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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Non-Guac Ways to Eat Avocados

Fried avocado? Why not? Like avocado flavored falafel, I'll put in a pita with some crisp arugula and fresh tomato, maybe add a little tahini spread on the inside of the bread.
Thanks for the tip!
Of course when its avocado season here in Florida, we just cut them in half, add some salt and pepper, maybe a squeeze of lime or a dollop of mayo, and eat 'em with a spoon.

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The Nasty Bits: Fish Head Soup

A real Bahamian manly man starts the day with a bowl of boil fish.
A delicious soup made from chunks of whatever he caught and couldn't couldn't sell the night before, usually barracuda.
The base (broth) is made from the heads of several different fish.(Thats the key)
With potatoes, red onion, (HOT) bird peppers, lime juice and thyme for seasons.
It's a breakfast fit for king Neptune.

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Taste Test: Frank's RedHot vs. Buffalo Style Tabasco Pepper Sauce

Much like the Republican primary election, Franks vs Tobasco 'buffalo' sauce is a contest between two second string contestants.
Crystal, Louisiana, or Trappeys are the 'go to' sauces in my kitchen.

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Video: The Craigie On Main Burger

OK, I watched it again, and it isn't too small.
But the "limited" thing is still just a gimmick.
Did these guys watch too much Seinfeld?
(Soup Nazi reference)
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Damn, that's one fine looking hamburger.

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Veal breast suggestions, please

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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Non-Guac Ways to Eat Avocados

Fried avocado? Why not? Like avocado flavored falafel, I'll put in a pita with some crisp arugula and fresh tomato, maybe add a little tahini spread on the inside of the bread.
Thanks for the tip!
Of course when its avocado season here in Florida, we just cut them in half, add some salt and pepper, maybe a squeeze of lime or a dollop of mayo, and eat 'em with a spoon.

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The Nasty Bits: Fish Head Soup

A real Bahamian manly man starts the day with a bowl of boil fish.
A delicious soup made from chunks of whatever he caught and couldn't couldn't sell the night before, usually barracuda.
The base (broth) is made from the heads of several different fish.(Thats the key)
With potatoes, red onion, (HOT) bird peppers, lime juice and thyme for seasons.
It's a breakfast fit for king Neptune.

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Taste Test: Frank's RedHot vs. Buffalo Style Tabasco Pepper Sauce

Much like the Republican primary election, Franks vs Tobasco 'buffalo' sauce is a contest between two second string contestants.
Crystal, Louisiana, or Trappeys are the 'go to' sauces in my kitchen.

From A Hamburger Today

Video: The Craigie On Main Burger

OK, I watched it again, and it isn't too small.
But the "limited" thing is still just a gimmick.
Did these guys watch too much Seinfeld?
(Soup Nazi reference)
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Damn, that's one fine looking hamburger.

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Video: The Craigie On Main Burger

Thats a beautiful burger, but it looks awfully small.
Only 20 per night?
I smell gimmick.
Lots of Florida restaurants, where the weather is always perfect, have tiny dining rooms so that people have to wait in line outside.
When others see the line, they HAVE to try this new place.....
Damn, thats a beautiful hamburger!

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Video: McDonald's No Longer Using 'Pink Slime' in Burgers

So now they have a new color for the slime?
Soylent Green, maybe.

From Talk

Play on words: hot sauce wedding favor labels

Oysters are good.(you know what I mean)
Oysters with hot sauce are better.
So with this in mind:

Two pearls in their pod (with a picture of two pearls in an oyster shell) and the wedding date (duh).
Better than Cialis (a picture of two people in side by side oyster shells instead of bathtubs)
(Your names) Shucking legally since (wedding date)
On (your names) wedding night, everybody gets some hot.

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Who Was First In Line at Steak 'n Shake's Grand Opening in NYC?

I love the double steakburger topped with the classic lettuce, tomato, onion and mayo. Add a shot of the pepper vinegar found on every table, and its one of the best burgers around.
The chocolate malt is dee- lish.
I'm not a fan of the shoestring fries, though.

From Talk

Food myths

Eating oysters in a month without an "R" in it will make you sick.
Eating pork that isn't well done will give you worms.

Not a food myth, but all the kids in my fathers family were told that If a boy kisses his elbow he'll turn into a girl. The inverse applied to girls, of course.

From Talk

Happy Lunar New Year!

Gung hay fat choy.
Now pass the wine and gimme some fireworks!

From Sweets

Happy National Pie Day: Our 10 Favorite Pie Recipes

You can go to Sharis website and send a pie gram E card.
Why not. Its free, and zero calories.
http://www.sharis.com/pie-gram/

From Talk

Checkers Prime Rib Burger

Are we talking about the Checkers/ Rallys fast food burger places?

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National Sandwich Day: 31 Sandwiches We Love in America

Many places in Jacksonville Florida serve the Camel Rider (AKA ryder) sandwich.
If you've had one, you'll know why it should be on the list.
If you haven't, well, too bad for you.
And Cuban pork from ....Seattle?
Miami is laughing.
Yes, the entire city.

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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Lady Bligh Spiced Rum is Better Than Captain Morgan's

Bacardi has a "bar brand" rum from Puerto Rico called called Castillo that is availaible in white, gold, and spiced versions.
I haven't tried the spiced, but the gold is pretty good, and the white is as good as the brand name for less $.

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Video: A Day in the Life of a Seaweed Harvester in Maine

Well, yes there is, mh330. Its on your belly near your waist.
There is plenty of 'nuts and bolts' information availaible if you click the seaweed man hyperlink in the article.
Are you planning to spend a few years rowing a boat around the frigid waters of northern Maine picking seaweed?
Somehow I doubt you'd find what you're looking for there....

From Talk

Variation on chicken with pan sauce?

You are pounding the chix flat first, aren't you?
Of course you are.

From Talk

Variation on chicken with pan sauce?

Add lemon juice and capers for chicken piccata.
Add marsala or sherry for, well you know.
White vermouth works well, too.
Balsamic vinegar makes a tasty reduction for those plain Jane breasts..
Apricot nectar - Yum.

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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Lady Bligh Spiced Rum is Better Than Captain Morgan's

There's a new kid on the block, at least to me: 93 proof Blackheart spiced rum, from the Heaven Hill distillery.
These are the folks who offer Heaven Hill and Evan Williams Bourbon.
It's priced a bit friendlier than the leading brand, plus its 93 proof.
The rum is from the Virgin Islands, famous for cheap un aged rum that tastes like paint thinner....
I just saw an ad for it, so I haven't had a chance to try it yet...
Anyone?

From Talk

Am I alone in the world!?

Well, a GSKC on rye isn't a Reuben, but I'll bet its pretty tasty!

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Los Angeles: Rambo's Tacos Puts Up a Fight in Eagle Rock

I appreciate the humorous slant to this article.
The food looks so good I can almost taste it.
Here in Orlando, two taco truck crews got into a turf war last year and one of them wound up getting burned-literally!
Poof!

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From Behind the Bar: On Cheap and Fancy Vodka

I tried a palette once.
It tasted like paint.
SKOL!

From Talk

Distilling flavored Vodkas

As already pointed out, you'll be infusing, not distilling.
Since ALL vodka is by definition a colorless,tastelesss, nearly odorless mixture of alcohol + water, and you're adding flavors, using fancy label spirits is really pointless.
I would recommend 100 proof Smirnoff. The extra alcoholol will dissolve all those yummy flavors faster.
We made limoncello last year, and it was great.
Good luck!

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About biminitwst

Website: http://www.examiner.com/x-8396-Orlando-Burger-Examiner

Location: Orlando

About: I work in the grocery side of the food business these days.
I used to work in food service and for wine, beer and spirits wholesalers.
We have organic gardens, She tends to the free range chickens (for eggs) and breeds rabbits (for food, not pets).

Favorite foods: All of them.

Last bite on earth: A few dozen raw oysters, Peking duck with rice and stir fried Swiss chard, Steamed artichoke with lemon butter for dipping, and a salad made from my own home grown tomatoes and greens.