Food Thread: If Bacon Is A Rut, It Is A Fine Rut To Be In!

I am nothing if not obsessively repetitive. A few weeks ago I made pork tenderloin with bacon. And because it tasted good, I decided to make it again, but this time with MOR BACON! Yup...bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin, because one can never have enough bacon.

And guess what? it was damned fine eating. Simple and quick. The only slight complication was wrapping the bacon around the tenderloin. It separated a bit after cooking, but in the grand scheme of things it was a resounding success. A bit of salt (be careful because bacon is salty), pepper, some chopped thyme, a tiny drizzle of honey, and a quick sear to crisp the bacon a bit, then into the oven with a temperature probe. And done!

Temperature is one of two challenges with pork tenderloin because it is not particularly thick, and it doesn't have much fat (the other challenge) to cover you if you overcook it. That's why probes are so useful. I put the probe into the thickest part of the pork and pulled it as soon as it hit my target temperature of 139 degrees. You would be amazed...or not...by how quickly it carried over to about 143 degrees. Next time I will take it out of the pan as well as the pan out of the oven. The little bit of residual heat was enough to keep cooking it. But with all of that luscious bacon fat caressing it during the short roast it came out fine.

Extrapolating to all foods...what is not good wrapped in bacon?

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Anyone around here old enough to remember the first iteration of Mr. Potato Head? I wasn't old enough in 1964 to do much more than drool (much like today!), but I have a vague recollection of putting the pieces into a real potato, though that might have been contrary to the spirit of the play experience.

The Story of Mr. Potato Head's Jewish Roots

In 1952, Polish-Jewish immigrant brothers Henry, Herman and Hillel Hassenfeld saw a good future in the latest creation of Brooklyn-born toy inventor George Lerner, a Jew of Romanian descent.
Hassenfeld Brothers (later renamed Hasbro, and now the world’s third largest toy company) sold the first Mr. Potato Head as a kit of facial parts. It came with a Styrofoam head and instructions that suggested using real vegetables and fruits instead. After parents complained about rotting vegetables and new government safety regulations restricted toys with sharp pieces, Hasbro began selling the plastic potato body in 1964.

Fast forward to 2021 and we find that they are rebranding an amazingly long-lived toy to be more in tune with...what? Apparently "Mr." is somehow offensive to a massive 0.01% of the American people, so they will Remove it from the brand. Rest assured however, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head will still be available, just not branded as such. So conventional ideas of marriage are now taboo? Or is it the shockingly binary concept behind the toys? Maybe they could add an intersex cauliflower cousin and maybe a post-op trans rutabaga for authenticity!

Everything the left touches turns to shit, even kids' toys.

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From a regular named "Toby" comes a very appealing entry in the World Famous Frugal Festive Dinner Contest. Sort of retro, with a dash of thumb-in-your-eye, although I would have used spray cheese instead of peanut butter for the celery.

Do many people have ceci beans in their pantry? I never even heard of them.
Appetizers:
Celery filled with Kroger brand creamy peanut butter $5
Main:
Shepherds pie...that gets the main AND sides in 1 dish $15 gets you fancy veggies and extra butter in the mashed potatoes with some Kroger cheddar to top it.
Dessert:
Banana pudding $12 with real homemade whipped cream, jello brand vanilla pudding, but still use Kroger brand vanilla wafers.
Wash it all down with a case of PBR and you have one heck of a celebration for about $50. I actually like PBR believe it or not.
Oh, raisins are normal ingredients in empanadas in the Philippines. My wife adds pineapple and raisins to her pasta salad and it is fantastic.

Raisins in anything other than desserts seem more like Satan's dingleberries than food, but to each his own!
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here's a bit of a tease from a commenter we shall call...um...BakingTease?

Anyone know what that is? I mean aside from looking good to eat!

He promises more information in the near future, but he is in the midst of a move and has misguided priorities; like unpacking first.

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This loaf is the next data point in my continuing investigation of "autolyse," which is pretty much just hydrating the flour very well before one adds leavening and salt. The process I am using is a modification of a sourdough bread recipe that commenter "Bluebell (Yankees Fan)" was kind enough to share with me. It turned out extremely well and wasn't too tough to manipulate, even though it was more hydrated than anything I had ever done before. High hydration makes it more difficult to work with but yields better bread.

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It's not just red food coloring. It's got cocoa powder and powdered sugar in the batter. These maniacs are actually trying to make a real red velvet cake fried chicken! Red Velvet Battered Chicken Fingers. it's not quite as offensive as putting maple syrup on French Toast, but it's pretty revolting sounding.

Which is why I am sort of tempted to try it.

[Hat Tip: Somebody recently whose nic I have forgotten]

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Ina Garten rarely disappoints (unless we are observing her politics), and here is a classic pot roast recipe that is everything everyone's grandmother knew about cooking. Except for two things: don't you dare use good wine. Use cheap red wine from the remainder bin at your supermarket. The cheaper the better!
Company Pot Roast
The other thing is: make it the day before and chill it. That way it is easy to skim the fat from the top, and that is a step that is counterintuitive to your fat-obsessed host, but which makes a big difference in the final result.
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Food and cooking tips, Large-breasted Muscovy ducks, young wild pigs, bartenders who use vermouth in Martinis (but not too much), pork belly that doesn't have 5-spice, an herb garden that actually grows herbs, beef short ribs that have meat on them (not the stupid little sliver of bone they sneak into the packages) and good tomatoes that aren't square, pale pink and covered with Mestizo E.coli: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com. Any advocacy of French Toast with syrup will result in disciplinary action up to and including being nuked from orbit. And yes, shaking a Manhattan is blasphemy...it's in the Bible!

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Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:01 PM (Cxk7w)

2 See, I'll get the others

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:01 PM (Cxk7w)

3 Extrapolating to all foods...what is not good wrapped in bacon?
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Cauliflower. Oysters. But you already knew that.

Posted by: bluebell at February 28, 2021 04:03 PM (/669Q)

4 Golly.

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:03 PM (gY0s8)

5 Ceci beans?

Hell yeah, I'm Italian.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:04 PM (Rvt88)

6 Anyone know what that is? I mean aside from looking good to eat!

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Panettone.

Posted by: runner at February 28, 2021 04:04 PM (zr5Kq)

7 CBD... last week I wondered what I was going to do with a pork loin I had. I got your recipe saved now, but went with an Adobo glaze and squash in the convection oven.

Turned out pretty good, but next time I'm using your bacon recipe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 04:04 PM (3H9h1)

8 Hi! Horde Trying to find CPAC on nonMSM network.

Posted by: Iris at February 28, 2021 04:04 PM (6lKe4)

9 But smoked oysters would be good swimming in a pile of bacon bits.

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:04 PM (gY0s8)

10 CPAC

Right Side Broadcasting Network

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y875okz2

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:05 PM (gY0s8)

11 But smoked oysters would be good swimming in a pile of bacon bits.
Posted by: m

Newsletter info if you please. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:05 PM (Rvt88)

12 Bacon.

It's good for everything.

Oh look! Martini time! One olive only please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 28, 2021 04:05 PM (R/m4+)

13 Do many people have ceci beans in their pantry? I never even heard of them.

Ceci beans are chickpeas.

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:05 PM (cF8AT)

14 @Iris, some people posted link on previous thread.

Posted by: runner at February 28, 2021 04:05 PM (zr5Kq)

15 Hungry I am.
Meat I want!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 28, 2021 04:06 PM (axyOa)

16 Cauliflower. Oysters.

Posted by: bluebell at February 28, 2021 04:03 PM (/669Q)

How wrong you are!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 04:06 PM (Q9lwr)

17 Hi Iris! Are you watching on your computer? You can watch on C-SPAN's website. Or if you don't mind youtube, you can watch Right Side Broadcasting on there.

I don't have cable TV but I know Newsmax and OANN are carrying it.

Posted by: bluebell at February 28, 2021 04:06 PM (/669Q)

18 CPAN on C-SPAN

https://www.c-span.org

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:06 PM (gY0s8)

19 If you're going to wrap something in bacon, it's usually a good idea to blanch it in water for a few minutes first. Renders some fat and parcooks the bacon so everything comes out at the same degree of doneness. Works well with bacon-shrimp skewers. Trick learned from French club some mumbledy decades ago.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 28, 2021 04:06 PM (fTtFy)

20 I had a bacon sandwich the other day. Really good. But I don't like bacon with other meats; its taste takes over and dominates. If I want that flavor, I'll just eat bacon.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 28, 2021 04:07 PM (Ms9Gm)

21 5 Ceci beans?

Hell yeah, I'm Italian.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:04 PM (Rvt8

I remember my dad and his brothers talking about 'Ceci and fava'. I never paid enough attention to know what dish they were talking about at the time.

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:07 PM (cF8AT)

22 News outlets are reporting Sunday evening that Israeli warplanes attacked Iranian targets near Damascus, Syria.

The alleged attack appears to be in response to last Thursday's shelling of an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman, attributed to Iran.

Iranian militiamen were targeted in Sunday's strike.

Eyewitnesses reporting hearing explosions in the area and Syrian media said anti-missile systems were activated.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2021 04:08 PM (85Gof)

23 bear, bacon on a grilled cheese is really good. Especially with a little fig jam.

Posted by: bluebell at February 28, 2021 04:08 PM (/669Q)

24 I have a notorious sweet tooth but those red velvet chicken fingers just sound wrong.

Posted by: bluebell at February 28, 2021 04:09 PM (/669Q)

25 BLT on toasted sourdough with extra Mayo.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 28, 2021 04:09 PM (qlUBr)

26 If I want that flavor, I'll just eat bacon.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 28, 2021 04:07 PM (Ms9Gm)

It was bacon flavored pork tenderloin, and if you don't like that you must be a commie-pinko-bedwetter!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 04:09 PM (Q9lwr)

27 23 - I could see that. Sounds darn good. My problem isn't bacon with other things, at least not entirely, so much as bacon with other meats.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 28, 2021 04:09 PM (Ms9Gm)

28 I had the famously bacony Ardbeg Uigeadail with crispy bacon last night. yes the ONT pic made me do it. As a kid of the 70s, we are supposed to respond to commercials. BTW, it was damn good. I had some tapioca pudding too. You don't need the bacon or tapioca but they do lend themselves to the bacony and sweet characteristics of that spirit.

btw, to the commenter, you are right on with PBR. You can get a 12 pack for under $10. It is as good as any macro lager and much better than most. I like basic American lager as a back up to a very nice Scotch whisky. If you go with the fru fru IPA's or whatever, the flavors get muddled. I have had all the exotic beers over the years other than some dumb stuff. But in recent years, I go more and more for a good, simple lager.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 04:09 PM (dEOT9)

29 This loaf is the next data point in my continuing investigation of "autolyse," which is pretty much just hydrating the flour very well before one adds leavening and salt.

IIRC, Peter Beinart's books have a few recipes involving autolysis. The one thing I noticed about them was that the bread made from them was actually better on about the 2nd or 3rd day after baking, rather than right away...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 28, 2021 04:09 PM (ZSK0i)

30 C-SPAN oddly puts PDT's speech in the past tense:

FEBRUARY 28, 2021 | PART OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS AT THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE
CPAC - Former President Trump at Sunday General Session
Former President Donald Trump made his first public speech since leaving office at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida.

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:10 PM (gY0s8)

31 Ever since I burned myself with a temperature probe I've been very careful with those things. My thumb is still number.
I don't often say m****rf****r but when I do I say it with enthusiasm. That was one of those occasions.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:10 PM (lgiXo)

32 I remember my dad and his brothers talking about 'Ceci and fava'. I never paid enough attention to know what dish they were talking about at the time.
Posted by: Tami

It may have been just that. I've had them served together (cold) with just salt, pepper, olive oil and parsley. Pretty good as a side.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:10 PM (Rvt88)

33 I'm going full avant guard and wrapping a piece of pig belly around a steak fillet

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:11 PM (6iURM)

34 23 bear, bacon on a grilled cheese is really good. Especially with a little fig jam.
Posted by: bluebell at February 28, 2021 04:08 PM (/669Q)

Bear and bacon on a grilled cheese?
!!!

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:11 PM (gY0s8)

35 Quint - where do you get tapioca pudding? That sounds like something I would eat.

Posted by: Grammie Winger's iPad at February 28, 2021 04:11 PM (45fpk)

36 Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 28, 2021 04:06 PM (fTtFy)

That's a good idea, but parcooking the bacon adds an extra step and I was being extremely lazy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 04:11 PM (Q9lwr)

37 I made bacon wrapped pineapple rings on Thursday.

https://tinyurl.com/u7hasa2

I would cut the cook time to about 20 to 25 minutes. I am going to cook Man Candy this week, on the grill. It is a bit messy in the stove.

https://tinyurl.com/3ruvcy6f

Posted by: Picric at February 28, 2021 04:12 PM (3QnyK)

38 Do many people have ceci beans in their pantry? I never even heard of them.
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They're called garbanzo beans and chickpeas too. I think ceci is Italian. No clue why so many names for the same bean. Tasty though.

Posted by: dartist at February 28, 2021 04:12 PM (+ya+t)

39 Ever since I burned myself with a temperature probe I've been very careful with those things.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker

One usually doesn't use the temperature probe on oneself but that's really none of my bidness.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:13 PM (Rvt88)

40 It may have been just that. I've had them served together (cold) with just salt, pepper, olive oil and parsley. Pretty good as a side.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:10 PM (Rvt8

That sounds really good now but as a kid I probably would have skipped that dish.

Also, needs garlic...

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:13 PM (cF8AT)

41 Grammie tapioca can be found at any store, already made or box you can make.

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:13 PM (Cxk7w)

42 I have a tri tip which I smoked yesterday, in the fridge

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:14 PM (lgiXo)

43 Extrapolating to all foods...what is not good wrapped in bacon?

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Brussels Sprouts, okra, churches, very small rocks...

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 28, 2021 04:14 PM (kTF2Z)

44 if you asked me out of the blue for a recco for a really great beer. I would say try Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale. That has to be one of the finest, consistent, not freako, beers ever produced. Of course it helps to like brown ales.

but if you want something to go with all sorts of food and even to back up an Islay malt, you flat out can't go wrong with PBR.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 04:14 PM (dEOT9)

45 Skip - thanks! I'll look for it.

Posted by: Grammie Winger's iPad at February 28, 2021 04:14 PM (45fpk)

46 Tapioca is little beads, usually vanilla flavor but imagine any flavor you want

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:15 PM (Cxk7w)

47 I went to a local BBQ joint ( Pappas) drive thru for dinner last night. I ordered the large brisket plate that comes with 3/4 lb of sliced brisket and two sides. I also got a regular baked potato. $28 freaking dollars.

It was very good but I didn't anticipate I needed a bank loan. I guess my days of ordering what I want without looking at prices are done now that I'm semi retired.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (2DOZq)

48 I grilled a pork tenderloin last night, and I completely forgot to wrap it in the delicious bacon I had left over in the fridge from making colcannon! AAARGGHHH

Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (bAe71)

49 We always have a Dirty Santa gift exchange at Christmas with my in-laws. The gifts are 10.00, this year I put together a wrapped in bacon cookbook by copying and pasting recipes on the internet and bought 10.00 worth of bacon. Best gift ever.

Posted by: Picric at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (3QnyK)

50 BTW I will slice the trip thinly and eat in a pretzel roll.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (lgiXo)

51 ceci beans = Chick peas, also Garbanzo beans..
I do my pork tenderloin to around 150.. perfect light pink in the center..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (CjFDo)

52 Skip - yes, I remember eating some a long time ago. When it was mentioned up thread, it sounded good to me again. I am nothing if not bland.

Posted by: Grammie Winger's iPad at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (45fpk)

53 Sigh. Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale is a favorite since the mid-1980s. Sadly hard to find and expensive around here.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 28, 2021 04:17 PM (fTtFy)

54 47 I went to a local BBQ joint ( Pappas) drive thru for dinner last night. I ordered the large brisket plate that comes with 3/4 lb of sliced brisket and two sides. I also got a regular baked potato. $28 freaking dollars.

It was very good but I didn't anticipate I needed a bank loan. I guess my days of ordering what I want without looking at prices are done now that I'm semi retired.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (2DOZq)

Sounds like a great dinner, though! What were the sides?

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:17 PM (gY0s8)

55 Brussels Sprouts, okra, churches, very small rocks...
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Duke, I'll broil sprouts with bacon bits, olive oil and some red pepper flakes, oregano and basil. Nom nom.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:17 PM (Rvt88)

56 I made a great coconut lime pie last week, from the Complete Galloping Gourmet cookbook. Grilled some chuck steak and vegetables in foil. Used up some sour milk by making oatmeal cookies. And had a sudden craving for egg salad, so I made turmeric egg salad sandwiches.

The turmeric egg salad was an idea from The Spice Cook Book (1964) by Avanelle Day and Lillian Stuckey (who is not, as far as I know, related to the Stuckey’s chain). I’ve had this book for a long time and it has never disappointed me.

Photos in nic.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 28, 2021 04:18 PM (2lndx)

57 Quint - where do you get tapioca pudding? That sounds like something I would eat.

Posted by: Grammie Winger's iPad at February 28, 2021 04:11 PM (45fpk)

I bought it this time to my shame. The brand was KozyShack, with no added sugar. But it is easy to get the stuff and make it yourself. I remember as a kid some friend's mother made it. I had never heard of the stuff. Since that time I have always loved it.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 04:18 PM (dEOT9)

58 If I was interested in learning how to bake breads I'd try making pretzel rolls.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:18 PM (lgiXo)

59 What is leftover bacon?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 28, 2021 04:18 PM (kTF2Z)

60 grammie, I like the tapioca that's pre-made, in the dairy section, in little containers like pre-made Jello cups.

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:18 PM (gY0s8)

61 What is leftover bacon?

Just the stuff I haven't cooked yet.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 28, 2021 04:18 PM (ZSK0i)

62 I get already made tapioca often, Hunts snack packs, but in baking isle it is in a box you can make, its easy.

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:19 PM (Cxk7w)

63 I've used the tapioca in a box when I've made strawberry/rhubarb pies.

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:19 PM (cF8AT)

64 Quint - I think I've heard of Kozyshack. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks!

Posted by: Grammie Winger's iPad at February 28, 2021 04:19 PM (45fpk)

65 Sounds like a great dinner, though! What were the sides?
Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:17 PM (gY0s

Pasta salad x2. I like their pasta salad

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:19 PM (2DOZq)

66 Garbanzo beans do well in red wine vinegar and olive oil. I will sometimes do this with tomatoes and thin sliced red onion and hard boiled eggs.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 28, 2021 04:20 PM (ClWiZ)

67 Stupid question; a temp probe in a kitchen oven... wired or wireless? I'm having issues visualizing this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 04:20 PM (3H9h1)

68 do my pork tenderloin to around 150.. perfect light pink in the center..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (CjFDo)

Try it at 140 degrees.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 04:20 PM (Q9lwr)

69 It was very good but I didn't anticipate I needed a bank loan. I guess my days of ordering what I want without looking at prices are done now that I'm semi retired.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (2DOZq)

I would shudder at what the price would be for a Pappas shrimp ettouffee

well, it was great while it lasted

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:20 PM (6iURM)

70 Popover

Posted by: Muad'dib at February 28, 2021 04:21 PM (ypulW)

71 Got a Kodiak blueberry muffin mix to make right after speech is over.

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:21 PM (Cxk7w)

72 The Right Side Broadcasting Network camera, when they're walking through crowds, just swings wildly to and fro; I'm getting dizzy watching this.

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (gY0s8)

73 I would say try Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale.

Yes! One of my favorites. I first ran across Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale in college, which was at least 29 years ago.

Recently discovered a Texas beer that is extremely good, too, Coffee Porter, from Real Ale Brewing Company. Sadly, it’s a seasonal ale that they only make November through January—and I discovered it in February.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (2lndx)

74 67 Stupid question; a temp probe in a kitchen oven... wired or wireless? I'm having issues visualizing this.
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 04:20 PM (3H9h1)

not sure you could have a temp oven probe tha is wireless

maybe, the batteries would get pretty fucking hot

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (6iURM)

75 Somebody screwed the pooch on the RSBN audio....and video.

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (cF8AT)

76 braised sprouts with a dash of salt is magnificent!

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (b+v9B)

77 >>I have a notorious sweet tooth but those red velvet chicken fingers just sound wrong

I am with bluebell on this!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (bDqIh)

78 temp probe in a kitchen oven...

Posted by:�Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag�at February 28, 2021 04:20 PM (3H9h1)

Yup. A wired probe that runs to a small unit that has a magnet on it so it sticks nicely to the microwave above the oven.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 04:24 PM (Q9lwr)

79 PDT at the Hyatt

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2021 04:24 PM (85Gof)

80 Martini Farmer we have had wired probes for oven, a few as wife abuses them I guess because she goes through thrm.

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:24 PM (Cxk7w)

81 A bar-b-que sandwich plus baked beans plus cole slaw plus corn on the cob plus mashed potatoes and gravy; I could go on and on!

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:24 PM (gY0s8)

82 76 braised sprouts with a dash of salt is magnificent!
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (b+v9B)

with a sprinkle of sugar and some pancetta , even better

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:25 PM (6iURM)

83 FEBRUARY 28, 2021 | PART OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS AT THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE

CPAC - Former President Trump at Sunday General Session

Former President Donald Trump made his first public speech since
leaving office at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference
(CPAC) in Orlando, Florida.

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:10 PM (gY0s

they confused me at first too. And i have historically been a C-span supporter.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 04:25 PM (dEOT9)

84 Do we need to go back to the other thread?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 28, 2021 04:25 PM (ClWiZ)

85 In my previous house the oven had an outlet inside the oven to plug in the temp probe and a button on the control panel to read the temp of it.

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:25 PM (cF8AT)

86 I do a cheater apple turnover now that they no longer make the frozen kind.

Puff pastry from freezer section and canned apple pie mix. Make drizzle frosting with pwdr sugar and milk.

Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:25 PM (D8YBz)

87 the batteries would get pretty fucking hot

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (6iURM)

I have seen them advertised, but I don't recall the brand.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 04:25 PM (Q9lwr)

88 I'm pretty happy with my thermo works probe

use it all the time, in the summer and winter

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:26 PM (6iURM)

89 I bought 3 lbs of bacon - 2 for the colcannon and 1 for the pork loin. Completely forgot about it when I put the pork loin on.. I guess I'll make some more colcannon, since I still have half a cabbage and taters to mash.

Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at February 28, 2021 04:26 PM (bAe71)

90 79 PDT at the Hyatt
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2021 04:24 PM (85Gof)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:26 PM (gY0s8)

91 @VenturaReport

Current scene outside of #CPAC , Trump expected to take the stage soon

https://tinyurl.com/y7dmrdq8

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:27 PM (cF8AT)

92 The oven probes are a wire to a probe. It (the wire) passes through the oven door on the side to an electronic module.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 28, 2021 04:27 PM (2BZBZ)

93 Pretty sure the Bacon Explosion recipe has been shared here. My BIL and I have made this couple of times. He did the weave. Can be a challenge flipping on the grill, but worth the effort.

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/recipes/pork/
bacon-explosion/

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 28, 2021 04:27 PM (ju2Fy)

94 I would shudder at what the price would be for a Pappas shrimp ettouffee

well, it was great while it lasted
Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:20 PM (6iURM)

$23

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:27 PM (2DOZq)

95 do my pork tenderloin to around 150.. perfect light pink in the center..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 28, 2021 04:16 PM (CjFDo)

Try it at 140 degrees.

.
A little pink is fine for me, and that's what I get at 145-150.. very juicy too.
I usually dry brine mine for a half hour or so before a quick searing, then into the oven.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 28, 2021 04:27 PM (CjFDo)

96 OK... wired. Cave man now understand.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 04:28 PM (3H9h1)

97 Trump thread?

Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 28, 2021 04:28 PM (ptqGC)

98 Not thrilled with Michael Jackson music at cpac. Fk.

Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:28 PM (D8YBz)

99 Probes we have needle in in oven and connects to wire in box outside oven. The wire connection is what seems to be the weak point, they get twisted around and itd not a heavy wire.

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:28 PM (Cxk7w)

100 79 PDT at the Hyatt
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2021 04:24 PM (85Gof)

Damn.

A little early for the gun thread, perhaps, but NEVER go to a Hyatt property, for they HATE guns. OK, done. Now, back to food.

CBD mentions raisins. The funny thing is that when I was a kid, I couldn't get enough raisins. One of my most beloved raisin-infused items was raisin bread. I LOVED that stuff and couldn't quite eat enough of it, or those little boxes of Sun-Maid raisins that are still made and very much out there.

Now? Hard pass. Which leads me to a question I'll pose before the masses: what food items are you acquainted with that you loved as a kid but either don't care for or can't stand now? (Another thing for me: pears. I absolutely loved pears as a kid. Now? IF I eat them, I think to myself "What was I thinking? The texture is awful."

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:28 PM (49Dnm)

101 98 Not thrilled with Michael Jackson music at cpac. Fk.
Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:28 PM (D8YBz)

We need some Slayer. "Fictional Reality".

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:30 PM (49Dnm)

102 Stupid question; a temp probe in a kitchen oven... wired or wireless? I'm having issues visualizing this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
.wired.. thin wire doesn't impede the door closing.
However, you can get really fancy and the unit by the stove can wi-fi your phone with the current stats...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 28, 2021 04:30 PM (CjFDo)

103 Do we get a Trump thread?

Posted by: Justsayin' at February 28, 2021 04:30 PM (Fs5vw)

104 Raisinettes are the only way I like my raisins.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:30 PM (2DOZq)

105 Does cspan and other media say "former" ahead of Obama or Clinton or Carter?

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 28, 2021 04:30 PM (TIEIK)

106 I like dried cranberries.

Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:31 PM (D8YBz)

107 Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:27 PM (2DOZq)

I used to love doing the antique show at the George Brown

stayed at the Allen Park Inn and ate all that great food

I've been almost everywhere and Houston was my fav food town

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:31 PM (6iURM)

108 98 Not thrilled with Michael Jackson music at cpac. Fk.
Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:28 PM (D8YBz)

I didn't hear that. What'd they play?

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:31 PM (gY0s8)

109 BLT on toasted sourdough with extra Mayo.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 28, 2021 04:09 PM (qlUBr)

Mmmmmmm....my go-to sammich since I was a kid. Real San Francisco sour dough with well grown tomato and crisp lettuce makes this an pretty perfect food.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at February 28, 2021 04:31 PM (99Nt9)

110 We just had the pecan pie bread pudding from an earlier Monkey thread.

Extremely good

Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at February 28, 2021 04:32 PM (XYibV)

111 have a notorious sweet tooth but those red velvet chicken fingers just sound wrong

I am with bluebell on this!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2021 04:23 PM (bDqIh)

I don't have a sweet tooth and that doesn't make me ponder developing one.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:32 PM (lgiXo)

112 We have a Pappadeuax up here.. I almost always get the crawfish combo.. etoufee and fried.. w/dirty rice..
Prices have kinda jumped though.. it's around $28.00 now!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 28, 2021 04:32 PM (CjFDo)

113 >>I went to a local BBQ joint ( Pappas) drive thru for dinner last night. I ordered the large brisket plate that comes with 3/4 lb of sliced brisket and two sides. I also got a regular baked potato. $28 freaking dollars.

It was very good but I didn't anticipate I needed a bank loan. I guess my days of ordering what I want without looking at prices are done now that I'm semi retired.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

By the time I'm done that will look like couch change.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 28, 2021 04:32 PM (HQ9Sl)

114 Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:31 PM (6iURM)

I believe Houston is the dine out capital of the world if I had to guess. The pandemic nonsense really hurt.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:33 PM (2DOZq)

115 May sound odd but I got nostalgic for Jiffy mix. I'd bought their cornmeal muffin mix recently. I found that you can order the tour pack that they hand out to tours. It's 24 packages, everything they currently sell. The shipping was terrible but I bought it anyway. It's the perfect sized mix for me. And the sweet mixes aren't overly sweet.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 28, 2021 04:33 PM (YynYJ)

116 I have a Dot oven probe someone suggested years ago. I love it. Have a wall oven. Stick probe in meat at set temp, and it has a magnet that sticks to the fridge. Never did me wrong. Easy to clean.

Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:33 PM (D8YBz)

117 You'll get nothing and you'll like it.

Posted by: Judge Smails at February 28, 2021 04:33 PM (2BZBZ)

118 I'm going to have bacon and eggs for dinner tonight.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 28, 2021 04:34 PM (TdMsT)

119 Stupid question; a temp probe in a kitchen oven... wired or wireless? I'm having issues visualizing this.

*

As far as I know even the wireless ones are wired and it goes out of the oven door and to a sending unit.

Those are great for grilling BTW. It's pure luxury to go and do other things and forget about the grill until you get the beep telling you that the food is ready. Oh, and the "perfect chicken every time" part is nice, too.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 28, 2021 04:34 PM (TIEIK)

120 I'm pretty happy with my thermo works probe
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I have the instant read and the probe one and like them a lot.

Posted by: dartist at February 28, 2021 04:35 PM (+ya+t)

121 Now 360,000 watching RSBN.

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:35 PM (gY0s8)

122 I believe Houston is the dine out capital of the world if I had to guess. The pandemic nonsense really hurt.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:33 PM (2DOZq)

there's not one decent restaurant within an hour of me

why I loved going to Houston

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:35 PM (6iURM)

123 Sigh. Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale is a favorite since the mid-1980s. Sadly hard to find and expensive around here.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 28, 2021 04:17 PM (fTtFy)

the first one i had was right out of Basic, in the 80s. The consistency with that beer and the quality stands out. Sure nothing they do is cheap but it is at least reasonable by today's standards. i have seen some absurd prices for micro lagers made by guys that were lawyers a year ago.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 04:36 PM (dEOT9)

124 You may or may not remember or care, not sure; I'll leave that up to you. But not after the TX MoMe ended for another year, the new H-E-B in Lubbock opened, and this to me makes even my part of the Panhandle feel more...Texan. All we need is a Buc-ees. They should open one in Plainview, so the Buc-ees deprived masses of Lubbock and Amarillo (at roughly the halfway point between the two cities) can converge there and spend tons and tons of cash there. But I digress. With the new H-E-B came their name-brand items, to include their amazing array of bacon. My favorite? The peppered bacon. OMB. That is some good eating right there, whether you are making it for breakfast or putting together a BLT. GOOD stuff. So much so I haven't even touched the jalapeno bacon, though if the jalapeno-infused sausage is anything to go by, it will be amazing as well.

Damn you! I'm wanting to make a trip down there right now though I am in no shape to do so.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:36 PM (49Dnm)

125 Notsothoreau - look forward

I get Jiffy blueberry muffin mix. I always add frozen blueberry I get on sale and freeze. Yummy with bacon and real butter.

Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:36 PM (D8YBz)

126 Test

Posted by: BackwardsBoy is on fire at February 28, 2021 04:36 PM (HaL55)

127 I know there are "wireless" temp probes, but I didn't realize they are a wired pair... the probe/sensor and the display... that can then send via Bluetooth to your phone.

I use my finger to test temperature.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 04:37 PM (3H9h1)

128 Do many people have ceci beans in their pantry?

My Italian mama always sure did. Pronounced "chi-chi" as in Rodriguez, the right way not the Les Nessman way.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 28, 2021 04:37 PM (Bmy3R)

129 why I loved going to Houston
Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:35 PM (6iURM)

People can say what they want about Houston but there are some good places to go there, and it has plenty of good restaurants there.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:37 PM (49Dnm)

130 >>> 118 I'm going to have bacon and eggs for dinner tonight.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 28, 2021 04:34 PM (TdMsT)

This is an excellent choice.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 28, 2021 04:37 PM (TK8Ry)

131 Sup, y'all?

Late lunch today. Ham and Swiss with YELLOW mustard on whole wheat, a dill pickle, and Fritos.

Posted by: Weasel at February 28, 2021 04:37 PM (MVjcR)

132 120 I'm pretty happy with my thermo works probe
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I have the instant read and the probe one and like them a lot.
Posted by: dartist at February 28, 2021 04:35 PM (+ya+t)

I have the Smoke

works great and allows me to do other stupid stuff at the same time I'm cooking

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:38 PM (6iURM)

133 >>>what is not good wrapped in bacon?
Trick question.

Just cooked up a pot of ham and beans, with bacon, of course. I am going to let sit overnight and let the flavors do their thing. With fresh chopped onions, jalapenos, and cilantro and served with corn bread. Dinner is at 5:30 pm.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 04:38 PM (KnJdm)

134 OT but my dog disrupted my sleep last night. Now she's trying to make up for it by all cute and adorable.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:38 PM (lgiXo)

135 My Italian mama always sure did. Pronounced "chi-chi" as in Rodriguez, the right way not the Les Nessman way.

Chy-Chy Rodri-gooez, right?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 28, 2021 04:38 PM (ZSK0i)

136 This whole PDT at CPAC is kabukke. They stole the election. They got away with it. They will do it again. Any discussion of 2022 is bullshit.

btw, the NG will always be there. There is no effing way, they ever allow a parade/protest again.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 28, 2021 04:39 PM (2BZBZ)

137 Only restaurant food that Houston sorely lacks is good Italian. Pappas restaurants used to have their Italian restaurants but they shut those down 20 years ago. That's one of the things I miss about New York.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:39 PM (2DOZq)

138 Chy-Chy Rodri-gooez, right?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 28, 2021 04:38 PM (ZSK0i)

From Apple-ah-chee-ah

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 28, 2021 04:39 PM (Bmy3R)

139 Pass on the red-velvet chicken. However, highly recommend bacon wrapped chicken. Skinless breasts or thighs.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 28, 2021 04:39 PM (ju2Fy)

140 Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale is a favorite since the mid-1980s. Sadly hard to find and expensive around here.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 28, 2021 04:17 PM (fTtFy)

Best beer to use in beer-battered halibut, too.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 04:39 PM (KnJdm)

141
Late lunch today. Ham and Swiss with YELLOW mustard on whole wheat, a dill pickle, and Fritos.
Posted by: Weasel at February 28, 2021 04:37 PM (MVjcR)

All perfect, but I would substitute gluten free rye for whole wheat.

Yum!

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 28, 2021 04:40 PM (TdMsT)

142 125 Notsothoreau - look forward

I get Jiffy blueberry muffin mix. I always add frozen blueberry I get on sale and freeze. Yummy with bacon and real butter.
Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:36 PM (D8YBz)

"Yummy With Bacon" could be a Food Thread title!

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:40 PM (gY0s8)

143 People can say what they want about Houston but there are some good places to go there, and it has plenty of good restaurants there.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:37 PM (49Dnm)

I always loved Houston

unfortunately, the Allen Park Inn is mort

great horseshoe pool with a bar and chicks

what else do you need ???

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:40 PM (6iURM)

144 afternoon all,

in the spirit of economy and using up what is in my fridge, I'm making chicken tikka with rice, dal, peas and naan. Easy homemade naan recipe that is flour and greek yogurt. Butter, cream, spices and more spice for my kids.

I'm eating vegetable soup that I froze earlier, because all of the above reminds me of being pregnant in Dubai, when we ate Indian food and then I had to throw up while we were in the souk. Nuff said.

Posted by: Moki at February 28, 2021 04:40 PM (+X9Vs)

145 Mrs. Franpsycho made her famous chocolate cherry hamentashen and triangle shaped pizza for Purim last week. She is so cool.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 28, 2021 04:40 PM (EZebt)

146 105 Does cspan and other media say "former" ahead of Obama or Clinton or Carter?
Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 28, 2021 04:30 PM (TIEIK)

With Mr. Clinton or Mr. Carter, maybe. His Majesty The Shahinshah is President In Perpetuity, so no, the term "Former" NEVER attaches to Him. To do so would be insolence in the extreme.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:41 PM (49Dnm)

147 If it was a real insurrection, the exits would have been blocked and all of those "fine gentlemen and gentlewomen" would be dead.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 28, 2021 04:41 PM (2BZBZ)

148 . . . when we ate Indian food and then I had to throw up while we were in the souk. Nuff said.
Posted by: Moki

Sorry you felt so lousy but in most souks no one would have even noticed.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:42 PM (Rvt88)

149 Posted by:�JAS, AoSHQ addict�at February 28, 2021 04:39 PM (2BZBZ)

Lighten up...it's the Food Thread. A little political talk is fine, but let's keep it light.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 04:42 PM (Q9lwr)

150 I have a tri tip which I smoked yesterday, in the fridge

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:14 PM (lgiXo)

Yum. With swiss cheese and a tangy BBQ sauce on a hoagie roll.

On the leftover pork tenderloin, slice thin and make Cubanos.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 04:42 PM (KnJdm)

151 That red velvet chicken has me wondering if I'd like chicken and waffles with maple syrup of course.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:42 PM (lgiXo)

152 Tonight my wife is making chicken where she stuffs the skin with sundried tomatoes, goat cheese and herbs then bakes it. Very tasty. Some roasted carrots and a nice dinner salad will round it out. Sadly, it's hard to find good roasting sized carrots around here. Those bagged, peeled ones suck. Organic or "regular" are too big.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 04:43 PM (3H9h1)

153 137 Only restaurant food that Houston sorely lacks is good Italian. Pappas restaurants used to have their Italian restaurants but they shut those down 20 years ago. That's one of the things I miss about New York.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:39 PM (2DOZq)

when i was in my early 20's, there was a great place in Dallas, Marcellos

and the only place I used to like to chow Italiano was Perbacco in NYC

I mostly cook my own Italian food

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:43 PM (6iURM)

154 On the leftover pork tenderloin, slice thin and make Cubanos.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 04:42 PM

Dang. That sounds great!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 28, 2021 04:43 PM (axyOa)

155 That red velvet chicken has me wondering if I'd like chicken and waffles with maple syrup of course.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy

Yurp!

The syrup on any meat is something I just cannot do.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:43 PM (Rvt88)

156 Okay, no Trump after an hour? Something is up.

Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (D8YBz)

157 Hey Weasel, did you get me email?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (7Fj9P)

158
Sorry you felt so lousy but in most souks no one would have even noticed.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:42 PM (Rvt8

Lol.

My husband said that I threw up some of the best food around the world with my pregnancies. Personally I think he was just miffed that he wasted good money buying me the meal in the first place.

Posted by: Moki at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (+X9Vs)

159 137 Only restaurant food that Houston sorely lacks is good Italian. Pappas restaurants used to have their Italian restaurants but they shut those down 20 years ago. That's one of the things I miss about New York.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:39 PM (2DOZq)

To compensate, if in Houston, hit the Gulf Freeway and head south to the end. Go to 7th and Seawall in Galveston. There you will find a place called Mario's. I love that place. So much so that I have conned many people into going there.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (49Dnm)

160 I think this has four kinds of muffin mixes, a couple of different cornbreads, their cake mixes, biscuit mix and baking blend. There's a cookbook with it too. You used to be able to get frosting to go with the cake mix. I did make up the brownie mix.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (YynYJ)

161 Yankee Beans and Navy Beans are the same thing, but not the same as the Great Northern Bean.

Just getting that out there.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (emxxF)

162 That red velvet chicken has me wondering if I'd like chicken and waffles with maple syrup of course.

Yeah, the whole cocoa/sugar/chicken tenders thing doesn't quite do it for me (maybe if there was some heat in the recipe for balance). But I have had chicken and waffles with maple syrup and that works pretty well...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (ZSK0i)

163
157 Hey Weasel, did you get me email?
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (7Fj9P)
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I did! Next week for sure.

Posted by: Weasel at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (MVjcR)

164 Moki, Is there a recipe for the naan bread that you could share? Thanks.

Posted by: Mrs. JTB at February 28, 2021 04:45 PM (7EjX1)

165 Cubanos

Never been able to master those, and would love to have a good one.

Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:46 PM (D8YBz)

166 If this speech never starts I won't get my muffins done

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:46 PM (Cxk7w)

167 Cauliflower. Oysters. But you already knew that.

Posted by: bluebell at February 28, 2021 04:03 PM (/669Q)

About the weirdest thing I have had wrapped in bacon are bacon-wrapped water chestnuts, glazed in teriyaki sauce, that someone made for a long-ago super-bowl party. They were pretty good.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 04:46 PM (KnJdm)

168 Awaiting Trump. He likes all the foods.
Will Ace stomp?

Posted by: Beatgirl at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (a1s18)

169 Half the food you guys mention I don't even know what it is.

Posted by: Grammie Winger's iPad at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (45fpk)

170 I miss sushi the most of anything

Sushi Sake in Dallas is an amazing place

if you go, tell Soda Akachan says hello

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (6iURM)

171 Okay, no Trump after an hour? Something is up.
Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (D8YBz)

Apparently he flew from Palm Beach to Orlando and since he is an EX President they no longer clear the air for him. Such is life

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (85Gof)

172 Trump on stage!

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (cF8AT)

173 PDT!

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (gY0s8)

174 Trump up

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (3H9h1)

175 PDT ON!!!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (85Gof)

176 Here we go

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (Cxk7w)

177 TRUMP!!! And I'm in tears.

Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (ptqGC)

178 HE'S ON!!!!!!!

Posted by: Dr. Vivi at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (USW1s)

179 I've never seen a restaurant with chicken and waffles on the menu. Maybe that's a southern thing.
Predictive spelling wanted me to say children and waffles.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (lgiXo)

180 Half the food you guys mention I don't even know what it is.
Posted by: Grammie Winger

In my family, this is referred to as "eating beige".

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (Rvt88)

181 Trump up

Posted by: dartist at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (+ya+t)

182 "And I'm proud to be an American!"

Posted by: m at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (gY0s8)

183 La Conca Do'ra Restaurant in Catskill, NY. Best Italian I've ever had.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (2DOZq)

184 TRUMP NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (Cxk7w)

185 Lol.

My husband said that I threw up some of the best food around the world with my pregnancies. Personally I think he was just miffed that he wasted good money buying me the meal in the first place.
Posted by: Moki at February 28, 2021 04:44 PM (+X9Vs)

I being male, of course I am no authority on pregnancies. However, my birthday came and went recently (my birthstone is an amethyst) and this meant the reminder from my mother of various things. Among them: her practically inhaling liver during her nine-month sentence with me. And I suspect she does that for a good reason: I hate liver with a passion. So much so that just thinking of it right now, or seeing it in a store, or sitting by people eating it nearly sends me into a psychotic rage.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:49 PM (49Dnm)

186 Brown food for the win!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 28, 2021 04:49 PM (ZSK0i)

187 I've never seen a restaurant with chicken and waffles on the menu. Maybe that's a southern thing.
Predictive spelling wanted me to say children and waffles.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:48 PM (lgiXo)

It's soul food .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:49 PM (2DOZq)

188 dates stuffed with blue cheese and wrapped in bacon. OMG.

Posted by: Dr. Vivi at February 28, 2021 04:49 PM (USW1s)

189 I think I'll just hang around here. Or maybe not.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:50 PM (lgiXo)

190 Cubanos

Never been able to master those, and would love to have a good one.

Posted by: Infidel at February 28, 2021 04:46 PM (D8YBz)

Slice a roasted pork tenderloin thin. Use decent deli-sliced ham. Slice pickles same thickness as pork and ham. Mix 50/50 mayo and mustard and slather a conservative amount on a crusty sammich roll on both sides. Top with a smokey provalone in same proportions as pork/ham/pickle. Use panini press. We use a George Forman on highest heat. You could probably get away with using a grill pan and pressing it down and flipping it once.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 04:50 PM (KnJdm)

191 170 I miss sushi the most of anything

Sushi Sake in Dallas is an amazing place

if you go, tell Soda Akachan says hello
Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (6iURM)

I love good sushi. The last time I was in Japan it was practically all I ate. I need to remember that place for the next time I am in Dallas.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:51 PM (49Dnm)

192
Yeah, I don't there's any transmitter/wireless units that can stand oven or worse temperatures. Anything less than NASA level tech that would cost a fortune.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 04:51 PM (Mzdiz)

193 I'll bet there's a little extra security there tonight.

Posted by: dartist at February 28, 2021 04:51 PM (+ya+t)

194 The syrup on any meat is something I just cannot do.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2021 04:43
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One year daughter requested chicken 'n waffles for her b'day dinner. It was surprisingly good.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 28, 2021 04:51 PM (ju2Fy)

195 I miss sushi the most of anything

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (6iURM)

Same here.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 04:51 PM (KnJdm)

196 "Journey is FAR from being over..."

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:51 PM (cF8AT)

197 Ooops sorry...wrong thread.

Posted by: Tami at February 28, 2021 04:52 PM (cF8AT)

198
A good temperature probe is what allows an idiot like me to make a perfect rib-roast.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 04:54 PM (Mzdiz)

199 I wish I liked Sushi. It would have made my employment at Tokio Marine more enjoyable. I started to get sick of Teriyaki chicken when taking clients out. Japanese eat some weird stuff.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:54 PM (2DOZq)

200 As always, I arrive on a thread just as it's about to go dormant! But before Trump starts speaking, maybe somebody can help me.

We got one of those new glass-top ranges last year, and I've been having terrible trouble finding frying pans that can hold up to use on it. When we had the old coil-top stove, any old pan would work, and I had a number of old ones, both with and without non-stick coating. Now with this new stove, the pans have to be completely flat on the bottom, so some of the old pans had to be thrown out due to their convex bottoms.

Now I can't seem to find good frying pans for making eggs - we've bought a bunch of them, from T-Fal up to more expensive ones, and they seem to warp in no time! Cheap Chinese junk, I suppose. Can anyone recommend a good, solid frying pan? I have a cast iron one, but we want a non-stick pan for frying eggs.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 28, 2021 04:55 PM (82313)

201 192
Yeah, I don't there's any transmitter/wireless units that can stand oven or worse temperatures. Anything less than NASA level tech that would cost a fortune.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 04:51 PM (Mzdiz)

Yeah, tell us about it.

Posted by: Venera probes at February 28, 2021 04:56 PM (49Dnm)

202 Hey Mrs. JTG!!!!

I tried to write out the recipe, but I was rejected as a spammer.

The recipe is from allrecipes - two ingredient naan.

I hope you and Mr. JTG are doing well - we are hanging in there!

Much love to you!

Posted by: Moki at February 28, 2021 04:57 PM (+X9Vs)

203 Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 28, 2021 04:55 PM (82313)

You can spend a little more and get a copper frying pan. It distributes the heat more evenly.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:57 PM (2DOZq)

204 I've never had chicken 'n' waffles, but that sounds mighty good, I must say.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:58 PM (49Dnm)

205 Now with this new stove, the pans have to be
completely flat on the bottom, so some of the old pans had to be thrown
out due to their convex bottoms.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 28, 2021 04:55 PM (82313)

Take rubber mallet, place pan upside down on a rug, and whack the convex out of it.
>>>I have a cast iron one, but we want
a non-stick pan for frying eggs.

For non-stick, go to a restaurant supply house (cash-n-carry, here) and get a couple cheap omelet pans. Non-stick are disposable, as they ultimately get scratched, flake, or get an oily-polymer non-non-stick coating from use.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 04:58 PM (KnJdm)

206 Moki, Thanks for the recipe. Glad to hear your family is doing well. You are in our prayers. We are well too.

Posted by: Mrs. JTB at February 28, 2021 05:01 PM (7EjX1)

207 Cubanos… Never been able to master those, and would love to have a good one.

Last year, January, I was thinking, boy I’d like a good cubano sandwich. Called up a friend, said, why don’t we go to Miami for a few days? We ended up going in February to avoid superbowl issues. It’s nice being retired sometimes! And I did have a great cubano there, at Enriqueta’s.

I’ll see if I can put a photo up at my nic.

That said, Round Rock has some very nice cubanos at the Cuba Bakery & Café.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 28, 2021 05:02 PM (2lndx)

208 So much so that just thinking of it right now, or seeing it in a store, or sitting by people eating it nearly sends me into a psychotic rage.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:49 PM (49Dnm)

We are brother and sister from different mothers.

Except my mom got sick at the sight of anything purple, and passed that on to me.

Posted by: Moki at February 28, 2021 05:02 PM (+X9Vs)

209 By the time I'm done that will look like couch change.
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 28, 2021 04:32 PM (HQ9Sl)

And this is why you graduated from our program with honors!

Posted by: Robert Mugabe School of Economics at February 28, 2021 05:02 PM (49Dnm)

210
We've got a very nice Frigidaire (owned by Electrolux, now I see -- hell, what's in a name any more -- all China, probably, and certainly controlled by the globalist oligarchy) glass top stove in the new house.

Miley jokes that I got that to make her slave away to keep that top nice and clean. She can't bear to see a smudge on it.

Those elements heat very uniformly and very fast. For example, I have a vegetable beef soup we like to make. With Miley's big stock pot and the glass top I can start heating it on high.

The old coil (and even cast iron elements) would have hot spots that would tend to overheat anything over them. You had to stir the hell out of it constantly. Medium-high was about as high as I dared.

But this glass top can do wide open with no hot spots.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 05:03 PM (Mzdiz)

211 Can anyone recommend a good, solid frying pan? I have a cast iron one, but we want a non-stick pan for frying eggs.

My mom gave me one of those copper pans a few years ago. I use it almost exclusively for frying eggs.

I see where you’re coming from about glass-top ranges, but I do love mine when it comes time to clean the stovetop!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 28, 2021 05:03 PM (2lndx)

212 Except my mom got sick at the sight of anything purple, and passed that on to me.
Posted by: Moki at February 28, 2021 05:02 PM (+X9Vs)

So no eggplant for you.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:04 PM (lgiXo)

213 Hoop, there it is!

Posted by: navybrat has beans at February 28, 2021 05:04 PM (w7KSn)

214 I'm debating Sunday afternoon cocktails-martini, Manhattan, revolver, Negroni or simply rum and Coke?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:05 PM (lgiXo)

215 I'm debating Sunday afternoon cocktails-martini, Manhattan, revolver, Negroni or simply rum and Coke?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:05 PM (lgiXo)

Anything but Rum and Woke.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:06 PM (KnJdm)

216 Except my mom got sick at the sight of anything purple, and passed that on to me.
Posted by: Moki at February 28, 2021 05:02 PM (+X9Vs)

I always tell my parents that one day, when they are no longer on the mortal coil, I will discover the adoption papers.

To wit: IF I want to make my mother sick, it's easy! Cook bacon. She despises the smell of bacon cooking. (Which explains why I didn't eat much bacon as a kid. But damn I love me some bacon.) Or, just say one, tiny, monosyllabic word: GIN!

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 05:06 PM (49Dnm)

217 If you like fried chicken and you also like waffles then you would like chicken and waffles.

I suspect most everyone has eaten some sort of equal at some point. Pan fried pork chops for breakfast isn't just a Southern thing, is it?

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 28, 2021 05:07 PM (TIEIK)

218 Anything but Rum and Woke.

Substitutes?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:09 PM (lgiXo)

219 Bacon wrapped bacon. Drooling...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 28, 2021 05:09 PM (PoqRU)

220
Apparently he flew from Palm Beach to Orlando and since he is an EX President they no longer clear the air for him. Such is life
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2021 04:47 PM (85Gof)

Try losing the Air Force One designation when you are halfway across the country!

Posted by: Richard Nixon at February 28, 2021 05:11 PM (49Dnm)

221 Anything but Rum and Woke.
Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:06 PM (KnJdm)

No Jack and Woke either.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 05:11 PM (49Dnm)

222 tacticalshit.com has 22LR 36 grn HP's... 500/$140

other calibers as well.

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 28, 2021 05:11 PM (GiV75)

223 Can anyone recommend a good, solid frying pan

*

Hard to believe, but T-fal Signature line. We bought a set for our camper and ended up getting some for the home kitchen. I think I gave $70 for the entire set.

Shockingly good. I grab it before my fancy pants all clad stuff.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 28, 2021 05:12 PM (TIEIK)

224 Anything but Rum and Woke.

Substitutes?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:09 PM (lgiXo)

I used to do Rum and Diet Coke almost exclusively, when the occasion called for it. I've been experimenting with store-brand diet cola as a way to ween myself off of soda altogether. After the initial shock of the 'difference' wears off, it is actually not too bad.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:12 PM (KnJdm)

225 Any liquor is great in Sundrop.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 28, 2021 05:13 PM (TIEIK)

226 Went out to dinner for the first time in almost a year. It was glorious, balmy evening, good friends, good food and most of all, smiling people smiling.

Had fried oysters at Casamento's ; https://tinyurl.com/fzfyu2u6 and gelato at Angelo Brocato, https://tinyurl.com/kbs8kfsj.

Posted by: Javems at February 28, 2021 05:13 PM (uN66u)

227 i've got a recpie for coleslaw with bacon and blue cheese in it: it's almost like eating a BLT with a fork...

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 28, 2021 05:13 PM (GiV75)

228 I do have pineapple and orange juice. I suppose i could make something with rum and those juices.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:14 PM (lgiXo)

229 Thanks for the recommendations! Our stove is a Frigidaire too - really nice, with some great oven features. The old coil stove had a convection setting for the oven, and my husband insisted any new stove HAD to have that feature. He won't use anything else when it comes to roasts. I use it sometimes for baking, but I find the regular Bake setting is fine. I might just look into the copper pans, at least just for one good solid frying pan.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 28, 2021 05:14 PM (82313)

230 got a 12er of the generic cola to try: biggest problem i see is only 12 mg's of caffeine vice 35 in Wokea Cola... might have to see if my gut tolerates coffee any better these days.

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 28, 2021 05:15 PM (GiV75)

231 If I'm not mistaken, we saw the same oval pan in last weeks Food Thread. Coincidence?

Posted by: Weasel at February 28, 2021 05:16 PM (MVjcR)

232 I forgot the word tiki. I could make a tiki drink.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:16 PM (lgiXo)

233 you could do Rum and root beer, as a sub. just need to find an independent one...

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 28, 2021 05:16 PM (GiV75)

234 Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 28, 2021 05:15 PM (GiV75)

I am aiming to get to water, tea, milk, mostly. I am kind of liking the idea of experimenting with other cocktails that don't rely on soda as a base, as it has been quite a while.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:17 PM (KnJdm)

235 People can say what they want about Houston but
there are some good places to go there, and it has plenty of good
restaurants there.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:37 PM (49Dnm)

I hear ya. But there were more good places to go there, and good restaurants years ago. Maybe there are more good restaurants today, more variety at least. But Houston today is nothing like it used to be, that is stone cold fact. I have said it before, but it is not remotely reminiscent of the Houston of Urban Cowboy. I remember those times so I know this as fact.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:20 PM (dEOT9)

236

Dildo is obviously never eaten Mediterranean North African Indian or Indonesian / Filipino food all of which use raisins in savory dishes. An odd lapse...

Posted by: I'ma Dick at February 28, 2021 05:20 PM (fNJij)

237 Been so long since been in a restaurant I forget how it works. Been over a year.

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 05:22 PM (Cxk7w)

238 I remember those times so I know this as fact.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:20 PM (dEOT9)

I am sure that they have a lot of decent restaurants. But, if I am in Texas, the only thing I want is a steak the size of a cadillac, and not no prissy late-model one either.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:23 PM (KnJdm)

239 I wish I liked Sushi. It would have made my
employment at Tokio Marine more enjoyable. I started to get sick of
Teriyaki chicken when taking clients out. Japanese eat some weird
stuff.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 28, 2021 04:54 PM (2DOZq)

I love sushi but it took a long time to really enjoy it. The Japanese do eat some really weird shit, no question there. I recall Tony Bourdain gagging on some stuff, and this guy ate everything from anywhere. I love their culinary culture, it is very different and I respect that. The reality is they don't give a damn what other people like. One of the things they eat that makes must people gag is Natto.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:26 PM (dEOT9)

240
This Frigidaire is convection (Miley was leery of that, and I told her it's nothing but a fan to stir the hot air around), and besides regular convection, which it calls convection bake, it has another setting, "convection roast".

I am not sure of the difference. The manual says preheating is not necessary with the convect roast setting. I did a rib roast for Christmas with that, but I did preheat it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 05:26 PM (Mzdiz)

241 I am sure that they have a lot of decent
restaurants. But, if I am in Texas, the only thing I want is a steak the
size of a cadillac, and not no prissy late-model one either.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:23 PM (KnJdm)

then no need to go to Houston.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:27 PM (dEOT9)

242 then no need to go to Houston.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:27 PM (dEOT9)

Was in Austin mumbledy years ago for training, and they took us out to a local BBQ joint that was a go to for visitors. I forget the name. Tried Musashino sushi, too, and it was pretty good.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:32 PM (KnJdm)

243 And here I thought the Jewish roots of Mr. Potato Head only traced back to Maury Chaykin - "Back doors are not secrets!"

Posted by: Dagwood at February 28, 2021 05:32 PM (K3bk4)

244 Been so long since been in a restaurant I forget how it works. Been over a year.

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2021 05:22 PM (Cxk7w)

i have been to many. Even in the deep blue city they allow it sans mask but with fewer tables. in the real parts of the state, it is pretty much normal and has been so for a long time. Not saying they don't have rules, but come on now, the people are living their lives.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:33 PM (dEOT9)

245
Here is our stove:

https://tinyurl.com/3jzwn4mz

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 05:33 PM (Mzdiz)

246 Yeah, but Jim, you're giving away all of our best tricks!

Posted by: Malvin at February 28, 2021 05:34 PM (ZSK0i)

247 If I'm not mistaken, we saw the same oval pan in last weeks Food Thread. Coincidence?

Posted by: Weasel at February 28, 2021 05:16 PM

I need one of those copper pans. It's absence in my oven and on my table mocks me.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2021 05:36 PM (rBtIz)

248
Note the "air fry" feature of that oven. It's intriguing and we've yet to try it. Basically, it blows very hot air.

This air frying fad doesn't really appeal to me. I'm a deep oil fryer myself. This health bullshit makes me sick.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 05:36 PM (Mzdiz)

249 Was in Austin mumbledy years ago for training, and
they took us out to a local BBQ joint that was a go to for visitors. I
forget the name. Tried Musashino sushi, too, and it was pretty good.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:32 PM (KnJdm)

the first time i had sushi was in Raleigh NC. And that was back when it was a Southern town mumbeldy years ago. It was the last century, I will give you that. My mentor was a legit Japanese guy who went to school with us. I did not feel it that day, i think there was too much and again, it was Raleigh. But i did grow to like the stuff. It is something I eat rarely , but at times it can be a very nice meal.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:37 PM (dEOT9)

250 OT; there's a tornado watch in eastern AR, NW MS and western TN. Hope nothing touches down.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 28, 2021 05:37 PM (TK8Ry)

251 I just had a piece of burnt end. So tasty I couldn't bring myself to share with the dog.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:37 PM (lgiXo)

252 It is something I eat rarely , but at times it can be a very nice meal.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:37 PM (dEOT9)

I can eat that stuff like killer whale. I'd even do grocery store sushi, at times, but only the cooked roll stuff. The raw stuff has to be very fresh.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:39 PM (KnJdm)

253 So tasty I couldn't bring myself to share with the dog.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:37 PM (lgiXo)

The dog licks himself. He wouldn't appreciate it the same way.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:40 PM (KnJdm)

254 Made some nice braised short ribs and polenta for today. Currently simmering a chourice sauce for this week.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2021 05:42 PM (rBtIz)

255 I was in Raleigh last March—literally just under the gun for shutdowns, I flew back on Friday the 13th—and they have some really nice restaurants. Had some great crispy pork bell soup at a place called Bida Manda, and some nice fried chicken, hush puppies, and sweet potato at The Pit. Good old-fashioned there, too.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 28, 2021 05:42 PM (2lndx)

256 This air frying fad doesn't really appeal to me

*

We use ours a few times a week, but not for health reasons. It cooks fries, chicken patties, etc really fast and crisps them up really well. There's virtually no preheat time (one or two minutes}, so it's the fastest choice if it works for the food you're preparing.

Reheats pizza nicely, too.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 28, 2021 05:46 PM (TIEIK)

257 Jerusalem bread or bagel is another thing I'd try if I had any interest in learning how to bake bread.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 05:50 PM (lgiXo)

258 When compiling a list of foods improved by bacon, the list of vegetables includes... pretty much all of them! I've made asparagus, green beans, broccoli, and corn succotash with bacon in different ways. All successes.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 28, 2021 05:51 PM (OphVj)

259 I need to make bacon wrapped asparagus soon. And then there's popcorn popped in bacon fat.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 06:01 PM (lgiXo)

260 say liz cheney

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 06:05 PM (dEOT9)

261 Things that go badly with bacon -

Bacon IN Cereal with milk - Soggy Trix with Soggy Bacon Bits floating in milk seems like the saddest breakfast bowl on the planet. And bacon grease floating on milk seems vomit-inducing...

Posted by: Nova local at February 28, 2021 06:06 PM (b1h2x)

262 I knew he would call them out. Said it many, many hours ago. bam, get them the hell out.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 06:06 PM (dEOT9)

263 For dinner, I've got ribs slow-cooking in the oven. I'll add bacon to the collard greens that will be served on the side, next to the roasted potatoes and cornbread.
I'm curing my next batch of pork belly right now. Half will go in the smoker next weekend, and the other half will be hanged in a cool, dark place for a week in my first attempt to make pancetta. If I'm never heard from again, it means I screwed it up.

Posted by: PabloD, boop/bop/beep at February 28, 2021 06:07 PM (8IYtY)

264 I guess the pork belly won't be "hanged" - it's already dead. "Hung" is probably grammatically correct in this instance...

Posted by: PabloD, boop/bop/beep at February 28, 2021 06:08 PM (8IYtY)

265 I had a chicken leg for supper with sauteed brusell sprouts. Then I made my lunch for tomorrow, a bacon, brie, and sauteed brusell sprout tortilla.

Posted by: Eromero at February 28, 2021 06:09 PM (gjvwR)

266 Trump offering an olive branch there. I would have gone scorched earth. But I respect what he did there. The next time Bitch opens his mouth, he needs to be drummed out of the party. Yeah I know, no one is ever drummed out of the party, no one.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 06:13 PM (dEOT9)

267 Your stove is a fancier model than ours; ours doesn't have the air fryer feature, but we have a little standalone air fryer that we got at Christmas last year, and we use it a lot. A lot less mess and wasted oil compared to the old deep fryer we used to use for chicken wings.

Here's our model: https://tinyurl.com/4hhencz4

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 28, 2021 06:20 PM (82313)

268 I decided to go back on
low carb for a while....too much junk food at work on days....scrambled eggs with cheese and peperoni for breakfast, a salad with ranch dressing for lunch, ham salad on BBQ pork rinds and hard boiled eggs for a snack.
Also.I am on nights for a while, so no extra large boxes of donuts and bagels to tempt me...... I forgot how much prep it takes, but the results are worth it......

Posted by: jasonj at February 28, 2021 06:22 PM (4Tpar)

269 Gotta sous vide that shit

Posted by: ghost of Hallelujah at February 28, 2021 06:30 PM (oAY8z)

270 Thanks for another swell Cooking Thread, CBD!

Bacon... is there anything it cannot do?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at February 28, 2021 06:36 PM (rwusL)

271 One of the things they eat that makes must people gag is Natto.
Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:26 PM (dEOT9)

I got started on natto temaki playing golf with sushi chefs

they bring it for a sort of breakfast

now, I love the stuff

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 06:36 PM (6iURM)

272 Love all the threads, but damn, you've got a tough act to follow!

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 28, 2021 06:38 PM (aTQCG)

273 139?! Do you like your pork tenderloin well done or are you afraid of trichinosis which is no longer available in pork. Just saying. Still looks delish and can you mail me that boule of bread? Thanks

Posted by: Sidney at February 28, 2021 06:38 PM (ePSUP)

274 >>>Company Pot Roast The other thing is: make it the day before and chill it. That way it is easy to skim the fat from the top, and that is a step that is counterintuitive to your fat-obsessed host, but which makes a big difference in the final result.

What is this? How do you make the gravy without the yummy, fatty goodness?

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 06:42 PM (KnJdm)

275 I'm going low carb as well. Wife had a hankerin' for Indian Food last night, so I put together a curry. Not hard, I use Pataki's sauces and a lot of vegetables, over rice. I made the main pot of Jalfrezi, which is mild, and a smaller side pot of Vindaloo (hot!) for her. Making it is easy; I chop up two big yellow onions, 2 bell peppers, about 5 cloves of garlic, 2 BIG jalapenos, 1 ancho chile, and add a can of stewed tomatoes. Cook that over heat until all vegetables are tender, add plenty of salt and pepper. Then add 2 jars of Pataki curry sauce, bring it all to a boil. Serve over rice! Jafrezi is tasty but mild, the Vindaloo has a lot more bite. And the jalapenos just kind of disapear into the mix once its cooked.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2021 06:42 PM (bxPTJ)

276 I am sure that they have a lot of decent restaurants. But, if I am in Texas, the only thing I want is a steak the size of a cadillac, and not no prissy late-model one either.
Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 05:23 PM (KnJdm)

The Big Texan is for you then, sir!

In Amarillo (Is this the way to Amarillo? - h/t, Tony Christie), practically right outside Rick Husband International Airport (AMA). Just head west of there on I-40 like you're headed to Amarillo proper, and you'll see it on the right hand side a mile or two later. World famous for the 72-oz steak challenge.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 06:43 PM (49Dnm)

277 > Gotta sous vide that shit

Pretty much the theme here.

But not unwarranted.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 06:43 PM (3H9h1)

278 Tonight is Garlic Chicken and Rice. Simple.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 28, 2021 06:43 PM (EZebt)

279 243 And here I thought the Jewish roots of Mr. Potato Head only traced back to Maury Chaykin - "Back doors are not secrets!"
Posted by: Dagwood at February 28, 2021 05:32 PM (K3bk4)

Eddie Deezen -- an underappreciated actor. Or maybe not.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 28, 2021 06:43 PM (PiwSw)

280 31 Ever since I burned myself with a temperature probe I've been very careful with those things. My thumb is still number.
I don't often say m****rf****r but when I do I say it with enthusiasm. That was one of those occasions.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 28, 2021 04:10 PM (lgiXo)

that's not how you test for covid.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2021 06:44 PM (bxPTJ)

281 >> Your stove is a fancier model than ours;

Your model is about $400 higher MSRP than ours, I see, so based on that, yours is the fancier. :-)

Basically, they have different feature sets.

Speaking of price, our builder (bless his heart) claimed he could deals with a local appliance outfit. Looking at the appliance invoice list, I saw he paid just under $1200 for that stove. I was wondering if that was good or bad.

And a week or so later, I was in Lowe's and saw they had a special on that exact model. $1600 and some change. So I guess our guy indeed got a deal.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 06:45 PM (Mzdiz)

282 I hear ya. But there were more good places to go there, and good restaurants years ago. Maybe there are more good restaurants today, more variety at least. But Houston today is nothing like it used to be, that is stone cold fact. I have said it before, but it is not remotely reminiscent of the Houston of Urban Cowboy. I remember those times so I know this as fact.
Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 05:20 PM (dEOT9)

I totally understand, and I am not even a Houston native (though I did live there once).

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 06:45 PM (49Dnm)

283 There was this place in Palo Alto that did "simple chicken" in a bowl. Pretty much chicken noodle soup, but with an Asian flair.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 28, 2021 06:45 PM (3H9h1)

284 ha! I forgot on the curry, you also add 1 - 2 pounds of whatever meat you want. Usually I put in a whole roast chicken, but last night it was 2 pounds of cooked tilapia. It's a good use for any meat that's been in the fridge too long.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2021 06:47 PM (bxPTJ)

285 Bacon wrapped pork tenderloin is awesome.

I've used tooth picks to keep the bacon wrapped at times.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 28, 2021 06:52 PM (aA3+G)

286 Posted by: Sidney at February 28, 2021 06:38 PM (ePSUP)

139 leaves it pink, which is my preferred color range for pork. but I am also cooking for others so I have to accommodate them too.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 06:52 PM (Q9lwr)

287 PSA: bluebell's cookies are awesome! The second-best you'll ever have.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 28, 2021 06:54 PM (DMUuz)

288
The USDA finally lowered their temp recommendation for pork from 160F to 145F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 06:54 PM (Mzdiz)

289 PSA: bluebell's cookies are awesome! The second-best you'll ever have.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 28, 2021 06:54 PM (DMUuz)
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And bluebell's pies are better than her cookies!

Posted by: Weasel at February 28, 2021 06:55 PM (MVjcR)

290 The USDA finally lowered their temp recommendation for pork from 160F to 145F.

*****

Science is why. Also wear three masks, citizen.

Posted by: Dr. Professor Neal Degreasse Tyson Esquire the Third at February 28, 2021 06:56 PM (dGQu9)

291 Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 06:36 PM (6iURM)
i respect that. i haven't had it. But I do love how diverse Japanese cuisine can be. Some easy to love stuff is Tonkatsu and Japanese Curry. Some might scoff at the idea of Japanese Curry, but it is a famous dish that has been around a long, long time. A buddy from Japan, with a Japanese passport taught me to make the dish. We made it for everyone around and then we drank a bunch of Kirin Lagers.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 06:57 PM (dEOT9)

292 286 Posted by: Sidney at February 28, 2021 06:38 PM (ePSUP)

139 leaves it pink, which is my preferred color range for pork. but I am also cooking for others so I have to accommodate them too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 28, 2021 06:52 PM (Q9lwr)

Just tell them, "If you don't care for it, eat what you brought along."

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 28, 2021 06:58 PM (aA3+G)

293 I'm watching Mission Impossible 5 and I'm calling bullsh**. The government would never shut down Ethan's organization. And especially not for failure or lack of transparency.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 28, 2021 06:58 PM (ybIRR)

294 I had a chicken leg for supper with sauteed brusell sprouts. Then I made my lunch for tomorrow, a bacon, brie, and sauteed brusell sprout tortilla.
Posted by: Eromero at February 28, 2021 06:09 PM (gjvwR)

That sounds good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 28, 2021 06:59 PM (npFx5)

295 We made it for everyone around and then we drank a bunch of Kirin Lagers.
Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 06:57 PM (dEOT9)

gold infused cold sake is my preferred beverage

when someone else is paying for it

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 06:59 PM (6iURM)

296 Just tell them, "If you don't care for it, eat what you brought along."
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 28, 2021 06:58 PM

This sounds like a variation on that ancient proverb "If you don't care for Frank Zappa, listen to what you brought along."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 28, 2021 07:00 PM (DMUuz)

297 >>Was in Austin mumbledy years ago for training, and they took us out to a local BBQ joint that was a go to for visitors. I forget the name. Tried Musashino sushi, too, and it was pretty good.
Posted by: 4

Franklin's BBQ ?

Posted by: Aviator at February 28, 2021 07:01 PM (HQ9Sl)

298 145? Even Trichinosis ain't what it used to be.

Posted by: klaftern at February 28, 2021 07:01 PM (RuIsu)

299 Just tell them, "If you don't care for it, eat what you brought along."

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 28, 2021 06:58 PM (aA3+G)

a tenderloin or pork loin for sure should be pink in the middle. The USDA pork reccos are medieval. That was when Trichinosis was a thing, and American pork cuts had a lot of fat marbling. I would cook a lean slice of pork like I would a duck breast, it needs to be red in the middle or you will be chewing on rubber.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 07:02 PM (dEOT9)

300 Yes, at one time Mr. Potato Head came without the potato. Providing a real one was not popular with my parents.

Last time in Texas we went to Gaido's Inn, and Stingeree.

Posted by: Lirio100 at February 28, 2021 07:02 PM (uFOGo)

301
Trichinosis was the bane of pork. It's all but been eliminated, and is no longer a concern with commercially produced pork. It took the USDA this long to finally recognize that, and admit, yes, it's safe to not overcook pork now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 07:04 PM (Mzdiz)

302 when someone else is paying for it

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 06:59 PM (6iURM)

it sucks that some beers simply disappear. From my yute, I miss Kirin Lager and the brain bender, Molson Golden. They both simply vanished for some reason.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 07:04 PM (dEOT9)

303 I'm watching Mission Impossible 5 and I'm calling
bullsh**. The government would never shut down Ethan's organization.
And especially not for failure or lack of transparency.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 28, 2021 06:58 PM (ybIRR)

Yeah, kind of hard to suspend disbelief on that this day and age.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 07:05 PM (KnJdm)

304 Franklin's BBQ ?

Posted by: Aviator at February 28, 2021 07:01 PM (HQ9Sl)

Sounds familiar. But who knows if it changed hands or name since then.

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 07:06 PM (KnJdm)

305 I usually cut tenderloins in to smaller pieces

more seasoning per section and easier to control the doneness of each piece

usually 2 sections per person

but of course, that's just me

ignore

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 07:06 PM (6iURM)

306 it sucks that some beers simply disappear. From my yute, I miss Kirin Lager and the brain bender, Molson Golden. They both simply vanished for some reason.

***

And on the flip side of that, hipsters "discover" PBR and the first time you go to see a local band play in years YOU discover that PBR is now $5 a cup. WTF?

Posted by: Dr. Professor Neal Degreasse Tyson Esquire the Third at February 28, 2021 07:06 PM (dGQu9)

307 it sucks that some beers simply disappear. From my yute, I miss Kirin Lager and the brain bender, Molson Golden. They both simply vanished for some reason.
Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 07:04 PM (dEOT9)

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 07:07 PM (6iURM)

308 Gubs!

Posted by: 4 at February 28, 2021 07:08 PM (KnJdm)

309
The real Mission Impossible was the late '60s - early '70s TV series. The movies are, well here's the story. They tried to get Peter Graves to appear in the first movie. He read the script, was appalled, and turned it down cold.

Greg Morris and Martin Landau walked out of a screening of the first movie in disgust.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 07:09 PM (Mzdiz)

310 it sucks that some beers simply disappear. From my yute, I miss Kirin Lager and the brain bender, Molson Golden. They both simply vanished for some reason.
Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 07:04 PM (dEOT9)

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2021 07:07 PM (6iURM)

I liked both of those. I didn't know they were gone. I think I had a Kirin a few years ago at a sushi restaurant.

Posted by: LASue, aka Les White at February 28, 2021 07:15 PM (Ed8Zd)

311 Was Peter Graves the guy that was played by Jon Voiht? Because that would explain it.

All of them are good, and they seem to be getting progressively better. Tom Cruise is a great producer, whatever you think of his acting. He's almost on the level of Les Grossman.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 28, 2021 07:15 PM (ybIRR)

312 >> Was Peter Graves the guy that was played by Jon Voiht? Because that would explain it.

Yes indeed. They wanted Graves to reprise the Mr. Phelps role. He wanted no part of what they'd done with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 28, 2021 07:17 PM (Mzdiz)

313 Speaking of pork tenderloin wrapped with bacon ... because I can't get pork belly roast with the skin on in Montana, I make porchetta using a pork tenderloin pounded, stuffed, and wrapped with bacon. It's pretty good, and much easier to prepare than the one made with a 5 - 6 lb. pork belly.

Posted by: jix at February 28, 2021 07:29 PM (mYahd)

314 Trump said he won't start a new party, which seems smart.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 28, 2021 07:40 PM (ybIRR)

315 liked both of those. I didn't know they were gone. I think I had a Kirin a few years ago at a sushi restaurant.

Posted by: LASue, aka Les White at February 28, 2021 07:15 PM (Ed8Zd)

i still see the Kirin Ichiban, but not the lager. The lager had a red label. I am sure there are pics on the web. Molson Golden was another, I haven't seen that beer in a decade or two.

Posted by: Quint at February 28, 2021 07:45 PM (dEOT9)

316 Trump said he won't start a new party, which seems smart.
Posted by: Grail Knight at February 28, 2021 07:40 PM (ybIRR)

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Feh. I still love the guy, but this is where we part ways, I guess. I will never support another Republican, for any reason. Too bad he won't take that step.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2021 08:16 PM (sCTt7)

317 Ok,all the talk about bacon reminds me of an experiment I did over the (COVID-lockdown) summer, which is a BACON WEAVED MEATLOAF!!!!!

So while it may sound complicated at first, a bacon weave really isn't that hard to do. I just laid out a piece of parchment paper, and started a slice of bacon at a time. About 6 strips by 6 strips is plenty for a medium sized meatloaf. And the parchment paper makes it easy to shape the meatloaf once you deposit it on top of the bacon weave.

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at February 28, 2021 08:27 PM (DkHo+)

318 what food items are you acquainted with that you loved as a kid but either don't care for or can't stand now?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 28, 2021 04:28 PM (49Dnm)

Peanut butter and Miracle Whip Sandwich

Posted by: jojo2b at February 28, 2021 08:58 PM (ij9sq)

319 What's the difference between cured and uncured bacon, and why is it so hard to get old time bacon anywhere?

Posted by: President-Elect pj at February 28, 2021 09:28 PM (G1dq6)

320 All bacon is basically "cured" using salt or smoke. Uncured bacon generally is not cured using nitrites which some people believe are bad for one's health. If you're looking for old time bacon, I really like Hill's Ranch Style thick sliced bacon.

Posted by: jix at February 28, 2021 10:08 PM (mYahd)

321 Uriah heep and the b52S and my President, great day

Posted by: Summer of Love at February 28, 2021 11:55 PM (FJrl0)

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