Did anyone else wake up hungry this morning?! I was ravenous, so I had a piece of onion tart that is among the leftovers. The chicken carcasses (two free range) are in the soup pot, so I'll be making soup tonight. I think lunch might be mashed potatoes and brussels sprouts; today is even better than yesterday! I hope y'alls Thanksgiving was wonderful.
I just got back from the Dutchess County Fair (NY). It's my chance to eat sinfully one day a year. The best thing I had today was fried pickles with horseradish dipping sauce -- what a treat! I hope the guy comes back next year. John's Famous French Fries were darn good, too. What do you like to eat at the county fair?
There's a place a few miles from me, behind a gas station and next to a bait shop. It looks like a dump. Major potholes in the parking lot. A friend tried for over a year to get me to go there, so finally I went to get her to shut up. I am forever indebted!! Gawd, the food is so good . . . steaks, chops, seafood, pizza, pasta . . . I can't wait for out of town friends to come so I can take them there to see the look on their face. I have to duck to get through the door. There are only twelve tables, a pellet stove (so cozy in the winter), and a tiny bar. They finally patched the hole in the floor in the far corner. There's a blue marlin mounted on one of the walls. One waitress works the room and some nights it feels like one big raucous family. My favorite place outside of my own kitchen!
I'll be spending 5 days/4 nights in New Orleans in May. Where should I go to eat? I really want to maximize every meal opportunity. Where do the locals go? I've never had crawfish, and I love boudin! I don't want to miss anything special.
Ditto unarata. Oooh, ChelleyD01 -- that is excellent, but I'd use onions instead of hot peppers, I'm a wimp.
Orange marmalade. May I also have orange/grapefruit?
I just love fried pickles, no matter who invented them. I get them at the Dutchess County Fair (NY) with horseradish dipping sauce. Can't wait for the county fair!
Go walking and look for food carts; with all the sitting you'll be doing the walking will be good. When I had jury duty back in 1996 I found a falafel cart and it was the best falafel I ever had. I bet Ed knows some places in the area. Hope your case is interesting and the judge keeps things moving along!
I've been lurking lately, and now I'll add my intro. I'm ride&cook, that is what I do. I've been a professional horsewoman all my life. I absolutely love my day job, but I can't wait to get in the kitchen at night to create something delicious. I can sit long into the night reading cookbooks, and I am game to try anything new. My day off usually turns into some kind of a cooking/baking project. Recently I've been making sausages with my new meat grinder. I am looking forward to all the summer produce and grilling outside.
I have six siblings, and my mom always put a healthy meal on the table. There was no junk food in the house. I learned to be adventurous and creative with food. I have been banging around in the kitchen since I could reach the counter, and when my mom got tired of me being in the way she would give me a glass jar/lid with milk in it and say, "Go shake this until it turns into butter!" Heh, heh, I made lots of butter in those days!
Lucky for me my fiance loves good food, so my imagination is unleashed. I love to cook for friends, whether it's a big holiday meal or an impromptu "y'all come over tonight" thing. I am a firm believer in Mario's advice, "Establish a relationship with your butcher, your fishmonger, and your produce guy!" Cooking for others is love, and I try to do that often.
I totally love broccoli rabe, and all the above posts are excellent. Choose your recipe and enjoy, and then go buy some more! You will become addicted.
Tomatoes, garlic, leeks, kale, broccoli, lettuces, zucchini (love the blossoms), shallots, potatoes . . . if only I could have a garden!
I've never had one and I don't want one. It would be a waste of space even if I had a bigger kitchen.
I've taken several boot camps and one day classes at the CIA. Definitely hands on for the best learning experience. Keep the intro lecture brief and to the point, so students can get cooking. Then just circulate around the kitchen to assist and answer questions. Finish with a nice wrap up. Have fun doing this!
I do. I like pecorino on my linguine with clams, and I also put broccoli in it.
I have been making Ina's Spaghetti & Meatballs for a few years and there is nothing better. Personally, if you really watch Ina, she is very percise on every measurement and very matter of fact of how she cooks. She wants it to taste perfect. I have read where she will make the same recipe 20-30 times a day until she gets it right. Do you really think the Yummo woman does that??? I think not!!! Ina takes her cooking very serious and I think she is one of the best stars the FoodNetwork has.
I'm Rosezilla (named for my three year old daughter and the giant lizard thing that stomped Tokyo...it's what I call her when she's being...how you say...willful). My real handle is Mandy. I live in Santa Barbara County again after growing up here, but lived for 11 years in western Sonoma County...home of fabulous food and wines. It spoiled me rotten, to become an adult surrounded by all of that luscious produce and foodie opportunity. I managed a microbrewery's kitchen for 6 years, and have SERIOUS opinions about ales, should anyone care for them. Now I'm a home cook primarily, although I do a little catering here and there. My daughter's favorite foods are salmon and broccoli, so I feel as though I've triumphed a bit over the three-year-old beige-food diet. We do, however, eat at McDonald's every Friday after school...it's our little Happy Meal indulgence...and those tiny cheeseburgers are SOOO good. I live with and cook for my mother, as well. I am dating a high school band director, who has actually LOST weight being with me, as he's eating more asparagus and less fast food. I think that size 14 should be the new size 6. I am curvy, healthy, happy and active...and think that excellent foods should be part of everyone's diet. I am active in the "S'Cool Food" movement here, which tries to bring local and sustainable healthy food into school cafeterias. And I love, love, love this website.
I just got a set of shun knives and they are fantastic. They are comfortable and are the sharpest knives I have ever used. Cutting is a breeze. A great investment.
Chili cheese fries...with actual cheese, not Cheez Whiz...mmmm.
@chisai--your potatoes in duck fat just registered. Man, I wish we were neighbors.
I don't think the KFCs in the US are doing that sandwich yet. How come? It seems like the perfect grease-bomb for the morning after the night before.
I can barely get my brain around the mere concept of such a thing as too much potato anything, of which fried potatoes are a part. And now I am off to roast new potatoes in duck fat. Yes - get jealous. I don't blame you. :-)
I do remember seeing a french fry po' boy in New Orleans, and considered ordering one, just to see the look on the faces of my friends when I told them back home.
I told people about them anyway, and for the carb-haters, knowing that a french-fry po' boy EXISTS sent them into diet shock.
Depending on how the potato is fried, there may be no such thing as too much friend potato. Some perfect fries or hash browns? Keep bringing them until the hangover is gone (as a hangover is the only time I eat friend food, really)...
I'm not so much a fan of french fries, but if it's normal fried potato, I believe there is no such thing as too much. Kind of like friends, the more, the merrier.
IF there is such a thing as too much fried potato, I have not found it yet.
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