKcY)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at June 28, 2015 04:18 PM (zauWW)
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at June 28, 2015 04:18 PM (rCjdK)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:19 PM (GpgJl)
But as far as the food goes, I'm just thinking of pub food, not an actual restaurant per se.
Posted by: HH at June 28, 2015 04:20 PM (Qia1Z)
Posted by: Kreplach at June 28, 2015 04:11 PM (WVvzl)
Same here. Best from my kitchen, but there's a small restaurant in Tucson that is near perfect in all of the above.
If you're in the area, you won't be disappointed.
http://bit.ly/1SVAaYp
Amazing.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette: bookend at June 28, 2015 04:21 PM (qCMvj)
Google Translate?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:21 PM (F2IAQ)
Bacon wrapped meatloaf, on a bed of mashed potatoes, topped with a Tavern type sauce, and a bunch of fried onion strings. Amazing.
Back when I ate red meat that is.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 04:21 PM (adaac)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette: bookend at June 28, 2015 04:21 PM (qCMvj)
I'm impressed.
This is a good recipe for meatloaf...the only one I use.
http://minx.cc:1080/?post=354546
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:22 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Gaff at June 28, 2015 04:04 PM
________
Best burger I ever had in a restaurant was at Lake Placid Pub & Brewery.
That's where Ubu Ale is made, but I'm not a fan of that. Bill Clinton is said to love the stuff. But I digress.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 28, 2015 04:23 PM (hrKcY)
Standard American maybe a good chicken dish, burger sandwiches and good fries.
Posted by: Lea at June 28, 2015 04:23 PM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 28, 2015 04:23 PM (kTF2Z)
A good basic European bread would be heavenly. "Artisan" bread in most of the US is still Wonderbread with a crisp crust. A lot of the remaining stuff tries to impart flavor to the otherwise insipid product by over-spicing it with herbs or other flavorings.
And the bread that is used for cheesesteak and/or hoagie rolls is pathetic...
Posted by: obladioblada at June 28, 2015 04:24 PM (WVxCU)
Posted by: Escaped Convict at June 28, 2015 04:24 PM (Gcu5R)
Oddly, some of the best I've ever had was in a run-down dive bar not too far from home.
Another dive also got voted "best steak" in one of the local rags last year. Lunch special ribeyes are something like $8 with sides.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 04:26 PM (56XFm)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette: bookend at June 28, 2015 04:21 PM (qCMvj)
Myrtle Beach and Charleston have plenty of places where you can get good fresh fish done however you like it. Inland can be a problem because you are going to get frozen most of the time. But I know one place here that brings it in from the beach daily fresh (we are about 110 miles from the beach).
But true, most of the time to get good fresh fish you need to be somewhere on a seacoast or at least close.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:26 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: =/= derit =/= at June 28, 2015 04:27 PM (jT+gh)
Went all out on meat pies, tarts and quiches this week. Not sure why, cranked it all out in two days, and we will be eating it all for days to come. Fine by me.
Broccoli quiche.
Mushroom tart.
Tourtiere x 2 (easy to make two at once; Pork Meat Pie)
Mushroom, Tomato, Feta tart with fresh herbs (and drizzled honey).
and I pulled out a Blueberry topped Cheese Pie from the freezer I had made a week ago.
Kinda just buffett'ing it all weekend here.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:27 PM (qCMvj)
One of our local diners make the thinnest burgers you could ever imagine. Pounded super thin, it was basically a paper thin burger where the whole thing was one crispy layer. Yum.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 04:27 PM (adaac)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 28, 2015 04:27 PM (oZr5y)
Posted by: lincolntf at June 28, 2015 04:28 PM (Y6FiP)
Posted by: Mr. T's Special Frosted MRE flakes at June 28, 2015 04:28 PM (mTo/m)
Posted by: =/= derit =/= at June 28, 2015 04:27 PM (jT+gh)
Overpriced crap with a long wait time. I can not understand why they are always so crowded.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:29 PM (GpgJl)
Meat loaf baked in small sizes gives a good innards to crust ratio.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 04:30 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:27 PM (qCMvj)
Hmmph!
We in America call it "Egg Pie."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:30 PM (Zu3d9)
But true, most of the time to get good fresh fish you need to be somewhere on a seacoast or at least close.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:26 PM (GpgJl)
Not mention the blue crabs!
Yeah, Charleston is my second home away from home. Most of my family lives there (and they all fish).
I gorge on seafood while I'm there.
I agree, Vic, living on the coast is not just for the sun and beach. Even Maine has fabulous seafood. The chowders... yum.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:33 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:19 PM (GpgJl)
That's why I rarely order steak, and when I do, I am almost always disappointed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:34 PM (Zu3d9)
I didn't know sourdough was. 'A thing' in San Fran but it was really really good.
I tend to get annoyed at sandwich places for 1. Not having regular sandwich type bread (vs sub/ciabatta/whatever) and 2. For toasting everything! If I want a sandwich, I generally want something cold, Reuben's and grilled cheese excepted.
Posted by: Lea at June 28, 2015 04:34 PM (vmMMi)
By the combined fortune of good parenting and meeting my father during the war she evolved into a very socially respected member of local society.
But..., she always had a taste for pig's knuckles. I never could adjust to it. It wasn't the sort of thing that turned up at the table, but every now and then she would acquire some, and poor Mike would have to bear witness to his very refined mother gnawing away at the things. "Uum, ummm" *gnaw, gnaw*.
Blech.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:34 PM (F2IAQ)
Vidalia Onion cored 1/2 way.
Insert 1-2 beef bouillon cubes
1T butter.
Wrap in foil. Grill approx 1 hr on med heat.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 28, 2015 04:35 PM (BGCet)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
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Yep. Cracker Barrel doesn't impress me one bit. They're about half a notch better than Golden Corral. Another joint that mystifies me. Why do people flock to those places like they do?
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 04:35 PM (56XFm)
Age it well in a good marinade and test for doneness by tweaking the ankle joint.
Folks can debate rodeo cowboy vs. cattle drive cowboy.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 04:35 PM (MQEz6)
If you can tell it is out of a bag, and tastes as much...not good.
If you can tell it is hand breaded, fried fresh...no matter how it tastes (usually awesome), you know they really care about serving handcrafted food.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 04:35 PM (adaac)
Vic, when driving up from the Isle of Palms to Charleston on my vacation, we'd see the fishing boats pulled up next to what appeared to be restaurants in the Mount Pleasant area.
Boy, talk about fresh fish or shrimp...
Posted by: HH at June 28, 2015 04:35 PM (Qia1Z)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:36 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:36 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:26 PM (GpgJl)
I have to make myself not order shrimp off the coast because it doesn't taste like shrimp and I'm always disappointed.
Which reminds me, three week to beach time! Shrimp and grouper here I come!
Posted by: Lea at June 28, 2015 04:37 PM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 28, 2015 04:38 PM (pCePB)
There seems to be something missing where I inserted the ___. Might this be the place where the brick makes its appearance in the recipe?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 28, 2015 04:38 PM (IN7k+)
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 04:39 PM (MQEz6)
If you can tell it is out of a bag, and tastes as much...not good.
If you can tell it is hand breaded, fried fresh...no matter how it tastes (usually awesome), you know they really care about serving handcrafted food.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 04:35 PM (adaac)
Good point. I usually use the appetizers/hors d'oeuvres menu when I judge or decide on a restaurant first.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:39 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: the bourbon
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Consistency.
Even if it is mediocre, you know what you are going to get.
Moreover, there are fewer and fewer Mom & Pops that serve the same foods.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:39 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:41 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: FireHorse at June 28, 2015 04:41 PM (hrKcY)
Assuming that they would dare venture into something that isn't a chain to start with.
Some folks just won't go to anything not a chain brand name....it's all quite frustrating dealing with them.
Posted by: Phil at June 28, 2015 04:42 PM (39FGM)
When I was a kid, if we wanted shrimp, I had only to walk out the back door, out on the dock, pick up the cast net, and start throwing it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:42 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 04:35 PM (56XFm)
Decent pancakes they used to serve with real maple syrup (now it's some maple syrup blend. Bleck). Biscuits ok, cornbread ok... Coke cake is good and they have some good sides. All their breakfast meat is terrible though and their regular food is hit and miss.
I think we always used to associate them with vacations and eating on the road and that was what made them special.
Posted by: Lea at June 28, 2015 04:43 PM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 28, 2015 04:44 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: Lea at June 28, 2015 04:44 PM (vmMMi)
More then casual- good steak, or good seafood. Good seafood means lobster for my better half, scallops for me.
At home? Tuna fish casserole made with cream of chicken soup and corn; and I've never had a good tuna fish casserole anywhere but at home. Wouldn't ever even think about ordering it at a restaurant. Everyone has a comfort food they eat only at home, and that's mine.
Posted by: Gospace at June 28, 2015 04:44 PM (mkqcx)
So I take it you didn't grow up in Oklahoma...
Posted by: HH at June 28, 2015 04:44 PM (Qia1Z)
Posted by: Phil
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I've had that problem when vacationing with others: "I saw an Olive Garden up the road". WTF?
The absolute best example? London: "Oh..., there's a Subway". WTFF?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:46 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 04:46 PM (2cS/G)
I think mozzarella sticks are an east coast thing to me. In arkansas, it is cheese dip. Everyone has it, and is judged in it. When I moved to the east coast people ate mozzarella sticks instead constantly. One of those weird tiny cultural differences.
Posted by: Lea at June 28, 2015 04:46 PM (vmMMi)
That large size pizza cost me $22.99, btw. And I picked it up.
Question: how much, in just ingredients, did that pizza cost to make?
I'm gonna guess: $2.50, tops.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 28, 2015 04:46 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:39 PM (qCMvj)
Same here.
Appetizers, dessert, and coffee.
Good places do them well.
Good coffee is good even when it cools to room temp.
Meh coffee is good only when hot.
It's damn difficult to find good apple pie.
I like to use Cortland apples, cinnamon, butter, a tad of sugar, and crust made with beef lard.
In fact beef lard crust is good all by itself.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 04:46 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: HH
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Heh. There may now be shrimp farms in OK, for all I know. Could lead to Shrimpnado!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:47 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:27 PM (qCMvj)
Hmmph!
We in America call it "Egg Pie."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:30 PM (Zu3d9)
hmmm, never heard them called egg pies.
ha!
Fish and chips? very British!
That egg pie is making me sleepy for a nap right about now.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:47 PM (qCMvj)
My example would be hauling 3 folks to Manhattan for a theater outting, and instead of the kabob place I thought looked cheap and interesting....they insisted on going back to the Applebees. *sigh* Heathens.
Posted by: Phil at June 28, 2015 04:48 PM (39FGM)
I can kind of understand the Subway thing.
Went on a cruise a few years ago, had eaten days and days of wonderful, plentiful, custom made food.
Stopped on St. Maarten, and saw a Subway, and I can't tell you how good it sounded. It felt like...home. Which is sad.
But, yeah, most of the time, I try to eat where the locals eat.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 04:48 PM (adaac)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:46 PM (F2IAQ)
Ha! Although when I was a kid we went to France and then did two days at the end in London and there was mcdonalds just next door that had really good filet o fish.
Posted by: Lea at June 28, 2015 04:50 PM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Eat Out Often at June 28, 2015 04:50 PM (gwG9s)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at June 28, 2015 04:51 PM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: Beth M at June 28, 2015 04:51 PM (kiy9d)
Posted by: Phil
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I can't stand that. I used to travel a lot for work. If I'm in Denver, Seattle, Chicago - wherever, let's go to a decent local joint. Nope. Everyone wants to go to Applebee's or som such nonsense.
True story - after Katrina I was working in NOLA for a while. Had awesome crawfish ettouffe, jambalaya, shrimp, etc. I was on a mission to find the best red beans & rice in town, and tried it everywhere.
Anyway, one day our host wanted to take us to his favorite restaurant as a treat. I'm thinking "great! We're going to Emeril's place or something! "
Shower, shave, dress nicely, drive down to the French Quarter... where does he take us? Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 04:51 PM (56XFm)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 04:52 PM (2cS/G)
a theater outting, and instead of the kabob place I thought looked
cheap and interesting....they insisted on going back to the Applebees.
*sigh* Heathens.
Posted by: Phil at June 28, 2015 04:48 PM (39FGM)
Go to the city for a theater outing and eat at an Applebee's??? That would only happen with me once.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:52 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 04:53 PM (l+qoZ)
Anyway, one day our host wanted to take us to his favorite restaurant as a treat. I'm thinking "great! We're going to Emeril's place or something! "
Shower, shave, dress nicely, drive down to the French Quarter... where does he take us? Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 04:51 PM (56XFm)
Strangely, the best red beans and rice I ever had was in Colorado. So good I asked them for the recipe, which they obliged (it was a small place out in the middle of nowhere, I honestly cannot remember where). I still have the written down recipe on a scrap of paper. I wondered if you they left anything out, but it always tasted perfect when I made it.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:55 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: HH
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There used to be herds of shrimp in Oklahoma til the white man came to drive them out. Buffalo too till the white man shot them for their wings.
Posted by: Liz Warren at June 28, 2015 04:55 PM (kTF2Z)
Four commas.
Not bad.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 04:56 PM (MQEz6)
Now you talkin my langwij. I loves me some fry chikens.
Posted by: Rachel Dolezal at June 28, 2015 04:56 PM (F1Z8f)
Posted by: idwestern Fisherman With A Dream at June 28, 2015 04:56 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 04:53 PM (l+qoZ)
oh yum
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:56 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 04:57 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 04:57 PM (Q819Q)
Recipe...or it didn't happen.
nynjmeet at optimum dot net
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:58 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:58 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 04:59 PM (MQEz6)
a theater outting, and instead of the kabob place I thought looked
cheap and interesting....they insisted on going back to the Applebees.
*sigh* Heathens.
My college roommate came for a visit and we went sight-seeing in San Fran. For dinner I told her to pick anywhere she wanted; the City is known for its culinary delights. She wanted Sizzler. *sigh*
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 04:59 PM (l+qoZ)
Posted by: idwestern Fisherman With A Dream
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It's like herding cats. They just skitter off here and yon.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 04:59 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:00 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 05:00 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: DaveA at June 28, 2015 05:00 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at June 28, 2015 05:00 PM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 28, 2015 05:01 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 05:01 PM (Zu3d9)
94 81 So I take it you didn't grow up in Oklahoma...
Posted by: HH
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There used to be herds of shrimp in Oklahoma til the white man came to drive them out. Buffalo too till the white man shot them for their wings.
Posted by: Liz Warren at June 28, 2015 04:55 PM (kTF2Z)
Drove the Oklahoma Gray Whale to extinction, too.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 05:02 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Liz Warren at June 28, 2015 05:02 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 05:03 PM (2cS/G)
92 I love deep-fried shrimp, but lately I found a place that serves amazing pulled-pork sandwiches along with tasty coleslaw (no runny dressing, blech) and homemade-tasting mac cheese. Made my eyes roll up inside my head and I was bouncing on the seat doing my "happy mouth" dance.
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 04:53 PM (l+qoZ
Guard your secret well.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 05:03 PM (MQEz6)
Won't work. I'd be too tempted to hurl it at a congresscritter.
Posted by: John Boehnbag at June 28, 2015 05:03 PM (F1Z8f)
Fried chicken on a doughnut. Um, hello!
A few weeks ago, they also had a strawberry shortcake dougnut....a glazed doughnut cut in half, whipped cream and strawberries sandwiched btween the halves, and then the top bruleed till caramelized.....it makes me want to weep.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 05:03 PM (adaac)
You betcha! This little place in in the wrong part of town, not the "bad" part but the industrial area. Has a line out the door for over an hour for lunch. The line never gets shorter; people just keep adding to it. Food's crazy-good.
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 05:03 PM (l+qoZ)
Best crawfish ever - eaten with friends who lived in Jefferson, LA, and cooked them in a huge pot with corn and other vegetables, then spilled the whole mess on a picnic table. Emily Post was not amused. She can bite me.
Best beer ever - I was 18, traveling with my parents in the Yucatan, and we stopped in some little town for the night. We went to the town square (zocalo) and I got an ice cold Dos Equis and sat there checking out the senoritas.
And that's how I become The Most Interesting Man in the World.
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 05:03 PM (LAe3v)
I usually opt for a burger at places that don't have a speciality. I also like a beer to go with it. My pet peeve is places that have 20 pulls behind the bar and advertised another 40 in bottles and they don't have a beer menu. You ask the waitress what kind of beer they have and she asks "What kind do you like?"
Free.
Do you have any of those? I've drank I don't know how many beers. You might have one I have not tried (BONUS). Or, If I read your menu I can decide if I want one that I like over another one I like. PRINT A MENU.
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:04 PM (8ikIW)
On the wing? They're a bitch to hit. Lead them too much and they just flit away....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 05:04 PM (Zu3d9)
I avoid chain restaurants like the plague. I've never had a meal in one of them that was worth the money spent. Preparing a great meal is fun, getting served something lukewarm and bland and paying three, four, or more times ingredient costs makes me want to kick the dog when I get home. Which would entail buying a dog on the way home, an additional cost.
Posted by: se pa moron at June 28, 2015 05:04 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 04:52 PM
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Applebee's typically has decent service and a great view of Lowe's.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 28, 2015 05:05 PM (hrKcY)
Posted by: Liz Warren at June 28, 2015 05:02 PM (kTF2Z)
Is that how you got a whole case of them?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 28, 2015 05:06 PM (DiZBp)
111 Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 04:59 PM (MQEz6)
Swan Oyster Depot?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 05:01 PM (Zu3d9)
Maybe.
All I can remember is it was a small place on a busy streetcorner.
On the Pacific side and North of Golden Gate Park, I think.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 05:06 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Snoodling
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I've mentioned before, a night of irresponsible drinking in Montreal, followed by a careening cab ride with an insane French Canadian cabby as he transported us to Schwartz's (?) Delicatessen for smoked meat sandwiches. Freaking fantastic. Here's a pic :
http://schwartzsdeli.com/ca/en/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:06 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at June 28, 2015 05:06 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: The Ten Pound Chicken at June 28, 2015 05:06 PM (dboyw)
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Whenever I'm in a new town, I always ask the locals where to eat.
I was at the Superdome for the first game played there when it re-opened (they had great food, btw), and ended up chatting with a security guard. He said "I can tell you exactly where to get the best beans & rice in Nawlins..."
He took out a pen and wrote down an address & phone #. "Where is this place?" I asked.
It was HIS house! He was inviting a total stranger over for dinner, just to brag about his wife's red beans & rice. Local flavor is what makes the traveling worthwhile.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 05:06 PM (56XFm)
Restaurateurs and contractors are the worst businessmen in the world.
There is some stuff that is just so damned obvious, and yet.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 05:06 PM (Zu3d9)
Heh.....
Stayed at Kiawah Island for a few nights...ordered the whole fried flounder. It was so damned good I ordered it again the next night.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 05:08 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo
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No argument. In Florida, I'm inclined to Pompano.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:08 PM (F2IAQ)
Best Indian - the first time I ate Indian, in London, after college. I'm sure I've had better since, but nothing that was an equivalent gastronomic epiphany.
The best Lamb Madras I've ever had was in a little dive off the trolley line in Denver.
Best Scottish food - ?
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 05:09 PM (LAe3v)
Schwartz's! It is fantastic.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 05:09 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:10 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Looking at the pictures is killing me...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:10 PM (F2IAQ)
Easiest things to catch, ever.
Holy cow were they good.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 05:11 PM (MQEz6)
I hear noise near the checkout area, and see...a group of people in a circle, holding hands and dancing. Or something. This teacher/leader was a young woman with full-sleeve tats, no bra, and saggy boobs.
Whole Foods. WTF?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:11 PM (FsuaD)
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Good thing you got there before the Federal troops arrived.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:11 PM (F2IAQ)
If you ate it at the same restaurant I did, I agree. I can't remember the name, but it was a white building. I had the whole flounder, diamond slash pattern on the outside. Best fish I've ever had, bar none.
I asked for the recipe, but they weren't talking.
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 05:12 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 05:12 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:13 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Phil at June 28, 2015 05:14 PM (39FGM)
Posted by: pep
We had gone to Hymans for the flounder. Right downtown and about a half mile from the church.
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:14 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Jane
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I'm dying here. 500 miles to the ocean.
1200 miles to Montreal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:15 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 28, 2015 05:15 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at June 28, 2015 05:15 PM (ucDmr)
Thank God Johnnie's Pastrami is a short drive. Took baby brudder there for his birthday. http://www.johnniespastrami.com/
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 28, 2015 05:15 PM (ySf2s)
Fresh flounder and crabs. Nirvana.
Posted by: se pa moron at June 28, 2015 05:17 PM (xQX/f)
Everything remain raw!
Posted by: Buster Rimes, sushi chef at June 28, 2015 05:17 PM (F1Z8f)
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:17 PM (8ikIW)
What I would give to have both of these right now.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at June 28, 2015 05:18 PM (dboyw)
Why do you think I still live in California? The beaches, the seafood, the always-fresh produce that tastes like it was grown in your backyard because, well, it was.
That, and I have great friends who love me to death. Otherwise, I'd want to move.
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 05:19 PM (l+qoZ)
If husband and pals ever make it back intact from Tybee Island and all the storms we've had this afternoon.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:19 PM (FsuaD)
I do enjoy a good hash... the kind you eat... umm, not in a brownie.
One of my favorite things to do is to get a cold seafood plate -- you know, raw oysters, raw clams, (cooked) shrimp, etc -- and sit outside deck on a cold beer.
Also, (hot) crawfish or blue crabs. Very relaxing.
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:20 PM (RWGcK)
I wish one were near me now, too, but this isn't the case, unfortunately.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at June 28, 2015 05:20 PM (dboyw)
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 05:20 PM (hrKcY)
Fried chicken is raaaacccciiiiissssttt!!!1!!!!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 28, 2015 05:21 PM (iQIUe)
Years ago I was a line cook in a "casual fine dining" restaurant. The upstairs was the actual restaurant area, the downstairs area was a sports bar. Upstairs we served all the stuff you'd expect, including hand-cut steaks, and downstairs we served "bar food," although one could order from either menu regardless of what part of the establishment you were in.
One of our biggest sellers was the "Steak Biscuits." We used tiny little rolls, maybe 1.5" square, and the trimmings from when we cut the filet mignon steaks to make these and served five of them with fries. And charged $6.50 for them.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 28, 2015 05:22 PM (nL0sw)
Yes!!!!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:22 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at June 28, 2015 05:22 PM (dboyw)
Homemade, I prefer my grandmother's cabbage rolls, both the ones which
are wrapped in cabbage leaves and the ones in which the cooked
hamburger, onions, cabbage, and bacon grease are wrapped in bread dough
and baked.
What I would give to have both of these right now.
I think we had the same grandma! The ones wrapped in cabbage we used to call pigs in a blanket. I was disappointed as a kid to find that hot dogs in a crescent roll were the poor substitute for Grandma's Piggies.
I miss my grandma and her cooking. And baking. Oh, her pinwheel cookies were to die for! And her kuchen! I finally learned how to make that this last Christmas and made nine of them. They didn't last a week in our house. :>
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 05:23 PM (l+qoZ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 28, 2015 05:23 PM (kTF2Z)
ahhh, the ol' Sunday night depression rears its ugly head
I just realized that 12 hours from now I'll be dressing for works.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 28, 2015 05:23 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 28, 2015 05:24 PM (pCePB)
Posted by: HH at June 28, 2015 05:24 PM (Qia1Z)
I totally get ya.
But, if a boneless, skinless chicken breast is pounded out enough, and marinated enough....roasting it low and slow on the grill is fantastic.
I tend to find that when people cook bone-in chicken either in the oven or the grill, it never turns out right. Either burnt on the outside or dry as the dickens inside. Or both. They try to cook it too high and too fast.
So, for me, I much prefer the boneless, skinless, if it is cooked right.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 05:24 PM (adaac)
They would also stay fresh for a week or so, unlike the 12-hr limit of typical store donuts.
I can make them, but my wife gives me The Baleful Glance when I suggest them.
Alas.
Posted by: LochLomondFarms at June 28, 2015 05:24 PM (vEYcI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:24 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (ucDmr)
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I don't understand these words in that order.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 28, 2015 05:15 PM (kTF2Z)
OMG, I had incredibly good food the last time I was in Scotland. The food has really improved. Gastropubs. Restaurants in small hotels. Awesome trip.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (ySf2s)
OT, but of interest to me in the Adirondacks--#2 felon that broke out of Clinton Correctional has been shot but taken alive.
Good prelude to the new week, anyway.
Posted by: irongrampa at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (jeCnD)
I really dont understand the appeal for seafood. As a kid I liked lobster. Then as an adult it occurred to me that lobsters and crabs were the oceans insects.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (Q819Q)
Damn. I like fried chicken.
--
Speaking of which, I saw those round watermelons on sale here (the ones that are sort of the size of a volleyball) -- 4 melons for $1. I'd have bought them, but no room in fridge and Mr doesn't like watermelon.
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:26 PM (RWGcK)
You learn something new everyday...and forget 2 others.
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:27 PM (8ikIW)
in Scotland. The food has really improved. Gastropubs. Restaurants in
small hotels. Awesome trip.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
Then it was, by definition, not Scottish food. Just like curry is not British food, even though that's what they eat.
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 05:27 PM (LAe3v)
Blackhawks, Kings, Ducks, Capitals, Jets, Predators, Islanders, Panthers, Sabres.
Teams it'll be tough to be a fan of for awhile:
Devils, Blues, Bruins, Flyers, Coyotes.
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 05:27 PM (hrKcY)
Two enormous chicken breasts (boneless, sorry, Y-not) seared for a bit in bacon fat then coated with bread crumbs and baked for 45 minutes.
Fan-fucking-tastic.
Posted by: eman at June 28, 2015 05:28 PM (MQEz6)
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I almost feel guilty. I'm about ten miles from where the Chesapeake Bay joins the Atlantic.
Grew up fishing those waters - we used to catch flounder that Dad called "doormats" because they were that big. One could feed a family of six...
Fresh fish is just a given. I guess I take it for granted. And now I want a shark steak all of a sudden! Mmm
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 05:28 PM (56XFm)
It is a little known fact that Scotch was invented by the Scottish to apologize to the world for their cooking.
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 05:28 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 05:12 PM (2cS/G)
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Once we perfect the homosexuality ray gun, we can turn them all gay and they will die out. But we need additional funding.
Posted by: homosexual government scientists at June 28, 2015 05:29 PM (F1Z8f)
Also forgot to turn off the sock so now I'll just own the name for the rest of the thread.
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 05:29 PM (hrKcY)
Click the menu link.
Chicken a few different ways, catfish, meatloaf, etc.
Basic yummies.
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 28, 2015 05:30 PM (SPXKW)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:30 PM (Q819Q)
either in the oven or the grill, it never turns out right. Either burnt
on the outside or dry as the dickens inside. Or both. They try to cook
it too high and too fast.
So, for me, I much prefer the boneless, skinless, if it is cooked right.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 05:24 PM (adaac)
Cooking chicken with the bone in like that you have to boil it first before frying or baking. Same way you make BBQ ribs.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 05:31 PM (GpgJl)
Yes, you're right about that.
I'm somewhat feral, so anything in a shell or on a bone or needing to be shelled appeals to me. I even prefer shell-on peanuts. lol
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:31 PM (RWGcK)
There was a stand on the end of the pier in Cartagena Columbia that sold really good rotisserie chicken (at least that's what they said it was...). Tasted really good on the way back from a night on the town. Had a very drunk shipmate one night trying to order a turkey from a very confused proprietor. His buddies finally convinced to order 3 chickens instead.
Posted by: Gospace at June 28, 2015 05:32 PM (mkqcx)
154: Jane looks like it's going to be storming awhile there. Stay dry and stay safe.
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (ucDmr)
Husband, son and others took the boat over to a bar/restaurant on the Back River on Tybee Island earlier. They've been waiting out the storms all afternoon. Hopefully, they'll zip back to our island before the next round hits.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:32 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at June 28, 2015 05:33 PM (gwG9s)
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I've always wondered if the fish in this painting by Winslow Homer is a flounder.
http://tinyurl.com/oa87vxe
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:33 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 05:27 PM (LAe3v)
Steak & fresh fish aren't Scottish food? Who knew?!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 28, 2015 05:34 PM (ySf2s)
Posted by: Jane
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Name of bar/restaurant?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:34 PM (F2IAQ)
Hush puppies... mmmm. Haven't had those in ages.
Speaking of cornbread-y things, I noticed the jalapeño cornbread that I had in Kentucky was pretty sweet. I thought y'all (I'm practicing) told me that real Southern cornbread was NOT sweet. Maybe that's the midwestern influence on KY.
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:35 PM (RWGcK)
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 05:35 PM (hrKcY)
The local liquor laws are a tad strange, but you won't care the least when dinner is served.
Posted by: se pa moron at June 28, 2015 05:35 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:34 PM (F2IAQ)
A. J.'s Dockside.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:36 PM (FsuaD)
You learn something new everyday...and forget 2 others.
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:27 PM (8ikIW)
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I'm getting mine snipped off next month. Kanye keeps licking them.
Posted by: homosexual government scientists at June 28, 2015 05:36 PM (F1Z8f)
Posted by: The Captain at June 28, 2015 05:36 PM (1SHv1)
Boiled mutton and a whipping, followed by six hours of utter silence. If you cry during the whipping, they'll put you in a burlap sack and leave you out for the selkies to eat.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:36 PM (Q819Q)
http://tinyurl.com/nctd845
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:37 PM (F2IAQ)
You would've liked my brunch/lunch today:
potato cake topped with a perfectly cooked steak fillet topped with a perfectly cooked poached egg slathered in a tarragon-flavored Hollandaise type sauce. Yum!
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:37 PM (RWGcK)
jalapeno cornbread that I had in Kentucky was pretty sweet. I thought
y'all (I'm practicing) told me that real Southern cornbread was NOT
sweet. Maybe that's the midwestern influence on KY.
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:35 PM (RWGcK)
Some of those pre-mixed cornbread kits turn out fairly sweet. But good old fried cornbread is never sweet. And that is what I like.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 05:37 PM (GpgJl)
I will have to investigate further! A delicious Science experiment.
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:38 PM (RWGcK)
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 05:38 PM (hrKcY)
Posted by: se pa moron at June 28, 2015 05:35 PM (xQX/f)
If it was down there in Brunswick county they were more than a "tad" strange.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 05:38 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: RAB at June 28, 2015 05:38 PM (t/fol)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:38 PM (F2IAQ)
Quite tasty.
Posted by: HH at June 28, 2015 05:39 PM (Qia1Z)
Not many in Florida, and most out west are transported from the east.
Posted by: Colin at June 28, 2015 05:39 PM (WQLtV)
Posted by: FCF at June 28, 2015 05:40 PM (kejii)
Y-Not, must be the midwestern influence. No true southerner puts sugar in cornbread. I bought a loaf of jalapeno cornbread at Fresh Market several years ago for Mother and her friends as a treat (didn't have time to make it myself). All the sweet little southern ladies were all, "Honey, that was so nice of you, but...that cornbread was *sweet*."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:40 PM (FsuaD)
I'll even do a tree knock once tonight if he does.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at June 28, 2015 05:41 PM (dboyw)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 05:41 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at June 28, 2015 05:42 PM (93KBH)
Jane - Too new for me to know.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:38 PM (F2IAQ)
I'm pretty sure it's been here for the 15 years we've lived here. It's kind of hard to find on the island. Easy to reach by boat.
The owner is the grandson of a dear lady who was a friend of my late mother.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:42 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:43 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at June 28, 2015 05:43 PM (93KBH)
Vic, Cracker barrel has the best sourdough bread, I cheat and have the Mr pick it up on the way home!
Posted by: FCF at June 28, 2015 05:40 PM (kejii)
The best sourdough bread I have ever had was in San Franciso. You can even buy starter kits for it there on Fisherman's Wharf and make your own. Alas, I have never seen them sold anywhere else. And I would not trust mail order for something like that.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 05:44 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Cornholio at June 28, 2015 05:44 PM (XHz/D)
Posted by: Hank at June 28, 2015 05:44 PM (e2GNw)
I found some in a little out-of-the-way store off Hwy. 17 south of here near Darien, GA a few months ago.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:45 PM (FsuaD)
potato cake topped with a perfectly cooked steak fillet topped with a perfectly cooked poached egg slathered in a tarragon-flavored Hollandaise type sauce.
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:37 PM
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That sounds - wow, in a good way.
Btw, if you like tarragon, there's a soda made from the stuff called "tarkhun" (Russian for taragon). It's bright green and is the most refreshing drink I've ever had, especially when it's hot.
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 05:46 PM (hrKcY)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (5jPLo)
I know a couple of ex-Navy divers who refuse to eat crab, after having to recover bodies. For obvious reasons.
The best meals are in foreign countries when you've got no language in common and you're not 100 percent sure what's going to show up on the plate.
Japan is really cool. Most of the restaurants have a display case outside, with plastic models of the dishes they serve, so you can get a look before you go in. Take a picture with your cell phone and you can order more easily.
Posted by: Secundus at June 28, 2015 05:46 PM (unjBv)
heh...
Is that show still on?
Posted by: HH at June 28, 2015 05:47 PM (Qia1Z)
Chicago pizza. All other pizzas are lame and unworthy. Tasty, in some cases, but still unworthy.
Posted by: Secundus at June 28, 2015 05:47 PM (unjBv)
Posted by: FCF at June 28, 2015 05:48 PM (kejii)
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:48 PM (RWGcK)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 05:49 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: Cruzinator at June 28, 2015 05:49 PM (Q4pU/)
The pizza itself is eh, fine. But, the sourdough pizza crust is fantastic.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 05:50 PM (adaac)
Posted by: Secundus
I like most pizzas. I'm used to Chicago style but do not like the deep dish. The worst are any place outside of the Chicago area that say they have Chicago pizza, or hot dogs, or Italian beef. They taste nothing of the sort.
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:50 PM (8ikIW)
outside, with plastic models of the dishes they serve, so you can get a
look before you go in. Take a picture with your cell phone and you can
order more easily.
Little Japan in LA has these displays, probably true at most areas like that. Great help, Chinese use the color photographs which are usually faded and the same at every restaurant. (of course most all have the same menu)!!
Posted by: Colin at June 28, 2015 05:50 PM (WQLtV)
Posted by: JTB at June 28, 2015 05:50 PM (FvdPb)
Snobby magazine, but interesting article :
http://tinyurl.com/27zrr2
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:53 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 28, 2015 05:53 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: JTB
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Yeah. I want to say "Yes"..., but I wouldn't bet my paycheck on it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:54 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 05:54 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (5jPLo)
Embrace your inner Andrew Zimmern!
Posted by: Country Singer at June 28, 2015 05:54 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:54 PM (Q819Q)
It's kinda awesome to me that counties and states can make up their own rules. Maybe the Supreme Court has now negated that option with the ruling on gay 'marriage'.
Posted by: se pa moron at June 28, 2015 05:55 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 28, 2015 05:55 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:55 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:56 PM (Q819Q)
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Seeing the body of a drowned friend covered with crabs can put you off of crab for a long, long time.
Voice of experience.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:56 PM (F2IAQ)
(Don't answer that.)
smdh
Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2015 05:48 PM (RWGcK)
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You stupid socons need to abandon your bigoted morals. You are responsible for Democrat victories, you dumb, poor bigots! You repel smart people like me!
Posted by: Tom Baker at June 28, 2015 05:57 PM (6qR/9)
The flounder *identified* as a crab?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 05:57 PM (5jPLo)
When I was a kid I went to a fish and chips place that also served fried chicken. I happened to put the malt vinegar on the chicken. Continue to use vinegar on my fried chicken to this day.
Posted by: Cruzinator at June 28, 2015 05:57 PM (Q4pU/)
Now if the husband will just make it back home safely, I can throw them in the oven with all the delicious ingredients.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:57 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 05:58 PM (6XSco)
Posted by: Grump928(C)
Darn tootin. First time I tried that was at an Arthur Treachers maaaaany years ago. They had pretty good fish and chips plus they had ginger beer.
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 05:58 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:58 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 05:58 PM (5jPLo)
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Okay..., I read that as "... bigoted meals..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:58 PM (F2IAQ)
The flounder *identified* as a crab?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 05:57 PM (5jPLo)
Heh. It later *identified* as dinner.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 05:58 PM (FsuaD)
What you want: Glorious, delicious pork chop
What you'll accept: A pork chop that's at least as good as what you make at home.
What you get: Shoe leather.
Posted by: lauren at June 28, 2015 05:58 PM (MYCIw)
display case outside, with plastic models of the dishes they serve, so
you can get a look before you go in. Take a picture with your cell
phone and you can order more easily.
Posted by: Secundus
Whatever you do, don't order "tentacle".
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 05:59 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Secundus at June 28, 2015 05:46 PM (unjBv)
Once I had to go over to the USS McKee AS-41 on business. As I was talking to the person I had business with, I asked if the divers they had down in port were conducting training or making repairs. "Neither," she replied, "The SUPPO (Supply Officer) has them down getting lobsters for the wardroom."
Posted by: Country Singer at June 28, 2015 05:59 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:00 PM (6XSco)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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Jane scores the Thread Winner
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 06:00 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:00 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:00 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Zombie Arthur Treacher at June 28, 2015 06:00 PM (gwG9s)
Posted by: Cruzinator at June 28, 2015 06:01 PM (Q4pU/)
Posted by: Captain Ned at June 28, 2015 06:01 PM (WI6nT)
Wow
Posted by: ThunderB at June 28, 2015 05:53 PM (zOTsN)
Doesn't surprise me in the least. The Turks are scum
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 28, 2015 06:01 PM (/tNwW)
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 06:01 PM (8ikIW)
Meat is murder!
(Which is also a good album until the title track at the end, to tie this to the last thread)
Posted by: lauren at June 28, 2015 06:01 PM (MYCIw)
Cows are nothing at all like you describe.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:01 PM (5jPLo)
Have to agree with this. I'm prone to ordering pork and kraut whenever I see it listed on a menu...just because. More times than not, it's just dry and tough. Last time was at a diner outside of Harrisburg Pa...If I'd heard the kitchen staff speaking arabic before I'd ordered, I probably wouldn't have gone that route.
Posted by: Phil at June 28, 2015 06:02 PM (39FGM)
Posted by: Colin at June 28, 2015 06:02 PM (WQLtV)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 28, 2015 06:02 PM (/tNwW)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 28, 2015 06:02 PM (/tNwW)
Posted by: Hank at June 28, 2015 06:02 PM (e2GNw)
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:03 PM (6XSco)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 05:44 PM
Boudin. They even have an outpost at DCA. They don't sell starter though. And just found out Schatz's in Bishop is shipping again. Their cheese bread is awesome.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 28, 2015 06:03 PM (ySf2s)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:03 PM (5jPLo)
I made smothered pork chops. He and his dad were quite pleased.
Of course, he paid too much for the truck. Smart kid, but dumb as hell with his money.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:04 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 28, 2015 06:01 PM (/tNwW)
Who have also been fighting the Kurds in their version of Northern Ireland for a very, very long time. Granted, that doesn't excuse them, and it's not like ISIS wouldn't eat them alive, too...
Posted by: Secundus at June 28, 2015 06:04 PM (unjBv)
Clip in question from No Man Is An Island
https://youtu.be/frV3Y3VNtJk
Still like to eat snow crab, blue crab, gumbo...
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:04 PM (g3KXW)
most glorious thing he'd ever tasted. It had been braised until the meat
fell off the bone, and was served with dumplings.
Dang it, yes! Long, low, and slow with just salt and pepper for seasonings.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:04 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Hank
I had that at a local place. Pretty good.
I like lobster but, but after eating a few when I was in Gloucester, I realized I mostly like melted butter.
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 06:04 PM (8ikIW)
Congrats. That may be the single most revolting cuisine idea I've ever heard.
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 06:05 PM (LAe3v)
I really like mango with sticky rice, but Thai places only sell it in the summer. It's sort of nice, I guess, to have seasonal offerings but it makes me sad the rest of the year.
One Thai place in Austin figured out a way around this though. They make mango ice cream with sticky rice. It is the best thing ever. Now I need it. Thai Fresh, here I come.
Posted by: lauren at June 28, 2015 06:05 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Cruzinator at June 28, 2015 06:05 PM (Q4pU/)
can make up their own rules. Maybe the Supreme Court has now negated
that option with the ruling on gay 'marriage'.
Posted by: se pa moron at June 28, 2015 05:55 PM (xQX/f)
That all goes back to the actual wording of the amendment that repealed prohibition. Before prohibition there were no federal laws other than taxes and the States had few laws. Some didn't even regulate the age at which you could drink. This is the wording of the 21st.
Amendment XXI
Section 1.
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2.
The
transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession
of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating
liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
The courts ruled that the repeal language enabled the States to regulate liquor in any manner they wanted based on section 2.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 28, 2015 06:05 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:06 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: right wing whippersnapper at June 28, 2015 06:06 PM (wyXRZ)
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I grew up doing that, too. We're surrounded by water here, so we did it all the time.
Crabs were so plentiful, whoever had net duty couldn't keep up.
Chicken necks and a piece of string - good memories.
And yes, Mike, that looks like the underside of a big fat flounder in the painting.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 06:06 PM (56XFm)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 28, 2015 06:07 PM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: FCF at June 28, 2015 05:48 PM (kejii)
I wish I could find my great aunt's bread recipe. As little kids we "helped" her knead it. A slice fresh out if the oven, with butter. Sooo good.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 28, 2015 06:07 PM (ySf2s)
Shepherd's pie
Corned beef and cabbage
Fish and chips, of course
A burger that's not on a bun 2 sizes too big for the patty
Old Bay fries
Posted by: Agent J at June 28, 2015 06:07 PM (ueOgE)
(Bad memory, though. Me and Arnold went there. I thought we could celebrate, so I suggested the all-you-can-eat buffet. I went back for thirds and fourths but all he did was complain about his bum leg and just sat in the booth most of the night. "Fine," I said, "I'll get a plate for you." So I went to the taco bar section and loaded up and brought it back to the table. He turned his nose up, said how it wasn't authentic Mexican. What an insufferable son of a bitch! I think he gets that from his wife.)
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 06:08 PM (hrKcY)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:25 PM (Q819Q)
There's Thai place near me where the lady will serve nam sod -- also off the menu.
It's similar to larb, but they give you half a head of cabbage to use the leaves to "taco" the meat. Cool and spicy -- very tasty, especially on a hot day.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 28, 2015 06:09 PM (TF10X)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:09 PM (5jPLo)
Off to pre-heat the oven for the "barbequed" shrimp New Orleans style.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:09 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Huma Abedin at June 28, 2015 06:10 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 28, 2015 06:10 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 28, 2015 06:10 PM (JG47A)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 06:10 PM (2cS/G)
What, the crawdads? Heh.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:12 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: Cruzinator at June 28, 2015 06:12 PM (Q4pU/)
Posted by: right wing whippersnapper at June 28, 2015 06:06 PM (wyXRZ)
A biscuit recipe that doesn't include lard is not a good recipe.
2 cups All purpose Flour
1 Tablespoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup lard
2/3 cup milk
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in the lard until it starts to look like peas. Slowly add milk until you get a soft dough, then knead it four times. Roll out the dough, somewhere between 1/4" and 1/2" thick, cut out your biscuits. Cook 1" apart at 450 for 10-12 minutes on an ungreased sheet.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 28, 2015 06:12 PM (nL0sw)
"So which CIA do you want to see???"
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:13 PM (g3KXW)
Thank you for making that joke, Linc, so I didn't have to.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 06:13 PM (56XFm)
About 25 years ago I picked up Marcela Hazan cookbook in an old used bookstore in Atlanta.
Several years later, I was opening it to prepare another one of her great recipes, and I found her autograph in the front page!
I think I paid $3.00 for the book.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:13 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: TickledPink at June 28, 2015 06:14 PM (adaac)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 06:14 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:15 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 05:35 PM (hrKcY)
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I infallibly decree that henceforth they shall be called Eggs Francis!
Posted by: the Pope at June 28, 2015 06:15 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2015 06:16 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 28, 2015 06:17 PM (rwI+c)
Sit in the living room on the laptop eating peanut butter out of the jar.
It's kinda tough being this authentic.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:18 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 28, 2015 06:18 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:19 PM (g3KXW)
I expect to be reincarnated as a biscuit, so eat me!
Posted by: Chris Christie. at June 28, 2015 06:20 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:15 PM (FsuaD)
I haven't heard that before. Do you know the science behind it?(I usually just cut them into squares, but any kitchen gadget is interesting to me, even something as simple as a biscuit cutter)
Posted by: right wing whippersnapper at June 28, 2015 06:20 PM (wyXRZ)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 28, 2015 06:21 PM (Cq0oW)
In the mornings I like to use Real Simple's cream drop biscuit recipe.
It's so easy and doesn't require cutting butter or biscuits so I can do it half asleep.
Basically just plop in the dry ingredients, lightly stir in some heavy cream, and then scoop out onto a baking sheet.
Posted by: lauren at June 28, 2015 06:21 PM (MYCIw)
brb
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 28, 2015 06:21 PM (TF10X)
Tuscan baby back ribs.
I've been preparing them for a large 4th of July parties for years. I can't count the number of people I've given the recipe to.
Life-changing. No bbq sauce involved.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:22 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:22 PM (Q819Q)
brb
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Heh. That's funny.
I figure I have about fifteen minutes.
if I time it right, I can walk the doggeh through the schoolyard and meet the ice cream guy on the next street over.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 06:24 PM (56XFm)
kid actually moaned while wolfing it down LOL
when was the last time you enjoyed something that much?
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 28, 2015 06:24 PM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:24 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 05:58 PM (Q819Q)
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That's why Bill's voice is so husky. Chelsea was a difficult birth for him. It's why we only had one. I apologize for reproducing below the replacement rate.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 28, 2015 06:26 PM (6qR/9)
Cows are nothing at all like you describe."
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We eat, we moo, we poop, and eat some more.
Every now and then, when the humans are away, we like to discuss Ligand Field Theory and why D-orbitals are so fat.
Posted by: The Cows at June 28, 2015 06:27 PM (dboyw)
Last night, half in the bag, eating collard greens and roast pork. I made some pretty sexual noises. Kinda grossed myself out, frankly.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:27 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:28 PM (b2o+S)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 28, 2015 06:21 PM (Cq0oW)
Yeah, I don't have that many opportunities to cook for 50. But when I cracked it and saw the many non-recipe things in it (e.g. food safety), I wasn't going to pass it up.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 28, 2015 06:28 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:04 PM
So, did you coach him or bite your tongue? I have one kid smart with money. The other, not so much.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 28, 2015 06:29 PM (BGCet)
What a joke. Todays police cant track or capture the tide.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:30 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 28, 2015 06:30 PM (TF10X)
Been on a reduced bread diet for a buncha months. Easier than exercise, with the same results.
Posted by: se pa moron at June 28, 2015 06:30 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:19 PM
________
A free-range egg at that.
I never understood "free-range eggs." It's not like the eggs are going to roll around by themselves.
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 06:30 PM (hrKcY)
Posted by: Phil at June 28, 2015 04:06 PM (39FGM)
Also: Swiss steak, mock duck, and baked stuffed vegetable marrow.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2015 06:32 PM (5z2ng)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 28, 2015 06:30 PM (TF10X)
--I guess "Turkey in the Straw" is now banned because racism.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:32 PM (b2o+S)
Cows are nothing at all like you describe."
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We eat, we moo, we poop, and eat some more.
Every now and then, when the humans are away, we like to discuss Ligand Field Theory and why D-orbitals are so fat.
Posted by: The Cows at June 28, 2015 06:27 PM (dboyw)
....and then, they dance. https://youtu.be/FavUpD_IjVY
Posted by: cthulhu at June 28, 2015 06:32 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:32 PM (Q819Q)
A. Metallica
B. Taylor Swift
C. Kayne West
D. White Snake
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:33 PM (g3KXW)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 28, 2015 06:29 PM (BGCet)
Husband "had a talk" with him. Seeing as how the kid has been really down since one of his war buddies offed himself last week, he went easy on him. Son is over-the-moon with his truck. First time he hasn't paid for a truck in full with cash.
It is a nice truck. Dodge Ram, extended cab, four-door. So an up-grade from the one that was totaled.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:34 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:35 PM (FsuaD)
Every now and then, when the humans are away, we like to discuss Ligand Field Theory and why D-orbitals are so fat.
Posted by: The Cows at June 28, 2015 06:27 PM (dboyw)
....and then, they dance. https://youtu.be/FavUpD_IjVY
Posted by: cthulhu at June 28, 2015 06:32 PM (EzgxV)
--I remember the old "Dave's Charts and Graphs" skit (back when Letterman was funny) where there was a pie chart entitled "How Cows Spend Their Time," and it was 50% mooing, 50% chewing grass, and 50% deciding whether to moo or chew grass. I don't know if the percentages were intentional, but that was the funniest part.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:35 PM (XHz/D)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:36 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:37 PM (g3KXW)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:36 PM (Q819Q)
--Heh, maybe Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams?
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:37 PM (cdgd/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:19 PM
I'm partial to Papal Bull myself.
Posted by: pep at June 28, 2015 06:38 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Bruce at June 28, 2015 06:38 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:39 PM (g3KXW)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 28, 2015 04:33 PM (qCMvj)
It is getting real hard to find good Manhattan-style clam chowder. I think even Campbell's Soup quit making it. I like the New England style fine, but I would prefer to have the Manhattan style. Two completely different dishes, although both called "clam chowder".
And not the kind Hilldawg serves, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2015 06:39 PM (5z2ng)
Posted by: The Cows at June 28, 2015 06:27 PM
________
You guys should be on the $1 bill.
Posted by: Horatio Gates at June 28, 2015 06:39 PM (hrKcY)
A. Metallica
B. Taylor Swift
C. Kayne West
D. White Snake
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:33 PM (g3KXW)
As long as they're all calliope versions, any would get a laugh out of me.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 28, 2015 06:40 PM (TF10X)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 28, 2015 06:30 PM (TF10X)
--I guess "Turkey in the Straw" is now banned because racism.
Posted by: logprof
****
Turkey in the straw sounds sexual.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 28, 2015 06:40 PM (F0Cog)
My last meal would probably donuts and milk.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:40 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:34 PM
I'd read that earlier and prayed for G*d to give your son strength. That boy will be OK with parents like you.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 28, 2015 06:41 PM (BGCet)
Scratch that. An entire Pepperidge Farm coconut cake. And milk.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:41 PM (5jPLo)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:42 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:42 PM (5jPLo)
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Tell me about it! When I was given the task to download the CIA's databases, I found myself on the Culinary Institute of America's servers, and since I had plenty of time to do my job, I decided to gander a look at it.
Egg Foo Young? Orange Chicken?? Fortune Cookies??? General Tso - WTF did he do to be have a chicken named after him?
Posted by: Wang, the Chinese System Admin with Root Priviliges at June 28, 2015 06:43 PM (dboyw)
I'd read that earlier and prayed for G*d to give your son strength. That boy will be OK with parents like you.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 28, 2015 06:41 PM (BGCet)
Thanks. He's always been a "glass half-full" kind of kid. Makes friends easily and has more of them than we can keep up with. Strong faith, too.
Thanks for your prayers. To this day, he says he felt prayers saved his life on several occasions in A-stan.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:44 PM (FsuaD)
A. Metallica
B. Taylor Swift
C. Kayne West
D. White Snake
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:33 PM (g3KXW)
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A or B. Kanye sucks, and D reminds me too much of what I'll be losing in my upcoming procedure.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at June 28, 2015 06:44 PM (6qR/9)
No, the cake and ice cream.
Almond Joy ice cream.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:42 PM (5jPLo)
Seeing how it might take 'em some time and effort to obtain one, how 'bout a cake with the CBF?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 28, 2015 06:45 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 28, 2015 06:40 PM (F0Cog)
--Come for the food takes, stay for the perversion.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:45 PM (9COEy)
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:45 PM (9COEy)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:45 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:46 PM (9COEy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:48 PM (g3KXW)
You can there must be all sorts of New Rules at NY prisons now.
How about a rule about DOING YOUR JOB?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:48 PM (5jPLo)
Yeah, she used to be on one of the local stations back in KC. Very easy on the ol' eyes.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:49 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 28, 2015 06:49 PM (TF10X)
There's a local joint here, "Beach Pub" that makes something they call Hatteras Style clam chowder. I had never heard of it but tried it one night - maybe the best soup I've ever had in my life.
More of a broth than a thick chowder. Different than NE or manhattan. Tons of clams, and VERY baconny. Is that a word?
They were on Guy Fieri's show a couple years back, too. Well known local pub with really good food.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 06:50 PM (56XFm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:50 PM (g3KXW)
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:35 PM (XHz/D)
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Fyi, manbearpig is half man, half bear, and half pig.
Posted by: Al Gore at June 28, 2015 06:50 PM (6qR/9)
You can there must be all sorts of New Rules at NY prisons now.
How about a rule about DOING YOUR JOB?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:48 PM (5jPLo)
--And weeding out, no, *discriminating against*, fugly women who might be tempted to bang cop-killers from working in a male prison.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:51 PM (9COEy)
Posted by: logprof
****
Food and sex. Spice of life.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 28, 2015 06:52 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: Infidel at June 28, 2015 06:53 PM (2LVOe)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale Warily Watching Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:54 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 28, 2015 06:52 PM (F0Cog)
Spicy food give me gas.
Posted by: Madam Heap at June 28, 2015 06:54 PM (9COEy)
How about a rule about DOING YOUR JOB?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:48 PM (5jPLo)
HEY, you're harassing me.
Posted by: Ralph at June 28, 2015 06:54 PM (49UDy)
Posted by: Infidel at June 28, 2015 06:53 PM (2LVOe)
Or a pizza and some cheeseburgers. And a great big ol basket of smelt.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:55 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:56 PM (g3KXW)
Ain't it the truth? Not all clams taste the same.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 28, 2015 06:57 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:57 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:49 PM (Q819Q)
--A couple of weeks ago, when she had that retro hairdo/wig?
Wowsers!
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:57 PM (9COEy)
It's a miracle those assholes didn't kill anyone after their escape.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:58 PM (FsuaD)
http://tinyurl.com/oa87vxe
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 28, 2015 05:33 PM (F2IAQ)
Looks to me like it might be a halibut. They are mighty tasty, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2015 06:58 PM (5z2ng)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:59 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale Warily Watching Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 06:59 PM (F0Cog)
I'm loading my harpoon gun and my deep fryer into the canoe.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 06:57 PM (Q819Q)
For gawd's sake, don't lose any guns. It would be *tragic*.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:59 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997
****
If that was directed at me:
You'll need a bigger harpoon and boat.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale Warily Watching Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 07:01 PM (F0Cog)
It's a miracle those assholes didn't kill anyone after their escape.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 06:58 PM (FsuaD)
--One of the interviewees said the escapees' strategy to avoid interaction, never mind confrontation, with anyone helped draw out the manhunt. Still, even when the DC snipers were actively *killing* it did not make the LEO's pull their heads out of their collective arse.
I was at UMCP when the snipers were at large. Law enforcement fuckery is nothing new to me.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 07:02 PM (9COEy)
How about a rule about DOING YOUR JOB?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 28, 2015 06:48 PM (5jPLo)
--And weeding out, no, *discriminating against*, fugly women who
might be tempted to bang cop-killers from working in a male prison.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:51 PM (9COEy)
Going wildly OT here, but I'm surprised there's not a rule saying no male guards/staff in women's prisons and no female guards/staff in male prisons. It would go a long way towards removing some of the abuses that apparently occur.
But that would be logical, ya know, and we can't have that.
Posted by: right wing whippersnapper at June 28, 2015 07:03 PM (wyXRZ)
I was at UMCP when the snipers were at large. Law enforcement fuckery is nothing new to me.
Posted by: logprof
****
They ever catch that single white guy?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale Warily Watching Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 07:03 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 07:03 PM (Q819Q)
Good case for capital punishment.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 07:03 PM (XHz/D)
But that would be logical, ya know, and we can't have that.
Posted by: right wing whippersnapper
****
Then they would have to ban gays from serving in prisons and then there would be lawsuits.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale Warily Watching Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 07:05 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 07:06 PM (9COEy)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 07:03 PM (Q819Q)
Well, we just got a mega cruise ship stuck in one of the locks, so you might have to take the long way round. Good luck finding your way through Cape Horn!
Posted by: Panama
Posted by: right wing whippersnapper at June 28, 2015 07:07 PM (wyXRZ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 07:07 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 07:07 PM (FsuaD)
--Don't have that channel. *SIGH*
Godzilla mini-marathon on TCM later though.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 07:09 PM (9COEy)
We should just go all-out Shark Ship. Let's ban anything non-perverted and let the whole mess just spiral down the shitter and let the guys on the boats start over when we finally die off.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 28, 2015 07:09 PM (Q819Q)
Which is why I knew every soul food place in three counties when I lived in SoCal. Leans Southern comfort, but you can get all those things, and more.
Well, maybe not chili all the time.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 28, 2015 07:10 PM (BVDFs)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 07:13 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2015 07:14 PM (g3KXW)
They were on Guy Fieri's show a couple years back, too. Well known local pub with really good food.
Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 28, 2015 06:50 PM (56XFm)
That sounds really good. Reminds of the Sopa de Mariscos that you can get in Central America.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2015 07:16 PM (5z2ng)
Also, at Chinese restaurants, I love "chow fun" which are big, thick, fluffy noodles fried to sticky perfection in brown sauce, but it's really hard to find. We used to have a perfect place that did everything well (including putting tiny, sticky rice noodles on top of Mongolian beef), but they left. I have to stick to the delicious, if not somewhat boring, egg foo young now.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 28, 2015 07:24 PM (xetep)
Fabulous, simple food.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 28, 2015 07:33 PM (PMlgt)
fugly women who might be tempted to bang cop-killers from working in a
male prison.
Posted by: logprof at June 28, 2015 06:51 PM (9COEy)
Hey, fugly women have a right to dignity too!
Posted by: EPA at June 28, 2015 08:13 PM (ftVQq)
Currently live and work IVO Birmingham AL. Get a chuckle at the Dixie Fish Company advertising fresh local seafood.
Posted by: butch at June 28, 2015 08:15 PM (HLx1C)
My family (hearty German and Dutch peasant stock) grew up in a town mostly Polish and Italian.
Posted by: butch at June 28, 2015 08:23 PM (HLx1C)
Oh, and CBD, you are a bloggin' hoss today! Listening to Lord Huron's "Strange Trails." Thanks again.
Posted by: butch at June 28, 2015 08:26 PM (HLx1C)
omg
We have leftovers, so husband plans to take some to work tomorrow.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 08:34 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: butch at June 28, 2015 08:36 PM (HLx1C)
I will be needing all these recipes you keep taunting us with, you big tease!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 28, 2015 08:38 PM (BVDFs)
Love my mom, but she was so paranoid about trichinosis she did heinous
things to meat. Didn't learn how to properly prepare steak and burgers
until I was out on my own.
I'm old enough to remember when trichinosis was a real threat. I wouldn't fault anyone who cooked pork half to death.
Like you, I learned how to properly cook pork, burgers, etc. when I was on my own, although my mother was an amazing cook. Southern girl who had the good fortune to live all over the U. S. (including Alaska) and Europe.
She picked up so many recipes from international friends. And I have them now in her collection.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 08:38 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 08:34 PM (FsuaD)
I will be needing all these recipes you keep taunting us with, you big tease!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 28, 2015 08:38 PM (BVDFs)
If I'm able, I'll dig up the ribs recipe this week, but I'm doing a big dinner at church the middle of the week. At any rate, I'll eventually post the ribs recipe here!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 08:40 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: butch at June 28, 2015 08:36 PM (HLx1C)
What could possibly top haggis or spotted dick?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 28, 2015 08:40 PM (DiZBp)
We're both tired.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 28, 2015 08:42 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at June 28, 2015 08:55 PM (cgesN)
When making biscuits, never, ever twist the biscuit cutter. Unless you want flat biscuits.
Thanks for sharing the tip. I've never made good biscuits, and to have that ability would please my family greatly.
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 09:26 PM (l+qoZ)
Posted by: butch at June 28, 2015 09:30 PM (HLx1C)
The repertoire of the local ice cream truck is limited to "Fuer Elise" and "If You're Happy and You Know It."
Better songs than ours. It only plays "London Bridge." All. Summer. Long.
Posted by: California Girl at June 28, 2015 09:30 PM (l+qoZ)
If you were in Maine it would be real easy. Just follow the sign usually mounted on the wall; "Manhattan Clam Chowder- 200 miles south." Think the same sign is also on restaurants in VT and NH.
Posted by: Gospace at June 28, 2015 11:53 PM (mkqcx)
I made pierogis recently wanna see 'em?
they belong in a pierogi museum.
http://tinyurl.com/nwaarea
I also made bacon-wrapped personal meatloaves and they were fantastic, wanna see 'em?
With steamed brocoli, they can compete in a meatloaf colosseum.
http://tinyurl.com/psjuh9u
I also made rustic beef stew with mushrooms and wine and little round onions, wanna see 'em?
They came out so great it should be served in a giant fancy silver ciborium
http://tinyurl.com/qaqw8ea
And should I ever encounter such wonders in any diner, drive-in or dive, I would shower the place with praise and warm encomium.
Posted by: bour3 at June 29, 2015 12:10 AM (5x3+2)
Recipe...or it didn't happen.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 28, 2015 04:58 PM (Zu3d9)
Here's the chicken scratch that I wrote down (which had no proportions, etc, so I add my estimates -- I, like you, most likely, customize a recipe as you go and to taste, plus whatever you have on hand). Below it, were more of my hand written notes as I added to the recipe over time from other recipes or ideas.
Red Beans and Rice
Serves 6 (maybe...)
2 cups dried red beans
2 1/2 quarts water
3T bacon fat (or shortening if you do not have the fat)
1 large chopped onion
1 small chopped green pepper
1/4 lb salt pork or ham bone (whatever you have on hand)
1 pod garlic
1 bay leaf
2T chopped parsley
1 1/2 cups uncooked rice
salt and pepper to taste
Optional ingredients (my additions, depending on what I have on hand)
1 rib celery, chopped
1 small hot red pepper, chopped
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/2 lb garlic or smoked sausage, sliced thin
1T cider vinegar
For cooking rice, if you want to add more flavor to the rice while cooking it:
chicken broth versus water
diced cooked ham (1/2 - 3/4 cup)
1. soak beans in water overnight
2. melt fat in iron pot and saute onion, green pepper (and celery if using; could use some leaf tops, too)
3. add beans, soaking water, plus additional water to make 2 1/2 quarts, pork or ham bone, garlic, bay leaf (and if using, any or all of the red pepper, thyme, oregano, sausage and cider vinegar)
4. simmer slowly 3-4 hours or until creamy (may be less)
5. season to taste
6. add parsley
7. serve over cooked rice with chopped red onion sprinkled over each portion
8. serve with hot sauce as condiments, of course!
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