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Foodapalooza - the longest food draft of all time - The beef finally arrives in rounds 51 & 52 (1 Viewer)
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Binky The Doormat
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yikes ...they could have gotten a better picture - that looks like "horse corn" ...no offense
white sweet corn the way you want it
Ramsay Hunt Experience
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27.x Cool Haus Dirty Mint Chip Ice Cream Sammie
Not much to say. It's a really ####### good ice cream sandwich. They are apparently transitioning to all "animal-free dairy" this year. Which is apparently different than their current non-dairy options. It's very confusing. But I'm taking the one made with moo juice while I still can.
EDIT: Ok, this is mildly terrifying. https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/animal-free-dairy-is-here-but-is-it-vegan-irina-gerry-change-foods/#:~:text=What is animal-free dairy%3F Precision fermentation technology allows,whey or casein%2C without the use of animals.
Not much to say. It's a really ####### good ice cream sandwich. They are apparently transitioning to all "animal-free dairy" this year. Which is apparently different than their current non-dairy options. It's very confusing. But I'm taking the one made with moo juice while I still can.
EDIT: Ok, this is mildly terrifying. https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/animal-free-dairy-is-here-but-is-it-vegan-irina-gerry-change-foods/#:~:text=What is animal-free dairy%3F Precision fermentation technology allows,whey or casein%2C without the use of animals.
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General Malaise
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General Malaise
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ketchup....
ROUND 22 - LIQUOR - COCKTAIL - MANHATTAN AT A FANCY RESTAURANT BEFORE DINNER
I love bourbon. Unfortunately, bourbon does not love me back. Anything more than a couple of bourbon based drinks and the wheels on this bus start to wobble and go in directions buses shouldn't veer.
So, that out of the way, on the rare occasion I find myself at a fancier dinner, my pre-meal cocktail of choice is a Manhattan. I'm not too picky about what bourbon or vermouth is used; I'm not sophisticated enough to know the difference. I also have never made a Manhattan and, to the best of knowledge, have never purchased or owned vermouth. But whatever it is the bartender at a nicer restaurant does to my Manhattans, I'm a fan....just don't let me have more than two.
ROUND 22 - LIQUOR - COCKTAIL - MANHATTAN AT A FANCY RESTAURANT BEFORE DINNER
I love bourbon. Unfortunately, bourbon does not love me back. Anything more than a couple of bourbon based drinks and the wheels on this bus start to wobble and go in directions buses shouldn't veer.
So, that out of the way, on the rare occasion I find myself at a fancier dinner, my pre-meal cocktail of choice is a Manhattan. I'm not too picky about what bourbon or vermouth is used; I'm not sophisticated enough to know the difference. I also have never made a Manhattan and, to the best of knowledge, have never purchased or owned vermouth. But whatever it is the bartender at a nicer restaurant does to my Manhattans, I'm a fan....just don't let me have more than two.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Bourbon and not rye makes Baby Jesus cry.
General Malaise
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General Malaise
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ROUND 23 - VEGETABLE COOKED - GRILLED ASPARAGUS WITH MONTREAL STEAK SEASONING
Summertime means the grill is employed at least 4-5 days a week at Chez Malaise. Even with 3/7 of our house leaning vegan/vegetarian these days, the grill gets a LOT of use when the days are warm and long.
One of my favorite things to grill is asparagus. I'll soak these in a little olive oil, liberally coat with Montreal Steak Seasoning (or just cracked back pepper, sea salt and a dose of Tony's) and grill for 5-7 minutes so they char up without losing turgidity. I'll finish these off with fresh parm and minced garlic while they steam away in a covered dish and even the pickiest of eaters will want more than just the tip....
Summertime means the grill is employed at least 4-5 days a week at Chez Malaise. Even with 3/7 of our house leaning vegan/vegetarian these days, the grill gets a LOT of use when the days are warm and long.
One of my favorite things to grill is asparagus. I'll soak these in a little olive oil, liberally coat with Montreal Steak Seasoning (or just cracked back pepper, sea salt and a dose of Tony's) and grill for 5-7 minutes so they char up without losing turgidity. I'll finish these off with fresh parm and minced garlic while they steam away in a covered dish and even the pickiest of eaters will want more than just the tip....
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
oh man ...when I was a young guy, I had a boss that could handle a bunch of these - I mean 5 or 6 at a sitting and the guy couldn't have weighed more than 150lbs.
I tried keeping up once.
once.
krista4
Footballguy
Definitely go when you’re on Whidbey! Strongly suggest making a reservation for this place well in advance.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
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:sigh: I'll miss Manhattans.
General Malaise
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ROUND 24 - DINNER MAIN DISH - CHICKEN WINGS 1st STREET POCHA
Our favorite Korean place closed during covid, sadly. But a new joint has opened up and after doing a little digging, I think the ownership group that used to run the old Korean spot is responsible for opening this new one. We tried it recently and while the spicy pork noodle (drafted earlier by moi) was good but not AS good as it was at the old place, their chicken wings were absolutely incredible.
So for my main dish of chicken, I'm getting 20 of these wings - 10 with the soy garlic and 10 with sweet spicy sauce. And a giant bottle of Hite Extra Cold Beer!
Our favorite Korean place closed during covid, sadly. But a new joint has opened up and after doing a little digging, I think the ownership group that used to run the old Korean spot is responsible for opening this new one. We tried it recently and while the spicy pork noodle (drafted earlier by moi) was good but not AS good as it was at the old place, their chicken wings were absolutely incredible.
So for my main dish of chicken, I'm getting 20 of these wings - 10 with the soy garlic and 10 with sweet spicy sauce. And a giant bottle of Hite Extra Cold Beer!
General Malaise
Footballguy
Oh boy, I was HOPING that was a place we could hit on our vacation this summer. I am going to make a reservation the day I buy my ferry ticket! Merci beaucoup.
Mrs. Rannous
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Round 28 - Frozen Dessert - Two scoops frozen custard, toasted coconut and chocolate in a house-made cone dipped in chocolate from Ritter's
I love taosted coconut. This combo is like eating a Mounds bar in ice cream form. Ritter's makes their own cones, and the dipped ones are especially great- all fresh and crispy.
I love taosted coconut. This combo is like eating a Mounds bar in ice cream form. Ritter's makes their own cones, and the dipped ones are especially great- all fresh and crispy.
krista4
Footballguy
I wasn't sure if I had recommended that restaurant before. Just to be clear, too, it's not fancy and definitely family-friendly.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
28.x -- Heart of Palm (Raw Vegetable)
Better, but very hard to find, fresh. The canned and bottled stuff is still a favorite of mine. Adds a little briny pop to salads. It's high in protein, low in carbs, and (along with pickles) a bit of a life line as I'm trying to forgo every snack I've ever loved. Apparently, you can make a sad pasta out of it.
Better, but very hard to find, fresh. The canned and bottled stuff is still a favorite of mine. Adds a little briny pop to salads. It's high in protein, low in carbs, and (along with pickles) a bit of a life line as I'm trying to forgo every snack I've ever loved. Apparently, you can make a sad pasta out of it.
General Malaise
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Mister CIA
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and big, gay hamburgers too? The BeltBuster and the DQ Dude*.
*Big, gay chicken sandwich.
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Mister CIA
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Mister CIA
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Round 28: Cinnamon Ice Cream w/slice of warm apple pie, frozen dessert
Have not had this in ages, mostly because cinnamon ice cream is not commonly found in the places I visit, but it's a glorious combo.
Have not had this in ages, mostly because cinnamon ice cream is not commonly found in the places I visit, but it's a glorious combo.
Binky The Doormat
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shuke
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General Malaise
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Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
it's just too bad that Turkey Hill ice cream isn't very good ...
low milkfat and very whipped with air ...not saying it's bad ...it's ice cream
Eephus
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28. Arugula (raw vegetable)
In an early harbinger for how dumb things would get, arugula was weaponized in the culture wars circa mid-2000s. It became a punchline as the salad greens of choice for effete urban liberals who hated America and iceberg lettuce. I resemble that remark and arugula is great but maybe we'd all get along better if it was called rocket in this country like in the UK.
Arugula works great in salads with fresh fruit or roasted vegetables but even just a handful of arugula with a drizzle of balsamic and a sprinkle of feta is a perfect accompaniment for a roasted chicken.
In an early harbinger for how dumb things would get, arugula was weaponized in the culture wars circa mid-2000s. It became a punchline as the salad greens of choice for effete urban liberals who hated America and iceberg lettuce. I resemble that remark and arugula is great but maybe we'd all get along better if it was called rocket in this country like in the UK.
Arugula works great in salads with fresh fruit or roasted vegetables but even just a handful of arugula with a drizzle of balsamic and a sprinkle of feta is a perfect accompaniment for a roasted chicken.
Drunken knight
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big fan… I also used it for chocolate and mocha dessertsMister CIA said:
Eephus
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There's a place out here that serves Mexican Chocolate ice cream with dark chocolate and cinnamon. I'm not a big chocolate guy but it was very good.
Drunken knight
Footballguy
Oh yeah. Mitchell’s is excellent
Ramsay Hunt Experience
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Cue up the G. Love and Special Sauce because it's time for a cold beverage. Heck, play some Vampire Weekend as well because I'm taking . . .
29.x Horchata
It's creamy (with no dairy!), but not too heavy. It's got the pop of cinnamon. It's sweet, but not too sweet. It's reason 1,000 why I think the Mexicans are culinary geniuses. I almost took it as a paleta flavor, but Eephus beat me to the paletas in the frozen treat categories.
And I would look psychotic in a balaclava.
29.x Horchata
It's creamy (with no dairy!), but not too heavy. It's got the pop of cinnamon. It's sweet, but not too sweet. It's reason 1,000 why I think the Mexicans are culinary geniuses. I almost took it as a paleta flavor, but Eephus beat me to the paletas in the frozen treat categories.
And I would look psychotic in a balaclava.
heckmanm
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No dairy? Every "authentic" recipe that comes up in google has milk and sweetened condensed milk
wikkidpissah
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wikkidpissah
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my only snipe - not bad for several days away. really wanted Mexican street corn, which is too close.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
catching up:
Rd 24 - Roasted root veg w poblanos, cooked veg. few things warm me belly more than throwing some spuds, sweet spuds, red onions, spring onions, garlics, carrots, parnsips, celeriac, turnips on a sheet pan with some poblano peppers, salt, pepper & oil and char me some vegetable sugars.
Rd 25 - Baked Russett apples w maple syrup drizzle & str8fromthecow whip cream a la Gramma., cooked fruit. Our family farm had dozens of russet apple trees until a blight wiped em all out in the late 50s. I'm told there were as few as five in all America after the plague, but they were always current in England and have made somewhat of a comeback here. You'd swear they were spoiled/gone by their leathery look, but any old Vermonter will tell you theyre the best baking apple in the land. Me Da, the oldest Vermonter i know, loves to tell of "running away" when he was 3-4yo to his gramma's house a half mile down the rud and begging her to make him a pie. She'd tell him to gather some wood chips off the pile so she could. She died not long after and me Da would wax thru his entire youth on how much he missed the woman who could turn wood chips into apple pie. No one had the heart to tell him the truth...
Rd 26 - Freshly-stolen, beachfire-cooked lobster, shellfish. When my next door neighbor & best older pal first got his license (when i was 13) he'd regularly bring me up to his parent's summer cabin on one of the Portland islands (Peaks) in Maine during the offseason. It was one of the only isles big enough to have a significant townie population and they were all losers & junkies. I learned how to break into houses & raid lobster traps & take drugs (so, like, 90% of my formal education) from them. I grew up in what is now termed Boston's most-dangerous neighborhood but the first time i was ever shot at was trying to outrun a lobsterman in a 10-foot dinghy on Casco Bay. Now, i'm allergic to shellfish but, when you've risked being gutshot AND drowned to procure a food, you eat the food. And it always tasted purt-dang sweet before the hives came up.
Rd 27 - Fresh-picked peas, str8out da pod, raw veg. nufced
Rd 28 - Sugar on snow, frozen dessert. Global warming has changed Vt's climate more than most areas. Winters used to be as severely cold as you could find this side of Alaska but no even close anymore. Back in those times, there was a significantly thaw in late January, which used to start a mini sap run from the maple trees. The batch wasnt big enough to bother for some but, when you're poor enough that any calorie is a good calorie.......... This evolved into a little winter-festival thing. First snow after a thaw, families would gather at whoever's had sugared a small batch and pour hot syrup on the new-fallen crystals. It seizes into kind of a taffy almost immediately. Having grown up with it, me Da and his sister June (my favorite alltime human being who died of leukemia when i was five) were canny & artistic enough to actually pout it into basic animal shapes for us kids. A perfect magic.
Rd 29 - Vivian Howard's Tomato Pie, vegetarian main course. "Woudjacouldjapuhleeeeze?!?!" kind of pleading to a cook one usually hears from kids or grown children visiting home. It's a wild & crazy thing coming from two 90yos with maybe a combined 11 taste buds left on their ol' tongues. But that was the case after i moved up here to take care of the peeps and decided to duplicate the linked recipe here. Soon as farmer's market opens each summer so we're not stuck with SAmerican hardapple-type tomatoes, the begging begins. Still.
Rd 24 - Roasted root veg w poblanos, cooked veg. few things warm me belly more than throwing some spuds, sweet spuds, red onions, spring onions, garlics, carrots, parnsips, celeriac, turnips on a sheet pan with some poblano peppers, salt, pepper & oil and char me some vegetable sugars.
Rd 25 - Baked Russett apples w maple syrup drizzle & str8fromthecow whip cream a la Gramma., cooked fruit. Our family farm had dozens of russet apple trees until a blight wiped em all out in the late 50s. I'm told there were as few as five in all America after the plague, but they were always current in England and have made somewhat of a comeback here. You'd swear they were spoiled/gone by their leathery look, but any old Vermonter will tell you theyre the best baking apple in the land. Me Da, the oldest Vermonter i know, loves to tell of "running away" when he was 3-4yo to his gramma's house a half mile down the rud and begging her to make him a pie. She'd tell him to gather some wood chips off the pile so she could. She died not long after and me Da would wax thru his entire youth on how much he missed the woman who could turn wood chips into apple pie. No one had the heart to tell him the truth...
Rd 26 - Freshly-stolen, beachfire-cooked lobster, shellfish. When my next door neighbor & best older pal first got his license (when i was 13) he'd regularly bring me up to his parent's summer cabin on one of the Portland islands (Peaks) in Maine during the offseason. It was one of the only isles big enough to have a significant townie population and they were all losers & junkies. I learned how to break into houses & raid lobster traps & take drugs (so, like, 90% of my formal education) from them. I grew up in what is now termed Boston's most-dangerous neighborhood but the first time i was ever shot at was trying to outrun a lobsterman in a 10-foot dinghy on Casco Bay. Now, i'm allergic to shellfish but, when you've risked being gutshot AND drowned to procure a food, you eat the food. And it always tasted purt-dang sweet before the hives came up.
Rd 27 - Fresh-picked peas, str8out da pod, raw veg. nufced
Rd 28 - Sugar on snow, frozen dessert. Global warming has changed Vt's climate more than most areas. Winters used to be as severely cold as you could find this side of Alaska but no even close anymore. Back in those times, there was a significantly thaw in late January, which used to start a mini sap run from the maple trees. The batch wasnt big enough to bother for some but, when you're poor enough that any calorie is a good calorie.......... This evolved into a little winter-festival thing. First snow after a thaw, families would gather at whoever's had sugared a small batch and pour hot syrup on the new-fallen crystals. It seizes into kind of a taffy almost immediately. Having grown up with it, me Da and his sister June (my favorite alltime human being who died of leukemia when i was five) were canny & artistic enough to actually pout it into basic animal shapes for us kids. A perfect magic.
Rd 29 - Vivian Howard's Tomato Pie, vegetarian main course. "Woudjacouldjapuhleeeeze?!?!" kind of pleading to a cook one usually hears from kids or grown children visiting home. It's a wild & crazy thing coming from two 90yos with maybe a combined 11 taste buds left on their ol' tongues. But that was the case after i moved up here to take care of the peeps and decided to duplicate the linked recipe here. Soon as farmer's market opens each summer so we're not stuck with SAmerican hardapple-type tomatoes, the begging begins. Still.
krista4
Footballguy
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Had some of these last night at my favorite local hole-in-the-wall Cajun restaurant, Sal and Phils. Saw them on the menu and thought of you. They were delicious.
Check out their menu (has pic of the oysters down at the bottom). Highly recommend to all who make a wrong turn and wind up in this locale.
Drunken knight
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krista4
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wikkidpissah
Footballguy
2nd-day better, too, though it never makes it there
ETA: and Viv is my biggest TV crush. she could make me a rock sammich and i'd just smile til my teeth were gone.
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Mrs. Rannous
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Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
dammit - great pic
we make this a couple of times a summer - gotta make 2 at a time because always want more
and we use a combination of mozz and swiss cheese - and mix parmesan in with the mayo
and add a bunch of thinly sliced and sauteed mushrooms
want to make it right now
General Malaise
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Wait, wait wait wait wait........THE Sal & Phils from Jackson, MS???? You gotta be dry-humpin me. A) I had no idea you were a Mississippi boy and 2) That was one of my favorite spots to dine when I was in college and had extra scrilla to spend. And π) I am absolutely head over heels happy that they are still around! I knew some of my other favorite Jackson haunts were gone now (Que Serra, Red Hot and Blue, Cherokee) but Sal & Phils remaining as good as it ever was has made my whole day.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I don't like to brag, but yes I reside in MS. Ridgeland, to be exact. I've been here since 2001, and I would have left a long time ago but I've got three kids still living here (all in their 20s now), which keeps me tethered.
Last night was the first time I'd been to Sal and Phil's since pre-covid days, outside of grabbing a shrimp po-boy to go here and there. It was a party of ten, and everyone was throwing praises about how great the food was. The sauted jumbo shrimp in garlic butter with the vegetable medley was phenomenol.
Mama Hamil's is still in business too, and thriving - if you're into 4,000 calorie helpings of Southern fare. They quit serving meat loaf however, which sucks, but the smoked chicken is to die for. #### of the Walk is still kicking too.
EDIT: #### of the Walk = Clock of the Walk minus 'L'.
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Mister CIA
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Round 29: Coca-Cola, beverage, non-alcoholic, cold and Popcorn.
About twice a year I'll break down and devote a day to gorge on Netflix, ice-cold Coca-Cola, and popcorn. It makes me so happy. Finding the right kind of popcorn is difficult. My favorite is the kind that I used to get at the circus or at a ballgame that came in a cereal-box style box, overloaded with butter and salt. Nowadays I resort to a big bag of whatever and shower it with some Kernel Seasons (butter).
^^^^ Link to an Amazon pic. It will affect the ads you see for the next month.
About twice a year I'll break down and devote a day to gorge on Netflix, ice-cold Coca-Cola, and popcorn. It makes me so happy. Finding the right kind of popcorn is difficult. My favorite is the kind that I used to get at the circus or at a ballgame that came in a cereal-box style box, overloaded with butter and salt. Nowadays I resort to a big bag of whatever and shower it with some Kernel Seasons (butter).
^^^^ Link to an Amazon pic. It will affect the ads you see for the next month.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Hey man, the food in Mississippi is the thing I miss the most. Warm spring days, crawfish boils, deck and patio eating weather almost year round, underrated live music scene, fabulous museum, the REZ!
I'll put Keifer's gyro against any mentioned in here.
Ilov80s
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There are a lot of great root beers out there, second best is nothing to sneeze at.
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