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Google homemade hamburger helper and tell me what comes up. You have to "make" chicken nuggets too, but generally speaking, if someone says "I made homemade chicken nuggets" then you probably can devise that it isn't from a bag.
I guess I just don't understand how you were being Hamburger Helped.
Google homemade hamburger helper and tell me what comes up. You have to "make" chicken nuggets too, but generally speaking, if someone says "I made homemade chicken nuggets" then you probably can devise that it isn't from a bag.
I guess I just don't understand how you were being Hamburger Helped.
Didn't have it, wanted it, made it from scratch.
Store is 30 mins one way from me out here, sometimes ya gotta improvise.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Starter - Hot buns with house cultured butter, carrot dip <-- all day
Appetizers - Tuna Crudo (ras el hanout which I haven't tried that spice mix I don't think, lemon balm, canteloupe); Tomatoes with sweet onion, basil, crutons
Entree - Chile Smoked Country Pork Chop for 2-3 (if I have a willing partner) else the Striploin with zucchini, shishitos and linda's greens
Dessert - tough choice, I'd probably go with the apricot & carrot semifredo with stone fruit, toched meringue and a marigold or the Lemon Sorbet with blueberries, jasmine and coconut shaved ice (but all 4 look great)
Cocktails - I'd try the Barbie Dreams (clarified watermelon margarita, jalapeno and watermelon foam); Toucan Sam (dark rum, white peach, apertif, lime)
One of the best meals of my life. We tried to go produce heavy as all the produce comes from a farm a few blocks away from my house in an urban area right off a highway, and the owners are some friends of friends I knew in college. They sat us at the table closest to the kitchen. We got watch every dish on the menu get made, and all the chef speak.
We got the Hot Buns, the roasted carrot dip was shockingly good. Such good olive oil mixed in, and the carrot was pureed down to velvety burst of fall flavors. Smoked eggs were second, perfectly hard boiled, delicious crab meat and roe Roasted Cabbage, I do not know how but this fucking thing tasted like a strip steak. The tahini underneath was so perfect and the nuttyness of pistacio on top and kimchi dressing. Best of the 3 small plates. Main courses Potato Dumplings, pillowy soft, snow blanket of cheese, doubled up with crumbled fried potatoes Salmon, more roasted carrot purree, I love tomatillos and a not overuse of cilanto, another great sauce. Salmon cooked a nice med-rare Desert was a local tortilleria's masa ice cream with fresh berries and roasted peaches. The tortilleria won a James Beard award this year for best bakery. Drinks included a mezcal/aloe/cucumber and a NA apertif with roasted grapefruit and mint. $200 before tip, for an hour and a half show and the best food in town
Post by piggy pablo on Sept 13, 2023 20:08:37 GMT -5
As the BBC describes, “Bowl food is larger than a canapé and around a quarter of the size of a main course. It is served in miniature or hand-sized bowls and comes ready to eat with a small fork.” Bowl food was apparently selected for the royal wedding so that the reception could be a standing rather than seated affair. “The idea behind a bowl food menu is so guests can stay standing up and mingle while they eat. It has been described by caterers as an option which allows guests to ‘keep on talking.’” Or, for some people, to “keep on spilling”; The Telegraph dubbed the trend “good news for dry cleaners.” The bowl food selected was “fricassee of free range chicken with morel mushrooms and young leeks; pea and mint risotto with pea shoots, truffle oil and parmesan crisps; 10-hour slow roasted Windsor pork belly with apple compote and crackling,” and I bet the new duchess didn’t dare risk eating any of it in that white dress.
Post by theAlbinoRhino on Sept 16, 2023 3:00:05 GMT -5
Wings tossed in garlic hoisin, gochujang, black sriracha, sesame oil, and bbq sauce lol
Wings are double fried from work, then taken home and tossed in salt, pepper, garlic, msg, and dried Thai chili flakes, then into the toaster oven with convection @ 425, sauced, and crisped
We didn't cook in our week in Black Mountain, NC/Asheville. So we went out pretty much for every meal or ate leftovers. First night in we ate at Fresh Wood Fired Pizza in Black Mountain. It was solid with fresh toppings and good crust. Nothing to write home about, but if you lived there it could be a go-to type place with toppings such as prosciutto, panchetta, capicola, cherve, fire roasted broccoli, etc. and decent crust.
Friday we got Blue Ridge Biscuit Co. for breakfast. It was pretty good, but I wanted to be a little bit better. No knock on them, it was just kind of normal. I'd eat there again, but I'd probably go to Open Oven first to see how backed up they were.
For dinner we ate at Ukiah Japanese Smokehouse. That was the best meal I've eaten all year. It was just the 4 of us (me and my 3 kids), and they serve kind of a werid style for me. The waitress told us what it was (Asian sounding) where they basically just bring you out a plate of whatever whenever it is ready rather than some ordered fashion. It was similar to Tapas but not exactly. Except for entrees and bowls of ramen, everything else is small portions. So we ordered 12 things and shared amongst us. This is southern BBQ meets Japanese casual, so there was always an exciting influence and surprise bite. Waitress asked if she could take the bowls as we finished them since she said many people like to keep the tiny bit of sauces left for entrees. Best accompaniment they had was this weird fermented chili and lime concoction that I would put on stale bread if I knew how to make it.
We got:
Crispy Squid with salt and black shicimi pepper Hamachi Salmon Crispy Rice with citrus aioli (and yeah, I ate half of one anyway) Salmon Sashimi with wasabi soy broth and scallions Sliced Hamachi with white ponzu, serrano pepper and herbs Waygu Tataki with house kimchee, yuzu kosho and savory soy Pork and Shitake Mushroom Gyoza with black pepper ponzu Wagyu skewer with shiso chimichurri, yuzu kosho, wasabi and sea salt Spicy Pork Ramen Baby Bok Choy Japanese Sweet Potato Grilled Ribeye with Shiso chimichurri
I don't remember what we got for dessert, but it doesn't matter. Food was up there for a casual place and exciting to me - particularly for a fusion style.
We had Open Oven for breakfast on Saturday. That pretty much ruled. I got the Bourbon St. Waffles which was a homemade spiced Belgian waffle with bananas foster, whipped cream and local breakfast sausage. I dug this place.
Last night in, I took my kids to Corner Kitchen in Biltmore Village. My daughter was doing some research and picked it out. Very good food there too. We had soup du jour which was a black bean and chorizo purree, burrata and grilled focaccia, cast iron tomato pie (never seen anything like that before), pecan crusted trout with mashed sweet potatoes, brown butter green beans and a bourbon beurre blanc along with a apple cider brined pork chop.
Those are the ones I paid for and have some recollection of. We also ate at a couple of breweries. We had brats for Oktoberfest at Lookout (cooked by a food truck). Those were pretty good but their house chips were great, roasted potatoes decent but oily. Best of what I had was at Wicked Weed Brewing where I got a Asheville Hot Chicken which was just chili oil, house pickles and chicken on brioche. The chicken was actually super crunchy. I assume they use either fine panko or add something to the coating for that extra crunch. Loved that. The steak frites with romesco at Burial was pretty excellent as well, but they are always good. We didn't get to as many breweries as I wanted to go to. But I didn't taste a bad beer while I was there. I generally was ordering Oktobefest because I love that style of beer and because many of the breweries were introducing theirs for the season. Nobody else ordered them, so probably got to try 15-20 other beers and loved them all. That area is the best of of the best for American Beer. We went to Wicked Weed (4.5/5), Burial (4.5/5), DSSOLVR (4.6/5), 12 Bones* (4.5/5), Lookout (4.4/5) and Funkatorium (4.5/5 Wicked Weed's other place).
*12 Bones is also a smokehouse which is the main draw. We enjoyed our sides as well as the split order of pineapple habanero ribs and the blueberry chipotle ones. We got a bunch of other shit in as well - 9 on Capella and some other cocktails; Dripolator Coffee daily in Black Mountain. There's definitely some good shit to be had up there, and we didn't get to a laundry list of other restaurants and breweries we had marked down to visit. You can only do so much in a week. We did hit Hen-Dough in Hendersonville for the drive back and got some delicious donuts and chicken (thanks again Sang as this is the 3rd time I've gone there).
All 4 of us walked away highly satisfied. I offered to spend another $400 and take them back but I said it would be 50% off of xmas. So my daughter picked out Corner Kitchen for us to hit. Yeah, $400 again but no discount on xmas for me :/
And shit, I forgot you lived up there. I thought about thepeppers, but I didn't have his contact information except here. zac came down and hung out with us Saturday. We went to Montreat and climbed the Lookout Trail. We also got in Chimney Rock (waterfall and the rock itself) and a hike off the Blue Ridge Parkway as well as having a chance to kayak French Broad (we did the River Arts run). Otherwise, we didn't get to hit any museums outside of the Pinball Museum (we all wanted to get to Retrocade but we ran out of time). I didn't get any shopping in either except for a few trips to Ingles.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Sept 21, 2023 16:07:43 GMT -5
We made kinda homemade chicken parm sandwiches twice this week. Got some good sandwich rolls at the grocery, cooked frozen chicken tenders in the air fryer, put some marinara and mozzarella on top and stuck them under the broiler for a few minutes. Super easy and so good!
Post by 3post1jack1 on Sept 27, 2023 9:44:11 GMT -5
i made Kalpudding this weekend, a swedish dish that is basically meatloaf and cabbage and lingonberry sauce. it was not very good. followed a NYT recipe.
there is a bright side, the recipe starts with caramelizing shredded cabbage in a pan. loads of butter, three tablespoons of molasses, cook on medium for ~20 minutes. cooked down to this sweet and delicious side dish, but still had that cabbage crunch. very good, and i will be doing this again in the future. but after that you put it on the meatloaf and throw it in the oven for 45 minutes, which absolutely decimated the cabbage. very disappointing.
also the next day i threw the leftovers on some toast with that lingonberry sauce and it was a decent sandwich.
I forgot to shout out Burntshirt winery and bistro in Chimney Rock. One of our party was hangry, so we stopped there for lunch before hiking. Food wasn't anything special. I got an okay meatball sub which I don't usually eat. It was good - just didn't have anything on it but sauce and romano. Burgers looked decent, but they also lacked toppings. The wine was pretty good though. I asked the waitress if they just aged it there and she told me no that most of the grapes were grown at their NC vineyards and they'd only import them if there was a poor growing season in a given year. I was kind of surprised and felt like mine (which was the Bat Cave Red) was complex enough to have come from California. My daughter told me she met a lady in Greece last year who was from NC or SC but said that some of the wineries in VA and NC are some of the best we have in America. She wasn't sure if the lady was just biased from being from the area or not. And Burntshirt certainly isn't in best ever territory. But their wines (I tried 5) were good. If they are at the bottom end or middle of what's being produced there, there are probably some pretty good vineyards. But IDK
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
