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Rare Chicken
I used to eat raw eggs when I was little; I guess I really enjoyed the flavor of the yolks. However, growing older and living under the idea that eating raw eggs or raw chicken is a no-no, I have stopped practicing the raw egg eating...of course unless it is in cookie batter or something. If given the opportunity to try fresh chicken sashimi, I would try it (don't knock it 'til you try it); however, I am not sure that the consistency would please my palette all that much.
What Does Michael Phelps Eat for Breakfast? More Stuff Than You Eat All Day
It's too bad that there is no Hash House A-Go-Go near him...he could easily meet his daily caloric intake at that restaurant. Try Sage Fried Chicken w/ maple reduction, 2 eggs, bacon mashed potatoes & a biscuit (which is the size of both of my fists balled together.
What's your go-to dinner for one?
If I am eating by myself, I almost always make a meal that involves sauteed onion, green bell pepper and mushrooms. Whether I combine that with baked chicken breast or in a half-assed frittata is generally the only thing I have to make a decision about. I usually use goat cheese as a nice addition, and use sriracha as a condiment.
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Grossest thing found in restaurant food
My favorite had to be the chunk of an industrial pot scrubber- you know, the green brillo-pad type things- in my salad. Tasty.
Rare Chicken
I used to eat raw eggs when I was little; I guess I really enjoyed the flavor of the yolks. However, growing older and living under the idea that eating raw eggs or raw chicken is a no-no, I have stopped practicing the raw egg eating...of course unless it is in cookie batter or something. If given the opportunity to try fresh chicken sashimi, I would try it (don't knock it 'til you try it); however, I am not sure that the consistency would please my palette all that much.
What Does Michael Phelps Eat for Breakfast? More Stuff Than You Eat All Day
It's too bad that there is no Hash House A-Go-Go near him...he could easily meet his daily caloric intake at that restaurant. Try Sage Fried Chicken w/ maple reduction, 2 eggs, bacon mashed potatoes & a biscuit (which is the size of both of my fists balled together.
What's your go-to dinner for one?
If I am eating by myself, I almost always make a meal that involves sauteed onion, green bell pepper and mushrooms. Whether I combine that with baked chicken breast or in a half-assed frittata is generally the only thing I have to make a decision about. I usually use goat cheese as a nice addition, and use sriracha as a condiment.
Out-of-context eating
A friend and I had gone to a specialty cheese shop one day before going to see a movie, and we smuggled in some runny goats milk cheese and some specialty crackers. The cheese was so pungent when we took it out of the packaging it was in, that someone in the theater kept looking around wondering what the smell was. I finally decided to throw the cheese out because I felt it was rude to ruin someone else's movie experience because my cheese stinks.
'Exotic' Meats: What's Your Pleasure?
I am a fan of alligator, ostrich, bison, elk, rattlesnake and those "Rocky Mountain Oysters." Damn, now I am craving some rattlesnake chili.
Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Combos
Ahh...yeah. I had Bagel Chips and a Budweiser one morning when I realized I had nothing in my fridge or cupboards. Breakfast of champions. I also recently heated up some leftover rice pilaf and mixed in some salsa, cheese and a Morningstar breakfast sausage patty...it was actually pretty good.
Need Name for a Soup Company
What about 'Stir It Up'...not sure how many companies use that trademark.
Not So Good.
I still have not mastered making homemade ravioli, but then again, I do not have a pasta machine (I always attempt to make it by rolling the dough by hand...bad idea.) I wouldn't say I absolutely can't bake, but most of my past attempts to make anything like meringue or fancy cakes always falls short of what result I really want.
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
I totally remember a party my mom was going to and she had me help her make a salmon mousse. It was one of the most grotesque things I have had (and I love salmon) but I remember all the women at the party just raving about it. (I haven't seen salmon mousse served at a party since then.) That's the kind of thing I think about when it comes to 80's cuisine. I was only a kid in the 80's (born in '82) but the other thing that stands out in my head are those elaborate platters that had clear gelatin encompassing fresh herbs on giant silver trays, and then there were items such as pates or sliced meats displayed on the tray.
Comfort foods: men vs. women?
My three comfort foods would be my moms Chicken Fried Steak, my moms Grilled Peanut Butter and Honey Sandwich or my dads omelette that he made with sharp cheddar cheese and strawberry jam. The reasons; childhood memories. Those are the three things my parents would make me when I was feeling down, but they were also the foods that were made when we had a family gathering (the chicken fried steak.) I still make the omelette and the sandwich on a regular basis, but I only make the Chicken Fried Steak when I am really in the mood for a full out comfort meal.
Celebrate Babbo's Ten Year Anniversary With This Ideal Meal
Thanks for doing this review! I made reservations at B and B Ristorante at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, and was really having a tough time figuring out what I should order off the menu. The menu at B and B is pretty much identical to Babbo, and every item that you reviewed were items I was wanting to try; now I have it confirmed. Thanks!
Fear and loathing in the groceries
My hubby brings a lot of questionable items home to eat; but then again, since I am not eating them, why judge? However, I thought I could vent a little =) Number 10 cans of nacho cheese, that he eats cold with chips. Frozen Chicken Pot pies are stocked up in our freezer like they are the next life saver no one knows about...I don't even remember why he bought so many...I think there was a sale; go figure. He also loves to douse his pizza products (slices or calzones or stromboli) in ranch dressing; not just dip a piece into the dressing...drowns it!
What kind of food do you go out for/order in?
I eat out all the time; don't get me wrong, I also cook for myself. When I go out, it is usually to Korean, Dim Sum or sushi restaurants. Living in Las Vegas gives me the opportunity to try so many different places, so it just really depends on my mood.
Don't Burn Gordon Ramsay
I don't know; maybe, if you were chef Ramsey, you wouldn't blindly reach for a pan to sauce a plate? Maybe, just maybe, you would constantly keep a dry towel on you at all times, instead of using your bare hands to grab at stuff.
As for Christina, she seems like a good cook (I don't see a culinary student winning an executive chef position), but all you have to do is say "Hot pan!" Two words. That's it. Even if it's not a hot pan...say it's a hot pan...just in case.
Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast
I absolutely love fried pickles, and was bummed when I couldn't find a place in Las Vegas that has them. I finally found some at a place called Lucille's (it's a chain type BBQ joint.) Lucille's doesn't use the thinly sliced pickles, they batter entire spears and serve them with a spicy sauce. They also have then at Memphis BBQ, which are the sliced version. For the price, Memphis BBQ is more worth it, but Lucille's aren't bad either.
Speaking of manners!
Oh, I forgot to go into another rude diner, since I was so caught up on my grandmother.
I worked as a banquet server while at college, and I had this one table at a wedding and a "gentleman" asked if I could take his meal to the bar because he wanted to watch a basketball game that was going on. He was invited to someone's wedding, of which his meal had been paid for by the bride, and he wanted to go eat and watch the game. Even though it is against my principal to say no to a guest, I broke that and said that I would deliver his meal to him at the table, and he could do what he wanted after that.
Also, I was waiting on the head table at a bar mitzfah (27 - 13 year old boys and girls) who were just making a complete mess of their table (bending forks and spoons and placing them in the fire to burn, piling all their leftovers on plates and creating a food atrocity.) It is amazing what parents will let their kids get away with.
Speaking of manners!
Ah! Every family gathering we have, when it involves my grandmother, always turns into a disaster. At the last one I attended, thank God I live out of state, my grandmother proceeded to tell all of her grandchildren that we are all narcissists, called my brother an asshole. Made jokes about very inappropriate sexual things, and belched all night. She does that in restaurants, too. I refuse to go out to eat with her anymore.
I suppose she was on relatively good behavior at my wedding, but then again, I was preoccupied most of the night. I remember her saying my mom was fat, but I didn't want to get into it with her. She is just plain rude.
Top 10 ingredients I will never have in my kitchen
Oh, this is fun!
1. Canned entrees (ie. spaghetti-oh's)
2. Cool Whip
3. Miracle Whip
4. Durian fruit
5. Spam (or any canned meat for that matter)
6. Any deli "meat" that you can stick your finger in, and it will congeal back to its original state---I've seen it; it's disgusting.
7. Any creme filled cookies (Oreos or those nasty oatmeal cakes)
8. Bitter melon
9. Sweetened applesauce, and most other canned fruits (I do like the applesauce with no sugar added)
10. Fake caviar...I have to have to real thing.
What Are Your Recipe Deal Breakers?
I pretty much avoid most baking recipes, except for the simple things I grew up making, like cookies or biscuits. I do not make candy, cakes, or especially meringues. maybe someday when I am not living in a cramped apartment with an electric stove. That's pretty much it in terms of deal breakers; I will try most things at least once before giving up on the idea.
Would rather give up nuts or chips?
I'm a Texas girl, so I love my chips and salsa; however, I'd have to give chips up if I had to choose between chips or nuts. Nuts are so much more versatile, and I can subsitute chips for other healthier alternatives.
What was the greatest dish you've ever eaten in your life?
Let's see: I loved the Grill Octopus tentacle with chorizo at Craft Bar in NYC. It was so tender, it had a nice charred taste and the chorizo complemented the octopus. I had a wonderful meal at Craftsteak in Las Vegas with friends (I think we had about 16 different dishes...so many, I can barely recall what all we ordered.) My favorite down home cooked meal is my mom's chicken fried steak with cream gravy and rice. Yum!
Let's talk Valentine's Day candy...
I gotta go with AuntJone on despising candy hearts, peeps and cheap chocolate. I was never one to really enjoy Valentine's candy because of how they taste.
I love Vosges Chocolates & See's Candies, on a regular everyday basis, not just for Valentine's. That and chocolate covered strawberries or cherries. I don't think there is anything better than fresh fruit dipped in good chocolate.
Calling All At-Home Sushi Experts...
Check out www.catalinaop.com. It's wholesale prices on fresh fish, and they will deliver to your home, or wherever you want them to deliver to. You can order sushi making kits and the seafood to go along with it. You can freeze what you don't use and use it the next time you make sushi.
What's your favorite soup?
I'm a big fan of Wisconsin Cheddar-Beer Soup, Tortilla Soup with a lot of chicken & tortilla strips, Black Bean Soup, Lobster Bisque, Corn Chowder, Butternut Squash Soup with a touch of maple and roasted chestnuts, Chicken & Rice Soup with tons of carrots, celery & onion (that is my go to comfort soup.)
What Does Michael Phelps Eat for Breakfast? More Stuff Than You Eat All Day
okay... i am 13 years old and swim quite a bit in fact... i swim for the CJACs, The Barracuddas, Driftwood, and Ranney School Swim Team, year long. i love training and even though i only way 87 lbs, i still eat about 4,000 calories a day. i am still training for the 2012 olympics because i have beaten 9 Junior Olympics records and gotten golds in every event i traine d for including the 100 Butterfly which takes a lot of calories to swim. Every night before practice you eat tons and tons of emty calories... but you get used to it!!!
Kolaches
People, people. Stop tormenting yourselves on a quest for kolaches when they clearly are geographically limited, and even those of varying quality. Just saw a feature on Food Network on a primo place called FruhStucks near Houston that not only has a huge local following but they do mail order! You can get them anywhere in the country now. The show left us salivating to try them. Wish we'd known about them during the 5 months we worked in Houston. What a loss that we can now make up for by mail.... http://www.fruhstucks.com/
If anyone else orders them up -- from here or elsewhere -- report back on favorite flavors and quality.
Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast
I love fried pickles but I thought your comment about spears was really weird because I find the exact opposite to be true. The chips tend to get soggy and cold much faster than the spears. Which made sense to me because the spears are crunchier in the first place. I actually avoid places that have chips. Hooters for example has the chips. Which almost everywhere has a hooters so there you go but I don't go because I want the real thing. The full on spear and if you're lucky and you're at Little River BBQ in Townsend, TN then you get the special sauce too (some sort of sweet mustard). It's absolutely the best. Chips really?!!? So confusing....
Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast
How did I ever miss this? Toots was my first exposure to fried pickles back in college over 10 years ago! Now, Jockamo's is my place to get my fix!
Let's talk Valentine's Day candy...
@Owlfriend ~ I believe you are a shill.
For anyone looking for the hot candy hearts - CVS and probably every other place that sells candy. I just got a bag and they are good!
Let's talk Valentine's Day candy...
I just joined here because I found your post. I know it is over a year old, but I found a place online (finally!) that carries those Cinnamon Candy Hearts that are NOT hard gummys types like jujubes! I used to be able to get them around Valentine's Day from a local candy company, but they specialized in chocolates only now, so they stopped making them. The place I found them online is http://www.vermontcountrystore.com .
They are expensive, but I love these so much I bought several containers of them as they could stop making them at any time (yes I'm addicted).
I've found other older rare "old fashioned" candies there too (as well as all kinds of hard to find red licorice which my husband loves), but this is one I was particularly excited about. put in this in the search box at the store "Cinnamon Hearts". It is in the Candy Store Counter, Old Fashioned Candy section of the web site.
No, I do not work for Vermont Country Store, I was pointed that way by my Mom for some stuff I loved when I grew up in the 1960's and 1970's and they have found some of it and their customer service is GREAT!
If you know another non-local candy place I could get these (I could get online or they have a chain store I might be able to track down) I would LOVE to know! Thanks!
Owlfriend
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
As a former 80s teen, I can make a whole grocery list of treats, goodies, delicacies and delights that first appeared on the food scene or rose to popularity in the 80s.
Diet coke
cherry coke
cherry 7-Up
Snapple beverages
fruit snacks
microwave popcorn
Capri Sun pouched beverages
juice boxes
Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
sun-dried tomatoes
pasta salad
Nerds candy
Bonkers candy
Blue raspberry flavored items (including Berry Blue Kool-Aid which looked like Windex but was very tasty stuff!)
Frozen yogurt (the sweet, ice-creamy type, not the more acidy stuff you get at places like Pinkberry in today's times)
"Gourmet" jellybeans (like the Jelly Belly brand, made popular by then-head-honcho Reagan)
Stuffed baked potatoes
Fried potato skins
Mozzarella sticks
Dang it, now I have an urge to put on a miniskirt and some flavored lip gloss and munch on some fruit snacks and sip a Capri Sun beverage while listening to "Let's Dance" by David Bowie!
What's your favorite soup?
We have a Thai place nearby and I always get the Tom Ka Gai soup . . . so satisfying! I made some homemade with relative success last year, may try again.
What kind of food do you go out for/order in?
the best is chinese food, but really that can include japanese, asian food, asian food, malaysian food, and any other chinese food restaurants.
I travel alot so I always wonder who delivers chinese food in the area...
If you ever just need some good chinese food delivery go to my favorite delivery site.... http://www.EatChineseDelivery.com
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
To the person missing cherry 7-up they still make it. I get it in Philly all the time.
Having grown up in southern California in the 80's I desperately miss Cactus Cooler. I also loved Monterey Jack Cheese Doritos.
I did a lot of dining at Sizzler in the 80's.
Need Name for a Soup Company
Wow, it is old. Wonder why it was on the "recently commented" column?
Need Name for a Soup Company
SLURP
which is an acronym for
Soup
Lovers
Upscale
Righteous
Pot of Soup
Need Name for a Soup Company
@buffy ~ ^ This thread is pretty old.
Need Name for a Soup Company
btw Mac, you seem to be feeling much better. Glad to see that!
Need Name for a Soup Company
Soup's On! is my personal favorite. It's the first thing that came to my mind when I read the topic.
Need Name for a Soup Company
For me, the simpler the better. I would take the "s" off and just make it to:
Village Soup
Not too cute, easy to understand, folksy, culinary. This is where everyone in the village goes for soup, even if it happens to be on the shelf of the corner store.
i love pasta right now!
I grow basil in my backyard. So I am happy to use fresh basil in every pasta dish. Yesterday I made shell pasta with thin-sliced sun-dried tomatoes, olive oil in the sun-dried tomatoes jar, chopped basil, minced garlic, grilled chicken, feta cheese, seasoning with black pepper, salt, chili pepper, and a little of red-wine vinegar. It was spectacular! Try it out and you will love it.
Grossest thing found in restaurant food
ok, third comment, but I don't care this one is awsome.
in college, my dad's friend and his newly announced fiance were cooking for a meet the parents dinner. she brought a cassarole dish of something already made to stick in the oven. before the family got there, they got high off their asses. she stuck the cassarole in the oven, plastic wrap and all! and they ate it.
Grossest thing found in restaurant food
Oh! I forgot to mention! also while in highscool, dining at 3 in the morniong at waffle house, my friend's fried egg had a big huge pube, right there on the yolk. very easy to see, and remove, but I guess that's not in the waffle house style.
These things seem to happen in highschool alot.
Grossest thing found in restaurant food
When my dad was in highschool, ( 70's) he worked at a snack shack on a beach. There was always a big pot of chili going to put on hotdogs or fries or other crap. He was getting some ground chuck out of the fridge, and noticed it was totally rancid. He was throwing it out, and his boss yelled at him " What the hell are you doing!? Throw that in the chili!". And so it was with dropped hot dogs or burger patties, or other such things meats normally disposed of.
And once I opened up a baked potato in my highschool cafeteria, and there was a big fat baked worm inside. since I went to a private all girls school, I got to make a big fuss about it. it was great fun. :)
Rare Chicken
No offense meant to people who think raw chicken is ick, but one has got to wonder how much of our aversion to it is simply a product of purely North American circumstances.
I say as long as its very fresh and clean (we'd all want this of all our food, right?) it can't be that bad.
Rare Chicken
I love Anthony Bourdain, but sorry folks, chicken is meant to be cooked.
I would rather eat a dead bird off the street and throw it on the grill.
Stacey
Rare Chicken
Having eaten it on many occasions in Japan, I'm neither an advocate or in opposition. I have alway's seen it prepared in the same manner. First, only the" tenderloin " from the Breast was used. After removing it from the breast and removing the strip of sinue,the chef would sanitize the work surfaces. After the meat was placed on a small cutting board . Placing the board over a sink the chef poured boiling water ever so briefly over both sides of the meat and then immediately plunged the piece into an ice water bath.This technique is used in some fish sashimi preparations as well. While ,I don't crave find myself craving chicken sashimi, I did feel safe as safe eating it as I do most things.
Rare Chicken
Regardless of the health and safety situation, IMO raw/rare/underdone chicken is just nasty. I won't eat it that way - even the thought revolts me. If I see pink around the thigh, I put it back to cook some more.
It's mostly a texture thing. I won't eat rare duck thighs either, but duck breasts don't have the same slimy stringiness and I'm fine with them medium rare. I've never encountered good chicken sashimi, but I suspect if I did I'd be ok with it. Raw eggs by themselves also squick me for sliminess, but mixed into stuff... let's just say I love a good old-fashioned steak tartare. Consistent? Why do you ask?
Rare Chicken
i for one am suprised by the ignorance of the majority of comments posted here. Jeffrey Steingarten writes about chicken sashimi in one of his articles in his books-
the fact that the chicken could be eaten raw only speaks very highly of the chef and his products, and the fact that he isn't using the industrial salmonella ridden chicken. Remember trichinosis in pigs, which is no longer such a big deal, was the result of extremely dirty and poor rearing processes especialy in diet.
as for those who are turned off by raw chicken- i'm sure it isn't an "alternative" to chicken fully cooked, as rare steak is eaten to well done, but a dish in itself. Just realize that it is possible to eat rare chicken that isn't contaminated with salmonella, and that our food preferences change over the years for the better. Ie rare steak to well done.
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
About: I went to The Culinary Institute of America, and now live in Las Vegas. I am not working in a kitchen, but am a devout foodie. I am waiting to move back to Austin, and am hoping to start a food related business sometime.
Favorite foods: Sushi. Cheese. Spicy foods. I pretty much love everything!
Last bite on earth: A cube of fresh parmesan with fresh honey drizzled on top.
My favorite had to be the chunk of an industrial pot scrubber- you know, the green brillo-pad type things- in my salad. Tasty.