Posted on 08/19/2004 7:01:22 AM PDT by Pokey78
Ham or ham hocks are alright occasionally. But I prefer just a strip or 2 of bacon in them for seasoning, plus some potatoes fried in bacon grease, mmmmmmmmmm.
She obviously wasn't dining at Peter Luger when I was there last Friday.
I know she's never stepped foot in a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, or even a Copeland's...
Thanks for reminding me that my last trip to Peter Luger's was over a year ago. I need to get back there again.
I found this on the internet, pretty damn funny:
"In Search of Good English Food"
"English Food - A Mini-Theory"
"English cooking has been the butt of so many jokes that I decided to dedicate my last two trips to London to a search for the very best of English culinary fare. After too many typical English meals my stomach was rebelling, my palate was rapidly becoming numb and, instead of developing an appreciation for English food, I found myself developing a theory that would explain just why, with one or two notable exceptions, so much of the food I had received was so appallingly bad. Before I enter into this, however, let it be known that mine is an attack full of humor and intentional exaggeration and no true insult is aimed at any of the residents of the Sceptered Isles.
It all starts, so my mini-theory goes, during the earliest days of childhood when the English insist on feeding their infants mush, the kind of tasteless, textureless, characterless stuff that a Frenchman would give only to an undiscriminating chicken. Unlike American, French or Israeli parents who feed their babies on tasty fruits and vegetables, each of which has its distinct color and flavor, most of what the English give their children is pale white in color and, regardless of the ingredients, tastes remarkably like sticky, unsalted oatmeal.
When the children grow up a bit and go to school, the situation takes a decided turn for the worse. The foods served in most English schools are famous precisely because they are so horrible. So grey, sad and mysterious is the stuff they eat at school that most English children never even know precisely what it is that they are trying to eat. School cooks have mastered the art of making lamb chops, broccoli and ice cream all taste exactly alike.
All of this culinary deprivation means that by the time they are old enough to cook themselves or to dine at restaurants, most English men and women have such sadly uneducated palates they simply cannot discriminate between what is good and what is bad. Although many London pubs are picturesque and charming, the food served in them is good only as a sponge for beer and many real restaurants suffer from what can only be called "illusions of adequacy". They specialize in overcooked meats and pies, many of which have been put through the electronic purgatory of a micro-wave oven, and others of which are served in gravy so thick and full of salt that the real taste of the food underneath is completely hidden. To make matters absolutely insulting, these so-called restaurants then have the nerve to present their clients with outrageously high London-sized bills. Robert Courtine, for many years the respected restaurant critic of the French newspaper Le Monde, wrote that "only the rich can eat well in London, and then only if they dine on French food"."
That is tasty - but I still like a big, lean chunk of meat on my plate, next to the beans (served over a base of cornbread, of course). Those taters sound good - I think I know what I'm making for dinner tonight. :)
What did this woman say about American food being unhealthy?
LOL, I ate at the Cheesecake factory for my b=day. Yes the portions were HUGE, but I took the food home and had a second meal out of it.
Also purchased a 25th anniversary Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake and we shared it for 4 nights. and YES, each piece has 1200 calories, but we didn't eat it all at once.
So what. If you don't like it, you don't have to eat it. It is a free country after all. This is only the second time in my lifetime I have been to the Cheesecake factory.
Bah, I didn't notice that someone had resurrected an old thread -- it was in the "Latest Posts" list, so I presumed it was new. The FreeRepublic software should warn you when you're replying to a post over a certain number of days old. Hmm, I think I'll send that in as a suggestion.
When ketchup is used for salsa....well, I'd say they have reached the point of no return.
*shudder*
Thanks again for the link, I'll make use of it.
You're welcome. Penzey's is *great*, and although they're primarily a catalog-based vendor, I'm lucky enough to have one of their few storefront locations in my city. It's wonderful to wander in and just take a deep breath. They also have "testers" for all of their spices, cannisters of each type that you can pick up, pop the lid, and take a sniff. We've got over 50 of their products in our kitchen, and will probably get more. I'll never go back to mass-market spices again.
Those show up a lot at food vendors at Renaissance festivals and other kinds of fairs. And yes, they're very tasty.
Kudos to this thread for still going strong. I had to go back and reread the original article. Anyway, here's raising a glass of orange juice to a big fat breakfast helping of Scrapple, and a few grilled slices of corn meal mush, smothered in syrup. Yum!
We discovered this delicacy in Scotland many years ago after a round of golf at a wonderful Scottish links near the coast in central Scotland. A lovely little pub walking distance from the links. It was heaven on a plate, with a good pint of Scottish ale.
I did try the steak and kidney pie. It was good but I had to apply a fair amount of salt and pepper. You give me that recipt and I'll make you something that will make you slap your mamma. The Brits don't have the spice for cooking that we do. But I wouldn't touch the wonderful Scottish egg.
Just Albertson's. Nary an HEB to be found!
That's one of the things I miss about Texas...
Midwestern towns fight over titles like ‘home of the peanut’, ‘birthplace of the corndog’, ‘Krispy Kreme Kountry’.
I don't think peanuts grow in the mid-west, do they? Krispy Kreme donuts may be sold there but they are definitely a Southern invention. And I think corndogs originated in TX at the State Fair. 3 strikes, she's out.
It's better than the donkey meat soaked in tiger urine some restaurant in China was serving.
Count yourself lucky they could have ruined your toast by putting unheated baked beans straight from a can on it.
YES! Fried corn meal mush, butter and maple syrup -- one of my favorite breakfasts -- or anytime meal.
All of Europe wants our jeans, our tennis shoes, our food---including coffee and ice cream---our cigarettes, our whiskey, and our toilet paper.
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