New and Improved TnT Foodie thread

[xtsho]

That happened to the 5 varieties of garlic I grew this year. Sharpie is no good!

I use pencil on white plastic plant tags. It doesn't wash away or fade and I can erase it later and reuse the tags.

 

[sunni]

Be sure to invite @sunni as a judge.

Sunni is qualified to identify plant based patties.
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impossible and beyond burgers are disgusting i would not touch those with a 40 foot pole

 

[raratt]

 

[DarkWeb]

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Melt, thin with milk and put it on buttered toast.

 

[Sativied]

Vietnamese lumpia. Cheapest and one of most common street stand snacks in NL.

Comes with standard question: “With sweet sauce or hot sauce?” Left is sweet, right is hot (sambal). Just veggies in these.

 

[xtsho]

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I had a deadbeat roommate back in the 80's that lived on that. They used to give it away at food banks and he'd drive around town getting it. At any given time he had 4 or 5 blocks in the refrigerator. The only food he bought was top ramen and cheap bread to make cheese sandwiches with. He was gross. Didn't bathe and always looked greasy. His flatulence from eating so much of that welfare cheese was utterly disgusting. That living arrangement didn't last long. I got my own apartment and never had another roommate except for various girlfriends. I've never since and never will live with another dude. I sometimes worked 3 jobs just so I could afford to live on my own back then.

 

[shnkrmn]

I use pencil on white plastic plant tags. It doesn't wash away or fade and I can erase it later and reuse the tags.

Sharpie is forever on a golf ball (although wd40 will clean it off). I figured it would be the same on plastic garden labels but no. In the end, all my garlic is great but I wanted to do comparisons to hone in on what I like the best.

 

[solakani]

I'd eat that!

 

[shnkrmn]

Okay. I'm just going to continue to mail it to myself with a Justin Hale return address.

 

[raratt]

Vietnamese lumpia. Cheapest and one of most common street stand snacks in NL.

Comes with standard question: “With sweet sauce or hot sauce?” Left is sweet, right is hot (sambal). Just veggies in these.
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Chili garlic...

 

[xtsho]

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Okay. I'm just going to continue to mail it to myself with a Justin Hale return address.

I once flew back to Portland from Orlando in the early 2000's. I had some weed I bought from a bartender at a TGI Fridays. I had a layover in Texas and I was scared as hell. I grew up hearing about stories of getting thrown in prison for just a seed in Texas. I don't know if they were true but I didn't want to find out. I had the weed in my shoe. This was right before 9/11 so the security measures of today had not yet been implemented.

I made it back to Portland without incident, my car was parked in the long term parking lot so I grabbed my car and picked up a six pack on the way home. Once home I cracked a beer and took a bong hit.

Then there was the time I had some weed in my luggage flying back from Guaymas Mexico in the 90's. I forgot I had it. Bought that from a bartender at a bar in San Carlos. It wouldn't have been that bad if I had got caught by US customs as it was only a couple joints but I don't want to think about the hell I would have went through if I had been caught with it leaving Mexico by Mexican authorities.

 

[Sativied]

Chili garlic...

I don’t know if it’s because the heavy influence of indonesian kitchen here, or chili garlic being too hot for the average white dutch, or both, but usually the hot sauce at a vietnamese lumpia stand here (almost always a vietnamese guy or couple) and at any delivery service is sambal oelek. I know one that still has that white lettered and green cap bottle with chili garlic, used to be pretty standard. Chili garlic is hotter, darker red, more white chunks, and has a less runny consistency, unlike mine, which is definitely sambal oelek.

 

[rkymtnman]

i'm guilty as charged

 

[Sativied]

Aside from bacon slices or dices this is pretty much the only meat (chicken+ham+cheese) I get from regular supermarkets.


Bell peppers from market look so good, almost fake


Dessert + coffee + licor 43


You all have a great saturday night!

 

[shnkrmn]

Ugly delicious yuxiang qiezi. Ground pork and eggplant.

 

[solakani]

I like black vinegar with the eggplants

 

[shnkrmn]

I like black vinegar with the eggplants

That is part of the Yuxiang style. I used doubanjiang, sambal olek, garlic ginger, zhenjiang black vinegar, soy and sesame oil.

 

[drsaltzman]

Our figs seem fairly ripe, some are starting to dry out and the birds and bugs are moving in fast. I dont blame them, they are delicious. My mother in-law will take some but it looks like we will have a lot more shortly. I guess we will dry the left-overs out. Does anyone have anything they like to do with them?

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Slice and drizzle with some balsamic.
These are different though. Desert King. They survive Oregon winters well.
Yours look like turkey figs.
Also delicious and great for jam.

 

[Justin-case]

Slice and drizzle with some balsamic.
These are different though. Desert King. They survive Oregon winters well.
Yours look like turkey figs.
Also delicious and great for jam.

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Right on thanks! My mother in-law brought over soft goat cheese and we drizzled a little honey on them, so good.

 

[drsaltzman]

Bouillabaisse yesterday but no pics. Just found my phone. Gotta be careful putting it on silent.
Used this Sauvignon Blanc. It’s not your tart style like from NZ.
Rounder, nice restrained fruit with a bit of flint.
Almost Sancerre like.
Highly recommend to you Total Wine shoppers.