Food Thread: Stop Ribbing Me!

Oh wow...I love beef ribs. But they are difficult to get around here, and even when they show up they are trimmed to within fractions of an inch of the bones, so they aren't much of a meal. Of course I am talking about the beef ribs, not the short ribs from the plate; but those are good too!

What I really want is a slab of beef ribs like the slab of pork ribs we all know and love. Sort of like in the photo, only with more meat. A lot more meat, so it's not just gnawing on the connective tissue (which is good).

I could settle for the short rib version of it, which is what a lot of BBQ joints use for their "Dino-Ribs" or whatever they call them.

But I'm a traditionalist! I want a rack of true ribs, and I will keep looking until I get them!

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This is the dirty little secret of the deeply dishonest organic food industry. Plants have naturally occurring pesticides and antimicrobials that in some cases are quite dangerous for people. So man bred them so that those chemicals were eliminated or minimized, so we could eat plants without getting sick. But we also had to deal with the bugs, so we used man-made pesticides.

It works. Very, very well. Modern agriculture produces an amazing abundance of food at low cost and high safety.

But when people fixate on organic rather than safe and tasty, we get things like this: German survey finds low awareness of natural toxin risks.

Hey folks...there ain't no free lunch. The bugs are there, and we either kill them, or let the plants kill them with their own pesticides, that you then eat!

Yum!

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Poached eggs...are you for them or against them?

I like them, but mostly as a vehicle for fun stuff, especially Hollandaise sauces and Eggs Benedict. Yeah...at breakfast joints I am easy. Biscuits and gravy, Chicken-Fried Steak, or Eggs Benedict, and I'm a happy camper.

Anyway, Misanthropic Humanitarian was, as usual, trolling me with a link to Epicurious, which I do not link anymore because of their asshole Woke bullsh*t. But they did have an easy recipe for poached eggs that I have done before.

It's simple...crack your eggs into a 1:1 solution of white vinegar and water (deep enough to cover the eggs), let sit for 10 minutes or so until the whites tighten up a bit and become more opaque. Then cook them in barely bubbling water for a few minutes...and you are done!

The vinegar denatures the surface proteins and that tightens the eggs, so you don't have tendrils of white all over the place.

It works. Of course there are other ways of doing it too, but this is definitely a keeper, because you can cook several eggs at a time.

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We were visiting friends a few weeks ago and they made Chicken Scarpariello for dinner one night. It's a great dish, and pretty easy too. I'm not sure which recipe Mike used (I should have asked, but I was busy drinking his bourbon), and since he is a great cook he may have tuned up the one he did use. But Anne Burrell is a solid chef, so hers is a good start. I would modify her recipe by using chicken thighs, but using the whole chicken isn't a deal breaker.
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Diogenes Snack.jpg

This is from commenter "Diogenes," who seems to enjoy life, especially because he can afford it by fleecing his golf partners!

Combining cigars and whiskey is an interesting challenge, since a strong cigar can overwhelm the whiskey.

Much testing is needed!

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I ate at a Montreal seafood restaurant last weekend, and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food. I mean, it's Canada after all.

But one dish was great. Fried octopus! No batter, just plain old boiled octopus that they dropped into the fryer to crisp up. It was served on a bed of pureed Northern beans, some olive oil, and maybe a few pickled onions. I'm sure I am missing something, because it was delicious, and the added texture from the frying was marvelous.

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Don't have fresh herbs? Use dried. Don't have free-range chicken? Use the frozen one you bought two years ago...on sale. And for f*ck's sake DO NOT USE GOOD WINE! That crap about only using wine you want to drink is crap, I have ranted about it before, and I will rave again. In fact, anyone who uses good wine for cooking is a knucklehead. Use the cheapest stuff you can buy.

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Good butter, and Flap Meat...whatever the hell that is...just send it, Broccolini that isn't $6/bunch, garlic...lots of garlic!, well-marbled hanger steaks and elk chops to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

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

However, I will give dispensation to those who use maple syrup on Brussels Sprouts! I tried that and it worked nicely. I still prefer Agave, but still...

And yes, I used to demand fancy bourbon, but let's face it, $1,200 for a bottle of bourbon is just stupid, insulting, and a ghastly affront to most people's palates and wallets. I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

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1 Looks good!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 26, 2024 04:01 PM (kxfi3)

2 Okay I'll fetch the problem people

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 26, 2024 04:01 PM (kxfi3)

3 Trying to see if weather will be OK to grill tomorrow
Have a Rib Eye steak

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:02 PM (Sa59U)

4 And internet is still in and out

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:02 PM (Sa59U)

5 It still tastes like vinegar on the egg, tho.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 26, 2024 04:03 PM (IG4Id)

6 Those ribs look like Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen after the stormtroopers hit their compound.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:04 PM (FkUwd)

7 Country ribs are great

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 04:04 PM (ENQN6)

8 I want ribs

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 26, 2024 04:04 PM (3OazS)

9 Octopus is yuck
Squid is yum

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 26, 2024 04:05 PM (3OazS)

10 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 04:05 PM (T4tVD)

11 Sam's had whole briskets for $4/lb yesterday so I got one. And I have no idea what to do with it. I don't have a smoker or even an ordinary grill at the moment. Does anyone have good recipes or suggestions for fixing it in a conventional oven? I need to run out for an errand so I'll check back later for answers. Thanks.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2024 04:05 PM (/y8xj)

12 Dinner tonight is chicken, Carolina BBQ beans (from a can), corn bread, salad, and banana bread for dessert.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:06 PM (FkUwd)

13 I never quite understood poached eggs. The bland uniform texture of the whites is completely uninspiring next to fried. I know they are supposed to be fancy, but they seem to me like the hospital food form of eggs.

And I agree with weft about vinegar. I don't want even a hint of that taste in my eggs.

Posted by: Splunge at May 26, 2024 04:07 PM (hmKaK)

14 I had a real food problem this morning. We were driving home after Mass and the Betterhalf informed me that she wanted steak for breakfast. Really? Steak for breakfast?
So I grilled 2 2" thick NY strips to 130F and we ate them.
Food problem solved!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 26, 2024 04:08 PM (kxfi3)

15 Dinner tonight might be another amaretto fizz.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at May 26, 2024 04:08 PM (Fy8cO)

16 Octopus is bait I hear

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:09 PM (fwDg9)

17 Dinner tonight might be another amaretto fizz.
Posted by: Ben Had

That sounds great!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 26, 2024 04:09 PM (kxfi3)

18 So if can grill steak tomorrow might be chili dogs tonight, or switched

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:10 PM (fwDg9)

19 That Chicken Scarface recipe looks fantastic!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:10 PM (FkUwd)

20 Wife's youngest son came up from Florida. She made eschovitche snapper with habernero vinegar and today was curried goot. I am stuffed.

Posted by: Jamaica at May 26, 2024 04:10 PM (IG7T0)

21

Why would you completely ruin whiskey and salmon with a disgusting cigar? Those things are so fucking nasty. And cigar smokers are so fucking dirty color they seem to take pleasure in throwing piles of ash everywhere. Ever been next to us cigar smoker in a casino?

Posted by: Just Sayin at May 26, 2024 04:11 PM (QXMCO)

22 AZ deplorable, it is tasting mighty good. You can never go wrong with steak in the morning. 2" is the perfect thickness

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at May 26, 2024 04:11 PM (Fy8cO)

23 You're a good man, AZDep!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:11 PM (FkUwd)

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:12 PM (FkUwd)

25 Why would you completely ruin whiskey and salmon with a disgusting cigar? Those things are so fucking nasty. And cigar smokers are so fucking dirty color they seem to take pleasure in throwing piles of ash everywhere. Ever been next to us cigar smoker in a casino?
Posted by: Just Sayin

Seems like you don't like cigars.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 26, 2024 04:14 PM (cA2wJ)

26 Kind of grew up with 'poached' eggs, in those little saucer steamers. Always good on toast.
And now I often microwave poach an egg, again for on toast. 45 seconds in a small ramkin with a third of a cup of water for a regular large egg. Very sensitive to a second up or down from eyeballing your egg size.
So not traditional drop in poach, but works.

Posted by: From about that Time at May 26, 2024 04:14 PM (4780s)

27 Ben Had!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 26, 2024 04:14 PM (cA2wJ)

28 nurse, how are ya,love ?

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at May 26, 2024 04:15 PM (Fy8cO)

29 I H8 seafood but if you want it have at it

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

30 Sam's had whole briskets for $4/lb yesterday so I got one. And I have no idea what to do with it. I don't have a smoker or even an ordinary grill at the moment. Does anyone have good recipes or suggestions for fixing it in a conventional oven? I need to run out for an errand so I'll check back later for answers. Thanks.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2024 04:05 PM (/y8xj)

Why, ya bile it!

Posted by: The Oirish at May 26, 2024 04:16 PM (0eaVi)

31 We have a egg poacher, water in bottle of a low pan and cups in a rack for eggs. We use to do them often, don't dig it out anymore

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:17 PM (fwDg9)

32 Why, ya bile it!
Posted by: The Oirish
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The traditional Sunday grey meat dinner.

Posted by: From about that Time at May 26, 2024 04:18 PM (4780s)

33 Oh wow, those ribs look great. I haven't had them in a while. Might have to rectify that.

Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 04:18 PM (bS+DD)

34 Love the octopus tentacles! But they have to be crisped up. The Sicilian way is to serve them over diced potatoes and green beans with a parsley vinaigrette. Delicious!

Posted by: jix at May 26, 2024 04:19 PM (VghtP)

35 Had beef ribs on the smoker. Salt pepper and rub. They were lean and somewhat dry. Those pictures of the poached egg and the salmon made my mouth water. Tonight it’s pork loin on the smoker with homemade coleslaw and watermelon for dessert. Bye the way CBD, thanks for throwing down on the organic BS, been a pet peeve of mine for awhile.

Posted by: Crusader Rabbit at May 26, 2024 04:20 PM (zTuEV)

36 And now I often microwave poach an egg, again for on toast. 45 seconds in a small ramkin with a third of a cup of water for a regular large egg. Very sensitive to a second up or down from eyeballing your egg size.
So not traditional drop in poach, but works.
Posted by: From about that Time at May 26, 2024 04:14 PM (4780s)
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Oh, I might try that! I can't poach an egg to save my life. I've tried making a whirlpool in the water, vinegar in the water (not a 1:1 ratio though; I'd be afraid the eggs would taste of vinegar), etc and have yet to turn out a good poached egg.

Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 04:21 PM (bS+DD)

37 Here's a super easy yet tasty recipe for grilled chick...

Grilled Pineapple Drumsticks

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/grilled-pineapple-

drumsticks

Pretty much all you need is a blender and a grill and you're good to go.

As you can see, this recipe plays in the Thai neighborhood. So, the Shrimp Paste can be a bit of a challenge to find. But, not too much of a challenge.
I imagine in a pinch you could use fish sauce or anchovy paste without causing issues with the finished product. Hell, who knows Worchester Sauce might even fly here.

I also would extend the marinating time from the recipe's 15 mins to about 1 hour.

Everyone loved it and requested that it be made again soon.

Did I mention this is stupidly super easy to make?

Give it a whirl.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 26, 2024 04:21 PM (eDfFs)

38 Today's dinner is braised chuck roast (3 to 4 hours in the dutch oven with rustic veg at 300) and mashed potatoes. The beef absolutely melts apart. Sunday roast for my limey wife.

And yes you can use a KitchenAid to make mashed potatoes. Just don't mix for too long.

Posted by: ... at May 26, 2024 04:23 PM (lX8VI)

39 Nothing exciting, food wise this weekend, but my cooking adjacent project is stripping the seasoning off my 10" carbon steel skillet to repair old seasoning that was flaking in large spots.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 26, 2024 04:25 PM (G3WYE)

40 Debating whether to turn some of the dinner into pastys. Beef, veg, mash and some nice sharp cheddar cheese filling. Can't get them here. The poor girl hasn't been home in 20 years.

Posted by: ... at May 26, 2024 04:25 PM (lX8VI)

41 From about that time--

I was kind of meh about poached eggs because I grew up with the little metal cubs and couldn't get excited about them. DiL recommended microwaving in water. It takes some trial and error but now I really like them.

CBD--I love poached eggs in Eggs Benedict but I don't order it out anymore. A lot of places have some kind of unflavored yellowish sauce that ISN'T hollandaise. I'd rather make my own.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 26, 2024 04:25 PM (FEVMW)

42 oddbob--

A whole brisket, huh? You might look at Once Upon a Chef's recipe for Onion Braised Beef Brisket. I've also made some delicious chili with brisket.

But a whole one? You probably need at least two recipes to use all of it.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 26, 2024 04:28 PM (FEVMW)

43 I love poached eggs. I am inconsistent in having them come out properly. By the time the whites aren't all snotty, the yolks are dry. But then sometimes they are perfect.

I'm good, Ben Had.

You're reminding me I need to start bugging my PNW peeps about NEXT WEEKEND MOME IN YAKIMA!! It is so very nice to touch base in person with hordlings. Vital, perhaps.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 26, 2024 04:29 PM (cA2wJ)

44 RICE CHEX CEREAL & RUFFLES POTATO CHIPS
Instead of using Rice Krispies cereal to make traditional "treats", I substituted equal parts of crushed CHEX and crushed CHIPS ... And while it took slightly more energy to completely blend with the melted butter and marshmallows base, this sweet-and-salty gluten-free dessert was enjoyed by both kids and adults at yesterday's neighborhood block party.

Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 04:32 PM (p69D5)

45
I pretty much suspect that cigar would murder the flavor of both the bourbon and the smoked salmon.

So, to avoid waste:

Substitute King Oscar Canned Sardines or Starkest Tuna for the snazzy smoked salmon, and-

Old Crow for whatever whiskey.

You won't taste the difference anyway.

YMMV.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 26, 2024 04:34 PM (eDfFs)

46 Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2024 04:05 PM
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Oddbob, daughter uses Nancy Fuller's Beer Braised Brisket recipe. Most excellent. Link goes to Food Network.

https://is.gd/U2j17V

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 26, 2024 04:34 PM (ju2Fy)

47 Heh, Ina meme reminds me of what Martha Stweart always says as she's cooking or baking, use "best quality [whatever]." Like vanilla. Yes, of course, Martha, I'm sure I have some of that $99/oz. stuff made by an artisanal organic farmer in Madagascar using tourniquets handed down 400 years back there in the pantry. . .

(I love Martha Stewart, so this habit is entertaining, not annoying.)

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2024 04:38 PM (cCVOS)

48 Made some spaghetti carbonara the other night, actually bucatini carbonara. Almost got it right. Didn't use enough meat (shame on me) and overcooked the eggs just a bit. Still wasn't bad. I'll try it with thinner noodles next time.

Posted by: javems at May 26, 2024 04:39 PM (8I4hW)

49 tourniquets = > techniques

I have no idea how that happened

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2024 04:40 PM (cCVOS)

50 Best way to smoke ceegarz is to smoke at a cigar shop so there's no bitching about the stank, which is rank, and then go for a Sichuan meal and burn the funk off your tongue.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:40 PM (FkUwd)

51 Beef Brisket Oven Recipe for Oddbob at May 26, 2024 04:05 PM:

Brisket with Dry Rub:
(WillCookForSmiles)

https://is.gd/HxFQsq

Haven't tried it myself, but it seems very simple in ingredients and prep... and it looks very tasty.

Posted by: PassinThru at May 26, 2024 04:40 PM (6ydKt)

52 Oh, I love poached eggs on a good Eggs Benedict (with REAL hollandaise sauce, please). Problem is (FWP) due to my transplant, I have to eat eggs fully cooked (or get eggs that have been irradiated to kill the bad bugs), so no runny yolks for me.
I tried ONCE, and had intestinal issues for more than a week, so it's a no-go.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 26, 2024 04:40 PM (ynpvh)

53 >>RICE CHEX CEREAL & RUFFLES POTATO CHIPS
Instead of using Rice Krispies cereal to make traditional "treats", I substituted equal parts of crushed CHEX and crushed CHIPS ... And while it took slightly more energy to completely blend with the melted butter and marshmallows base, this sweet-and-salty gluten-free dessert was enjoyed by both kids and adults at yesterday's neighborhood block party.

Excellent idea, Kathy! Thanks

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2024 04:41 PM (cCVOS)

54 MoMe!!! If any of you in that area have never been to a meet up---give it a try . The Horde are amazing

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at May 26, 2024 04:42 PM (Fy8cO)

55 Damn, people can be so judgemental and persnickety! I strolled thru the house singing the opening to Zepplin's "Nobody's Fault But Mine," and I was getting blowback like I screwed the pooch.

Not one good word for my harmonica.

Payback is coming!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 26, 2024 04:42 PM (3hI7Q)

56 Had my first Cuban sammich this weekend. Holy moley it was fantastic.

Need to learn how to make. And a panini press may be in my future.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 26, 2024 04:43 PM (cA2wJ)

57 Ben Had is the hostess with the mostest. Give a MoMe a whirl if you haven't been to one.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:43 PM (FkUwd)

58 Best way to smoke ceegarz is to smoke at a cigar shop so there's no bitching about the stank, which is rank, and then go for a Sichuan meal and burn the funk off your tongue.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:40 PM (FkUwd)

Listen to this girl.

She sounds sophisticated and well-acquainted with the ways of the world and ceegarz.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 26, 2024 04:44 PM (eDfFs)

59 Eris, it is all of you that make it great.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at May 26, 2024 04:45 PM (Fy8cO)

60 I had an egg poacher that would do four eggs to perfection. And then I lost it to an Ex.

Now I have a novelty single egg poacher that works okay, but is quadruple the work.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 26, 2024 04:46 PM (3hI7Q)

61 Dr. Bone, was it the Led Zepp harmonica jams that doomed that relationship?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:48 PM (FkUwd)

62 Going to chance waiting until tomorrow to grill

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:49 PM (fwDg9)

63 I "cheat" when poaching eggs. Got some of those silicon egg cups from amazon. Spray a little oil in the bottom, crack the eggs in, and place them in a pan with low boiling water. They work great, and you can do a batch of eggs at the same time.

Posted by: jix at May 26, 2024 04:49 PM (VghtP)

64
When a wee tad, I used to prefer soft boiled eggs.

I haven't had one in years. I ought to start eating them again.

Like a poached egg but easy to handle!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 26, 2024 04:49 PM (eDfFs)

65 You could always get an indoor grill, Skip.
I'm about to use our Ninja Foodi Smart XL Grill to make a steak.

1.5in Ribeye, it'll take about ten minutes to cook to medium-rare after about ten minutes pre-heating the gill.

Tastes just like the real thing to us, and no smoke.

Posted by: PassinThru at May 26, 2024 04:52 PM (6ydKt)

66 Soft poached is my favorite way of eating eggs.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 26, 2024 04:53 PM (JLq/1)

67 Progressives hate Memorial Day. All those flags waving in the wind. THE FUCKING WIND.
The backyard cookouts with red meat and kids racing around. Then some mom always brings an apple pie. Like a stake in the heart of a vampire.

Remember the fallen who made it possible for us to live as free men and women. Cheers friends

Posted by: Redenzo at May 26, 2024 04:54 PM (Dg6a8)

68 > This is from commenter "Diogenes," who seems to enjoy life, especially because he can afford it by fleecing his golf partners!

Combining cigars and whiskey is an interesting challenge, since a strong cigar can overwhelm the whiskey.

Much testing is needed!
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This ^

This is "living."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 26, 2024 04:54 PM (Q4IgG)

69 One good pairing is espresso with gold-tipped black Sobranies. You'll look mafioso/-a AF.

I like a twist of lime rind with my espresso, but I scoff at silly convention.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 04:58 PM (FkUwd)

70 In the absence of tears from virgin Dutch milk maids, would the tears of a virgin Scandi climate activist do?

Posted by: Greta T. at May 26, 2024 04:59 PM (a3Q+t)

71 The packers get much more for the lip-on than they can the bones...

Posted by: Miflin at May 26, 2024 04:59 PM (aA6YN)

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 05:00 PM (FkUwd)

73 Greetings! My beloved missus makes the best poached eggs, never a broken yolk. I can't get the knack of it. So I bought a microwave egg poaching apparatus. An enormous disappointment, messy to boot.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 26, 2024 05:01 PM (MeG8a)

74 Ribbed for her pleasure.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 05:01 PM (ENQN6)

75 Or just bring grill inside 🔥

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 05:01 PM (fwDg9)

76 Right, Skip? It'll make the drapes smell like brisket! 👍

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 05:02 PM (FkUwd)

77 Maybe they are done playing with my internet

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 05:03 PM (fwDg9)

78 Misanthropic Humanitarian was, as usual, trolling me

Misanthropic Humanitarian is a fine (and once again) upstanding individual, and I am, frankly, quite incredulous that such a foul aspersion could be made on his character.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2024 05:04 PM (a3Q+t)

79 Also, beef rib racks of the type you seek are somewhat readily available in Texas.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2024 05:04 PM (a3Q+t)

80 Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2024 04:05 P

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Oven slow-braised brisket is a traditional American Jewish holiday food and there are lots of good recipes online for it.

Posted by: Bigsmith at May 26, 2024 05:07 PM (MrBsC)

81
When I was in grad school, some idiot restaurant had an all-the-ribs-you-can-eat special. We got thrown out, having left a pile of bones a foot and a half high.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2024 05:08 PM (MoZTd)

82 Like vanilla. Yes, of course, Martha, I'm sure I have some of that $99/oz. stuff made by an artisanal organic farmer in Madagascar using tourniquets handed down 400 years back there in the pantry. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2024 04:38 PM

When your vanilla was worth $99/oz. 400 years ago, you'll go to extraordinary lengths to squeeze the most out.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2024 05:09 PM (a3Q+t)

83 Huli-huli chicken:

Make a marinade of 1/2 c pineapple concentrate* 1/2 c soy sauce, 1/4 c ketchup, 3 T brown sugar, a knob of fresh ginger (grated) and 3 cloves of garlic (minced). Marinate the chicken for a half hour and throw on the grill. Keep mopping it with marinade until done. I put 1"+ chunks on skewers, but larger pieces of chicken work too.

*I can't find pineapple concentrate here, so I simmer the juice to 1/4 volume and freeze what I don't use for future huli huli.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 26, 2024 05:09 PM (w6EFb)

84
Mmmmm. Poached eggs. On corned beef hash.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2024 05:09 PM (MoZTd)

85 >>> Dr. Bone, was it the Led Zepp harmonica jams that doomed that relationship?

Posted by: All Hail Eris

>I would hope not, the harmonica is a wonderful instrument and should be applied judiciously to get the juices flowing.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 26, 2024 05:10 PM (3hI7Q)

86 CRAB CAKES -- PART ONE -- INGREDIENTS
Someone last week (possibly Miley) asked for crab cake recipes ... This one from "The Best Of America's Test Kitchen 2011 Edition" is our family's favorite.

1-lb. lump crabmeat, picked over for shells
1/2 cup saltine crumbs (grind 14 crackers in a
food processor), divide into two 1/4 cup portions
3 scallions, finely minced
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted, plus
1 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
2 Tbsp. mayonnaise (not Miracle Whip)
1 large egg yolk
1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
2 tsp. hot sauce
1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning
Lemon wedges, for serving

.......continued in PART TWO

Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 05:10 PM (p69D5)

87 CRAB CAKES -- PART TWO -- DIRECTIONS

1. Dry the crabmeat well with paper towels. Using a rubber spatula, gently combine the crabmeat, 1/4 cup of the cracker crumbs, the minced scallions, melted butter, mayonnaise, egg yolk, Dijon mustard, hot sauce, and Old Bay in a large bowl.

2. Divide the mixture into 4 equal portions and shape into tight, mounded cakes. Press the top of each cake in the remaining 1/4 cup cracker crumbs. Transfer the cakes, crumb side down, onto a large plate and refrigerate, covered, for at least 1 hour or up to 8 hours.

3. Adjust an oven rack to be 6 inches from the broiler element and heat the broiler. Grease an 8-by-8-inch square area in the center of a rimmed baking sheet with the softened butter. Transfer the crab cakes to the prepared baking sheet, crumb side down. Broil until the crab cakes are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Serve with the lemon wedges.

Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 05:11 PM (p69D5)

88 84
Mmmmm. Poached eggs. On corned beef hash.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2024 05:09 PM (MoZTd)

Home-made corned beef hash, not that junk that comes outta cans...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 26, 2024 05:15 PM (ynpvh)

89 Crab cakes are made with crab.

The rest is bullshit.

Some binder, a bit of seasoning and you're good to go.

Season to taste after they're done.

Don't fuck with a Marylander. We know.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 26, 2024 05:16 PM (Q4IgG)

90 87
...
Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 05:11 PM (p69D5)

Crabs hard to find where I grew up; maybe will work for scorpions?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 26, 2024 05:16 PM (ynpvh)

91 The key to a good Cuban is the bread and the pickles. The right pickles are essential. And no skimping.

Posted by: pawn at May 26, 2024 05:17 PM (QB+5g)

92 Not much faith this race will be finished to 500 miles

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 05:17 PM (fwDg9)

93 In the absence of tears from virgin Dutch milk maids, would the tears of a virgin Scandi climate activist do?
Posted by: Greta T.

No. Way too bitter.

Posted by: mikeski at May 26, 2024 05:18 PM (DgGvY)

94 Crabs hard to find where I grew up; maybe will work for scorpions?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 26, 2024 05:16 PM

Have you tried prairie crabs? I can send you a wonderful recipe for a dip!

Posted by: Elizabeth "Two Dogs" Warren at May 26, 2024 05:18 PM (a3Q+t)

95 Mmmmm. Poached eggs. On corned beef hash.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2024 05:09 PM (MoZTd)

Oh hell yes!

On a bummer note, was going to fire up the kamado tonight for a strip steak but the weather's getting *really* sporty. Calendar adjusted to tomorrow night.

Braised chicken thighs using the stock left over after prepping Miley's bog for the rice side of the recipe. Good eatin' coming up!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 26, 2024 05:18 PM (/HDaX)

96 Thighs on Tuesday, that is.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 26, 2024 05:19 PM (/HDaX)

97 Crabs hard to find where I grew up; maybe will work for scorpions?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

King cake > sting cake

Posted by: mikeski at May 26, 2024 05:19 PM (DgGvY)

98 I'm back. I did a ^F for "brisket" from the top and I think I found all the responses. The Will Cook for Smiles recipe looks like what I was hoping for but since it's a fairly good sized hunk o' meat maybe I'll divide it and try two different things. Thanks again.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2024 05:21 PM (/y8xj)

99 I read once that Maryland was best described, not as a State, but as a cult.

Posted by: pawn at May 26, 2024 05:23 PM (QB+5g)

100 Beef ribs are awesome. Bison ribs are bigger and leaner, hence more awesome. gotta get some soon.

my late wife loved poached eggs. i never saw the appeal.

Posted by: DenverGregg at May 26, 2024 05:24 PM (oc6as)

101 26
Posted by: From about that Time at May 26, 2024 04:14 PM (4780s)
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What's a ramkin?

Posted by: Ciampino - sounds dirty at May 26, 2024 05:26 PM (qfLjt)

102 What's a ramkin?
Posted by: Ciampin

20 bucks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 26, 2024 05:28 PM (kxfi3)

103 RAMEKIN ...
Small bowl or dish for baking or serving single portions.

Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 05:29 PM (p69D5)

104 Had to step away for a moment, and I come back to the Rags being up 4-2 …

Dayummm

Posted by: browndog growls at Gojira at May 26, 2024 05:29 PM (TTAGa)

105 A small glass oven proof cup you can bake with. Think custards.

Posted by: From about that Time at May 26, 2024 05:29 PM (4780s)

106 Thanks for the food thread CBD. I have had many excellent meals in Montreal. I hate the French but they take food seriously.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 05:29 PM (RIvkX)

107 What's a ramkin?
Posted by: Ciampin

A small porcelain cooking dish.
https://is.gd/LWBLzG

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 26, 2024 05:30 PM (kxfi3)

108 What's a ramkin?
Posted by: Ciampino

A ramekin is a tiny bowl.

A ram-kin is a night at the Biden's.

Posted by: mikeski at May 26, 2024 05:30 PM (DgGvY)

109 CBD, I was intrigued by the Sour Patch Kid-flavored Oreos you chortled at in the last food thread. Bought a bag and loved them!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 05:32 PM (FkUwd)

110 4th year George Floyd has missed my cookout.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 05:33 PM (ENQN6)

111 I like poached eggs a lot but Mrs. F. is able hard-boil an egg so that the yolks still stays soft and loose. It's an incredible achievement in egg cookery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 05:35 PM (RIvkX)

112 ramkin = cousin fuckin

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 05:35 PM (ENQN6)

113 PS

Ramekin

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 05:36 PM (ENQN6)

114 Most bizarre moment recently was in Montenegro where my host, married to a nominal I assume Sufi Muslim woman, separated the meat and they had two stoves.
So I could eat whatever I wanted but she would not touch the pork plate.
I can't lie the meal was amazing and I ate myself stupid.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 05:39 PM (9yXr+)

115 I'm not cooking tonight, we are going to a bbq at my college friends. They think I take orders from Qanon and have probably already reported me to the FBI for voting for Bush, McCain, Romney, and Trump.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 05:40 PM (RIvkX)

116 I got 3 nice ribeyes for the grill tomorrow.
A little under $60!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 26, 2024 05:40 PM (MeG8a)

117 Storms a brewin' (round 2.) Cooking inside today. Shrimp fettuccini in vodka sauce.

Tomorrow grilling burgers, brats and corn on the cob.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 26, 2024 05:40 PM (ju2Fy)

118 It's been threatening rain here for hours.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 05:43 PM (FkUwd)

119 I like poached eggs a lot but Mrs. F. is able hard-boil an egg so that the yolks still stays soft and loose. It's an incredible achievement in egg cookery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 05:35 PM (RIvkX)

Aren't those called soft-boiled eggs? aka 3 minute eggs?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 26, 2024 05:43 PM (w6EFb)

120 103 RAMEKIN ...
Small bowl or dish for baking or serving single portions.

Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 05:29 PM (p69D5)
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Thank you. No wonder I couldn't find it, I had misspelt it.

Posted by: Ciampino - someone suggested a measuring cup at May 26, 2024 05:46 PM (qfLjt)

121 Speaking of Muslim meal restrictions, they are not all that different from that obsolete Jewish shit. I'm Eastern Orthodox Christian and we'll eat anything that doesn't eat us first. So, non-issue.
This business in a Mixed Marriage in which I am personally involved was really interesting. I found the pork and beef amazing, and then ate a lot of cheese, olives like you have NEVER tasted, some bread right out of a real oven... fruit, I got a lecture about cucumbers, so now I'm supposed to go to some backwater in Anatolia....

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 05:46 PM (9yXr+)

122 For soft-boiled eggs I put eggs in cold water and take out 1-1.5 minutes after boiling starts.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 26, 2024 05:47 PM (ju2Fy)

123 Vital, perhaps.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 26, 2024 04:29 PM (cA2wJ

Nurse, very true.

Posted by: RI Red at May 26, 2024 05:47 PM (HDGM5)

124 I'm not cooking tonight, we are going to a bbq at my college friends. They think I take orders from Qanon and have probably already reported me to the FBI for voting for Bush, McCain, Romney, and Trump.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 05:40 PM (RIvkX)
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How dare they! Don't forget your tin foil hat!

Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 05:49 PM (bS+DD)

125 How does anyone live without ramekins? The first thing we bought at the 100-yen store in Sapporo Hokkaido to bring back was a fistful of those. They are endlessly useful!

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 05:49 PM (9yXr+)

126 Korean style Mayak eggs are the bomb.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 26, 2024 05:51 PM (cA2wJ)

127 Wrap a fedora in tinfoil, Franpsycho.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 05:52 PM (FkUwd)

128 Grilled yardbird with pasta, bacon bits and some pesto, and chilled fruit salad. Mangos and berries macerating with a little brown sugar.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 26, 2024 05:52 PM (YRsIm)

129 Discovered I'm fond of cannellini beans and that they can be cooked almost like borracha beans.
I also enjoy a good panini sandwich. I press mine between two cast iron skillets.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 05:52 PM (PZo5T)

130 Misanthropic Humanitarian is a fine (and once again) upstanding individual, and I am, frankly, quite incredulous that such a foul aspersion could be made on his character.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2024 05:04 PM (a3Q+t)
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Please. This is the Food Thread. That should be "fowl" aspersion.

Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 05:53 PM (bS+DD)

131 The one essential piece of Japanese dishware is the big ramen bowl with the obscure/unidentified children's anime superheroes on the bottom of the bowl.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 05:54 PM (FkUwd)

132 112 ramkin = cousin fuckin

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 05:35 PM (ENQN6)
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That's why at #101 I commented that it sounded dirty.

Posted by: Ciampino - someone suggested a measuring cup for poaching at May 26, 2024 05:54 PM (qfLjt)

133 POACHED EGGS
video at Natasha's Kitchen

https://tinyurl.com/4baknbcu

Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 05:55 PM (p69D5)

134 Eris, what did you do to deserve that hash? Lol!!

Also, are you coming to our NoVaMoMe this year??!!?!?!

Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 05:55 PM (bS+DD)

135 I like the "hot springs" style of soft boiled eggs. Runny yolks are the best yolk. Those hard boiled yolk are like a desiccant in my mouth.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 05:57 PM (PZo5T)

136 Please. This is the Food Thread. That should be "fowl" aspersion.
Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 05:53 PM

You are correct, milady. :-)

* hangs head in shame *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2024 05:59 PM (a3Q+t)

137 Annnnnd I step away again for a moment, and it's

4-4

Da hell is going on here?

Posted by: browndog ready for a scrap at May 26, 2024 05:59 PM (TTAGa)

138 So judge is going to tell the jury that the magic felony does not need to be NAMED if they decide it was committed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 05:59 PM (ENQN6)

139 86-87 Thanks for the recipe, Kathy!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 26, 2024 05:59 PM (w6EFb)

140 120 103 RAMEKIN ...
Small bowl or dish for baking or serving single portions.

Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 05:29 PM (p69D5)
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Thank you. No wonder I couldn't find it, I had misspelt it.
Posted by: Ciampino - someone suggested a measuring cup at May 26, 2024 05:46 PM (qfLjt)
'Ramekin! You were my brother.'
-O. Wam Kenobi

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2024 06:00 PM (NxC5+)

141 Please. This is the Food Thread. That should be "fowl" aspersion.
Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 05:53 PM

Also, that was an impeckable observation.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2024 06:00 PM (a3Q+t)

142 Judge is going to give them preponderance of evidence.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 06:00 PM (ENQN6)

143 134 Eris, what did you do to deserve that hash? Lol!!

Also, are you coming to our NoVaMoMe this year??!!?!?!
Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 05:55 PM (bS+DD)
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It's very punk rock, isn't it? 🖕🏻

No, no NoVaMoMe this year.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 06:01 PM (FkUwd)

144 I also enjoy a good panini sandwich.

To an Italian that sounds really retarded

Translation: a good sandwiches sandwich, since panino is one sammich and panini is more than one.
From Wayne &nShuster "Caesar's Assassination":
Flavius: "I'll have a martinus."
Bar Tender: "Did you mean a martini?"
Flavius: "If I wanted more than one I would say so."

Posted by: Ciampino - Rinse The Blood Off My Toga at May 26, 2024 06:02 PM (qfLjt)

145 I press mine between two cast iron skillets.
Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 05:52 PM (PZo5T)
That's hot.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2024 06:02 PM (NxC5+)

146 I read a snippet I can't find about SheJack catching pancreatic cancer. Anybody here know about this?

Posted by: DanMan at May 26, 2024 06:05 PM (8uzBS)

147 Trying to remember if I've had beef ribs before. Probably. My mom was a prodigious and varied cook and somewhere in time they must have been served to us. I've never made them though. As a matter of fact, I can't remember seeing ever seeing them in the grocery store.

Nothing fancy tonight. Just leftover sautéed chicken tenders and buttered bow tie pasta with poppy seeds. Some watermelon on the side.

Had a Bloody Mary yesterday. Forgot how much I liked them. Getting up and making myself another.

Posted by: Tuna at May 26, 2024 06:05 PM (oaGWv)

148 Had to step away for a moment, and I come back to the Rags being up 4-2 …

Annnnnd I step away again for a moment, and it's 4-4
Da hell is going on here?
Posted by: browndog

You're watching hockey while reading the food thread.

A watched goal is never scored.

Posted by: mikeski never crosses the streams at May 26, 2024 06:06 PM (DgGvY)

149 141 Please. This is the Food Thread. That should be "fowl" aspersion.
Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 05:53 PM

Also, that was an impeckable observation.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2024 06:00 PM (a3Q+t)
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Are you perchance feathering your bed with the cobs?

(is a counterfeit guinea considered a guinea fowl?)

Posted by: Ciampino - guinea fowl at May 26, 2024 06:07 PM (qfLjt)

150 That's hot.
Posted by: Eromero
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Ha! That it is. You have to very careful with this technique...

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 06:07 PM (PZo5T)

151 You have a wang like a Pringles can you can stick between two cast iron pans?

Call me!

Posted by: Hunter Bidets Insemenate Feces at May 26, 2024 06:07 PM (QXMCO)

152 over 100, so what the hey. Blackhawk Down is on the vidscreen, comrade. I guess it's the ministry of truth giving young-uns the impression that Cliton was more or less stupider that bai-diun is.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2024 06:08 PM (NxC5+)

153 Halftime. Now I can watch the last of the O's and White Sox

Posted by: Jamaica at May 26, 2024 06:10 PM (FjEs9)

154 I have eaten way too my excellent food this weekend and the best part was I didn't have to cook any of it so huge win-win.
Is a Cuban sandwich a panino?/

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 06:12 PM (PZo5T)

155 Much...

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 06:13 PM (PZo5T)

156 Took awhile for me to watch Blackhawk Down. Read book by Durant(?) the helicopter pilot who was captured then could watch movie. It is in my top 10 war movies.
Some years ago read a article by one of the Rangers who said it was close but way more RPGs flying around than shown.

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:14 PM (fwDg9)

157 154
In Italian YES, panino Cubano.

Posted by: Ciampino - guinea fowl or guinea foul? at May 26, 2024 06:14 PM (qfLjt)

158 Eris, make sure you post on Thursday and Friday ONTs.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 26, 2024 06:16 PM (0M/kD)

159 Watched Lydia's Kitchen the other day and she made beautiful pork ribs in the oven: Lidia Bastianich's Spicy Vinegar Ribs and Potatoes

Food gal dot com, posted March 1, 2024

Not a lot of ingredients involved. In the article, and on the tv show, "... the vinegar is not aggressive, but rather lends a subtle fruity tang. The cayenne is also surprisingly mild on the palate. If you like more heat, just increase the amount used."

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 26, 2024 06:17 PM (NFX2v)

160 A repeal of the 19th Amendment might be a good idea.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 26, 2024 06:17 PM (CWMF2)

161 Also, that was an impeckable observation.
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*fluffs feathers*

Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 06:18 PM (bS+DD)

162 No, no NoVaMoMe this year.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 06:01 PM (FkUwd)
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I'm sad, but maybe we can get you here next time.

Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 06:19 PM (bS+DD)

163 86, 87 Crab cakes
Posted by Kathy

Thanks for the recipe.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 26, 2024 06:20 PM (NFX2v)

164 CATS
https://t.co/CGN35G8mKa

Posted by: Ciampino - counterfeit coin is guinea fowl or guinea foul? at May 26, 2024 06:22 PM (qfLjt)

165 I'm sad, but maybe we can get you here next time.
Posted by: bluebell
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When are we getting you back aTexas MoMe????
🤗😁😍

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 06:25 PM (PZo5T)

166 156 Took awhile for me to watch Blackhawk Down. Read book by Durant(?) the helicopter pilot who was captured then could watch movie. It is in my top 10 war movies.
Some years ago read a article by one of the Rangers who said it was close but way more RPGs flying around than shown.
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:14 PM (fwDg9)
Mogadishu makes a good all things template for Gaza.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2024 06:26 PM (NxC5+)

167 Took awhile for me to watch Blackhawk Down. Read book by Durant(?) the helicopter pilot who was captured then could watch movie. It is in my top 10 war movies.

That movie made me very mad. Saw it in the theater. Haven't been able to watch it again since.

Posted by: Tuna at May 26, 2024 06:28 PM (oaGWv)

168 Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart. Here's a vodka to those guys.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2024 06:30 PM (NxC5+)

169 Lin-Duh, I should be in Texas during the MoMee.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 06:31 PM (FkUwd)

170 When are we getting you back aTexas MoMe????
🤗😁😍
Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 06:25 PM (PZo5T)
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Hi lin-duh! I would love to come back some day, but we are going through a spate of October weddings in recent years and just busy in general. But of course, you are always welcome to come to Virginia!!

Posted by: bluebell - registration ends tonight! at May 26, 2024 06:31 PM (bS+DD)

171 Lin-Duh, I should be in Texas during the MoMee.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 26, 2024 06:31 PM (FkUwd)
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Yay!

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 06:34 PM (PZo5T)

172 General Hospital star Johnny Wactor, 37, is shot and killed in Los Angeles after robbery gone wrong

https://mol.im/a/13462311

Posted by: Ciampino - great ad for tourism at May 26, 2024 06:35 PM (qfLjt)

173 Bluebell,
Soon.... we shall meet again....😊

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2024 06:36 PM (PZo5T)

174 Rags get a lucky ricochet!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 26, 2024 06:37 PM (YRsIm)

175 What I really want is a slab of beef ribs like the slab of pork ribs we all know and love. Sort of like in the photo, only with more meat. A lot more meat, so it's not just gnawing on the connective tissue (which is good).
As far as I can see, you have described a mastodan.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2024 06:44 PM (NxC5+)

176 Los Angles Daily News, 2 days ago

McDonald's reportedly plans to get rid of self-serve soda machines and, at some locations, do away with free refills. The fast-food giant plans to remove all its beverage stations from stores by 2032. Some restaurants that offer complimentary beverage refills may stop doing that as well.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 26, 2024 06:46 PM (NFX2v)

177 I ordered some steaks from a local rancher here in AZ. Didn't know what to expect -- the ranches here rely on massive acreage to make up for low density of cow snacks in the desert. Would it be different?

It was. The meat was surprisingly gamey, which I mean as a compliment. Tons of flavor, even in the tenderloin portion of the porterhouses I ordered, but about 5x that in the strip portion. At first, I was a bit startled by the intensity, and used the strip portion for the best steak sandwiches ever. But now I am used to it, and I need more of these steaks.

Posted by: Splunge at May 26, 2024 06:51 PM (hmKaK)

178 I haven't tried ribs in years, I love them but don't seem to get the grilling right. Broke a tooth when first got to England watching a American football game on ribs

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:51 PM (fwDg9)

179 Hollandaise is bullshit. It's gross.

Eggs are fine. On their own, or with cheese, or vegetables, or both. But not hollandaise, which, as I noted above, is gross.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 26, 2024 06:52 PM (0FoWg)

180 CRAB CAKES ... Sorry, I forgot to mention that I first mix together all the ingredients EXCEPT the crabmeat before combining it with the crabmeat ... This way, the beautiful and pricey lumps don't become mush by being overworked.

Posted by: Kathy at May 26, 2024 06:54 PM (p69D5)

181 I like watching the TV show Pit Masters. BBQ competition show with 3 contestants. They are tasked with certain regional BBQ styles and ingredients.

Posted by: polynikes at May 26, 2024 06:55 PM (SHMXB)

182 179 Hollandaise is bullshit. It's gross.

Eggs are fine. On their own, or with cheese, or vegetables, or both. But not hollandaise, which, as I noted above, is gross.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 26, 2024 06:52 PM (0FoWg)
An alternative is Redneck Hollandaise, poached egg on biscuit smothered in pork sausage gravy, with grits. Of course.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2024 06:57 PM (NxC5+)

183 Pouring a rich, fattened egg sauce on *eggs* is just gilding the lily. In a gross way.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 26, 2024 06:58 PM (0FoWg)

184 Hollandaise is bullshit. It's gross.

Eggs are fine. On their own, or with cheese, or vegetables, or both. But not hollandaise, which, as I noted above, is gross.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 26, 2024 06:52 PM

Stone the heretic!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 26, 2024 06:59 PM (zecyQ)

185 McDonald's reportedly plans to get rid of self-serve soda machines and, at some locations, do away with free refills.

That will save them literally cents per customer while annoying many of them. What a great plan.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2024 07:00 PM (/y8xj)

186 I like soft boiled eggs

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 26, 2024 07:00 PM (0n6ko)

187 A soft fried egg atop a slice or a two of coppa on a sourdough muffin. Oh yeah.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 26, 2024 07:04 PM (YRsIm)

188 I ordered some steaks from a local rancher here in AZ. Didn't know what to expect -- the ranches here rely on massive acreage to make up for low density of cow snacks in the desert. Would it be different?

It was. The meat was surprisingly gamey, which I mean as a compliment. Tons of flavor, even in the tenderloin portion of the porterhouses I ordered, but about 5x that in the strip portion. At first, I was a bit startled by the intensity, and used the strip portion for the best steak sandwiches ever. But now I am used to it, and I need more of these steaks.
Posted by: Splunge

I agree; but, we have now purchased our 2nd steer. We really like the flavor (obviously!).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 26, 2024 07:05 PM (kxfi3)

189 A soft fried egg atop a slice or a two of coppa on a sourdough muffin. Oh yeah.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 26, 2024 07:04 PM (YRsIm)

coppa ?

As in "You'll never take me alive coppa " ?

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 07:09 PM (T4tVD)

190 General Hospital star Johnny Wactor, 37, is shot and killed in Los Angeles after robbery gone wrong

https://mol.im/a/13462311
Posted by: Ciampino - great ad for tourism at May 26, 2024 06:35 PM (qfLjt)

Read the comments there. Made my head hurt. "More shootings occur in Red states!! Reeeeeeeee!!"

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 26, 2024 07:24 PM (iODuv)

191 ...obsolete Jewish shit...
Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 05:46 PM (9yXr+)

If you say so.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 26, 2024 07:26 PM (ynpvh)

192 two things going in the kitchen, but neither for tonight.

friday i made some really good shrimp fried rice. i had more tail than i could address at the time and realized i should make shrimp stock to cook the rice in next time i make shrimp fried rice. shrimp stock underway in instant pot.

also there is about 2# of thin-sliced round steak in a dry rub. it will get in marinade in the morning and smoke overnight monday to tuesday for jerky. oh yeah.

Posted by: DenverGregg at May 26, 2024 07:30 PM (oc6as)

193 Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 07:09 PM (T4tVD)

Capocollo.....coppa....fruit of the pig

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 26, 2024 07:45 PM (YRsIm)

194 I ever tell you guy guys how I got kicked out of the Mafia for being in the CIA? Those guys were jealous of all my medals from the war, and felt threatened by my sexual prowess with their wives. But it's ok. I killed them all with my bare hands. The Mafia guys, and the CIA guys alike. Along with everyone at my local burger joint.

When a man who's killed more men than Audie Murphy demands arugula on his shawarma, you better make with it, not say "this is a Hardee's, sir, we don't carry shawarma."

Posted by: Neal Leonard at May 26, 2024 07:55 PM (tHOSg)

195 i had more tail than i could address at the time
Posted by: DenverGregg at May 26, 2024 07:30 PM (oc6as)

Phrasing!

Posted by: GWB at May 26, 2024 09:31 PM (AWrpC)

196 Today's BBQ was 1 16lb brisket, 1 10lb Boston butt (bone in), a dozen country style ribs and about 2 dozen sausage of mixed types. Everybody brought sides and a friend who used to do cake decorating on the side brought an amazing in both appearance and flavor, cake. The wife did a standard cheesecake with a toppings bar. I'm currently in a meat coma dreading tomorrow's 6am flight.

Posted by: Stacy0311 at May 26, 2024 09:32 PM (KdYSA)

197 #11 You've probably got a ton of suggestions by now, but brisket overnight in a cooking bag with Dale's seasoning is pretty satisfying.

Posted by: Marybel Smiles at May 26, 2024 09:32 PM (b2Tnl)

198 A nice Backyard BBQ Ribs Burgers Chicken Hot Dogs none of that Plant Based Junk or Bug Meal

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 27, 2024 04:32 PM (FLiOE)

199 7 Bone chuck roast frozen beef

A chuck roast, usually referred to as a "seven-bone" roast as a
result of shape in the shoulder bone within just it, is often a Slice of beef that originates from the shoulder location with the cow.
Here are several much more details concerning this cut:

Site: The chuck roast emanates from the shoulder location from the cow,
exclusively the upper aspect called the chuck primal cut.
This space is very well-worked and consists of an important volume of
connective tissue, which supplies the meat its abundant taste but also can make it more durable.

Marbling: Chuck roasts usually have a fantastic amount of intramuscular Unwanted fat, known as marbling, which provides flavor and tenderness on the
meat when cooked lower and sluggish. Marbling also allows
preserve the meat moist through cooking.
Versatility: Chuck roast is a flexible Reduce of beef which
might be cooked utilizing numerous strategies, such as braising,
slow-cooking, roasting, as well as using tobacco.
On account of its toughness, it Added benefits from long, sluggish cooking strategies
that stop working the collagen and connective tissue, leading to
tender,

Posted by: 7 bone roast at May 28, 2024 11:10 PM (D41Wh)

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