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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 25, 2010 19:33:04 GMT
*takes another swig of corn squeezins*
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Post by lagatta on Jan 25, 2010 19:56:27 GMT
Does that mean I can have a swig of wine now?
Seriously, I'm NOT in the habit of any wine or anything when working at home, before suppertime. It can become a slippery slope. I love wine, but I also want to keep a functioning brain among other details.
There is a horrid little tavern/bar around the corner where the regulars, male (mostly) and female are all of the "cautionary tales exhibits" variety. I worked with a journalist who started drinking at 10am, and had either the good or bad fortune to be completely functional and productive when utterly sloshed. Foul temper though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2010 21:41:29 GMT
Will be trying conch tonight,marinated,and grilled?
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Post by existentialcrisis on Jan 27, 2010 8:09:11 GMT
Bixa - the soy dispute is very controversial, but everything I've read says that fermented soy beans are okay. Also avoid GMO soy.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 27, 2010 14:12:52 GMT
How was the conch, Cas?
How was it prepared? I've never tried it but have heard of conch sashimi.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 27, 2010 16:53:39 GMT
The first time I visited Key West, @1973, ground conch was a regular feature in the supermarkets there. It cost less than plain ground meat, which I think was @65 cents a pound at the time.
For those who might not know, natives of Key West (of whom there are far fewer since it got discovered with a vengeance) are called Conchs.
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Post by gertie on Mar 7, 2010 4:19:50 GMT
Cockles is something I've wanted to try, though I suspect it will be similar to my first scone. I was quite disappointed as I somehow had it in mind they must be something delicate and ethereal, perhaps in the shape of a shell. Still love to eat them so I guess not such a terrible thing. I love watching those Anthony Bourdain shows where he eats all the crazy things. Planning a trip to Japan next year and going to try Fugu, I hope at the same restaurant where he ate.
As far as want to try, I want to try it all, just some of it I would rather you not tell me in advance what it is. Having raised two kids, I've had a chance to really see how perception of a food can color how one views the food.
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Post by existentialcrisis on Mar 9, 2010 5:58:50 GMT
Cockles, yes... to eat with laverbread, once I get to try it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2010 8:48:16 GMT
A number of years ago, I had to work in Casablanca for a few weeks, and I would go with one of my colleagues for a few beers after work. He took me to a café -- ignoring about 6 or 7 more fashionable places along the way -- that would put out large bowls of sea snails with pins on the counter. They were not as pleasing to the eye as cockles and I would not have spontaneously considered them to be edible. I have no idea what they were and I have never eaten them since, but it was a very interesting discovery.
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Post by gertie on Mar 11, 2010 14:17:34 GMT
Sounds interesting, k2. Oddly enough, I turned on Anthony Bourdain right after that post and of course he was eating cockles. They sure looked tasty and now I can't wait to get my hands on some.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 17, 2010 2:17:26 GMT
I finally got to eat eel! I posted a pic at #190 here (what's for dinner thread). Strangely, it tasted pretty much as I'd imagined it would, although the flesh was denser and richer than anticipated. I really like it and would like to get some fresh in order to experiment. It has such interesting bones, too. If I'd simply found them somewhere, I'd have thought they were pieces of plastic. The "plated" version here, #2367. Can you tell I was excited by this?
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 18, 2010 10:54:27 GMT
Eel is lovely. Both the way you made it and also smoked, pickled or 'blue' as they say in Germany, poached, then set in jelly.
But I get it here as well. It is typically eaten in steam boat with banana flower as the vegetable.
Or fried until chewy enough to eat the whole thing, not my favourite.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 18, 2010 12:25:22 GMT
I recently sampled my first jalebi.....an Indian sweet. It was delicious....and obviously bad for health being full of sugar, flavourings and deep fried into the bargain.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 18, 2010 13:45:36 GMT
And the garish colouring! Children must love it!
A similar sweet is made in the Middle East and the Maghreb and one always sees it in groceries of those origins during Ramadan and other Muslim festivals.
I have tasted it and enjoyed it, but it is definitely something I've avoided in recent years.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2010 22:11:11 GMT
Yes, I have often seen the yellow Maghrebi version, available everywhere in Paris. Haven't tasted it for years. Yesterday I bought some "Vietnamese luncheon meat," which is one of the many items they put in their baguette sandwiches. This will be the first time I dare to try to consume it at home.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 18, 2010 22:35:40 GMT
I don't read Vietnamese very well, but I'm pretty sure the lettering on the front spells out, "Ha ha -- let's fob this off on the the former imperialists!".
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Post by spindrift on Mar 18, 2010 23:00:51 GMT
I dread to think what's in Vietnamese luncheon meat
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 19, 2010 7:28:12 GMT
Just meat, no innards, a bit of salt, probably some MSG and sugar.
It's very good, slice and fry, eat with plain rice; or cut up, use for 'yam', like your other salads, herbs, chillies, a ts of fish sauce, lime juice.
1/2 kg for 4.40EUR ain't too bad, I pay 5USD for a kg here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2010 19:05:09 GMT
It is really just Vietnamese mortadella (bologna) that you slice yourself.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 19, 2010 19:15:34 GMT
If it is as you both describe it then I'll eat it too! Great. Nourishing!
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Post by spindrift on Mar 19, 2010 19:32:25 GMT
I also ate dhokla. In Goa this tasty snack is bought by Hindus and eaten with green chillies. Hot and sweet! It amused me that when I asked for it at bakery shops, some proprietors turned up their noses at me....and it turns out that they were all Christians and look down upon the Hindus who eat it.....
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 19, 2010 21:14:24 GMT
New for us: Libanius brand ocoque Seco. A very dense, protein loaded yogurt "cheese" When I sampled some yesterday, it was so dense, it caught in my throat. Today I thinned it out with some evap milk. It's pretty good, in alliance with more savory foods. I think it would be good as a bse for dips. libanius.com.mx/
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Post by spindrift on Mar 19, 2010 21:20:29 GMT
I wonder if it's similar to our Philadelphia cheese?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2010 21:27:54 GMT
I ate some of the Vietnamese stuff tonight, and it was very good! I suppose it is only fair to say that what I bought is made in Paris, so I can't really compare it with the local version. But I'm sure it is quite similar since all of the other stuff is.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 19, 2010 21:48:53 GMT
I wonder if it's similar to our Philadelphia cheese? Denser, more acidic and definitely less rich.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 19, 2010 23:52:01 GMT
I went to your site, and it came out blank. So I don't know for sure, but its seems more like labneh (various transliterations) than "cream cheese".
As for Dhokla, I have besan (made in Canada by South Asians) and make tasty, nutritious vegetarian pancakes from it. Mediterranean peoples also make foods from chickpea flour.
What do Christians eat? More meat?
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 20, 2010 7:10:23 GMT
I ate some of the Vietnamese stuff tonight, and it was very good! I suppose it is only fair to say that what I bought is made in Paris, so I can't really compare it with the local version. But I'm sure it is quite similar since all of the other stuff is. Slice and fry until golden, Jack. Believe me, best way to eat it
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Post by existentialcrisis on Mar 20, 2010 9:49:05 GMT
I had a cold cut Vietnamese sub today! I am totally ok with the Vietnamese sandwich meat!! The bubble tea was the first I've ever enjoyed as well.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 20, 2010 12:29:37 GMT
Goan Christians don't eat Dhokla!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2010 19:43:26 GMT
I am so sick of religious rules (or even traditions) about eating. In the 21st century, how can anybody think that any deity decreed what they should eat. Most of the rules were invented for health reasons back when a lot of items were unsafe (like pork or shellfish). Why can't the religions just throw those rules out the window now?
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