The Dining and Food Thread

[IndyPoolPlayer]

Nashville Hot Frog Legs - they were pretty good.

 

(Image from Google, but same restaurant and same look)

 

Frog Legs? Looks like the whole frog!

[Moriarty]

Hormel Compleat

 

and a whole bevy of other things today.

[Moriarty]

This morning consisted of a can of tuna, and about a half cup of black coffee. I have great energy, and all the sustinence I need. I feel as though I can run two miles.

 

Spending on overpriced restaurants will be either eliminated or greatly reduced. Just me and the job and the world, and my

[Konrad2012]

This morning consisted of a can of tuna, and about a half cup of black coffee. I have great energy, and all the sustinence I need. I feel as though I can run two miles.

Two miles? LOL.

[Moriarty]

I just had some Spicy Brown.

[Konrad2012]

Local pizza chain sends me tons of emails. Lately the 20% off coupon codes in the emails get rejected by their app. Not really a big deal since there's a 15% code that always works, so we're talking about $0.80.

 

But tonight the principle of it pi$$ed me off so I wrote an email through the contact form to their corporate offices and reminded them of California Business and Professions Code 17200 and 17500 and California Civil Code 1770.

 

Maybe 30 minutes after I submitted the form my doorbell rang. One of their delivery drivers was at my door with a $25 gift card apologizing. Then the store GM was calling my mobile phone, then the COO called my mobile phone. When it was all said and done I felt stupid with the attention I got I really just wanted them to get their IT team to fix the app.

[Konrad2012]

...DPd

Edited June 13, 2018 by Konrad2012

[TheVig]

Chinese via GrubHub.

[mec]

I replicated a dish I had 20 years ago at a Tibetan restaurant for dinner tonight.

 

Peas, Carrots & Cashews on basmati rice.

[credit_help]

I replicated a dish I had 20 years ago at a Tibetan restaurant for dinner tonight.

 

Peas, Carrots & Cashews on basmati rice.

So it’s just rice with peas, carrots, and cashews that you ate? Nothing else to with it?

[mec]

 

I replicated a dish I had 20 years ago at a Tibetan restaurant for dinner tonight.

 

Peas, Carrots & Cashews on basmati rice.

So its just rice with peas, carrots, and cashews that you ate? Nothing else to with it?

Yes. It's brilliantly simple. Of course you need good peas, carrots cashews, and rice, and you need to cook them just so to preserve their quality... a little fat and a light seasoning. I used some butter and sesame oil, a bit of salt on everything, and added some five spice to the boiled cashew nuts. Edited June 14, 2018 by mec

[minnie aubre]

I replicated a dish I had 20 years ago at a Tibetan restaurant for dinner tonight.

 

Peas, Carrots & Cashews on basmati rice.

 

That actually sounds really good.

[Moriarty]

Bagel place tried to pull the $5 minimum schtick on me this morning. I paid cash. Maybe a food-born illness as a result of all that filthy money?

 

Two plain bagels, with butter, lightly toasted. Not a bad breakfast base. Breakfast should be largest meal of the day, then medium lunch and small or no dinner.

[mendelssohn]

Joseph, it's difficult to argue that eating 2 bagels is "good for you." Bagels are terrible for you. If you eat them, own the fact that you like them but they are bad for you.

[mk_378]

He likes his bread and circuses.

[Konrad2012]

Joseph, it's difficult to argue that eating 2 bagels is "good for you." Bagels are terrible for you. If you eat them, own the fact that you like them but they are bad for you.

Two bagels is the largest meal of the day. And they are the breakfast "base"...although base generally serves to imply there's more involved? Perhaps followed with copious amounts of Monster Energy drinks and a little coprophagia to keep things interesting?

Edited June 14, 2018 by Konrad2012

[minnie aubre]

 

Joseph, it's difficult to argue that eating 2 bagels is "good for you." Bagels are terrible for you. If you eat them, own the fact that you like them but they are bad for you.

Two bagels is the largest meal of the day. And they are the breakfast "base"...although base generally serves to imply there's more involved? Perhaps followed with copious amounts of Monster Energy drinks and a little coprophagia to keep things interesting?

Sounds like the meal plan at 7-11 or Plaid Pantry.

[credit_help]

 

 

I replicated a dish I had 20 years ago at a Tibetan restaurant for dinner tonight.

 

Peas, Carrots & Cashews on basmati rice.

So its just rice with peas, carrots, and cashews that you ate? Nothing else to with it?

Yes. It's brilliantly simple. Of course you need good peas, carrots cashews, and rice, and you need to cook them just so to preserve their quality... a little fat and a light seasoning. I used some butter and sesame oil, a bit of salt on everything, and added some five spice to the boiled cashew nuts.

Thanks mec. Carrots are easy to find but a little hard to cut. Peas are easy but you only get them fresh if you buy peas in pods. Do you use pods or just the peas?

 

I make rice very frequently and have at least two bags of Basmati rice on hand. I cook rice with different vegetables but more frequently just plain.

[cv91915]

I am 100% sure that my waiter last night wanted to get into my yukata.

[mec]

 

 

 

I replicated a dish I had 20 years ago at a Tibetan restaurant for dinner tonight.

 

Peas, Carrots & Cashews on basmati rice.

So its just rice with peas, carrots, and cashews that you ate? Nothing else to with it?

Yes. It's brilliantly simple. Of course you need good peas, carrots cashews, and rice, and you need to cook them just so to preserve their quality... a little fat and a light seasoning. I used some butter and sesame oil, a bit of salt on everything, and added some five spice to the boiled cashew nuts.

Thanks mec. Carrots are easy to find but a little hard to cut. Peas are easy but you only get them fresh if you buy peas in pods. Do you use pods or just the peas?

 

I make rice very frequently and have at least two bags of Basmati rice on hand. I cook rice with different vegetables but more frequently just plain.

I think frozen peas could work well. What sparked my recollection of the dish though was seeing the refrigerated bags of shelled English Peas at Trader Joe's. They have a little more texture than the frozen peas I've had experience with. I also bought the cashews and carrots there. They had a bag of mixed colors carrots and I think their nut selection is fantastic and reasonably priced.

[Konrad2012]

 

 

 

 

I replicated a dish I had 20 years ago at a Tibetan restaurant for dinner tonight.

Peas, Carrots & Cashews on basmati rice.

So its just rice with peas, carrots, and cashews that you ate? Nothing else to with it?

Yes. It's brilliantly simple. Of course you need good peas, carrots cashews, and rice, and you need to cook them just so to preserve their quality... a little fat and a light seasoning. I used some butter and sesame oil, a bit of salt on everything, and added some five spice to the boiled cashew nuts.

Thanks mec. Carrots are easy to find but a little hard to cut. Peas are easy but you only get them fresh if you buy peas in pods. Do you use pods or just the peas?

I make rice very frequently and have at least two bags of Basmati rice on hand. I cook rice with different vegetables but more frequently just plain.

I think frozen peas could work well. What sparked my recollection of the dish though was seeing the refrigerated bags of shelled English Peas at Trader Joe's. They have a little more texture than the frozen peas I've had experience with. I also bought the cashews and carrots there. They had a bag of mixed colors carrots and I think their nut selection is fantastic and reasonably priced.

The Tibetan Cashew Rice dish you speak of usually has raisins for added sweetness in my experiences...

[mec]

 

 

 

 

 

I replicated a dish I had 20 years ago at a Tibetan restaurant for dinner tonight.

Peas, Carrots & Cashews on basmati rice.

So its just rice with peas, carrots, and cashews that you ate? Nothing else to with it?

Yes. It's brilliantly simple. Of course you need good peas, carrots cashews, and rice, and you need to cook them just so to preserve their quality... a little fat and a light seasoning. I used some butter and sesame oil, a bit of salt on everything, and added some five spice to the boiled cashew nuts.

Thanks mec. Carrots are easy to find but a little hard to cut. Peas are easy but you only get them fresh if you buy peas in pods. Do you use pods or just the peas?

I make rice very frequently and have at least two bags of Basmati rice on hand. I cook rice with different vegetables but more frequently just plain.

I think frozen peas could work well. What sparked my recollection of the dish though was seeing the refrigerated bags of shelled English Peas at Trader Joe's. They have a little more texture than the frozen peas I've had experience with. I also bought the cashews and carrots there. They had a bag of mixed colors carrots and I think their nut selection is fantastic and reasonably priced.

The Tibetan Cashew Rice dish you speak of usually has raisins for added sweetness in my experiences...

 

It's funny, I don't think of raisins being a Tibetan ingredient. But then again I don't think of peas and carrots as being Tibetan either. Par for the course though as I often find when reading about places that there are a lot of differences between my assumptions and prejudices and the realities.

[Konrad2012]

 

It's funny, I don't think of raisins being a Tibetan ingredient. But then again I don't think of peas and carrots as being Tibetan either. Par for the course though as I often find when reading about places that there are a lot of differences between my assumptions and prejudices and the realities.

 

Raisins are a dried fruit that can be stored in a root cellar for extended periods and offer sweetness to dishes

 

Carrots are a root vegetable that can be stored in a root cellar for extended periods

 

Peas can be grown fast in many months, and they can be dried and stored for extended periods in a root cellar

 

Rice is a dried grain that can be stored for extended periods in a root cellar

 

Let me know when you see a common theme appear...

[mec]

 

 

It's funny, I don't think of raisins being a Tibetan ingredient. But then again I don't think of peas and carrots as being Tibetan either. Par for the course though as I often find when reading about places that there are a lot of differences between my assumptions and prejudices and the realities.

Raisins are a dried fruit that can be stored in a root cellar for extended periods and offer sweetness to dishes

 

Carrots are a root vegetable that can be stored in a root cellar for extended periods

 

Peas can be grown fast in many months, and they can be dried and stored for extended periods in a root cellar

 

Rice is a dried grain that can be stored for extended periods in a root cellar

 

Let me know when you see a common theme appear...

They don't have hooves like most likely native Tibetan fare would.

 

World trade is old and though Tibet isn't on a primary route it's not far from the center of them, so I guess it makes sense they would borrow those foods that keep the best.

[TheVig]

Tonight for dinner will be coconut curry chicken. In interest of full disclosure, I'm cheating a bit....the base sauce is from Willaims Sonoma.