The Food Thread

PJ_Soul said:

Corn and peas are fine frozen, and are the only veggies (well, is corn a veggie? It's a grain, right?) that can be frozen. I would never eat any other frozen veg unless I was starving to death. I also think that canned veggies are vomit-worthy. I wouldn't eat any canned veggies unless I was living in a post-apocalyptic world where all the soil is dead and can't grow things anymore.
Why would anyone use canned or frozen green beans anyway, when they are readily available fresh all year round? I at least understand canning or freezing peas and corn because of the "format" - most aren't husking their own peas and stripping corn cobs - but why can beans? It's like canning broccoli.

That's a completely unsustainable food culture!

I am outnumbered here, but I don't care I still think I'm right lol
I shuck my own peas and I snap my own beans, I milk my own corn and I can them all like my Granny and probably yours too, because that's the best way of preserving the original texture and flavor!
Store bought isn't the same game, but it aligns in some places.

I'm sad to see the comments about depression, starvation, and apocalypse lol 
Those comments paired with the arrogance of expecting fresh produce all year speak to a larger problem we have in our food culture.  As a society and species, if we don't recover a more sensible system of production and consumption, we are in big fucking trouble in the future!


Don't worry folks, as serious as my posts seem, I'm not taking any of this too awfully seriously.

F Me In The Brain said:

Don't necessarily disagree.

Hell yeah, get your torch, we're a fucking mob now!

Cliffy6745 said:

rgambs said:

I am outnumbered here, but I don't care I still think I'm right lol
I shuck my own peas and I snap my own beans, I milk my own corn and I can them all like my Granny and probably yours too, because that's the best way of preserving the original texture and flavor!
Store bought isn't the same game, but it aligns in some places.

I'm sad to see the comments about depression, starvation, and apocalypse lol 
Those comments paired with the arrogance of expecting fresh produce all year speak to a larger problem we have in our food culture.  As a society and species, if we don't recover a more sensible system of production and consumption, we are in big fucking trouble in the future!


Don't worry folks, as serious as my posts seem, I'm not taking any of this too awfully seriously.

Why is canning so much better for the world than freezing?

It isn't, probably a bit better though.
Preserving food and consuming locally though is much better than shipping fresh produce around the world and creating monoculture monstrosities.

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I want to go to NYC just to have those Rueben sandwiches from Katz's.
Life goal.

katz's is great!  question...what would be some of Australia's signature dishes?

Has anyone had success or know how to freeze pomegranates?

I tried last year and ruined them...  

So I tried freezing them whole with water on them, failed.
Tried cutting them into quarters, failed.
Put them in whole with no water, failed.

Thanks

Juggler Chili:
2 red onions
2 red bell peppers
1 yellow bell pepper
8 garlic cloves
1 pound ground beef
About 1/4 cup chili powder
Heaping tablespoon-isa of ground cumin
Salt/Pepper/Crushed red pepper--------sautee all this up for about 10 minutes then throw in the crock
Add in can of small diced tomatoes, can of tomato sauce, and 2 cans of red kidney beens
Crock it on high for 6 hours or low for 8......towards the end add ing about a half cup of cut up jalapenos
Top with a DOLLUP of sour cream, sharp cheddar cheese, and plenty of scallions.

Then sit back and watch the Eagles destroy the Cowboys.

Looks like a good pot of chili Juggalo!

The next tour's GA tickets should be awarded based on the results of a TenClub chili cook-off!