The Food Thread

The Juggler

hedonist said:

You know...this whole "mixed" nuts thing is a racket.  A sham and a scam.

The container says peanuts, cashews, pecans, almonds, and Brazil nuts.

The bulk is peanuts and those goddamned oversized Brazils.  Maybe ten pecans.

I may have been lured in by Mr. Peanut, but no more.  Fuck you, Planters!  

you're a racket

dankind

The Juggler said:

hedonist said:

You know...this whole "mixed" nuts thing is a racket.  A sham and a scam.

The container says peanuts, cashews, pecans, almonds, and Brazil nuts.

The bulk is peanuts and those goddamned oversized Brazils.  Maybe ten pecans.

I may have been lured in by Mr. Peanut, but no more.  Fuck you, Planters!  

you're a racket

I think she's more of a paddle than a racket.

hedonist

dankind said:

The Juggler said:

hedonist said:

You know...this whole "mixed" nuts thing is a racket.  A sham and a scam.

The container says peanuts, cashews, pecans, almonds, and Brazil nuts.

The bulk is peanuts and those goddamned oversized Brazils.  Maybe ten pecans.

I may have been lured in by Mr. Peanut, but no more.  Fuck you, Planters!  

you're a racket

I think she's more of a paddle than a racket.

If I were holding that, I'd either be laughing or angrily yelling "Schnelle!"

You know what's a good nut?  The walnut.  Growing up, my mom used to have a big wooden bowl of them with a built-in cracker.

Those were the days!  Not that I can't do that now...

dankind

hedonist said:

dankind said:

The Juggler said:

hedonist said:

You know...this whole "mixed" nuts thing is a racket.  A sham and a scam.

The container says peanuts, cashews, pecans, almonds, and Brazil nuts.

The bulk is peanuts and those goddamned oversized Brazils.  Maybe ten pecans.

I may have been lured in by Mr. Peanut, but no more.  Fuck you, Planters!  

you're a racket

I think she's more of a paddle than a racket.

If I were holding that, I'd either be laughing or angrily yelling "Schnelle!"

You know what's a good nut?  The walnut.  Growing up, my mom used to have a big wooden bowl of them with a built-in cracker.

Those were the days!  Not that I can't do that now...

I so want to cite the old Rudy Ray Moore "chinnuts" bit, but I'll refrain.

HesCalledDyer

When I was a kid, my grandfather and I used to go hunting for black walnuts. After the day or two it took de-hulling, washing, & drying them, we'd sit on paint buckets in front of the garage with a pair of work gloves on shelling them.

hedonist

HesCalledDyer said:

When I was a kid, my grandfather and I used to go hunting for black walnuts. After the day or two it took de-hulling, washing, & drying them, we'd sit on paint buckets in front of the garage with a pair of work gloves on shelling them.

I was gonna make a "racist!" joke, but am curious about black walnuts.  Never heard of them before.

Google, here I come!

F Me In The Brain

Foie Gras

Yes, No or Never Tried?

(I'm for responsibly sourced Foie Gras)

I am 100% in the 'Tastes Amazing" camp...but I already shared that I love offal so loving a fatty liver is no stretch for me.

Best way I have eaten it was Foie Gras Cotton Candy at a Jose Andres joint (The Bazaar) in LA.  A few 10C board members joined me and also loved this.

rgambs

hedonist said:

HesCalledDyer said:

When I was a kid, my grandfather and I used to go hunting for black walnuts. After the day or two it took de-hulling, washing, & drying them, we'd sit on paint buckets in front of the garage with a pair of work gloves on shelling them.

I was gonna make a "racist!" joke, but am curious about black walnuts.  Never heard of them before.

Google, here I come!

Not worth the trouble lol
Stains your hands tobacco yellow and they are often sour.
Chestnuts and butternuts are better.

I cut down all my black walnut trees because they are a pain and some members of the juglans family are toxic to most plants worth cultivating. Juglans Nigra is definitely one of them.

rgambs

I had a bachelor's dinner, meat and cheese tray.
Troyer's trail Bologna and Guggisberg original baby swiss, a world champion several times.
Both from Holmes County, Ohio, the largest Amish community in the world.

When the ingredients are the best, you don't have to do much with them.

rgambs

HesCalledDyer said:

When I was a kid, my grandfather and I used to go hunting for black walnuts. After the day or two it took de-hulling, washing, & drying them, we'd sit on paint buckets in front of the garage with a pair of work gloves on shelling them.

Nutting!  An old time tradition that is almost entirely gone.
The eastern US forests used to be bursting with beechnut, chestnut, butternut, hickory, and walnut, but blights and logging for lumber have wiped them out almost entirely.
I have about 2 dozen shagbark hickory trees and as many black walnuts on 5 acres.
The lumber assessment was over 15,000$ which is about twice what you might expect from that tract because of the hickory.
They can have my trees when they pry them from my cold dead hands lol

PJ_Soul

F Me In The Brain said:

Foie Gras

Yes, No or Never Tried?

(I'm for responsibly sourced Foie Gras)

I am 100% in the 'Tastes Amazing" camp...but I already shared that I love offal so loving a fatty liver is no stretch for me.

Best way I have eaten it was Foie Gras Cotton Candy at a Jose Andres joint (The Bazaar) in LA.  A few 10C board members joined me and also loved this.

I LOOOOOOVE it. One of my favorite foods. I've even had some of the best stuff straight from France - my French ex's parents came to visit and brought us some. Just amazing, nice and simple on a real french baguette (I say "real" because some people seem to think that a baguette is basically just regular white bread in the shape of a baguette, lol). This great restaurant I discovered recently serves it (Juniper on Keefer St), but I went for charcuterie and duck breast with pickled peaches, beets, and fennel (which was DELICIOUS!), but next time I go it will definitely get the foie gras for an appy. I can't wait.

hedonist

F Me In The Brain said:

Foie Gras

Yes, No or Never Tried?

(I'm for responsibly sourced Foie Gras)

I am 100% in the 'Tastes Amazing" camp...but I already shared that I love offal so loving a fatty liver is no stretch for me.

Best way I have eaten it was Foie Gras Cotton Candy at a Jose Andres joint (The Bazaar) in LA.  A few 10C board members joined me and also loved this.

In this case, one awesome bite is / was perfect.

Cliffy6745

I had it tonight. In Raleigh and took clients out to a steakhouse and had It seared over a green and bean mixture.

F Me In The Brain

It rocks,!

tempo_n_groove

F Me In The Brain said:

Foie Gras

Yes, No or Never Tried?

(I'm for responsibly sourced Foie Gras)

I am 100% in the 'Tastes Amazing" camp...but I already shared that I love offal so loving a fatty liver is no stretch for me.

Best way I have eaten it was Foie Gras Cotton Candy at a Jose Andres joint (The Bazaar) in LA.  A few 10C board members joined me and also loved this.

Liver...  Not a fan of liver.  But I'd try this just to say I did.

i_lov_it

Reading about all this nice Food is making me Hungry...

i_lov_it

Ok coming from Australia who's up for some Vegemite Sandwiches haha

tempo_n_groove

i_lov_it said:

Ok coming from Australia who's up for some Vegemite Sandwiches haha

So.  What regional foods are loved in your area but have no desire anywhere else?

I know about vegemite in Oz.  Then there's Mauby in Barbados, a horrible drink...

Anything else?

dankind

Not my area, but these come to mind: haggis (Scotland), lutefisk (Scandinavia), kæstur hákarl (Iceland)

Cliffy6745

Spiedies! From where I grew up.

I don't know about no desire anywhere else, they just aren't anywhere else