The Dining and Food Thread

[breeze]

I don't do this very often. It was a moment of weakness. Shouldn't go to the store when I'm hungry.

[cv91915]

I was about to reorder some of my favorite salt to use on grilled pork chops (bhut jolokia sea salt), and then as I was about to put a 4-ounce package into my shopping card it struck me that $4 an ounce seems like a lot for salt.

 

https://www.myspicesage.com/bhut-jolokia-sea-salt-p-1026.html

Edited July 20, 2018 by cv91915

[Konrad2012]

Quitos - Bristol RI, Lobster Roll 

[IndyPoolPlayer]

19 hours ago, breeze said:

I don't do this very often. It was a moment of weakness. Shouldn't go to the store when I'm hungry.

[cv91915]

On 12/14/2017 at 6:16 PM, cv91915 said:

I'm planning to visit friends in Chicago in the spring.

 

Any experiences at Alinea? I never manage to get there.

 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/alinea-restaurant

Fully booked the weekend I'll be in town in September.     I wonder if the Amex Platinum concierge can get us in.

[cv91915]

Not even if the food was free too.

 

[TheVig]

7 hours ago, cv91915 said:

Not even if the food was free too.

 

I have a $100 Applebee’s GC that was gifted to me. I need to find out if I can use it at the bar, and just drink my dinner.

 

Would have rather been given a Morton’s GC with no money loaded to it. Would have been less insulting.

[cv91915]

3 hours ago, TheVig said:

I have a $100 Applebee’s GC that was gifted to me. I need to find out if I can use it at the bar, and just drink my dinner.

 

Would have rather been given a Morton’s GC with no money loaded to it. Would have been less insulting.

The bar should work.  I endorse your approach.   

[cv91915]

A very good friend of mine who has notoriously bad taste in food (and a sense of humor about it) just sent me a picture of a recipe she's making today.

 

 

I'm a little surprised that she chose to make something with so many ingredients.

[Pam]

Hubby has this in the oven:

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/crispy-carnitas/

[breeze]

2 hours ago, cv91915 said:

A very good friend of mine who has notoriously bad taste in food (and a sense of humor about it) just sent me a picture of a recipe she's making today.

 

 

I'm a little surprised that she chose to make something with so many ingredients.

This can also be made with tater tots.

 

[cv91915]

1 hour ago, breeze said:

This can also be made with tater tots.

 

I'm not a religious man, but tonight I'm praying for your soul.

[breeze]

17 minutes ago, cv91915 said:

I'm not a religious man, but tonight I'm praying for your soul.

[IndyPoolPlayer]

Was grilling some hamburgers on the front of the grill, sweet corn in the husk on the warmup rack. Flipped the first couple patties and had a grease flareup. Set the corn husk aflame. When using the tongs to grab the corn to put the flame out the grease off another patty flared up and the resulting flame singed the hair on my knuckles and back of the hand. Ouch. Thing is I have a grilling mitt hanging right next to the tongs. But I thought I wouldn't need that..... no not at all.

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And some of you probably think I would have callouses on my hands from being a knuckle dragger - that is not the case.

 

[cv91915]

3 hours ago, IndyPoolPlayer said:

Was grilling some hamburgers on the front of the grill, sweet corn in the husk on the warmup rack. Flipped the first couple patties and had a grease flareup. Set the corn husk aflame. When using the tongs to grab the corn to put the flame out the grease off another patty flared up and the resulting flame singed the hair on my knuckles and back of the hand. Ouch. Thing is I have a grilling mitt hanging right next to the tongs. But I thought I wouldn't need that..... no not at all.

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And some of you probably think I would have callouses on my hands from being a knuckle dragger - that is not the case.

 

Please let your wife make the saganaki.

[IndyPoolPlayer]

24 minutes ago, cv91915 said:

Please let your wife make the saganaki.

I asked her if she knew what that was and her response was "Wasn't that where we dropped the bomb in the war?"

[cv91915]

3 minutes ago, IndyPoolPlayer said:

I asked her if she knew what that was and her response was "Wasn't that where we dropped the bomb in the war?"

Good lord

[TheVig]

19 hours ago, IndyPoolPlayer said:

I asked her if she knew what that was and her response was "Wasn't that where we dropped the bomb in the war?"

Must be the side effects of essential oils.

[IndyPoolPlayer]

2 hours ago, TheVig said:

Must be the side effects of essential oils.

No. She got that naturally. From her mother.

[cv91915]

From our garden.

 

 

 

 

 

[cv91915]

I'm making Creamy Cucumber Soup for lunch today. 

 

It's not easy keeping up with the garden, or figuring out what to do with an avocado (!) that's is teetering on readiness for the compost bin.

 

Edited August 5, 2018 by cv91915

[IndyPoolPlayer]

3 hours ago, cv91915 said:

It's not easy keeping up with the garden, or figuring out what to do with an avocado (!) that's is teetering on readiness for the compost bin.

Do what you should do to all soft avocados - make guacamole!

[IndyPoolPlayer]

Continuing the thought diverged from this thread:

A cheese steak witout (onions) ain't a cheese steak. It's like a Chicago Italian Beef without the sweet peppers.

 

[centex]

2 hours ago, IndyPoolPlayer said:

Continuing the thought diverged from this thread:

A cheese steak witout (onions) ain't a cheese steak. It's like a Chicago Italian Beef without the sweet peppers.

 

Ain't a single thing wrong with a good Italian Beef double dipped with no peppers...

[Konrad2012]

1 hour ago, centex said:

Ain't a single thing wrong with a good Italian Beef double dipped with no peppers...

I don't need peppers.  But i do prefer the bread to be falling apart from the gravy