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Food Thread: Sometimes Restaurants Really Do Make It Better

venison and trotter pie.jpg

That's a venison and trotter pie from an article in the NY Times Food Section. It is based on a recipe from a pretty good (and very expensive) restaurant in NYC, which serves it in smaller ramekins for individual servings. It looks great, and I will try to order it if I can get into the restaurant (New Yorkers always flood restaurants after write-ups like this one), but I will never bother to try to make it. It's just too much work!

But it is a perfect dish to try at a restaurant, which uses its economies of scale to streamline the process. It would take me all day to make that dish, but in a busy restaurant kitchen, its many steps are seamlessly delegated to the several prep cooks and others behind the scenes who make eating in restaurants worth the extra expense. Sometimes they just do it better!

Fish and Chips is another one. Yeah, I could make it at home, but I'll pay a restaurant so I don't have to clean the fryer and tolerate the smell of fried fish for a few days.

I'm not sure where I am going with this, because as I get older and more comfortable in the kitchen, there are fewer and fewer dishes I won't attempt at least once. And my culinary adventures are pretty much restricted to when I travel, because I prefer to cook my own food at home, and go out locally only to socialize (and because most of my local restaurants are pathetically bad).

By the way, the restaurant has a 90-day aged porterhouse, for only $375. But it is served with truffles, so really, it's quite a bargain! And the 160-day aged Tomahawk rib-eye is listed at "MP," because it's probably $500, and even in NYC there are some things that are just too embarrassing to put on a menu. I hope.

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From commenter "artisanal'ette," who really does appreciate good food (unlike some...)
inside oyster roaster.jpg

I have to say, fresh oysters, quickly steamed/roasted are delicious.

3 bushels! There were a lot of people, a tent set up, and long tables where the oysters were poured onto.

The roaster was custom made (see the high heat jets underneath?). Only took a few minutes for each bag full.

Then we ate like pigs. There was a huge pot of chili staying hot on a portable Coleman Road Trip grill. And cornbread, and other stuff (crab dip!) Lots of booze. A fire pit and other patio heaters.

Was a fun time into the night.


table full.jpg

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This is amusing...and foul-mouthed...but mostly amusing. Well, maybe a bit of both.


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Okay, this is just weird. It would never occur to me to put fish in a slow-cooker. First of all, I just assumed that it would break apart into nothing after four hours! Second of all, I don't have a slow-cooker, so it's not going to happen in my kitchen anyway.

But plenty of people swear by them, and if I weren't comfortable cooking slow in a Dutch oven I would certainly consider getting one.

Slow Cooker Catfish Stew seems like a pretty standard stew recipe. I would use this with pork and not change a thing. Is there anything special about catfish that makes it a good choice for low and slow and long?

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Remember that technique for caramelizing onions in last week's Food Thread? Yeah, it was dumb. I knew it was probably going to be stupid before I tried it, but I had to see it through. Maybe, just maybe it was some brilliant technique that only a few French grandmothers knew, and I was going to be let in on the secret. Except...there is no secret. The recipe called for putting a piece of aluminum foil on top of the onions, but what the hell is that going to do? The basic recipe is:

  • Evaporate some of the moisture from the onions (slowly, so they don't burn) while possibly converting some of the carbohydrates and complex sugars into simple sugars (that's a guess).
  • On higher heat caramelize them until they are a deep golden brown.

Huh...no room for tricks there! They add a bit of sugar to the second step, but that's well known.

Anyway, I only had a pint of beef stock, so I mixed it with a pint of chicken stock and it was excellent!

Pro tip: There is no such thing as too much Gruyere on top.

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Lidia Bastianich's Capellini Capricciosi (Spicy Capellini) looks pretty damned good, and pretty damned easy. And to make it even easier you could leave out the tomato and just increase all the other ingredients. That way you don't stain your white shirt by splashing tomato sauce all over yourself.

That must be a corollary of Murphy's Law, that the odds of splashing tomato sauce are proportional to the shade of the shirt the cook is wearing.

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I have no idea where this is from, but I will bet I saved it because I like the tomato sauce; nice and fresh and not overcooked the way too many sauces are nowadays.

Spaghetti With Roasted Eggplant And Grape Tomatoes

Tomato Sauce:
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, chopped
5 garlic cloves, minced
2 cans (28-ounce) whole, peeled tomatoes, drained
Handful fresh basil leaves, torn
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 small (3/4 pound) eggplants, stemmed but not peeled
2 to 3 garlic cloves, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Extra-virgin olive oil
1 pound dried spaghetti
1 pint cherry tomatoes, stemmed
1/2 cup freshly grated Pecorino, plus extra for serving
Handful fresh basil leaves, torn

First, make the tomato sauce: Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 7 to 10 minutes until the vegetables are soft but not browned. Add the tomatoes, crushing them in your hand to break them up. Add the basil and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the sauce is reduced and thickened, about 10 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Cut the eggplants crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick rounds and put them in a large bowl. Add the garlic, salt, and pepper, and drizzle generously with olive oil. Toss to coat, drizzling in more oil if you needed. Arrange the slices in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast 20 minutes until eggplants are very tender.

While the eggplants are roasting, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta. About 5 minutes before the eggplants are done, drop the pasta into the boiling water and cook until al dente, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain. Bring the tomato sauce to a simmer and pour it into a large pasta bowl. Add the drained spaghetti and stir to coat with the sauce. Fold in the eggplants and the cherry tomatoes. Add the cheese and basil, and another drizzle of oil, and toss gently. Serve immediately and pass extra cheese at the table.

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1 Anyone want to convince me cowboys on a cattle drive didn't have beans in their chili!

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 03:56 PM (aC6Sd)

2 Hahahaha FOOD THREAD!

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 03:56 PM (DAdSz)

3 Ah, food...

Posted by: HH at January 14, 2018 03:56 PM (mIJBI)

4 Wide plates, I'll get the Corgis

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 03:56 PM (aC6Sd)

5 I'm feeling centered today.

Posted by: Blake at January 14, 2018 03:57 PM (WEBkv)

6 My meatloaf and mashed potatoes are better than any you can get in a restaurant.

Posted by: ALH at January 14, 2018 03:57 PM (/01mw)

7 King Cake FTW!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 14, 2018 03:58 PM (EoRCO)

8 Pig's feet is good eats.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 03:58 PM (WbIyz)

9 I made cookies yesterday. Have a few left.
We're little piggies in my house.

Posted by: ALH at January 14, 2018 03:58 PM (/01mw)

10 I didn't do it, the margin was blown when I got here

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 03:58 PM (aC6Sd)

11 It is very centered today. So, we shouldn't offend anyone, should we?

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 03:58 PM (V+V48)

12 I perfectly butter basted a pair of rare NY Strips for lunch. Too bad they weren't really very good cuts.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 03:59 PM (WbIyz)

13 Excuse me waiter. There's a bone in my pie.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2018 04:01 PM (gC2IV)

14 Fish and Chips is another one. Yeah, I could make it at home, but I'll pay a restaurant so I don't have to clean the fryer and tolerate the smell of fried fish for a few days.

Me, too. I hate to go out to a restaurant and be disappointed at spending so much for so little. Fish and chips doesn't disappoint.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 04:01 PM (2FqvZ)

15 Did CBD meditate before putting up the food thread? It seems very centered in here. Namaste

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:01 PM (DAdSz)

16 From commenter "artisanal'ette," who really does appreciate good food (unlike some...)
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I do believe I know exactly at whom that is aimed.

You one-percenters who eat at $500/plate NY restaurants can have your Slime of the Sea all to your haughty selves.

*artisanal 'ette is not included in the above description, and she is entitled to all the oysters she wants, because she cooks her food, like an evolved human.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:02 PM (kNasr)

17 In case no one has noticed....

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:03 PM (Sfs6o)

18 I suspect this is another thread where Daddy left us alone without a babysitter. I further suspect we shall be centered for a long time. Deep breath in, deep breath out.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (kNasr)

19 "venison and trotter"


I concur that venison is delicious, but I would never eat a Standard-bred horse.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (cu8/f)

20 CBD, I agree, there are appliances, ingredients and skill that chefs have, which I do not. I won't make some of the things they make nearly as well. That's why going out to eat is a special treat, rather than a daily occurrence for us. If I am going to spend the money on food I don't cook, I want it to be something I can't or won't cook in the house. That includes most fried foods, because the smell makes me sick.

Good Chinese is in this category, as are good steaks. I can stir fry, but I can't get the needed BTU's from my household gas stove to quick fry properly. And my beloved husband cooks a good steak, but it's always a bit overcooked.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (V+V48)

21 13 Excuse me waiter. There's a bone in my pie.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2018 04:01 PM

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You can order that off the menu?

Posted by: Sandra Fluck at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (gC2IV)

22 You know how to cook chitterlings?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (WbIyz)

23 Did something last week I haven't done since I was a kid. Was going to make a boloney sammich and decided to fry the baloney.

Dang that tasted good.

Posted by: HH at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (mIJBI)

24 First, you boil the shit out of them ...

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (WbIyz)

25 18 I suspect this is another thread where Daddy left us alone without a babysitter. I further suspect we shall be centered for a long time. Deep breath in, deep breath out.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (kNasr)

Do you want the ice cream, or the acetylene torch to play with?

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:05 PM (V+V48)

26 I suspect this is another thread where Daddy left us alone without a babysitter. I further suspect we shall be centered for a long time. Deep breath in, deep breath out.


J.J. will come.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:05 PM (WbIyz)

27 What in holy heck is that pie thing up top? It looks monstrous, as in, something a monster would order. Jiminy Christmas.

Posted by: grammie winger - for such a time as this at January 14, 2018 04:05 PM (lwiT4)

28 When WeaselWoman and I go out to eat, the bill, with a tip, is usually about $35.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (Sfs6o)

29 who really does appreciate good food (unlike some...)"

Hey, Whataburger is pretty darn good...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (7LY+6)

30 Off to make stroganoff. One of my husband's favorites. Play nice!

Posted by: never enough caffeine at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (N3JsI)

31 Do you want the ice cream, or the acetylene torch to play with?
Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:05 PM (V+V4
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Oh, both please! Hey, did he leave the liquor cabinet unlocked too?

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (kNasr)

32 I simply don’t believe I could possibly enjoy a $500 steak.
Has anyone ever had a $500 plate of food?

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (DAdSz)

33 When WeaselWoman and I go out to eat, the bill, with a tip, is usually about $35.


Pizza Hut?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:07 PM (WbIyz)

34 Yay!!!! And so centered. :-)

Posted by: Peaches at January 14, 2018 04:07 PM (14URa)

35 What in holy heck is that pie thing up top? It looks monstrous, as in, something a monster would order. Jiminy Christmas.
Posted by: grammie winger - for such a time as this at January 14, 2018 04:05 PM (lwiT4)
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I know, right? Call me a snob, but when I go out to eat and order a pie, I expect it to be boneless.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:07 PM (kNasr)

36 Center cut bacon

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 04:07 PM (IqV8l)

37 Oh, Justified!

Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 14, 2018 04:07 PM (7LY+6)

38 Northerns have to piggy back off the food from the South. Southern state and rural folks are superior in the area of food. The Urban dwellers and Northerners just slap a 500 dollar price tag on shit and call it a five star meal.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 04:08 PM (g4lFK)

39 HH what kind of bologna? My dad when I was a kid loved Lebanon bologna fried then put in grilled cheese sammy, he still might too.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 04:08 PM (aC6Sd)

40 >|

Still centered?

Posted by: pogomip at January 14, 2018 04:08 PM (eIc/I)

41 11 It is very centered today. So, we shouldn't offend anyone, should we?
Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 03:58 PM (V+V4


All good things must come to an end

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 14, 2018 04:08 PM (3/sUh)

42 Has anyone ever had a $500 plate of food?
Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (DAdSz)

Ummmmmm....No.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 14, 2018 04:08 PM (EoRCO)

43 MisHum saves the day. Hip hip hooray!

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (kNasr)

44 Fried Bologna is the foundation of my families fortune.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (WbIyz)

45 Weasel, you are in my neck of the woods. Where do you like to go out to eat? We were opining last night that we can't find good, family owned restaurants around here, like we could in other places we have lived.

Bluebell, feel free to chime in.

Our favorite so far are Amphora (I prefer Reston to the Vienna location) and Ted's Bulletin, with Artie's/Coastal Flats thrown in.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (V+V48)

46 33 When WeaselWoman and I go out to eat, the bill, with a tip, is usually about $35.


Pizza Hut?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:07 PM (WbIyz)
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Nope! Pizza is even less. One of the chain places generally has a deal going and we can get two pizzas for about $16.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (Sfs6o)

47 Tonight's menu is either Costco Ravioli Supreme, or Diner Take-out Pizza. I think the ravioli will keep another day, so probably going to use up the gift certificate and go with the pizza from the greasy dive joint. We have to eat it at home, because the place is really kind of nasty.

Posted by: grammie winger - for such a time as this at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (lwiT4)

48 We steam our oysters over a wood fire. Having another roast coming up end of month.

There is a world of difference in the flavor of wood-steamed oysters. They're nice a smokey.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (ptqGC)

49 Bone in pie um good

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (BtQd4)

50 When WeaselWoman and I go out to eat, the bill, with a tip, is usually about $35.


Pizza Hut?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:07 PM (WbIyz)
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Nope! Pizza is even less. One of the chain places generally has a deal going and we can get two pizzas for about $16.
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (Sfs6o)

Weasel's blood type is pizza

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 04:10 PM (g4lFK)

51 I have accepted that, even in my semi-rural area, dinner out with drinks is at least $25 per.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:11 PM (WbIyz)

52
Oh, both please! Hey, did he leave the liquor cabinet unlocked too?

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (kNasr)

I have always wanted to get schnockered on amaretto. I have this idea that it would be a nice hangover because it tastes so good. So grab that, but leave the creme de menthe.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:11 PM (V+V48)

53 The bone pie is what the dog is having, whats for the humans?

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 04:11 PM (aC6Sd)

54 I simply don't believe I could possibly enjoy a $500 steak.
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Me either. I'd feel terrible the whole time. I can't see anything that would justify that kind of money for a meal.

Posted by: grammie winger - for such a time as this at January 14, 2018 04:11 PM (lwiT4)

55
All Pennsylvania Super Bowl? Nope.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 04:11 PM (2FqvZ)

56 Cheribebe, I'm with you. A $500 meal would stick in my throat, I'd be so uncomfortable.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:11 PM (kNasr)

57 Skip, just the regular ones from the store. Now I'm thinking of buying the thick ones and trying that.

Posted by: HH at January 14, 2018 04:12 PM (mIJBI)

58 Posted by: moki "

Ozzie's Good Eats @ Fairfax corner (another of the Great American restaurants, like Arties/Mikes/etc.)

Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 14, 2018 04:12 PM (7LY+6)

59 I simply don't believe I could possibly enjoy a $500 steak.

Charge it to the Underhills.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:13 PM (WbIyz)

60 The best part about enjoying the $500 steak is the fact that your neighbor can't afford it.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2018 04:13 PM (T1c3o)

61 32 I simply dont believe I could possibly enjoy a $500 steak.
Has anyone ever had a $500 plate of food?
Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (DAdSz)
nope but skip meals to get the $109 2 meat wagyu meal at Craftsteak in MGM Vegas.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2018 04:13 PM (BtQd4)

62
All good things must come to an end
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian


And it's the same with the wild wood weed.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 04:14 PM (IqV8l)

63
Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:09 PM (V+V4
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Amphora is exactly our speed. We usually go to neighborhood Italian/Greek places like that and get some sort of sammich. We're not very upscale in that regard (or any other regard, for that matter). A great choice is the Pan Am Family Restaurant at Nutley & Lee Hwy.
If you want great food check out Bonarati's in Vienna sometime. Ho-Lee-crap.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:14 PM (Sfs6o)

64 I have always wanted to get schnockered on amaretto. I have this idea that it would be a nice hangover because it tastes so good. So grab that, but leave the creme de menthe.
Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:11 PM (V+V4
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Got it. I doubt he'd have creme de menthe because he's mentioned (numerous times) that he doesn't like mint (unAmerican). Think he has any Chambord and/or Grand Marnier? Those would go along nicely with the amaretto, I think.

Anybody want anything while we're in there? I'll bet CBD has quite the liquor collection, and it would be a shame to let all that good stuff go to waste.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:14 PM (kNasr)

65 I tried to watch the new season of "Giada" today, and couldn't get through five minutes.

She's always "up-talked" a bit, but now it's All. The. Time.

"You slice the cucum-BER...."

Gah.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 14, 2018 04:14 PM (ptqGC)

66 Charge it to the Underhills.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:13 PM (WbIyz)

I just hit a waterbuffalo in the parking lot may I borrow your towel

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2018 04:15 PM (BtQd4)

67 58- thanks Anon a mouse, that it's far from us. I like the service at the Great American restaurants, especially in re food allergies- you tell them you have issues, they are scrupulous about finding things you can eat, and making sure there is nothing that will make you sick.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:15 PM (V+V48)

68 Has anyone ever had a $500 plate of food?
Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:06 PM (DAdSz)

No but if I ever do I think I'll force the plate down, too.

Posted by: jsg at January 14, 2018 04:15 PM (XTXXB)

69 wife and i go to eat, each get an 8 oz tenderloin, soup, salad bar, and potato. all for under $40.00. pay as much for the drinks before we eat.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 14, 2018 04:15 PM (KP5rU)

70 What kind of sick freak bones a pie?

Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 14, 2018 04:15 PM (NWiLs)

71 There is all kinds of bologna, Lebanon is dark fairly spicy, German is like a big hot dog, ring, olive loaf, many kinds

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 04:15 PM (aC6Sd)

72

$500 steak comes from a steer that says "Moo Moo"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 04:16 PM (IqV8l)

73 I don't eat venison, I two, consecutive, very bad experiences with it and simply cannot overcome them.

Posted by: Steve at January 14, 2018 04:16 PM (cOANc)

74 Speaking of Pittsburgh...Primanti's is overrated. I wanted to like it...but I don't get it.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2018 04:16 PM (T1c3o)

75 1 Anyone want to convince me cowboys on a cattle drive didn't have beans in their chili!
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 03:56 PM (aC6Sd)

Blazing Saddles in not a documentary.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2018 04:16 PM (BtQd4)

76 56 it would feel like I was eating money. I mean Costco steaks are awesome. We have had some pricier meals but those were very special occasions and the bill STILL wasn’t $500.

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:16 PM (DAdSz)

77
Anybody want anything while we're in there? I'll bet CBD has quite the liquor collection, and it would be a shame to let all that good stuff go to waste.
Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:14 PM (kNasr)

Chambord and Amaretto with sour mix? And lots of cherries??? Yes please!

And we might as well stick an umbrella in it, if you find some.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:16 PM (V+V48)

78 I don't eat venison


Try some venison sausage. It's really not the same thing.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:17 PM (WbIyz)

79 moki, I agree with all the places you and Weasel mentioned (don't know Ozzie's, Anon, but sounds like a place to check out).

We really like Clyde's. Something for everyone, and the menu changes seasonally, and it's all really fresh and good. Too expensive to go for a regular night, but nice for something special. The one in Ashburn is just beautiful.

Also, for everyday, it's a little far for you guys, but we love the Old Brogue in GF.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:17 PM (kNasr)

80 72

$500 steak comes from a steer that says "Moo Moo"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 04:16 PM (IqV8l)

Nicely done!

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:17 PM (V+V48)

81 Moki,
Try Cantina D'Italia (the one in Herndon is good...) for a local "chain" (they have 2 locations)

Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 14, 2018 04:17 PM (7LY+6)

82 What kind of sick freak bones a pie?
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Who indeed

Posted by: Jim Levenstein at January 14, 2018 04:17 PM (XQvuQ)

83
I'll fill my freezer with tenderloin and salmon and skip the $500 meal.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 04:17 PM (2FqvZ)

84 Since I was away, I missed the Horde cookbook release. I ordered right away, and just received it. Kudos to all involved. It's a great cookbook. And I love the comments on Amazon.com (haha, worth reading through them!)

I haven't had much time with it, but I have read through some of the recipes, and again, great choices, a lot of variety and really new and interesting ideas and recipes (like the "burgers" in the muffin tins! What a concept, and leads you to other ideas.) Fun stuff.

Good job to the team that put it together, and the Horde who contributed their recipes.

I'm know I'm late to the game, but how exciting.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:18 PM (fceHP)

85 Fish don't fry in the kitchen...and the beans don't burn on the grill.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2018 04:18 PM (T1c3o)

86 65 I tried to watch the new season of "Giada" today, and couldn't get through five minutes.


I believe she has had some work on the sweater puppies.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2018 04:18 PM (BtQd4)

87 I refuse the Pittsburgh hamburger with fries mashed in the sandwich. I do like the over easy egg in it.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 04:18 PM (WbIyz)

88 Moki, any particular type of cuisine you like or dislike? Is price an issue? I'd throw out a few restaurant thoughts but don't want to give you names of places that you may not like right off the bat.

Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 04:18 PM (4JWOd)

89 Oh, hell no! You had me at the first picture!! That is just wrong ... to show a TV dinner eating Moron a picture like that ... that is just WRONG! And mean! Love the food thread. Food and pets, that's my vote!

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 04:18 PM (EaQ6/)

90 I am not entirely sure that Cowboys on a cattle drive got ANY meat in their chili beans.

Posted by: JAS at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (7JbXq)

91 For all that follows, some of it may have been covered, but I've been away, so haven't read the last few Food Threads.

But, this was funny.

Florida man caught with 'full rack of ribs' in his pants, police say
https://tinyurl.com/yd2arwg3
Fox News

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (fceHP)

92 65 if Giada didn’t have those tatas should would not have a show!

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (DAdSz)

93 Kind of like the Dragos oysters at NOLA Hilton.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (BtQd4)

94 Bonarati's, Clyde's and Old Brogue go on the list for when I can walk. Thanks y'all!!

(I might be tipsy from the amaretto. Just don't give me tequila. It isn't pretty.)

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (V+V48)

95 Hola Foodies.

I was going to attempt Marcella Hazan's Bolognese sauce today, but it has to ruminate in the pot for hours and I woke up really late (for me, maybe not for Ace). But I have all the ingredients and will do it tomorrow for sure:

https://tinyurl.com/y7gqad3s

Has anyone made this sauce, which is considered an essential of the Guinea repertoire?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (qJtVm)

96 And we might as well stick an umbrella in it, if you find some.
Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:16 PM (V+V4
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I'll bet you anything he's got umbrellas in there, but hidden behind something like his fancy scotch, so no one will know.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (kNasr)

97 Never had anything near $500 , best I ever had was years ago was supervising a remodel of a well known French restaurant on main line and had a multi course meal, fish included which I don't ever eat normally but wasn't passing it up.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 04:20 PM (aC6Sd)

98 I have seen one of my uncles buy a gunny sack of oysters, sit on milk crate, shuck, eat, drink beer and royal crown.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2018 04:21 PM (BtQd4)

99 91; i thought jameis winston just "borrowed" shrimp?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 14, 2018 04:21 PM (KP5rU)

100
"Try some venison sausage. It's really not the same thing."


Sorry, I should have been more clear. Both times the venison was bad, once with parasites, the second time with...I dunno. And honestly, it may have been in my head the second time but I got very sick.

Posted by: Steve at January 14, 2018 04:21 PM (cOANc)

101 And multi desserts including Creme Brulee

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 04:21 PM (aC6Sd)

102 Moki,
Try Cantina D'Italia (the one in Herndon is good...) for a local "chain" (they have 2 locations)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 14, 2018 04:17 PM (7LY+6)
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Oh, Zefferelli's in Herndon, too!

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:21 PM (kNasr)

103 Whoa That's Weird: Rabbit Heads
https://tinyurl.com/y9yf3c6p
barstoolsports.com

Tucker mentioned barstoolsports.com site a few times on his show, with the President as a guest. Really funny when you drill down. Very AOSHQ-like. Because it is super funny, and also because they have a rolling Girls Tab Link:
https://www.barstoolsports.com/girls

The latest A Little BBQ And Some Boiled Damn Peanuts From Our Friends In Jacksonville
https://tinyurl.com/y8v6zzvn

Barstool Pizza Review
https://www.barstoolsports.com/videos/pizza-reviews

Just watch the first few seconds of this podcast. Heh. This is Alpha...I'm f'ing working out bro...
Stool Scenes Episode 47 ( Part 2 )
https://tinyurl.com/ybsbmogn


Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:21 PM (fceHP)

104 My dad would become obsessed with a dish he'd had at some Chinese restaurant, and then spend the next six months' worth of weekends dragging me to every market from Mott St. to Astoria so he could find the right chrysanthemum leaves to make the exact same moo shu pork.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2018 04:22 PM (EZebt)

105 "Is there anything special about catfish that makes it a good choice for low and slow and long? "

Yes! There is something special about catfish! It makes yer' mouth water! I'd rather go camping, by the lake, and catch it and eat it there, but pretty much anywhere else that it comes before me, it had better watch out! It is going to be eaten!

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 04:22 PM (EaQ6/)

106 I'm waiting for my amaretto egg custard cool.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (tY/fD)

107 Bluebell and moki try Ameretto stone sours, orange juice, amaretto and sour mix. They go down really easy and are yummy.

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (DAdSz)

108 Moki, if you like Greek food there's family-owned Our Mom Eugenia on Seneca Road in Great Falls.

Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (4JWOd)

109 Has anyone made this sauce, which is considered an essential of the Guinea repertoire?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (qJtVm)
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I have not tried this one, but being a Guinea of lesser class, I have a pot of homemade sauce simmering on the stove at this moment.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (kNasr)

110 Grump - You may have a point, I always assumed your driving cows you get beef in your meals but those cows are money where they are going not on the trail.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (aC6Sd)

111 A quick driveby to post the Slow Cooker French Onion soup recipe that I talked about last week.


Slow Cooker French Onion Soup (8-10 servings)


2 Tbsp butter, cut into 8 pieces
2 Tbsp olive oil
8 sprigs fresh thyme
4 smashed garlic cloves
1 bay leaf
2 pounds yellow onions, sliced
2 pounds red onions, sliced
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper


6 cups low sodium beef broth (or even better homemade)
1/4 cup dry sherry


1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar


french baguette, sliced
Gruyere or swiss or mozzarella cheese, or a mixture...shredded



Scatter butter pieces in bottom of 6-7 quart slow cooker. Add oil, thyme, garlic, bay leaf, then onions. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook on high 8 hours.


Bring beef broth and sherry to a boil in sauce pan. Remove thyme sprigs and bay leaf from slow cooker then add the broth mixture. Leave the lid off the slow cooker and cook on high for 10 minutes. Stir in balsamic vinegar. Taste and add more salt or pepper if needed.


Toast baguette slices. Add some shredded cheese to the top of the baguettes and broil until melted. Transfer soup to bowls and stick a cheesy toast on top.


Alternatively, put soup in oven-safe crocks, add a slice of toasted baguette and cover the whole shebang with the shredded cheese and broil. That's the way (uh huh, uh huh) I like it.




Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (/o9Qk)

112 Squirrel Head Stew is not a play on words like Cat Head Biscuit.

Posted by: Grump928(C) blurts at January 14, 2018 04:24 PM (WbIyz)

113 Hey everyone. Write this down. moki gets tequila at the next MoMeet. I think there is a county sng about this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:24 PM (hyuyC)

114 I just got back from a long holiday with family visits. So had to make something quickly to feed us for a few days, so I made my ole standby, Chili con Carne. I was disappointed with my last batch a while back (boring, no depth, not enough heat), so paid attention this time. I add a lot of spices lately, on top of the chili powder (cumin, ground coriander, red pepper flakes, oregano, cayenne pepper, salt), but this time I added some Ancho Chili Powder and Chipotle Chili Powder on top of the standard chili powder, red pepper flakes and cayenne pepper for heat and depth (along with fresh green pepper and lots of garlic). It was fabulous.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:24 PM (fceHP)

115 Thanks Vendette-we are kind of eclectic-I make food from all the countries we have lived in, so it runs the gamut from Asia to South America. We are mostly interested in small/ish family owned or local restaurants that make a few things really really well.

(Love Cantina D'Italia by the way, as well as the Pan Am restaurant at Nutley-both good choices!)

We have had such a crappy 2017, between accidents, illness, surgeries, etc, that we want to enjoy our neighborhood/environs and go out more in 2018. Since I already broke my resolution to find something to like about everyone the first week, I figured this would be a good back up.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:24 PM (V+V48)

116 I also made a batch of waffles, which I never make because it can be time consuming (whipping egg whites, etc) - as a treat for my husband (for personal reasons, he deserved them and loves them). I started out halving the recipe, but, again, wasn't paying attention, and screwed up adding some full recipe ingredients, so ended up making the entire batch. Way too much batter and fragile batter, so I made it all, and froze waffles in packages of two. I used the below link as one of the guides. We just tried them this morning, and we used the toaster/convention oven to reheat (versus the actual waffle press as suggested in the below link), and they turned out fabulous. My sister told me she has done this many times, and pulls one out before going to work and pops it in the regular toaster - EGGO! - and that works too. I put my regular toaster away years ago because my oven works better and I can see it toasting and take it out when I want, depending on my mood for brownness and crunchiness.

How to Freeze Waffles ( and Pancakes )
https://tinyurl.com/yd2xkcz6
macheesmo.com

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:24 PM (fceHP)

117 Did they grow the fungus (truffles) on the steak?

Got any Lutecow?

Annnd I'm a guest of Judge Smails.

Posted by: Burger Chef at January 14, 2018 04:24 PM (RuIsu)

118 My recipe for using eggplant is to hand it to a friend, with instructions to toss it high in the air when I yell Pull!

#6 shot in a .410 works nicely.

Protip -- Be sure and have the friend toss it out to the side a bit; if he tosses it straight up it'll soon be rainin' eggplant pieces on your haids yo.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 14, 2018 04:25 PM (0ogQG)

119 Venison and trotter pie is a good source of midichlorians.

Posted by: Ramekin Skywalker at January 14, 2018 04:25 PM (/qEW2)

120 Bluebell and moki try Ameretto stone sours, orange juice, amaretto and sour mix. They go down really easy and are yummy.
Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (DAdSz)
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Cheribebe, you come on over and clean out the closet with us. We'll leave him the $500 steaks.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:25 PM (kNasr)

121 (I'm watching my favorite sport with hubby, so had these comments written earlier today! So trying to post them while watching and incredible match.)

I made a brisket this week, with sauerkraut. Was a nice change. I used to hate brisket (AKA corned beef brisket) when I was young but now appreciate it. Same for kraut.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:25 PM (fceHP)

122 @ moki - give this place a try, with the caveat I have not been for years (but it's been around for a long time): http://pulcinellarestaurant.com

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2018 04:25 PM (y5nFh)

123 Hey everyone. Write this down. moki gets tequila at the next MoMeet. I think there is a county sng about this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:24 PM (hyuyC)



At NoVaMoMee #2 I won a bottle of tequila.

Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 04:25 PM (4JWOd)

124 I ordered some Cuban cigars and am beginning to worry they might have been nabbed by customs. Dang it.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:25 PM (Sfs6o)

125 Has anyone made this sauce, which is considered an essential of the Guinea repertoire?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:19 PM (qJtVm)


I've made her sauce, along with various others.


Marcella is very specific that you "must not let the meat brown or it will lose its delicacy."

Also, it "must be cooked in milk *before* the tomatoes are added. This keeps the meat creamier and sweeter tasting."

It's a pretty simple recipe, and the results are delish.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 14, 2018 04:26 PM (ptqGC)

126 Are these things in the official cookbook?! If not, then why not!? I believe that this audience is clamoring for a second edition! Ride the pony until it collapses! It's for a good cause, no?

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (EaQ6/)

127 Oh, Zefferelli's in Herndon, too!"

Oh yes.

Also - Blue Ridge Grill in Ashburn...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (7LY+6)

128
I have not tried this one, but being a Guinea of lesser class, I have a pot of homemade sauce simmering on the stove at this moment.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (kNasr)
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I can be there in an hour!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (qJtVm)

129 Hey, if anyone would like to try making their own salami, whole muscle salumi or dry age steaks, poke around this site. It takes 4-6 weeks for salami just sitting on a rack in your fridge ( the only thing I've tried so far). Pretty cool and tasty too.

http://tinyurl.com/yanp92bn

Posted by: dartist at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (nisXv)

130 !@#$%^*( Mike Tomlin can EABOD!!!

Posted by: DaveA at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (FhXTo)

131 Today we had our fun game weekend luncheon of liver pate (Cognac Liver Pate today) with baguette, goat cheese, and fruit (usually grapes or strawberries; today strawberries). Easy.

Tonight we are having a non-meat dish from the Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking cookbook. I had about a pound of green beans to use, and lazy, so making a quick pasta dish with the green beans and potatoes, and a jar of store-bought Pesto. Not super short on time because you have to cook both the beans and potatoes, and pasta separately, but quick enough. Just a lot of pots. Hazan mixes the pesto with a bit of the pasta water before mixing it all up.

Pasta and Pesto with Potatoes and Green Beans

I already prepped the beans, and held some aside for a beef stew later this week.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (fceHP)

132 Bought a few more cookbooks to explore some new recipes (Amazon gift certificate for xmas). I was really lookiing for some more veggie ideas and/or vegetarian main meal dishes. Ended up a few others that looked interesting.

BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts
Parks, Stella

Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London's Ottolenghi
Ottolenghi, Yotam
(an oldie, but have been wanting to buy this for a while)

Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi
Ottolenghi, Yotam
(2nd by same Chef, wanted to check out his desserts as well)

Southern Italian Desserts: Rediscovering the Sweet Traditions of Calabria, Campania, Basilicata, Puglia, and Sicily
Costantino, Rosetta
(the cover shot sold me)

Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
Perelman, Deb
(always wanted to see what she was all about, so looked for one that got a lot of good reviews)

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:28 PM (fceHP)

133 What kind of a person shows you a picture of steamed oysters like that?! This crap has got to stop! There are hungry people out here, every Sunday, and we will find you and eat your food!

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 04:28 PM (EaQ6/)

134 Vendette- Thanks! I lived in Greece for two years, so that's definitely on the list now. I could live on mezze- both Greek and Lebanese. Sadly I think the Lebanese Taverna has gotten too big now-I ate there in the 80's when the only location was on Washington Boulevard, and it was cheap and amazing. Now, it's expensive and just not as good.

cheribebe, that sounds amazing. A good Valentine's drink!

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:29 PM (V+V48)

135 a final thought

So much about Food Safety and using UV light, so...

Does this work? Would you try it?

The Mold and Germ Destroying UV Light Spheres
Available only from Hammacher Schlemmer, this is the pair of UV-light emitting spheres that disinfect and sanitize shoes, refrigerators, and humidifier reservoirs. About the size of a ping-pong ball, they fit unobtrusively in a drawer or bag, and use UV-A and 405nm blue light to combat mold, fungus, bacteria, and algae. Without using toxic chemicals, each waterproof orb disinfects surfaces within 10 minutes and purifies water when dropped into the liquid. Charging dock plugs into USB via included power cable.

https://tinyurl.com/yanh2g4v

But, I found a few things, which made me nervous.

Outside of the field of water treatment, UV is often referred to as a surface treatment. This view is only partially correct as I hope to show below, insofar as it describes only one particular aspect of UV treatment. Specifically with reference to surface treatment, it is important to realize that UV is strongly absorbed by most materials and cannot penetrate beyond the surface layers of solid objects. In such instances for both abiotic materials and many types of foods, it is only microorganisms that are present at the surface that one may ultimately hope to inactivate. For some types of food this may well be sufficient, for example, muscle flesh from a healthy animal immediately after slaughter is, for all intents, sterile. Where contamination does occur, it will be as a result of contact with contaminated surfaces or fluids and this will initially manifest itself at the surface.
https://tinyurl.com/ybnr3vkk

They are also used in larger scale in HVAC systems. Note the Cons, below:

Benefits
HVAC UV lights:
Control mold and bacteria
Reduce colds and flus - germs are not re-circulated by HVAC system
Reduce smells / odors
Remove VOCs
Are more effective in humid climates than dry climates
Reduces clogging in condensate drain lines by preventing algae growth.
Maintain a cleaner coil, improving cooling efficiency and reducing electricity costs.

Disadvantages
HVAC UV Lights:
Don't clean flowing air unless air sterilization UV lights are installed
Destroy non-UV stabilized plastics in the air handler. Only items in the line of sight are affected
May eat the drain pan in 3-5 years
May eat flex duct in as little as 2 years

https://tinyurl.com/ycncsxtv


But they may not know much about ultraviolet radiation (UV), which is gradually becoming more common as a relatively inexpensive and, depending on the type product on which it's used, effective method of reducing or eliminating pathogens.

Today UV-C is commonly used on juices and apple cider, grains, cheeses, baked goods, frozen products, fresh produce (except lettuce, which wilts), liquid egg products and other foods and beverages. Soda manufacturers use it to treat drink sweeteners, and it's also being used on french fries and tortillas.
https://tinyurl.com/y868faf9

dunno
I prefer fresh from the garden, untouched. But what about the meat and dairy? And fruits. Buy local and seasonal if you can.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:29 PM (fceHP)

136 We should have lunch sometime at Pan Am. They have some larger tables in the back.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:29 PM (Sfs6o)

137 Also, it "must be cooked in milk *before* the tomatoes are added. This keeps the meat creamier and sweeter tasting."

It's a pretty simple recipe, and the results are delish.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 14, 2018 04:26 PM (ptqGC)
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The cooking in milk is (to me) an unusual step and that's why I'm interested in trying it. Also, using a bit of carrot in the recipe lends it a certain Cochranicity.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:29 PM (qJtVm)

138 bluebell and weasel,

I have a review of the cookbook from my 90 year-old foodie neighbor who has a large floor-to-ceiling bookcase of cookbooks.

"It is magnificent. Exquisitely arranged and very well organized. Good food, easy preps, for regular people. The submitters are so talented, and I like the stories. I'm going to cook recipes from the book, they are so good." She went on a while in this vein.

She made me point out the two recipes we submitted. She liked the cookbook a lot, and wanted me to tell you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:30 PM (hyuyC)

139 Are these things in the official cookbook?! If not, then why not!? I believe that this audience is clamoring for a second edition! Ride the pony until it collapses! It's for a good cause, no?
Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (EaQ6/)


With color Photographs next time! Let's go BIG! YUGE!

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:30 PM (fceHP)

140 no steak is worth $375. Maybe the entire experience for one reason or another makes it worth paying $375 for a steak, but no steak in and of itself is worth that much.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at January 14, 2018 04:30 PM (MTjB1)

141 I'm afraid I cannot afford your NYC fine dining, Mr. Dildo.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2018 04:30 PM (tcwn1)

142 I ordered some Cuban cigars "

Bummer. I prefer Nicaraguan, so there...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 14, 2018 04:31 PM (7LY+6)

143 I can be there in an hour!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (qJtVm)
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Come on over! I've got all that good stuff for drinks that we swiped from CBD. BYO plastic mermaid though; I'm sure he has a stash of them, but they're well-hidden.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:31 PM (kNasr)

144 My parents ran a Mom & Pop fish & chips shop for years. Worked there in high school. Ate fish & chip about 7 times a week. Malt vinegar. Two seasons we caught cod in Puget Sound and cooked sold.

Posted by: PhilDirt at January 14, 2018 04:31 PM (Yhisr)

145 NaCly, I'm serious. You think an ewok found in a garbage can with a hobo pelt after a weekend bender on Val-U-Rite is bad? That is NOTHING compared to me after a (few) tequila shots. It is Not. Good.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:31 PM (V+V48)

146 A BONER-APPETITE...the crust was flaccid........

Posted by: saf at January 14, 2018 04:32 PM (cS/ge)

147 Are these things in the official cookbook?! If not, then why not!? I believe that this audience is clamoring for a second edition! Ride the pony until it collapses! It's for a good cause, no?
Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 04:27 PM (EaQ6/)

With color Photographs next time! Let's go BIG! YUGE!
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:30 PM (fceHP)
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WEASEL!!!!!! WE JUST FOUND THE EDITORS FOR VOLUME 2!!!

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:32 PM (kNasr)

148 At NoVaMoMee #2 I won a bottle of tequila.
Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 04:25 PM (4JWOd)
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And this is why we haven't had a NoVaMoMee #3. The fire insurance is just too high.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:32 PM (qJtVm)

149 She made me point out the two recipes we submitted. She liked the cookbook a lot, and wanted me to tell you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:30 PM (hyuyC)
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That is so nice! Thank You! Can we send her a signed copy?

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:32 PM (Sfs6o)

150 Needs more vodka. Maybe the second edition of the cookbook should feature vodka recipes. Or, bourbon! Or maybe something that impaired people, without mentioning names, can cook!

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 04:33 PM (EaQ6/)

151 136 We should have lunch sometime at Pan Am. They have some larger tables in the back.
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:29 PM (Sfs6o)

That could be fun- a small NoVAMoMee for lunch one Saturday maybe?

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:34 PM (V+V48)

152 She made me point out the two recipes we submitted. She liked the cookbook a lot, and wanted me to tell you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:30 PM (hyuyC)
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Oh, God bless her! She sounds like a hoot! This is the one you go over to help frequently, right? Please tell her thank you, from the Horde!

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:34 PM (kNasr)

153 The chuck roast with mushroom sauce in the crockpot is sending out tendrils of seductive scent. I am in its power!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:34 PM (qJtVm)

154 136 We should have lunch sometime at Pan Am. They have some larger tables in the back.
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:29 PM (Sfs6o)

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I have a soft spot for Pan Am.

Posted by: Jimmy "The Gent" at January 14, 2018 04:34 PM (gC2IV)

155 WEASEL!!!!!! WE JUST FOUND THE EDITORS FOR VOLUME 2!!!

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:32 PM (kNasr)
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Yep!!! There's always a bigger sucker!

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:34 PM (Sfs6o)

156 We should have lunch sometime at Pan Am. They have some larger tables in the back.
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:29 PM (Sfs6o)

That could be fun- a small NoVAMoMee for lunch one Saturday maybe?
Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:34 PM (V+V4
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I'm in! I think I know how to get there.


Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:35 PM (kNasr)

157 "venison and trotter"


I concur that venison is delicious, but I would never eat a Standard-bred horse.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 14, 2018 04:04 PM (cu8/f)


in visiting one of my brother's over the holidays, an avid hunter, we had all sorts of venison. Venison breakfast sausage, venison stew. All delicious. Especially the sausage.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:35 PM (fceHP)

158 Cuban cigars will make your ears ring.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 04:35 PM (IqV8l)

159 Absolutely!
Let's get a headcount and dates that might work in the next couple of weeks. You can send them to the moroncookbook email address.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:37 PM (Sfs6o)

160 What kind of sick freak bones a pie?
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 14, 2018 04:15 PM (NWiLs)

Hetero sexual men.

Posted by: Hair Pie at January 14, 2018 04:37 PM (g4lFK)

161 144 My parents ran a Mom & Pop fish & chips shop for years. Worked there in high school. Ate fish & chip about 7 times a week. Malt vinegar. Two seasons we caught cod in Puget Sound and cooked sold.
Posted by: PhilDirt at January 14, 2018 04:31 PM (Yhisr)

+++

I really love fish and chips, but every night of the week sounds excessive. Did you ever get sick and tired of them?

Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2018 04:37 PM (tcwn1)

162 Thanks Vendette-we are kind of eclectic-I make food from all the countries we have lived in, so it runs the gamut from Asia to South America. We are mostly interested in small/ish family owned or local restaurants that make a few things really really well.

(Love Cantina D'Italia by the way, as well as the Pan Am restaurant at Nutley-both good choices!)

We have had such a crappy 2017, between accidents, illness, surgeries, etc, that we want to enjoy our neighborhood/environs and go out more in 2018. Since I already broke my resolution to find something to like about everyone the first week, I figured this would be a good back up.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:24 PM (V+V4



In Chantilly there's Dumpling Queen and Thai Basil (the latter is known for its Pad Thai). In Centreville there's Ciao Osteria, which has certified Neapolitan pizza.



If you aren't following Tyler Cowen, in addition to being a GMU prof he's is a go-to guy for finding small ethnic restaurants, with his focus primarily being NoVa and DC. Link to his website is here: https://tinyurl.com/23luxyh

Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 04:37 PM (4JWOd)

163 The only problem with the $500 steak is the opportunity cost.

Posted by: Burger Chef at January 14, 2018 04:38 PM (RuIsu)

164 What kind of sick freak bones a pie?
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January




so you are unfamiliar with the American Pie movie franchise.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at January 14, 2018 04:38 PM (MTjB1)

165 bluebell, do you know the Vienna Metro? Nutley street is the main road that intersects 66, and the restaurant is in the large shopping center just south of the Metro station.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:39 PM (V+V48)

166 that the odds of splashing tomato sauce

I'm dancing past the cameraman here.

Posted by: Gue Fieri at January 14, 2018 04:39 PM (FhXTo)

167
If you aren't following Tyler Cowen, in addition to being a GMU prof he's is a go-to guy for finding small ethnic restaurants, with his focus primarily being NoVa and DC. Link to his website is here: https://tinyurl.com/23luxyh
Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 04:37 PM (4JWOd)

Thanks! That is exactly what we love!

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:40 PM (V+V48)

168 bluebell, do you know the Vienna Metro? Nutley street is the main road that intersects 66, and the restaurant is in the large shopping center just south of the Metro station.

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:39 PM (V+V4
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I was just teasing Weasel, moki. I know it very well!

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:40 PM (kNasr)

169 Posted by: moki at January 14, 2018 04:39 PM (V+V4
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Pan Am was where I took WW on our first date!

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:41 PM (Sfs6o)

170 And this is why we haven't had a NoVaMoMee #3. The fire insurance is just too high.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:32 PM (qJtVm)



You attended #2 and #3. #1 was in Old Town Alexandria.


Actually, I was wrong. I won the tequila at NoVaMoMee #1. It was also at #1 that ATC acquired the Awesome Stepstool of Awesomeness. At #2 we had an undercover "reporter" or two show up thinking that we were just going to spend the evening bashing Obama and being racist, sexist bigots. At #3 Ace showed up.

Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 04:42 PM (4JWOd)

171 Grannie MoFo's secret sauce for her meatloaf looks like it has mustard, ketchup, Worstershire, A-1, and some sort of spice mix in it. I would personally put in some Jerk spice, plus lots of fresh parsley and garlic.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:42 PM (qJtVm)

172 Pan Am is also where I've been meeting another woman!

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:42 PM (Sfs6o)

173 Yummy food thread - Thanks, CBD!

We're in Ocala visiting Baby Sister and family; last night, Hubby made us an amazing Columbia Restaurant 1905 salad featuring L&P Worcestershire sauce.

Wow!

Posted by: ibguy at January 14, 2018 04:42 PM (c5dWW)

174 A quick driveby to post the Slow Cooker French Onion soup recipe that I talked about last week.

Slow Cooker French Onion Soup (8-10 servings)

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 04:23 PM (/o9Qk)


I don't own a slow cooker, but this is a good recipe for owning one. I suppose it caramelizes the onions quite well without having to watch over them.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:43 PM (fceHP)

175 Someone serves me a pie with a bone sticking out of it, I'm gonna kick up a fuss.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 14, 2018 04:43 PM (pvjTE)

176 Weasel,

Can we send her a signed copy?

I'll ask her next time I see her. She will probably regard that as unnecessary, however. Function over form is a thing with her.

She does not have a computer in the house, and she only has a flip cell phone. So no Amazon reviews from her. She did think is a tad odd that we put over 70 reviews up before anyone had the book. I told her the 1 star review from ba. She laughed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:43 PM (hyuyC)

177 Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 04:42 PM (4JWOd)
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I stand corrected!

Maybe Ace will pop out of a cake at #4 (if there ever is a fourth episode).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 04:43 PM (qJtVm)

178 Thanks CBD for putting the French Onion soup idea in my head last week. Made it yesterday. Not with the technique that was mentioned, but as a first try on an induction cooktop which was enough new technique for me. Used Vidalia, yellow and red onions. Half beef, half veggie broth and a little fish sauce to add some depth.

Son also made French Onion yesterday and this afternoon we exchanged batches and will have a Soup Off this evening. His homemade bone broth may give him the edge but I think my onions look tastier.

Posted by: cfo mom at January 14, 2018 04:44 PM (RfzVr)

179 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:43 PM (hyuyC)
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Just email your address and we will sign it for her and send it to you. We insist!

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:44 PM (Sfs6o)

180 What kind of a person shows you a picture of steamed oysters like that?! This crap has got to stop! There are hungry people out here, every Sunday, and we will find you and eat your food!
Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 04:28 PM (EaQ6/)


was a fun time
fresh
blame cbd

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:45 PM (fceHP)

181 I couldn't eat a $500 plate of food knowing I'm just going to shit it out the next day. What a waste of money.

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 04:45 PM (dUJdY)

182 I was going to post but realized I just smoked some weed and have the munchies.. Uh Venison cooked Italian style and simmered in tomato gravy for a couple of hours is really very good... Oysters have serious bacteria growing on their shell. Ingest a little and go down for 24 hours with upheavals to the innards... cold sweats, nausea and sever stomach cramps.... but besides that I highly recommend them for Sea Bass bait..

Posted by: Voter Dude at January 14, 2018 04:46 PM (U5Xeq)

183 Pan Am is also where I've been meeting another woman!
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:42 PM (Sfs6o)
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Yes, Weasel took me there on our first date, too.

It was just us. And about 12 cops.

He took no chances.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:46 PM (kNasr)

184 blame cbd
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:45 PM (fceHP)
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Evergreen advice.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:47 PM (kNasr)

185 181 I couldn't eat a $500 plate of food knowing I'm just going to shit it out the next day. What a waste of money.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 04:45 PM (dUJdY)

That just about describes every fun thing doesn't it...

Posted by: Voter Dude at January 14, 2018 04:48 PM (U5Xeq)

186 Weasel

As you wish.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:48 PM (hyuyC)

187
Yes, Weasel took me there on our first date, too.

It was just us. And about 12 cops.

He took no chances.
Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:46 PM (kNasr)
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Well yeah! Some of those guys are on the gang prevention detail, too!

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:48 PM (Sfs6o)

188 From commenter "artisanal'ette," who really does appreciate good food (unlike some...)


OK, ctrl+F says there are 16 mentions of artisanal 'ette here, so I'm hoping you're still around.

I've held on to a bookmark for years. Years. From you. It was "culo nelle frasi". I didn't think I'd have a chance to use it, but I was in Italy last week and I pulled it up.

It's a dead link. I'm not sure quite why I blame you for this but I blame you.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 14, 2018 04:49 PM (fuK7c)

189 186 Weasel

As you wish.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:48 PM (hyuyC)

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Wesley?

Posted by: Buttercup at January 14, 2018 04:49 PM (gC2IV)

190
186 Weasel

As you wish.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:48 PM (hyuyC)
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Thanks Salty. If you will include her name Bluebell does a nice job personalizing them too.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:49 PM (Sfs6o)

191 WEASEL!!!!!! WE JUST FOUND THE EDITORS FOR VOLUME 2!!!

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 04:32 PM (kNasr)
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Yep!!! There's always a bigger sucker!
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 04:34 PM (Sfs6o)


heh.
CBD already tried nudging me, here.

besides, you guys are experts now!



Okay, I need to start dinner here too. It's funny y'all have mentioned Hazan, as I'm using her cookbook tonight (see above).

Have fun.

Bon appetit Y'all!

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:50 PM (fceHP)

192 couldn't eat a $500 plate of food knowing I'm just going to shit it out the next day. What a waste of money.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 04:45 PM (dUJdY)

The Duece you say!

Posted by: Dime Bag Sessions at January 14, 2018 04:51 PM (g4lFK)

193 I call on BS the NYT linky... really and to read it I need to register?


Breaking News: NYSE reporting CDC stock dropped 500 points ...

Posted by: Voter Dude at January 14, 2018 04:52 PM (U5Xeq)

194 Hamburgers are sadly cheaper than homemade. Cost of beef here in Seattle is pretty high.

Wendy's and Burger King make them cheaper

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 14, 2018 04:52 PM (xJa6I)

195 Trying my hand at making colcannon tonight. Cabbage, onions, potatoes, and bacon. What could go wrong?

Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at January 14, 2018 04:52 PM (ipyio)

196 Found MOONSHINE in the liquor closet!
*waves* at moki and bluebell

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 04:52 PM (DAdSz)

197 I've held on to a bookmark for years. Years. From you. It was "culo nelle frasi". I didn't think I'd have a chance to use it, but I was in Italy last week and I pulled it up.

It's a dead link. I'm not sure quite why I blame you for this but I blame you.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 14, 2018 04:49 PM (fuK7c)


I was just leaving, but I don't understand your question. Was it from one of my cookbooks, and had found the link? I'll take a look if so, when I get a minute and post back here.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:53 PM (fceHP)

198 189

*Sotto voce*. At least Buttercup isn't saying "farm-boy do this or do that." I'm moving up.

That could be weasel's new appellation. Soon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 04:53 PM (hyuyC)

199 You one-percenters and your food. I get to get up every morning half an hour before I go to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work 26 hours a day at mill and pay the foreman for the privilege, then come home every night to have my father kill me and dance on my grave singing hallelujah.

Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 14, 2018 04:54 PM (NWiLs)

200 185 181 I couldn't eat a $500 plate of food knowing I'm just going to shit it out the next day. What a waste of money.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 04:45 PM (dUJdY)

That just about describes every fun thing doesn't it...

Posted by: Voter Dude at January 14, 2018 04:48 PM (U5Xeq)

I've never heard of anybody shitting out a 500 dollar blue chip escort/model after an hour.

Posted by: Dime Bag Sessions at January 14, 2018 04:54 PM (g4lFK)

201 194 Hamburgers are sadly cheaper than homemade. Cost of beef here in Seattle is pretty high.

Wendy's and Burger King make them cheaper
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 14, 2018 04:52 PM (xJa6I)

Economies of scale. Simple as that.

Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 14, 2018 04:54 PM (NWiLs)

202 What could go wrong?

Nothing. It has bacon in it.

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 04:55 PM (dUJdY)

203 I was just leaving, but I don't understand your question. Was it from one of my cookbooks, and had found the link? I'll take a look if so, when I get a minute and post back here.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:53 PM (fceHP)



No, it was just a link about the word "culo".

You probably didn't notice that you had the link, shared the link, whatever. The point is that *I* saved the link. And looked at it. And waited to use it. And then it was gone.

I'm pretty sure it was you. You do Italian, yes? This was the link: http://www.frasi.net/frasi/cerca.asp?search=culo

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 14, 2018 04:56 PM (fuK7c)

204 201 194 Hamburgers are sadly cheaper than homemade. Cost of beef here in Seattle is pretty high.

Wendy's and Burger King make them cheaper
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 14, 2018 04:52 PM (xJa6I)

Economies of scale. Simple as that.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 14, 2018 04:54 PM (NWiLs)

yep yep.

I like making burgers at home but it's just cheaper to go down the street and buy them pre-made.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 14, 2018 04:56 PM (xJa6I)

205 In Seattle I hear the Marxist Gorillias will kidnap and kill you if you eat beef.

Posted by: Dime Bag Sessions at January 14, 2018 04:57 PM (g4lFK)

206 shitting out a 500 dollar blue chip escort/model after an hour.

Wait for it.

Posted by: Fusion Steele LLC,DNC,WTFBBQ at January 14, 2018 04:57 PM (FhXTo)

207 Our eating out is limited these days to things we probably wouldn't make ourselves. There's Mama Mia Pizza here in Manassas, a family run place that has the best pizza in town, makes great subs, serves steak fries, and sundry other items. The waitresses and cooks have been there for decades and know what their customers want. The brothers who started it have a second place run by their grown kids.

Katerina's is a Greek restaurant in town. Yeah, they have Hercules burgers and similar but they also know how to make souvlaki, stuffed grape leaves and a lot of Greek dishes. They make a lentil soup I will fight for. And their pita bread is made on the premises. You can always tell the difference. And they use enough lemon in their recipes to even suit me.

Posted by: JTB at January 14, 2018 04:57 PM (V+03K)

208 Weasel. good luck with the cigars. I haven't ordered any so don't know where to order. C-I and JR serve me quite well.
Took a walk this morning and got some nice shots of a bald eagle. Enjoyed a Mark Twain cigar. Came home and finished the Brunswick Stew had made. My own cooking was chili, no beans and it's the death penalty if try to get carrots anywhere near it. Also made a cassuolet. Mostly frozen. A friend had given me a pound of elk summer sausage and it's pretty great.

Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 04:57 PM (wgCUV)

209 I like making burgers at home but it's just cheaper to go down the street and buy them pre-made.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 14, 2018 04:56 PM (xJa6I)

Sad but true. You can get 4 McDoubles for the price of a pound of beef.

Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 14, 2018 04:57 PM (NWiLs)

210 8 Pig's feet is good eats.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 03:58 PM (WbIyz


It's a fetish.

Posted by: Kermit the Frog at January 14, 2018 04:57 PM (hXkSn)

211 Jewell@202:
The recipe calls for six slices of bacon. I'm using a pound and a half. I wonder if I have more in the refrigerator in case that doesn't look like enough.

Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at January 14, 2018 04:58 PM (ipyio)

212 I'm actually rooting for the Minnesota Vikings. How sad is that.

Posted by: grammie winger - for such a time as this at January 14, 2018 04:58 PM (lwiT4)

213 206 shitting out a 500 dollar blue chip escort/model after an hour.

Wait for it.
Posted by: Fusion Steele LLC,DNC,WTFBBQ at January 14, 2018 04:57 PM (FhXTo)

Oh honey, I know you THINK you've partied, but you really haven't.

Posted by: Mr. Slave at January 14, 2018 04:58 PM (NWiLs)

214
I don't own a slow cooker, but this is a good
recipe for owning one. I suppose it caramelizes the onions quite well
without having to watch over them.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 14, 2018 04:43 PM (fceHP)


Eggzackly. No babying a pan and stirring. Saves a lot of aggravation. If you like a thicker soup, you can use only 4 cups broth (which is what mom did when she made it the first time). I like a little more broth.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 04:58 PM (/o9Qk)

215 Hey everybody.

I know I've shared my steak sauce recipe here before, but I haven't used that recipe in quite some time now. Recently I've been throwing this together. It's basically my version of Peruvian (or is it Argentinian?) anticucho sauce. Anyway I wanted to ask if anybody else thinks it sounds good. I'd like to call it "Gaucho steak sauce."

Equal amounts:
- Guajillo sauce (I use Herdez)
- Chipotle sauce (I use La Costena)

Along with:
- Hot paprika, to taste
- Onion salt, to taste
- Spicy salt, to taste
- Worcestershire sauce, to taste
- Chopped garlic, to taste (I use a lot, I admit)
- Tabasco or your favorite hot sauce

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 04:58 PM (eMKNe)

216 Slow Cooker Catfish Stew seems like a pretty standard stew recipe. I would use this with pork and not change a thing. Is there anything special about catfish that makes it a good choice for low and slow and long?

++++

I wondered about that too. Even a slow cooker would turn fish into mush before too long. But, according to the recipe, the catfish isn't added until the last 20 minutes. So, not long and slow at all.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 14, 2018 04:59 PM (pvjTE)

217 14 Fish and Chips is another one. Yeah, I could make it at home, but I'll pay a restaurant so I don't have to clean the fryer and tolerate the smell of fried fish for a few days.

Me, too. I hate to go out to a restaurant and be disappointed at spending so much for so little. Fish and chips doesn't disappoint.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 04:01 PM (2FqvZ)


Having cooked and 'et so much fish on the river, I am, indeed, often disappointed at fish from a restaurant. (sighs. thinks of spring)

Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at January 14, 2018 05:00 PM (hXkSn)

218 Most expensive meal hubby and I have ever had was around $100 for the food and drinks. That was years ago and would be about $150 now at the same place. We eat there once a year or so but usually don't go whole hog with fancy drinks and desserts.

Posted by: cfo mom at January 14, 2018 05:00 PM (RfzVr)

219 There's a new place not far from me, Little Fisherman's, that has incredible fish and chips, your choice of cod or halibut. Admittedly expensive, especially with the halibut, but delicious.

x

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:01 PM (eMKNe)

220 The recipe calls for six slices of bacon. I'm using a pound and a half. I wonder if I have more in the refrigerator in case that doesn't look like enough.
Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at January 14, 2018 04:58 PM (ipyio)

LOL!! I think you have it covered!

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 05:02 PM (dUJdY)

221 Was thinking when I was a small kid ( before age 8 or so) I ate spaghetti with only butter on the noodles and wouldn't eat my mom's chile. She finally to get me to eat it told me thats what cowboys ate, began to eat it forever more.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 05:02 PM (aC6Sd)

222 Skip, hmm. Just butter on the noodles?

I've wondered if when you're a child, your sense of taste is keener than when you become an adult.

OTOH, there's things I couldn't stand as a kid, that I love as an adult, like regular mayo.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:05 PM (eMKNe)

223 Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 04:57 PM (wgCUV)
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Thanks Winston. I have a few more days until I really get nervous! These are coming from a shop in Switzerland.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:05 PM (Sfs6o)

224 How can you have chile without beans?
It's not chile unless it has beans.

Posted by: Melinda at January 14, 2018 05:06 PM (MVpMt)

225 Speaking of shitholes, why is it that the very people in America who are outraged about calling foreign countries a shithole, ignore their own hypocrisy as they are fleeing their own blue county shithole and moving to The South and red counties in out West and Midwest?

Where they turn them into hellholes a few years later headed for shithole status.

Posted by: Dime Bag Sessions at January 14, 2018 05:06 PM (g4lFK)

226 224 How can you have chile without beans?
It's not chile unless it has beans.
Posted by: Melinda at January 14, 2018 05:06 PM (MVpMt)

Not a Texan I take it?

Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 14, 2018 05:06 PM (NWiLs)

227 Melinda, you don't live in Texas do you? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:07 PM (eMKNe)

228 Insomniac beat me to it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:07 PM (eMKNe)

229 I wonder if we could persuade Mr. Dildo to feature a recipe from the cookbook each week.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:07 PM (Sfs6o)

230 224 How can you have chile without beans?
It's not chile unless it has beans.
Posted by: Melinda at January 14, 2018 05:06 PM (MVpMt)

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And that, officer, is when the fight started.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2018 05:08 PM (gC2IV)

231 I used to like oysters.


Then I went to an oyster festival this past fall. And got norovirus. It may or may not have been the oysters, but I don't want to look at one again for a very long time.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:08 PM (/o9Qk)

232 That's OK, I'll have your oysters.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 14, 2018 05:09 PM (fuK7c)

233 That's OK, I'll have your oysters.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 14, 2018 05:09 PM (fuK7c)


With or without the norovirus?

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:10 PM (/o9Qk)

234 You can have all of my oysters too, Bander.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2018 05:10 PM (gC2IV)

235 the catfish isn't added until the last 20 minutes. So, not long and slow at all.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous


And RAW

Posted by: Melinda at January 14, 2018 05:10 PM (MVpMt)

236 Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:08 PM (/o9Qk)

Ugh.. that sounds awful. I was walking thru Walmart yesterday and they have this little island section in front of the deli with cheeses etc. Also where they put the sushi. I walked by and wondered who in their right mind would buy sushi from Walmart?

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 05:11 PM (dUJdY)

237 Usually I do have beans in my chili. I wanted to try it without this time but added some sausage in with the ground beef.
My mom used to make Cincy style chili with beans and spaghetti. I've evolved since then.
WQeasel, do we need a cigar thread?

Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 05:12 PM (wgCUV)

238 In the USAF got drunk on peppermint schnapps once to many times, after 1 bad night I couldn't take the smell of peppermint without turning green and thinking of barfing, took about 30 years to be able to eat a peppermint candy.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 05:12 PM (aC6Sd)

239 Late to the thread, because cooking.
Tonight's fare:
Osso Bucco (garlic, natch)
Baked Asparagus with garlic and parmesan cheese
Baked potatoes with garlic

I'm sensing a trend.

Posted by: pep at January 14, 2018 05:12 PM (LAe3v)

240 We had our monthly church luncheon today-with enough food for twice the number that were there.

I made turkey cutlets in a crock pot with barbecue sauce-very easy. I go for the easy crock pot recipes!.
Sauce was chopped onion, ketchup, molasses, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper and some others spices. They said that they liked it anyway.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 05:12 PM (8+Ozj)

241 Jewells, I haven't been that sick in many years. I would have never known what it was except the State Department of Health contacted the attendees.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:13 PM (/o9Qk)

242 Sorry, can't do oysters, but the cookout generally looks like it was a fun time.

Posted by: SteveOReno at January 14, 2018 05:13 PM (2sCft)

243 Jewells, I haven't been that sick in many years. I would have never known what it was except the State Department of Health contacted the attendees.

Oh my. That's awful. I just won't eat anything raw except maybe certain veggies.

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 05:14 PM (dUJdY)

244 Maybe we could do a low country boil, shrimps, corn, taters cornbread

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 05:14 PM (DAdSz)

245 Thanks Winston. I have a few more days until I really get nervous! These are coming from a shop in Switzerland.

I used to get Marlboro's from Switzerland years ago, until customs or whoever in NY put the grab on it. Visa made it right though. First time that had happened to me and I was really surprised they were on my side.

Posted by: dartist at January 14, 2018 05:15 PM (nisXv)

246 I'm not an oyster fan. Now, steamed razor clams, drawn butter and a good cold beer.
My late partner's family had their own private oysetr bed on Hood Canal at one time. She loved them.

Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 05:15 PM (wgCUV)

247 Apparently Norovirus is a fecal/oral deal, and not carried by oysters.

But then there's a very slight chance of vibrio with oysters, which in the worst cases can kill.

I love raw oysters but doc says no because of the drugs I'm on, so I have to make do with cooked ones.

Posted by: stace at January 14, 2018 05:16 PM (6HFDU)

248
Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 05:12 PM (wgCUV)
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A cigar thread would be fun, but I probably wouldn't have much to contribute. I bought these sort of on a whim, and haven't smoked a cigar in years!

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:16 PM (Sfs6o)

249 Meanwhile, Steelers.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at January 14, 2018 05:17 PM (HZWmq)

250 'Anyone want to convince me cowboys on a cattle drive didn't have beans in their chili!'

You've got all the cow you can eat right there. Why would you haul around a bunch of beans?

Posted by: fraked at January 14, 2018 05:17 PM (UdKB7)

251 Not looking to good for the Aints.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2018 05:17 PM (gC2IV)

252 "Bone in pie"


Is this what the 'kids' are calling 'it' now?

Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at January 14, 2018 05:17 PM (hXkSn)

253 Apropos of nothing, 80/20 ground chuck is $2.99/lb at WinnDixie today. I bought 10lbs. Mrs928 is using 3 to start a pot of chili for tonight.

Posted by: Grump928(C) blurts at January 14, 2018 05:17 PM (WbIyz)

254 Break out the brown bags

Posted by: jsg at January 14, 2018 05:17 PM (pvN1D)

255 Maybe we could do a low country boil


Brunswick Stew. My MiL makes a mean pot of that.

Posted by: Grump928(C) blurts at January 14, 2018 05:19 PM (WbIyz)

256 Sauce was chopped onion, ketchup, molasses, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper and some others spices. They said that they liked it anyway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 05:12 PM (8+Ozj)
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Fen, that sounds delicious. When you talk about your crockpot meals, they always sound good. I only make a few things in the crockpot - I've tried others that don't come out right. I can't seem to get the knack of chicken in the crockpot. I do better with beef. I don't think I've tried anything with pork. And I know for sure I've never tried fish in the crockpot. I don't think I will.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:20 PM (kNasr)

257 My tastes in cigars are pretty lowbrow because I'm retired and pretty broke. However, the catalogs do provide some good options. JR's Cuban Alternative to the Cohibos Taino is excellent. They also have a really good, Nicaraguan made Genuine Counterfeit Cubans that are dandy. My choice for today was from C-I, a Mark Twain. I tend to like more robust cigars.

Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 05:20 PM (wgCUV)

258 Mrs928 is using 3 to start a pot of chili for tonight.


Against how many pounds of carrots?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 14, 2018 05:20 PM (fuK7c)

259 I love a good clambake. We do one with clams, chicken, potatoes, corn, kielbasa, onion and celery. God, I miss living by the seashore.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:21 PM (/o9Qk)

260 Ooh, count me in for the low country boil. Delicious stuff.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:21 PM (kNasr)

261 Against how many pounds of carrots?

Gak!

Posted by: Grump928(C) blurts at January 14, 2018 05:21 PM (WbIyz)

262 'Brunswick Stew. My MiL makes a mean pot of that'

Our family recipe for Brunwick stew calls for one hog's head, among other things.

Posted by: fraked at January 14, 2018 05:22 PM (UdKB7)

263 That's why I never make it and go to Fincher's instead.

Posted by: fraked at January 14, 2018 05:22 PM (UdKB7)

264 Carrots in chili? BURN THE HERETIC!!!!!!!

Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 05:22 PM (wgCUV)

265 Our family recipe for Brunwick stew calls for one hog's head, among other things.
Posted by: fraked at January 14, 2018 05:22 PM (UdKB7)
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Send it to goon and artisanal 'ette for Volume 2.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:23 PM (kNasr)

266 Danger girl, when I lived in Louisiana many many years ago it's the one thing I loved about it. The food was amazing. Hated living there but at least the food was good. Two longest years of my life.

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 05:23 PM (dUJdY)

267 257 My tastes in cigars are pretty lowbrow because I'm retired and pretty broke. However, the catalogs do provide some good options. JR's Cuban Alternative to the Cohibos Taino is excellent. They also have a really good, Nicaraguan made Genuine Counterfeit Cubans that are dandy. My choice for today was from C-I, a Mark Twain. I tend to like more robust cigars.
Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 05:20 PM (wgCUV)
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I used to order from JR's a lot. Are there still good cigars coming out of the Dominican Republic?

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:23 PM (Sfs6o)

268
Oysters are one of those foods I can only enjoy under certain conditions. A lot of variables like (A) distance from shore (B) reputation of preparer (C) history of success with seller -- whether cold or cooked -- which depends on A & B & C, etc.

Whenever I make them I bring them up to at least pasteurized level temperature and each and every one gets the sniff test before adding to recipe.

While I *can* enjoy them uncooked, I better have my toes within walking distance of bay water before I consider that option.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 05:24 PM (2FqvZ)

269 Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:20 PM (Nasr)

I haven't tried fish in a crockpot either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 05:25 PM (8+Ozj)

270 Beans are a very stable dried food, little weight too. And as Grump above thought and I expanded on was those cows your driving to market are money per head, you might get the sick or old that can't make it or injured and can't keep up.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 05:25 PM (aC6Sd)

271 Does Haiti make cigars?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 05:25 PM (IqV8l)

272 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 05:25 PM (IqV8l)
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Does Haiti make anything?

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:26 PM (Sfs6o)

273 never make it and go to Fincher's instead.
Posted by: fraked at January 14, 2018 05:22 PM (UdKB7)

Grew up on Fincher's! It was the best. We made road trips to Macon for it.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:26 PM (g4lFK)

274 I have fresh pinto beans from the garden in the pressure cooker with a big ol onion, two poblanos, one anaheim, two serranos and a pound of Whataburger sausage. There are two chuck roasts in the slow cooker. We may be poor but we eat good.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at January 14, 2018 05:27 PM (IOdcK)

275 Does Haiti make anything?
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:26 PM (Sfs6o)

Ummmmmmm.......Yes. Voodoo Zombies.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 14, 2018 05:29 PM (EoRCO)

276 'Grew up on Fincher's! It was the best. We made road trips to Macon for it. '

My dad prefers Tucker's but I don't know why. Anyway there's a Finchers less than five miles from here and they know me well.

Posted by: fraked at January 14, 2018 05:29 PM (UdKB7)

277 Does Haiti make anything?
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:26 PM (Sfs6o)

Money for me !

*Cackle cackle*

*Shart*

Posted by: Hillary! at January 14, 2018 05:30 PM (pvN1D)

278 We have some friends from St. Kitt - very superstitious!

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:30 PM (Sfs6o)

279 While I *can* enjoy them uncooked, I better have my toes within walking distance of bay water before I consider that option.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 05:24 PM (2FqvZ)


I agree. I ate them while sitting on a deck over the bay. But, even if my sickness didn't come from the oyster (and it probably didn't), my brain now associates it with them. Sad.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:30 PM (/o9Qk)

280 And I would totally partake in a low country boil. Mmmmmm.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:30 PM (/o9Qk)

281 Bill and Hillary found Satan in 1975 in Haiti on their honeymoon. I kid you not.

https://www.economist.com/news/obituary/. 21664926-max-beauvoir-biochemist-and-high-priest-haitian-voodoo-died-september-12th-aged

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:32 PM (g4lFK)

282 I know nothing about cigars, but there is a cigar shop owner in Jersey ( People's republic of) who was on Rich Zeoli who said Cuban cigars are way over rated today, the Cuban government sold off the best equipment and besides all money goes to the government anyway.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 05:32 PM (aC6Sd)

283 'Does Haiti make anything?'

They make the Dominican Republic look pretty good.

Posted by: fraked at January 14, 2018 05:32 PM (UdKB7)

284
282 I know nothing about cigars, but there is a cigar shop owner in Jersey ( People's republic of) who was on Rich Zeoli who said Cuban cigars are way over rated today, the Cuban government sold off the best equipment and besides all money goes to the government anyway.
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 05:32 PM (aC6Sd)
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That's probably true. I'd read that a lot of the best cigar makers had escaped to the DR and Central America.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:34 PM (Sfs6o)

285 qdpsteve, your recipe looks intriguing. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Mrs. JTB at January 14, 2018 05:36 PM (V+03K)

286 That's probably true. I'd read that a lot of the best cigar makers had escaped to the DR and Central America.
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:34 PM (Sfs6o)

Yup. Rush Limbaugh has been saying this for years.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 14, 2018 05:36 PM (bNbo2)

287 in Haiti on their honeymoon. I kid you not.

https://www.economist.com/news/obituary/ 21664926-max-beauvoir-biochemist-and-high- priest-haitian-voodoo-died-september-12th-aged
Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:32 PM (g4lFK)


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ post-politics/wp/2015/03/20/ that-time-bill-and-hillary-clinton-went- to-a-voodoo-ceremony-in-haiti/?utm_term=.51c68cdef457

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:37 PM (g4lFK)

288 Does Haiti make anything?
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:26 PM (Sfs6o)

Ummmmmmm.......Yes. Voodoo Zombies.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 14, 2018 05:29 PM (EoRCO)


Potty

Posted by: Melinda at January 14, 2018 05:37 PM (MVpMt)

289 Other foods that are worth buying instead of making:

Eclairs
Boardwalk style fries
NY Style pizza
Hoagies

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:38 PM (/o9Qk)

290 I blame Haiti for the Clintons. Evil shit went down on their honeymoon in 1975.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:38 PM (g4lFK)

291 Mrs JTB, thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:39 PM (eMKNe)

292 The chief Haitian export is Duvaliers.

Posted by: Northernlurker-ish at January 14, 2018 05:39 PM (nBr1j)

293 I have fresh pinto beans from the garden in the pressure cooker with a big ol onion, two poblanos, one anaheim, two serranos and a pound of Whataburger sausage. There are two chuck roasts in the slow cooker. We may be poor but we eat good.
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at January 14, 2018 05:27 PM (IOdcK)
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You sure don't sound poor to me. That all sounds quite delicious, and you know how to eat well!

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:40 PM (kNasr)

294 Other foods that are worth buying instead of making:

Eclairs
Boardwalk style fries
NY Style pizza
Hoagies
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:38 PM (/o9Qk)
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croissants

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:41 PM (kNasr)

295 Pretzels.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:41 PM (Sfs6o)

296 Clintons went to Haiti on their honeymoon?
They went their for exotic reasons going down the bi-ways.

Posted by: Melinda at January 14, 2018 05:42 PM (MVpMt)

297 Other foods that are worth buying instead of making:

Baklava
Gyros
Cannoli

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 14, 2018 05:43 PM (bNbo2)

298 Send it to goon and artisanal 'ette for Volume 2.
Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:23 PM (kNasr)


Is this a palace revolt in the making? Just let's look at marketing, unpassionately for a moment, and think about smacking the ball again, while it is already in the air, with some nice momentum attached, and an experienced editing crew already in place. Huh!? No bailing out, no quitting! You guys did a great job, and nobody wants to step up against the wall, last smoke, last drink, nah!, not going to happen. I'm busy making TV dinners taste better!

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 05:43 PM (EaQ6/)

299 Herbology is huge field of study in Haiti. Seriously, it is.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:44 PM (g4lFK)

300 Looking like its not a ain'ts year

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 05:44 PM (aC6Sd)

301 Oh goodness there is a place in the River Market, can't remember the name of it. It's a deli with some of the best meats and cheeses. At the checkout is a little display of pastries. I bought 2 cannolis a few years ago and nearly died they were so good. Went back several times just for those. I didn't even go this year I really need to slow down and enjoy little things like this.

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 05:45 PM (dUJdY)

302 Anyone want to convince me cowboys on a cattle drive didn't have beans in their chili!
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 03:56 PM


They didn't.

Whistleberries might be another matter.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2018 05:46 PM (DMUuz)

303 Fact - per person no state eats more pounds of pretzels per year than Pennsylvanians

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 05:46 PM (aC6Sd)

304 Clintons went to Haiti on their honeymoon?
They went their for exotic reasons going down the bi-ways.
Posted by: Melinda at January 14, 2018 05:42 PM (MVpMt)

They were introduced and involved with voodoo rituals and potions and herbophilia.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:46 PM (g4lFK)

305 Another item that's worth it to go out for, rather than try and fix at home, is cheesesteaks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:47 PM (eMKNe)

306 croissants





Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:41 PM (kNasr)


Amen, sister. I've never made them, but I've seen them made...wayyyyy too much work.
Soft pretzels though, can't find a good one here in Texas so I do make my own. But when I go home, I consume about 8-10 of them from Wawa. It's the first place I stop after the airport.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:48 PM (/o9Qk)

307 I'm making a $500 roast beast at this very moment, and it only cost me about $15. But you're welcome to stop by. Bring your wallet.

Posted by: Fritz at January 14, 2018 05:48 PM (bJ0w+)

308 It may not have been $500 plate, but it was a lot.

The Igno-son and the Igno-Ex had Kobe beef in Kobe Japan at a noted local place.

Both said that, were it on offer, they would have sold the other into slavery for seconds.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2018 05:48 PM (pV/54)

309 bluebell said she would stab me in the head with a pencil if I ever mentioned Volume Dos.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:48 PM (Sfs6o)

310 Yeah, if anyone could actually make a jy-roh taste as good as it does on the streets of Athens, then I'd lobby for funding for you. But, sorry to say, even the best neighborhood places don't quite catch it. That's not a reason to give up, but ... nearly.

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 05:48 PM (EaQ6/)

311 Well, isn't Bill Clinton inclusive

Bill Clinton said that at the ceremony spirits arrived seizing a man and a woman

Maybe the man and woman were Bill and Hillary?

Mr. Clinton did not elaborate on whether the man and woman benefited from the ceremony, except to say that Haitians' understanding of how God is manifest in our lives is very different from most Christians, Jews or Muslims, but their documented experiences prove the old adage that God works in mysterious ways..

That wasn't the Lord, unless it was the Lord of darkness.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 05:48 PM (8+Ozj)

312 Does Haiti make anything?

They make me hot. You can get away with ANYthing down there!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 14, 2018 05:49 PM (cW490)

313 Another item that's worth it to go out for, rather than try and fix at home, is cheesesteaks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:47 PM (eMKNe)
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Yep. And I think with both cheesesteaks and hoagies, the best are made in and around Philly, and it has a lot to do with the bread. As in a lot.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:50 PM (kNasr)

314 >>> Other foods that are worth buying instead of making:

Hoagies

My wife has made meatball subs from a baguette, spaghetti sauce and frozen meatballs.

Posted by: fluffy at January 14, 2018 05:50 PM (cHbmY)

315 309 Weasel

At least it's not sporks. Pencil wound first aid is a snap compared to spork wounds.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2018 05:50 PM (hyuyC)

316 bluebell, yup.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:51 PM (eMKNe)

317 I agree. I ate them while sitting on a deck over the bay. But, even if my sickness didn't come from the oyster (and it probably didn't), my brain now associates it with them. Sad.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:30 PM (/o9Qk)


That's a shame, because they should know better, but maybe did. Norovirus is generally filthy kind of kitchens. Or sloppy cooks. Or even five tiny particles of vomit in the air. Usually cramped conditions. Lots of people.

Not the best conditions for eating oysters.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 05:51 PM (2FqvZ)

318 Another item that's worth it to go out for, rather than try and fix at home, is cheesesteaks.


Cheesesteaks is the only food in the world that gets better the further you are from its place of origin.

Actual Philly cheesesteaks in Philly are awful steamed shaved beef on crappy squishy bread with fucking cheez-whiz. Anywhere else you can get good steak on a sub roll with mushrooms and onions and real cheese.

It is impossible to get a good cheesesteak anywhere near Philadelphia. I have tried.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 14, 2018 05:51 PM (fuK7c)

319 I
bought 2 cannolis a few years ago and nearly died they were so good.
Went back several times just for those. I didn't even go this year I really need to slow down and enjoy little things like this.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 05:45 PM


Leave the cash. Take the cannoli.

Posted by: zombie Peter Clemenza at January 14, 2018 05:51 PM (DMUuz)

320 http://truewestmagazine.com/they-ate-what/
Never heard of whistle berrys before

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 05:52 PM (aC6Sd)

321 Sloppy Joes for dinner!

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:54 PM (Sfs6o)

322 Bandersnatch, alls I knows is, I love the cheesesteaks at Philly's Best and Steak Escape. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:54 PM (eMKNe)

323 That wasn't the Lord, unless it was the Lord of darkness.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 05:48 PM (8+Ozj)

Word!

*fistbump*

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:54 PM (g4lFK)

324 The chief Haitian export is Duvaliers.

Primary import? Bribes from the UN. For looking the other way.

Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2018 05:55 PM (cW490)

325 'Maybe the man and woman were Bill and Hillary? '

Spirit Cooker Powers Activate !

Posted by: jsg at January 14, 2018 05:56 PM (XTXXB)

326 Buying Ritz Crackers, when they have the 2-4-1 sale is a fools game. There is always something wrong with A) the packaging, or B) with the crackers! You will either break the fragile little suckers getting the packaging open, because they did the shrink-wrap from hell, or, because they packaged up already broken little anemic crackers. My whipped cream cheese needs an answer! Justices is absent, sorry!

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 05:56 PM (EaQ6/)

327 Send it to goon and artisanal 'ette for Volume 2.
Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 05:23 PM


Is this the official call for recipes?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2018 05:56 PM (DMUuz)

328 I have never tried to make fish and chips. It's something I would rather get at a restaurant than make it myself.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 05:57 PM (8+Ozj)

329 It is impossible to get a good cheesesteak anywhere near Philadelphia. I have tried.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 14, 2018 05:51 PM (fuK7c)


BSG's 10 mile rule applies. You get 10 miles outside of Philly and they use the best steak, the best cheese, the best rolls. Cheese whiz? Bullshit. Real cheese that gets melted right on the grill. Yeah, it's more work 'cause you gotta clean the grill constantly.

Philly peeps don't know. That's okay. Keeps 'em out of the 'burbs.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 05:57 PM (2FqvZ)

330 I recently tried making at home, fried zucchini.

Not bad, especially with some ranch dressing.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 05:58 PM (eMKNe)

331 Meatloaf secret sauce may or may not include these ingredients. [flash]

Oh, you mean prepared mustard, catsup, A-1 sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic powder.

She spaced the egg. Crumbled crackers, breadcrumbs, or panko, with beaten egg are like meatloaf glue that would hold together her vegetable version. Her vegetable version mixed with the meat version would be very good too. All those great things, including mushrooms and diced onion and real garlic not powdered would be fantastic.

Italian cooks soak dry bread in milk for their meatballs.

(Is that her real voice? Really? I thought she was putting us on imitating Julia Child.)

Posted by: bour3 at January 14, 2018 05:58 PM (KXQr+)

332 321 Sloppy Joes for dinner!
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 05:54 PM (Sfs6o)


Now see, that's what I mean when I say that the people on the food thread are sadistic bastards! I would kidnap my neighbors dog, and hold it for ransom, if I thought that I could get a good sloppy joe out of it!

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 05:59 PM (EaQ6/)

333
Buying Ritz Crackers, when they have the 2-4-1 sale is a fools game. There is always something wrong with A) the packaging, or B) with the crackers!

Ritz have been really fragile crackers lately. I wonder if they've changed the recipe?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 05:59 PM (IqV8l)

334 'Ritz have been really fragile crackers lately. I wonder if they've changed the recipe?'

I noticed the same thing. They ain't right.

Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:00 PM (UdKB7)

335 No slow cooker?

Instant Pot. Slow cooker, rice cooker, pressure cooker.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 14, 2018 06:00 PM (MO4LP)

336 clayscowboychronicles.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/what-do-cowboys-eat-from-chuckwagon.html

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:00 PM (aC6Sd)

337 So Ritz crackers have gone SJW?

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 06:01 PM (eMKNe)

338 @236 I walked by and wondered who in their right mind would buy sushi from Walmart?
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My local chain supermarket also sells sushi in its deli.

*shrug*

Why not? I haven't tried it myself, but presumably it tastes decent. If people are willing to pay for it, then why not stock it? It's been around long enough in the US that it's not particularly exotic anymore.

Posted by: junior at January 14, 2018 06:01 PM (m3gfa)

339 DR and Honduras make excellent cigars. The DR has at least as good soil as Cuba, and they take better care of it. Haiti? Zombies and fleeing migrants are the most well known exports. It is really a sorry, sad place. Papa Doc kept the people in line with tales of voodoo plus a brutal secret police, the Ton Ton Macout. Torture was the best thing that could happen to a prisoner.
I enjoy good cigars, which are not always the most expensive ones. Also, good pipe tobacco. The best cigar makers escaped and smuggled seeds out when Castro took over. Best thing they could've ever done. I've had a couple of Cubans. Very nice but they were gifts and I would never buy any until the Castro's are flushed into Havana Harbor.

Posted by: Winston at January 14, 2018 06:01 PM (wgCUV)

340 I think they are trying to make the crackers thinner-cheaper

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 06:02 PM (DAdSz)

341 Then I went to an oyster festival this past fall.
And got norovirus. It may or may not have been the oysters, but I don't
want to look at one again for a very long time.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 05:08 PM (/o9Qk)


I had the same experience with bimbimbap (a type of Korean dish) and even though I have eaten it since, it felt more like testing poisons than fine dining.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2018 06:02 PM (2K6fY)

342 Florida many years ago, in a restaurant see "Philly Cheesesteak" on menu, was in my 20's and a sucker so thought why not?
It was a t-bone on a roll

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:02 PM (aC6Sd)

343
Saints ain't.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 06:02 PM (2FqvZ)

344 Anyone here ever try to make their own cookies-and-cream ice cream, with crushed Oreos?

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 06:03 PM (eMKNe)

345 Leave the cash. Take the cannoli.

Ha! I forgot to mention it was run by an Italian family!

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 14, 2018 06:03 PM (dUJdY)

346 Bluebell homemade croissants are delicious! I follow the blog along recipe on King Arthur Flour website. They are da bomb-diggity!

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 06:03 PM (DAdSz)

347 Oyster roaster made of galvanized steel? Not a good idea in my book. Get it too hot, zinc will burn, and strew zinc oxides through your food.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2018 06:04 PM (sD2WN)

348
Bill and Hillary found Satan in 1975 in Haiti on their honeymoon. I kid you not.

Didn't Bernie visit Satan on his honeymoon, too?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 06:04 PM (IqV8l)

349 Wondered lately about Ritz crackers also, I can easily take a pack and eat every one in a sitting, but some seem off as of late.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:05 PM (aC6Sd)

350 Qdpsteve, Thanks for posting that gaucho sauce recipe. I cannot tolerate hot spicy stuff but Mrs. JTB likes it. I'm going to try making it for her as a treat. She cooks a lot of dishes for me that she won't eat and it would be great to return all that consideration.

Posted by: JTB at January 14, 2018 06:05 PM (V+03K)

351 342 Florida many years ago, in a restaurant see "Philly Cheesesteak" on menu, was in my 20's and a sucker so thought why not?
It was a t-bone on a roll
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:02 PM (aC6Sd)

Had the exact same experience in Florida. A WTF? Moment.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:05 PM (g4lFK)

352 They are more fragile and less ritzy. More of a powdery feel than crackery. I though they were stale or something fresh out of the box. I know, I'm a cracker commissar.

Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:05 PM (UdKB7)

353 Been a Vikings fan for 40 years. They look legit, nd I love watching Payton foaming at the mouth. Do not like that bastage.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 14, 2018 06:05 PM (bNbo2)

354 I love oysters battered and deep fried.
Heaven.

Posted by: navybrat at January 14, 2018 06:06 PM (w7KSn)

355 Guess the Vikings will have to come outside to play then.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:06 PM (aC6Sd)

356 Connisewer I mean.

Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:06 PM (UdKB7)

357 'Ritz have been really fragile crackers lately. I wonder if they've changed the recipe?'

I noticed the same thing. They ain't right.
Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:00 PM (UdKB7)

They have "improved" the recipe and the sleeves are shorter and the crackers are smaller. See also Nilla wafers.

And they have absolutely ruined Oreos. The genius that's responsible for that needs a nut punch or three.

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 14, 2018 06:07 PM (G4qcu)

358 348
Bill and Hillary found Satan in 1975 in Haiti on their honeymoon. I kid you not.

Didn't Bernie visit Satan on his honeymoon, too?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 06:04 PM (IqV8l)

Did he go there? Huge if true.

I wonder who else went there becaus 3 makes a pattern.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:07 PM (g4lFK)

359 Is this the official call for recipes?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2018 05:56 PM (DMUuz)
------

No. I would never do that to anyone. Unlike some people I know.

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 06:07 PM (kNasr)

360 Guess the Vikings will have to come outside to play then.
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:06 PM (aC6Sd)

Yeah. The Bud grant days are long gone, and the Iggles, especially Foles, look really tough.

We'll see.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 14, 2018 06:08 PM (bNbo2)

361 I'm glad to hear it's not just me. I thought I was losing my taste.

Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:08 PM (UdKB7)

362 JTB, you're welcome. I'm nutzo about spicy stuff. :-)

I remember way back in high school in the 1980s, reading about anticucho but never being able to find it as a dish anywhere. Then about a year ago I finally remembered it in front of my computer, and was able to look up recipes.

I tried an original anticucho recipe on my backyard bbq, meat on a skewer with the sauce, although I used ribeye steak instead of beef heart. Long story short, it was delicious and I decided to make it my mainstay steak sauce. Hope you enjoy it, please let me know how it turns out. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 06:08 PM (eMKNe)

363 Best cheesesteak I have had was a place called Ray's in Lansdale, PA. They couldn't stuff one more hunk of meat in that roll. I swear it weighed five pounds.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 06:09 PM (/o9Qk)

364 Just looked up Hydrox cookies, need to see if my store carries them
http://leafbrands.com/hydrox/

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:09 PM (aC6Sd)

365 I think Bernie was in the Soviet Union on his honeymoon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 06:09 PM (8+Ozj)

366 348
Bill and Hillary found Satan in 1975 in Haiti on their honeymoon. I kid you not.

Didn't Bernie visit Satan on his honeymoon, too?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 06:04 PM (IqV8l)

Did he go there? Huge if true.

I wonder who else went there becaus 3 makes a pattern.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:07 PM (g4lFK)



He and Jane Sanders went to the Soviet Union for their honeymoon. He was the Burlington mayor at the time. He also made a trip to Cuba and met the mayor of Havana.

Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 06:10 PM (4JWOd)

367
Did he go there? Huge if true.

I wonder who else went there becaus 3 makes a pattern.
Posted by: Monk


Bernie visited Satan but not in Haiti. In the USSR

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 06:10 PM (IqV8l)

368 365 - 367.

DeBolshevik went to Cuba, no?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 14, 2018 06:11 PM (fA1SL)

369 Bill DeBlasio worked for the Sandinistas and went to Cuba for his honeymoon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 06:11 PM (8+Ozj)

370 Recently I've been throwing this together. It's basically my version of
Peruvian (or is it Argentinian?) anticucho sauce. Anyway I wanted to
ask if anybody else thinks it sounds good. I'd like to call it "Gaucho
steak sauce."


In Peruvia manning the anticucho batteries is the one of the principal duties of the Navy, along with hotwiring Army APCs and prank ordering pizzas to the various foreign consulates.

It's in their constitution.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2018 06:11 PM (2K6fY)

371 OT -

There is NO WAY that either drugs (probably marijuana, given it happened in CA) and/or alcohol wasn't involved in this.

http://abc7.com/traffic/2-injured-in-bizarre-santa-ana-cash/2943129/

Posted by: junior at January 14, 2018 06:11 PM (m3gfa)

372 Leave the cash. Take the cannoli.
Posted by: zombie Peter Clemenza at January 14, 2018 05:51 PM (DMUuz)


I think it was actually, "leave the gun, take the cannoli's". No? The car was a mess, bullet holes and tissue everywhere, and I never understood how they were going hike that Jersey swamp. Why not just get the guy out of the car, do the business, and then ride home in comfort with some cannoli's?

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (EaQ6/)

373 Y'all have made me so hungry. I'm going to go eat my dinner now.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (/o9Qk)

374 Now I'm pissed they ruined Ritz.

Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (UdKB7)

375 Comrade Bernie went to the USSR for his honeymoon. I forgot.

Bill and Hillary's honeymoon sounds more evil. You don't fuck around with that stuff. You can at least kill commies. Demons you have to exercise.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (g4lFK)

376
Just looked up Hydrox cookies, need to see if my store carries them
http://leafbrands.com/hydrox/
Posted by: Skip


Saw some in a Walmart a few months ago but haven't seen them since then.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (IqV8l)

377 Giant supermarkets sell packages of shaved beef from a supplier somewhere north of VA. We make great steak & cheeses with it. It helps to have a "flat top" pan that spans two burners.

And you have to butter & broil the inside of your roll, too.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (GzDYP)

378 The company I use to work for remodeled Rays probably 25 years agp

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (aC6Sd)

379 I'll take the Vikings over the Eagles. Probably because I can't stand their obnoxious fans.

Posted by: jsg at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (XTXXB)

380 "What in holy heck is that pie thing up top? It looks monstrous, as in, something a monster would order. Jiminy Christmas.
Posted by: grammie winger - for such a time as this at January 14, 2018 04:05 PM (lwiT4) "


They should have put a lighted candle in the end of the bone.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/365 at January 14, 2018 06:13 PM (oVWx5)

381 Kindltot, I did not know that ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 06:14 PM (eMKNe)

382 Commies and the dark spiritual arts are inseparable.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:14 PM (g4lFK)

383 Cioppino is one thing I will try to make, once, but I prefer to get it at a restaurant.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 14, 2018 06:14 PM (Dp6qK)

384 g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 14, 2018 06:14 PM (KCxzN)

385 flounder, I tried making cioppino only recently.

It came out good... but tasting almost exactly like the bouillabaisse from my fave cajun restaurant.

Decided that next time I'll just to to the restaurant. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 14, 2018 06:15 PM (eMKNe)

386 Best cheesesteak I have had was a place called Ray's in Lansdale, PA. They couldn't stuff one more hunk of meat in that roll. I swear it weighed five pounds.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 14, 2018 06:09 PM (/o9Qk)


Yeah, that's at least 20 or 30 miles outside Philly. The people in Philly made be conned by less than top shelf quality, but 'burban folks aren't.

I make a pretty damn decent cheese steak but I can never get the *exact* cheese combo. I got the beef, I got the garlic, I got the sauce, I got the rolls. But the cheese blend they use in the 'burbs is a mystery.

It is definitely not 'cheese whiz'.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 06:16 PM (2FqvZ)

387 I think it was actually, "leave the gun, take the cannoli's". No? The car was a mess, bullet holes and tissue everywhere, and I never understood how they were going hike that Jersey swamp. Why not just get the guy out of the car, do the business, and then ride home in comfort with some cannoli's?

In the book, it's mentioned that Pauli's death was "public" because they wanted to show the other families that they knew who the traitor was.

Posted by: Chuck C at January 14, 2018 06:16 PM (0V2ki)

388 Demons you have to exercise.
Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (g4lFK)

Do you have a phone # I can text to Ben Roethlisberger?

Posted by: jsg at January 14, 2018 06:17 PM (XTXXB)

389 And if Bill and Hillary went to attend a Voodoo service their Christianity meant nothing to them. It's somewhat like saying, "I just wanted to attend a Satanic Mass to get local color and see what it was like."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2018 06:17 PM (8+Ozj)

390 Hydrox used to be the only kind we were allowed to bring to school. Oreos were prohibited by name because the secret ingredient in the cream filling is lard (really). They changed the recipe recently, but I wouldn't be surprised if the old mimeograph sheets they hand out still say Hydrox only. Yid Kids Remember®.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 14, 2018 06:18 PM (y87Qq)

391 Understand the sandwich cookies from Aldi are good as well. SIL thinks they are better then Oreos.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at January 14, 2018 06:19 PM (N3JsI)

392 Seems the Leaf company bought Hydrox in 2015 and are making them again. Darker chocolate cookie les sweet filling no corn syrup

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:21 PM (aC6Sd)

393 'Yid Kids Remember'

The stuff you learn here...

Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:22 PM (UdKB7)

394 Hydrox sounds like something you use for an inner ear infection.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 06:22 PM (Sfs6o)

395 I HEARD THAT!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2018 06:23 PM (M+V/v)

396 I'm partial to Nutter Butters

Posted by: jsg at January 14, 2018 06:24 PM (XTXXB)

397 Every time that I go to the top of the page, that pie thingy is still there. Have some mercy! There are carnivores here!

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 06:25 PM (EaQ6/)

398 Heard what?

Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 06:26 PM (kNasr)

399 Sorry I thought it was interesting and said in a jocular fashion. Never heard the phrase.

Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:27 PM (UdKB7)

400
Anyone buy a good washing machine lately?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:27 PM (hdzIN)

401 Clearly were not supposed to discuss ear infections on the food thread.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 06:28 PM (Sfs6o)

402 Herbology is huge field of study in Haiti. Seriously, it is.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 05:44 PM (g4lFK)

If the herb has a checked jacket, it's Tarleck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2018 06:28 PM (sD2WN)

403 Do you hear what I hear?!��

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 06:29 PM (DAdSz)

404

Herbophiles, again

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 06:29 PM (IqV8l)

405 Dad's yelling about something, again.



Posted by: bluebell at January 14, 2018 06:29 PM (kNasr)

406 400 no but might be soon

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:29 PM (aC6Sd)

407 The bone hanging out of the pie is just odd. Yes, I'll say it! Odd!

Bloody New Yorkers wishing they were Brits.

Posted by: Fritz at January 14, 2018 06:29 PM (bJ0w+)

408 Anyone buy a good washing machine lately?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:27 PM (hdzIN)


Unpossible. The EPA has destroyed washing machines.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 06:30 PM (2FqvZ)

409 I might go on a quest to find a source of Hydox cookies

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:30 PM (aC6Sd)

410 I just wat a good pork chop on the grill, a baked potatoe and a salad with blue cheese dressing

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 06:30 PM (DAdSz)

411 If the herb has a checked jacket, it's Tarleck.

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Herbie
Happy Birthday to You

Posted by: Jennifer Marlowe at January 14, 2018 06:32 PM (0V2ki)

412 We might need a new washer too our Maytag front loader is going on 10 and is getting a bit loud. Still 3ashes well tho.

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 06:32 PM (DAdSz)

413 In the book, it's mentioned that Pauli's death was "public" because they wanted to show the other families that they knew who the traitor was.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 14, 2018 06:16 PM (0V2ki)


Yeah, a proto-Russian thing. It works. Just don't call him "little John."

Posted by: goon at January 14, 2018 06:32 PM (EaQ6/)

414 I like sandwich cookies best when they're crunched up in the food processor and used as crust for an ice cream pie.

Or baked inside of a chocolate chip cookie.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 14, 2018 06:33 PM (GzDYP)

415 Soothsayer. Buy the least expensive washer that still has an agitator and doesn't have computerized controls. They are difficult to find so you may have to look around a bit.
Have had 2 computerized models in a row and one was trash and the other bordering on being trash. Currently own a Whirlpool Cabrio and hate it.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at January 14, 2018 06:33 PM (N3JsI)

416
The EPA has turned washing machines into devices that weigh the contents, compute some, add a little water, compute some more, begin to spin a little bit, weigh again, compute some more, add a little water, spin a little bit, stop, think a little, compute some more, take a little water out, add some water, stop, compute, add some water, then spin a little, decide to take a little water out, then finally spin the hell out of the mess.

A five minute procedure that takes nearly an hour.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 06:34 PM (2FqvZ)

417 Huh. "Trotter" is just a snooty word for pig's feet.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 14, 2018 06:34 PM (pvjTE)

418
Buy the least expensive washer that still has an agitator and doesn't have computerized controls.

I wanted a front loader.

Whirlpool is junk now? Didn't Whirlpool used to be the best?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:36 PM (hdzIN)

419 Hydrox is the Kaboom of sandwich cookies.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2018 06:36 PM (gC2IV)

420 Well my pot roast came out better than I thought. First time I've made 3 envelope pot roast.

Posted by: Infidel at January 14, 2018 06:36 PM (EGFUD)

421 Also, the new washing machines that use very little water have a difficult time dissolving those detergent packets. Had to stop using them after the 3rd load came out still covered in soap or with the packet still in tact. And yes the high efficiency washers take forever to wash a load.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at January 14, 2018 06:37 PM (N3JsI)

422 Maytag used to be the best and I think whirlpool is owned by Maytag, but quality has slipped a bit I hear

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 14, 2018 06:37 PM (DAdSz)

423 Anyone buy a good washing machine lately?





Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:27 PM (hdzIN)


Speedqueen for the win. Had A GE Cabrio that sucked donkey balls once you got to know it. Hubby (who does all the laundry) loves his new toploading Speedqueen. We kept praying for the old washer to die already so we could buy the Speedqueen.

They are not cheap and you need to find a dealer (go to the Speedqueen site because they are only sold at independents, not big box stores.) Their "hot" setting is still hot, their "full" setting is still a full tub of water, and some models still have nice and simple mechanical controls.

Posted by: cfo mom at January 14, 2018 06:37 PM (RfzVr)

424 I don't watch much TV but the Maytag commercials are stupid and make me want to never buy their products.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2018 06:37 PM (Sfs6o)

425 404

Herbophiles, again
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2018 06:29 PM (IqV8l)

Damn potheads.

Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 14, 2018 06:37 PM (NWiLs)

426 Kroger sells Hydrox cookies ( which are Kosher btw), my Kroger is in Myrtle beach, 580 miles away

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:37 PM (aC6Sd)

427 Something's up with Oreos, the filling no longer covers the wafer as it once did.

Split one apart today, they've cut way back on the cream filling, it's a noticeable difference when you eat them.

A Doublestuf is needed for adequate filling now.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 14, 2018 06:37 PM (S/hVx)

428 Artisanal Ette, that meal is making me hongry. But putting heat on oysters seems almost like cooking them. Maybe just barely enough to crack them open? Otherwise just bread and deep fry them. I have eaten a ton of them, enough shells to pave the roads at Boone Hall Plantation.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2018 06:38 PM (zLDYs)

429 Ritz was one of the many products that changed hands, and points of manufacture, in l'affaire Mondelez. Without Mondelez, all those products would have gone out of production. I suspect it is not so much a matter of cheapening the recipes as the Huge Thing that happened when shortening changed to eliminated hyrogenated fats -- remember? We talked about it.

Something to remember as you do historical research. You've tasted both. People in the future will never know what real Ritz or Hydrox, or any of those other things (Twinkies?) were really like. Who knows what secret ingredients were in a real late-medieval duck's blood soup, for instance.

I sincerely doubt that Bill and Hillary Clinton attended a genuine voodoo ceremony on their honeymoon. Because they are such fundamentally cheap fake and phony people, they might have gone to a sort of luau (you've done one, right?) like the hotel-veranda voooo in Live And Let Die. But if they thought they could make a conventional Christian pee a little at the mention of it, they'd sure as the devil, SWIDT, play it up in the biography.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 14, 2018 06:38 PM (H5rtT)

430 Appliances are made like crap now. My dad still had a working GE fridge from 1951 when he died 2 years ago. Built like a brick shithouse and we found the manual that had recipes in it for young housewives to get started with.

Posted by: dartist at January 14, 2018 06:39 PM (nisXv)

431
Also, the new washing machines that use very little water have a difficult time dissolving those detergent packets.

Which is why I always throw in a soaked towel with every load.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:39 PM (hdzIN)

432 Soothsayer. Whirlpool I believe makes washers that are branded for other sellers. Kenmore for one.
We bought GE for our summer cottage when we were living in the cottage full time. It is a top loader but certainly gets the job done. Has 5 water levels and has no problem digesting the detergent packets.
When our current washers dies I will replace it with a cheapo washer.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at January 14, 2018 06:40 PM (N3JsI)

433 >>> Kroger sells Hydrox cookies ( which are Kosher btw)

Wouldn't that be pareve?

Posted by: fluffy at January 14, 2018 06:40 PM (cHbmY)

434 Is there a place in the World that acre for acre has had a more brutal, savage history than Haiti. Then add the voodoo, and rampant disease like Yellow Fever.

Why would you go there for a honeymoon, except to be Edgy>

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2018 06:40 PM (pV/54)

435 The bone in the pie looks like they been smoking pot through it.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at January 14, 2018 06:40 PM (IOdcK)

436
I looked at Speedqueen. Commercial quality.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:40 PM (hdzIN)

437
The wife was bitchin' because she likes to wash sheets all by themselves. The lightweight load was taking three hours to compute and wash. I recommended she added some heavier stuff and it still took an hour.

This was a recent more than a middle-of-the-road 'commercial' washer. The daughter has the same problems. Water usage seems to be the issue. Even if you live in an area where water is not an issue. The EPA does not want you to use water to wash your clothes.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 06:41 PM (2FqvZ)

438 We'll be doing one of our big oyster roasts end of January *over a wood fire* for upwards of 60 people.

On the water, lots of great side dishes, booze, and wonderful friends. If I send pics to CBD, I hope he'll post them.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 14, 2018 06:41 PM (ptqGC)

439 I wanted a front loader.



Whirlpool is junk now? Didn't Whirlpool used to be the best?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:36 PM (hdzIN)

If you must have a front loader, spring for a commercial machine as used in laundromats. The new "energy efficient" home models suck donkey balls.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2018 06:41 PM (sD2WN)

440 Anyhow, gotta finish dinner for the two of us.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 14, 2018 06:41 PM (ptqGC)

441 The sad story of Hydrox Cookies:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hydrox-cookies-oreo

A Manichean struggle of light against dark:

“The Oreo is a cookie that embraces contradictions,” wrote architecture critic Paul Golderberger. “Not only is it dark on the outside and light on the inside, but it is lavishly ornate in its exterior design while being utterly simple within. In an even more fundamental fashion, however, the Oreo’s form leaps across stylistic boundaries.”

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 06:41 PM (qJtVm)

442 The new head voodoo preist who presided over Bill and Hillary honeymoon in 1975 was a great biologist who first synthesized steroids/testosterone in 1973. He went to Haiti because of his interest in Herbology and to visit his grandfather, who was the leading voodoo priest, pointed at him and said you're next.

He gave up his life to become a voodoo preist, working with spells, rituals, potions, and became a huge herbophile.

Fucking Haiti, dude.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:42 PM (g4lFK)

443 Our LG front loader has an option to add extra rinse water. It does take a long time, tho.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 14, 2018 06:42 PM (GzDYP)

444 The venison and trotter pie looks fantastic, I assume the silverware service includes a marrow spoon.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at January 14, 2018 06:43 PM (sRycn)

445 439. Dead true. My shop runs the old whirlpool commercial front-loaders. Damned things run 7 days a week, 365 a year. Replace belts and bearings periodically. The machines date from the '80's.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 14, 2018 06:43 PM (fA1SL)

446 Soothsayer thanks for the tip on the wet towel. I love those detergent packets. Luckily I don't have an urge to eat them like the idiots I read about this morning.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at January 14, 2018 06:43 PM (N3JsI)

447 I've been researching Speed Queen washers. I am hesitant because they are really expensive and are smaller capacity wise. They do take half the time per cycle though

Posted by: lin-duh at January 14, 2018 06:44 PM (kufk0)

448 374 Now I'm pissed they ruined Ritz.

Posted by: freaked at January 14, 2018 06:12 PM (UdKB7)


"Buttttinahritttttttttz!"

Posted by: Frahnkensteen's Monster at January 14, 2018 06:45 PM (hXkSn)

449 "Appliances are made like crap now. My dad still had a working GE fridge from 1951 when he died 2 years ago."

They were so good, you'd want one in event of nuclear attack. Just ask Indiana Jones.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2018 06:45 PM (pV/54)

450 Dad's yelling about something, again.


I think he's drunk.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 06:46 PM (WbIyz)

451 Twitchy likes to post tweets from Jenna Jameson (pro-Trump, pro-small government). In the latest one, in which she mocks Sally Kohn, someone suggested that she run for governor of California.

She'd be better than the likely Democratic options (that's a VERY low bar). And it would almost certainly make the campaign a lot more lively and interesting than it would otherwise be...

Posted by: junior at January 14, 2018 06:46 PM (m3gfa)

452
Whirlpool I believe makes washers that are branded for other sellers. Kenmore for one.

Kenmore used to have a great reputation, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:46 PM (hdzIN)

453 Speed Queens will probably get 3× the life cycle of the typical front loader.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2018 06:47 PM (89T5c)

454 I would still want a top load, the side doors are supposed to spin out clothes dryer but also hear they need to be kept open so as to dry the machine out

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:47 PM (aC6Sd)

455 @452 Kenmore used to have a great reputation, too.
-------------------

Everything Sears used to have a great reputation. But afaik, the only thing left at Sears that still had a decent reputation was Craftsmen... right up until Sears sold the brand.

Posted by: junior at January 14, 2018 06:47 PM (m3gfa)

456 i expect the pie bone is for people to eat the marrow

some people dig it

Posted by: concrete girl at January 14, 2018 06:49 PM (nBzBk)

457
Speedqueens are 2X the $$.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:49 PM (hdzIN)

458 Begun the front-loader wars have once more.
I opened my washer, there was a cross-bow in there. A Civil War crossbow.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 14, 2018 06:49 PM (H5rtT)

459
I believe that Jenna Jameson has a better reputation than our current crop of politicians.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 06:49 PM (2FqvZ)

460 454. I had a few commercial top-loaders. Nightmare compared to front loaders. All the weight on a top loader rests ultimately on a few difficult to reach and replace bearings - you have to disassemble the whole damned thing to work on 'em. Front-loaders, much easier.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 14, 2018 06:49 PM (fA1SL)

461 "The Oreo is a cookie that embraces contradictions," wrote architecture critic Paul Golderberger."

I had his book on NYC architecture.

His two favorites weren't buildings: the Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2018 06:49 PM (pV/54)

462 My mom told me a story today about her friend who used to go to Haiti as a Doctor working with Doctors Without Borders. He went several times.

Well, the last time it was so bad people were hunting him down. He had to spend 48 hours in the trunk of a car to get smuggled out of Haiti.

They literally hate Western Medicine and things like Western life saving surgery.

Fucking Haiti.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:50 PM (g4lFK)

463 If nothing else during this thread I solved my issue, cowboys ate lots of beans.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:50 PM (aC6Sd)

464 No, Sears already had started getting Craftsman wrenches from China before they sold the brand.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 14, 2018 06:50 PM (H5rtT)

465 >>>I looked at Speedqueen. Commercial quality.

Yep. Many of their models are made to be placed in small apartment buildings (with the coin slot mechanism added.) Built for hard usage and few problems. It works way better also I may add. Less soap residue, better cleaning, more room.

Posted by: cfo mom at January 14, 2018 06:50 PM (RfzVr)

466 I would still want a top load, the side doors are supposed to spin out clothes dryer but also hear they need to be kept open so as to dry the machine out

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:47 PM (aC6Sd)



Yeah, if you close the door after using a frontloader you will soon have a science experiment growing in the doorway area from leftover water that may be sitting there.

Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 06:50 PM (4JWOd)

467
I'd love to get my hands on a commercial Maytag washer.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:51 PM (hdzIN)

468 we have maytag washing machine. takes an hour and a half to wash a load. fuckin epa.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 14, 2018 06:51 PM (KP5rU)

469 "I believe that Jenna Jameson has a better reputation than our current crop of politicians."

Well, she was better at her pre-political job than nearly all of them.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2018 06:52 PM (pV/54)

470 Oh, and as Acme mentioned, none of these ridiculously long cycles. We can do a load in 30 minutes now that took the Cabrio 75.

Posted by: cfo mom at January 14, 2018 06:52 PM (RfzVr)

471 467. Take a gander at your local businesses for sale. Laundromats come and go and do occasionally retire their gear.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 14, 2018 06:52 PM (fA1SL)

472 Skip, we have to leave our washer's door open because of the water that doesn't completely get drained out of the convoluted seal. It's probably 10 years old now and I think that a lot of manufacturers have solved the problem.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 14, 2018 06:52 PM (GzDYP)

473 A Civil War crossbow.


Oh, it's ON.

Posted by: The War of Northern Aggression at January 14, 2018 06:52 PM (WbIyz)

474
Hour and a half!?

Should be no more than 35 minutes!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:52 PM (hdzIN)

475


Yeah, if you close the door after using a frontloader you will soon
have a science experiment growing in the doorway area from leftover
water that may be sitting there.
Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 06:50 PM (4JWOd)


I do laundry weekly and before I do a load, I run rags and bathmats with bleach through to get the mildew out.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2018 06:52 PM (2K6fY)

476 Twitchy likes to post tweets from Jenna Jameson (pro-Trump, pro-small government). In the latest one, in which she mocks Sally Kohn, someone suggested that she run for governor of California.

She'd be better than the likely Democratic options (that's a VERY low bar). And it would almost certainly make the campaign a lot more lively and interesting than it would otherwise be...
Posted by: junior at January 14, 2018 06:46 PM (m3gfa)

If she won, it would be a huge set back for feminists and SJWs if im familiar with her positions well.

Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:53 PM (g4lFK)

477 I opened my washer, there was a cross-bow in there. A Civil War crossbow.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 14, 2018 06:49 PM (H5rtT)

Be glad it didn't have a Glock in it. I understand they're giving those things away in the Tide pod packs now. Kinda like a pos Cracker jack prize. Same thing really.

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 14, 2018 06:53 PM (gr73Y)

478 Well now I'm down the Atlas Obscura rabbit hole. Here's an article on the Star Noodle neon dragon sign in Ogden Utah that may seem very familiar to those fans of the iconic noodle shop in Brade Runnah:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/neon-dragon-sign-blade-runner-ogden

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2018 06:53 PM (qJtVm)

479 Take a gander at your local businesses for sale. Laundromats come and go and do occasionally retire their gear.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 14, 2018 06:52 PM (fA1SL)


But . . . But I bought a washer so I wouldn't have to hoard quarters for the laundromat!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2018 06:54 PM (2K6fY)

480
LG makes units that do 30 minute cycles. And Steam!

LG makes a pretty washing machine. It's art-deco. Mixed reviews, tho.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:54 PM (hdzIN)

481 My sister told me about water left in them

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:54 PM (aC6Sd)

482 If she won, it would be a huge set back for feminists and SJWs if im familiar with her positions well.
Posted by: Monk at January 14, 2018 06:53 PM (g4lFK)


Phrasing.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2018 06:55 PM (2K6fY)

483 479. ALWAYS patronize and support your courteous and popular laundromat owner. Always.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 14, 2018 06:55 PM (fA1SL)

484 Gub?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 06:56 PM (WbIyz)

485
ALWAYS patronize and support your courteous and popular laundromat owner. Always.

Heh.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 06:56 PM (hdzIN)

486 444 The venison and trotter pie looks fantastic, I assume the silverware service includes a marrow spoon.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at January 14, 2018 06:43 PM (sRycn)

++++

No need if it was cooked right. The marrow is supposed to melt during baking and flow into and mix with the contents of the pie.

I suppose some marrow spoons could be set for appearances sake.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 14, 2018 06:56 PM (FUu/Z)

487 Oh come on Sooth, pretty? Whatcha gonna do put it in your living room?

Posted by: cfo mom at January 14, 2018 06:57 PM (RfzVr)

488 Palp I will patronize you always, sure.

Oooh, what a careful use of verbs you have there!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2018 06:57 PM (2K6fY)

489 Check out the latest at Twitchy.

Which one of you morons is responsible for that clusterf!@#?

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 14, 2018 06:57 PM (af5/L)

490 One advantage of front loading washing machines: The potential for baby/toddler entertainment. I have a nephew who loved to watch the washing machine do its thing.

Posted by: Vendette at January 14, 2018 06:57 PM (4JWOd)

491 464
No, Sears already had started getting Craftsman wrenches from China before they sold the brand.

Yep, don't remember the year but Sears has sucked for a long time. I knew a carpenter who only paid for tools once in his life and just kept returning them as defective. IIRC that was all they'd let you return without a huge hassle. Who was it that started the "return anything, no questions asked" thing?

Posted by: dartist at January 14, 2018 06:58 PM (nisXv)

492
The only 'hack' I've been able to figure out to speed up the new washing machines is to add heavy items to every load.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 06:58 PM (2FqvZ)

493 488. Thank you.

* dumps rit dye into his washer *

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 14, 2018 06:58 PM (fA1SL)

494 Uncle Palp I'd patronize you but I'm just not driving 1000 miles to do laundry. Hope you understand.

Posted by: cfo mom at January 14, 2018 06:58 PM (RfzVr)

495 I still like to watch the top loader agitate. Unfortunately our new one has a magnetic lid sensor which is difficult to get around. I could just jam a key in the old manual one.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 06:59 PM (WbIyz)

496 @489 Check out the latest at Twitchy.

Which one of you morons is responsible for that clusterf!@#?
---------------------

That's the same item I linked up above. I think it's safe to say that drugs were involved...

Posted by: junior at January 14, 2018 07:00 PM (m3gfa)

497 At 500, I go gub thread.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 07:01 PM (WbIyz)

498 My sister told me about water left in them

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 06:54 PM (aC6Sd)


Yeah, it's to keep the seals always moist. My dishwasher does the same thing. You start it up, it dumps the last water from the last cycle before it starts new cycle. It makes the seals last longer, so no foul.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 07:01 PM (2FqvZ)

499 Ours has a tub cleaning cycle that prompts you to add just bleach. Which is great to run after doing the goldens' stuff.

Regular laundry takes just under an hour, but it handles a big load.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 14, 2018 07:01 PM (GzDYP)

500 Daily Kos, because they're totally insane, spent all day Sunday discussing an editorial call to prosecute the Bush administration for war crimes. You know, torture.


Posted by: Huck Follywood, critic de Cinema Verite at January 14, 2018 07:01 PM (ylUqT)

501
LG's also have neat sounds. Bells & whistles, literally.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 14, 2018 07:01 PM (hdzIN)

502 Lowes had Kobalt tools, that you could return, well a measuring tape pulled out 10,000 times won't last if you made it from titanium, but very recently they don't seem to carry Kobart tapes anymore

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 07:02 PM (aC6Sd)

503 Sears and KMart have been run by genius investor Eddie Lambert for years. With a different strategy he could have been Jeff Bezos.

Instead, he's lost a ton of money on his direct investment, but may be making up for it with dubious conflicted side deals he's done with the real estate.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2018 07:02 PM (pV/54)

504 What's "trotter"?

Posted by: josephistan at January 14, 2018 07:02 PM (ANIFC)

505 @500 Daily Kos, because they're totally insane, spent all day Sunday discussing an editorial call to prosecute the Bush administration for war crimes. You know, torture.
-----------------------

"The 00's called. They want their political stuff back."

Posted by: junior at January 14, 2018 07:02 PM (m3gfa)

506 Do any of you Morons have an opinion the Springfield XDM? In particular, in 45acp? I'm looking at this

http://bit.ly/2r8uIxG

It looks like a good price and I already have a bunch of 45 hardball to feed it.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 14, 2018 07:03 PM (WbIyz)

507 I'll probably wind up buying the Speed queen front loader. My laundry room is configured for the washer to be on the right of the dryer and Speed Queen front load washers open from left to right which fits. 95 percent of front loaders open right to left.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 14, 2018 07:04 PM (kufk0)

508 I am making quart jar sauerkraut for my GF who likes nearly lethal levels of pepper and garlic.

1-2/3 lbs of shredded cabbage and shredded carrots + 2 tsp salt, and add the peppers and chopped garlic in as you tamp it into the jars


she likes ginger in it too.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2018 07:05 PM (2K6fY)

509 Gun NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2018 07:05 PM (aC6Sd)

510 I made a classic pot roast last night that was scrumpdilliumptious.

Very easy to do.

Yet, I see lots of restaurants advertising their pot roast or other "home-style" items.

Hey, mofos! If it's "home-style", I'm staying home cuz I can fix it better than you 99.9% of the time.

(that includes Fish and Chips )

When i go out to eat, I want to get something I can't fix myself or is too costly to whip up a batch for the family. (see sweetbreads)

Anyway....Pot Roast....Larrupin'!


Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2018 07:06 PM (E3rQ4)

511 I know a lot of people would choose to eat at a five star restaurant if given the chance but I would rather eat at any of a number of places featured on Diners, Drive In and Dives. What sucks is every place they featured in Houston blows.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 14, 2018 07:06 PM (2DOZq)

512 Not sticking the old neck too far out, but there are some front-loaders whose door swing direction is convertible. Worth looking into, maybe.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 14, 2018 07:06 PM (H5rtT)

513 Not to be outdone in totally crazy department, Townhall's lead article right now quotes Jeff Flake comparing Trump unfavorably to Joseph Stalin.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, critic de Cinema Verite at January 14, 2018 07:06 PM (ylUqT)

514 > It would never occur to me to put fish in a slow-cooker. First of all, I just assumed that it would break apart into nothing after four hours! Second of all, I don't have a slow-cooker, so it's not going to happen in my kitchen anyway.
===
Sliced potatoes, diced onion, can of salmon, can of mushroom soup, pepper, lots of dill.

Grease crockpot w/butter, layer 1/2 of the thinly sliced potatoes, 1/2 the onion, 1/2 the salmon, etc. Repeat w/2nd half. Thin can of soup, pour over, cover, Low for 7+ hrs.

Posted by: pogomip at January 14, 2018 07:07 PM (TLxHQ)

515 What's "trotter"?

Posted by: josephistan at January 14, 2018 07:02 PM (ANIFC)



Pig's foot. But, that's not one sticking out of the pie, so maybe the term applies to other animals as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2018 07:08 PM (E3rQ4)

516 Watching 60 Minutes right now. Excellent piece on Afghanistan. US is funding 90 percent of the Afghan defense budget ($4 billion).

Five million people in Kabul right now. There were 50,000 in Kabul when we went onto A-Stan. Unmanageable shithole.

Good general in charge. Tough job.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 14, 2018 07:13 PM (arhmY)

517 I had a few commercial top-loaders. Nightmare
compared to front loaders. All the weight on a top loader rests
ultimately on a few difficult to reach and replace bearings - you have
to disassemble the whole damned thing to work on 'em. Front-loaders,
much easier.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 14, 2018 06:49 PM (fA1SL)

Well, I had an old top loader; pump finally bit the dust. I could have fixed it, but silly me, thought, "Hey! I will buy a new energy-saving front loader, and save on my expensive gas bill." Hah! Got a demo LG Tromm front loader (was in a show home in Calgary), nice discount, full factory warranty. Worked fine for a month or two; then the motherboard failed. Service guy came out and replaced the motherboard, and it resumed working. But over the course of a year, it got noisier and noisier, and one day it just locked up, spilling several gallons of soapy water on the floor. I had to force the latch to get my soggy laundry out of it. Turns out the seal that keeps tub water out of the one bearing that supports the drum had failed, allowing soapy water to wash the grease out of the bearing, until the steel balls crumbled. Any design that has a heavy steel drum cantilevered on one frickin' bearing is just brain dead. I tore the thing apart. Part of its huge weight? Weights. Two honking big weights the shape of toilet seats, one of cast iron, the other a plastic shell filled with, wait for it, concrete.
Never again will I buy an LG, or any front loader. I went out and bought a used Whirlpool top loader, and it has performed flawlessly for years now. Top loaders are designed so that they don't need a seal to protect the drum bearing, and they don't need massive weights to correct imbalance. The basic design of toploaders hasn't changed in over 50 years, because they have been about perfected, in terms of giving long service at an affordable price. The transmissions in them are made of cast iron, and are rugged as hell.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2018 07:16 PM (sD2WN)

518 I don't bother to cook fish anymore unless I get a really nice whitefish, which I grill outside. There are way too many good restaurants around here that will fry or broil a mess of perch or a walleye to perfection. One of my colleagues has a smoker, though, and he's invited us to come over in the spring after his next fishing trip.

I got an Instant Pot that seems rather complicated but can do all sorts of things. So I got rid of my slow cooker, rice cooker (which I rarely used anyway), etc.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 14, 2018 07:19 PM (G8B7r)

519 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2018 07:16 PM (sD2WN)

I like the logical way you think. I'll take proven technology over recent technology any day.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 14, 2018 07:26 PM (2FqvZ)

520 Foul-mouthed Granny is pretty funny. She has a "cooking school" where she teaches her "inner tubers" audience basic basics, like how to measure and how to boil water.

That reminded me of dinner tonight, when my millennial daughter watched me throw together a quick cheese sauce without a recipe or measuring or anything. In awe, she said, "How did you know how to do that? " and my answer was, of course, "Because I've done it before. "

Posted by: Gem at January 14, 2018 07:45 PM (XoAz8)

521 Did something last week I haven't done since I was a kid. Was going to make a boloney sammich and decided to fry the baloney.
Dang that tasted good.
Posted by: HH at January 14, 2018 04:04

Thanks for the idea. Grilled baloney and cheese sammich is something I haven't had in ages.

Posted by: Farmer at January 14, 2018 08:39 PM (yJ1e6)

522 And I'll bet it's even better w/ garlic baloney!

Posted by: Farmer at January 14, 2018 08:39 PM (yJ1e6)

523 To stay on topic, J made chili tonight. No carrots, but were Midwesterners so we always have beans. Topped w/ sharp cheddar cheese and a bit of sour cream.

To go off topic, Showtime has a hysterical special on National Lampoon. We have it free for a month w/ new Hulu.

Posted by: Farmer at January 14, 2018 08:50 PM (yJ1e6)

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