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Interests => All Things Edible (and how to prepare them) => Topic started by: Karin on April 08, 2013, 02:01:25 PM
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Was walking through the deli/prepared part of Walmart and there was a cooler of ready salads there. One of them was a "seafood salad." It had huge chunks of that fake "krab." You know, chunks of processed pollack or whatever with red food coloring added to it. Is this the most disgusting stuff, or what?
I inadvertently ate a bite of it once, when I ordered a crab quiche. Bit into it, and it was this fake "crab" crap. I'm not one to send stuff back, but boy did I that time. Scolded them too. You can't call that crab on a menu. Yuck!
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I bet they had it right next to the pea salad. :puke:
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Boiled spinach..................... :puke:
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Boiled spinach..................... :puke:
Ditto
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Boiled spinach..................... :puke:
Creamed spinach
Mushy peas (http://britishfood.about.com/od/tzrecipes/r/Traditional-Mushy-Peas-Recipe.htm)
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Off the top of my head? PEAS . . . . :panic:
Also, when I was a little kid, and my brothers were still in the house (well, 2 of them were), my mom cooked an entire cow's tongue and brought it out on a plate just as it was -- not sliced up or garnished or disguised in any way. I can remember looking at it in horror as my brothers started making all kind of disgusting noises with their tongues (they were in their teens and early 20s) :tongue:
Needless to say, I did NOT have any tongue
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Off the top of my head? PEAS . . . . :panic:
Also, when I was a little kid, and my brothers were still in the house (well, 2 of them were), my mom cooked an entire cow's tongue and brought it out on a plate just as it was -- not sliced up or garnished or disguised in any way. I can remember looking at it in horror as my brothers started making all kind of disgusting noises with their tongues (they were in their teens and early 20s) :tongue:
Needless to say, I did NOT have any tongue
I've never tried tongue. What's it like?
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I've never tried tongue. What's it like?
have never tried it after that incident when I was 6 -- I think I have food PTSD over it :-)
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not big on lima beans either.
And I despise Bluefish -- too strong and oily for me, although I like 95% of other seafood.
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not big on lima beans either.
And I despise Bluefish -- too strong and oily for me, although I like 95% of other seafood.
Peas and Lima Beans are the two vegetables I don't like.
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Chris's link up there takes you to a recipe for mushy peas. You are allowed to write a review for it. :naughty:
Now spinach, I kind of like sauteed in butter and garlic. It's good with salmon and mashed potates.
Sweet potatoes. Don't like em, and they seem to be all the rage now.
Fried Mozzarella sticks. These are popular, too, and I don't get it. Really pretty flavorless.
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I like peas. Tongue, when properly prepared and sliced, is good for sandwiches like luncheon meat. I also love sweetbreads scrambled with eggs, and Rocky Mountain Oysters - not to mention raw oysters on the half shell.
But hot, stewed tomatoes......(http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum505/images/smilies/vomit.gif)
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Peas and Lima Beans are the two vegetables I don't like.
Mom would make succotash and I would try to hide all the lima beans somewhere and just eat the corn. :-)
Usually it didn't work :bawl:
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Asparagus in any shape or form. 'Nuff said.
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I'm trying to think of a vegetable I don't like, outside of cooked greens that is.
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I hate cucumbers, sweet potatoes, and there are some other things I hate. I just can't say them since they're too controversial.
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Boiled okra. How can anyone take the slime?
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Iced coffee -- I've never been able to develop a taste for it. Iced tea, sure -- love it; coffee, no.
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Asparagus in any shape or form. 'Nuff said.
Yup.
Add Brussels sprouts to that shitheap aka "vegetable".
You have to hold a gun to my head to get me to eat fish. Not crazy about fresh fish as it is, but then you let it sit for a week and then try to get me to eat it and I'll puke it right back in your lap.
Bugs? Like lobster, crab, scallops, mussels, squid, crawdads? :rotf: Not just "No," but "HELL NO!"
Peas? Good to go. Broccoli? Preferably raw, yepper. Cauliflower, same thing.
For the most part, once you start cooking vegetables, it's game over, buddy. Pack up your shit - you're outta here.
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Yup.
Add Brussels sprouts to that shitheap aka "vegetable".
You have to hold a gun to my head to get me to eat fish. Not crazy about fresh fish as it is, but then you let it sit for a week and then try to get me to eat it and I'll puke it right back in your lap.
Bugs? Like lobster, crab, scallops, mussels, squid, crawdads? :rotf: Not just "No," but "HELL NO!"
Peas? Good to go. Broccoli? Preferably raw, yepper. Cauliflower, same thing.
For the most part, once you start cooking vegetables, it's game over, buddy. Pack up your shit - you're outta here.
I love steamed and mashed up cauliflower, made just like mashed potatoes. I ate a lot of that when I was doing the Atkins thing. Butter, sour cream (or regular cream), salt and pepper and then run through the food processor . . . good stuff!
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I will not eat chicken, unless I prepare it. I have had two very bad experiences with it, and I won't do it. I make one exception. Spicy chicken strips from Popeyes. :)
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I will not eat chicken, unless I prepare it. I have had two very bad experiences with it, and I won't do it. I make one exception. Spicy chicken strips from Popeyes. :)
I love the Tyson's Crispy Chicken Strips (frozen). Pop them in the microwave for a minute or two and then in the toaster oven -- really good!
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Black Bear Diner chicken strips......................... :yahoo:
Okra......................... :panic:
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Boiled okra. How can anyone take the slime?
I forgot about that one. It's terrible.
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Asparagus in any shape or form. 'Nuff said.
Have you ever tried it pickled? OMG! That is the only and best way to eat asparagus!
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I'm like my dad....just fix it woman and put it on the table, I'll eat just about anything.
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Yup.
Add Brussels sprouts to that shitheap aka "vegetable".
You have to hold a gun to my head to get me to eat fish. Not crazy about fresh fish as it is, but then you let it sit for a week and then try to get me to eat it and I'll puke it right back in your lap.
Bugs? Like lobster, crab, scallops, mussels, squid, crawdads? :rotf: Not just "No," but "HELL NO!"
Peas? Good to go. Broccoli? Preferably raw, yepper. Cauliflower, same thing.
For the most part, once you start cooking vegetables, it's game over, buddy. Pack up your shit - you're outta here.
lobster, crab, scallops, my favorite food. :yahoo:
My mother would make me eat pickled beets and I would get sick.
She always got pickled PIGS FEET for good luck on New Years Eve. :thatsright:
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Mine have been covered by others- cucumbers, lima beans; but add to that creamed corn.
My spousal unit can't handle pig's feet. I like them, but on the rare occasion I get to eat them, I have to do all the preparation: boiling, broiling, etc. The one time I convinced her to try them (she admitted they smelled really good), she threw them back up onto the living room floor. :hammer:
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I forgot about that one. It's terrible.
I really don't like okra prepared any way, although I'll eat it in gumbo or if my mom fries it. I really only like the fried batter though.
I also don't like raw tomatoes, except in pico de gallo or salsa. I often look at them and wish I did. They look great but I just can't take the taste.
I love tomatoes cooked in things though.
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I really don't like okra prepared any way, although I'll eat it in gumbo or if my mom fries it. I really only like the fried batter though.
I also don't like raw tomatoes, except in pico de gallo or salsa. I often look at them and wish I did. They look great but I just can't take the taste.
I love tomatoes cooked in things though.
I'm the same way about tomatoes, but even pico de gallo is to "tomatoey" for me. I don't like sweet potatoes, cooked carrots, or cooked peas, I don't like my vegetables to be sweet. I will eat raw carrot or peas happily though.
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This is probably the worst thing I ever ate. I'd rather die than have that taste in my mouth again:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trGP33RMIU0/SxLoheVCknI/AAAAAAAAAAU/G8QQUTLYC-A/s320/pupae-korean-snacks.jpg)
Canned and boiled silkworm pupae. Words cannot come close to describing how nasty these were. Perhaps if you think of a savory boiled sock that has been steeped in bug juice and formaldehyde, you might come close.
I choked down most of a can at a cabin we were staying at, but finally threw out the rest behind the back porch. The raccoons that were scavenging around the back porch wouldn't even touch the remainder.
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I'm the same way about tomatoes, but even pico de gallo is to "tomatoey" for me. I don't like sweet potatoes, cooked carrots, or cooked peas, I don't like my vegetables to be sweet. I will eat raw carrot or peas happily though.
I wouldn't try pico when I was younger because I thought I would not like it. Glad I took the risk.
I didn't think I liked sweet potatoes until I tried them fried as chips. A place in Dallas serves them this way. Yum. Sweet potato fries are pretty good too. Otherwise, no thanks.
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This is probably the worst thing I ever ate. I'd rather die than have that taste in my mouth again:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trGP33RMIU0/SxLoheVCknI/AAAAAAAAAAU/G8QQUTLYC-A/s320/pupae-korean-snacks.jpg)
Canned and boiled silkworm pupae. Words cannot come close to describing how nasty these were. Perhaps if you think of a savory boiled sock that has been steeped in bug juice and formaldehyde, you might come close.
I choked down most of a can at a cabin we were staying at, but finally threw out the rest behind the back porch. The raccoons that were scavenging around the back porch wouldn't even touch the remainder.
LOL. You aren't Steve from Steve don't eat it website are you? I found that site a few years ago and had quite a few laughs at the things he tried.
http://www.thesneeze.com/steve-dont-eat-it/
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The worst thing I've eaten was cold canned octopus. I has this oddball science teacher in the 7th grade who brought in a can of the stuff and passed it around the class. Nasty, nasty stuff.
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I had some spicy larvae once. Would rather eat that than cucumbers.
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I had chocolate grasshopper ONCE. :-)
(http://www.ivieinc.com/ivieblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Chocolate-Grasshopper-Closeup-300x225.jpg)
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Judging by what came out of my cat when I got him, bugs don't taste very good.
They sure don't smell very good.
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Haggis. It was the worst ever. I am a disgrace upon my heritage. My ancestors are probably looking at me from Heaven thinking "Wow, she is a weenie."
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Haggis. It was the worst ever. I am a disgrace upon my heritage. My ancestors are probably looking at me from Heaven thinking "Wow, she is a weenie."
I think it was one of those things they ate if they absolutely had to, like Spam.
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Haggis. It was the worst ever. I am a disgrace upon my heritage. My ancestors are probably looking at me from Heaven thinking "Wow, she is a weenie."
I'm ashamed to say that I haven't tried it. I'm going to have to track down a Robert Burns day celebration some time to try it.
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I'm ashamed to say that I haven't tried it. I'm going to have to track down a Robert Burns day celebration some time to try it.
I was served it in Edinburgh. It is truly foul.
ETA: Don't get your hopes up.
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Haggis. It was the worst ever. I am a disgrace upon my heritage. My ancestors are probably looking at me from Heaven thinking "Wow, she is a weenie."
I knew a German woman who liked blood pudding. I tried to make a kidney pie once, but threw it out because of the smell.
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This is probably the worst thing I ever ate. I'd rather die than have that taste in my mouth again:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trGP33RMIU0/SxLoheVCknI/AAAAAAAAAAU/G8QQUTLYC-A/s320/pupae-korean-snacks.jpg)
Canned and boiled silkworm pupae. Words cannot come close to describing how nasty these were. Perhaps if you think of a savory boiled sock that has been steeped in bug juice and formaldehyde, you might come close.
I choked down most of a can at a cabin we were staying at, but finally threw out the rest behind the back porch. The raccoons that were scavenging around the back porch wouldn't even touch the remainder.
Good God, man! You had to have been hungry to eat bugs.
I'm probably a lot like George Carlin. If I have to ask questions about what it is on my plate, forget it. I'm not interested. I didn't come here to ask questions, I came here to EAT.
Creamed corn - another disgusting creation from somebody with entirely too much time on their hands.
Bavarian weisswurste. Mit süssem Senf. Once or twice ain't bad, but when you're on the road playing 3 gigs a day and that's what they're feeding you 3 times a day, it starts to get old.
Real old.
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I knew a German woman who liked blood pudding. I tried to make a kidney pie once, but threw it out because of the smell.
I tried both black and white pudding when I was in Ireland. I couldn't get eat anything more than the taste nibble I took of either.
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Liver or Brussel sprouts yuck
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Fava beans.
The only time I've ever tried fava beans were from a can and they were awful.
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Fava beans.
The only time I've ever tried fava beans were from a can and they were awful.
Ahh, but did you eat them with a liver and a nice chianti :rofl:
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Ahh, but did you eat them a liver and a nice chianti :rofl:
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Haggis. It was the worst ever. I am a disgrace upon my heritage. My ancestors are probably looking at me from Heaven thinking "Wow, she is a weenie."
Not enough Scotch.
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Not enough Scotch.
I don't think there could possibly be enough Scotch to wash that down.
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Funny thing about liver, I always hated it BUT while in boot camp on Parris Island I decided to try it and it was great. :drool:
Unfortunately, I have never found it prepared as it was on Parris Island.......very thin w/lots of onions.
I asked my wife to try and find it cut very thin but it was not to be....... :bawl:
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Funny thing about liver, I always hated it BUT while in boot camp on Parris Island I decided to try it and it was great. :drool:
Unfortunately, I have never found it prepared as it was on Parris Island.......very thin w/lots of onions.
I asked my wife to try and find it cut very thin but it was not to be....... :bawl:
My problem with liver is the texture. It's not like meat - it's like pressed cardboard. Onions can't quite negate that.
And then the whole idea of eating organ meat is repugnant.
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broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. :puke:
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Funny thing about liver, I always hated it BUT while in boot camp on Parris Island I decided to try it and it was great. :drool:
Unfortunately, I have never found it prepared as it was on Parris Island.......very thin w/lots of onions.
I asked my wife to try and find it cut very thin but it was not to be....... :bawl:
I like liver thin sliced , breaded and fried until it's well done, with the onions thrown on top.
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broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. :puke:
Love it, love it, love it.
Cauliflower and brown gravy is good stuff.
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I love cauliflower soup. Made a memorable one once with fontinelli cheese.
Battlehymn, I can't believe you ate those silkworm things! Why did you choke down most of a can?
Lots of people adore scallops, order a big plate of them. I can take one bite, say 1/2 of those tiny ones. It's not repulsive, but for some reason, I want no more.
I want to know those "controversial" comments that ColonelCarrots is keeping from us.
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Love it, love it, love it.
Cauliflower and brown gravy is good stuff.
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hollandaise....................nuf said.
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Vienna sausages, spam, chorizo (Spanish sausage that looks the same going out as it did going in), jalapenos. I like spicy food, but I don't like the flavor of jalapenos. I prefer habaneros. I also don't like biscuits and gravy, that's white people food, I've got too much Latin spice in me to enjoy it.
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biscuits and gravy
:hammer:
I love chorizo. I put it in my paella.
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Ahh, but did you eat them with a liver and a nice chianti :rofl:
:lmao:
H5 for making me laugh.
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I also don't like biscuits and gravy, that's white people food,
That's your controversial comment? :lmao: We've got thicker skin than that!
Chicken and Biscuits is huge around these parts. Every church, legion, and lodge has dinners featuring them. It's just shredded chicken in gravy, poured over halved biscuits. The major controversy and source of catty gossip is whether or not peas and carrots belong in it or on the side. No matter, it doesn't appeal to me and sounds bland and gummy. It can also look like your dog got sick.
The flavor of tarragon: Can't abide it. I had some bearnaise sauce once just on the verge of the flu. That will ruin a food for a lifetime.
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Not a fan of liver but I do love liverwurst! I would eat liverwurst sandwiches as a kid because my dad would always have it around. Also my mom would make Spam spread sandwiches; she'd run the Spam, some onion and green pepper through the food grinder -- they were great!
My dad was a big fan of sardines too but I avoided them like the plague.
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Not a fan of liver but I do love liverwurst! I would eat liverwurst sandwiches as a kid because my dad would always have it around. Also my mom would make Spam spread sandwiches; she'd run the Spam, some onion and green pepper through the food grinder -- they were great!
My dad was a big fan of sardines too but I avoided them like the plague.
I love sardines in hot sauce.
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Not a fan of liver but I do love liverwurst! I would eat liverwurst sandwiches as a kid because my dad would always have it around. Also my mom would make Spam spread sandwiches; she'd run the Spam, some onion and green pepper through the food grinder -- they were great!
My dad was a big fan of sardines too but I avoided them like the plague.
I used to love calves liver, haven't had it in years. I just had liverwurst the other day. Loved sardines on crackers with a little mustard. Spam? eh....a little bit is okay if it's cubed and put into something like scalloped potatoes.
Mom used to put chipped beef (in the little jar) into a cream gravy over biscuts.
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That's your controversial comment? :lmao: We've got thicker skin than that!
Chicken and Biscuits is huge around these parts. Every church, legion, and lodge has dinners featuring them. It's just shredded chicken in gravy, poured over halved biscuits. The major controversy and source of catty gossip is whether or not peas and carrots belong in it or on the side. No matter, it doesn't appeal to me and sounds bland and gummy. It can also look like your dog got sick.
The flavor of tarragon: Can't abide it. I had some bearnaise sauce once just on the verge of the flu. That will ruin a food for a lifetime.
No I don't like bacon. That's my controversial food I don't like.
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Not a fan of liver but I do love liverwurst! I would eat liverwurst sandwiches as a kid because my dad would always have it around. Also my mom would make Spam spread sandwiches; she'd run the Spam, some onion and green pepper through the food grinder -- they were great!
My dad was a big fan of sardines too but I avoided them like the plague.
OH yes, liverwurst with a thick slice of onion and mustard. :drool:
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Mom used to put chipped beef (in the little jar) into a cream gravy over biscuts.
So did my mom! Shit on a Shingle! We always used toast. Does anyone make that anymore?
We must now heap abuse on ColonelCarrots for not liking bacon. He's not even Jewish, so he has no excuse.
A combo I do not like, but would be heresy to say around here, is pizza and buffalo wings.
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So did my mom! Shit on a Shingle! We always used toast. Does anyone make that anymore?
We must now heap abuse on ColonelCarrots for not liking bacon. He's not even Jewish, so he has no excuse.
A combo I do not like, but would be heresy to say around here, is pizza and buffalo wings.
My first breakfast in the Marines. :thatsright:
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This is from today's "What's for Dinner?" thread over at the DUmp and I just had to bring it over because it's so monumentally stupid:
Glassunion (5,040 posts) Wed Apr 10, 2013, 03:19 PM
2. Bacon wrapped, panko crusted tofu
With a spicy sweet sauce, and an avocado salad.
BACON wrapped TOFU???? Um, what?? :mental: :thatsright:
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No I don't like bacon. That's my controversial food I don't like.
Colonel, turn in your chickens. No self-respecting Gentile could possibly dislike bacon.
You might be sick. I'd get it checked out. Maybe there's a blockage or something.
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OH yes, liverwurst with a thick slice of onion and mustard. :drool:
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Much depends on what our parents liked, we grew up eating Their favorites and we had to learn to eat other things we never had as a kid.
Never had mushrooms as a kid, first time I ate them I had had 3 beers and they were good.
When I moved south was the introduction to Mustered greens , collards, Kale and poke salad. I was acquainted with spinach and dander lion greens but I all for these foreign greens took some getting use to.
Much depended on how they were cooked the seasoning and prep.
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Colonel, turn in your chickens. No self-respecting Gentile could possibly dislike bacon.
You might be sick. I'd get it checked out. Maybe there's a blockage or something.
:lmao:
Yeah, my wife tried to get me to use "turkey bacon" but I had none of that B-S.
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Colonel, turn in your chickens. No self-respecting Gentile could possibly dislike bacon.
You might be sick. I'd get it checked out. Maybe there's a blockage or something.
I'm technically a Samaritan.
I don't like to eat pork unless I have no choice.
Also turkey bacon isn't bad. I just don't like to eat pork. Too fatty and greasy.
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I'm technically a Samaritan.
I don't like to eat pork unless I have no choice.
Also turkey bacon isn't bad. I just don't like to eat pork. Too fatty and greasy.
Well, I am speechless. Upon reflection, this admission is much more shocking that the fact that some dummy wrapped tofu in bacon.
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Well, I am speechless. Upon reflection, this admission is much more shocking that the fact that some dummy wrapped tofu in bacon.
I agree!! :o
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:rotf: Bacon-wrapped tofu! That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Is it pretending it's a scallop or something?
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:rotf: Bacon-wrapped tofu! That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Is it pretending it's a scallop or something?
I don't get it one bit. I really just don't.
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I don't get it one bit. I really just don't.
Sorta defeats the purpose, don't it? :rotf:
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Sorta defeats the purpose, don't it? :rotf:
Exactly my thought! :lmao:
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Off the top of my head? PEAS . . . . :panic:
Peas and Lima Beans are the two vegetables I don't like.
I've got to join the haters club for peas and lima beans. My mom ruined me forever by not letting me leave the table until I ate my peas and/or lima beans. There were times I stayed at the table for a couple of hours. I ended up swallowing them whole to avoid chewing them.
Hi5 to both of you brave souls
But really I was just a lil' angel as a kid.
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So did my mom! Shit on a Shingle! We always used toast. Does anyone make that anymore?
Look in the frozen food aisle. A couple of companies make cream chipped beef.
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For 28 years I ate cucumbers and I HATE CUCUMBERS. I didn't want to hurt my husband's feelings because he planted them every year. After I told him he quit planting and buying them.
Recently on a dinner out I finally broke down and told him I don't like shrimp. I don't HATE shrimp, I just don't care for them.
He said he is learning things about me he never knew. Uh Huh.
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For 28 years I ate cucumbers and I HATE CUCUMBERS.
Do you like pickles, though? I can handle pickles, just not cucumbers. Nasty, vile things, cucumbers.
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No, I never liked pickles either. They smell good but that's it.
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No, I never liked pickles either. They smell good but that's it.
Well you know what Freud siad. "Sometimes a pickle dislike is really penis envy."
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Well you know what Freud siad. "Sometimes a pickle dislike is really penis envy."
I love pickles. O-)
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:rotf:
I do envy.
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well I don't like butter, peas, lima beans, sardines, kippers, avacados, artichokes, spinache, cabbage, guacamole and creamed corn
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Lima beans should be cooked slowly with lots of butter.
Cabbage is only good for kimchi, cole slaw, or corned beef.
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Lima beans should be cooked slowly with lots of butter.
Cabbage is only good for kimchi, cole slaw, or corned beef.
You forgot hungarian sweet and sour cabbage soup. :drool:
http://www.junemeyer.com/sweetsourcabbagesoup.html
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No to all beans but green beans and wax beans. No peas except frozen ones. Kale, kole rabe, collard greens... yuk.
Bananas are nasty and not good for you.
No to liver, but yes to liverwurst - agree on the onion, stick to the roof of your mouth white bread or rye, and lots of mayonnaise. And I really like liver pate with cracked mustard and baby sweet pickles.
Not just no, but hell no to heart, brains, tongue, tripe, feet, nose, toes or whatever....
Insects are not going to be eaten by me...I hope I never get that desperately hungry....
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Sea, you don't like butter? :???: I gave it up for 2 years once, during a low fat kick, then I gave up on that restriction. I love butter, and weigh the same.
I don't get all the cucumber hate here. It's just a cool crisp salad ingredient. No sharp bitter taste, or slimy texture.
Shrimp. I do not like it hot at all, reminds me of a big cooked worm. However, I like it cold, with the cocktail sauce. Weird?
Mr. Mannn, I used to swallow the peas like pills as well. Not a pleasant dinner, is it? Why did our mothers do this? I guess it was a battle of the wills, but when you end up hating vegetables because of it, that's a bad thing for your kid.
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Sea, you don't like butter? :???: I gave it up for 2 years once, during a low fat kick, then I gave up on that restriction. I love butter, and weigh the same.
I don't get all the cucumber hate here. It's just a cool crisp salad ingredient. No sharp bitter taste, or slimy texture.
Shrimp. I do not like it hot at all, reminds me of a big cooked worm. However, I like it cold, with the cocktail sauce. Weird?
Mr. Mannn, I used to swallow the peas like pills as well. Not a pleasant dinner, is it? Why did our mothers do this? I guess it was a battle of the wills, but when you end up hating vegetables because of it, that's a bad thing for your kid.
It's odd how sometimes it works, vis a vis growing up and having to eat a certain food.
I remember absolutely hating "gravy" but when Dad called it "meat juice" I was ALL OVER that stuff.
Mushrooms - couldn't stand the thought of those things as a kid, but today? A wonderful flavor. My sister won't eat a mushroom if you packed it in gold leaf and told her she'd live for 500 years if she ate it. Ditto with most vegetables. And her kids? They're the same way. They won't eat peas or broccoli or even romaine lettuce.
Will somebody please tell me what possible nutritional value that iceberg lettuce has? It's about 96% water. If you're gonna eat lettuce, go dark. :naughty:
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Sea, you don't like butter? :???: I gave it up for 2 years once, during a low fat kick, then I gave up on that restriction. I love butter, and weigh the same.
I don't get all the cucumber hate here. It's just a cool crisp salad ingredient. No sharp bitter taste, or slimy texture.
Shrimp. I do not like it hot at all, reminds me of a big cooked worm. However, I like it cold, with the cocktail sauce. Weird?
Mr. Mannn, I used to swallow the peas like pills as well. Not a pleasant dinner, is it? Why did our mothers do this? I guess it was a battle of the wills, but when you end up hating vegetables because of it, that's a bad thing for your kid.
It makes me gag!!(butter that is), won't drink milk for that matter either....
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I prefer iceberg lettuce on sandwiches and mixed in a salad. Cucumbers are okay, but they don't seem to like me. Same with raw bell peppers. (burp) I'm okay with the peppers cooked.
But I do love pickles of all kinds, including pickled peppers. (no burping) ????
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It makes me gag!!(butter that is)
So you dip your lobster in... margarine?!
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So you dip your lobster in... margarine?!
I like my lobstah au naturale!!
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For the love of god, how in all that is holy did bacon get mentioned in a dislike of food thread?
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For the love of god, how in all that is holy did bacon get mentioned in a dislike of food thread?
Yes. :bawl: It ain't right. It just ain't right.
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People in Canada Choose Bacon Over Sex (http://bacontoday.com/the-people-of-canada-choose-bacon-over-sex/)
(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-76002650168316_2259_32902188)
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I'm trying to think of a vegetable I don't like, outside of cooked greens that is.
For me, there isn't a single fruit or veggie, I cannot find a way to enjoy.
I cannot stand fake crab, amphibious reptiles, bugs and the like. Not real fond of some South Pacific recipes. All in all, I like most traditional food.
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Tiny, the fake crab is what started this whole diatribe. I can't believe there's even a market for it!
Amphibeous reptiles...are you talking about frogs legs? I never have tried one. I can't past those little thighs and calves.
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Tiny, the fake crab is what started this whole diatribe. I can't believe there's even a market for it!
Amphibeous reptiles...are you talking about frogs legs? I never have tried one. I can't past those little thighs and calves.
I like the question that George Carlin had when discussing frog's legs.
"What the hell do they do with the rest of the frog? Offer 'frog torso" as a side dish? :lmao:
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I like the question that George Carlin had when discussing frog's legs.
"What the hell do they do with the rest of the frog? Offer 'frog torso" as a side dish? :lmao:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/nolegs_zps2c0d98e3.jpg)
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I like the question that George Carlin had when discussing frog's legs.
"What the hell do they do with the rest of the frog? Offer 'frog torso" as a side dish? :lmao:
A lot of the people around here that go gigging for frogs just chop off their back legs, and let rest of the frog crawl around on their front legs until they die or get eaten.
When we go gigging and find any like that, we always chop off their heads. I know they are just frogs, but I still think it's cruel to let them suffer.
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Lima beans should be cooked slowly with lots of butter.
Cabbage is only good for kimchi, cole slaw, or corned beef.
Oh, I can come up with a few other dishes, for cabbage.
Sweet and Sour Beef With Cabbage Soup
Smoked Sausage With Cabbage and Apples
Peanut, Carrot and Cabbage Slaw
Cabbage Wedges with Lime Dressing
I make a Seven Bean Salad, that rocks.
2 cans green beans
1 can wax beans
1 can red kidney beans
1 pinto beans or navy beans
1 black eyed peas
1 garbanzo beans
1 can baby lima beans
COMBINE MEANS IN A LARGE BOWL ADD THE FOLLOWING:
1 med. diced onion
1/2 med. green pepper, diced
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. vinegar
1/2 c. salad oil
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
REFRIGERATE AT LEAST 6 HOURS. OVERNIGHT, EVEN BETTER, WILL KEEP FOR A FEW WEEKS, IN THE FRIDGE.
Simple, fast and delicious.
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I make a Seven Bean Salad, that rocks.
2 cans green beans
1 can wax beans
1 can red kidney beans
1 pinto beans or navy beans
1 black eyed peas
1 garbanzo beans
1 can baby lima beans
COMBINE MEANS IN A LARGE BOWL ADD THE FOLLOWING:
1 med. diced onion
1/2 med. green pepper, diced
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. vinegar
1/2 c. salad oil
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
REFRIGERATE AT LEAST 6 HOURS. OVERNIGHT, EVEN BETTER, WILL KEEP FOR A FEW WEEKS, IN THE FRIDGE.
Simple, fast and delicious.
leave out all the beans except for the green and the wax beans and it sounds great! :-)
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leave out all the beans except for the green and the wax beans and it sounds great! :-)
Hey, I like the beans. I like all produce. There is not a fruit or veggies I will not eat.
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Tiny, the fake crab is what started this whole diatribe. I can't believe there's even a market for it!
Amphibeous reptiles...are you talking about frogs legs? I never have tried one. I can't past those little thighs and calves.
I'm talking frog legs, gator tail, turtle, etc.
I have tasted all the above. I just don't like any of the above.
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Oh, I can come up with a few other dishes, for cabbage.
Sweet and Sour Beef With Cabbage Soup
Smoked Sausage With Cabbage and Apples
Peanut, Carrot and Cabbage Slaw
Cabbage Wedges with Lime Dressing
I make a Seven Bean Salad, that rocks.
2 cans green beans
1 can wax beans
1 can red kidney beans
1 pinto beans or navy beans
1 black eyed peas
1 garbanzo beans
1 can baby lima beans
COMBINE MEANS IN A LARGE BOWL ADD THE FOLLOWING:
1 med. diced onion
1/2 med. green pepper, diced
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. vinegar
1/2 c. salad oil
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
REFRIGERATE AT LEAST 6 HOURS. OVERNIGHT, EVEN BETTER, WILL KEEP FOR A FEW WEEKS, IN THE FRIDGE.
Simple, fast and delicious.
I make the same bean salad minus the pinto and black eyed peas.
I also love cabbage in lots of things. I put cabbage wedges in my stews and shreded in my soups.
I also use a lot of cabbage when I make my version of chow mein.
Green onions, cabbage, celery, mushrooms, pea pods, water chestnuts and bean sprouts stir fried, then add meat (whatever you like) and a little corn starch mixed with a little stock and soy sauce. Heat through and serve over rice or noodles. Yum. Better than anything you can get in a restaurant.
The secret is to have everything pre-chopped and only cook til tender crisp. I start with the more dense vegetables, like the celery, and add the bean sprouts last. I don't really want them cooked too much.
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leave out all the beans except for the green and the wax beans and it sounds great! :-)
FIFY. :-)
Tiny, I love all your recipes but this one is not my cup of tea.
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I make the same bean salad minus the pinto and black eyed peas.
I also love cabbage in lots of things. I put cabbage wedges in my stews and shreded in my soups.
I also use a lot of cabbage when I make my version of chow mein.
Green onions, cabbage, celery, mushrooms, pea pods, water chestnuts and bean sprouts stir fried, then add meat (whatever you like) and a little corn starch mixed with a little stock and soy sauce. Heat through and serve over rice or noodles. Yum. Better than anything you can get in a restaurant.
The secret is to have everything pre-chopped and only cook til tender crisp. I start with the more dense vegetables, like the celery, and add the bean sprouts last. I don't really want them cooked too much.
Sounds a lot like mine. Delicious to say the very least.
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FIFY. :-)
Tiny, I love all your recipes but this one is not my cup of tea.
I'm sorry. Each to their own.
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Egg whites. McDonalds is pushing a new breakfast sandwich made with egg white only. No.
Low fat versions of stuff. Low/no fat mayo, italian dressing, cheese, "butter" imposters, cottage cheese. Yuck! Eat the real thing, only a little less, and take a walk.
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Egg whites. McDonalds is pushing a new breakfast sandwich made with egg white only. No.
Low fat versions of stuff. Low/no fat mayo, italian dressing, cheese, "butter" imposters, cottage cheese. Yuck! Eat the real thing, only a little less, and take a walk.
I tried a "breakfast sandwich" at Subway recently. It was awful. A pre-cooked disc of scrambled "egg" was the only breakfast-y part of the entire sandwich and I regretted ordering it almost immediately.
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Egg whites. McDonalds is pushing a new breakfast sandwich made with egg white only. No.
Low fat versions of stuff. Low/no fat mayo, italian dressing, cheese, "butter" imposters, cottage cheese. Yuck! Eat the real thing, only a little less, and take a walk.
Oh, the "conservative" diet. :-)
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Egg whites. McDonalds is pushing a new breakfast sandwich made with egg white only. No.
Low fat versions of stuff. Low/no fat mayo, italian dressing, cheese, "butter" imposters, cottage cheese. Yuck! Eat the real thing, only a little less, and take a walk.
My wife still gets an upset stomach all day with just egg whites.
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Egg whites. McDonalds is pushing a new breakfast sandwich made with egg white only. No.
Low fat versions of stuff. Low/no fat mayo, italian dressing, cheese, "butter" imposters, cottage cheese. Yuck! Eat the real thing, only a little less, and take a walk.
Much better to eat the real thing! All that so called healty, fat free, lo-cal, lite, etc are ridiculously full of carbs. I've turned into a label reader on a lot of things, and some of those healthy dinner things have 75 or more carbs in them!!
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Much better to eat the real thing! All that so called healty, fat free, lo-cal, lite, etc are ridiculously full of carbs. I've turned into a label reader on a lot of things, and some of those healthy dinner things have 75 or more carbs in them!!
I read somewhere that the burgers and cheeseburgers are some of the healthier choices at fast food places.
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I read somewhere that the burgers and cheeseburgers are some of the healthier choices at fast food places.
Yep. The worst part of the burger is the bun.
Protein burns fat. Carbs are sugar, even if they start out as a starch.... and so much harder to burn up.
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Yep. The worst part of the burger is the bun.
Protein burns fat. Carbs are sugar, even if they start out as a starch.... and so much harder to burn up.
But, if you are worried about the carbs, Viva Low Carb has low carb burger rolls. A bit chewy, but great for diabetics and fat people like me. :-)
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I'm just going to put this un-rec in this thread. I was at the grocery store, committing the mistake of Shopping While Hungry, and made an impulse purchase. It was Tai Pei frozen General Tso's chicken, and a separate chicken fried rice. They come in little Chinese food boxes.
They. Were. Awful. What extremely scant chicken there was, was rubbery. The rice was gummy and the vegetables were mushy. Worst of all, peas littered the whole thing. Utterly tasteless.
In other words, don't waste your money. If I'd wanted a cup of rice, I'da made it myself for 5 cents.
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The only frozen Chinese food we'll try are pot stickers. They don't seem to be able to screw those up, no matter who makes/sells them.
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We occasionally use PF Changs "home menu" frozen meals. They are OK as frozen meals go........better than most.
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I'm just going to put this un-rec in this thread. I was at the grocery store, committing the mistake of Shopping While Hungry, and made an impulse purchase. It was Tai Pei frozen General Tso's chicken, and a separate chicken fried rice. They come in little Chinese food boxes.
They. Were. Awful. What extremely scant chicken there was, was rubbery. The rice was gummy and the vegetables were mushy. Worst of all, peas littered the whole thing. Utterly tasteless.
In other words, don't waste your money. If I'd wanted a cup of rice, I'da made it myself for 5 cents.
I try to stay away from that stuff. I make my own pizzas, and enjoy cooking. I am much more disciplined as I used to be...
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I can't think of the brand name now (and nadining ain't helping me) but I always buy a large count box (40 I think) of chicken spring rolls at BJs (cue jokes . . .). They're great in the toaster oven. Of course with a 17 year old boy around, they don't last long!
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I can't think of the brand name now (and nadining ain't helping me) but I always buy a large count box (40 I think) of chicken spring rolls at BJs (cue jokes . . .). They're great in the toaster oven. Of course with a 17 year old boy around, they don't last long!
Would they be........Lean Cuisine Garlic Chicken Spring Rolls ?
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Would they be........Lean Cuisine Garlic Chicken Spring Rolls ?
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No, not Lean Cuisine but I have seen them in smaller boxes in the frozen food aisles in ShopRite, Acme, etc, near where the pot stickers, and other won ton type items -- just can't remember the brand right now. I still have to get the large, "economy-sized" items due to the aforementioned teenage boy! :-)
I can't even imagine how many Lean Cuisines he'd go through at a single setting! :panic:
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How about Minh? Schwan's company makes them. Sam's carries those, and I bought a box. Pretty good if you do not microwave.
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How about Minh? Schwan's company makes them. Sam's carries those, and I bought a box. Pretty good if you do not microwave.
I found them -- I was searching for chicken spring rolls and should have been searching for chicken egg rolls :thatsright:. These are it -- good for toaster oven or regular oven (don't microwave):
(http://www.grocerycouponnetwork.com/images/food-products/Ling_Ling_Chicken_Vegetable_Egg_Rolls.jpg)
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I found them -- I was searching for chicken spring rolls and should have been searching for chicken egg rolls :thatsright:. These are it -- good for toaster oven or regular oven (don't microwave):
(http://www.grocerycouponnetwork.com/images/food-products/Ling_Ling_Chicken_Vegetable_Egg_Rolls.jpg)
Ling Ling potstickers are pretty tasty too.
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These sound good.
I have to be in the mood for Chinese food....now that's all I'm going to be thinking about.
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I detest pea salad, but I LOVE frozen peas, cooked or in like a 7 layer salad. I LOVE lima beans, but not butter beans. (similar) The veggie I most despise is asparagus!!
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I detest pea salad, but I LOVE frozen peas, cooked or in like a 7 layer salad. I LOVE lima beans, but not butter beans. (similar) The veggie I most despise is asparagus!!
HATE lima beans - butter beans.. both awful
LOVE LOVE asparagus
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I LOVE frozen peas, ... I LOVE lima beans
:hammer: Not in my thread, pal.
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:hammer: Not in my thread, pal.
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I detest pea salad, but I LOVE frozen peas, cooked or in like a 7 layer salad. I LOVE lima beans, but not butter beans. (similar) The veggie I most despise is asparagus!!
Damn, this is the first thing we've agreed on since you did brisket back a couple years ago! :-)
H5.
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Damn, this is the first thing we've agreed on since you did brisket back a couple years ago! :-)
H5.
Hey Eupher, shall I describe the sushi feast I had for my birthday dinner? Man, oh, man was it great!! :tongue: :fuelfire: O-) :-)
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Hey Eupher, shall I describe the sushi feast I had for my birthday dinner? Man, oh, man was it great!! :tongue: :fuelfire: O-) :-)
:puke: :amsmiling:
You'll be pleased to note that while I was on Mt. Desert Island, ME (Bar Harbor is the bigger town on the island), I managed to avoid -- kicking and screaming, btw -- ingesting any bugs, crustaceans, seafood of any sort.
:-)
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:puke: :amsmiling:
You'll be pleased to note that while I was on Mt. Desert Island, ME (Bar Harbor is the bigger town on the island), I managed to avoid -- kicking and screaming, btw -- ingesting any bugs, crustaceans, seafood of any sort.
:-)
:bawl:
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Where's the fun in that?
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:puke: :amsmiling:
You'll be pleased to note that while I was on Mt. Desert Island, ME (Bar Harbor is the bigger town on the island), I managed to avoid -- kicking and screaming, btw -- ingesting any bugs, crustaceans, seafood of any sort.
:-)
When we were in Bah Habah we ate all the seafood we could. Not necessarily the crustaceans, but the fish.
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Where's the fun in that?
Gastronomically, this place works for me:
Mainely Meat (http://mainelymeatbbq.homestead.com/MAINELY-MEAT-ON-KNOX-ROAD.html)
And in Bah Hahbah, this was very, very nice:
Ben and Bill's (http://www.benandbills.com/index2.html)
I did a lot of hiking to work off some -- not all -- of that poundage that I accrued. :p
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Gastronomically, this place works for me:
Mainely Meat (http://mainelymeatbbq.homestead.com/MAINELY-MEAT-ON-KNOX-ROAD.html)
And in Bah Hahbah, this was very, very nice:
Ben and Bill's (http://www.benandbills.com/index2.html)
I did a lot of hiking to work off some -- not all -- of that poundage that I accrued. :p
BFF and I went to Ben & Bill's when we were up there, too. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven... :drool:
There was a place on the water... it was on the left as you went into town from the Holiday Inn (where we stayed).. it had a deck that looked out over the docks where the lobstermen came in, but I can't remember the name of it. Had the most awesome lobstah rolls. :drool: :drool:
We were trying to find flights up there before the end of summer to go visit her sister, who has a summer home in Calais... but we can't find anything remotely reasonable. Her sister lives outside of Tampa and she can get these incredible deals on Allegiant for $59 each way back and forth to Bangor. It would cost us more than that just to PARK a car at our airport for a week!! Forget flying anywhere for a reasonable price. :censored:
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BFF and I went to Ben & Bill's when we were up there, too. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven... :drool:
There was a place on the water... it was on the left as you went into town from the Holiday Inn (where we stayed).. it had a deck that looked out over the docks where the lobstermen came in, but I can't remember the name of it. Had the most awesome lobstah rolls. :drool: :drool:
We were trying to find flights up there before the end of summer to go visit her sister, who has a summer home in Calais... but we can't find anything remotely reasonable. Her sister lives outside of Tampa and she can get these incredible deals on Allegiant for $59 each way back and forth to Bangor. It would cost us more than that just to PARK a car at our airport for a week!! Forget flying anywhere for a reasonable price. :censored:
We drove almost 4,200 miles all told. I have the receipts for gas, but I'm too frightened to look at them. I'm guessing somewhere around $400 for gas, to and from. Gawdawful.
We didn't spend a great deal of time in Bar Harbor as the house we rented was on the "quiet" side of Mt. Desert Island in Somesville.
The house we rented was built in the early 1800s and definitely had some age-related "issues." The well water was undrinkable and there was only a clawfoot tub and not a shower on the ground floor. (I went upstairs to take a shower -- can't stand baths.)
Saw a play called "Shirley Valentine" that was a hoot. Single-person cast, who did a fabulous job. I ain't much of a summer stock theater guy, but that performance was excellent.
The whole experience was nice, but the next time Mrs E wants to go someplace on the outer reaches of the planet like this, she can fly herself. I'm staying home with the dogs and the parrots. :p
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We drove almost 4,200 miles all told. I have the receipts for gas, but I'm too frightened to look at them. I'm guessing somewhere around $400 for gas, to and from. Gawdawful.
We didn't spend a great deal of time in Bar Harbor as the house we rented was on the "quiet" side of Mt. Desert Island in Somesville.
The house we rented was built in the early 1800s and definitely had some age-related "issues." The well water was undrinkable and there was only a clawfoot tub and not a shower on the ground floor. (I went upstairs to take a shower -- can't stand baths.)
Saw a play called "Shirley Valentine" that was a hoot. Single-person cast, who did a fabulous job. I ain't much of a summer stock theater guy, but that performance was excellent.
The whole experience was nice, but the next time Mrs E wants to go someplace on the outer reaches of the planet like this, she can fly herself. I'm staying home with the dogs and the parrots. :p
You sound like M and BFF's husband! We went up there a couple of years ago, for her niece's HS graduation, in a little bitty town about 2.5 hours into the center of Maine. We also did a bit of exploring. We flew into Bangor, went to Camden and stayed at the Whitehall Inn - a really cool place where the original Peyton Place movie was filmed and supposedly haunted. http://www.whitehall-inn.com/
After the graduation, we went to Bar Harbor and stayed there for a few days.
I think Maine is beautiful. I spent a summer there in college, at a very exclusive girls summer camp, as a waterfront instructor/counselor. The parents paid more for 8weeks of summer camp, per kid, than I did for a full year of college tuition, living in a dorm w 3 meals a day, books, and spending money!!!
We would really like to go back up there and go to her sister's. It's pretty close to the Canadian border, from what K has said. She bought this really old - like 100 yrs + - dilapitdated house, that she has been fixing up for the last couple of years. Her husband hates it up there, and will only go up once during the summer for a week or so, and it would be fun to have a "girl's week" of exploring.
So far, the cheapest we've been able to find a way there, has been well over $500 each, and with K driving down to Portand or to NH.... right now, it just doesn't fit into the budget, for either one of us. :(
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Way back when, we went through Mexico, Maine, along the river that flows to it. The river was COVERED almost shore to shore with logs being floated down to a mill.
STENCH!!!!!!!! GAWD AWFUL STENCH!! :panic: :argh:
IT WAS ENOUGH TO GAG A MAGGOT.
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I'd agree that Maine is beautiful, but hell, I can find beauty in my back yard too.
Without all those f'n lobstahs too. :lmao:
Jeff, those paper mills are the funkiest things on the planet, except for pig farms. Your nose has to be permanently burned out not to be affected by the funk in pig farms. But the paper mills absolutely reek -- no doubt.
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I'd agree that Maine is beautiful, but hell, I can find beauty in my back yard too.
Without all those f'n lobstahs too. :lmao:
Jeff, those paper mills are the funkiest things on the planet, except for pig farms. Your nose has to be permanently burned out not to be affected by the funk in pig farms. But the paper mills absolutely reek -- no doubt.
Granted, the pig farms are also bad. And so are the cattle feed lots.
Speaking of cattle...remember the old Monfort of Colorado reefer semis full of beef? Hell, they named the left lane of the interstates, "The Monfort Lane" because they went so friggin' fast and passed everything on the road.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Monfort.jpeg)
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My fave part of Maine , is Boothbay habah :wink:. There's lot's to do and see...mY parents took us to a beautiful Inn, called the Albonegan. Located on it's own little island. Cute little shops, restaurants and such. Kennebunkeport is nice too. Cape Cod if beautiful as well. On Facebook, I have the Texas State Link, called I love Texas. I am practically drooling. Big Dog was kind enough to share some pics of his home state, and of course Frank has lovely pics of the Sandhills...
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I'm going to have to make plans to visit during lobster season. Just push me around in a wheelchair to every lobster roll shack for a week and I'll be happy.
edit: holy crap, that's a 21-hour drive.
I think I'll be flying this time. I just hate renting cars.
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I'm going to have to make plans to visit during lobster season. Just push me around in a wheelchair to every lobster roll shack for a week and I'll be happy.
edit: holy crap, that's a 21-hour drive.
I think I'll be flying this time. I just hate renting cars.
I'd love the drive.
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I'm going to have to make plans to visit during lobster season. Just push me around in a wheelchair to every lobster roll shack for a week and I'll be happy.
edit: holy crap, that's a 21-hour drive.
I think I'll be flying this time. I just hate renting cars.
I hope you do!! Would love to see you...or anyone else for that matter. I am a connoisseur of lobstah rolls!!! and I can take you to the MG(yes, they deal with only MG's) store in New Castle, right down the street from mum's. I think of you, every time I go by there.
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Lobsters are often sold live to those who want them that way (ostensibly for later cooking) and then cooked/boiled along with the trimmings (drawn butter, lemon juice and whatever sides) in what's called a lobster pound.
Our first night in ME, the gang went to one of these in Southwest Harbor, ME, a very small town on Mt. Desert Island.
You line up and in front of you are salt water tanks with live lobsters congregated in them. Their claws (one for crushing and the other for slicing) are immobilized with rubber bands. You tell the guy what you're looking for and if it's lobster (usually about 1.5 lbs. in weight), he grabs one out of the tank and weighs it. You're charged by the weight of the bug.
Yes, that's right. Lobsters, like their cousins the crawfish, are bugs. Although the biology people will use a lofty name like "crustacean" when describing said bugs, do not be deceived. Those critters are bugs.
Then the guy takes that lobster, along with an ear of corn, and puts it in a mesh/rope bag, then puts it in line. Another guy will, in turn, take the individual orders and put them in a large steam vat.
You can't hear the lobster screaming in pain. But you can sense it. :-)
Anyway, a couple minutes of that then they plate up the critter, along with the corn, you pay your money, and off you go to the outdoor picnic tables to eat your bug. And corn.
I saw one place where people had BYOB - essentially a box of wine.
The smell in that place was, not surprisingly, like fish.
Completely destroyed my appetite. :shrug: :puke:
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The smell in that place was, not surprisingly, like fish.
Completely destroyed my appetite. :shrug: :puke:
:panic: :bawl:
I used to work brunch. I hate the smell of burned eggs and after a shift doing omlettes, that's all I smelled for the rest of the day. It smells like ass.
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Jeff, those paper mills are the funkiest things on the planet, except for pig farms. Your nose has to be permanently burned out not to be affected by the funk in pig farms. But the paper mills absolutely reek -- no doubt.
There's one off of I40 between Knoxville and Asheville NC and another one on I75 between Knoxville and Chattanooga. I get to smell the one on 40 tomorrow. :puke: :puke: :puke: soooooo nasty!!!
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Lobsters are often sold live to those who want them that way (ostensibly for later cooking) and then cooked/boiled along with the trimmings (drawn butter, lemon juice and whatever sides) in what's called a lobster pound.
Our first night in ME, the gang went to one of these in Southwest Harbor, ME, a very small town on Mt. Desert Island.
You line up and in front of you are salt water tanks with live lobsters congregated in them. Their claws (one for crushing and the other for slicing) are immobilized with rubber bands. You tell the guy what you're looking for and if it's lobster (usually about 1.5 lbs. in weight), he grabs one out of the tank and weighs it. You're charged by the weight of the bug.
Yes, that's right. Lobsters, like their cousins the crawfish, are bugs. Although the biology people will use a lofty name like "crustacean" when describing said bugs, do not be deceived. Those critters are bugs.
Then the guy takes that lobster, along with an ear of corn, and puts it in a mesh/rope bag, then puts it in line. Another guy will, in turn, take the individual orders and put them in a large steam vat.
You can't hear the lobster screaming in pain. But you can sense it. :-)
Anyway, a couple minutes of that then they plate up the critter, along with the corn, you pay your money, and off you go to the outdoor picnic tables to eat your bug. And corn.
I saw one place where people had BYOB - essentially a box of wine.
The smell in that place was, not surprisingly, like fish.
Completely destroyed my appetite. :shrug: :puke:
Eupher, that sounds like heaven to me! And the lobster rolls I had when visiting Cape Cod were to die for! Bring on those delicious bugs!! And lots of melted butter!
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Eupher, that sounds like heaven to me! And the lobster rolls I had when visiting Cape Cod were to die for! Bring on those delicious bugs!! And lots of melted butter!
I'm with njpines. I've ate bugs, and lobsters don't taste anything like a bug. :-) :tongue:
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Eupher, that sounds like heaven to me! And the lobster rolls I had when visiting Cape Cod were to die for! Bring on those delicious bugs!! And lots of melted butter!
I agree wholeheartedly - sounds fabulous to me! :drool:
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I agree wholeheartedly - sounds fabulous to me! :drool:
Ditto!
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^5s for all the bug eaters!! :-)
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I love Lobtstah rolls. The Beach Plum Restaurant makes the best. Another great restaurant on an inlet, is in Freeport, Maine.. :drool: :drool:. Bg's Boat House in Newcastle, NH. Petey's in Rye on rt 1. The Lobstah Shack in Bath and her sister store in Wiscasset, are fantaststic.
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I like to get my snack down at the Y.
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I like to get my snack down at the Y.
I see what you did there!!! bad boy!! :asssmack: :asssmack:
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I see what you did there!!! bad boy!! :asssmack: :asssmack:
OOOOOOOOOOO..................................!
PLEASE STOP IT SOME MORE!
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Damn, this is the first thing we've agreed on since you did brisket back a couple years ago! :-)
H5.
OMFG!! The world is coming to an end!! I also hate cooked broccoli, cauliflower, turnips and some squash. I'll eat the hell out of raw broccoli & cauliflower!!
NJPINES: I prefer Sashimi over Sushi!!! Sashimi, gomenesai!! :)
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I have an un-rec. It's Tyson Herb-baked Chicken, in the lunch meat section. I didn't look closely enough at it when I bought it. It looks like what they did was, puree some "chicken" parts (like hotdog meat), added some herbs and other junk to the slop, formed it into a blob, and sliced it. Absolutely execreble. I fed the lot to the skunks in the woods.
Their Black Forest ham in similar packaging, however, is excellent. I was fooled by association.
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I have an un-rec. It's Tyson Herb-baked Chicken, in the lunch meat section. I didn't look closely enough at it when I bought it. It looks like what they did was, puree some "chicken" parts (like hotdog meat), added some herbs and other junk to the slop, formed it into a blob, and sliced it. Absolutely execreble. I fed the lot to the skunks in the woods.
Their Black Forest ham in similar packaging, however, is excellent. I was fooled by association.
I love the way you describe prepared foods like that.
h5
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Some of that stuff should come with a warning (or at least an accurate description like 'mechanically-extruded chicken-based meat product') :p
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Some of that stuff should come with a warning (or at least an accurate description like 'mechanically-extruded chicken-based meat product') :p
The fun part of getting a live lobster is bringing it home, cutting off the claw bands, place it on the floor to wander about driving the cats crazy while the water boils.
BTW one fall we got a very large fish tank for a salt water aquarium. Once set up we went to the supermarket and bought a small lobster to insure the expensive fish could live in it. I named her Elvira and she survived until June when the water became too warm for her. Very interesting behavior for something we knew little about. Sad we had to turn her loose when she would not stop sheding. Lobsters eat their shell when they shed.
Over fed she would bury the not eaten under the sand, she was curious, would stand on her tail against the glass and check us out, at one time I put a bubblier at the bottom of the tank that annoyed her, she slid under it on her belly, stood up and popped the thing off the glass.
Made us wonder, that critter was not just a dinner but a thinking being.
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Made us wonder, that critter was not just a dinner but a thinking being.
Smart bugs? Still damn tasty. :drool:
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So I go into the breakroom at work, and there's an opened bag of a snackfood lying on a table. Curious, I tried one. It was the worst thing ever.
They were "baked sweet potato chips." I put one in my mouth and regretted it instantly. When chewed, the consistency turned into kindergarten paste, and remains stuck in your teeth like any paste would. The taste was both cloying and bitter.
These must have been from the school lunch collection we warehouse, and a case must have broken open or something and they were trying to get rid of it. They had the mark of Michelle Obama all over them, being non-fat and gluten-free, and the kids were right: They tasted like vomit.
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What brand was it?
Terra makes good chips, but they're not cheap.
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So I go into the breakroom at work, and there's an opened bag of a snackfood lying on a table. Curious, I tried one. It was the worst thing ever.
They were "baked sweet potato chips." I put one in my mouth and regretted it instantly. When chewed, the consistency turned into kindergarten paste, and remains stuck in your teeth like any paste would. The taste was both cloying and bitter.
These must have been from the school lunch collection we warehouse, and a case must have broken open or something and they were trying to get rid of it. They had the mark of Michelle Obama all over them, being non-fat and gluten-free, and the kids were right: They tasted like vomit.
My wife makes homemade sweet potato chips. She slices them about 1/8 inch thick, sprinkles with cinnamon and then bakes them.
She makes them as a healthy treat for the dog and the dog likes them.