What's your favorite Thanksgiving food?
Turkey and gravy. It just feels like Thanksgiving.
I could have a Thanksgiving without pie, but I could never have it without turkey and gravy.
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Why do the French Fries at Blue Smoke suck?
Every time I've been to Blue Smoke, the fries have indeed sucked. Sure, the rest was pretty good, but they fries really stood out.
I'm glad Ed took it right to them. They need to get their act together. Plenty of dumpy joints with tiny kitchens make good to great fries. Blue Smoke is a huge place. None of their defenses for the lousy fries is believable.
I'm in a Doughnut State of Mind
"So this morning I went down to Doughnut Plant and ordered one of every kind they make: "
Gosh Ed, how do you manage it through your grueling work days? :)
Gnocco Fritto Rules
Are they anything like panzerotti? I Trulli on 27th between Lex and Park has:
"Panzerotti Small Apulian Calzones filled with Tomato and Mozzarella"
They look a lot like the image, and are much lighter than a calzone. I would hardly use that term to describe them.
The Best Bagel in New York City
I'm not a big bagel eater anymore, but I was always under the impression that the big debate amongst the well-eaten was between Ess-a-Bagel and H&H. Shouldn't Ess-a-Bagel be a contender?
Absolute is new to me.
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The Best Bagel in New York City
Thanks for the tip, Decca. I've never heard of the Bagel Store. I will check them out next time I'm in Williamsburg.
The Best Bagel in New York City
If you're ever in Williamsburgh, my vote - hands down - is:
Bagel Store
(718) 218-7244
247 Bedford Ave
Bagel Store
(718) 782-5856
754 Metropolitan Ave
They have a nice crust on the bottom and they are chewy. To me, they are the real deal.
The Best Bagel in New York City
I didn't even know about La Bagel. I will check it out. Sounds promising. I agree with you about Ess A Bagel. Its bagels are too big and too sweet.
The Best Bagel in New York City
I don't know why Essa Bagel gets such good marks. I think their bagels are too large and too soft and have little flavor. But about a block away is La Bagel. The best I've had. Of course, I haven't sampled every bagel in the New York tri-state area, but La Bagel is my idea of what a begel should be. It's at 263 1st Ave.
The Best Bagel in New York City
Bagel Hole in on 7th Ave. in Park Slope makes a nice version of the old-fashioned chewy dense bagel that must be eaten that day. Terrace Bagel in Windsor Terrace makes very good slightly larger slightly softer bagels and good bialies. I had some good bagels from a place on Coney Island Ave. in Midwood, as well. Kosar's seems to have changed recipes withing the past year or two. Their classic bialies are no more, in my humble opinion, although the onion board (pletzl) is still tops.
H&H always was second rate. The place near Columbia is great (Absolute). Columbia Hot Bagel used to be great too.
Anyone remember the great New Jersey bagel places of yesteryear? I remember one on Chancellor Ave. in Irvington, and another on West End Ave. in Jersey City. Both were great places, basically wholesalers with small service counters. My dad would take us late Saturday night to get the early edition of the Sunday paper and hot bagels. Wiggler's in Union, NJ was great also.
I'd love to hear about other great bagels which are no more...
The Best Bagel in New York City
I love the bagels at David's Bagels on 1st avenue near 19th street. I like them better than Essa, which is down the street.
What's your favorite Thanksgiving food?
While I love mashed potatoes, in my family it's heresy to serve it with poultry. Rice and gravy, baby!
But the *dressing* (cornbread) is probably my favorite...
Oh, and the mashed sweet potatoes get dosed with a brown sugar/butter/bourbon mixture before the mini-marshmallows go on top.
I'm in a Doughnut State of Mind
I was reading these comments about donuts. Its funny because I grew up going to this small place in Pa. Its called Bird in Hand located in Lancaster Pa. They have the most amazing donuts . Not much of a sweet eater but love certain sweets. I grew up getting glazed donuts of Creme filled. They are light and fluffy and fresh. The best thing is they do not keep things over a day old. I have went to a lot of different places in Manhattan and have found that some of the food is not fresh. But as far as Crispy Creme I only like the Glazed off the press.
What's your favorite Thanksgiving food?
No question about it, the stuffing. Has to be homemade, with lots of onions. And slathered with homemade gravy (my mom's recipe).
Next, mashed potatoes, similarly slathered.
The turkey is only important for 2 reasons: (1) without the turkey, there wouldn't be pan drippings to serve as the base for the gravy. and (2) you need the turkey for the sandwiches for the the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend.
Pies are good, especially apple with real vanilla ice cream. But so are brownie sundaes - got to get some chocolate in there somewhere...
Happy eating, everyone!
Chris
What's your favorite Thanksgiving food?
used to be mashed potatoes, but now it's stuffing.
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