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2017-03-29, 09:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-03-29, 10:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Been around enough to know most people mistake Balut for both chicken and for being from China to the point that I've heard most attribute it to both than the actual location.
I've had the dish cooked by actual Filipino people, in Filipino homes. They marinated the meat overnight in the mixture. Most recipes you'll find online by anyone reputable (and authentic) will also tell you to marinade the meat. Even the Wikipedia article refers to it as a marinated meat dish. The word MEANS marinade.
Originally Posted by WikipediaLast edited by Razade; 2017-03-29 at 10:19 PM.
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2017-03-30, 03:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Fermented Herring traditionally eaten with boiled potatoes and a Swedish flatbread called thin bread with veggies of choise, Yes I know being a northern Swede myself that may sound odd as just about all northern Swede's mouths water at the thought of fermented herring premiere, but I've just always been of the opinion that if something smells as rotten as that it probably shouldn't be eaten.
I don't particularly care if you tell me it's fairly bland and mostly just salty, if so why are you bothering to ferment the herring before eating it? surely it carries more taste if cooked fresh?
I dislike seafood in general due to it all tasting like seaweed to me and both fish and seaweed makes me gag, I can eat shrimp especially on pizza or shrimp salad with burgers and such, I don't mind fish if it's proper battered and literally swimming in tartar sauce (because that disguises the fishy taste).Errare humanum est
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2017-03-30, 08:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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I've tried insects. I think grasshopper. It was okay except that its seasoning was just too intense. I could see it being good with better (or no) seasoning.
I think I'd have a bigger issue eating something like roaches, or I guess some bug I see as a pest or dirty (in my mental conception.) Stuff like grasshopper, crickets, ants--those seem, if not palatable, consumable. Maybe things like beetles, rolly-pollies, etc.
I think I'd find worms too gross (plus not being able to disassociate worms like earth worms with parasitic worms).
I don't think I could even try something like that. I remember one scene from the movie It where they have eggs, and each egg popped open to reveal something gross or monstrous. I think one of them just hatched, or hatched with a not-ready-to-be-born chick in it. That was the one that grossed me out the most.
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2017-03-30, 02:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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[QUOTE=Winter_Wolf;21862519@2D8HP: I won't doubt that you didn't care for the authentic stuff, but bear in mind China is huge and even divvying it up by broad regional differences you're covering a lot of different styles of cooking. [/QUOTE]
I am going to say, I think if a Chinese place serves crab rangoon, fried rice and General Tso's chicken, it might not be authentic. I live near where he does, and those items aren't hard to find in most, if not all chinese places except the crab rangoon.
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2017-03-31, 12:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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One Christmas my girlfriend's grandfather bought some surströmming. Sensibly, he was not allowed to open it indoors. The dog, initially excited at the sound of a can being opened, ran away when the smell hit. If something smells so bad even a dog won't touch it, I consider that a good sign that humans shouldn't touch it either.
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2017-03-31, 01:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Gah! Don't get me started on the abomination that is Crab Rangoon. It's a complete mess of flavors and textures working at cross purposes. The hardness of the wrapper completely masks the softness of the filling. The tastelessness of the filling can't overcome the oiliness of the wrapper. The crabmeat is insubstantial and far too subtle to make any sort of gustatory impact; the only sign it's even in there is from the dish name. It's of an awkward enough size so if you try to fit it all in one bite, the pointy shape combined with a wrapper fried too crisp viciously stabs at the roof of your mouth, and if you try to bite it into two, the brittleness completely shatters the whole thing into a mess of pieces. And on top of this complete disaster you pour all sorts of sickenly sweet sauce so why even have the filling and crab in the first place?!
Look at any other fried food and you'll find that the fried layer is of a sufficient thinness and crispness that it easily yields to the complimentary softness within, and it's the interior that comprises the majority of the dish. That's not the deal with the crab rangoon. The only way its ingredients could be justified in a single recipe is if it was fried wonton chips with the cream cheese crab concoction as the dip.Last edited by Oneris; 2017-03-31 at 01:24 AM.
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2017-03-31, 01:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-03-31, 02:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Speaking of crabs, I got another weird food for you: moeche, a Venetian specialty. Basically, small crabs, caught during moulting, when their shell is soft, which are marinated in salted egg yolk and then deep fried whole. They are amazing but probably not for the easily grossed out.
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2017-03-31, 09:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-04-02, 09:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yes, but the spider rolls I've seen don't have the eyes still attached. In my general experience, legs are fine, but eyes are not for Americans.
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2017-04-02, 09:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-04-04, 09:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Which brings up the great story of the very first time my wife had dinner with my parents. We went out to a great seafood place down in Seabrook, TX, and she ordered a crab plate. They bring it, and right on top is a complete fried soft-shell crab, eyes and all.
....She screams.
We still tease her about it.
Good crab rangoon, is really good. Bad crab rangoon is really bad. Of course, so many places make it with krab (the fake stuff)."That's a horrible idea! What time?"
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2017-04-04, 10:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Are you kidding? The cocoa-covered chocolate truffles are the best kind.
What? Boiling is absolutely all you need to do with brussels sprouts or asparagus. You need to be careful not to overcook them, but that's all. Serve with a bit of butter, maybe hollandaise sauce with the asparagus if you want to be fancy, and they're delicious.Quotebox
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2017-04-04, 10:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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One of my comfort foods is the following:
Steamed basmati rice with a side of scrambled eggs and canned tuna, all sprinkled with olive oil and "grana" cheese.
It just hit me that it's probably a fairly unusual combo and that a lot of people may find it very unappetizing but I swear it's so filling and good!
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2017-04-04, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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I actually recommend roasting brussel sprouts. So easy, and the results are very good.
It does sound unappetizing, but then I remembered you mentioning a lot of Italian food. Is there a chance that YOUR canned tuna is different from the US variety? Some isn't bad, but some is...Reminiscent of cat food.
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2017-04-04, 03:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Dark greens are good with mayonaise, Aspargaus is the perfect plant form and needs not to be tampred with except basic cooking.
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2017-04-04, 05:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Loco Moco is something I had once in Hawaii (does non mainland count?) Basically, it's rice, hamburger, and fried eggs covered in gravy
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2017-04-04, 06:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-04-05, 04:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Southern cooking has some hidden horrors. Formost, a quaint dish we call 'congealed salad'
Jell-O salad (also called gelatin salad, jelly salad, congealed salad, or molded salad) is a salad made with flavored gelatin, fruit, and sometimes grated carrots or more rarely, other vegetables. Other ingredients may include cottage cheese, cream cheese, marshmallows, nuts, or pretzels. These salads were popular in the 1960s. The "salad" theme continues in variants containing mayonnaise or salad dressing.
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2017-04-05, 08:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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That's not just a Southern thing. I'm from about as close to Canada as you can get, and my mom has a battered Betty Crocker book, probably from back in the 60s, that had a ton of recipes for those. Every once in a while she would break out one of those monstrosities for us.
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2017-04-05, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Fry Sauce is something popular here in the southwest. It's ketchup and mayonnaise mixed together. You're supposed to dip your french fries in it, but it's kind of weird.
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2017-04-05, 07:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-04-05, 08:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-04-12, 12:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Can't say it was because I moved but a few summers back I was bored and experimented with food mixing, specifically things that are never mixed.
Two I remember being decent were sugar cookies and tomato soup, and mac and cheese with syrup.
Not sure why, and I'm not sure why those were available at the same meal.
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2017-04-13, 04:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-04-13, 12:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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sasami, NOT sashimi. raw chicken
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2017-04-15, 02:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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