Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Not too enthused about Eggs Benedict, but the Steak and Eggs: :drooling:

Eat your heart out, Norm's. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:Not too enthused about Eggs Benedict, but the Steak and Eggs: :drooling:

Eat your heart out, Norm's. :hehe:

I thought you might not be too eggcited. :ashamed:

<Queue the rotten tomatoes for throwing> :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:I thought you might not be too eggcited. :ashamed:

Eggxactly. :P

I don't despise eggs... I like omelets and an occasional scramble, but it's not a daily thing for me...

I'm not ga-ga like the Japanese about chicken embryos. :beaten:

While having lunch at my fave sushi bar, I found out (from the waitress, the owner/chef's daughter) that they "cure" their salmon with a (secret) solution of salt and vinegar... Not only does it enhance the flavor, but it nearly eliminates any parasites and similar from the salmon.

Apparently this is an old school technique... And not used by all sushi chefs, particularly those who use farmed salmon as opposed to the more flavorful wild salmon that some chefs (like mine) uses.

Learned something new... :victory:

bmwracer wrote:While having lunch at my fave sushi bar, I found out (from the waitress, the owner/chef's daughter) that they "cure" their salmon with a (secret) solution of salt and vinegar... Not only does it enhance the flavor, but it nearly eliminates any parasites and similar from the salmon.

Apparently this is an old school technique... And not used by all sushi chefs, particularly those who use farmed salmon as opposed to the more flavorful wild salmon that some chefs (like mine) uses.

Learned something new... :victory:

Your guy uses wild salmon. That is pretty rare. Tastes waaay better.

Tu_triky wrote:Your guy uses wild salmon.

Apparently... Unless I misunderstood his daughter. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Apparently... Unless I misunderstood his daughter. :sweat:

That's awesome. It has more omega-3's too, less heavy metals, and tastes better.

Great taste. Less filling.

Tu_triky wrote:

That's awesome. It has more omega-3's too, less heavy metals, and tastes better.

Great taste. Less filling.

Correction: Great taste, Less Metals. :beaten:

will be having dinner at Buca de Peppo? <---don't remember the spelling to this restaurant.

Its for a friend's friend bday dinner

K.T.Tran wrote:will be having dinner at Buca de Peppo? <---don't remember the spelling to this restaurant.

Its for a friend's friend bday dinner

Yeah it's an Italian restaurant that serves traditional dishes family style. Haven't been there in a long time. It's a chain restaurant.

K.T.Tran wrote:will be having dinner at Buca de Peppo? <---don't remember the spelling to this restaurant.

Its for a friend's friend bday dinner

Buca di Beppo. :mrgreen:

Food's not too bad... Pretty good sized portions.

I saw this on the Travel Channel. It almost made me hurl.

http://www.heartattackgrill.com/

Tu_triky wrote:I saw this on the Travel Channel. It almost made me hurl.

http://www.heartattackgrill.com/

Yow.... What a menu. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Yow.... What a menu. :sweat:

When I saw it on TV, they showed the cooks actually spreading lard on the buns to dress the bread before assembling the burger. :wow:

Tu_triky wrote:When I saw it on TV, they showed the cooks actually spreading lard on the buns to dress the bread before assembling the burger. :wow:

I guess mayo wasn't lethal enough. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
I guess mayo wasn't lethal enough. :bleh:

Heck at least most mayo's have the benefit of having some omega-3 fatty acids...but pure animal fat (i.e. lard) that is so wrong, I shuddered when I saw it.

Tu_triky wrote:Heck at least most mayo's have the benefit of having some omega-3 fatty acids...but pure animal fat (i.e. lard) that is so wrong, I shuddered when I saw it.

My brother works at a rendering facility and he told me that all of the fast food chains used to fry their french fries using beef fat (lard) because it gave the fries more flavor... :shocked: :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
My brother works at a rendering facility and he told me that all of the fast food chains used to fry their french fries using beef fat (lard) because it gave the fries more flavor... :shocked: :sweat:

That's comforting. :omg:

Tu_triky wrote:That's comforting. :omg:

I worked there a couple of summers when I was in school... Some of the things you find out could drive you to become a vegetarian. :sweat:

And the facility was along Bandini Road...... Yeah, that Bandini. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
I worked there a couple of summers when I was in school... Some of the things you find out could drive you to become a vegetarian. :sweat:

And the facility was along Bandini Road...... Yeah, that Bandini. :bleh:

Somethings are better left unsaid.

<Takes another bite of hot dog, filled with mystery meat>