Food Thread: People Are Weird: Food Edition

That sign was on one of the patios of a large restaurant/ bar where I had drinks and snacks.

As a signal of our impending doom as a society it is excellent. But it is also rather stupid! Why set up the restaurant for failure? Why not just post a sign at the door that says something like, "We serve nuts, so eat here at your own risk?"

Yeah, I'm getting old and curmudgeonly, and am increasingly unwilling to tolerate that sort of crap.

If you have a food allergy, it is incumbent upon YOU to make sure you are careful. When in doubt? Don't eat. Just drink. Perhaps I am ignorant of the intricacies of food allergies, but I am unaware of any booze allergies!

Oh...the restaurant is in London, and I ordered a "Black & Tan." No, I didn't call it that because I might get punched in the mouth if the bartender is Irish. I asked for a "Half & Half," and explained what I wanted.

I got two pints...one Guinness and one lager.

Which was fine.

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That is a four pound pork hock! What the hell am I supposed to do with it?

I actually know the answer to that question...make split pea soup!

Who's got a good recipe? I haven't made it in years...

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Did I mention that I made a large batch of Weasel's famous "WeaselBeenz?" Because they are great. I used thick-cut American bacon rather than "Canadian Bacon," whatever that is, and I think it worked perfectly. It is a great dish!

Wait..."large batch" is actually the regular batch, and it is a lot of beans!

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Speaking of beans...I made hummus using the Balaboosta cookbook by Einat Admony. It was great! And as I may have mentioned a few weeks ago the first time I used dried chickpeas. Definitely better than canned! And I think that's one of the reasons why Weasel's recipe is so good...dried beans are simply better than the precooked canned ones!
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Anime food.jpg

Please to explain to me the connection between "Anime" and food.

I'll wait....

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Bread crumbs have gone up in price enough that I now make my own. Bread crumbs? What can't the Biden/Harris/Obama junta f*ck up?

I use bread crumbs to make Pork Milanese, which is oodles better than chicken! It's in my regular rotation, and is so damned easy that I have to resist making it a few times a week. For four chops I use about six ounces of breadcrumbs, which is most of my bread consumption! That doesn't sound like much, and big containers of plain breadcrumbs used to be inexpensive. But no more, so when I bake the occasional loaf of bread, I dry the remains and grind it up in a food processor. It's easy, and I feel quite virtuous and frugal!

They are also better than commercial, because they have lots of flavor, unlike the commodity bread that is used in commercial breadcrumbs.

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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.

My and the world's patience has run out. Shaken Manhattans henceforth will be banished to the land of Long Island Ice Teas and Frozen Strawberry Margaritas.

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.

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:00 PM (fwDg9)

2 2nd?

Posted by: TC at August 11, 2024 04:02 PM (cHOHf)

3 How can you serve spotted dick if you have no nuts?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:02 PM (vjVW5)

4 A person with a peanut allergy would drop dead 2 steps in the this house

4 pound pork, you need a dog

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:03 PM (fwDg9)

5 Spotted Dick has raisins I think

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:04 PM (fwDg9)

6 For supper last night we had green beans and potatoes cooked into a stew. Seasoned only with salt and coarse black pepper.

I must have been hungry because it was damn good.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 04:04 PM (8KZLC)

7 If the IOC would have posted those signs at appropriate locations, a lot of controversy could have been avoided.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:05 PM (vjVW5)

8 It's currents in Spotted Dick

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:06 PM (fwDg9)

9 I went to a church wine tasting last night, and there's one woman who always makes a nice beef tenderloin. I've asked her before if she trims it herself, and even gone so far as to volunteer, because buying pre-trimmed roughly doubles the price of an already expensive cut. She hasn't taken me up on it yet, but I hope she does. I can use the practice anyway.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 04:07 PM (xCA6C)

10 Flap meat sounds dirty.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 04:07 PM (8KZLC)

11 Just ham slice today, lots to grill this week as froze it last week because couldn't go outside

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:07 PM (fwDg9)

12 8 It's currents in Spotted Dick
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:06 PM (fwDg9)

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I used to subscribe to a monthly publication by that name.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:07 PM (vjVW5)

13 > Spotted Dick has raisins I think
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Wait until you see a Bloody Dick

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2024 04:07 PM (Q4IgG)

14 Beans and pork

Combination made in heaven

Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at August 11, 2024 04:07 PM (vaskf)

15 Cube steaks (pressure cooked) w/ gravy
homemade mashed taters
peas

that's what's for dinner

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 11, 2024 04:08 PM (sJHOI)

16 Leftover meatloaf, instant mashed potatoes, and garden fresh tomatoes. Lazy but good!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2024 04:08 PM (kpS4V)

17 Used to drink "Bitter and pale" over in London. Not a real beer fan ordinarily but that combo was good.

Posted by: javems at August 11, 2024 04:08 PM (8I4hW)

18 Please to explain to me the connection between "Anime" and food.

I'll wait....

Forget it CBD...it's Japanese.

(nuked too much, or not enough?)

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 04:08 PM (Wnv9h)

19 Making chicken stock today in the insta pot. Let it cool, then measure out a cup and put in freezer bags to be used all fall and winter.

Please make your own. It's easy, costs almost nothing and is the base for so many good things. No additives, no stabilizers, no chemicals. Just good stuff.

I usually have chicken, beef and veggie in the freezer.

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 11, 2024 04:09 PM (9SHqx)

20 Maybe the waiters in the anime restaurant deliver your food Naruto-fast.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2024 04:10 PM (kpS4V)

21 7 If the IOC would have posted those signs at appropriate locations, a lot of controversy could have been avoided.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:05 PM (vjVW5)

Haha! I was thinking the same thing. We need more of those signs. Maybe a few pictures to demonstrate we mean you.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 04:11 PM (p4NUW)

22 >>>Please to explain to me the connection between "Anime" and food.

Like a sports bar? You want to advertise that, yes, it's this, but it's this other thing, too.

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 04:11 PM (64Zez)

23 Proper beans have ham hocks, bacon and Guinness in them

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 04:12 PM (nDGMq)

24 Afternoon.

Please to explain to me the connection between "Anime" and food.

Anime and manga feature lots of plotless "slice of life" stories. Food-centric chapters are easy to do if your characters are just kind of hanging about.

Also, that restaurant probably caters to foreigners.

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 04:12 PM (F3FRr)

25 I don't have anything here, but some good sales at the grocer:

Thomas English muffin
Seattle's Best coffee
Oscar Mayer bacon

all buy one get one free

and 80/20 ground beef < $4 lb

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 04:12 PM (/7KEl)

26 "Pork Milanese"

In any German Wirtshaus, the "Wienerschnitzel" is made wit pork cutlets instead of veal. That is, the Viennese version if "Veal Milanese" was corrupted by the Germans (and Czechs) to use a cheaper meat. I like the pork version better than the veal.

Posted by: RS at August 11, 2024 04:13 PM (E7m29)

27 By the way, it is very rare to have an allergic reaction to peanuts just by being near them. It can happen if there is a copious amount of peanut dust that is inhaled, but simply having them in a bowl doesn’t create this situation. Same with touching them.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 04:13 PM (p4NUW)

28 and the habenero sauce is growing on me
good on pizza

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 04:13 PM (/7KEl)

29 Pork Hock!??!

Red beans & rice.

Posted by: Captain Ned at August 11, 2024 04:14 PM (nADdg)

30 Food videos!

https://youtube.com/shorts/rvQ0O-PStEE

https://youtube.com/shorts/ygsL8bjreUs

https://youtube.com/shorts/pImANYxIysQ

https://youtube.com/shorts/hRscsSIj5Og

https://youtube.com/shorts/vHXq7-3W89o

https://youtube.com/shorts/pKh8bkpWFkE

Trigger warning on that last one.

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 04:15 PM (0/MKb)

31 I like the pork version better than the veal.

Posted by: RS at August 11, 2024 04:13 PM (E7m29)

And at a fraction of the price!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 04:15 PM (d9fT1)

32 On the topic of weird restaurant concepts, a restaurant opened near my office whose theme was toilets. You literally sat on toilets at your table. The lobby looked like an Army latrine with a row of about 15 toilets extending from the wall. Make yourself comfortable while you wait!

I can't understand why it closed in about two months. Shitters and food sound like ideas whose joinder is long overdue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:15 PM (vjVW5)

33 22 >>>Please to explain to me the connection between "Anime" and food.

Like a sports bar? You want to advertise that, yes, it's this, but it's this other thing, too.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 04:11 PM (64Zez)

Ha! Like a church wine tasting:

9 I went to a church wine tasting last night
Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 04:07 PM (xCA6C)

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 04:15 PM (64Zez)

34 J wants to grill bratwurst and corn. Talk about a meal lacking in nutritional value! So I will supplement with some side dishes. Just not sure what, yet.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 04:16 PM (p4NUW)

35 https://youtube.com/shorts/8cyXWwqCCDw

https://youtube.com/shorts/OhsM2J_3wps

https://youtube.com/shorts/UyxR8Vs_ZOI

https://youtube.com/shorts/Okie9CSHxmk

https://youtube.com/shorts/eCAtCZ2JIMU

https://youtube.com/shorts/ER5LTUK-NTE

https://youtube.com/shorts/nGLyXd26x60

https://youtube.com/shorts/EVdC9YbWlNo

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 04:18 PM (EG0xj)

36 WinnDixie has irregular sliced bacon for $2.50/lb until Wednesday. I froze several pounds.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 04:18 PM (8KZLC)

37 Speaking of anime and food...

https://youtube.com/shorts/oOg6EavzE-0

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 04:19 PM (TJPtr)

38 Butter, cheese, and bacon freeze very well. Block cheddar gets a bit more crumbly but cream cheese remains the same.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 04:20 PM (8KZLC)

39 Bread is so expensive now and it's been too warm to bake my own. Therefore, I'm using pulverized pork rind instead of breadcrumbs.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 11, 2024 04:20 PM (orWEt)

40 CBD, pork piccata is very good, too.

I remember when I first started commenting on the food thread several years ago I got some grief because I was an advocate of dried over canned beans. Almost everyone thought it wasn't worth it. Glad to see the light dawning.

But in the meantime I've discovered that Goya beans are the only canned beans that aren't overcooked and I often use their canned chickpeas for a quick salad.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 11, 2024 04:21 PM (FEVMW)

41 I got two pints...one Guinness and one lager.
Isn't that a starter drink for children?

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2024 04:21 PM (LHPAg)

42 Sigh...

Since I'm the resident adult-onset allergy person here...

Yes, you can be allergic to alcohol, although that's normally more commonly b/c of its independent ingredients vs the alcohol itself. It is rare to be allergic to just alcohol itself, but it does happen.

That said, alcohol intolerance is a more common issue for many folks. It is not the same as "being a lightweight" and makes folks feel pretty dang terrible. It tends to be an enzyme problem in the body, usually inherited (but again, not always)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:21 PM (exHjb)

43 There are several anime/manga that are cooking themed. One manga, don't think it was ever made into anime, my kids and I liked was Kitchen Princess. Sweet story and a couple of recipes at the end of each book.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:22 PM (s9EYN)

44 Did make chili yesterday from 7 Anaheim, 11 chili peppers, oregano and basil from garden, 1 bell pepper, 1/2 onion, kidney beans and ground beef. Tje chili peppers are hot, way more than last year, so this time cut them up fine

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:23 PM (fwDg9)

45 Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 04:18 PM (EG0xj)

I’d starve to death if I had to eat traditional Japanese food. Even when I ordered teriyaki chicken at an authentic Japanese restaurant it came with the chewy pimply skin on it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2024 04:23 PM (B1dzx)

46 I never understood the point of a black & tan (Guinness and Bass) or a half & half (Guinness and Harp) or an arf & arf (porter and something). Yes, if done right they are pretty to look at (until you take the first quaff). If you want a Guinness, have a Guinness. If you a want a lager, have a lager.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:24 PM (e+A3Z)

47 Couple more.

If ever I go to Japan I'm going to come back six hundred pounds heavier.

https://youtube.com/shorts/uiV8UHmkg9g

https://youtube.com/shorts/_OeUkZgC1ig

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 04:24 PM (YlpX0)

48 Butter, cheese, and bacon freeze very well. Block cheddar gets a bit more crumbly but cream cheese remains the same.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 04:20 PM

Kids drove me crazy saying they were "investing" in an expensive purse or some electronic device. But I say "I invested in butter" because I froze four packages this past fall when they were on sale for Thanksgiving. I wish I'd bought a few blocks of cheese. I can't believe the prices now.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 11, 2024 04:25 PM (orWEt)

49 Kids made a double batch of dairy and nut free cinnamon rolls for the 2nd kid's birthday celebration (she didn't want cake - she's my budding nutritionist so she wanted exactly what she wanted if she was gonna have sugar). They are pretty darn spectacular, and I am thankful I have kids who don't mind "kneading, rising, rolling" allergy safe baked goods that I just won't do (the 2 oldest took this on for me)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:26 PM (exHjb)

50 Recently made chaana daal, chickpea curry, after trying some in a heat-and-eat pouch from an Indo-Pak grocery. Used dried chickpeas and was satisfied with the results using the pressure cooker. There are lots of recipes on the web. I just chose one that seemed pretty basic and called for ingredients I already had.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:26 PM (s9EYN)

51 Mangos went heavily on sale last week around here, so I bought the maximum. Ended up using the remaining ones yesterday to make (a) mango-peach chutney from an Australian cookbook series’s canning volume and (b) Zaklog the Great’s mango jam from The Deplorable Gourmet. I added jalapeño.

I haven’t tried the latter, but it was good “cleaning the pot”. Although I probably used too much brown sugar. The recipe just calls for “brown sugar”, and I always have dark on hand. I think it would be better if I’d diluted it down to light.

I had the chutney this morning from the one jar that didn’t seal and it was quite good.

Posted by: Stephen Lightfoot Blair at August 11, 2024 04:27 PM (EXyHK)

52 “Please to explain to me the connection between "Anime" and food.”

It’s simple, really. That’s a place to meet girls or take them on what they would call a fun date.

Pretty much every girl under the age of 25 is a professed big fan of anime. It’s like they just discovered anime and think it’s something new.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:27 PM (e+A3Z)

53 Thanks CBD

Reservations tonight at Salt and saltstonekenwood.com

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 04:27 PM (JvZF+)

54 *Salt and Stone

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 04:28 PM (JvZF+)

55 Ham hock? You mis-spelled "Navy Bean Soup" for split-pea but OK.

I always liked the meaty ham bone, not so much the hocks, which are part of the leg and hoof or whatever, and not a lot of meat on them. They tend toward a little funky, I thought.

I have good results using a pressure canner with the bones regardless, to extract all the marrow goodness for flavor. It also speeds up the cooking process naturally.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2024 04:28 PM (zWGac)

56 Another satisfied WeaselBeenz customer!

Posted by: Weasel at August 11, 2024 04:28 PM (uGpeQ)

57 Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:26 PM (exHjb)

I got a bread machine at Son's request...and then he moved out soon afterwards. So I use the machine for the mixing and kneading and do the baking in the oven.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:30 PM (s9EYN)

58 52 “Please to explain to me the connection between "Anime" and food.”

It’s simple, really. That’s a place to meet girls or take them on what they would call a fun date.

Pretty much every girl under the age of 25 is a professed big fan of anime. It’s like they just discovered anime and think it’s something new.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:27 PM (e+A3Z)

It's more every kid, male or female, under 25. I mean, anime still has more family values in it than "animated" product from the west...so parents are not really ever objecting to it, either. It gets kids to read the comics, to learn some Japanese (one of my kids got fluent), and watch the movies/videos.

I've seen 2 anime movies in theaters in the past 2 years, and they reminded me of what 90s cartoons used to be, if you watched Jem or other musically oriented ones...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:30 PM (exHjb)

59 That is a four pound pork hock! What the hell am I supposed to do with it? I actually know the answer to that question...make split pea soup!Who's got a good recipe? I haven't made it in years...

Cap'n Ned beat me to it @29.

Red beans and rice!!

In the meantime, it must be another episode of "great minds". I've been in the mood to do Indian recipes and as of late, I've been pulling a few from Chetna Makan's books, "Chaai, Chat and Chutney" and "Chetna's 30 Minute Indian". Quite tasty and the Kindle versions are really cheap ($6 for the two books).

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 11, 2024 04:32 PM (/HDaX)

60 57 Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:26 PM (exHjb)

I got a bread machine at Son's request...and then he moved out soon afterwards. So I use the machine for the mixing and kneading and do the baking in the oven.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:30 PM (s9EYN)

My 2nd one loves "hand" related work, so she keeps her sourdough going and has taken over all "bread-like" bakes here...she doesn't want a machine to put in the effort (did I mention budding nutritionist - she could also be a budding lifestyle coach b/c she'll get you going on exercise, too

...she's big on doing the skills by hand if possible...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:32 PM (exHjb)

61 There is a spin-off of Binging With Babish call, I believe, Alvin on Anime where a protege of Babish makes food from various anime.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:33 PM (s9EYN)

62 Chai, I mean.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 11, 2024 04:33 PM (/HDaX)

63 I just finished cleaning the garage.
Lager please.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 04:34 PM (W/lyH)

64 I have the absolute best recipe for hummus ever. It was given to me by a 95 year old Egyptian guy who said it was passed down for 400 years by his family. It was so special it was supposedly served when pharaohs and Jews got together.

Here’s the magic recipe: take chickpeas, tahini, and some lemons. Then throw the whole fucking sorry mess in the trash because hummus tastes like gay ass. Then get a real manly dip or spread.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:34 PM (e+A3Z)

65 I liked the kneading, but my wrists decided they didn't, so I was grateful I already had the machine.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:35 PM (s9EYN)

66 White beans, Navy, butterbeans, etc are not to be cooked without ham. I expecially like country cured ham. That's the salty one, so all you need to add is lots of pepper, and your onions.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2024 04:35 PM (LHPAg)

67 And the uzumaki restaurant is in London, so it's like a saloon style place or Hard Rock or Planet Hollywood.

Posted by: Captain Comic at August 11, 2024 04:36 PM (rKcZc)

68 The Olympic Closing Ceremony is a hot mess. Boring. Weird. Trying so hard to be sentimental.

Stupid.

No trannies yet though.

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 11, 2024 04:37 PM (CbDvl)

69 Any moron have a good recipe for stone soup?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 11, 2024 04:37 PM (thnrs)

70 >>>>Here’s the magic recipe: take chickpeas, tahini, and some lemons. Then throw the whole fucking sorry mess in the trash because hummus tastes like gay ass. Then get a real manly dip or spread.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:34 PM (e+A3Z)
********
There’s a recipe for carp that is very similar to that, and for good reason.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 11, 2024 04:37 PM (GhHs8)

71 Any moron have a good recipe for stone soup?

Step 1: Elect a Democrat.

Posted by: Stephen Lightfoot Blair at August 11, 2024 04:37 PM (EXyHK)

72 Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 11, 2024 04:21 PM (FEVMW)

Pork piccata sounds great !

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 11, 2024 04:39 PM (WF/xn)

73 Elric Blade @ 64
Saba brand hummus does not taste that way.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2024 04:39 PM (LHPAg)

74 They will get to mocking Islam, right?

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:40 PM (fwDg9)

75 68 The Olympic Closing Ceremony is a hot mess. Boring. Weird. Trying so hard to be sentimental.

Stupid.

No trannies yet though.
Posted by: nurse ratched, certified

They probably had to cut half of it out so now it makes no sense.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 04:41 PM (p4NUW)

76 They probably had to cut half of it out so now it makes no sense.
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 04:41 PM (p4NUW)
Just the external parts.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2024 04:42 PM (LHPAg)

77 Sadly my mom dies when I was a teen so she never taught me.the secret to making her ham hock, lima beans and rice feast. With corn bread. Damn. I remember it was delicious!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 04:42 PM (W/lyH)

78 I liked the kneading, but my wrists decided they didn't, so I was grateful I already had the machine.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:35 PM (s9EYN)

I love to knead dough. Unfortunately my current sourdough recipe doesn't require kneading. But my pita recipe does, so I make a lot of hummus just so I can have an excuse to bake pita.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 04:42 PM (d9fT1)

79 ..."when I bake the occasional loaf of bread, I dry the remains"

That looks like English, but I don't understand it. It's like leftover wine, bacon, or cookies. Does. Not. Happen.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 04:42 PM (OX9vb)

80 I don't have anything here, but some good sales at the grocer:

Thomas English muffin
Seattle's Best coffee
Oscar Mayer bacon

all buy one get one free

and 80/20 ground beef
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 04:12 PM (/7KEl)
***

Similar here. PlusTillamook ice cream BOGO.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 04:43 PM (W/lyH)

81 Here’s the magic recipe: take chickpeas, tahini, and some lemons. Then throw the whole fucking sorry mess in the trash because hummus tastes like gay ass. Then get a real manly dip or spread.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:34 PM (e+A3Z)

This explains a lot about you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 04:43 PM (d9fT1)

82 Dolly Parton's Stone Soup Recipe
In a large soup pot, combine 2 qts, chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth; 1 lb. of russet potatoes, peeled and diced; 1 (14 ½-oz.) can diced tomatoes; 1 small head cabbage, coarsely chopped; 1 lb. of turnips, peeled and diced; 2 large carrots, diced; 1 small onion, chopped; 4 garlic cloves, minced; and a smoked ham hock. Add the clean stone, if you opt to use it.

Over medium-high heat, bring this mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Simmer, stirring every so often, until the soup is thick, and the firmest vegetables are fork tender. This should take about 2 hours.

Use tongs to carefully remove the ham hock from the pot, then use a fork or knife to remove the meat from the bone. Using a knife, chop the ham into ½-inch pieces, then stir the meat into the soup.

Season to taste with salt and pepper. Dish into bowls and serve piping hot, alongside crusty bread for dunking .

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 04:44 PM (p4NUW)

83 >From the article in the Philadelphia Daily News-Inquirer, "Cold Comfort" Ice cream prices are way up...so what's the scoop?

"Double-scooped butter pecan and Hydrox cookie on a waffle cone at Franklin Fountain costs about $17.00."

>Aldi's eggs now almost $2 for a dz of large; lines were forming for butter on sale at $3.55; almost $6 for a little package of chicken & spinach sausages. Citizens at the lower end of the economic scale are hurting, more so than the chubby food distribution chasers who've made it into a profitable hobby.

Tomatoes & other fresh vegetables are so pricey, depending on the garden for now but only grew containerized tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and some spring beans - again, the cucumbers and beans aren't great this year - and the eggplant growing in the yard is just starting to take off now that the severe heat passed.

>Seeing people in diners asking for their food to be redone because they have certain allergies. From there, the problem seems to be that the diner kitchens can't easily accommodate those cooking requests, and it's specified on menus.

Fast food, too: Burger King Allergen Information, 11 Aug 2024

Trouble.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at August 11, 2024 04:44 PM (NFX2v)

84 If I had seen the sign above in a bar or restaurant I would have thought they meant that it was not a liberal watering hole.

But thats just me.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 11, 2024 04:44 PM (0XVad)

85 "because hummus tastes like gay ass."
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:34 PM (e+A3Z)

Only the most sophisticated palates frequent the Food Thread.

Posted by: RS at August 11, 2024 04:44 PM (E7m29)

86 81
This explains a lot about you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August

But the man will eat a guinea pig

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 04:45 PM (p4NUW)

87 65 I liked the kneading, but my wrists decided they didn't, so I was grateful I already had the machine.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:35 PM (s9EYN)

My patience never liked the kneading...repetition is normally not my thing. It's why I almost never cook or make anything the same way twice. Kids and spouse love that (b/c even if it's the same, it's never quite the same).

Although, this is also not good for making breads and dough products (the most susceptible to "bad measurements")...so I never really did. And she loves it. So win/win here (she wanted to cook more and have "her thing" and now she does)...she's made homemade pretzels and bagels this summer as well as the rolls...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:45 PM (exHjb)

88 Fresh made hummus with the right ingredients and fixings with warm, soft pita. This means lots of pickled peppers and radishes. A dollop of harissa.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 04:45 PM (JvZF+)

89 Any moron have a good recipe for stone soup?

Step 1: Elect a Democrat.
Posted by: Stephen Lightfoot Blair

That could be a valid beginning to the tale. I was thinking more along the line that the original vagabond who wandered into the village was a long ago ancestor of CBD.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 11, 2024 04:45 PM (thnrs)

90 It's like leftover wine, bacon, or cookies. Does. Not. Happen.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 04:42 PM (OX9vb)

I am mostly low-carb, but when I bake it is usually a large sourdough loaf that is enough for 10 people. After a couple of days I grab the rest and make breadcrumbs!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 04:45 PM (d9fT1)

91 77 Sadly my mom dies when I was a teen so she never taught me.the secret to making her ham hock, lima beans and rice feast. With corn bread. Damn. I remember it was delicious!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 04:42 PM (W/lyH)
Did you see mine above? It's the same as Mammy Eromero's Lexington County recipe, uses giant limas, or green butterbeans, butterpeas (really good), I think they're really beans and not peas.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2024 04:46 PM (LHPAg)

92 Perhaps that No Nuts sign should have been posted at the entrance to the women's events. It would also be appropriate for any of the pervs who came up with those opening ceremonies.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 04:47 PM (zudum)

93 Been checking and using lots of recipes from Kent Rollins (cowboy cooking), man definitely knows how to do good food plus he's entertaining as hell.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 11, 2024 04:47 PM (hKoQL)

94 32 Shitters and food sound like ideas whose joinder is long overdue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:15 PM

Was it a mexican restaurant? ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 11, 2024 04:48 PM (0XVad)

95 Seven with one blow.

Posted by: Kamala at August 11, 2024 04:48 PM (8KZLC)

96 I am mostly low-carb, but when I bake it is usually a large sourdough loaf that is enough for 10 people. After a couple of days I grab the rest and make breadcrumbs!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 04:45 PM (d9fT1)

With tomatoes now in season, the leftovers should go for panzanella (which can be made without the cheese)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:48 PM (exHjb)

97 [Leftover bread is] like leftover wine, bacon, or cookies. Does. Not. Happen.

I’m with CBD on this. I almost never lack for leftover bread; I live on my own, so I almost never go through the entire loaf after making it. Before it starts turning green, I freeze it for later use as bread crumbs or bread pudding.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2024 04:49 PM (EXyHK)

98 Miley asked for Mrs. F.'s chocolate zucchini poundcake recipe, which I bragged on.

Answer: "It's on the internet."

You're welcome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 04:49 PM (JvZF+)

99 Been checking and using lots of recipes from Kent Rollins (cowboy cooking), man definitely knows how to do good food plus he's entertaining as hell.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 11, 2024 04:47 PM (hKoQL)

He really is fun, and his food isn't a joke. The man can cook!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 04:49 PM (d9fT1)

100 Depending on my mood, I might joke with the staff and say, So, we can be sure that everybody who eats here is in tip top shape psychologically speaking?

I don't understand about nut allergies. You can't eat them. O,k but if someone at your table wants a Thai thing with peanut sauce are you likely to go into shock just from sitting next to them.?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2024 04:52 PM (o0OMn)

101 93 ... "Been checking and using lots of recipes from Kent Rollins (cowboy cooking), man definitely knows how to do good food plus he's entertaining as hell."

I've used over a dozen of Kent Rollins recipes and each one has been great. And his cookbooks are a pleasure to look at and read. By now I've probably seen all his videos on YT.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 04:52 PM (zudum)

102 Pork Milanese is delicious. Almost as good as guinea pig. Milanesa is simple, pretty easy, and can be applied to almost anything. I made Lamb Chop Milanese once.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:53 PM (e+A3Z)

103 A Dutch oven is a cowboy crockpot.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2024 04:54 PM (LHPAg)

104 I am seriously considering going on the Carnivore diet.

It might be expensive, but maybe not. I can get pork and chicken at fairly reasonable prices. Have you seen the prices for cheese and veggies lately?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2024 04:54 PM (+H2BX)

105 Been checking and using lots of recipes from Kent Rollins (cowboy cooking), man definitely knows how to do good food plus he's entertaining as hell.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

His cowboy coffee video is a good one.

tiny.cc/1tnfzz

Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 11, 2024 04:55 PM (thnrs)

106 There is a spin-off of Binging With Babish call, I believe, Alvin on Anime where a protege of Babish makes food from various anime.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 04:33 PM (s9EYN)

You made me look it up.

Anime With Alvin - Giant Okonomiyaki From One Piece

https://youtu.be/uXIUl58CHKo

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 04:55 PM (hVI+Q)

107 Been checking and using lots of recipes from Kent Rollins (cowboy cooking), man definitely knows how to do good food plus he's entertaining as hell.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 11, 2024 04:47 PM (hKoQL)

He really is fun, and his food isn't a joke. The man can cook!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 04:49 PM (d9fT1)
———-

He’s a contestant on the new season of BBQ Showdown. I watch it.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:56 PM (e+A3Z)

108 102 Pork Milanese is delicious. Almost as good as guinea pig. Milanesa is simple, pretty easy, and can be applied to almost anything. I made Lamb Chop Milanese once.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:53 PM (e+A3Z)
Mrs. E ate guinea pig in Peru. And she prought me a pretty cool hat too.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2024 04:56 PM (LHPAg)

109 My latest cookbook project is linked in my nic. “A Traveling Man’s Cookery Book”. I took all the recipes I enjoy making while or for traveling and put them into a single book for easier use. It’s downloadable as a PDF (the way I use it while traveling) and an ePub. And a print version is available, too, which is the way I use it at home.

The working title was Other People’s Recipes, because that’s mostly what they are.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2024 04:57 PM (EXyHK)

110 https://youtube.com/shorts/qiaRJTyce6g

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing we didn't annex Japan when we had the chance.

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 04:58 PM (EPaeA)

111 There are cafes in the Middle East that specialize in hummus, and I think it's possible that I have eaten at damn near everyone. A slight exaggeration, perhaps, but oh la la, do I love hummus.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at August 11, 2024 04:58 PM (Vvh2V)

112 100 Depending on my mood, I might joke with the staff and say, So, we can be sure that everybody who eats here is in tip top shape psychologically speaking?

I don't understand about nut allergies. You can't eat them. O,k but if someone at your table wants a Thai thing with peanut sauce are you likely to go into shock just from sitting next to them.?

The problem with the nut allergies is normally for kids. My friend has 2 kids with nut allergies, and (when they were younger) she's had to grab epis b/c her neighbors through open (empty) peanut shells in their yard (which blew into her yard) and her kids picked them up, then eventually put their hands in their mouths (we all do it - chew nails, lick fingers, etc) - then epi pen reaction and scary hospital visit.

So, I get a restaurant saying "no nuts here" for a certain section - a surprising amount of non-Asian chain restaurants don't actually serve nuts anymore. But I guess they want to make sure you don't bring them, either.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:58 PM (exHjb)

113 Shitters and food sound like ideas whose joinder is long overdue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:15 PM

Was it a mexican restaurant? ;-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude

Indian.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2024 04:59 PM (4Med0)

114 Pork Milanese is delicious. Almost as good as guinea pig. Milanesa is simple, pretty easy, and can be applied to almost anything. I made Lamb Chop Milanese once.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:53 PM (e+A3Z)
Mrs. E ate guinea pig in Peru. And she prought me a pretty cool hat too.
Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2024 04:56 PM (LHPAg)
——-

It’s delicious. Ate it in Ecuador in May.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 04:59 PM (e+A3Z)

115 He really is fun, and his food isn't a joke. The man can cook!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Watching his channel gave me a greater appreciation for my 12" cast iron skillet.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 11, 2024 05:00 PM (thnrs)

116 Spouse and son have been making cold soups with recipes from the internet. A week ago it was gazpacho. This week it was vichyssoise. Both were excellent and saved me some time in the kitchen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2024 05:00 PM (dTTBf)

117 Couple of good basic Split Pea Soup recipes at AllRecipes.

Mom added Bay Leaves, Cloves, Allspice, and Worcestershire to hers.

Posted by: Fritzy at August 11, 2024 05:00 PM (LM1wn)

118 Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2024 04:54 PM (+H2BX)

You eat so much less food that it balances out. I lived on ribeye, bacon, chuck roast and the occasional salmon when we were carnivore. It was awesome and our food bill went down.

We've taken a year off whole we're traveling, and are noticing the increase.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at August 11, 2024 05:01 PM (Vvh2V)

119 I make a regular size loaf of sourdough, and it lasts me about a week and a half. I do have to put it in a zip lock bag and refrigerate it for it to last.

After the first day, I'm toasting it anyway, so refrigerated is fine. The dogs get the last piece.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 05:01 PM (OX9vb)

120 Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 04:58 PM (exHjb)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2024 05:02 PM (dTTBf)

121 ‘ 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.’

Pappy Van Ripoff now starts at $2k a bottle

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 11, 2024 05:02 PM (e+A3Z)

122 113 Indian.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2024 04:59 PM

I have never had Indian food. Have a lot of people at work that are and whenever they heat up their lunch it smells REALLY good. One day I will take a run at it and see if I like.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 11, 2024 05:02 PM (0XVad)

123 Why would CBD put up a "no nuts" sign on the blog?

Doesn't he realize that's just as effective as a "no guns allowed" sign? If anything, maybe similar to a bat signal?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 11, 2024 05:04 PM (tT6L1)

124 After the first day, I'm toasting it anyway, so refrigerated is fine.

I tried refrigerating my bread, but I love sandwiches and refrigerated bread goes dry too quickly for them. I do occasionally freeze half the (remaining) loaf just after making it, which works better for untoasted bread sandwiches.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2024 05:05 PM (EXyHK)

125 Only one food allergy in our house: Mrs. JTB is allergic to shellfish and any seafood. Sad because I think she would enjoy many of the flavors and textures. She can be around it just can't eat it.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 05:05 PM (zudum)

126 Pea Soup?

I like Paula Wolferts 'Rifian Pea Soup' from her book, "The Food of Moroccco".

The pea soup part is the usual. The seasoning part is garlic, cilantro, cumin, paprika, a touch of lemon juice and cayenne, goat cheese and heavy cream.

Good stuff!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 11, 2024 05:06 PM (/HDaX)

127 Had fresh Olathe corn last night - absolute heaven!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2024 05:06 PM (Pijte)

128 I don't understand about nut allergies. You can't eat them. O,k but if someone at your table wants a Thai thing with peanut sauce are you likely to go into shock just from sitting next to them?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at

Not typically, as in hardly ever. It’s really rare to have a reaction by touching peanuts, too. It’s ingesting, and for some, it doesn’t take much at all. There should be no issue if you eat pad Thai and the person next to you with a peanut allergy is sitting there, assuming they don’t take a bit of your food or lick your fork. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 05:07 PM (pZEOD)

129 "I have never had Indian food. Have a lot of people at work that are and whenever they heat up their lunch it smells REALLY good."

Neighbor and his wife are Indian born.

Everyone raves about both his and her cooking, and by all accounts it is authentic and delicious.

It's just that when I smell it, with all those aromatic spies...I am reminded that this is a culture that did not have refrigeration for a long time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2024 05:10 PM (a1415)

130
'Tim' on YouTube is announcing how he voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 but will not be voting for him this time.

People, we lost Tim. It's over, right?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 11, 2024 05:10 PM (RKVpM)

131 For great dried beans try rancho gordo out of California. The have a big website

Posted by: Terry at August 11, 2024 05:11 PM (rRaaJ)

132 128 I don't understand about nut allergies. You can't eat them. O,k but if someone at your table wants a Thai thing with peanut sauce are you likely to go into shock just from sitting next to them?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at

Not typically, as in hardly ever. It’s really rare to have a reaction by touching peanuts, too. It’s ingesting, and for some, it doesn’t take much at all. There should be no issue if you eat pad Thai and the person next to you with a peanut allergy is sitting there, assuming they don’t take a bit of your food or lick your fork. 😂
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 05:07 PM (pZEOD)

No - the biggest problem will be if the back of the kitchen isn't careful with the order. If the chef making your food used the same knife/spatula to make the allergy order as well.

If it's a new restaurant, and you don't know how careful the place is, never order the peanut sauce next to the allergy person. If you've gone awhile, and you seem them take it seriously, have at it.

For the record, b/c I can handle dairy cross-contamination with pills, my kids always order dairy at will when we are out. But b/c I can't handle tree nuts the same way, they skip those dishes.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 05:12 PM (exHjb)

133 I don't understand about nut allergies. You can't eat them.

Very few people do, I think. I was on an airplane several years ago and they asked over the public address system for passengers to voluntarily not request any snacks containing peanuts because someone was on board with an acute allergy. They still had those snacks as an option and were bringing them down the aisle. They just asked us not to take them.

Not the strangest thing to happen to me on a flight, but probably the stupidest.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2024 05:12 PM (EXyHK)

134 seem = see (dang typo).

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 05:12 PM (exHjb)

135 Just polished off a mess of chicken wings that were marinated in the mango chamoy the air fried.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 05:13 PM (nDGMq)

136 I think I am going to make a strawberry, blueberry and spinach salad, and a black bean / quinoa burger for me to go along with the brats and corn that J wants.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 05:13 PM (pZEOD)

137 I am OK with Piper's recipe, but I would skip the broth and just go with peas, water to cover, shredded carrot for sweetness, possibly a couple of tablespoons of vinegar, black pepper, as much of the ham hock as you want to add and cook it down for 20-40 minutes at 15 lbs pressure.
I might add celery seed but I might forget it too

when it goes back to pressure and gets cool enough to do so, after you take it off the burner, shred off the meat as fine as you can do and put the bone to one side. If the head of the hock is not spongy and soft, you can use it again to make broth or cook navy beans next time.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 05:13 PM (D7oie)

138 I made leftover soup with the last of the Wagyu chuck roast, potatoes and carrots that need needed to be used and a bowl of leftover cooked rice. Came out a lot tastier than normal, maybe from the packet of onion soup and a tablespoon of chicken bouillon. Made 7 pints, so I froze most of it. I grabbed another one of those roasts and it's in the freezer.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 05:15 PM (dDSBl)

139 People, we lost Tim. It's over, right?
______

We are unburdened by what has been, demonstrating the significance of the passage of Tim.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 11, 2024 05:16 PM (4ev+q)

140 >>On the topic of weird restaurant concepts, a restaurant opened near my office whose theme was toilets.

This was:
A. A bet/dare
B. Someone's scam/tax write-off for a failed business (e.g. "Springtime for Hitler!)
C. Created by a trustafarian "artist" who'd reached the bottom of the barrel on ideas épater le bourgeois
D. The dumbest restaurant idea ever, period, end of story.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2024 05:16 PM (Pijte)

141 a restaurant opened near my office whose theme was toilets.
_____

German?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 11, 2024 05:18 PM (4ev+q)

142 Making chicken pot pie. Just made the crust and it's resting before rolling out. Make the filling from scratch using the picked rotisserie chicken from Costco. I know it's hot but it's what I have stuff for.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 11, 2024 05:18 PM (PZo5T)

143 shredded carrot

What is it, chili?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at August 11, 2024 05:18 PM (wQVbQ)

144 Ace, can we get some of those up-vote buttons for comments? I find myself loving a lot of these comments, but can't agree/appreciate them enough or quick enough.

It would also be nice to ask questions for specific comments. Like how do you grind your old bread into crumbs. My bread starts growing green hair after a few days. Do you freeze it until you have enough to make a good coating.... That kind of thing.

You degenerates are the best. I love this community.

Posted by: DocCreep at August 11, 2024 05:18 PM (OJuI2)

145 I just cooked up and canned 7 half pints of peach preserves.

Recipe is simple, 2 qts of chopped peaches, lemon juice, pectin, and 6 cups of sugar.
Cook the fruit, the pectin and the lemon juice down until the finely chopped peaches are soft,
add the sugar, and stir it in, then cook it until you get to jelly stage as judged by your thermometer or by running it off the wooden spoon
then can it in boiling water bath for as long as the extension service says to can it.

3 lbs of peaches at the farm stand was 15 bucks. I give up, I will plant my own trees at that cost.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 05:18 PM (D7oie)

146 Because I can function as an extrovert but am really an introvert I am really tired after church. I love them but leading a service and preaching wears me out. Therefore kindly spouse either makes lunch or we go out. Today we went to the local Mexican restaurant-not it is not Chipoltes and none of us has ever had intestinal issues from eating there. Husband and I share a bowl with meat and vegetables and beans, and son has his own thing. I am going to make BLT's tomorrow with delicious bacon from the Amish market and great tomatoes. That's one of the great things about the summer-having BLTs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2024 05:19 PM (dTTBf)

147 The peachello has been strained, simple syrup added and is aging in the refrigerator.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 05:21 PM (nDGMq)

148 Do you freeze it until you have enough to make a good coating…

I freeze it until I have a need for it. I don’t grind it first because I might want to use it in bread pudding. I generally grind the bread in a blender or food processor but have been known to risk just chopping it with a big knife.

If frozen, the bread needs to sit out (probably on a cookie rack) to dry, especially if grinding using machinery, since any liquid will turn it into a gooey mess.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2024 05:21 PM (EXyHK)

149 >>can we get some of those up-vote buttons for comments?

Oh please, no! A lot of the joy of the comments are the free-flowing, tangled up conversations, socks, etc.. It also makes in nearly troll-proof - they can't get a foothold to dominate/destroy the flow. You get Disqus or some other commenting system that enforces usernames, nests conversations, enables voting, and the whole thing collapses.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2024 05:22 PM (Pijte)

150 Lizzy, seconded!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 05:23 PM (nDGMq)

151 >>That's one of the great things about the summer-having BLTs.

THIS x1000, Fen!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2024 05:23 PM (Pijte)

152 Like how do you grind your old bread into crumbs. My bread starts growing green hair after a few days.

Posted by: DocCreep at August 11, 2024 05:18 PM (OJuI2)

We aren't getting anything even remotely modern on this blog. The cobloggers have been begging for years, and it hasn't happened. Maybe if there is a catastrophic failure that kills the blog for a week,Ace will finally get angry enough.

As for the breadcrumbs?

I slice the bread, put it in a low oven for a couple of hours, then just toss it into a food processor until it is ground fine. Takes about a minute!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 05:24 PM (d9fT1)

153 Just cooked up a bunch of rice. Will make fried rice and steak tomorrow. Gotta hit the plasma center early so I can buy some steak-ish meat in the afternoon. Daughters need core memories so they pick a good suiter.

Posted by: DocCreep at August 11, 2024 05:24 PM (OJuI2)

154 >>> 151 >>That's one of the great things about the summer-having BLTs.

THIS x1000, Fen!!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2024 05:23 PM (Pijte)

BLTs are in my current dinner rotation, although I guess I should say BLATs because I include avocado. I boil or nuke corn on the cob for a side.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2024 05:25 PM (FnneF)

155 For those looking for food deals, Safeway's chain has $3.99 watermelons and $5 5lb bags of gala or fuji apples...

I also got pork tenderloins for $3 each today (dinner tomorrow), but that was a store only deal...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 05:25 PM (exHjb)

156
I'm sure 'Tim' is an 'influencer' effecting hundreds of votes. We should not deny the electoral effect of such a person. Especially when YouTube glorifies his position fifty times per hour per person times a couple hundred thousand.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 11, 2024 05:25 PM (RKVpM)

157 If I found a 4 pound ham hock, I'd go with black-eyed peas.

Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2024 05:26 PM (14URa)

158 >>> 155 For those looking for food deals, Safeway's chain has $3.99 watermelons
==
Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 05:25 PM (exHjb)

Same at the ETex grocery chain. Even a little one was too much for us hoomans alone. The chickens *love* watermelon, goats not so much.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2024 05:27 PM (FnneF)

159 I would be okay with that if they are good peaches. We get them from Colorado here. First ones I bought were good. This second batch, thry have kind of a mealy taste. I have pitched them as they don't get any better if I let them sit out. Guess I'm waiting for apple season now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 05:28 PM (dDSBl)

160 158 >>> 155 For those looking for food deals, Safeway's chain has $3.99 watermelons
==
Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 05:25 PM (exHjb)

Same at the ETex grocery chain. Even a little one was too much for us hoomans alone. The chickens *love* watermelon, goats not so much.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2024 05:27 PM (FnneF)

My plan is watermelon gazpacho or watermelon strawberry smoothie if it looks like we won't finish...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 05:28 PM (exHjb)

161 >>can we get some of those up-vote buttons for comments?

I get this, that sometimes you want to show your appreciation for someone's comments, or respond easily, but I'm not willing to give up the old-school chat room feel.

It's one of the things that makes the HQ unique.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 05:29 PM (OX9vb)

162 Lots of replies to my post already. I don't know how to quote you guys but thank you, God bless all of you, and keep being awesome. Danke

Posted by: DocCreep at August 11, 2024 05:29 PM (OJuI2)

163 Kindltot, do you make your pectin or get it somewhere? If so, where/what brand?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2024 05:29 PM (EXyHK)

164 Here’s the specific anime/food connection for that restaurant. The character Uzumaki Naruto (from the famous anime/manga Naruto) is known for loving ramen, and he is named after the narutomaki fish cake with a spiral pattern that is used in ramen. Naruto is the guy with spiky blonde hair eating ramen in the window.

As others have said, there are lots of anime and manga specifically about food and cooking. Unfortunately not too many are translated into English.

Posted by: David at August 11, 2024 05:29 PM (cCsgs)

165
For the record, b/c I can handle dairy cross-contamination with pills, my kids always order dairy at will when we are out. But b/c I can't handle tree nuts the same way, they skip those dishes.
Posted by: Nova

Nova, that cross contamination could happen if anyone orders pad Thai anywhere in the restaurant. But just sitting next to it won’t cause an allergy was the point. A nut allergy is serious, no doubt about it, I am not minimizing it. I am just noting being in the presence doesn’t cause the reaction. It’s ingesting it.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 05:29 PM (pZEOD)

166 Helena Handbasket, juice the extra watermelon and make watermelon margaritas. The juice freezes really well.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 05:30 PM (nDGMq)

167 There are several food-based anime.
There's anime based on nearly any topic you can imagine.

Examples of foodie anime:
Ramen Fighter Miki
Ristorante Paradiso
Sweetness and Lightning
Shokugeki no Soma
Yakitate Japan
and my favorite, Toriko

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 11, 2024 05:30 PM (xcxpd)

168 >>> 160
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My plan is watermelon gazpacho or watermelon strawberry smoothie if it looks like we won't finish...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 05:28 PM (exHjb)

Nice! There's a reason my mom has a zillion strawberry plants.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2024 05:30 PM (FnneF)

169 I found there are videos on YouTube on Scotch, best buys, most over rated. Probably ones on whatever your favorite beverage is

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 05:32 PM (fwDg9)

170 Have to go to Delaware next Saturday so jotted down a tip on a Scotch to pick up

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 05:33 PM (fwDg9)

171 Skip, which one?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 05:34 PM (nDGMq)

172 165
For the record, b/c I can handle dairy cross-contamination with pills, my kids always order dairy at will when we are out. But b/c I can't handle tree nuts the same way, they skip those dishes.
Posted by: Nova

Nova, that cross contamination could happen if anyone orders pad Thai anywhere in the restaurant. But just sitting next to it won’t cause an allergy was the point. A nut allergy is serious, no doubt about it, I am not minimizing it. I am just noting being in the presence doesn’t cause the reaction. It’s ingesting it.
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 05:29 PM (pZEOD)

Yes, but no. Orders are usually prepared together as a group. So, when an allergy order is on, they are concentrating on the group of dishes that it's ordered with (very few restaurants have separate spaces where they bring it out separate - the cruise ship did and big places do, but that's abnormal). So, having no nuts in the order means the guy who got the new gloves and knife (which is pretty standard) for my dish doesn't then touch tree nuts while still in the process of making my order, when he's trying to juggle 2 dishes at once...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2024 05:34 PM (exHjb)

173 >>> 166 Helena Handbasket, juice the extra watermelon and make watermelon margaritas. The juice freezes really well.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 05:30 PM (nDGMq)

That involves tequila; I have to be careful with that stuff.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2024 05:35 PM (FnneF)

174 she never taught me.the secret to making her ham hock, lima beans and rice feast. With corn bread. Damn. I remember it was delicious!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 04:42 PM (W/lyH
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Lima beans. LIMA BEANS. And you make fun of me for liking okra.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2024 05:36 PM (bS+DD)

175 >>> 174 she never taught me.the secret to making her ham hock, lima beans and rice feast. With corn bread. Damn. I remember it was delicious!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 04:42 PM (W/lyH
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Lima beans. LIMA BEANS. And you make fun of me for liking okra.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2024 05:36 PM (bS+DD)

Even lima beans don't like other lima beans.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2024 05:36 PM (FnneF)

176 I'm super stoked that CBD replied to my post. Makes my boring Sunday night pretty cool.

Posted by: DocCreep at August 11, 2024 05:37 PM (OJuI2)

177 It was hot again this week (Texas + Summer = duh, yeah. It's hot!)

so I made another cold soup for dinner:

Chilled Zucchini Soup with Lemon and Basil

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024477-chilled-

zucchini-soup-with-lemon-and-basil

Super stupidly easy to make. Basically, you just pile everything into a blender. There is no way to fail making this one even if *consults upthread* you're a retarded guinea pig eater, who eats their fried guinea pig with hummus and drinks stirred Manhattans! It's unpossible.

Everyone loved it, so it goes on the rotation.

Give it a try. You won't regret it.

I served the soup with (con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at August 11, 2024 05:37 PM (eDfFs)

178 When did this peanut allergy, especially the extreme kind, begin? In the 1950s and 60s I never heard of anyone that couldn't eat a peanut butter sandwich. Makes me wonder what changed.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 05:37 PM (zudum)

179 Lima beans. LIMA BEANS. And you make fun of me for liking okra.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2024 05:36 PM (bS+DD)

Lima Beans...little packages of talcum powder.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 05:37 PM (d9fT1)

180 Helena Handbasket, you can go with rum, a dash of orange liquor and the watermelon juice.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 05:38 PM (nDGMq)

181 Lima Beans...little packages of talcum powder.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I love Lima beans and okra.

Posted by: Tuna at August 11, 2024 05:39 PM (oaGWv)

182 I'm over 50 years old and just purchased - and used - my first wok.

I regret waiting this long. It has unique cooking characteristics that I really like and can see being very useful.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 05:39 PM (mIykB)

183 Stephen Price Blair, when I buy pectin it is Sure-Jell, but this year I made pectin out of the early green apples

Pectin is fairly simple, you chop up the green apples, cook it down until the chunks are soft and beige, then you strain it out. You test it by putting a teaspoon in a cup of rubbing alcohol, if it gels into a gooey lump it is pectin.

I cheated this year and ground the apples up in a juicer, and then cooked it, and I am not convinced it worked right.
when I do a shredded pear or apple conserve I often don't use pectin, since the fruit is solid enough and has natural pectin in it, but you have to keep an eye on it because if you don't cook it long enough to the right temperature you have syrup, and if you cook it too long you wind up with really stiff jam, that is something like Turkish Delight.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 05:39 PM (D7oie)

184 The only veggie I dislike is peas. Little packages of mush.

Posted by: Tuna at August 11, 2024 05:41 PM (oaGWv)

185 Oh, when I use home-made pectin I use about a cup or so. I store it in the fridge in old pizza sauce jars since I can't get lids easily to can with them.
It is no way scientific, and sometimes I wonder why I try.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 05:42 PM (D7oie)

186 It is no way scientific, and sometimes I wonder why I try.

Because you’re a moron? :)

Thanks for answering. I just used my last Sure-Jell yesterday for the Deplorable Gourmet mango jam.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2024 05:44 PM (EXyHK)

187 Re: vegetables

I was informed by my doctor at the ER when being discharged after a kidney stone that leafy green vegetables can lead to their formation. I remember kale and chard, but others should be easy to figure out.

So if you're looking for an excuse not to eat them, there you go.

Broccoli is still okay, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 05:45 PM (mIykB)

188 >> When did this peanut allergy, especially the extreme kind, begin? In the 1950s and 60s I never heard of anyone that couldn't eat a peanut butter sandwich. Makes me wonder what changed.

Yes, it's very strange. There are a lot of kids with food allergies, not only nut allergies. Wondering if it's something during food processing, pesticides, or other causes. Industrial farming, genetically modified foods/designer seeds, chemicals used to boost growth in crops and livestock, Gates now pushing vaccines on farm animals. I wonder what the allergies are like in places where food is a lot less messed with?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2024 05:46 PM (Pijte)

189
With tomatoes now in season, the leftovers should go for panzanella (which can be made without the cheese)...

Posted by: Nova Local

My wife planted 4 tomato plants this year. They had prolific fruit...the key word being "had". I think it's the deer.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 05:46 PM (xCA6C)

190 It is a Sunday evening. I am on vacation this week.
Think I will treat myself and order some Japanese for dinner.

Looking at Tonkotsu ramen and maybe an eel roll and a spicy tuna hand roll.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 11, 2024 05:47 PM (0XVad)

191 Oxalates, Moron Robbie. Spinach has a ton. Don't eat too many almonds either.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2024 05:47 PM (bS+DD)

192 I just pulled some boneless pork chops off of the grill, melt in your mouth goodness. Seasoned them with mortons nature's blend seasoning put them on the grill and flipped them at 125 and then turned the grill off and let them sit for 5 minutes. Pulled them off and let them rest in the house for another 5 minutes and they were fantastic.

Got a whole pork loin at Sams the other day for $2.28 a pound and sliced a bunch of them up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 11, 2024 05:48 PM (QNSds)

193 When did this peanut allergy, especially the extreme kind, begin? In the 1950s and 60s I never heard of anyone that couldn't eat a peanut butter sandwich. Makes me wonder what changed.

Yes, it's very strange. There are a lot of kids with food allergies, not only nut allergies. Wondering if it's something during food processing, pesticides, or other causes. Industrial farming, genetically modified foods/designer seeds, chemicals used to boost growth in crops and livestock, Gates now pushing vaccines on farm animals. I wonder what the allergies are like in places where food is a lot less messed with?
Posted by: Lizzy

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You're right there at the answer, Lizzy.

Traits in food have been forcibly changed faster than human traits have been able to adapt to them, and the tradeoff for being able to feed 9B people is that a percentage of humans are allergic to the results.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 05:48 PM (mIykB)

194 Watching his channel gave me a greater appreciation for my 12" cast iron skillet.

Try a Matfer Black Carbon steel skillet. I use it for all protein now.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 05:49 PM (xCA6C)

195 The anime restaurant is just being up-front about what it is. I'm sure it's just another lots-of-crap-stuck-to-the-walls place.

Cracker Barrel: American Farming Relics Restaurant
Buca di Beppo: Italian Kitschy Photographs Restaurant
TGIFridays: "American Pickers" Didn't Buy This Crap Restaurant

MAE's list of "anime about food" is just an appetizer. There are probably 50-100 of them.

There are two about restaurants that open to fantasy worlds: Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" and Restaurant To Another World.

There are long-running non-food-related shows with cooking-show spinoffs, like "Today's Menu for the Emiya Family," based off the Fate series. Which is usually about wizards using legendary figures from the past (Hercules, Medusa, Gilgamesh) to fight over wish-granting magic.

"Food P0rn" is a big thing in anime, at least over the last decade or so.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2024 05:49 PM (DgGvY)

196 Oxalates, Moron Robbie. Spinach has a ton. Don't eat too many almonds either.
Posted by: bluebell

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Yeah, almonds are a favorite of mine, as are cashews. It stinks because I've lost a decent amount of weight by snacking on nuts when I get a craving, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if that helped lead to the stone.

Oh well. Back to chocolate and ice cream, I guess. For my health.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 05:50 PM (mIykB)

197 @ 139

*taps mic*

Is this thing on?

Anyway, I'm here all week, try the veal and don't forget to tip your waiter.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 11, 2024 05:51 PM (4ev+q)

198 Glad I'm not susceptible to kidney stones. I eat a lot of almonds. They're one of my main protein sources, since I don't like meat very much, or eggs.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 05:52 PM (OX9vb)

199
Lima Beans...little packages of talcum powder.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August

Lima beans are so good! But so is okra.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 05:52 PM (p4NUW)

200 I have heard that fresh lima beans are nice.

I have never had fresh lima beans. Canned lima beans are less bad than canned collards.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2024 05:54 PM (+H2BX)

201 Fresh out of the garden butterbeans are the only way I can eat them. The flavor is too much for me otherwise, even in dishes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 05:56 PM (mIykB)

202 Oh well. Back to chocolate and ice cream, I guess. For my health.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 05:50 PM (mIykB)--
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A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 11, 2024 05:56 PM (3Fz6p)

203 Okay, so I served the soup with the Most Stupidly Easy Yet Delicious Spaghetti Dish in the Universe

I'm sure this has an Italian name but I just memorized the recipe (very easy) and it is very delicious and was recommended online by some chick who lived in Italy for awhile. So then-

The Most Stupidly Easy Yet Delicious Spaghetti Dish in the Universe

Ingredients:
1lb dried spaghetti
10 oz canned tuna*
.5 cup butter(1 stick)
freshly grated black pepper
salt

1) Boil spaghetti in heavily salted water.
2) open cans of tuna, drain, and put into large bowl break into pieces
3) Slice butter into thin slices and add to tuna in bowl
4) Grind a lot of black pepper into bowl with tuna and butter. A lot. Like you think you ground too much a lot.
5) When spaghetti is done, drain and place while still hot in bowl.
6) Toss until all butter melted and spaghetti is glossy and tuna and pepper well distributed throughout
7) Eat!

Surprisingly delicious. Reminds me a little of Cacio a Pepe. Every bit was eaten by the crew at home. An easy addition to the rotation.

*I think it's worth paying a little more for a really tasty tuna like "Sea Tales Solid White Albacore Tuna in Olive Oil.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 11, 2024 05:58 PM (eDfFs)

204 "No Nuts in This Area"
________________

Oh, a lesbian bar. Got it.

Posted by: Orson at August 11, 2024 05:58 PM (dIske)

205 Woks are handy for popping popcorn.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 05:59 PM (dDSBl)

206 Moron Robbie you can't live forever

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 05:59 PM (fwDg9)

207 "No nuts in this area."

I thought maybe it was a women's locker room—the old-fashioned kind that didn't allow men.

Posted by: Ralph at August 11, 2024 06:00 PM (TysyT)

208 Answer: "It's on the internet."

You're welcome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 04:49 PM (JvZF+)

Well OK, then! Was it in a bundt pan, perchance?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 06:01 PM (w6EFb)

209 Speaking about tomatoes, so far have had 2 red ones from garden

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 06:01 PM (fwDg9)

210 Try a Matfer Black Carbon steel skillet. I use it for all protein now.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 05:49 PM

I love carbon steel. I have DeBuyer, but I hear good things about Matfer.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:01 PM (Wnv9h)

211 I'll try that spaghetti recipe, thanks! I just got more tuna and I do buy a pretty good brand.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 06:02 PM (dDSBl)

212 As cooler weather approaches (and it's taking it's taking its damn time) I'm thinking more about making our own bread, especially sourdough. Haven't done that for a long time but used to enjoy it. It isn't like I have to make tons since it's just for two older people who also watch their carbs. A small part of my renewed interest is growing concern about the 'stuff' being added to commercial breads and other baked goods. Might be paranoid on my part but baking is fun.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 06:03 PM (zudum)

213 Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 05:39 PM (D7oie)

Citrus also works, although I only know about the theory and haven't actually tried it. I did accidentally gel some body scrub by adding powdered grapefruit peel as an exfoliant.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 06:03 PM (s9EYN)

214 I hear good things about Matfer.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:01 PM (Wnv9h)

You can have mine.

I have tried seasoning it about five times. It is of the devil.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:05 PM (d9fT1)

215 JTB, I make quite a bit of bread. If you're going to be doing it beyond the "I want to make this completely from scratch" aspect, pick up a bread machine. You can find them all day long for $10-$20 at thrift stores. I don't use them for the actual baking, but being able to program in the tedious bits and let the paddle do all the work while I go tend to other things is worth it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:06 PM (mIykB)

216 68 The Olympic Closing Ceremony is a hot mess.

Maybe if they'd enforced the NO NUTS policy in the female events I'd have watched more.

Posted by: the balls on that girl at August 11, 2024 06:06 PM (pdGVg)

217 Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book has a recipe that makes a single loaf of bread. It's whole wheat, which is what I usually do and I've used it with sourdough starter. I'm waking my starter up now, since I think it will be cool enough to bake.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 06:07 PM (dDSBl)

218 Woks are handy for popping popcorn.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 05:59 PM (dDSBl)

How?!

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 06:08 PM (s9EYN)

219 Most Stupidly Easy Yet Delicious Spaghetti Dish in the Universe

That does look stupidly east and delicious, and a good way to boost my protein intake. Thanks!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 06:09 PM (OX9vb)

220 Split Pea Soup with Ham
Prep Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins Servings: 6 Source: southernliving.com

2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
3/4 cup thinly sliced celery
4 cups unsalted chicken stock
2 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped carrots
1 lb. dried green split peas, rinsed and drained
1 lb. tasso ham (in large chunks)
3 large thyme sprigs
2 dried bay leaves
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper Kosher salt to taste

DIRECTIONS
Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium. Add onion and celery; cook until softened, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
CAITLIN BENSEL; FOOD STYLING: TORIE COX
Stir in stock, water, carrots, split peas, ham, thyme sprigs, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to the level needed to maintain a simmer; simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove ham from pot and place it on a cutting board to cool slightly. Continue simmering soup until peas are very tender and start to break down, thickening the soup, about 15 minutes. If soup gets too thick, add more water, 1⁄4 cup at a time.
Shred ham with 2 forks; discard big chunks of fat or gristle. Stir shredded ham and black pepper into soup.

Posted by: William A Jackson M.D. at August 11, 2024 06:09 PM (IiVPQ)

221 Has to do with the shape of the wok. Spreads the kernels out in a thinner layer and pops fast.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 06:09 PM (dDSBl)

222 JTB, here's a ridiculously easy and fail-safe biscuit recipe/technique if you decide to go that direction, too:

Brenda Gantt's Buttermilk Biscuits

https://tinyurl.com/22kblnnx

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:10 PM (mIykB)

223 Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 06:09 PM (dDSBl)

Do you put oil in? A lid on?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 06:10 PM (s9EYN)

224 You can have mine.

I have tried seasoning it about five times. It is of the devil.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:05 PM

Hmmm....

I just stripped my skillet and reseasoned. So far so good. How did you do yours?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:11 PM (Wnv9h)

225 Do you put oil in? A lid on?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 06:10 PM (s9EYN)

Yeah, I was wondering about the lid part. Not sure I have a lid that will cover the wok.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 06:12 PM (OX9vb)

226
Do you put oil in? A lid on?

2-3 tbsp oil, aluminum foil cover with a couple of vents cut into it. mild shaking/swirling as the kernals pop.

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at August 11, 2024 06:13 PM (iNp3L)

227 Speaking of, we stopped by the Lodge outlet in Tennessee recently. Neat little place and worth a visit if you're passing through, but I was irritated because in-store prices were more expensive than Amazon.

I guess they're going for the "gouge tourists buying souvenirs and memento" dollar, but they literally cast the things in the new factory next door and walk them over to the storefront. There's no way it's cheaper to put a 7lb pan on a truck and ship it 500 miles to my house.

Except it is.

So go in and look and enjoy the visit, but buy from Amazon if you're going to buy something.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:15 PM (mIykB)

228 MAE's list of "anime about food" is just an appetizer. There are probably 50-100 of them.

There are two about restaurants that open to fantasy worlds: Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" and Restaurant To Another World.

There are long-running non-food-related shows with cooking-show spinoffs, like "Today's Menu for the Emiya Family," based off the Fate series. Which is usually about wizards using legendary figures from the past (Hercules, Medusa, Gilgamesh) to fight over wish-granting magic.

"Food P0rn" is a big thing in anime, at least over the last decade or so.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2024 05:49 PM (DgGvY)

#Truth

Anime food pron has expanded my appetite for Japanese (and oddly French) cuisine quite a bit.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at August 11, 2024 06:16 PM (xcxpd)

229 I just stripped my skillet and reseasoned. So far so good. How did you do yours?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:11 PM (Wnv9h)

I followed the directions the first two times, and it stuck immediately. Then I did it my regular cast-iron way...450 degree oven for 30-45 minutes with a thin coating of corn oil. Repeat two or three times. That was better, but it still isn't great.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:17 PM (d9fT1)

230 How I make split pea soup (no measurements. I just figure it out like Grandma)

First put your ham bone/hock in the slow cooker. If you try to put it in later it won't fit. Rinse the split peas and add them to the slow cooker. Mince a carrot, a small potato or two, and one or two stalks of celery. Add them into the pot. Add a diced onion and some garlic if you like. Cover with homemade chicken broth. (I make mine from the Costco rotisserie chicken carcasses.) Add salt and freshly ground pepper, some fresh thyme and some rosemary if you like it. Cover and cook on low all day. Remove the bone and cut up the meat and put the meat back in the soup. It usually is a bit runnier than I like the first day, so I mash up everything with a potato masher. The next day it's very thick.

Hope this wasn't too late to post.

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (not CaliGirl) at August 11, 2024 06:18 PM (0FtZB)

231 I just stripped my skillet and reseasoned. So far so good. How did you do yours?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:11 PM (Wnv9h)

I followed the directions the first two times, and it stuck immediately. Then I did it my regular cast-iron way...450 degree oven for 30-45 minutes with a thin coating of corn oil. Repeat two or three times. That was better, but it still isn't great.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:17 PM (d9fT1)

Just fry bacon a few times.

That works well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 11, 2024 06:19 PM (eDfFs)

232 CBD, cook 5 lbs of bacon in it.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:19 PM (nDGMq)

233 I got an air fryer for my birthday and have been going HAM all summer baking foccacia and scones, pork loin, chicken, sweet tater fries, regular fries... Everything superb except fresh broccoli and corn on the cob.

Great for recrisping restaurant leftovers from pizza to fries.

I was lost now I am found, and I am preaching HAM

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 11, 2024 06:20 PM (wBaIH)

234 Mince a carrot, a small potato or two, and one or two stalks of celery. Add them into the pot. Add a diced onion and some garlic if you like...

Hope this wasn't too late to post.
Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (not CaliGirl)

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These are my favorite types of recipes because they belong entirely to the person preparing the food.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:20 PM (mIykB)

235 Horde mind again!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 06:20 PM (OX9vb)

236 Speaking of, we stopped by the Lodge outlet in Tennessee recently. Neat little place and worth a visit if you're passing through, but I was irritated because in-store prices were more expensive than Amazon.

I guess they're going for the "gouge tourists buying souvenirs and memento" dollar, but they literally cast the things in the new factory next door and walk them over to the storefront. There's no way it's cheaper to put a 7lb pan on a truck and ship it 500 miles to my house.

Except it is.

So go in and look and enjoy the visit, but buy from Amazon if you're going to buy something.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:15 PM

It was the same when we went to the corning ware outlet back in Kentucky. The prices were ridiculous and way more than we would pay on amazon.

They sell so much stuff to amazon and walmart they both get deep discounts and pass that on to their customers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 11, 2024 06:20 PM (QNSds)

237 Woks are handy for popping popcorn.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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LOL

POP-SUEY!

Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2024 06:21 PM (njWTi)

238 Thin pork chops are good in an air fryer, too. You don't have much of a window between done and overdone, so be mindful of the cooking times.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:21 PM (mIykB)

239 While the premise to the 'What People will Remember' is accurate, in Texas the percentages need to be adjusted.

Fairly significantly.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 06:21 PM (a3Q+t)

240 Just got in from lake. Wife and daughter wanted steak tonight. Told them no can do. Didn't have enough time to salt the meat per CBD's instructions. They were not pleased, but understood once I explained how good the filets were 4 nights ago and were salted 8 hours.

Cheeseburgers and sweet taters tonight.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 11, 2024 06:23 PM (L3JrS)

241
They sell so much stuff to amazon and walmart they both get deep discounts and pass that on to their customers.

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Good point.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:23 PM (mIykB)

242 Thin pork chops are good in an air fryer, too. You don't have much of a window between done and overdone, so be mindful of the cooking times.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at

That sounds good! I'm looking for new ways to use my airfryer.

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (not CaliGirl) at August 11, 2024 06:23 PM (0FtZB)

243 Hello fellow feeders. Just arrived so I will try to catch up on all the brilliance

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 11, 2024 06:23 PM (Zjxb6)

244 Thin pork chops is a sacrilege. From raw to shoe leather in 2 minutes.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:23 PM (nDGMq)

245 I'm suffering some cognitive dissonance.

WeaselBeenz uses dried beans? This is contraindicated by Weasel's 2-minute rule.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 06:24 PM (a3Q+t)

246 Putting it on this thread because I'm too late for the first, but you'd think they'd glue a little plastic scabbard to the side of aerosol cans for the little straw. You could probably do it yourself with a plastic straw, glue, scissors, and pliers - cut a length of plastic straw, put a bead of glue in the bottom, crimp with pliers, then glue to can. Seems easy to automate and would be a one-penny bit of plastic, if that. Wonder why not?

As for dinner, to make it thread-compliant, I have a roast that's been soaking in wine, garlic, and spices for a nice long time. That will be delicious.

Posted by: Locarno at August 11, 2024 06:24 PM (aQ6iI)

247 Pete Bog, your share of the peachello is aging nicely.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:25 PM (nDGMq)

248 Just got in from lake. Wife and daughter wanted steak tonight. Told them no can do. Didn't have enough time to salt the meat per CBD's instructions. They were not pleased, but understood once I explained how good the filets were 4 nights ago and were salted 8 hours.

Cheeseburgers and sweet taters tonight.
Posted by: olddog in mo

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Slough vide

(although I don't know if "slough" - rhymes with sous - is a term used up there)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:25 PM (mIykB)

249 "Food P0rn" is a big thing in anime, at least over the last decade or so.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2024 05:49 PM (DgGvY)

#Truth

Anime food pron has expanded my appetite for Japanese (and oddly French) cuisine quite a bit.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at August 11, 2024 06:16 PM (xcxpd)

Speaking of anime food porn I believe the series Food Wars gets into ecchi territory.

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 06:26 PM (cQ4Sg)

250 I am permanently off tuna, I'm afraid. 5 or so years ago I was making a tuna casserole and when I opened the tuna took a big sniff as the lid popped open and nearly puked. The can was bad. That was the first and only time I ever got a bad can of anything. Stomach still rolls thinking about it. Considering the sheer volume of canned goods it's a wonder that isn't a very common occurrence.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 11, 2024 06:26 PM (hKoQL)

251 Polliwog, I can get quince easier than citrus here, when/if I plant my orchard it will have quince trees for pectin

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 06:26 PM (D7oie)

252 196 Oxalates, Moron Robbie. Spinach has a ton. Don't eat too many almonds either.
Posted by: bluebell
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Rhubarb is loaded with oxalates.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, non ho trovato la sveglia #63 at August 11, 2024 06:27 PM (qfLjt)

253 Thin pork chops is a sacrilege. From raw to shoe leather in 2 minutes.

Posted by: Ben Had

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Air fryer only. The outside of thick ones get too overdone in the air fryer, and the center stays too rare.

The added benefit is that most people agree with you (I do, too), and you can find the thin ones on big discounts. It's how I discovered that they were good in the air fryer.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:27 PM (mIykB)

254 https://tinyurl.com/2hk7mjkr
20 Posts from Bad Blue

#13 USSS broke into a closed beauty salon to let Harris Ralliers use their bathrooms and left it open as well as tried to cover their tracks
#5 Elon
And tomorrow Elon interviews Trump

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 06:27 PM (fwDg9)

255 "Please to explain to me the connection between "Anime" and food.

I'll wait...."

Food is a genre of anime and their comics (manga). Some series are just Hot-Blooded Heroes With Food. But others go in-depth, describing the meal, maybe some history of it, a bit of fiction to drive the story around the food with the food being the main focus.

Sort of like Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, where it's not a competition, it's just explaining how the food is made, showing the food, and making you want the food that you can't have right now because Treachery of Images.

As far as the restaurant, "Uzumaki" is the family name of Naruto, of said anime. Ramen is his go-to favorite meal, and not the simple instant-package type.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 11, 2024 06:28 PM (QNMaY)

256 That was some brilliance I’ll tell you.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 11, 2024 06:28 PM (Zjxb6)

257
The added benefit is that most people agree with you (I do, too), and you can find the thin ones on big discounts. It's how I discovered that they were good in the air fryer.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

What temperature and for how long?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2024 06:29 PM (63Dwl)

258
Hi, I'm immunocompromised. You are all deadly threats to me. You must all alter your lives to accommodate me so I don't die from your selfish irresponsibility.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2024 06:29 PM (1Nxff)

259 Just fry bacon a few times.

That works well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 11, 2024 06:19 PM (eDfFs)

232 CBD, cook 5 lbs of bacon in it.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:19 PM (nDGMq)

Great minds!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:29 PM (d9fT1)

260 Watermelon is absolutely loaded with hydric acid.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 06:29 PM (a3Q+t)

261 I like oysters. Okra is ok in gumbo or fried. But Lima Beans are a definite NO GO. Right up there with boiled peanuts.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 11, 2024 06:30 PM (L3JrS)

262 Moron Robbie, marinate them in white wine before cooking. It is amazing how it keeps them from drying out

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:30 PM (nDGMq)

263 Making popcorn in a Wok is the only way to go. After the corn is popped dump in a bowl with fine sea salt, and melt butter on the still-hot wok to pour on top.

Goes great with a Mai Tai.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 11, 2024 06:30 PM (wBaIH)

264 Yeah, I was wondering about the lid part. Not sure I have a lid that will cover the wok.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 06:12 PM (OX9vb)

My wife came home with some glass lids she got for free for working at the church rummage sale, and two of them fit a stock pot and a frying pan, and eventually I found them so useful I got some more at the thrift shop. They are incredibly useful since I can watch things cook or boil in my cast iron and stock pots and I don't have to risk getting spattered doing so.

they do break if you use them too hard or drop them, so the steel lids are better in some ways. .

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 06:31 PM (D7oie)

265 WeaselBeenz uses dried beans? This is contraindicated by Weasel's 2-minute rule.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 06:24 PM (a3Q+t)

I have asked him about that inconsistency and he started muttering about phases of the moon and how time is different under high gravity conditions.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:32 PM (d9fT1)

266 Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 06:27 PM

#17 "the invasion continues"

None of them appear to be Mexican. No women or children, either, that I could see...

Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2024 06:32 PM (njWTi)

267 https://youtube.com/shorts/FLjJkWbJl4o

Goddammit, Japan...

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 06:33 PM (a2TzG)

268 Ben - scotch Tamdu

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 06:33 PM (fwDg9)

269 Ben Had, I’m looking forward to trying it.

Was traveling for bidness and tried a restaurant in Sarasota call “indigenous”. Food was good but the Pear, Riesling and Ginger Sorbet was fantastic.

So much so that I have been trying to recreate it here on the dusty plains.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 11, 2024 06:33 PM (Zjxb6)

270 What temperature and for how long?

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375 is what I use for the temperature. I've had two air fryers and both have cooked substantially differently (I assume the fans), so I check mine after two minutes and will flip them and apply some more seasoning if I think I want to. Just use salt and pepper or a lightly applied brown sugar rub. I like to use an oil spritzer but a can of Pam works, too. Melt some butter to spread on it if you're feeling fancy. You want a fat on the outside, though, because it gives it a pleasing crisp outer texture.

Two more minutes and check temperature again. Never let more than two minutes pass between checking for doneness.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:33 PM (mIykB)

271 Moron Robbie, marinate them in white wine before cooking. It is amazing how it keeps them from drying out
Posted by: Ben Had

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oooh, that's a good idea. I make my own white-trash wine so I always have some handy. Thanks.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:34 PM (mIykB)

272 Right up there with boiled peanuts.
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 11, 2024 06:30 PM (L3JrS)Try

I cannot bring myself to try those. They look revolting.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 06:36 PM (OX9vb)

273 I don't but pork chops. I buy a big ass boneless loin for $2/ and cut chops and roasts. Haven't tried air frying chops yet. Worried that I Lack the finess to not dry them out

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 11, 2024 06:36 PM (wBaIH)

274 If you ain't cooking with alcohol you are missing out. White wine , tequila and sherry for white meat.
Cabernet in meat dishes and beer in beans.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:36 PM (nDGMq)

275 I use beer in my chili sometimes, and cook with wine occasionally, but too often the family can taste it and don't like the flavors it gives.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:37 PM (mIykB)

276 I followed the directions the first two times, and it stuck immediately. Then I did it my regular cast-iron way...450 degree oven for 30-45 minutes with a thin coating of corn oil. Repeat two or three times. That was better, but it still isn't great.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:17 PM

Let me email you a video of the method I use. Works great. The video uses Crisco, but I use grapeseed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:38 PM (Wnv9h)

277 Hi, I'm immunocompromised. You are all deadly threats to me. You must all alter your lives to accommodate me so I don't die from your selfish irresponsibility.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2024 06:29 PM (1Nxff)

I have locked myself into a basement closet. You are welcome.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 06:38 PM (D7oie)

278 Boiled peanuts are a no go. Fried peanuts where you eat the shells are great beach snacks.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 11, 2024 06:38 PM (wBaIH)

279 I followed the directions the first two times, and it stuck immediately. Then I did it my regular cast-iron way...450 degree oven for 30-45 minutes with a thin coating of corn oil. Repeat two or three times. That was better, but it still isn't great.

It's just a guess, but my first guess is that you've left too much oil on. You have to wipe it almost dry, then put it in the oven.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 06:38 PM (xCA6C)

280 I cannot bring myself to try those. They look revolting.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Sounds awful, doesn't it?

We had canned boiled peanuts for sale, at a bar where I once worked. Got desperately hungry one evening & that's all we had for snacking, as chips & other stuff hadn't been restocked (one *does* get tired of eating the garnishes, LOL)

Not as bad as I'd thought.

Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2024 06:39 PM (njWTi)

281 Speaking of chili, I picked up a cookbook of that Cajun chef from 80s Justin Wilson and he had an interesting chili recipe. Includes beer and cocoa powder. I'm going to try it in the next couple of weeks.

He was a lot of fun if you didn't see him or don't remember him:

https://tinyurl.com/kw2uz33

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:39 PM (mIykB)

282 It's just a guess, but my first guess is that you've left too much oil on. You have to wipe it almost dry, then put it in the oven.

You could also try other oils. I have good luck with avocado or canola oil.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 06:40 PM (xCA6C)

283 Pete Bog, oh my does that ever sound good. A raised glass to your success in mastering it.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:40 PM (nDGMq)

284 You have to wipe it almost dry, then put it in the oven.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 06:38 PM (xCA6C)

Yup. I use barely a splash of oil and wipe it thoroughly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:40 PM (d9fT1)

285 3 How can you serve spotted dick if you have no nuts?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:02 PM (vjVW5)
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What if you had had a barbed wire incident?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, noccioline e mandorle #01 at August 11, 2024 06:40 PM (qfLjt)

286 Let me email you a video of the method I use. Works great. The video uses Crisco, but I use grapeseed.

Oops, that's the one I meant, not avocado.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 06:41 PM (xCA6C)

287 https://youtube.com/shorts/FLjJkWbJl4o

Goddammit, Japan...
Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 06:33 PM (a2TzG)

OK, now that is MY style of Bibimpap.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 06:41 PM (D7oie)

288 Folks...it's almost time to make cocktails! Although I am contemplating a bourbon instead of a mixed drink, because a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

And I like bourbon.

Thanks for reading and commenting!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:41 PM (d9fT1)

289 JQ I didn't think so either

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 06:42 PM (fwDg9)

290 OK, now that is MY style of Bibimpap.

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that looks fantastic.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:42 PM (mIykB)

291 I cannot bring myself to try those. They look revolting.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2024 06:36 PM (OX9vb)

the only decent boiled peanuts are the ones cooked in brine with star anise. They are so good.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 06:42 PM (D7oie)

292 CBD, thank you and Cheers!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:43 PM (nDGMq)

293 If you can find some guy by the side of the road selling boiled peanuts out of a big black iron cauldron then you should stop and try them. They don't get better than those. You can still see it occasionally.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:43 PM (mIykB)

294 I followed this seasoning procedure.
https://tinyurl.com/yr56shpz

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 06:43 PM (xCA6C)

295 CBD, thank you and Cheers!
Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 06:43 PM

Ben Had! Cheers!

*raises glass*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:43 PM (Wnv9h)

296 How can you serve spotted dick if you have no nuts?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:02 PM (vjVW5)
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What if you had had a barbed wire incident?
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, noccioline e mandorle #01 at August 11, 2024 06:40 PM

It's possible to get spotted dick when you're on a platform bending over to pick up something below it while wearing spurs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 06:44 PM (a3Q+t)

297 Thanks CBD

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:45 PM (mIykB)

298 And I like bourbon.

Thanks for reading and commenting!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:41 PM

There's usually bourbon at the TxMoMe.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 06:45 PM (a3Q+t)

299 Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:39 PM (mIykB)

I've used beer successfully in chilli. Haven't tried chocolate, but may need to now that coffee (which I use in most beef dishes) is off the menu for me.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 06:45 PM (s9EYN)

300 That you Tube was impressive. Pork belly rolls!

Have a good week eaters. Thanks for the thread CBD. I may have to have a little champagne as it’s a little early for the hard stuff.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 11, 2024 06:46 PM (Zjxb6)

301 Yes, I use oil and a lid. I just bought a nice one from Amazon as I can't find the one I though I'd moved

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 06:46 PM (dDSBl)

302 Awesome foodie stuff today, CBD!

So many awesome links... I simply bookmarked the whole thread for future reference.

Robert & those Japan videos, oh!

Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2024 06:46 PM (njWTi)

303 You could also try other oils. I have good luck with avocado or canola oil.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 06:40 PM (xCA6C)

seed oils burn at lower temperatures, they smoke and stink. Try lard instead. You really want to do several coats, so heat the pan, put in a little amount of lard, and mop it around with a paper towel until it is soaked in and gets that odd look, then do it again.
You want to mop it like that the next couple of times you cook anything, you get the lovely deep dark finish

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 06:47 PM (D7oie)

304 I followed this seasoning procedure.
https://tinyurl.com/yr56shpz
Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 06:43 PM

Skip to about 17:45.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pvf0m9jTeE

I used grapeseed oil and 3 cycles of seasoning. You could use more. Works beautifully.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:48 PM (Wnv9h)

305 296 How can you serve spotted dick if you have no nuts?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 04:02 PM (vjVW5)
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What if you had had a barbed wire incident?
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, noccioline e mandorle #01 at August 11, 2024 06:40 PM

It's possible to get spotted dick when you're on a platform bending over to pick up something below it while wearing spurs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 06:44 PM (a3Q+t)
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This is amazingly detailed and specific!

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, noccioline e mandorle #02 at August 11, 2024 06:49 PM (qfLjt)

306 215 and 222 ...

Moron Robbie,

Thanks for the link for the biscuits. I've been using the Kent Rollins two ingredient recipe (White Lily self rising flour and heavy cream) and it works great. Just made a batch this afternoon. But I want to try other recipes so your link will help.

We had a bread machine some years ago but it never worked well. They may be better now. But We have a couple of older (read: indestructible) Kitchen Aid mixers that will do the job and I want to be as hands on as possible.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 06:50 PM (zudum)

307 "Here’s the specific anime/food connection for that restaurant. The character Uzumaki Naruto (from the famous anime/manga Naruto) is known for loving ramen, and he is named after the narutomaki fish cake with a spiral pattern that is used in ramen. Naruto is the guy with spiky blonde hair eating ramen in the window.

As others have said, there are lots of anime and manga specifically about food and cooking. Unfortunately not too many are translated into English.
Posted by: David"

To go even further beyond into pedantry, he's named after the Naruto whirlpools which the fishcake in question gets it's name from. Narutomaki are named after the whirlpools found in the Naruto straight, which has a 1.6km bridge spanning the strait with the fourth fastest current in the world. A version of said bridge being integral to Naruto's first major character arc.

Posted by: ravenshrike at August 11, 2024 06:50 PM (2s2/5)

308 Thanks for reading and commenting!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:41 PM (d9fT1)

*hangs head in shame*
I've been cleaning gubs.
Before the gub thread.
I guess it was premature cleanization.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 06:50 PM (W/lyH)

309 Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 06:50 PM (W/lyH)
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Cleaning is fundamental!

Posted by: Weasel at August 11, 2024 06:52 PM (uGpeQ)

310 250 I am permanently off tuna, I'm afraid. 5 or so years ago I was making a tuna casserole and when I opened the tuna took a big sniff as the lid popped open and nearly puked. The can was bad. That was the first and only time I ever got a bad can of anything. Stomach still rolls thinking about it. Considering the sheer volume of canned goods it's a wonder that isn't a very common occurrence.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 11, 2024 06:26 PM (hKoQL)

A few months back, I bought a couple of multi-packs of tuna packed in olive oil from Costco. At least one of the cans, unbeknownst to me, had ruptured. The shrink-wrapped cans sat in a staging area for weeks without my noticing any odor. It wasn't until I finally got around to moving them to their proper location that I noticed the leakage. It was... unpleasant. Though, it was not enough to have me swear off tuna.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at August 11, 2024 06:53 PM (DTX3h)

311 I sometimes make popcorn with bacon fat, since I save that. I still add some butter.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 06:53 PM (dDSBl)

312 Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 06:50 PM (W/lyH)
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Cleaning is fundamental!
Posted by: Weasel at August 11, 2024 06:52 PM (uGpeQ)

***
Indeed!
And also why i don't really feel to bad about it.
Cleaning and a decent bourbon. What's not to love!?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 06:53 PM (W/lyH)

313 A preacher went to visit an elderly parishioner in her assisted living unit. During a lengthy conversation, he noted a full bowl of boiled peanuts on the table, so he helped himself to a handful of them, and then had some more. He then felt that he should say something, and asked “I see someone has been bringing you these nuts, do you not like them? The bowl was full!”
And she replied “oh I like them just fine, reverend! But I don’t chew so well these days, so I just suck the chocolate off them and put them in that bowl over by you.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2024 06:54 PM (S6gqv)

314 We had a bread machine some years ago but it never worked well. They may be better now. But We have a couple of older (read: indestructible) Kitchen Aid mixers that will do the job and I want to be as hands on as possible.
Posted by: JTB

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I've never used my Kitchen Aid for bread but I know a lot of people who do. Should be fine.

Biscuit-wise I could make them fine but they always seemed to be hit or miss. They were still good, but I was never proud of them because it didn't seem like I could make them the same way twice. This technique trades off some flakiness for rock-solid consistency and tenderness. I'll never go back.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:54 PM (mIykB)

315 Greetings! Nut allergies are a puzzlement to me, but I have a relation, a young boy about 8 and if he eats any kind of nut he goes into an actual allergic emergency, some kind of shock preceded by a descriptive adjective whose exact term escapes me at the moment, starts with the letter "a".
Glad I don't have that.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 11, 2024 06:54 PM (MeG8a)

316 A preacher went to visit an elderly parishioner in her assisted living unit. During a lengthy conversation, he noted a full bowl of boiled peanuts on the table, so he helped himself to a handful of them, and then had some more. He then felt that he should say something, and asked “I see someone has been bringing you these nuts, do you not like them? The bowl was full!”
And she replied “oh I like them just fine, reverend! But I don’t chew so well these days, so I just suck the chocolate off them and put them in that bowl over by you.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2024 06:54 PM (S6gqv)

My daddy passed away recently, and this was one of his favorite jokes. Thank you for the fond, funny memory!

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (not CaliGirl) at August 11, 2024 06:55 PM (0FtZB)

317 258 Hi, I'm immunocompromised. You are all deadly threats to me. You must all alter your lives to accommodate me so I don't die from your ~~selfish~~ shellfish irresponsibility.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2024 06:29 PM (1Nxff)

fixed 4 u

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at August 11, 2024 06:55 PM (DTX3h)

318 One of the problems with making sourdough anything, which I prefer, is maintaining the starter. It used a lot of flour and required me to remember to feed it. I've heard of ways to used dried sourdough dough to make the next batch of starter. More economical given the price of flour these days and less messy.

Anyone tried this? I believe there are videos on how to do it. Should be worth investigating.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 06:55 PM (zudum)

319

And she replied “oh I like them just fine, reverend! But I don’t chew so well these days, so I just suck the chocolate off them and put them in that bowl over by you.”
Posted by: Tom Servo

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hahaha, I'll be telling that one, thanks.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:56 PM (mIykB)

320 Fun Food Fact:

When to Five Guys yesterday for a bigass bacon cheeseburger and sampled some of Deez Nutz.

A very tasty, large burger.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 11, 2024 06:56 PM (2UBPP)

321 I sometimes make popcorn with bacon fat, since I save that. I still add some butter.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 06:53 PM

I use duck fat for that sometimes. Om, nom, nom!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:56 PM (Wnv9h)

322 ! But I don’t chew so well these days, so I just suck the chocolate off them and put them in that bowl over by you.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2024 06:54 PM (S6gqv)

My daddy passed away recently, and this was one of his favorite jokes. Thank you for the fond, funny memory!
Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (not CaliGirl) at August 11, 2024 06:55 PM (0FtZB)
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Jeez.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 06:57 PM (W/lyH)

323 Watch some videos about sourdough. It's easy to keep alive in the fridge even if you forget about it sometimes. And, since it's already sour, it's not going to go bad easily.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 06:57 PM (mIykB)

324 Anyone tried this? I believe there are videos on how to do it. Should be worth investigating.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 06:55 PM (zudum)

It's even easier. Shoot me an email!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:58 PM (d9fT1)

325 Watermelon is absolutely loaded with hydric acid.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 06:29 PM (a3Q+t)

And chock fulla hydrogen hydroxide as well.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 11, 2024 06:58 PM (/HDaX)

326 And chock fulla hydrogen hydroxide as well.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 11, 2024 06:58 PM

That shit can kill you!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 06:58 PM (Wnv9h)

327 My boy had a pretty serious bee allergy that grew out of. I didn't go on a pogrom to eliminate all bees.

Posted by: The Way It Is at August 11, 2024 06:59 PM (Utewd)

328 some kind of shock preceded by a descriptive adjective whose exact term escapes me at the moment, starts with the letter "a".

Anaphylactic shock.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 11, 2024 06:59 PM (/HDaX)

329 Gubs are nood!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2024 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

330 327 My boy had a pretty serious bee allergy that grew out of. I didn't go on a pogrom to eliminate all bees.
Posted by: The Way It Is at August 11, 2024 06:59 PM (Utewd)

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You can even tell which bees are Jewish?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 07:01 PM (WBQfF)

331 Finish your WeaselBeans and head upstairs
ITS GUN NOOD TIME

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 07:01 PM (fwDg9)

332 RMBS, I need some input from you. Will email.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2024 07:01 PM (nDGMq)

333 308 Thanks for reading and commenting!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 06:41 PM (d9fT1)

*hangs head in shame*
I've been cleaning gubs.
Before the gub thread.
I guess it was premature cleanization.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2024 06:50 PM (W/lyH)
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Did you use a cloth?

Posted by: *Hic*

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, noccioline e mandorle #03 at August 11, 2024 07:03 PM (qfLjt)

334 I found a video where she makes the starter thick and covers it with some flour. It easily keeps three weeks that way.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 07:06 PM (dDSBl)

335 CBD: I'll send that email this evening.

Notsothoreau: Thanks. I'll look for that video about the starter.

Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 07:09 PM (zudum)

336 Thanks @328
Memory is the second thing to go.
I don't recall what is the first...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 11, 2024 07:11 PM (MeG8a)

337 This hurtful Gyaliaphobia must stop!!!

Posted by: Mr. Peanut at August 11, 2024 07:40 PM (TKQrs)

338 Posted by: JTB at August 11, 2024 06:55 PM (zudum)

I just keep a small amount of starter in the fridge and only feed it up when I want to make something. Has worked fine for a couple of years.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 11, 2024 09:09 PM (s9EYN)

339 Agreed on the bourbon. Tequila, on the other hand...Don Julio 1942 is around $200 and worth it. Close second us Riazul Anejo when we're slumming at $60.

Posted by: Dave at August 12, 2024 07:26 AM (rPheK)

340 Olympic Atheltes want Meat and Dairy not Plant Based Junk or Cardboard Bed and Sweat Box Rooms the Eco-Friendly Olympic Village

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 12, 2024 04:31 PM (wGqjj)

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