Food, Food, and More Food Thread

^ Time to invest in bacon futures. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:^ Time to invest in bacon futures. :mrgreen:

I have 13 pork bellies stored in secret locations around L.A.

Tu_triky wrote:I have 13 pork bellies stored in secret locations around L.A.

Haha.

I'm having mine shipped to a Swiss safe deposit box/freezer. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Haha.

I'm having mine shipped to a Swiss safe deposit box/freezer. :hehe:

:hehe:

Ah, yes, that foreign pork.

Anybody want to try a baconpop?

House Cured Double Smoked Bacon Skewers from the Boneyard Bistro in Sherman Oaks, CA

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^ WOW. :drooling:

bmwracer wrote:^ WOW. :drooling:

Haha. That's what I said...just saw it on a blog...not personal experience.

Meat on stick...well I just ate at Shinsengumi last night so I got my fix...having said that I wouldn't mind trying that dish.

Tu_triky wrote:Haha. That's what I said...just saw it on a blog...not personal experience.

Meat on stick...well I just ate at Shinsengumi last night so I got my fix...having said that I wouldn't mind trying that dish.

That makes thick-sliced bacon look anemic by comparison.

bmwracer wrote:
That makes thick-sliced bacon look anemic by comparison.

LOL. Yup. It's gotta be substantial if you can impale it with a wooden skewer.

Tu_triky wrote:LOL. Yup. It's gotta be substantial if you can impale it with a wooden skewer.

Yup.

A pigsickle. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

A pigsickle. :mrgreen:

:hehe: Now that's a name.

Tu_triky wrote::hehe: Now that's a name.

Got that from watching M*A*S*H... A reference to spareribs. :mrgreen:

I saw wads of phlegm glistening like freshly shucked oysters on staircases and escalators. I saw them frozen into slicks on the sidewalk and oozing down the sides of walls. It often seemed that if people weren't spitting, they were coughing without covering their mouths, or shooting wads of snot out of their noses. This was done by plugging one nostril and using the other as a blowhole. "We Chinese think it's best just to get it out," a woman told me over dinner one night. She said that, in her opinion, it's disgusting that a westerner would use a handkerchief and then put it back into his pocket.

"Well, it's not for sentimental reasons," I told her. "We don't hold on to our snot for ever. The handkerchief's mainly a sanitary consideration."

Another thing one notices in China is the turds. "Oh please," you're probably thinking. "Must you?"

To this I answer, "Yes, I must", for if they didn't affect the food itself, they affected the way I thought about it. In Tokyo, I once saw a dog pee on the sidewalk. Then its owner reached into a bag, pulled out a bottle of water and rinsed the urine off the pavement. As for dog faeces, I never saw any trace of them. In Beijing, you see an overwhelming amount of shit. Some of it can be blamed on pets, but a lot of it comes from people. Chinese babies do without diapers, wearing instead these strange little pants with a slit in the rear. When a child has to go, its parents direct it towards the kerb or, if they're indoors, to a spot they think of as "kerby". "Last month I saw a kid shit in the produce aisle of our Chengdu Walmart," a young woman named Bridget told me.

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Read the terrifying tale:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/15/david-sedaris-chinese-food-chicken-toenails

Tu_triky wrote:

I saw wads of phlegm glistening like freshly shucked oysters on staircases and escalators. I saw them frozen into slicks on the sidewalk and oozing down the sides of walls. It often seemed that if people weren't spitting, they were coughing without covering their mouths, or shooting wads of snot out of their noses. This was done by plugging one nostril and using the other as a blowhole. "We Chinese think it's best just to get it out," a woman told me over dinner one night. She said that, in her opinion, it's disgusting that a westerner would use a handkerchief and then put it back into his pocket.

"Well, it's not for sentimental reasons," I told her. "We don't hold on to our snot for ever. The handkerchief's mainly a sanitary consideration."

Another thing one notices in China is the turds. "Oh please," you're probably thinking. "Must you?"

To this I answer, "Yes, I must", for if they didn't affect the food itself, they affected the way I thought about it. In Tokyo, I once saw a dog pee on the sidewalk. Then its owner reached into a bag, pulled out a bottle of water and rinsed the urine off the pavement. As for dog faeces, I never saw any trace of them. In Beijing, you see an overwhelming amount of shit. Some of it can be blamed on pets, but a lot of it comes from people. Chinese babies do without diapers, wearing instead these strange little pants with a slit in the rear. When a child has to go, its parents direct it towards the kerb or, if they're indoors, to a spot they think of as "kerby". "Last month I saw a kid shit in the produce aisle of our Chengdu Walmart," a young woman named Bridget told me.

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Read the terrifying tale:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/15/david-sedaris-chinese-food-chicken-toenails

Oh my god, funnily enough I can totally relate, especially the Chengdu part. Chengdu is the only place in the world where I actually ended up suffering from a culture shock. We stopped there to visit a panda station on our way to Tibet. I am really not difficult with food but at some point I went to a convenience, bought M&Ms and coke and didn't leave the hotel for 24h, watching CNN and BBC world. :rofl: I will not talk about the airport toilets of Chengdu in the food thread let's just say I didn't eat for a long time afterwards.

EstherM wrote:

Oh my god, funnily enough I can totally relate, especially the Chengdu part. Chengdu is the only place in the world where I actually ended up suffering from a culture shock. We stopped there to visit a panda station on our way to Tibet. I am really not difficult with food but at some point I went to a convenience, bought M&Ms and coke and didn't leave the hotel for 24h, watching CNN and BBC world. :rofl: I will not talk about the airport toilets of Chengdu in the food thread let's just say I didn't eat for a long time afterwards.

:rofl::rofl: :rofl:

Wow, I can tell you've traveled extensively given your posts here over the years, so that's saying a LOT.

Funny post, Esther. :)

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Yikes. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
Yikes. :bleh:

That ish is unreal, right? I wonder if you're supposed to eat the appendage or casually use it as a back scratcher during the course of the meal.

bmwracer wrote:
Got that from watching M*A*S*H... A reference to spareribs. :mrgreen:

Hehe. Quite a play on words, man.

Tu_triky wrote:

:rofl::rofl: :rofl:

Wow, I can tell you've traveled extensively given your posts here over the years, so that's saying a LOT.

Funny post, Esther. :)

No, no thank you for the article, hadn't thought of Chengdu in years :mrgreen:

Tu_triky wrote:

Haha. That's what I said...just saw it on a blog...not personal experience.

Meat on stick...well I just ate at Shinsengumi last night so I got my fix...having said that I wouldn't mind trying that dish.

Do you know if all of the Shinsengumi restaurants are owned by the same person? And which one is the one you always go to?