Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 1:03 pm
Our semi-local we brew weird brewery just released a Candy Corn sour.
Did they name it Sink Pour?
Ha!!!!
Butterfingers are good. Candy corn is just a waste of sugar, but not offensive. The worst cand as kid were the weird unnamed peanut butterish things wrapped in black or orange wax wrappers, and Mary Janes. Those were just ammo for throwing at your friends.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:23 pm
by Rush2112
I'm sure I'd not be a fan, as fucking candy corn should be destroyed.
They've done a spaghetti gose and a hot sauce barrel-aged beer that were getting rave reviews (the spaghetti was the only one I had, it was an excellent example of the "style" like you could taste the basil, tomatoes, pasta, etc. I only needed to drink the 8 oz or whatever.)
I like Butterfingers, but Zagnut is my go-to if I want a peanut forward candy bar.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:24 pm
by Rush2112
and I'd put circus peanuts and that vein of candy as the worst of the worst.
I had never heard of them before cerrano went to Portugal a couple of summers ago and sent back some glorious photos. We have friends from Portugal, and one of them got a restaurant in town to make me one for my birthday one year (menu hack - learn how to speak Portuguese) but swears he has a couple of places in Newark that are the best. I haven't taken him up on his lunch offer yet.
I can't speak for the recipe up top, other than to say the egg and fries shouldn't be optional.
In other words, I tend to write negative reviews, which can hurt the bottom lines of relatively small businesses, only when readers are at risk of wasting their money on the basis of an established reputation. It could belong to a famous chef, a deep-pocketed restaurant group or an institution whose historical and cultural significance reaches far beyond its neighborhood. The subject of my review this week, Peter Luger Steak House, is in the last category; a 132-year-old holdover from the days when a substantial number of New Yorkers had moved here from Germany, it has become famous around the world as one of the city’s original beef palaces.
When an idol falls on its face, the critic who points it out will be greeted as a hero in some corners and, in others, as an idiot, a philistine, an elitist, a liar, a score-settler, an agenda-haver or as some of my Twitter friends put it this week, “a whiny little bitch.”
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:21 pm
by mister d
Back to banh mi ... going scratch tonight, to the point where I'm almost tempted to make mayo so I did every component. Otherwise, its french bread, garlic, brown sugar and fish sauce marinated chicken, chicken liver mousse (as the pate), pickled carrots/daikon, jalapenos, cilantro and mayo.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:32 pm
by rass
I was down in Edison on NYE during the day and stopped in at the place I had mentioned and bought 2. Ate 1.5. Jalapeños were cut think and relatively spicy that day.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:43 pm
by rass
Also, we were in downtown Millburn today and noticed that there is a Vietnamese cafe there. $11 for pho and $8 for bahn mi is more expensive than the Asian supermarket near work and the place in Edison, but hey it’s Millburn.
Sadly work appears to have halted on the Vietnamese restaurant in Union center. Peeking in it looks like they were almost done. It’s been months...
Anyway, good luck. Nobody else in the house would dare try one so I’ll probably stick to buying them.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:52 pm
by degenerasian
mister d wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:21 pm
Back to banh mi ... going scratch tonight, to the point where I'm almost tempted to make mayo so I did every component. Otherwise, its french bread, garlic, brown sugar and fish sauce marinated chicken, chicken liver mousse (as the pate), pickled carrots/daikon, jalapenos, cilantro and mayo.
Just needs cucumber.
Do you guys like Vietnamese coffee? With the condensed milk? Do you think you would like smoothies with condensed milk? Avocado with ice and condensed milk is amazing but I dont think it exists here.
mister d wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:21 pm
Back to banh mi ... going scratch tonight, to the point where I'm almost tempted to make mayo so I did every component. Otherwise, its french bread, garlic, brown sugar and fish sauce marinated chicken, chicken liver mousse (as the pate), pickled carrots/daikon, jalapenos, cilantro and mayo.
Just needs cucumber.
Do you guys like Vietnamese coffee? With the condensed milk? Do you think you would like smoothies with condensed milk? Avocado with ice and condensed milk is amazing but I dont think it exists here.
If I win the lottery I'm opening one.
Absolutely love Vietnamese coffee. Used to work around the corner from a Vietnamese cafe and get coffee a couple times a week there. I would certainly try the avocado smoothie thing, but can't say I've ever seen it.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:15 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Biscotti would be way better if they were soft. Fight me
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:16 pm
by Ryan
Couldn't be any worse, that's for sure
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:31 pm
by The Sybian
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:15 pm
Biscotti would be way better if they were soft. Fight me
Agree. That's why people dunk in coffee, but they instantly get mushy and gross.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:53 pm
by sancarlos
Maybe you guys are doing it wrong.
Personally I wouldn’t want to dunk something soft in coffee. It would be like a soggy breadstick.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:57 pm
by Ryan
How about a (unpoisoned) donut?
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:58 pm
by A_B
Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:57 pm
How about a (unpoisoned) donut?
I used to love a donut stick dipped in coffee. Many a college morning breakfast, that was.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:02 pm
by wlu_lax6
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:15 pm
Biscotti would be way better if they were soft. Fight me
I am not sure you know what a Biscotti is Mocca Johnny
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:08 pm
by mister d
sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:53 pmPersonally I wouldn’t want to dunk something soft in coffee. It would be like a soggy breadstick.
"The Soggy Breadstick" feels like a new euphemism for going flaccid mid-act.
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:15 pm
Biscotti would be way better if they were soft. Fight me
I am not sure you know what a Biscotti is Mocca Johnny
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Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:56 pm
by The Sybian
I really want to like Curb, but I just find Larry's character more irritating than funny. I always like Larry David in interviews, but the show just annoys me. Loved Seinfeld, though, and even like Costanza.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:54 pm
by L-Jam3
There are a lot of Swampers who need to learn the mother sauces.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:49 pm
by DSafetyGuy
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:54 pm
There are a lot of Swampers who need to learn the mother sauces.
Your mother's a sauce.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 6:47 am
by rass
His people call it gravy.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:24 am
by Pruitt
The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:56 pm
I really want to like Curb, but I just find Larry's character more irritating than funny. I always like Larry David in interviews, but the show just annoys me. Loved Seinfeld, though, and even like Costanza.
Loved it for a few seasons but stopped watching a few years ago. Friend recommended the new season and it's almost like a parody of itself. Larry David has gone from being someone you can identify with as he reacts to every day hassles and stupidity to someone who seems to be looking for a fight in every scene.
The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:56 pm
I really want to like Curb, but I just find Larry's character more irritating than funny. I always like Larry David in interviews, but the show just annoys me. Loved Seinfeld, though, and even like Costanza.
Loved it for a few seasons but stopped watching a few years ago. Friend recommended the new season and it's almost like a parody of itself. Larry David has gone from being someone you can identify with as he reacts to every day hassles and stupidity to someone who seems to be looking for a fight in every scene.
I can't really watch it. I've watched some random episodes over the years, and found them funny, but a little bit of the 'cringe' comedy goes a long way for me. That's the reason I've never watched much of 'The Office' as well.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:13 pm
by mister d
If you could only eat food from the continental 48 above or below this line, which are you picking?
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Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:18 pm
by Nonlinear FC
Below.
But wait, you mean regional food, right? Not, like, specific restaurants...
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:21 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Above, and didn't even take long to make the decision.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:24 pm
by rass
I think I'd be fine with above also.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:26 pm
by mister d
Regional food, yes. BBQ type obviously split by city. And to the extent you can tie an ethnicity to a city as well, so polish-american is above and cuban-american below. Fries on sandwiches above.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:28 pm
by duff
Above.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:31 pm
by govmentchedda
Below
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:38 pm
by mister d
I'm going to move this to a new thread + poll. Closer than I expected.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:40 pm
by sancarlos
Above, for sure. I can get excellent food of every kind in my own area.
Lots of salt and sugar at most establishments in the deep south.