primitives discuss one dish they'd like to try

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115739451

Oh my.

SummerSnow (2,647 posts)    Mon Feb 24, 2014, 06:55 PM

What is one dish you would love to try?

after which a picture of something that looks like chocolate cake, but isn't

Filet Mignon with Mushroom-Cabernet Gravy

northoftheborder (4,154 posts)    Mon Feb 24, 2014, 08:06 PM

1. I would like to eat some truffle; never tasted it.

Major Nikon (13,698 posts)    Tue Feb 25, 2014, 01:13 PM

3. They are very simple, yet quite nice

The mushroom is somewhat dry and is shaved over another dish similar in fashion to the way you would use a really nice aged cheese. There are other varieties of mushrooms that are used in a similar fashion and have their own complex aromas and flavors as well.

cbayer (128,886 posts)    Fri Feb 28, 2014, 07:05 PM

11. Look for truffle butter.

It's sold in very small quantities but not terribly expensive. A little bit goes a long way and you will absolutely get the truffle flavor (which is very unique).

rdharma (5,555 posts)    Mon Feb 24, 2014, 10:04 PM

2. Hot Brown ..... The "instant heart attack"!

after which a picture of.....food

cbayer (128,886 posts)    Fri Feb 28, 2014, 07:02 PM

9. I want that!!!

Bacon, oodles of cheese, toast and a tomato?? Are you kidding?

rdharma (5,555 posts)    Fri Feb 28, 2014, 08:28 PM

13. Don't forget the roast turkey breast!

winter is coming (4,878 posts)    Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:45 AM

25. I love Hot Browns!

And they had the sense to pre-cook the bacon!

littlewolf (2,071 posts)    Tue Feb 25, 2014, 01:50 PM

4. Pesto. I have never had it. it sounds good, but I am not sure

I could make it fresh. maybe I can find it in a jar.

The empressof all (27,930 posts)    Wed Feb 26, 2014, 11:45 AM

5. Pesto is really super easy to make

I do it in a small food processor several times a month..

Just take fresh basil leaves and process them up with olive oil, garlic and a bit of salt. Traditionally you are suppose to add lightly toasted pine nuts and Parm. I frequently don't use the nuts. It's also very forgiving in terms of substituting with walnuts or other nuts.
 
I freeze my pesto without the Parm in ice cube trays this way I always have a cube or two handy.

Retrograde (3,566 posts)    Thu Feb 27, 2014, 11:10 PM

8. There are some OK prepared ones on the market

Depending on where you live, a decent-sized supermarket may have several refrigerated as well as jarred varieties of pesto: I'd go with the refrigerated varieties if you can find them.

msanthrope (22,452 posts)    Tue Mar 4, 2014, 01:32 PM

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21. Make it fresh...jarred doesn't compare.

The empressof all (27,930 posts)    Wed Feb 26, 2014, 11:55 AM

6. Kouing Aman

I have been dying to try one of these pastry for years. Trader Joes is now carrying them in the freezer section so I now have box in my freezer. My kitchen is getting painted as I write so I will be up and running by tomorrow evening. The remodel has been a long slog but very very worth it!
 
Anywho...I am gonna pop those babies out and let them rise and bake em up!

And who knows...I may even try to make them myself someday...

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2005/08/long-live-the-k/

dem in texas (643 posts)    Wed Feb 26, 2014, 06:22 PM

7. Home Made Fig Newtons

I ate some fig newtons made by a local bakery and they were so tasty, 100 times better than the kind from the supermarket. I want to make a batch of them. I watched a video on Youtube about how to flip the dough, haven't been to the store to get some dried figs yet. But I will be making this recipe soon.

^^^

cbayer (128,886 posts)    Fri Feb 28, 2014, 07:04 PM

10. You could make this pretty easily, SummerSnow.

Filet's are expensive but watch for a sale. The up side is that every single bit is edible.
 
And the gravy would require some work, but shouldn't be too hard.

I'd have mine with some garlic mashed potatoes and maybe asparagus.

Yummly!

cbayer (128,886 posts)    Fri Feb 28, 2014, 07:08 PM

12. I would like to go to Jiro's place in Tokyo.

He is the focus of the wonderful documentary, Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

He is 85 and I am probably never going to get to fulfill my dream.

Other than that, I am fortunate to have been able to eat so much wonderful food in my life that I really want for nothing.

Texasgal (13,862 posts)    Sat Mar 1, 2014, 12:21 PM

15. I'd like to try steamed tamales

in banana leaves. We makes the corn husk ones around the holidays every year. Ive heard they are amazing! Something about the banana leaf.

cbayer (128,886 posts)    Sat Mar 1, 2014, 06:23 PM

17. I was delighted to find banana leaves in the markets down here.

I have made a few slow cooked roasts wrapped in banana leaves and am going to try tamales.
 
Would love your recipe for tamales in corn husks. I am still somewhat intimidated by them.

msanthrope (22,452 posts)    Tue Mar 4, 2014, 01:31 PM

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20. Ambergris.

cbayer (128,886 posts)    Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:58 PM

23. OMG!! I had to look that up and I'm not sure I am glad I did.

[Chris_]

She had to look up ambergris?  Who doesn't know that's whale vomit?

[landofconfusion80]

Concert violinist sweet breads.....









....with chianti and fava beans of course 

[marv]

Haven't had sweetbreads scrambled with eggs since I was a kid.

[landofconfusion80]

Haven't had sweetbreads scrambled with eggs since I was a kid.

Your parents let you have Chianti? Aren't you fancy!

[JohnnyReb]

I see DUmmies like mushrooms....just like great leader.

[BattleHymn]

I noticed that the NJCher primitive's pot of vomit was missing from that wish list thread. 

[Karin]

What's the appeal of tamales?  Isn't that poor people food?  The DUmmie acts like it's all exotic and stuff. 

And pesto?  It's not going to exactly rock your world, DUmmie littlewolf.  Pick up a jar, expand your horizons.  Roland is a good brand. 

[Purple Sage]

What's the appeal of tamales?  Isn't that poor people food?  The DUmmie acts like it's all exotic and stuff. 

And pesto?  It's not going to exactly rock your world, DUmmie littlewolf.  Pick up a jar, expand your horizons.  Roland is a good brand. 

I make tamales wrapped in banana leaves to keep in the freezer.  They make great snacks when you want something quick and easy.  They are about 2 to 3 times the width of tamales made with corn husks and have a sweeter flavor.

We also like pesto spread on garlic bagel crisps with melted brie, pancetta, and chopped tomatoes and onions, but the pesto is made from the home-grown basil that is more pungent than the plain basil found in jars.  Another quick and easy snack when watching the tube or sitting around outside drinking wine.

[Chris_]

A good tamale is excellent.  Light and fluffy massa (cornmeal) steamed with barbecued pork and made with real lard.  Unfortunately I've had as many bad tamales as good ones.

[GOBUCKS]

I've seen "Jiro Dreams Of Sushi". Excellent documentary.

But I'm surprised none of the DUmmies wanted to try NJCher's  puke stew:

[lastparker]

She had to look up ambergris?  Who doesn't know that's whale vomit?

I'll admit it - I didn't know. And honestly, your explanation is far more palatable than this one:

Ambergris
Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Freshly produced ambergris has a marine, fecal odor.

La Puerca loves to one-up her fellow DUmmies every chance she gets.

[Skul]

Ambergris
Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Freshly produced ambergris has a marine, fecal odor.

Sounds like an ingredient for that Shawarma stuff.
Both are on the "no", list.

[Dori]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115739451

msanthrope (22,452 posts)    Tue Mar 4, 2014, 01:32 PM

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21. Make it fresh...jarred doesn't compare.

Frank, what happened to the Ms Piggy picture for Dummy msanthrope ?  I liked her better.

[Skul]

Frank, what happened to the Ms Piggy picture for Dummy msanthrope ?  I liked her better.

Miss Piggy, has a pleasing appearance.  Coach just wishes to be more accurate in his depiction.

[franksolich]

Frank, what happened to the Ms Piggy picture for Dummy msanthrope ?  I liked her better.

The second picture's from one of yours truly when I was visiting a friend down in southeastern Nebraska, near where that bitch the transplanted Pennsylvanian Twilight Gardener primitive lives, and not too far from the big guy in Bellevue.

I didn't know a thing about pigs. but I was always given the honor of naming them whenever I showed up.

There's Oscar, Wisteria, Hector, and Placentia in that photograph, and the one that's getting close to me so as to bite me, I'd named Stephanie.

[JohnnyReb]

As for me, I want to try some of that $100 a pound Obama steak....at his expense though, not the taxpayers.

[Wineslob]

Well, the DUmmies really don't know shit, but they will eat shit.

It was once thought the ambergris was ejected by mouth. As of now, the argument seems to be weighted toward the back end of the whale.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120830-ambergris-charlie-naysmith-whale-vomit-science/

[GOBUCKS]

The second picture's from one of yours truly when I was visiting a friend down in southeastern Nebraska, near where that bitch the transplanted Pennsylvanian Twilight Gardener primitive lives, and not too far from the big guy in Bellevue.

I didn't know coach was friends with David Letterman. TomInTib would be envious.

[I_B_Perky]

She had to look up ambergris?  Who doesn't know that's whale vomit?

People eat ambergris? I always thought the perfume companies paid big bucks cause they put it in perfume. Something like $100 a pound. Read that in Teenage Tales back in Jr High. 

Got curious and looked it up, Chris. Seems they have replaced it with synthetic stuff. 

Now we got people eating whale puke. 

[Skul]

People eat ambergris? I always thought the perfume companies paid big bucks cause they put it in perfume. Something like $100 a pound. Read that in Teenage Tales back in Jr High. 

Got curious and looked it up, Chris. Seems they have replaced it with synthetic stuff. 

Now we got people eating whale puke. 

People buy bottled water with an expiration date. Go figure.
I just can't understand that part.

[BattleHymn]

People buy bottled water with an expiration date. Go figure.
I just can't understand that part.

I'm told the bottle can degrade and contaminate the water.   Naive is spelled backwards as Evian, after all, so I don't know for sure.

I'll stick with filtered water from my own faucet. 

[I_B_Perky]

People buy bottled water with an expiration date. Go figure.
I just can't understand that part.

Me neither, Skul.

I'm told the bottle can degrade and contaminate the water.   Naive is spelled backwards as Evian, after all, so I don't know for sure.

I'll stick with filtered water from my own faucet. 

Hold on a second here BH... I thought plastic lasted forever. At least that's what the tree huggers say. I ain't got a clue. I do know coke and stuff tastes better out of a glass bottle. 

[Dori]

I'm told the bottle can degrade and contaminate the water.   Naive is spelled backwards as Evian, after all, so I don't know for sure.

I'll stick with filtered water from my own faucet. 

They used to use a chemical to soften the plastic in bottles and it would leach into the water.  I remember there was a big deal made about it for parents to not let their kids drink out of them or use the water for making infant formula.

[Skul]

I'm told the bottle can degrade and contaminate the water.   Naive is spelled backwards as Evian, after all, so I don't know for sure.

I'll stick with filtered water from my own faucet. 

Water seems to be one of the only things that local areas have control over.
I guess I could be a smart-ass over it. Not gonna do it. The folks here do a pretty good job.