The Food Thread

HesCalledDyer

I pretty much sat at the table with my beer glass half in my mouth until they brought me the two milkshakes I ordered.  It was awful.  And about 2 hours later when we went to another bar, I went to take a piss and realized about halfway thru that I still had some residual sauce on my hands.  Felt like I stuck my johnson in a vat of boiling IcyHot.

F Me In The Brain

  Beer does very little to soothe the heat pain. 
Did you stick your johnson into a milkshake?

Italian Market Fest sounds awesome, minus the crowd of hammers walking around. 

Chicharrón is nearly the perfect food.  I dont think you could actually live on it, or it would be perfect.

Bone marrow is also wonderful.  Could use a straw.

Cliffy6745

HesCalledDyer said:

I pretty much sat at the table with my beer glass half in my mouth until they brought me the two milkshakes I ordered.  It was awful.  And about 2 hours later when we went to another bar, I went to take a piss and realized about halfway thru that I still had some residual sauce on my hands.  Felt like I stuck my johnson in a vat of boiling IcyHot.

Duuuuuuuude. I was cooking with habaneros one time and as I was chopping them seeds all on my fingers, like an amateur and dumbass, I wiped my eye.  I stood in the shower for a good 30 minutes forcing my eye open with cold water.  Insane amount of pain.

Cliffy6745

F Me In The Brain said:

  Beer does very little to soothe the heat pain. 
Did you stick your johnson into a milkshake?

Italian Market Fest sounds awesome, minus the crowd of hammers walking around. 

Chicharrón is nearly the perfect food.  I dont think you could actually live on it, or it would be perfect.

Bone marrow is also wonderful.  Could use a straw.

Italian market fest is amazing.  The people are the best part.  Rittenhouse fest you get nerds who think they're rich and cool, or are rich and just not cool.  South street fest is good and fun but is insanity like everything else south street.  Italian market is south philly and much like the italian market these days, all types of people from all races and social classes.  I love it.  So much diversity and amazing food.  Where else can you get a porchetta sandwich and a peroni, followed up by amazing tacos a pacifico, followed up by oysters and champagne?

Oh and you can also watch said hammers try to climb up a 60 foot greased up metal pole.

I would do dirty dirty things to that marrow.

mcgruff10

HesCalledDyer said:

I pretty much sat at the table with my beer glass half in my mouth until they brought me the two milkshakes I ordered.  It was awful.  And about 2 hours later when we went to another bar, I went to take a piss and realized about halfway thru that I still had some residual sauce on my hands.  Felt like I stuck my johnson in a vat of boiling IcyHot.

My god I m cringing and laughing at the same time. 

hedonist

Pearl Jam fan-foodies are the best.

F Me In The Brain

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

  Beer does very little to soothe the heat pain. 
Did you stick your johnson into a milkshake?

Italian Market Fest sounds awesome, minus the crowd of hammers walking around. 

Chicharrón is nearly the perfect food.  I dont think you could actually live on it, or it would be perfect.

Bone marrow is also wonderful.  Could use a straw.

Italian market fest is amazing.  The people are the best part.  Rittenhouse fest you get nerds who think they're rich and cool, or are rich and just not cool.  South street fest is good and fun but is insanity like everything else south street.  Italian market is south philly and much like the italian market these days, all types of people from all races and social classes.  I love it.  So much diversity and amazing food.  Where else can you get a porchetta sandwich and a peroni, followed up by amazing tacos a pacifico, followed up by oysters and champagne?

Oh and you can also watch said hammers try to climb up a 60 foot greased up metal pole.

I would do dirty dirty things to that marrow.

On my Things to Do Next Year short list.
Amazing (authentic) tacos are tough to come by here, in my experience.  A shitpit of a place in Berlin is the closest thing to street food superstars I have found.  I went a few weeks ago and they moved to the place next door and it is actually much nicer now.  This somehow impacts my opinion of the food negatively. 
I am sure there are places around still to be discovered but that is one of the things I miss the most about life in SoCal....amazing Mexican food...available everywhere.  

Cliffy6745

F Me In The Brain said:

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

  Beer does very little to soothe the heat pain. 
Did you stick your johnson into a milkshake?

Italian Market Fest sounds awesome, minus the crowd of hammers walking around. 

Chicharrón is nearly the perfect food.  I dont think you could actually live on it, or it would be perfect.

Bone marrow is also wonderful.  Could use a straw.

Italian market fest is amazing.  The people are the best part.  Rittenhouse fest you get nerds who think they're rich and cool, or are rich and just not cool.  South street fest is good and fun but is insanity like everything else south street.  Italian market is south philly and much like the italian market these days, all types of people from all races and social classes.  I love it.  So much diversity and amazing food.  Where else can you get a porchetta sandwich and a peroni, followed up by amazing tacos a pacifico, followed up by oysters and champagne?

Oh and you can also watch said hammers try to climb up a 60 foot greased up metal pole.

I would do dirty dirty things to that marrow.

On my Things to Do Next Year short list.
Amazing (authentic) tacos are tough to come by here, in my experience.  A shitpit of a place in Berlin is the closest thing to street food superstars I have found.  I went a few weeks ago and they moved to the place next door and it is actually much nicer now.  This somehow impacts my opinion of the food negatively. 
I am sure there are places around still to be discovered but that is one of the things I miss the most about life in SoCal....amazing Mexican food...available everywhere.  

When it comes to tacos, the dingier the better.  A ton of good places in South Philly which such a big Mexican population.  9th street south of Washington has a ton of spots.  Hell even the taco trailer at the corner of 4th and Washington is awesome.  South Philly Barbacoa (not sure what the new name in the Italian market is) is all kinds of awesome.

Cliffy6745

hedonist said:

Pearl Jam fan-foodies are the best.

Was hoping this thread had potential.  Looks like it does.  Keep it coming.

rgambs

Tonight, fajitas.
Thin cut skirt steak marinated in garlic, lime, a touch of balsamic vinaigrette, and black pepper slapped on the grill for about 40 seconds, wrapped in flour tortillas with sautéed poblanos, cubanelles, onions, and zucchini.  Have some imported Spanish Manchego cheese and Quesa Fresca to top it, a salsa fresco on the side with Black Krim tomatoes, red onions, poblano, and fresh cilantro.
All vegetables from the garden of course, if I can't or don't grow it, I do without between the months of May and October.

mcgruff10

Simple question: what is everyone's recipe for  burgers when using chop meat?
salt/pepper?
85/15?

Cliffy6745

rgambs said:

Tonight, fajitas.
Thin cut skirt steak marinated in garlic, lime, a touch of balsamic vinaigrette, and black pepper slapped on the grill for about 40 seconds, wrapped in flour tortillas with sautéed poblanos, cubanelles, onions, and zucchini.  Have some imported Spanish Manchego cheese and Quesa Fresca to top it, a salsa fresco on the side with Black Krim tomatoes, red onions, poblano, and fresh cilantro.
All vegetables from the garden of course, if I can't or don't grow it, I do without between the months of May and October.

Sounds amazing.  Poblanos are one of my favorite peppers.  Beef tacos for us tonight, though very basic ones, just with a homemade seasoning and hot sauce.  

Cliffy6745

Can we talk about cheese?  I wanna talk about cheese.

What do you like?  Me? I like any type of cheese. Literally never met a cheese I didn't like.  That said, the stinkier the better, give me a smelly ass Limburger or Blue and I will destroy it.  How about a little Camembert?  Hmmmmm.

We are very lucky in Philly with DiBrunos.

Just wait till I start talking about cured meats to go along with it...

Cliffy6745

mcgruff10 said:

Simple question: what is everyone's recipe for  burgers when using chop meat?
salt/pepper?
85/15?

No less than 15% fat under any circumstances for a beef burger.

Curious what people think about what I do with burgers. Salt, pepper, montreal steak, chili powder (a good amount) and a little bit of worcestershire sauce. I think they are amazing.  Trying to hard?  That cabot horseradish cheese is also pretty amazing on top.

Read this yesterday...consider my mind blown.  

http://adequateman.deadspin.com/you-are-cheesing-your-cheeseburgers-all-wrong-and-i-can-1797580296

hedonist

I am a proud lover of cheese as well.

Stinkies are A-OK by me, as long as I can wash the "aroma" off my hands.

One of the best snacks I ever had was goat cheese on pumpernickel toast topped with fresh homemade blueberry jam.

Meunster with jam is good too.

Cliffy6745

hedonist said:

I am a proud lover of cheese as well.

Stinkies are A-OK by me, as long as I can wash the "aroma" off my hands.

One of the best snacks I ever had was goat cheese on pumpernickel toast topped with fresh homemade blueberry jam.

Meunster with jam is good too.

That sounds so good.  This may be a snack this weekend.  Thanks!

HesCalledDyer

mcgruff10 said:

Simple question: what is everyone's recipe for  burgers when using chop meat?
salt/pepper?
85/15?

85/15 for sure
1/3 lb patty with salt, pepper, & cayenne
Cooked to medium
A slice of muenster cheese melted over top
Two slices of slab bacon
Toasted kaiser roll, mayo & bacon on bottom, ketchup, mustard on crown
Either a crisp iceberg leaf & bread & butter chips on crown, or a spoonful of hot giardinera

hedonist

gambo, I used to doctor up the meat for burgers, but my guy's a purist so now just salt and pepper (maybe a surreptitious dash of Worcestershire).  The cheesing advice in that link makes sense too.

Have you guys heard about cooking burgers with an ice cube in them to retain moisture?

dankind

"I am an eater of beets."

--Alobar in Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume

mcgruff10

Cliffy6745 said:

mcgruff10 said:

Simple question: what is everyone's recipe for  burgers when using chop meat?
salt/pepper?
85/15?

No less than 15% fat under any circumstances for a beef burger.

Curious what people think about what I do with burgers. Salt, pepper, montreal steak, chili powder (a good amount) and a little bit of worcestershire sauce. I think they are amazing.  Trying to hard?  That cabot horseradish cheese is also pretty amazing on top.

Read this yesterday...consider my mind blown.  

http://adequateman.deadspin.com/you-are-cheesing-your-cheeseburgers-all-wrong-and-i-can-1797580296

Holy shit that makes perfect sense!!!  What an awesome article. Thanks bud.