Food Thread: "Unidentified Slime," My favorite Ingredient!

Before you say anything...they tasted really good, even though the photo makes them look better than reality!

Those are what are called "heirloom carrots" in food marketing jargon. They are just different colored carrots packaged in the same bag. They are dark purple and pale orange and yellow, and of course the typical orange carrot. I usually slice them the long way, then roast them in a hot oven. They taste great, and they look pretty cool on the plate too.

But I wanted to try something a bit different, so I blanched them, then sauteed them in butter and a splash of honey*.

Except...the blanching leached the pigment out of the purple carrots and tinted the rest of them. Man oh man they looked like crap... much worse than the photo. What the hell was I to do? Toss them? Absolutely not! Remember, I am a cheap bastard at heart, and besides, they tasted really good... nice and buttery and sweet.

But I turned the lights down so that they didn't look so awful.

*Does honey splash?

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Bombshell report details unsanitary conditions inside Boar's Head plants: Unsanitary conditions at Boar's Head plants beyond the one cited for deadly listeria outbreak

The headline says it all. Is anyone surprised that Boar's Head is running more than one filthy food production facility?

The USDA has released a series of non-compliance reports linked to Boar's Head following Freedom of Information Act requests from several news agencies, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
The findings from inspections of Boar's Head plants in New Castle, Indiana, Forrest City, Arkansas, and Petersburg, Virginia, date back roughly six years and flagged numerous violations, the AP said.
The outlet pointed to multiple descriptions in the reports, including equipment "covered in meat scraps," "dry crusted meat from the previous day's production," "dark, stinky residue," and "unidentified slime" and "an abundance of insects."

I am confident that most of their plants are substandard. But...What the hell? the findings date back six years? Why is Boar's Head still in business? That is an abject failure on the part of the government agency tasked with holding food production in America to a minimum standard.

Apparently "dark, stinky residue" is just fine in our food!

I was avoiding Boar's Head already, but absent a complete turnover in its corporate ranks and a radical change in their corporate culture, I will never again buy any of their products.

But the government deserves accountability, and I hope Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Agriculture (Brooke Rollins) takes some scalps for this monumental screw-up.

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Well, this looks interesting! I love Scrapple, and I always order it any time I am eating breakfast in Pennsylvania. I have never seen it anywhere else, but there is always hope.

Except, it only has pork butt and maybe pork hocks or rib tips! No ring meat, no intestines, no eyeballs, no ears, no...

Harrumph!

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Okay! Sounds good. It's from a small supermarket chain that started as a dairy and always has good ice cream and butter and such.

Except...

WHERE IS THE COOKIE DOUGH?

Nothing...not a thing in the first few inches. I did find a small piece of cookie about three inches down. What a damned tease!

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There are a bunch of interchangeable chicken dishes that are common on the menus of Italian restaurants in America. I don't know enough about Italian food to explain the origins of these dishes, but Chicken Piccata, Chicken Francese, Chicken Florentine, Chicken Saltimbocca, Chicken Sorrento, and the one I usually don't order because someone (not me) is allergic to mushrooms: Chicken Marsala, are standards. And that is not a criticism. They are pretty simple to make and can be delicious. They are smart dishes to have on a restaurant menu because they start with the same base chicken, are a quick dish to make, food cost is low, and prep is easy. Nobody goes to the neighborhood Italian joint for a rarified culinary experience. We go because they are often family restaurants (at my favorite, the bartenders are the owners!), the food is tasty, they aren't ripping you off with expensive wine, and the waiters aren't sullen actor wanna-bes.

Anyway, back to mushrooms! I love mushrooms. Even the commodity white button mushrooms are fun, and some of the rarer (and more expensive) ones like Morels are absolutely spectacular.

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I was going to illustrate this section with a photo of "Balut," but I decided that I just don't want to look at it more than once.

I have eaten a bunch of these, but I absolutely draw the line at eating live vertebrates! And yes, oysters and clams are alive (or should be) very close to the time of consumption, but they are invertebrates with a rudimentary nervous system.

The 50 Weirdest Foods From Around the World

Carving the heart out of a still living snake and eating it, or frying a fish, but only half its body, seems gratuitously cruel.

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What the hell happened to all the vegetables? And send me garlic that isn't grown in heavy metals and human waste in China, well-marbled hanger steaks and elk chops to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

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

$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.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty of fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 04:00 PM (fwDg9)

2 First?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 04:02 PM (SwYaS)

3 Dang - congrats, Skip

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 04:02 PM (SwYaS)

4 Wait, the photo makes them look 'better' than reality?

They look like extruded, melted together stale gummy worms.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2025 04:04 PM (bss/y)

5 Or the butts of some really poorly handmade cigarettes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2025 04:04 PM (bss/y)

6 Why is Boar's Head still in business?

I can only speak for myself, but the premier hotel in Charlottesville, until just recently, is the Boar's Head Inn, and I suspect more than a few people figure it's the same company, so it must be good. I've paid a premium for BH products, but that is done. I predict they will not survive.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:05 PM (xCA6C)

7 Weirdest foods: Balut. never seen it, but the description is profoundly nauseating.

I'd rather each shilled monkey brains.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Day 6 of Funemployment at January 19, 2025 04:06 PM (Ad8y9)

8 The local liquor store had a really good sale on Johnnie Walker 18, so I bought it. Although it lacks a lot of smoke, it is delicious. I've gotten a lot worse for the money.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:06 PM (xCA6C)

9 chilled.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Day 6 of Funemployment at January 19, 2025 04:06 PM (Ad8y9)

10 Carving the heart out of a still living snake and eating it, or frying a fish, but only half its body, seems gratuitously cruel.

Well, that's because it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:07 PM (xCA6C)

11 *Does honey splash?

If you do it right.

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:08 PM (ymv7F)

12 I am embarked on the recreation of a broetchen recipe. Broetchen are a small German bun that are crunchy outside and light and airy inside.
Still working on it, I think the problem is American bread flour has too much gluten so it comes out tough.
I have had some success in adding in some Scottish oats, but that is not the solution, and I have had more success in how I treat the fairly wet dough, but stretching and rolling it.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025 04:08 PM (D7oie)

13 Unsanitary conditions at Boar's Head plants beyond the one cited for deadly listeria outbreak

Wonder what the average worker's status is.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2025 04:08 PM (mlg/3)

14 Heirloom carrots are awesome roasted.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 19, 2025 04:09 PM (Q4IgG)

15 Also I thought the carrots were fried cassava, which is one of those foods that I adore, and I can never find.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025 04:09 PM (D7oie)

16 I do get Boars Head at times, just didn't today.
And it is a bit more expensive than store brand

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 04:10 PM (fwDg9)

17 Also I thought the carrots were fried cassava, which is one of those foods that I adore, and I can never find.
Posted by: Kindltot

Probably because raw cassava contains cyanide.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2025 04:10 PM (mlg/3)

18 Baloooooooooot! Balooooooooooot!

Posted by: Olangopo Street Vendors at January 19, 2025 04:11 PM (a3Q+t)

19 We got our beef quarter on Thursday. 224 pounds of beef takes up most of the space in my freezer!
Pro: freezer is more efficient and less prone to frost if full, we will not run out of beef for at least two years.
Con: there is no room for any pork or chicken or... anything, the boy spawn requested the heart which I had to request from the meat locker. Ick. He took that away with him and will cook it his own self.

I now want bacon. Or a tuna sandwich. Perhaps grilled cheese is the way.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 19, 2025 04:12 PM (4XwPj)

20 Probably because raw cassava contains cyanide.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2025 04:10 PM (mlg/3)

Which is why you cut them up, boil them and fry them.

Cassava is also used in making tapioca

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025 04:12 PM (D7oie)

21 BJ's in Millsboro,De. caries Rapa scrapple. It's pretty good.

Posted by: Accomack at January 19, 2025 04:12 PM (aHqhe)

22 Willowed:

334 Leave the T&P valve alone. It will function when it needs to despite scaling etc. Your just likely to mess up the seals.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 19, 2025 04:02 PM (QB+5g)
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Nope. I only do the above when the TPI valve doesn't operate properly. A few minutes with dilute HCl dissolves the lime scale, and then the TPI operates smoothly.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 19, 2025 04:05 PM (YqDXo)

pawn and Deplorable J - thank you both for the information. I will likely try the flushing but am averse to disassembling things.

Deplorable J - I'm in Orange county - our water is very hard.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 04:12 PM (QGaXH)

23 Cassava beans really don't go with Chianti.

Posted by: Hannibal L. at January 19, 2025 04:13 PM (a3Q+t)

24 What do you folks think of your local El Polo Loco? I used to love the one I had a couple years ago but I moved and I keep going back to the new one thinking maybe they were just having a bad day.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 19, 2025 04:14 PM (QB+5g)

25 Boar's Head is available here but a couple of the grocery stores offer products from Dietz & Watson (sp?) instead or in addition to BH. D&W has pretty decent brats also.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 19, 2025 04:15 PM (NtUSo)

26 FenSpouse and son are making a gazpacho. Yes; I know. It's cold and gazpacho is better at a time when the weather is warmer, but son loves gazpacho, and he's trying it out for some soup cook-off which is taking place at a local Evangelical church next week.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:16 PM (FxQ+S)

27 Hello food horde. It is bitterly cold and I’m thinking of great warming meals. And red wine.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 04:16 PM (/Elj1)

28 I had no idea today was a snow storm day, glad I have no where to be for 2r hours

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 04:16 PM (fwDg9)

29 Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2025 04:04 PM (bss/y)

The photo makes them look MUCH better.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:16 PM (qvqLl)

30 Thank you CBD for another awesome food thread I love cooking for others and eating for myself and always love learning new things yo9u suggest. Still unsure about the whole boiling meat thing LOL

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:17 PM (ymv7F)

31 Polish guest is back, so I'm cooking for 7 again...

Tonight, it's meatloaf (Italian style), roasted cabbage, roasted carrots with ginger and honey, strawberries and grapes, and some pizza crust bread sticks (last bakery pizza crust wasn't needed for pizza, so this is a use up - everyone gets 1 stick). Now that he and my daughter are back, I need extra sides at meals since I really don't want to add 50% to my protein amount...

It's probably healthier having all the veg sides.

And for dessert (that certain people couldn't avoid), I played with my guest's gifts of rose water and strawberry rhubarb syrup into a Duncan Hines white cake made with whole eggs...same 2 syrups into 1/3 of a vanilla frosting...and have a glazed bundt cake that my son said tastes like "a vanilla frosted donut with sprinkles" from Duncan Hines. This is a huge compliment...I haven't tried it yet b/c dessert, but 4 folks couldn't wait (including the spouse who loved it)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:17 PM (exHjb)

32 Fen, I add roasted jalapeños to mine

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:17 PM (oT+t6)

33 >>> 19 We got our beef quarter on Thursday. 224 pounds of beef takes up most of the space in my freezer!
Pro: freezer is more efficient and less prone to frost if full, we will not run out of beef for at least two years.
Con: there is no room for any pork or chicken or... anything
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Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 19, 2025 04:12 PM (4XwPj)

This is a FWP, that now you need another freezer for the half hog, and a few chickens, and maybe some lamb or a turkey or...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 19, 2025 04:18 PM (NtUSo)

34 Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:17 PM (oT+t6)

Thanks. That sounds good. I will tell him about that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:18 PM (FxQ+S)

35 27 Hello food horde. It is bitterly cold and I’m thinking of great warming meals. And red wine.
Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 04:16 PM (/Elj1)

I made a breakfast casserole, and apple pie. Both nice for cold weather.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 04:18 PM (OX9vb)

36 The snow is starting to stick here in NoVa. IOW, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful...

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:18 PM (xCA6C)

37 Hi Ben Had,

I sent you an email the other day.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 19, 2025 04:19 PM (QB+5g)

38 It's 20 degrees here, blowing wind... so Tacos! A Modelo cerveza with side shots of Tequila to warm the body.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 19, 2025 04:19 PM (Q4IgG)

39 Boar's Head is available here but a couple of the grocery stores offer products from Dietz & Watson (sp?) instead or in addition to BH.

I thought that Whore's Bed was on The List™ due to overly woke and anti-MAGA corporate policies.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 19, 2025 04:19 PM (rHxhM)

40 I thought scrapple had braaaaaiiiins.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2025 04:19 PM (kpS4V)

41 paw , apologies. Answer be returned in the morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:20 PM (oT+t6)

42 Still unsure about the whole boiling meat thing LOL

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:17 PM (ymv7F)

Thank you!

And... sous vide is a great cooking te unique that makes a lot of foods even better. It's not for everything, but it is a useful addition to any kitchen.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:20 PM (qvqLl)

43 Lunch was leftover Chicken Marsala, so dinner will probably be a salad.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2025 04:21 PM (kpS4V)

44 Nova Local I really enjoy reading your foodie solutions, I grew up in Alexandria in the 70s/80s and like learning how you feed your people well for cheaper than market prices.

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:21 PM (ymv7F)

45 The photo makes them look MUCH better.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:16 PM (qvqLl)

Damn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2025 04:21 PM (bss/y)

46 Fen, I add roasted jalapeños to mine
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:17 PM (oT+t6)

I told someone once that my recipe for gazpacho came from the Spanish film, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and he looked at me blankly for a minute and then asked to make sure I wasn't adding the sleeping pills

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025 04:22 PM (D7oie)

47 donut from Dunkin Donuts...dang, you can tell my attention is split with the football game...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:22 PM (exHjb)

48 The 50 Weirdest Foods From Around the World
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Tuna Eyeballs was the only Japanese dish in the top 10. I'm here to tell you that Japan should own the top 20 on that list. Some of their culinary "delights" will actually kill you if prepared improperly.

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 04:22 PM (dIske)

49
Carving the heart out of a still living snake and eating it, or frying a fish, but only half its body, seems gratuitously cruel.

Well, that's because it is.
Posted by: Archimedes

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Exactly. I generally don't click on those baity "50 Weirdest" or "50 Craziest" or whatever things that are all over the internet, but this one for sure.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2025 04:23 PM (lCaJd)

50 great warming meals. And red wine.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 04:16 PM (/Elj1)

Stew! Or cassoulet if you feel energetic.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:23 PM (qvqLl)

51 Having spent a fair bit of time in food quality, the Boar's Head thing makes a certain amount of sense if the overall company has shitty overall control. Profit margins in food are very slim and production (as in all industries) always want to ship everything and run continuously. The Quality dept has to have support from the overall leadership or they are fucked. I have seen it a lot, over the course of years, in a lot of industries besides food. Some places are great, but they are a night and day difference from a lot of the others.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2025 04:24 PM (bss/y)

52 In my experience there really aren’t good days at El Pollo Loco. It’s my last choice. Probably behind gas station corn dogs on the roller grill.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 04:24 PM (/Elj1)

53 When we took the young man out for her birthday about two weeks ago the French restaurant served a delicious roasted chestnut purée soup with some whole chestnuts in it. I would like to find a recipe for that because I had never had a chestnut soup before.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:24 PM (tE1yO)

54 40 I thought scrapple had braaaaaiiiins.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2025 04:19 PM (kpS4V)

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The most creative they get on the good stuff is pork hearts. Otherwise, it's your usual fare.

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 04:24 PM (dIske)

55 I checked out the 50 weirdest foods article, but couldn't finish. It's nauseating.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 04:24 PM (OX9vb)

56 Best fried fish I have ever had was in Japan. Probably because it had been in the ocean about an hour before, but still.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2025 04:25 PM (bss/y)

57 Those would go well in chili.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at January 19, 2025 04:25 PM (17s+e)

58 44 Nova Local I really enjoy reading your foodie solutions, I grew up in Alexandria in the 70s/80s and like learning how you feed your people well for cheaper than market prices.
Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:21 PM (ymv7F)

Thanks - it helps the kids are older and eat veg now. When they were kids, this is why we always had fresh fruit with dinner. It was the only produce item type they would eat, so we always had it. Now, I can add 2 veg dishes (or a potato and a veg) and still have the fresh fruit (which is the easiest to prep and plan now - and they even eat melons/dragonfruit/crazy fruits now, so even that has more options for loss leader buys)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:25 PM (exHjb)

59 I read that the secret ingredient in great gazpacho was sherry vinegar and I've been using it in mine ever since. Don't know if it's true, but husband and I both REALLY like my gazpacho.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 19, 2025 04:25 PM (FEVMW)

60 Well, that's because it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:07 PM (xCA6C)

And a powerful indicator of the relative quality of the society.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:25 PM (qvqLl)

61 53 When we took the young MAN out for HER birthday......

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:24 PM (tE1yO)

Huh?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 04:26 PM (QGaXH)

62 And... sous vide is a great cooking te unique that makes a lot of foods even better. It's not for everything, but it is a useful addition to any kitchen.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:20 PM (qvqLl)

I'm gonna try it. I do love the low slow cook technique just have to figure out how to incorporate it into my kitchen schedule.
#TwoWeeks right???

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:26 PM (ymv7F)

63 Tuna Eyeballs was the only Japanese dish in the top 10. I'm here to tell you that Japan should own the top 20 on that list. Some of their culinary "delights" will actually kill you if prepared improperly.
Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 04:22 PM (dIske)

Fugu is eaten so you get part of the dose of neuro-toxins in the pufferfish organs and fins, but not so much you go into respiratory collapse.
The toxin is said to be the same toxin in rough skinned newts, but no one really wants to go around eating newts

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025 04:26 PM (D7oie)

64 57 Those would go well in chili.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at January 19, 2025 04:25 PM (17s+e)
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Heathen!!!! Burn the witch!!!!

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 04:26 PM (dIske)

65 n my experience there really aren’t good days at El Pollo Loco. It’s my last choice. Probably behind gas station corn dogs on the roller grill.
Posted by: Pete Bog

It's usually cooked to hell, which is probably safer your average fast food chicken.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2025 04:26 PM (mlg/3)

66 Oh look, somebody got ice cream!

Posted by: Guy Eating Pint of Frozen Cookie Dough Balls at January 19, 2025 04:27 PM (lDb3Z)

67 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 04:26 PM (QGaXH)

Stupid auto correct or typo. Sorry He is a young man and is not confused about his sex.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:27 PM (tE1yO)

68 Tuna Eyeballs was the only Japanese dish in the top 10. I'm here to tell you that Japan should own the top 20 on that list. Some of their culinary "delights" will actually kill you if prepared improperly.
Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 04:22 PM (dIske)

Fugu, the poisonous pufferfish, is on the list. Probably the grossest description to me (though there was a lot to choose from!!) was the fried spider:
but also has brown sludge in the abdomen, which consists of mainly innards, eggs and excrement.

*shudder*

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at January 19, 2025 04:28 PM (lg881)

69 Thanks - it helps the kids are older and eat veg now

Hahaha yeah I used to battle my Mom over broccoli. Now I buy it by choice and eat it raw or in salads or with balsalmic or even bake it with shallots and other veggies. Cuz I'm sophisticated now!

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:29 PM (ymv7F)

70 Snow must be wet, sticking to everything and that won't be good.

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 04:29 PM (fwDg9)

71 I liked the weirdest foods list. Thanks.

I've had 2 of the South Korean dishes.

Not dog or cat though. The kids in class told me dog stew was great.

Posted by: Stateless...14% at January 19, 2025 04:29 PM (jvJvP)

72 no one really wants to go around eating newts

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025 04:26 PM (D7oie)

I beg to differ!

Posted by: Aliens at January 19, 2025 04:29 PM (qvqLl)

73 It might be amusing to go along with comments of the week to have worst typos or autocorrects . Unfortunately, i would probably win that contest.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:30 PM (tE1yO)

74 Pete Bog, choice will depend on what you have on hand.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:30 PM (oT+t6)

75 70 Snow must be wet, sticking to everything and that won't be good.
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 04:29 PM (fwDg9)

Depends on how it's cooked?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 04:30 PM (QGaXH)

76 There's that Japanese soup where they drop live fish into boiling hot broth with tofu cubes, and the fish burrow into the tofu to escape the heat...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2025 04:30 PM (kpS4V)

77 Once had a 48 ounce carton of Kemp’s chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream that did not have any chunks of cookie dough and no chocolate chips. Filled out an online complaint and never received a response.

Posted by: Mental Block at January 19, 2025 04:31 PM (J9XHq)

78 Or cassoulet if you feel energetic.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:23 PM (qvqLl)

Good idea. Though in our house it is known as Cat Soufflé after an unfortunate meal at a restaurant which claimed to have perfected the dish. They hadn’t.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 04:31 PM (/Elj1)

79
And a powerful indicator of the relative quality of the society.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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I'm guessing the worst offenders are Asian. They have this deliberate cruel streak that freaks me out considering their advancement in other regards.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2025 04:31 PM (lCaJd)

80 Rain has stopped here, 40F ish. Thinking of going to the beach.
Wife is having Pollo Compero which is pretty good stuff.
I will have a burger with onions and bacon and no one can stop me.

Posted by: Accomack at January 19, 2025 04:32 PM (GxmKP)

81 *shudder*

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at January 19, 2025 04:28 PM (lg881)

There is a reason I prefer that the animals I eat be eviscerated and cleaned.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:32 PM (qvqLl)

82 73 It might be amusing to go along with comments of the week to have worst typos or autocorrects . Unfortunately, i would probably win that contest.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:30 PM (tE1yO)

We have all been there.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 04:32 PM (QGaXH)

83 How does one cook a beef heart? It doesn't sound appealing to me, but I like beef and chicken liver and as a kid my husband used to eat kidney stew and I used to have sweetbreads.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:32 PM (tE1yO)

84 Newts is endangered in Kalifornia, right?

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2025 04:33 PM (LHPAg)

85 Aren't wasps by their very definition crackers?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2025 04:33 PM (kpS4V)

86 62 And... sous vide is a great cooking te unique that makes a lot of foods even better. It's not for everything, but it is a useful addition to any kitchen.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:20 PM (qvqLl)

I did find out sous vide and then sear is why Royal Caribbean cruise line can now make the perfect medium rare (or medium well) steak/beef product. I did have the best cooked beef I've ever had on a cruise (granted, I've only done 6 cruises total, but still)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:34 PM (exHjb)

87 It's probably no accident the parasite ad pops up just below that picture.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 19, 2025 04:34 PM (rCYnW)

88
There's that Japanese soup where they drop live fish into boiling hot broth with tofu cubes, and the fish burrow into the tofu to escape the heat...
Posted by: All Hail Eris

================

Well, we're not very nice to lobsters and king crabs. They don't try to burrow into tofu cubes, but they do try to crawl out of the boiling pots and the people tending them shove them back in with big metal utensils. I'm not sure why people believe in poaching seafood; I guess it's because one second dead is considered un-fresh.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2025 04:34 PM (lCaJd)

89 Beef cheek is really good. My favorite stew meat is beef neck which also makes a nice roast.

Posted by: Accomack at January 19, 2025 04:34 PM (GxmKP)

90 84 Newts is endangered in Kalifornia, right?
Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2025 04:33 PM (LHPAg)

Nothing to worry about - he's term limited but the idiots would probably reelect him anyway if he could run....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (QGaXH)

91 They have this deliberate cruel streak that freaks me out considering their advancement in other regards.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2025 04:31 PM (lCaJd)

This isn't the place, but I will challenge you to explain that advancement.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (qvqLl)

92 I made a butternut/sweet potato soup yesterday because that's what I had I needed to use. I also made a baked potato soup yesterday. today I'm baking a loaf of French bread and Italian sausage soup. it's a lot of soup but it's cold outside and it's easy to warm up if someone is hungry. I'm not cooking the rest of the week. It's been a while since I've made bread from scratch so we'll see how it turns out. I need to gat a new sourdough starter.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (VCgbV)

93 69 Thanks - it helps the kids are older and eat veg now

Hahaha yeah I used to battle my Mom over broccoli. Now I buy it by choice and eat it raw or in salads or with balsalmic or even bake it with shallots and other veggies. Cuz I'm sophisticated now!
Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:29 PM (ymv7F)

I battled my mom on everything...then again, she couldn't cook...at all. So, maybe my lack of desire about eating cold canned peas wasn't just on me

...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (exHjb)

94 85 Aren't wasps by their very definition crackers?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2025 04:33 PM (kpS4V)

*Golf clap*

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at January 19, 2025 04:36 PM (lg881)

95 Small restaurant one town over does the heritage carrots to the point where they look charred. They’re delicious. Not sure how they get that look and taste. Yum.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 19, 2025 04:37 PM (2NHgQ)

96 Incidentally, in honor of the current snow storm I loaded up yesterday and currently have a HUGE pot filled with authentic PA Dutch Chicken Corn soup simmering to perfection. Authentic means the addition of pieces of hard boiled eggs and homemade dumplings to the usual mix. White shoe peg corn, carrots, onions (white, cause I'm racist apparently), chicken of course (white meat only, because, you know), spring onions, various cornucopia of seasonings. And, of course homemade chicken stock (store bought bouillon tastes like salted medicine.)

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 04:37 PM (dIske)

97
This isn't the place, but I will challenge you to explain that advancement.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

==============

I know what you mean, and I'd be willing to concede plenty. But they at least had writing systems, philosophy, energy capture, seafaring, stuff like that that Africa never developed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2025 04:37 PM (lCaJd)

98 *Does honey splash?

Everything does if you hit it hard enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhUYYaeQ5EU

Posted by: DaveA at January 19, 2025 04:37 PM (FhXTo)

99 Posted by: lin-duh at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (VCgbV)

Email me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:38 PM (qvqLl)

100 93 69 Thanks - it helps the kids are older and eat veg now

Hahaha yeah I used to battle my Mom over broccoli. Now I buy it by choice and eat it raw or in salads or with balsalmic or even bake it with shallots and other veggies. Cuz I'm sophisticated now!
Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:29 PM (ymv7F)

I battled my mom on everything...then again, she couldn't cook...at all. So, maybe my lack of desire about eating cold canned peas wasn't just on me...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (exHjb)

I entered adulthood with a number of food hang-ups and eventually outgrew them - after coming to realize my mother was a TERRIBLE cook!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 04:39 PM (QGaXH)

101 Not sure how they get that look and taste. Yum.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 19, 2025 04:37 PM (2NHgQ)

What the f*ck? What a tease.

Get off your ass and ask the chef!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:39 PM (qvqLl)

102 97
This isn't the place, but I will challenge you to explain that advancement.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

==============

I know what you mean, and I'd be willing to concede plenty. But they at least had writing systems, philosophy, energy capture, seafaring, stuff like that that Africa never developed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2025 04:37 PM (lCaJd)

Personally - I think their writing system is one of the things that's held them back....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 04:40 PM (QGaXH)

103 Kelly just put Kavanaugh on a skewer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 04:41 PM (SCPhd)

104 I do get Boars Head at times, just didn't today.
And it is a bit more expensive than store brand
Posted by: Skip

The store brand doesn't kill you (maybe in the long run but not quickly)!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 19, 2025 04:41 PM (SK2fc)

105 And a powerful indicator of the relative quality of the society.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Not trying to turn this into a gross out thread however….

The English eat snipe after they have “cured” for a few days then are roasted. The guts make a delicious pate. So I am told.

Not sure if that validates your theory CBD.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 04:42 PM (/Elj1)

106 about eating cold canned peas wasn't just on me...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (exHjb)

So happy you're not of the Brit type. You know we kicked them outta here a couple hundred years ago because their food sucked. As did their government.

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:42 PM (ymv7F)

107 Best fried fish

Standing on an island in Voyageurs.

Posted by: DaveA at January 19, 2025 04:42 PM (FhXTo)

108 Fun trivia as to why orange carrots became the standard: The orange carrot was adopted as a royal vegetable to honor the House of Orange, which ruled the Netherlands in the mid-16th century. The Netherlands was a leader in agriculture at the time, and their choice spread worldwide.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2025 04:42 PM (7MHHr)

109 My favorite cold weather dish is chicken stewed in a garlic herb tomato sauce served over polenta with plenty of Romano cheese in it

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:42 PM (oT+t6)

110 I like charred vegetables. I also liked Charo.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 04:43 PM (xmmHY)

111 I've eaten a lot of items on that list but I draw the line at bugs, grubs, and worms. Not even on a dare and I'm drunk.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2025 04:43 PM (kpS4V)

112 CBD
A question since I couldn't find out online. About that William Barton Bourbon from last week.
I used to live somewhat close to French Lick and West Baden. The hotel, spa, resort, casino, at various times used to serve, bottle and sell the spring water from there. Called, "Pluto Water". Then, some years ago some nosy parkers from the gubmint tested the water and ordered them to stop because it had some minute quantity of lithium in the water. Do they use that same water now in the bourbon?

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at January 19, 2025 04:43 PM (PwcNq)

113 89 Beef cheek is really good. My favorite stew meat is beef neck which also makes a nice roast.

I recently made demi glace, for which it is recommended to use neck bones, oxtails, and veal bones, in addition to a bit of stew meat. I bought neckbones on a really good sale at H-Mart for $3/lb, while veal bones are $6/lb, up from $5/lb last year - a 20% rise. Ox tails are $17/lb - more than prime steak.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:43 PM (xCA6C)

114 Have chicken thighs to fry up later, meal times are screwed up for me with shift change

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 04:43 PM (fwDg9)

115 OMG Orson!

That soup could make me cry from homesickness.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 19, 2025 04:44 PM (QB+5g)

116 I'm sorry, really I am. But that photo up top looks like an ashtray to me.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 04:44 PM (xmmHY)

117 So much in terms of food quality is now in the hands of individuals and companies that are willing to do a good job. I just assume the government regulatory bodies that are supposed to inspect regularly aren't even doing their jobs anymore, and they're not going to, either because screw you, that's why.

Wash all raw meats and vegetables thoroughly. Cook things to proper temperatures all the way through. Above all, trust your senses, especially your nose. If it smells even the littlest bit "off" from normal, take what you bought back to the store and demand a fresh one of whatever you purchased and do it the same day so they can't refuse you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant (playing along) at January 19, 2025 04:45 PM (O7YUW)

118 106 about eating cold canned peas wasn't just on me...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (exHjb)

So happy you're not of the Brit type. You know we kicked them outta here a couple hundred years ago because their food sucked. As did their government.
Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 04:42 PM (ymv7F)

I've got Brit ancestors...on my mom's side.
None of them could actually cook, either.
I'm an example that Food Network can teach someone the skills to cook...and then you move past those skills to make what you like.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:45 PM (exHjb)

119 How does one cook a beef heart? It doesn't sound appealing to me
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It's a lean muscle, cut out the valves, arteries, and veins and then use it in a stew. Or based on how large the pieces are after trimming use it in fajitas.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 19, 2025 04:45 PM (SK2fc)

120 My mom was rocking heirloom carrots before they were cool ….

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 04:45 PM (2LcZn)

121 Off extra sock-like addition to my name...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 19, 2025 04:45 PM (O7YUW)

122 CBD, I would have used pecan oil and honey instead of butter

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:46 PM (oT+t6)

123 I have got veal short ribs simmering in the crock pot. I have never had them before but they were on sale and it will be a snowy evening. They smell delish already.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 19, 2025 04:46 PM (Sgq8y)

124
I think their writing system is one of the things that's held them back....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

=================

That was going through my mind as I typed, but having a system allowed them to record things like Tang Dynasty poetry, philosophy, government records.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2025 04:46 PM (lCaJd)

125 I've seen baked or roasted onions prepared on Townsends. They look both tasty and super simple.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 04:48 PM (xmmHY)

126 I need to gat a new sourdough starter.
Posted by: lin-duh

I've mentioned it before, check out 'friends of Carl'.
https://carlsfriends.net/

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 19, 2025 04:48 PM (SK2fc)

127 120 My mom was rocking heirloom carrots before they were cool ….
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 04:45 PM (2LcZn)

That was my Oma with heirloom tomatoes and wax beans...

Wax beans with buttered bread crumb topping are the bomb. As are raw heirloom tomatoes sliced with white vinegar, chives, and salt.
I can only have the latter now authentically...but I still remember those beans...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 04:49 PM (exHjb)

128 How does one cook a beef heart? It doesn't sound appealing to me, but I like beef and chicken liver and as a kid my husband used to eat kidney stew and I used to have sweetbreads.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:32 PM (tE1yO)

it can be tough. Mom would slow cook it for several hours, and then slice it up fine.
I suspect you could grind it up or cube it and it would be OK.
I like tongue, but most people think it is greasy

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025 04:49 PM (D7oie)

129 It's like discovering this really advanced race with all kids of cool inventions and being invited to a dinner of live kittens.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (QB+5g)

130 It's a lean muscle, cut out the valves, arteries, and veins and then use it in a stew. Or based on how large the pieces are after trimming use it in fajitas.

I would have thought that if it's lean meat, a stew is exactly the wrong way to cook it. Most stew is made with tough cuts that have a lot of connective tissue. Fajitas make a lot more sense.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (xCA6C)

131 I'm surprised CBD didn't save that pic for the art thread.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (tT6L1)

132 cbd. Probably going to handle his wedding reception at the church hall. Before he signs the contract for the rental I ask him to cough up the carrot recipe.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (2NHgQ)

133 Back in my college days I had a roommate from Nagaland, India. He taught me to make curry, which we would then put on rice. He even taught me a better way to cook white rice. Best compliment I receive from him after a couple years is that I could cook a curry dish better than a native Indian. We were poor college students, so sometimes he would cook and curry animals that another student had trapped for furs. I could not get past my disgust at eating curried (sp?) woodchuck though...

Posted by: -DC at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (i3jTa)

134 Organ meat is offal.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (oT+t6)

135 I think the boar’s head violations are more a function of USDA and the inspectors not getting a fat enough bribe than anything truly wrong at the plants. Plus, BH proudly makes meats and these commie twats hate meat so …

I was in food service back in the day, and no matter how clean and sanitary your kitchen was, the inspectors would always find some dumb thing to bust your balls over.

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 04:51 PM (2LcZn)

136 Sous vide that heart.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 04:51 PM (xmmHY)

137 CBD email sent...

Posted by: lin-duh at January 19, 2025 04:52 PM (VCgbV)

138 I'm surprised CBD didn't save that pic for the art thread.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (tT6L1)

ugh, now you've done it....

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 04:52 PM (g47mK)

139 Or you could braise a heart in blood.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 04:52 PM (xmmHY)

140 I think the boar’s head violations are more a function of USDA and the inspectors not getting a fat enough bribe than anything truly wrong at the plants. Plus, BH proudly makes meats and these commie twats hate meat so …

They've had a number of "incidents" where people got sick from their products, so I think there probably really is something wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:52 PM (xCA6C)

141 The Boars Head situation is sad to me. As someone who's been involved in the meat industry most of my career (as a supplier), I can attest firsthand that they used to be the absolute standard bearer in terms of producing high quality products. They rejected products for very trivial/minor imperfections that no other manufacturers would think of doing. In visiting their facilities, you were asked to not speak with the machine operators so as to avoid distracting them from their work - I never experienced that in the dozens/hundreds of other companies/plants I've visited before or since. They charged a significant premium for their products, but I was willing to pay it based on what I saw of their operations.

I believe they were a family owned/run company based in Brooklyn, but I suspect recent retirements and management changes must have resulted in the erosion of standards. A sadly common occurrence in corporate America - anything that happened before I got here probably wasn't that important, (especially if there's nothing on YouTube to verify what these old guys are yelling at me about)....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 04:53 PM (SwYaS)

142 Afternoon all. Drizzled most of the day but snowing like crazy now.
I hope Iris actually made it inside the rally after standing outside since this morning.
Baking a banana bread because I had nothing better to do.
I love those purple carrots. They are especially good in chicken soup. Also a parsnip is essential actual Jewish chicken soup.
That is my total contribution.
Back to lurking.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 19, 2025 04:53 PM (t/2Uw)

143 > Best fried fish I have ever had was in Japan. Probably because it had been in the ocean about an hour before, but still.
---------
Went tuna fishing once. The best tuna I ever had was a steak from the fish I caught and cooked that night.

It needed nothing on it. No seasonings or anything.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 19, 2025 04:53 PM (Q4IgG)

144 Organ meat is offal.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (oT+t6)

Concur. Mom made us liver once a month. Even Dad didn't like it. We went through a lot of Heinz 57 and A1 sauce. But for whatever reason, Mom liked it. And she ran the kitchen.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Day 6 of Funemployment at January 19, 2025 04:53 PM (Ad8y9)

145 Not sure if that validates your theory CBD.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 04:42 PM (/Elj1)

It's not gratuitous cruelty.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:53 PM (qvqLl)

146 I believe they were a family owned/run company based in Brooklyn, but I suspect recent retirements and management changes must have resulted in the erosion of standards.

I sense the fine hand of the MBAs.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:53 PM (xCA6C)

147 My suggestion in how to cook beef heart is the dog doesn't really care

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 04:54 PM (fwDg9)

148 Organ meat is offal.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM

Good one.😂

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 19, 2025 04:54 PM (t/2Uw)

149 Organ meat is offal.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (oT+t6)

deep fried gizzards and livers!

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 04:55 PM (g47mK)

150 134 Organ meat is offal.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (oT+t6

-------

Meat Science professor to class: How do you prepare kidneys for dinner?

Boil the piss outta them *rim shot*

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 04:56 PM (SwYaS)

151 Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 04:51 PM (2LcZn)

Absolutely not. People have died from lysteria linked to Boar's Head food.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 04:56 PM (qvqLl)

152 deep fried gizzards and livers!
Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 04:55 PM (g47mK)

I love gizzards.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 04:56 PM (xmmHY)

153 @134/Ben Had: "Organ meat is offal."

*groan* (So bad, that pun was good.) :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 19, 2025 04:56 PM (O7YUW)

154 i saw interchangeable chicken open for portable blondes at spartak stadium back in the naughties

Posted by: anachronda at January 19, 2025 04:56 PM (Xob2h)

155 I saw grilled chicken intestines in The Philippines. I didn't try them.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 04:58 PM (xmmHY)

156 I think the boar’s head violations are more a function of USDA and the inspectors not getting a fat enough bribe than anything truly wrong at the plants. Plus, BH proudly makes meats and these commie twats hate meat so …

They've had a number of "incidents" where people got sick from their products, so I think there probably really is something wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 19, 2025 04:52 PM (xCA6C)
———-

Maybe, but says who? The same USDA? Plus, there are like a half-dozen intermediaries that handle the food before it reaches then customer. Perfect meat could reach the distributors or even the final grocery store, and it could spoil there.

I have no idea what happened here. But the USDA is about as reliable and trustworthy as Hunter Biden in the middle of a crack OD. I wouldn’t trust one word out of their mouths.

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 04:59 PM (2LcZn)

157 like tongue, but most people think it is greasy
Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025

I like calves tongue but I haven’t had it for years. My mother used to make it for my dad because his Jewish mother used to make it. At some point before they were married my father took my future mother over to his mother’s house. My mother never had had calves tongue before and she said “This is such a delicious tender ham” and everybody else laugh.

I haven’t had beef liver for years but I do enjoy chopped chicken liver. I just buy it already made. Too much work. Husband likes beef steak and kidney pie in a puff pastry but that used to something we’d get from an imported food store.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 04:59 PM (l4zsu)

158 I'm surprised CBD didn't save that pic for the art thread.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (tT6L1)

ugh, now you've done it....
Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 04:52 PM (g47mK)

You have to admit, it's better than a naked guy on an ottoman.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 19, 2025 05:00 PM (VNX3d)

159 NOVA LOL I'm half Brit half Irish. And also 1/16th Cherokee thanks to you know who. Chief Liawatha I think she is?

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 05:00 PM (ymv7F)

160 Organ meat is offal.
Posted by: Ben Had

I'll say. It's downright unpleasant.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2025 05:00 PM (mlg/3)

161 Can't wait till Monday.

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 05:00 PM (ymv7F)

162 Maybe Chef John over at Food Wishes has a recipe for heart.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 05:01 PM (xmmHY)

163 I like chicken hearts and gizzards. I can eat poultry liver but not beef. My mom made a great pork tongue. Can't eat brains.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 19, 2025 05:01 PM (VCgbV)

164 Beef heart is good. Slow cook or use an Instant Pot.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 19, 2025 05:02 PM (NQtI0)

165 161 Can't wait till Monday.
Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 05:00 PM (ymv7F)

Just about the only Monday in my 29+ years that I've looked forward to.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 05:02 PM (QGaXH)

166 163 I like chicken hearts and gizzards. I can eat poultry liver but not beef. My mom made a great pork tongue. Can't eat brains.
Posted by: lin-duh at January 19, 2025 05:01 PM (VCgbV)
————

“Amateur”

— zombies

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 05:02 PM (2LcZn)

167 I have no interest in eating tripe.

Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 05:03 PM (xmmHY)

168 The Boglet likes to cook the heart of venison from a fresh harvest. I’ve concluded it’s the novelty value as having tried it several times with different preparations it’s always like chewing an old inner tube.

I far prefer the backstrap.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 05:04 PM (/Elj1)

169 Langue de bœuf.

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 05:04 PM (g47mK)

170 Pete Bog, you have to try smoking a hind quarter sometime.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:05 PM (oT+t6)

171 165 161 Can't wait till Monday.
Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 05:00 PM (ymv7F)

Just about the only Monday in my 29+ years that I've looked forward to.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 05:02 PM (QGaXH)

Actually 29 + 29 + years......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 05:05 PM (QGaXH)

172 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 05:02 PM (QGaXH)

Monday is usually my day off so I enjoy it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 05:06 PM (V0zFB)

173 I like hearts and gizzards when they've cooked slowly in the fats at the bottom of the roaster.

Posted by: Just another guy aka northernlurker at January 19, 2025 05:06 PM (xmmHY)

174 I ate an "heirloom" hamburger one time. It had been in a bag in the trunk of the car for a few days. Tasted ok, but gave me a bit of a queasy feeling later on.

Posted by: Paco at January 19, 2025 05:06 PM (mADJX)

175 My dad and grandfather liked tripe. I tried it once. Once. It was disgusting. Actually, I take that back. It had little flavor on its own. Just an unappealing spongey mess that’s probably what roasted penis tastes like.

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 05:06 PM (2LcZn)

176 170 Pete Bog, you have to try smoking a hind quarter sometime.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:05 PM (oT+t6)

How do you keep it lit?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 05:07 PM (QGaXH)

177 it’s always like chewing an old inner tube.

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 05:07 PM (V0zFB)

178
Can't wait till Monday.
Posted by: NC Ref

MLK, Jr. day

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2025 05:07 PM (63Dwl)

179 Just opened Hickory Farms summer sausage, mission jack cheese and olive oil and rosemary crackers Christmas gift box from my niece.
Totally predictable, quite pleasant. With a glass of port .

Posted by: From about That Time at January 19, 2025 05:07 PM (EQALQ)

180 South Korea has candied squid. Oh, the smell.

And I love peanuts. I love anchovies. And they were put together in a can. Not a good idea.

Posted by: Stateless...14% at January 19, 2025 05:07 PM (jvJvP)

181 I'm not hung up on presentation.
Taste matters more than looks. Ugly carrots that TASTE good, that's fine.

I even like Olive Garden. You get a ton of food for the money and their soup and breadsticks are great. Sure the deserts are not but...focus on the good items and you'll have a good meal.

Damn, I miss pasta and bread. Sigh. Only 6 months to go until I can eat them again.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 19, 2025 05:07 PM (xcxpd)

182 I haven't made it in ages, but I cobbled together a pretty good recipe for pickled tongue (after a customer gave me one to take home & try).

It tasted to exactly like any other beef, just has a much finer texture.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 05:08 PM (SwYaS)

183 How about scotch? Is it ok to pay xxx $thousands for scotch or is that rule just for bourbon?

Asking because I saw a $35k bottle of scotch for sale at the total wine in Houston.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 19, 2025 05:08 PM (dQfJF)

184 Went tuna fishing once. The best tuna I ever had was a steak from the fish I caught and cooked that night.

It needed nothing on it. No seasonings or anything.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 19, 2025 04:53 PM (Q4IgG)

Did that once. Seared fresh caught bluefin (still rare/raw on the inside), yum!

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at January 19, 2025 05:09 PM (lg881)

185 19 hours to go.
Wonder if some are still sweating waiting for that blanket pardon

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 05:09 PM (fwDg9)

186 167 I have no interest in eating tripe.
Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 05:03 PM (xmmHY)

Pre-allergies, when I wanted to try authentic food, I had it in pho...it was there. I would not go out of my way to eat it ever again, but I'd eat the pho still if it was in it...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 05:09 PM (exHjb)

187 $35 for scotch is good if you can grab it. I try and stay below $50

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 05:10 PM (fwDg9)

188 As for bourbon...today is Maker's Mark 36. Very tasty. And Costco cheap at just $30 a bottle with tax, in WA.

Very nice.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 19, 2025 05:10 PM (xcxpd)

189 @ 117: there is iron in G&R's words, also much truth!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 19, 2025 05:11 PM (uX4GZ)

190 *46 Maker's Mark 46
Sigh...what I wouldn't give for an edit feature on this webzone....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 19, 2025 05:11 PM (xcxpd)

191 Btw, Mrs. Paco, who likes to bake bread, is venturing forth in her first experiment with sourdough bread. She's spent so much time looking at videos on YouTube, I feel pretty sure that she ought to get the equivalent of maybe 3 college credits in chemistry or microbiology or something.

Seems kind of complicated to me. Anyhow, for all the time she's spent researching the process, it better be good.

Posted by: Paco at January 19, 2025 05:11 PM (mADJX)

192 172 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 05:02 PM (QGaXH)

Monday is usually my day off so I enjoy it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2025 05:06 PM (V0zFB)

Donald Trump Jr just asked, at the rally 'has anyone ever been this excited for Monday to roll around...?'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 05:11 PM (QGaXH)

193 183 How about scotch? Is it ok to pay xxx $thousands for scotch or is that rule just for bourbon?

Asking because I saw a $35k bottle of scotch for sale at the total wine in Houston.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 19, 2025 05:08 PM (dQfJF)

$35 is fine.
Don't spend over $60 unless you know what you're buying.

Buy what you like drinking.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 19, 2025 05:12 PM (xcxpd)

194 I haven't made it in ages, but I cobbled together a pretty good recipe for pickled tongue (after a customer gave me one to take home & try).

It tasted to exactly like any other beef, just has a much finer texture.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 05:08 PM (SwYaS)

I pickle beef in vacuum sealed bags in the fridge, I add a teaspoon of Morton Sugar Cure and pickling spice in with the chunk of roast, seal it and let it pickle for a week or so. I cook it in a crock pot for 4-6 hours, let it cool and then slice it. It is usually too salty still, so I will poach the slices gently for a minute or so before making them up in sandwiches.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2025 05:13 PM (D7oie)

195 There's that Japanese soup where they drop live fish into boiling hot broth with tofu cubes, and the fish burrow into the tofu to escape the heat...
Posted by: All Hail Eris

That's not exactly correct.

They bring the soup up to boiling with the fish inside and they burrow into the tofu to escape.

I tried it made with baby eels.

It was good. Very simple flavor so not my fave but tasty on a cold night.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2025 05:14 PM (iJfKG)

196 Love me some scrapple! Only ever got to eat it when visiting family up in northern Virginia growing up. But recently Foodlion down here in the Deep South started selling it. Good stuff.

The best is Rapa
https://www.rapascrapple.com/

Posted by: WunderKraut at January 19, 2025 05:14 PM (U2RS2)

197 149 deep fried gizzards and livers! - runner

My first job in a restaurant, at the tender age of 16, was separating chicken necks, gizzards and livers into separate bags.

Posted by: Paco at January 19, 2025 05:14 PM (mADJX)

198 but I'd eat the pho still if it was in it...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 05:09 PM (exHjb)

-------
I recently saw a pho restaurant in Wichita, KS and LMAO'd at the name: "Pho Kim".

I hope to one day see one called "Pho Q".

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 05:15 PM (SwYaS)

199 I used to buy Boar's Head all the time. Now actively avoid them for local suppliers. I'm happier and the food is much better.

Posted by: NC Ref at January 19, 2025 05:16 PM (ymv7F)

200 I made the World Famous naturalfake White Chili last night.

It was delish, but of course, with Margaritas.

Tonight we're having 2nd Day White Chili, which is always even better.

Will be nice to eat while watching Our Prez to Be celebrating victory.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2025 05:17 PM (iJfKG)

201 195 They bring the soup up to boiling with the fish inside and they burrow into the tofu to escape.

I tried it made with baby eels. - naturalfake

Gad! I think I just became a vegetarian.

Posted by: Paco at January 19, 2025 05:18 PM (mADJX)

202 A thank you to Moki (pita bread) and Ben Had (skillet bread) for their recipes. They both worked out great, were easy to make even for me, and were delicious. I have to remember to roll out the pita dough thinner and will try Ben Had's recipe a bit thicker. These are as easy to make as biscuits.

The pita bread is excellent for scooping up mass quantities of hummus and baba ganoush. The skillet bread (gotta try adding some lemon zest like she mentioned last week) is delicious. I cut a piece in half, lightly toasted, then butter and a drizzle of honey. It's like an easy dessert.

Posted by: JTB at January 19, 2025 05:18 PM (yTvNw)

203 baba ganoush is a slightly overplayed Who classic.
I'm a big fan.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 19, 2025 05:19 PM (xcxpd)

204 I’ve eaten balut. Nasty as hell. I almost yakked at the sight of the rancid-looking baby bird (duck I think). But I forced that shit down. Why? Well, there was a smokeshow pinay there I was trying to impress.

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 05:21 PM (2LcZn)

205 I'm with Elric up above... there's no telling where and when the contamination occurred with regards to the Boer's Head meats.

FWIW we've purchased some of their products here in KY off and on over the last year.

We're still alive.

I'd give more credence to another, junta approved, fake meat outfit as the culprit spreading shit, lies, and mostly shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 19, 2025 05:21 PM (Q4IgG)

206 I too must cop to loving scrapple. Grammi made the best during the 50's but I will settle for the product that Dietrich's sells. (Krumsville, PA)

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2025 05:21 PM (WXNFJ)

207 Tripe tacos are really good, if you go to a good place.

Beef tongue tacos too.

The secret is that they cut the stuff up into very small and thin pieces, so that they cook well in a short time.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at January 19, 2025 05:22 PM (p2GXS)

208 I need to gat a new sourdough starter.
Posted by: lin-duh at January 19, 2025 04:35 PM (VCgbV)

I could send you some.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 05:23 PM (OX9vb)

209 Yay! Food!

Today I tried Chef John's sherry braised beef short ribs. They were delicious. That is all.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2025 05:24 PM (Wnv9h)

210 I thought scrapple had braaaaaiiiins.

Everything but the 'oink'. Strode's used to be the best.

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 05:24 PM (RwzGD)

211 Btw, Mrs. Paco, who likes to bake bread, is venturing forth in her first experiment with sourdough bread. She's spent so much time looking at videos on YouTube, I feel pretty sure that she ought to get the equivalent of maybe 3 college credits in chemistry or microbiology or something.

Seems kind of complicated to me. Anyhow, for all the time she's spent researching the process, it better be good.
Posted by: Paco

I normally bake yeasted breads but also have been looking into sourdough. The thing of it is, I'm trying mightily to eat low-carb so baking much bread, of any type, is counter-productive to my visits to the scale.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2025 05:24 PM (WXNFJ)

212 Lysteria in multiple locations? That sounds like a BH problem as well as a USDA problem.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 05:24 PM (qvqLl)

213
The pita bread is excellent for scooping up mass quantities of hummus and baba ganoush. The skillet bread (gotta try adding some lemon zest like she mentioned last week) is delicious. I cut a piece in half, lightly toasted, then butter and a drizzle of honey. It's like an easy dessert.
Posted by: JTB at January 19, 2025 05:18 PM (yTvNw)

Yeah! I'm glad you like it!! Now I have to try Ben Had's skillet bread. Bread, butter and honey or preserves is one of my favorite desserts!!!

Posted by: Moki at January 19, 2025 05:24 PM (wLjpr)

214 56 Best fried fish I have ever had was in Japan. Probably because it had been in the ocean about an hour before, but still.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2025 04:25 PM (bss/y)

That's me and Hawaii. I hated fish until I had it in Maui hours after it had been in the Pacific. Fresh...it's nice.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 19, 2025 05:25 PM (xcxpd)

215 made sort of a layered casserole for lunch / dinner:
(shown diagrammatically, top to bottom in a large Pyrex)

another layer of sliced potatoes (keeps beef from getting too dry)
pound of ground beef spread out
thin sliced potatoes
chopped celery (kind of chunky)
chopped carrots (quartered lengthwise and sliced)
chopped cabbage

season with salt, black pepper, oregano, sage, dill between various layers
cheese topping optional (I didn't)
cover with foil, bake 1 1/2 hours @ 350

a triumph of Wisconsin cuisine!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 19, 2025 05:26 PM (uX4GZ)

216 I thought scrapple had braaaaaiiiins.

Everything but the 'oink'. Strode's used to be the best.
Posted by: t-bird

Grammi never put brains into hers. She cooked them up separately. Only meat into the scrapple kettle.

For some definitions of 'meat'.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2025 05:27 PM (WXNFJ)

217 I’m willing to pay more for good scotch than bourbon. My go-to bottles are in the $75 range (Laphroaig 10, Lagavulin 8, Ardbeg 10, Abelour, etc). I think you can taste a difference up the scale to about $200. After that it gets very subtle. But I once had Macallan 30 and it was the bomb.

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 05:27 PM (2LcZn)

218 The weather is cold, windy, and sleeting and this week is supposed to be frigid. And that means two things: making a big pot of chili (Kent Rollins recipe) and a bigger pot of chicken and vegetable soup. Fifteen minutes to prep and then a few hours at low temps. I've become a fan of long, slow simmered recipes. New England baked beans are in the same category. Ideal winter weather chow and I have time to read several chapters without having to check the pot. Then there's the bonus that both freeze great, which means a couple of weeks of dishes for a quick reheat.

Posted by: JTB at January 19, 2025 05:29 PM (yTvNw)

219 Aw, crap, we get Boar's Head meats an cheeses because they are 100 % gluten free. I guess bugs and mystery slime are, too

Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2025 05:30 PM (u1uWe)

220 a triumph of Wisconsin cuisine!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 19, 2025 05:26 PM (uX4GZ)

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Do you guys call that a hotdish? Or is that only in the states to your west?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 05:30 PM (SwYaS)

221 Grammi never put brains into hers. She cooked them up separately. Only meat into the scrapple kettle.

For some definitions of 'meat'.

Did she use buckwheat? I think that's the real version. Hadn't heard of corn meal.

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 05:31 PM (uDISK)

222 All meats and cheeses are gluten free. Gluten is only in grains. Possibly, only in wheat.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 19, 2025 05:32 PM (EQALQ)

223 There was a Korean restaurant in New Jersey...I want to say Union City...anyway, I'd watch the sushi master take a live fish out of the tank, club it once on the head, then proceed to slice the flesh, season it, and serve it up while the gills still moved. Always wanted to try it. The sashimi they served was outstanding. Went there a few times and my friend and I were always the only round eyes in the place..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 05:34 PM (bA75n)

224 Watching football game 30° and snowy in Philadelphia. Still above 40° in my part of the rogue.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 19, 2025 05:35 PM (EQALQ)

225 >>There's that Japanese soup where they drop live fish into boiling hot broth with tofu cubes, and the fish burrow into the tofu to escape the heat...

Lovely

How about bird's nest soup? On a vacation on Phuket, took a boat trip that stopped at an island where they harvested the birds' nest. Get them from a cave. Doubled my desire to not eat the soup.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2025 05:35 PM (u1uWe)

226 I was treated with fresh New Years Cookies aka portzilkyi. Hit the spot.

Posted by: Just another guy aka northernlurker at January 19, 2025 05:35 PM (xmmHY)

227 222 All meats and cheeses are gluten free. Gluten is only in grains. Possibly, only in wheat.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 19, 2025 05:32 PM (EQALQ)

The original source product, yes. But lots of lunch meats and cheeses are prepared with wheat and starches for texture and filler.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 05:35 PM (OX9vb)

228 https://tinyurl.com/df8ctrct
20 Tweets from Bad Blue on Biden's last day

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 05:36 PM (fwDg9)

229 I tenderize the deer heart and make schnitzel

I like it

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 19, 2025 05:36 PM (WF/xn)

230 I dunno, I called it a casserole, though I'm not sure it quite meets that definition ...

real tasty, though, everyone went seconds, almost no leftovers

never heard the term hotdish except here.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 19, 2025 05:36 PM (uX4GZ)

231 LMAO...just had a kid stop by doing a fundraiser, and he was really angry. I looked at his mom and she started laughing. Turns out he's angry because it only seems to snow around here on weekends, and it doesn't get him out of school...(especially with the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday).

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 05:36 PM (dIske)

232 Mrs928 is working on something special for our Trumpmas feast. I can smell it from here.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 19, 2025 05:37 PM (m2tXK)

233 Sous vide this carrots in orange juice and brown sugar next time

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 19, 2025 05:37 PM (WF/xn)

234 >>All meats and cheeses are gluten free

Not necessarily, thanks to modern food processing. You would be amazed what items contain gluten.
Have family with celiac (not simply picky eaters) and they have bad reactions.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2025 05:37 PM (u1uWe)

235 There's that Japanese soup where they drop live fish into boiling hot broth with tofu cubes, and the fish burrow into the tofu to escape the heat...

Lovely
How about bird's nest soup? On a vacation on Phuket, took a boat trip that stopped at an island where they harvested the birds' nest. Get them from a cave. Doubled my desire to not eat the soup.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2025 05:35 PM (u1uWe)
——-

I’ve had bird’s nest soup. It looks like snot (that’s what it is, bird snot) and tastes like nothing. It was not worth $150, not even close. It’s supposed to help cognition and get your dick hard, but that didn’t happen either.

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 05:39 PM (2LcZn)

236 227 222 All meats and cheeses are gluten free. Gluten is only in grains. Possibly, only in wheat.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 19, 2025 05:32 PM (EQALQ)

The original source product, yes. But lots of lunch meats and cheeses are prepared with wheat and starches for texture and filler.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 05:35 PM (OX9vb)

Lots also extend with dairy...whey is in everything...b/c it's cheap and still protein...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 05:40 PM (exHjb)

237 Gluten-free gluten is da bomb

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 05:41 PM (2LcZn)

238 I've eaten too many gross things in my travels, and paid the price of a bad stomach for it. I'm happy eating "normal" food, which is now devoid of dairy, legumes, citrus, seafood, and soy. Thanks anteater and doner kebab on Bondi Beach.

(to be fair, the doner kebab was excellent, but my guess is the food handling was subpar.)

On a happier note, I have a beautiful beef roast slow cooking, and will be toasting crusty hoagie rolls for italian beef sandwiches tonight. The house smells amazing.

Posted by: Moki at January 19, 2025 05:41 PM (wLjpr)

239 186 167 I have no interest in eating tripe.
Posted by: Just another guy at January 19, 2025 05:03 PM (xmmHY)
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Nope. My mom cooked some when we were kids, and it stank to high heaven. We went all the way to the end of the backyard to escape the smell but still couldn’t. I've retried it a couple of times at ethnic restaurants , but just -- yuck.

Posted by: wifey of ShainS at January 19, 2025 05:41 PM (AN0MJ)

240 wifey of Shain, welcome. Thanks for joining in

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:43 PM (oT+t6)

241 Did she use buckwheat? I think that's the real version. Hadn't heard of corn meal.
Posted by: t-bird

We only used corn meal. Here's the modern version: 3# spareribs, 3 1/2 C beef broth, 1 T salt, 1/2-1 t. pepper, 1 medium onion fine chop, 1 t. parsley, 2 bay leaves, 2 C water, 2 1/2 C corn meal, bit of flour. Cook everything together (except corn meal) for 2 1/2 -3 hours. Strip meat from bones, and fine chop it all or use food processor. Bring all back to a boil, add corn meal and cook about 10 minutes. Pour into loaf pans. Cool.

There you go!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2025 05:44 PM (WXNFJ)

242 211 The thing of it is, I'm trying mightily to eat low-carb so baking much bread, of any type, is counter-productive to my visits to the scale. - Tonypete

My dilemma exactly!

Posted by: Paco at January 19, 2025 05:44 PM (mADJX)

243 Menudo is just tripe with a whole bunch of hot pepper sauce poured on it to try to keep you from noticing the taste.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2025 05:46 PM (7MHHr)

244 I do get Boars Head at times, just didn't today.
And it is a bit more expensive than store brand
Posted by: Skip

The store brand doesn't kill you (maybe in the long run but not quickly)!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Most "store brands" are just "name brands" without the name brand. It wouldn't surprise me if Valu-Mart cold cuts were the Boar's Head cuts that weren't high-quality enough for the Boar's Head name.....

Posted by: mikeski at January 19, 2025 05:46 PM (DgGvY)

245 I had tripe one time in some kind of Vietnamese soup. It was nasty. I was still tasting it three days later.

Life is too short to be eating nasty foods. There are plenty of other good things to eat.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2025 05:47 PM (vFG9F)

246 242 211 The thing of it is, I'm trying mightily to eat low-carb so baking much bread, of any type, is counter-productive to my visits to the scale. - Tonypete

My dilemma exactly!
Posted by: Paco at January 19, 2025 05:44 PM (mADJX)

Same. On the South Beach Diet, which does work. But my carbs are limited to veggies and one slice of bread per day most days.

But...lots of cheese, meat and eggs. So that's nice.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 19, 2025 05:47 PM (xcxpd)

247 Supper tonight: baked cod, broccoli on the side. Sprinkle Romano on the cod before serving.

We practice heresy when cooking.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2025 05:47 PM (WXNFJ)

248 Well it was close for awhile

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 05:47 PM (fwDg9)

249 Menudo is just tripe with a whole bunch of hot pepper sauce poured on it to try to keep you from noticing the taste.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2025 05:46 PM (7MHHr)
———-

“Fuck you!”

— Ricky Martin

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 05:48 PM (2LcZn)

250 hotdish...now that's a word I haven't heard since leaving Iowa.

Mmm...hotdish...

Usually that meant meat, gravy and tatertots with green beans mixed in but there were variations.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 19, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

251 You can talk about food and listen at the same time.

youtube.com/watch?v=JkAM0uco3YM

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 05:49 PM (SCPhd)

252 I would eat tree bark before tripe.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:50 PM (oT+t6)

253 I tenderize the deer heart and make schnitzel

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 19, 2025 05:36 PM (WF/xn)

Haven’t tried that way. Just have to wait until October. And to smoke a quarter.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 05:50 PM (/Elj1)

254 Wife says goat tripe is the best. Won't confirm.

Posted by: Accomack at January 19, 2025 05:50 PM (GxmKP)

255 Sock-rat-eez

I was more curious if hotdish was a commonly used term in WI.

Guess it's mostly just MN & the Dakotas. Here's a great history of the term: https://tinyurl.com/mtj8avfb

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 05:50 PM (SwYaS)

256 I liked tongue until I found out it was the actual tongue.

I thought it was a cutesy name like "sweet breads."

All lies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2025 05:51 PM (jKrmL)

257 Life is too short to be eating nasty foods. There are plenty of other good things to eat.
Posted by: fd at January 19, 2025 05:47 PM (vFG9F)

*fistbump

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 05:51 PM (OX9vb)

258 Gluten-free gluten is da bomb"

I only eat free range, fair trade, conflict free, low carb, gluten free gluten.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it but not today. I'm a dangerous radical. at January 19, 2025 05:51 PM (89Sog)

259 Holy Moses, Orson--

I had some leftover homemade chicken soup that was down to the "what do we do with this?" stage so I heated it up with some frozen corn and made some rivels based on a couple of recipes. Wow, it was delicious! I usually keep hard boiled eggs around for the dog but skipped it this time. I'll have to try that next time.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 19, 2025 05:52 PM (FEVMW)

260 Pete Bog, A friend sent me a smoked venison quarter and I foolishly put it out at a Christmas party. There wasn't a smell left

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:52 PM (oT+t6)

261 I recently saw a pho restaurant in Wichita, KS and LMAO'd at the name: "Pho Kim".

I hope to one day see one called "Pho Q".
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

That's any of the really popular ones. The line out the door is the pho queue.

Posted by: mikeski at January 19, 2025 05:53 PM (DgGvY)

262 24 hour sous vide flat iron steak, tossed onto the grill, then served thinly sliced with homemade chimichurri here this evening. Champagne tomorrow of course.

Posted by: jeff at January 19, 2025 05:54 PM (ZiwLX)

263 Ok it's close again

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 05:54 PM (fwDg9)

264 CBD no need to blanch heirloom carrots.

Slice. Toss with oil salt pepper. Roast in cast iron pan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2025 05:55 PM (jKrmL)

265 CBD, Thank you and Cheers.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:55 PM (oT+t6)

266 Ben Had,

Was it brined or just seasoned and smoked?

Was it frozen when it arrived?

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2025 05:56 PM (/Elj1)

267 SanFranpsycho, you tell him!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:56 PM (oT+t6)

268 Thank you and Cheers.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:55 PM (oT+t6)

L'chaim!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 05:58 PM (qvqLl)

269 https://tinyurl.com/mtj8avfb

Think I screwed up the first link

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 05:58 PM (SwYaS)

270 Pete Bog, not brined. Seasoned but very delicately Express shipped so it had never been frozen. Better than the finest prime rib

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:59 PM (oT+t6)

271 SanFranpsycho, you tell him!
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:56 PM (oT+t6)
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I have eaten too much boiled chicken on Friday nights as a kid. Just awful.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2025 05:59 PM (jKrmL)

272 I was more curious if hotdish was a commonly used term in WI.

Guess it's mostly just MN & the Dakotas. Here's a great history of the term: https://tinyurl.com/mtj8avfb
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 05:50 PM (SwYaS)

The original hot dish recipe in the article is what we in Ohio called Johnny Marzetti.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 06:00 PM (OX9vb)

273 Six o'clock, drizzle has started. Still above 40°.
A bit at variance to what I'd been hearing.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 19, 2025 06:00 PM (EQALQ)

274 Holy shit … hotdish … my grandmother made that with tater tots back in the day. I had no idea it was an actual thing. She was German af so I always assumed it was a cheap Americanized version of some ancient Visigoth recipe. Very tasty.

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 19, 2025 06:01 PM (2LcZn)

275 Haggis, under weird foods - great stuff!

Posted by: wifey of ShainS at January 19, 2025 06:01 PM (AN0MJ)

276 252 I would eat tree bark before tripe.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 05:50 PM (oT+t6)

Mom made it, but wouldn't force it on us kids. We got liver. When she was feeling charitable, she'd make it with bacon.

At one point, I decided to sample the tripe. She'd prepare it in a light tomato sauce, and dang, it tasted nothing like it smelled. Buttery, even.

At a dim sum place in LA, I saw it on the menu and ordered it. Prepared in some kind of broth that was redolent in cloves. I enjoyed it.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:02 PM (bA75n)

277 hat's any of the really popular ones. The line out the door is the pho queue.
Posted by: mikeski at January 19, 2025 05:53 PM (DgGvY)

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*high five*

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 06:02 PM (SwYaS)

278 You can talk about food and listen at the same time.

youtube.com/watch?v=JkAM0uco3YM
Posted by: Braenyard

Listening on the rumble link he tweeted out. A few interesting things already.

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 06:03 PM (Hgnyx)

279 I think the yummy haggis I had was in something besides tripe.

Posted by: wifey of ShainS at January 19, 2025 06:05 PM (AN0MJ)

280 6:00 PM pm the east coast, 18 hours to go.

Sundowner's probably down for the night already or soon.

Let's see what tomorrow morning brings.

Stay sharp everybody - we're not there yet....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 06:06 PM (QGaXH)

281 We've been using Kerry Gold butter. More expensive but definitely worth it. So much better than Land O Lakes and other supermarket brands.

Turns out Kerry Gold also make excellent cheese. We've tried their Dubliner and aged cheddar. They aren't overly strong but are very flavorful.

Posted by: JTB at January 19, 2025 06:07 PM (yTvNw)

282 6:00 PM pm the east coast, 18 hours to go.

Sundowner's probably down for the night already or soon.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 06:06 PM (QGaXH)

In a perfect world they would already be packing him in natron.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2025 06:07 PM (VwHCD)

283 How can y'all afford to go out to dinner on a regular basis? I go months in between restaurant visits.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:08 PM (vxNlL)

284 I liked tongue until I found out it was the actual tongue.

I thought it was a cutesy name like "sweet breads."

All lies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2025 05:51 PM (jKrmL)

I had the same reaction to squirrel head stew. I thought it was like Cat Head Biscuit. No, it had real rodent heads in it.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 19, 2025 06:08 PM (m2tXK)

285 Huh, the Village People will be on.

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 06:10 PM (L3CGb)

286 Tomorrow is going to be wild.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2025 06:10 PM (LkLld)

287 I had the same reaction to squirrel head stew. I thought it was like Cat Head Biscuit. No, it had real rodent heads in it.
Posted by: Grump928(C)

Do tell.
Goat's Head Soup

Posted by: The Rolling Stones at January 19, 2025 06:11 PM (WXNFJ)

288 The original hot dish recipe in the article is what we in Ohio called Johnny Marzetti.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 06:00 PM (OX9vb)

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That's really interesting, I've never heard that term. I looked up a recipe and they look really similar, except Johny Marzetti looks a bit more Italian influenced (Italian sausage, tomato sauce instead of tomato soup).

Makes me wonder if the Scandinavians in MN just toned it down to satisfy their (generally) more bland palates...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 06:11 PM (SwYaS)

289 Those carrots actually look delicious!

Posted by: Ladyl at January 19, 2025 06:12 PM (+4oV5)

290 I'm not going to breath easy until he's sworn in and signed his 100 or so executive orders......

I'm probably being paranoid and over dramatic...LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 19, 2025 06:12 PM (QGaXH)

291 Texas wagu rump roast...gonna be lit!

Posted by: DanMan at January 19, 2025 06:13 PM (8uzBS)

292 Philly beats the rams. It was a decent competion, but a meh game what with bad field conditions and all.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 19, 2025 06:13 PM (EQALQ)

293 Goat Head =/= rodent head

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:13 PM (g47mK)

294 133 Back in my college days I had a roommate from Nagaland, India. He taught me to make curry, which we would then put on rice. He even taught me a better way to cook white rice.
Posted by: -DC at January 19, 2025 04:50 PM (i3jTa)

Here's how you cook rice:

Pour rice in pot. Add enough water to cover. Put your finger in to where it's just touching the top of the rice. The water should just cover your fingernail. Simmer rice for 20 minutes. Done.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:14 PM (bA75n)

295 I'm planning on sipping some Bib and Tucker bourbon while watching Trump take the oath of office.

Bourbon in one hand, my Rosary in the other.

Let's do this.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:14 PM (vxNlL)

296 And speaking of morel mushrooms, I had 1600 in my small yard the year I moved to the city after the death of my husband. There had never been any morels in this historic neighborhood. I figured the spores came in on my yard furniture. I had previously lived in a rural area where morels were abundant.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 19, 2025 06:15 PM (+4oV5)

297 I'm not going to breath easy until he's sworn in and signed his 100 or so executive orders......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

And those orders are duly executed by those responsible... Meaning the "resist" motherfuckers get fired or imprisoned.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 19, 2025 06:16 PM (t4AS1)

298 Pour rice in pot. Add enough water to cover. Put your finger in to where it's just touching the top of the rice. The water should just cover your fingernail. Simmer rice for 20 minutes. Done.
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Use rice cooker. One cup rice to one and a half cups water. Push button. Done.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:16 PM (vxNlL)

299 Posted by: Ladyl at January 19, 2025 06:15 PM (+4oV5)

Wow!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 06:16 PM (qvqLl)

300 295 I'm planning on sipping some Bib and Tucker bourbon while watching Trump take the oath of office.

Bourbon in one hand, my Rosary in the other.

Let's do this.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:14 PM (vxNlL)

Nurse! I've been praying all week for Trump's safety.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 19, 2025 06:17 PM (+4oV5)

301 Guess I ought to go make supper soon

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:17 PM (fwDg9)

302 Philly beats the rams. It was a decent competion, but a meh game what with bad field conditions and all.

Where's the snow? We've got like four inches so far out here and it's only thirty miles away.

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 06:18 PM (uDISK)

303 I wouldn't have to leave for work until 3:30 tomorrow afternoon so will get to watch inauguration I hope

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:18 PM (fwDg9)

304 Ladyl!

Hello there stranger!

Folks out here forage for morel mushrooms after a wildfire in the mountains. Best I've seen was on Blewitt pass. They were everywhere!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:19 PM (vxNlL)

305 Snow games are fun to watch, very unpredictable

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:19 PM (fwDg9)

306
lol, you gotta see this...

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 06:20 PM (ys6MS)

307 298 Pour rice in pot. Add enough water to cover. Put your finger in to where it's just touching the top of the rice. The water should just cover your fingernail. Simmer rice for 20 minutes. Done.
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Use rice cooker. One cup rice to one and a half cups water. Push button. Done.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:16 PM (vxNlL)

You have been blessed with good bourbon and ample counter space...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:20 PM (bA75n)

308 Woohoo, YMCA and assless chaps at the Trump rally!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 19, 2025 06:21 PM (t4AS1)

309 We are supposed to freeze tonight on the Gulf Coast. I had to rig up covers on some of our outdoor plants.

This is not something we have to do very often.

Even now it shouldn't be a hard freeze, maybe down to 25 degrees.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 19, 2025 06:21 PM (m2tXK)

310 Rice is much improved if it is rinsed first.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 06:21 PM (oT+t6)

311
Woohoo, YMCA and assless chaps at the Trump rally!
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings

This is surreal....

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 06:21 PM (ys6MS)

312 Ah, that's more like it. Watching Saquon's last touchdown and there's some nice snow on the ground. Football as God intended.

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 06:22 PM (uDISK)

313 Kindltot-use italian 00 flour-it is close to the flour used in Germany for Broetchen. I use the recipe from https://brotandbread.org/ and it works very well.

Posted by: EA at January 19, 2025 06:22 PM (yAA6m)

314 The few restaurants we used to frequent have all gone out of business for one reason or another. Sometimes the owners retired, some lost their leases, some couldn't make it past the Covid BS restrictions, some couldn't survive the Biden economy. The result is we are willing to spend a bit more on basic ingredients for our cooking: Kerry Gold butter, better quality flours and grains, locally produced honey, better cuts of meat. At my age I don't eat a pound or more of steak as an appetizer. A six ounce portion does the job these days. That stretches the meat budget nicely.

Posted by: JTB at January 19, 2025 06:22 PM (yTvNw)

315 310 Rice is much improved if it is rinsed first.
Posted by: Ben Had

Three times!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:23 PM (vxNlL)

316 Johny Marzetti looks a bit more Italian influenced (Italian sausage, tomato sauce instead of tomato soup).

Makes me wonder if the Scandinavians in MN just toned it down to satisfy their (generally) more bland palates...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 19, 2025 06:11 PM (SwYaS)

I think the Johnny Marzetti originated in PA, so Italian sausage would not surprise me there. Ohio Johnny Marzetti is made with hamburger. And not much in the spice category.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 06:23 PM (OX9vb)

317
Woohoo, YMCA and assless chaps at the Trump rally!
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings

This is surreal....
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 06:21 PM (ys6MS)

I have no idea how we slid into this timeline but I'm enjoying the ride!

Posted by: Josephistan at January 19, 2025 06:23 PM (9XPe8)

318 310 Rice is much improved if it is rinsed first.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2025 06:21 PM (oT+t6)

Former MIL did that. She'd rinse it three times before cooking it.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:25 PM (bA75n)

319 I'm planning on sipping some Bib and Tucker bourbon while watching Trump take the oath of office.

Bourbon in one hand, my Rosary in the other.

Let's do this.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:14 PM

A split of the Widow is chilling for tomorrow. It's on.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2025 06:25 PM (Wnv9h)

320 This is the most American thing to have happened to America since Christmas night 1776.

And symbolically, the Eagles win.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 19, 2025 06:25 PM (YIxO9)

321 The broad, systematic failure of sanitation and hygiene at Boars Head plants has all the hallmarks of elite management school training being inflicted on its operations. The idiot MBAs almost certainly established goals involving massive cost cutting. Experienced (expensive) senior employees with institutional knowledge of safety and processes were likely replaced with cheap inexpensive labor, to the extent that headcount reductions were replaced at all.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at January 19, 2025 06:26 PM (d9Cw3)

322 Woohoo, YMCA and assless chaps at the Trump rally!
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings

This is surreal....

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 06:21 PM (ys6MS)

yeah, wouldn't have been my first choice, or 2nd, or 100th, maybe somewhere below 10,000.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2025 06:26 PM (VwHCD)

323 Ohio Johnny Marzetti is made with hamburger. And not much in the spice category.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

During my college days we called it "Zanesville Surprise".

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2025 06:26 PM (WXNFJ)

324 RMBS!

Cheers, my friend.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:28 PM (mT+6a)

325 That was a fantastic victory speech by President Trump.
Gloria!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 19, 2025 06:28 PM (OTdqV)

326 RMBS!

Cheers, my friend.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:28 PM

*raises glass*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2025 06:28 PM (Wnv9h)

327
In case you missed it...

The Village People came up on stage at the end of the President's speech and performed YMCA...in costume, with the gay dance moves and everything.

But wait, there's more...

President Trump remained on stage with them, and kinda lined up with them, and did his little dance.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 06:29 PM (w29QH)

328 321 The broad, systematic failure of sanitation and hygiene at Boars Head plants has all the hallmarks of elite management school training being inflicted on its operations. The idiot MBAs almost certainly established goals involving massive cost cutting. Experienced (expensive) senior employees with institutional knowledge of safety and processes were likely replaced with cheap inexpensive labor, to the extent that headcount reductions were replaced at all.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at January 19, 2025 06:26 PM (d9Cw3)
__________________________

Yup, was just reading some of the employee comments on some survey they did. Apparently, they cut back on long time employee hours to the extent that one of the complaints was not enough hours to make the job beneficial. Additionally, Boar's Head has a 3.4 rating out of 5.0 on DEI. That sounds a little like bringing in immigrant labor at lower salary rates and taking hours away from the long term loyal employee.

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 06:29 PM (dIske)

329 LETS GO BILLS!!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:29 PM (mT+6a)

330 Sadly, my bourbon consumption (all alcohol actually) has been put on a temporary basis until I get passed medical issues. Was sipping on Bulleit bourbon. Also have an unopened bottle of Woodford Reserve and Bantons.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 19, 2025 06:30 PM (2AW7/)

331 Damn missed that.
And 1st Eagles game had on start to finish since SB years ago

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:31 PM (fwDg9)

332 Going to release the J6 political prisoners
JFK assassination info.
Martin L. King assassination info.
Fire all the bureaucrats.
Light a fire under DC's ass.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 06:31 PM (5NBTt)

333
oh, breaking news: Vivek has "exited" DOGE, reportedly due to tension with staff

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 06:31 PM (w29QH)

334 The 2 cold cooked egg rolls were good.
The cold white rice, I'll heat up.
Beers....still flowing.

Cleaned a ton of the house. Made a nice dent.

Posted by: Stateless...15% at January 19, 2025 06:32 PM (jvJvP)

335 Additionally, Boar's Head has a 3.4 rating out of 5.0 on DEI. That sounds a little like bringing in immigrant labor at lower salary rates and taking hours away from the long term loyal employee.

Lower salaries and lower sanitary standards make the best imports!

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 06:33 PM (uDISK)

336 During my college days we called it "Zanesville Surprise".
Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2025 06:26 PM (WXNFJ)

Hahaha! Nobody wants a Zanesville surprise.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 06:33 PM (OX9vb)

337 Made a very nice chicken curry yesterday. About a pound of boneless chicken breast cut up and seasoned with a jerk preparation of granulated garlic, onion powder, allspice, brown sugar, coriander, cinnamon, cayenne, sale and pepper. Really should have let the meat sit in that for a few hours, but it was late and I was hungry. A very fine winter dish..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:34 PM (bA75n)

338 331 Damn missed that.
And 1st Eagles game had on start to finish since SB years ago
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:31 PM (fwDg9)

Gonna be underdogs to Commanders if Jalen is as hurt as he looked. Pickett can't beat them, since he blew the lead just a few weeks ago...

Eagles collapsed last year after a Jalen knee injury (that went unreported at the time) - this one got noticed. He didn't run the ball a single time after, moved badly, and threw the ball only 5 yards or less after the injury...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 06:34 PM (exHjb)

339 Pour rice in pot. Add enough water to cover. Put your finger in to where it's just touching the top of the rice. The water should just cover your fingernail. Simmer rice for 20 minutes. Done.

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Exactly.

Ate pickled cows tongue---delicious!
Tripes in curry--pretty good.
Curried groundhog--strands of meat that were somewhat greasy. Definitely a different texture and taste that is completely other.
Will never venture into dogs and cats as my roommate had in India....

Posted by: -DC at January 19, 2025 06:34 PM (i3jTa)

340 And that means cheesesteaks are gonna lose to Ben's chili bowls, to keep this on food point...

And if not, KC BBQ is gonna walk to #3 (b/c the refs want to make sure they are the AFC winner)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 06:35 PM (exHjb)

341 321 The broad, systematic failure of sanitation and hygiene at Boars Head plants has all the hallmarks of elite management school training being inflicted on its operations. The idiot MBAs almost certainly established goals involving massive cost cutting. Experienced (expensive) senior employees with institutional knowledge of safety and processes were likely replaced with cheap inexpensive labor, to the extent that headcount reductions were replaced at all.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton
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Buck, You don't understand, it's the spreadsheet that counts. Look at the numbers even after the loss of so many customers we're on a roll.
Yeah, I used to contract to a company that specialized in helping trouble companies to fail. MBA and their acolytes all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 06:35 PM (5NBTt)

342 I learned 40 years ago reading Tips from Heloise column in the Sunday Philadelphia Bulletin many bargain ice cream makers whip air into their product....
so I got dat goin for me oh that and 15 seconds before I die I will attain total conscienceless.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 06:36 PM (jQ+5q)

343 lol.

The finest moment of Trump's speech was when he announced that the government will be part owners of TikTok and "freedom loving Americans" lost their minds with applause for state controlled social media!

Posted by: Wowzers at January 19, 2025 06:36 PM (4K+ug)

344 "Bourbon in one hand, my Rosary in the other."

I'm not Catholic, but this seems like good doctrine.

Posted by: PabloD at January 19, 2025 06:37 PM (zD6D1)

345 I've come across people like Vivek all my professional life - lots of hot gas, but no substance.

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:37 PM (g47mK)

346 My son is cheering for the Old Bay crabcakes to beat the Buffalo wings...it's his favorite team by far (he actually doesn't like the DC team...go figure...although that's good with mom as a cheesesteak/soft pretzel/cream cheese city fan)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 06:38 PM (exHjb)

347 343 lol.

The finest moment of Trump's speech was when he announced that the government will be part owners of TikTok and "freedom loving Americans" lost their minds with applause for state controlled social media!
Posted by: Wowzers
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Now, Uncle Sam can vacuum all that info instead of China.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 06:39 PM (5NBTt)

348 Two below in Tupelo

Posted by: haffhowershower at January 19, 2025 06:41 PM (NMT5x)

349 345 I've come across people like Vivek all my professional life - lots of hot gas, but no substance.

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:37 PM (g47mK

After Ohio Gov Dewine picked his deputy atty gen to replace JD Vance Vivek announced a run at Ohio's Governors seat in 2026..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 06:41 PM (jQ+5q)

350 348 Two below in Tupelo
Posted by: haffhowershower at January 19, 2025 06:41 PM (NMT5x)

Glen Cambell?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 06:42 PM (jQ+5q)

351 342 I learned 40 years ago reading Tips from Heloise column in the Sunday Philadelphia Bulletin many bargain ice cream makers whip air into their product....
so I got dat goin for me oh that and 15 seconds before I die I will attain total conscienceless.
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 06:36 PM (jQ+5q)
_______________________

Let's see...Philly, huh? Heloise must have been pushing Breyers Ice Cream. Actually, it's good advice. I always go for the local brands. There used to be a creamery up in north east PA called Leiby's Ice Cream. I knew it was good stuff because you could drive by the farms where they got the milk. The farm's photo was depicted on the ice cream container. They closed down in 2007, but a bunch of relatives re-started the business in 2017....and it's still good stuff.

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2025 06:42 PM (dIske)

352 Late to the party. Hope everybody is well. This has probably already been discussed but what are some streaming options for watching the inauguration tomorrow?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 19, 2025 06:42 PM (mH6SG)

353 Had to run over and save the last piece of my cake for later...a whole dang cake is gone in less than 6 hours. Spouse said the problem was it was too good. I threw it in the microwave so I can have it later b/c it's a little early for dessert.

Although this is how you make carbs without eating them - just have lots of teens and young adults, especially males, around, and make something tasty...

Gonna now figure out how to use rose water in a savory dish b/c this was a win (with the strawberry rhubarb combo)...less seems to be more (and add slowly til it's where you want it)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 19, 2025 06:42 PM (exHjb)

354 Now, Uncle Sam can vacuum all that info ~~instead of~~ in addition to China.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 06:39 PM (5NBTt)

FIFY

Posted by: Wowzers at January 19, 2025 06:43 PM (4K+ug)

355 After Ohio Gov Dewine picked his deputy atty gen to replace JD Vance Vivek announced a run at Ohio's Governors seat in 2026..
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 06:41 PM (jQ+5q)

Yes, he wanted to be gifted the Senate seat. There are stories that Vivek did not do any work, and I quote, "wore out his welcome".

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:44 PM (g47mK)

356 Musk is a workaholic, and is very demanding. So I can see how there could have been a clash.

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:45 PM (g47mK)

357 356 Musk is a workaholic, and is very demanding. So I can see how there could have been a clash.
Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:45 PM (g47mK)

And Musk was getting all the attention

Posted by: It's me donna at January 19, 2025 06:46 PM (VE6XX)

358 279 I think the yummy haggis I had was in something besides tripe.
Posted by: wifey of ShainS at January 19, 2025 06:05 PM (AN0MJ)

I enjoyed haggis the one time I had it. Place in London called, Boisdale (IIRC). It reminded me of a very rich meatloaf. Apparently, it is only served "in pouch" (aka, sheep's stomach) on Robert Burn's birthday, so I missed that. It is customary to pour a shot of scotch over it, which most of us did. I held back half of it because it seemed like a waste of good scotch..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:47 PM (bA75n)

359 oh, breaking news: Vivek has "exited" DOGE, reportedly due to tension with staff
Posted by: Soothsayer

I can see that. "Are you Elon? Then shut up!" Probably why Trump pushed him to consider the Senate. He can talk. Elon, as he just proved tonight, cannot.

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 06:47 PM (Nf1pZ)

360 Glen Cambell?
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!

I'm not sure! I've always liked that title, and other titles like it. Kind of a nod to the cold snap we're having.

Two Below in Tupelo
Intensities in Ten Cities

Not quite the same format, but if I had musical talent I think I would make a double album and call it:
Too Cold to Snow/Too Hot to F**k

Posted by: haffhowershower at January 19, 2025 06:49 PM (NMT5x)

361 Drama. Release the Vivek Files !

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:49 PM (g47mK)

362 Epstein's cellmate says the feds offered Epstein a sweet plea deal for incriminating evidence against Trump.

"They told me they’d let me plead out something small, and I’ll do just a couple of years in a camp, if I can give them something on Trump to get him impeached,’”

“the government told me I don’t have to prove what I say about Trump, as long as Trump’s people can’t disprove it,”

"The inmate also remarked that Epstein told him he didn’t really know Trump, that he had nothing on him, and there was bad blood because he’d been thrown out of a party at Mar-a-Lago by Trump after being too forward with young women."

https://tinyurl.com/3kufhavx

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at January 19, 2025 06:49 PM (paSBy)

363 And Musk was getting all the attention
Posted by: It's me donna
---

Put two type A's in a bag there's going to be a fight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 06:50 PM (5NBTt)

364 Eggs have gone up in last week or 2 was $5,80 now $6.40

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:50 PM (fwDg9)

365 Put two type A's in a bag there's going to be a fight.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 06:50 PM (5NBTt)

I never thought that pairing was gonna work

Posted by: It's me donna at January 19, 2025 06:50 PM (VE6XX)

366 "The Feds". WOuldn't it be nice to find those people responsible and @#$%^&* them ?

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:51 PM (g47mK)

367
Yeah, I don't believe any "cellmate" stories. That's TV bullshit.

And I'm pretty sure Epstein was in solitary cell.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 06:51 PM (8Qpxh)

368 364 Eggs have gone up in last week or 2 was $5,80 now $6.40
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:50 PM (fwDg9)

Yupp $3.49 last week at Trader Joes.... $4..69 this week

Posted by: It's me donna at January 19, 2025 06:52 PM (VE6XX)

369 "Jeffrey Epstein had a cellmate named Nicholas Tartaglione, who was a former police officer facing multiple murder charges. However, Tartaglione was removed from Epstein's cell shortly before Epstein's death."

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2025 06:52 PM (g47mK)

370 Pffttt... Jumping Jacks? I think not. Lucky fat ANTIFA chicks can wipe their own azz!

Time Magazine reported Friday about 11 “science-backed” activities people can try on Monday to cope with their “sense of hopelessness” about the incoming administration.

Psychology experts and therapists suggested a variety of activities that could help those emotional about Trump’s return take their focus off their anxiety and gain a new perspective.

Emiliana Simon-Thomas, a psychology expert and science director at the University of California at Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, recommended exercising, doing a creative activity, showing an act of kindness, smiling at strangers, and going to see a performance.

Working out can “wrest back a sense of power that you might feel is missing on Inauguration Day,” the report said. “You might not be able to do anything about the new administration’s policies, but you know what you can do? Fifteen perfect-form jumping jacks.”

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 06:53 PM (jQ+5q)

371 Eggs have gone up in last week or 2 was $5,80 now $6.40
Posted by: Skip

Yeah, and my area was only slightly affected by all the bird flu stuff until just now. Eggs prices had stayed fairly low (all things relative) until now. 18 count large for $8.

Posted by: haffhowershower at January 19, 2025 06:53 PM (NMT5x)

372 368 364 Eggs have gone up in last week or 2 was $5,80 now $6.40
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:50 PM (fwDg9)

Yupp $3.49 last week at Trader Joes.... $4..69 this week
Posted by: It's me donna at January 19, 2025 06:52 PM (VE6XX)

Georgia just shut down its poultry production because BIRD FLU!! I paid as much as 8.99 for a dozen extra large in CA.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:54 PM (bA75n)

373 367
Yeah, I don't believe any "cellmate" stories. That's TV bullshit. And I'm pretty sure Epstein was in solitary cell.
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Believe or disbelieve as you wish, but Epstein had a cellmate. Nicholas Tartaglione.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at January 19, 2025 06:55 PM (paSBy)

374 Thanks to my loving ginger we had a tremendous day here spent in front of the fire with sticky buns for breakfast (w/hot chocolate & marshmallows), followed by just lazing around doing nothing with one exception, and that was roasting chestnuts she found at the grocery store yesterday. Those things are absolutely addicting. Weather today was totally nasty, icy spots from freezing rain plus wet snow accompanied by a wind that was only 8-10 mph, but penetrated clothing like it wasn't there. I never did venture outside.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at January 19, 2025 06:55 PM (hKoQL)

375 Okay folks....it's that time!

Actually, I am visiting family, so I have been drinking bourbon since about 4:30!

Thanks for reading and commenting!

Cheers!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2025 06:55 PM (qvqLl)

376 Making Potato and Leek soup, Robert Irvine (Restaurant Impossible guy) recipe. Highly recommend for an Arctic blast.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 19, 2025 06:55 PM (YIxO9)

377 Psychology experts and therapists suggested a variety of activities that could help those emotional about Trump’s return take their focus off their anxiety and gain a new perspective.

1. Move to Canada.
2. Get made a US citizen again
3. Move to Greenland...

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 06:55 PM (Nf1pZ)

378 #370

I recommend a 4 letter word to take their minds off of the inauguration...

WORK

Posted by: haffhowershower at January 19, 2025 06:56 PM (NMT5x)

379
btw, SNL mocked msnbc last night.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 06:56 PM (8Qpxh)

380 Emiliana Simon-Thomas, a psychology expert and science director at the University of California at Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, recommended exercising, doing a creative activity, showing an act of kindness, smiling at strangers, and going to see a performance.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 06:53 PM (jQ+5q)

So, do what conservatives do during a Democrat regime, in other words. Live your life, be a part of your community, take care of your health and stuff.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2025 06:57 PM (OX9vb)

381 Wife said some kind were on sale but we got there late

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:57 PM (fwDg9)

382 I'm surprised any of y'all are believing anything that doesn't come DIRECTLY from Trump.

Our enemies are constantly trying to create division.

Believe nothing.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 19, 2025 06:57 PM (mT+6a)

383 @ 283, *fistbump*

we have friends who seem to eat out half of the time, I can't understand it, at-home is cheaper and better!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 19, 2025 06:57 PM (uX4GZ)

384 378 #370

I recommend a 4 letter word to take their minds off of the inauguration...

WORK
Posted by: haffhowershower at January 19, 2025 06:56 PM (NMT5x)

Self-immolation?

Wait... one, two three....dang, I'm bad at this...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:59 PM (bA75n)

385 Odd that pickled eggs made the list.
Pretty unremarkable compared to the pickled horsecock* some people eat.

*Ring bologna

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 19, 2025 07:00 PM (/lPRQ)

386 @ 382, *fistbump and high five*

division, and FUD

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 19, 2025 07:00 PM (uX4GZ)

387 384 378 #370

I recommend a 4 letter word to take their minds off of the inauguration...

WORK
Posted by: haffhowershower at January 19, 2025 06:56 PM (NMT5x)

Self-immolation?

Wait... one, two three....dang, I'm bad at this...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 19, 2025 06:59 PM (bA75n)

Run for and across the Mexican border?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 19, 2025 07:01 PM (VNX3d)

388
btw, Megyn Kelly's intro music at tonight's rally was AC/DC's Shook Me All Night Long, the popular stripper song.

And she was rockin' it when she came out, hahaha. Ace was probably watching and beating little Ace like it criticized his diet.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 19, 2025 07:01 PM (2GUXo)

389 GUN NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 07:01 PM (fwDg9)

390 372 368 364 Eggs have gone up in last week or 2 was $5,80 now $6.40
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2025 06:50 PM (fwDg9)
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We have to kill the chickens to save the chickens.
And, no, you can't have them because we know you raw chicken eaters won't cook them first and you know that those big cheater businesses won't handle them correctly so you'll just have to go without. It's better for you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2025 07:01 PM (5NBTt)

391 Georgia just shut down its poultry production because BIRD FLU!!

And what happens if a chicken actually gets the flu?
WebMD:
In chickens, bird flu may involve:

Signs of depression in egg-laying chickens
Ruffled feathers
Being quieter than normal
Purple or dry combs

Kill them all, I say! Can't have that going around because e'd lose two weeks of GAINZ (or EGGZ) and then have flu-resistant chickens!

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2025 07:01 PM (uDISK)

392 It reminded me of a very rich meatloaf. Apparently, it is only served "in pouch" (aka, sheep's stomach) on Robert Burn's birthday, so I missed that.

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It was at a Robbie Burns dinner that I first had it. It was in a huge intestine, maybe. I don't recall us pouring scotch over it. It comes canned, and I think the few times since (and maybe even that time), it was heated canned haggis. Incidentally, someone just sent me a link the other day to an article sating haggis has been banned in the US for 50 years but is about to be allowed again, minus one "key" ingredient:
https://is.gd/fhpCMX

Posted by: wifey of ShainS at January 19, 2025 07:02 PM (AN0MJ)

393
Not quite the same format, but if I had musical talent I think I would make a double album and call it:
Too Cold to Snow/Too Hot to F**k
Posted by: haffhowershower at January 19, 2025 06:49 PM (NMT5x)
Oh wait that was Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison. FYI Morrison penned the rock classic Gloria,

https://tinyurl.com/42u5ypnn

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 07:02 PM (jQ+5q)

394 *clink!*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 19, 2025 07:03 PM (uX4GZ)

395 Rice is much improved if it is rinsed first.
Posted by: Ben Had

Three times!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Get a "rice strainer" colander with the tiny little holes in it that rice doesn't fit through. Easier than trying to pour water off the pot of rice without pouring off the rice at the same time.

Not a uni-tasker since it's still just a colander/strainer.

Posted by: mikeski at January 19, 2025 07:05 PM (DgGvY)

396 Almost missed the food thread, and I've been saving this! Andre Rush, former WH chef, sharing what he'd make for Trump.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A9UwNC3MiHw

Does anyone make a tomahawk steak this way? I want to try making the chumichurri sauce.

Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2025 07:22 PM (gWBY1)

397 Um so yes the slime is in a bowl. Just a suggestion mind you maybe you should rethink your choice of 'bowls' . Just sayin.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 19, 2025 07:54 PM (jQ+5q)

398 Who ordered the bowl of fried chicken dicks?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 19, 2025 08:15 PM (hXQfZ)

399 Hot honey is awesome on roasted carrots

Posted by: S.Lynn at January 19, 2025 08:35 PM (p7ffG)

400 Kindltot-use italian 00 flour-it is close to the flour used in Germany for Broetchen. I use the recipe from https://brotandbread.org/ and it works very well.
Posted by: EA at January 19, 2025 06:22 PM (yAA6m)

I will look into that,thank you. I have a source for flour for neopolitan style pizza, just I have to find a way to get less than 50 lbs at one go.
I am out of pastry flour, so it might be a go-to for me

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