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What Is Superman Ice Cream?
In Canada it's usually sold by Laura Secord as Superkid, though as far as I remember, the colors of Superkid are a LOT more vibrant than those in the picture.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Indian. My father's on a restricted diet, and being able to find new, healthy alternatives to the traditional steak and potatoes would be nice. God knows he's a picky eater!
In Videos: Melanie Hutsell Impersonates Paula Deen on 'Paula's Best Dishes'
That is so awesome. So good to see she can laugh at the butter obsession when it's pointed out like that.
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The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Would saying that the neck is my favorite part of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey be out of line here? The rest of my family thinks I'm odd for enjoying sucking every last bit of meat from the bones.
What Is Superman Ice Cream?
In Canada it's usually sold by Laura Secord as Superkid, though as far as I remember, the colors of Superkid are a LOT more vibrant than those in the picture.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Indian. My father's on a restricted diet, and being able to find new, healthy alternatives to the traditional steak and potatoes would be nice. God knows he's a picky eater!
In Videos: Melanie Hutsell Impersonates Paula Deen on 'Paula's Best Dishes'
That is so awesome. So good to see she can laugh at the butter obsession when it's pointed out like that.
In Videos: Melanie Hutsell Impersonates Paula Deen on 'Paula's Best Dishes'
I love it!! I was laughing out loud through tears. I know many a bawdy lady like Paula.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Being Greek myself it's great to see a really good recipie for lamb neck bones. (luckily they are readily available to me in Pittsburgh). Although you may want to tweak a couple things. The authentic way is to salt and pepper the lamb necks, with sea salt only of course, brown them in the olive oil and then add the tyme and lemon juice, then add the water. Adding the tyme to the oil and lamb fat deepens the flavor. Also, you want to make sure to cover the pot while simmering otherwise the meat won't be as succulently tender. Plus we also throw in a small onion while simmering. Just suggestions...hope this helps. Keep up the great work!!!!
What Is Superman Ice Cream?
I spotted this flavor offering at an ice cream store in Annapolis, MD. SUPERtasty, though that was the first time.
What Is Superman Ice Cream?
I love Superman Ice Cream and my boyfriend from New York thought it sounded disgusting. He went for a walk one time while in Michigan and stopped at Strohl's for an ice cream and decided to give Super Rainbow (named changed because of copyrights) a try and loved it. BTW Strohl's flavors are SUPER RAINBOW—Blue moon, red pop, and lemon ice creams swirled together. A gallon that I bought stated Blue moon, Banana, and Raspberry. So I think it depends on where you buy it and they do taste slightly different. Though I think the Blue moon is the key flavor and over powers the others a little, so the difference is not that noticable. I will post any other flavors I see posted on the ice creams. And for those who never had it you do not realize what you are missing.
What Is Superman Ice Cream?
All of my friends in NC think I am absolutely CRAZY! There is a sweet shop in Boone/Blowing Rock (the mountains) that sells it and no matter what I have to have it when I visit there! I walked down the street when it was snowing with a waffle cone filled with it! I haven't lived in MI in years and nobody anywhere else I have been seems to know about it. My friends in NC also think it is disgusting- but they didn't like Faygo Redpop either so what do yhry know? Ha, they just don't have the refined taste buds that those of us who were born/lived in MI have :)
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
My intro to offal was a standing veal rib roast with kidney in the concavity occasionally made by my mother, father would not partake.
Duck-blood soup (Czarnina) was always served with kluski(?), potato/egg/flour noodles, kneaded and sliced thin, then boiled. My childhood friends enjoyed the soups' sweet/sour broth which was the result of combining duck blood w/vinegar to prevent clotting, then simmering with prunes, raisins and sliced beets in addition to the quartered duck for hours. Years passed before the friends were aware of the ingredients, surprise doesn't describe the reactions.
Found some kidneys while shopping, was looking for a recipe, ended up musing over the comments here, always late/behind when cooking anyway.
Maybe more technique next time about blood-acquiring procedures.
What Is Superman Ice Cream?
I'm from southern california and they used to sell it everywhere in the 1990s but I recently tried to find it but no one has it and there also used to be a loony tunes brand knock off of the superman icecream but I still can't find either
What Is Superman Ice Cream?
You can get Superman Ice Cream at Kilwins in Asheville, NC as well as Gatlinburg, TN. It is awesome. MY neice picked it out for herself - she is 4. When I saw it I knew I had to try it - I am 36. It was fantastic! This is my new favorite.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Whoops - uh, salt as needed, guys.
So....I've been waiting a few days now. No one's going to say anything about Marx????
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
This sounds fabulous but.. no salt?
I have wonderful offal memories:-) I love boiled tongue; boiled beef tongue with whole peppercorns and a bay leaf, served with mustard and horseradish. I can't even find tongue now in a store.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
My mother used to use pork neckbones to make the stock for her tomato soup. She never used pork for any other soup that I can recall. After the bones and meat came out, of course there was never anything you could use that meat for in a proper dinner, right? So we'd pull out the barbecue sauce and pick the bones clean and eat the meat with the sauce. No utensils required.
She also made a soup called czarnina, which translates as "black soup," It wasn't actually black, it was a dark, murky brown, and it was made from duck blood. I loved that stuff, too, but after a while it got impossible to find the main ingredient anywhere.
As for liver -- I loved liver and onions. Never really understood how anyone could not love liver and onions. First time I made them for DH, he was astounded that he could cut it with a fork. He'd never had liver cooked so that it was tender. Now it's one of his favorite meals.
And chicken livers. And chicken gizzards.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Being of Italian decent I have eaten a dish called Sufritta made with beef innards, heart, lungs and stomach, stewed in a hearty tomato sauce. MAGNIFICO !!!
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Being of Italian decent I have eaten a dish called Sufritta made with beef innards, heart, lungs and stomach, stewed in a hearty tomato sauce. MAGNIFICO !!!
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Being of Italian decent I have eaten a dish called Sufritta made with beef innards, heart, lungs and stomach, stewed in a hearty tomato sauce. MAGNIFICO !!!
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
As a kid going to school in the 60's, there wasn't a cafeteria serving hot lunches and we all brought lunches from home. Even after they started serving food in school, many of us continued to bring a sack lunch... remember those lunch boxes with a thermos in the lid and Mighty Mouse painted on the outside? Anyway, lunch was usually a P&J or balogna sandwich. Occasionally I would get a tongue sandwich. I'm sure it made me who I am today. I can tell you one thing.... It was incredibly difficult to find somebody to trade for the tongue sandwich. As an adult, I now travel all over the world and eat most everything. And there are definitely some interesting things, especially in Asia.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
I LOVE beef tendons and chicken feet, and will be forever indebted to a Taiwanese friend who introduced me to dim sum!!
Lamb's neck is one of my favorite flavorings in the slowcooker: I often add a pound or so to my homemade veggie stews. (No broth-making involved; I just throw them in w/cabbage, lentils, eggplant, etc & my spice blends!)
And when the lowest meat prices are for whole poultry, I stir fry the heart & liver with soy sauce, green chillies, onions, ginger & asafoetida. DELICIOUS, nutritious & economical.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Hi guys –
Thanks for the tips and stories. I will have to check out that Emporium because I’m constantly on the lookout for a fresh source for offal. Pickled tadpoles? Wow, I need the full anecdote on that.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
This is great! I absolutlely love lamb's neck. A very choice cut.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
i like using pork neckbones as a base when roasting a whole pork shoulder; the meat gets basted on the bottom while still allowing the fat to drip off the pork shoulder (bone-in, skin-on); and amazing afterwards. all those cheap cuts are great; looking forward to what are hopefully recipes as simple as the one you presented here.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
yay asian moms, indeed. i didn't appreciate the un-american food i ate as a child. now i understand the gift she gave me...even if she did pickle a few of my pet tadpoles along the way.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
@Chichi - Thanks for the link to the pork neck soup recipe (and your blog, which I look forward to looking through since I'm off for the summer!)!
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
I was delighted to find at the New York Food Emporium on 3rd ave. and 68th St., veal brains, tongue and sweetbreads available in the meat section. They were inexpensive and fresh, and I love to cook them when I have the time. All three require some poaching or brining before being used in a recipe.
Looking forward to your future articles, Chichi. I love soup from lamb's neck.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Yum!
It's great to see someone tackle this intimidating subject; if done right, offal is often the most intensely flavored and delicious part of the animal. I look forward to following the nasty bits trail wherever it may lead!
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
Amandarama, here you go:
http://chalkboardfridge.blogspot.com/2009/05/pork-bone-soup.html
Let me know how it goes. Yeah, pork neck bones are surprisingly common at most grocery stores. If you go to a butcher, have him cut up the neck bones into 2 inch segments for the optimal surface area to interior meat ratio.
The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew
@Chichi - Wow! Thank you for this recipe! Your mom's pork neck soup sounds great too. I can actually get pork neck bones at my regular grocery store here. Do you think you can post that recipe sometime?
I loves me my nasty bits!
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Would saying that the neck is my favorite part of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey be out of line here? The rest of my family thinks I'm odd for enjoying sucking every last bit of meat from the bones.