The Food Thread

HesCalledDyer

Whatever peanut butter is inexpensive is what I buy. I usually go with the natural kind, sometimes get creamy, and on rare occasion get crunchy but I only ever use it for sandwiches.  Natural and creamy are way more versatile.  Oh and it's always jam or preserves, never jelly for a PB sandwich.  Usually strawberry.  Smuckers Mosaic strawberry/blackberry is the shit right now.

tempo_n_groove

HesCalledDyer said:

Whatever peanut butter is inexpensive is what I buy. I usually go with the natural kind, sometimes get creamy, and on rare occasion get crunchy but I only ever use it for sandwiches.  Natural and creamy are way more versatile.  Oh and it's always jam or preserves, never jelly for a PB sandwich.  Usually strawberry.  Smuckers Mosaic strawberry/blackberry is the shit right now.

Crunchy PB or nuthin.

deadendp

My dad is a Jif guy.  Jif only.  Creamy Jif.  I always wanted extra crunchy and on the rare occasion (maybe once every few years) I could get mom to buy a jar, it was the greatest thing ever. 

I'm not picky on name brand.  I will buy what is on sale, but crunchy for me.  Creamy only if that is all we have.  Before this whole lockdown started, I grabbed a two pack at Sam's.  I'm thinking after my crunchy peanut butter is done, I'll be having the creamy for a while.  That's okay.  Serves straight up on a spoon just fine.  

But . . . it's Amish apple cinnamon jelly.  Apple doesn't make a jam.  Not that I'm aware of.  Good stuff! 

GlowGirl

tempo_n_groove said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Whatever peanut butter is inexpensive is what I buy. I usually go with the natural kind, sometimes get creamy, and on rare occasion get crunchy but I only ever use it for sandwiches.  Natural and creamy are way more versatile.  Oh and it's always jam or preserves, never jelly for a PB sandwich.  Usually strawberry.  Smuckers Mosaic strawberry/blackberry is the shit right now.

Crunchy PB or nuthin.

Agreed. Love crunchy PB. But lately I have been buying crunchy all natural almond butter. It gets pretty oily, but I keep it in the refrigerator - which helps. It is so good paired with wild blueberry fruit spread (which I had a lot of trouble finding in these corona days).

HesCalledDyer

deadendp said:

My dad is a Jif guy.  Jif only.  Creamy Jif.  I always wanted extra crunchy and on the rare occasion (maybe once every few years) I could get mom to buy a jar, it was the greatest thing ever. 

I'm not picky on name brand.  I will buy what is on sale, but crunchy for me.  Creamy only if that is all we have.  Before this whole lockdown started, I grabbed a two pack at Sam's.  I'm thinking after my crunchy peanut butter is done, I'll be having the creamy for a while.  That's okay.  Serves straight up on a spoon just fine.  

But . . . it's Amish apple cinnamon jelly.  Apple doesn't make a jam.  Not that I'm aware of.  Good stuff! 

I love the sound of that, like apple pie filling in a jar!  And apple pie just happens to be my favorite.  And you can definitely jam apples... or pears ("Pear Jam" ).  I love jelly, just prefer jam or preserves on a pb sandwich. But jelly on a biscuit, toast, english muffin, cracker, etc can't be beat.

deadendp

HesCalledDyer said:

deadendp said:

My dad is a Jif guy.  Jif only.  Creamy Jif.  I always wanted extra crunchy and on the rare occasion (maybe once every few years) I could get mom to buy a jar, it was the greatest thing ever. 

I'm not picky on name brand.  I will buy what is on sale, but crunchy for me.  Creamy only if that is all we have.  Before this whole lockdown started, I grabbed a two pack at Sam's.  I'm thinking after my crunchy peanut butter is done, I'll be having the creamy for a while.  That's okay.  Serves straight up on a spoon just fine.  

But . . . it's Amish apple cinnamon jelly.  Apple doesn't make a jam.  Not that I'm aware of.  Good stuff! 

I love the sound of that, like apple pie filling in a jar!  And apple pie just happens to be my favorite.  And you can definitely jam apples... or pears ("Pear Jam" ).  I love jelly, just prefer jam or preserves on a pb sandwich. But jelly on a biscuit, toast, english muffin, cracker, etc can't be beat.

There were many people who received jars of "pear jam" with the extra L added.

GlowGirl

What was for lunch today? Nothing fancy here - a good old egg salad sandwich on whole wheat with a side of Terra Chips. I make my egg salad like deviled eggs on a sandwich - mayo, mustard, paprika, a bit of sweet relish. I love a good deviled egg.

hedonist

I wish I liked relish, but nope. The other ingredients though are musts. And black pepper! Sometimes I’ll toss in a few shakes of Tobasco too. 

F Me In The Brain

Tune salad for lunch.  Love that stuff.  Loaded (overly so) with celery....love to add chopped dill pickles.  Lots of salt, pepper, crushed red, paprika, and a small scoop o mayo.
Eat in iceberg cups.

@Hobbes, tried the 'sparagus roasted per your direction.  So great as far as taste....is there a way to keep that taste but still have firm bite?

deadendp

F Me In The Brain said:

Tune salad for lunch.  Love that stuff.  Loaded (overly so) with celery....love to add chopped dill pickles.  Lots of salt, pepper, crushed red, paprika, and a small scoop o mayo.
Eat in iceberg cups.

@Hobbes, tried the 'sparagus roasted per your direction.  So great as far as taste....is there a way to keep that taste but still have firm bite?

Did your sprouts go soft? 

Jedi, No relish, no pickles. Just no. 

Salad for lunch. 

GlowGirl

F Me In The Brain said:

Tune salad for lunch.  Love that stuff.  Loaded (overly so) with celery....love to add chopped dill pickles.  Lots of salt, pepper, crushed red, paprika, and a small scoop o mayo.
Eat in iceberg cups.

@Hobbes, tried the 'sparagus roasted per your direction.  So great as far as taste....is there a way to keep that taste but still have firm bite?

Chopped pickles or sweet peppers are great in tuna salad. I also sometimes add dill as well. My favorite way to eat tuna salad is on a toasted whole wheat everything bagel with tomato and lettuce. I might have to have that tomorrow.

Sometimes I like to put potato chips in my tuna sandwich. I know a few other people that do that - but most of my friends look at me like I am crazy.

dankind

MF117973 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Tune salad for lunch.  Love that stuff.  Loaded (overly so) with celery....love to add chopped dill pickles.  Lots of salt, pepper, crushed red, paprika, and a small scoop o mayo.
Eat in iceberg cups.

@Hobbes, tried the 'sparagus roasted per your direction.  So great as far as taste....is there a way to keep that taste but still have firm bite?

Chopped pickles or sweet peppers are great in tuna salad. I also sometimes add dill as well. My favorite way to eat tuna salad is on a toasted whole wheat everything bagel with tomato and lettuce. I might have to have that tomorrow.

Sometimes I like to put potato chips in my tuna sandwich. I know a few other people that do that - but most of my friends look at me like I am crazy.

Nonsense. That’s on the genius side of the genius—insanity spectrum. 

Do you also add hash browns to your breakfast wraps/burritos? 

We’re just living on a higher plane. They’ll either catch up or keep dragging their knuckles on the ground of mediocrity. 

F Me In The Brain

Chips is any sandwich is interesting.  Have done on occasion and like it.
"Whacky!"

bbiggs

Anyone ever have your fries in the bun with your hot dog? It’s delicious. The best chicago style hot dogs are served that way. Actual fresh cooked potatoes for the fries though. It’s like a once a year thing for me, but so good. 

GlowGirl

bbiggs said:

Anyone ever have your fries in the bun with your hot dog? It’s delicious. The best chicago style hot dogs are served that way. Actual fresh cooked potatoes for the fries though. It’s like a once a year thing for me, but so good. 

Sounds great. I haven’t had that but there is a souvlaki restaurant in my neighborhood that puts fries in the souvlaki sandwiches. It’s quite good. So, I think that some of us here agree that potatoes in all its glorious forms can be delicious in a sandwich 🥔🍟👍

bbiggs

MF117973 said:

bbiggs said:

Anyone ever have your fries in the bun with your hot dog? It’s delicious. The best chicago style hot dogs are served that way. Actual fresh cooked potatoes for the fries though. It’s like a once a year thing for me, but so good. 

Sounds great. I haven’t had that but there is a souvlaki restaurant in my neighborhood that puts fries in the souvlaki sandwiches. It’s quite good. So, I think that some of us here agree that potatoes in all its glorious forms can be delicious in a sandwich 🥔🍟👍

100% agreed! Potatoes in a sandwich is always a good idea. Hash browns make pretty much everything better too. I pulled this picture from the hot dog place I’m talking about. They wrap them up like this and you eat the fries right along with the dog. So good.

GlowGirl

bbiggs said:

MF117973 said:

bbiggs said:

Anyone ever have your fries in the bun with your hot dog? It’s delicious. The best chicago style hot dogs are served that way. Actual fresh cooked potatoes for the fries though. It’s like a once a year thing for me, but so good. 

Sounds great. I haven’t had that but there is a souvlaki restaurant in my neighborhood that puts fries in the souvlaki sandwiches. It’s quite good. So, I think that some of us here agree that potatoes in all its glorious forms can be delicious in a sandwich 🥔🍟👍

100% agreed! Potatoes in a sandwich is always a good idea. Hash browns make pretty much everything better too. I pulled this picture from the hot dog place I’m talking about. They wrap them up like this and you eat the fries right along with the dog. So good.

Those fries look like some crispy goodness. I love fries with the skin on. 

rgambs

Stock your freezers people, the meat shortages are looking more and more imminent.
I just saw a Facebook post about a farm 3 hours or so away from me that is selling live market weight hogs for $140!  They can't get them processed so they are just trying to recoup what they can.  The farmer who sent it to me said it's happening all over.  I checked around the local processors and they are all booked out months on orders and aren't taking live animals until 2021 in some cases, farmers are scheduling that far in advance. 
I'm scrambling to figure out if I can get a live hog across the state and get it butchered 🤔 

F Me In The Brain

This is due to the slow down of the processing pace because either plants are closed or can produce less due to distancing/safety measures?

deadendp

F Me In The Brain said:

This is due to the slow down of the processing pace because either plants are closed or can produce less due to distancing/safety measures?

Meat plants are overrun with cases of Covid-19, but didn't our fearless "leader" sign some legislation stating they need to remain open anyway? 

rgambs said:

Stock your freezers people, the meat shortages are looking more and more imminent.
I just saw a Facebook post about a farm 3 hours or so away from me that is selling live market weight hogs for $140!  They can't get them processed so they are just trying to recoup what they can.  The farmer who sent it to me said it's happening all over.  I checked around the local processors and they are all booked out months on orders and aren't taking live animals until 2021 in some cases, farmers are scheduling that far in advance. 
I'm scrambling to figure out if I can get a live hog across the state and get it butchered 🤔 

I honestly took the initial reports as crap that Tyson was shoveling out. Won't buy Tyson after Food Inc. Your findings are interesting. I know that Kroger and maybe Giant Eagle have put limits on meat purchases. Thanks for the information! Hoping you find a processor.