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Leftover bread
day old bread, even hard bread, makes really great French Toast. You can do it on the stove, or in the oven. Whisk together an egg and milk (if you like it more eggy, put it another egg), and cinnamon, sugar, maybe vanilla, a little salt. Dip bread and put in hot pan. It's really hard to mess up. you can even rip up the bread and do it that way!
Minnesotan Moving to Truro
These are great suggestions. Thank you. This means I'll be sticking my fancy-schmancy olive oil in the trunk!
Minnesotan Moving to Truro
Hi there,
I'm a native Minnesotan who's moving to Truro for four months, starting end of May. I'm going to be a part of this year's Shakespeare on the Cape acting company:
http://www.shakespeareonthecape.com/
I'll have a car, so I'll be mobile. I've found some good things searching through the thread archives, but I thought I'd ask: What's good, food-wise, about Truro? What's bad? Can I dig my own clams? Do I have to drive to Wellfleet to get groceries? Do I need to bring a trunk full of drygoods because everything will be $10 at the store?
Marinating Tofu for Sandwiches
Tofu is dirt-cheap at my local Asian groceries. And I love it. I'd like to start making tofu sandwiches for work- with marinated, grilled/fried/baked tofu. Do you have a marinade that you like with tofu? Or some other way you prepare it for sandwiches?
MSP - Marketing
You should go to Shuang Hur grocery on Nicollet. It's like United Noodle, but less tidy and pretty. The shelves are just crammed with stuff. I love United Noodle too, but sometimes it's fun to go somewhere a little...dirtier.?
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Shuang Hur Oriental Market
2710 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Lunch in Chicago's Upscale Restaurants?
I was in Chicago on a trip earlier this past fall, and my date and I stumbled into the Lawry's Prime Rib House and had lunch. !! What a wonderful, fancy-atmosphere yet reasonably-priced ($14-$16) lunch! It was old-school fancy, however. There were older gentlemen at "club tables" eating steak salads with their wives. In silence. The date and I drank martinis, ate our fancy sandwiches, and tried not to giggle too much.
Why did I buy all this coriander?
On impulse, I bought a softball-sized sack of coriander at one of my local imported food stores. It smelled great and was inexpensive.
What the heck can I use it for? I want to use it up over the next few months, because I don't want it to be the kind of thing that I move from apartment to apartment and feel silly about.
What about ordering a hamburger?
New husband. Nicer restaurants have hamburgers on the menu because they make them /well/. They are there to be ordered and enjoyed.
Simple Tastes for a Simple...sigh
Maybe not, but I can picture ol' W. licking the spoon and maybe getting some on his face and not noticing.
Simple Tastes for a Simple...sigh
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN051954720080306?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
What did you think about this? I heard about their lunch meeting on the radio, and thought, "Hmm. I wonder what they'll eat." I thought maybe something rugged American but still classy, involving a nice cut of beef (made with a balsamic marinade), a side of bright, snappy asparagus, and maybe some sort of dumb-but-delicious, baked cheesy-potato thing (with crispy bits). Chocolate pots de creme for dessert.
So, this news had me smacking my forehead.
Anyway. Without naming any names, what would /your/ ideal president serve to a bigwig candidate-of-the-same-party for lunch?
Food Media: Your Top Three Blogs?
Okay! My top three are:
1. http://www.justhungry.com/
Great recipes, great information on packing your own lunch (in which I am a firm believer) bento-style, and a focus on healthy eating. Also, de-mystifies some of those alluring Japanese grocery store products.
2. http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/
Oh my G, I am excited to tears about Mark Bittman's blog. He posts all the time, too, which is great. And you can comment back at him! What a sassy, smart guy.
3. http://www.thekitchn.com/
Sort of a catch-all blog with many contributors. Rounds up other food blog news. Good pictures. Sort of trendy.
MSP- best burger ? (not jucy lucy)
It's Every Dang Night, as far as I could tell! Everynight happy hour, that is. Starting at 10.
MSP - Help me find a butcher!!
My family goes to Mackenthun's in St. Bonifacius. A real, bona-fide butcher. Good people. Call first to see if you can get specific cuts. Then get in the car and go! It's a ways out there, but worth the drive. They also have fantastic hotdogs, jerky, and hams that will make you forever scorn the ham-offerings of your local supermarket.
MACKENTHUN'S SAUSAGE & DELI St. Bonifacius MN 952 446-1234
Food Media: Your Top Three Blogs?
Maybe you're like me. On your computer desktop at work, you've got your Excel, your access database(s), your Oracle calendar, your thunderbird email, your Gmail, your Word, and then, minimized at the bottom of the screen, you've got a blog about bento boxes. Or cooking an octopus. Or how to make your own bagels.
So. What /your/ top three food blogs? The ones you check right after you check your email? You can only pick three.
MSP- best burger ? (not jucy lucy)
Whoah! I went to Cue at the Guthrie last night for happy hour (at 10 pm), and I had a drink, but my friend ordered their $3 burger. $3!! It smelled and looked wonderful. She had it done medium. It was proper burger-size, too (not humongous, not covered with a throw-pillow-of-a-bun). Came with some coarse mustard and a pile of pickles and some dark leafy greens. Three frickin' dollars! I would advocate this burger. I'm sure I'll advocate it even more strongly after I've actually eaten it!
Best Walgreens' Chocolate
Dove. Dove chocolate is quite good, and sold at Walgreen's. Doesn't taste waxy or plasticky at all. I prefer the dark, but milk is good, too. The bites wrapped in foil with little stupid sayings on them are just wonderful. Unwrap one and jam it up onto your hard palate, in between your molars. When I was a kid, "Dove" meant premium. And if I am buying chocolate at the Walgreen's, it's my choice.
MSP- best burger ? (not jucy lucy)
The Narrows out in Navarre has a really good burger (if you find yourself in the western suburbs). Doesn't the BLB have a fairly decent burger? They use good beef that was treated nicely when it was alive.
So, what did you make this weekend?
Friday: Saw a dinner-theatre show, ate gloppy sad "Chinese" food. Went home and split Gyro with boyfriend.
Saturday: Got up early to stick no-knead bread in the oven (the modified Cook's Illustrated version- with beer!). Cooked up some spinach, and tiny bits of kielbasa. Scrambled eggs on that mess, topped with grated marble jack, and ate it with the bread (which was white).
Saturday later: Cooked a bunch of quinoa, made a sort of tabouli-ish salad with it and some cucumber, tomato, parsley, olive oil, kosher salt, lemon juice, black pepper. Baked the other loaf of no-knead-bread-dough (1/3 wheat flour).
Saturday later than that: Went to the Holy Land Deli after tax prep. Bought a good piece of feta, some Hanuto cookies, and a discount curry spice mix. Came home after a night out at a bar, tipsily made some thin roasted slices of sweet potato (tossed with olive oil and rosemary and kosher salt). Ate them with the rest of my tabouli salad.
Sunday was a big greasy breakfast at the Uptown Bar, then for late lunch some broiled cheese-toast, tabouli salad, and that's it.
Spicy, Salty or Otherwise Savory Drinks.
If, after dinner, I had to choose between dessert or something like a handful of very good kettle chips, I would go with the chips Every Time. I'm just not much of a sugar person. Correspondingly, I love drinks that fit this description. I recently had a great "filthy" martini made with Absolut Peppar. Bloody Mary's in all forms are okay in my book. I also like a good, non-sweet Salty Dog made with real (white) grapefruit juice. There was a great article in the nytimes styles section about a "Belvedere Bloody Mary," combining all the flavors but none of the stomach-filling thickness of a Bloody Mary.
Suggestions for other drinks that fall into these category? I'd appreciate any recommendations for spirits, and/or drink recipes.
My new passion: Pork pralines at Keefer Court
YAY! I went across the street to get a ham 'n egg bun today (my usual Keefer Court cheap lunch), and instead, they had these little meaty cookie treat things! I feel so lucky to have scored them. They are a wonderful and weird combination of flavors and textures. Is it a cookie? Is it a piece of meat? Why does it stick to my teeth like taffy? Do I taste barbecue? Those are all pleasant questions. Let's all keep going here. These people clearly deserve our business.
Best fried fish in land-locked MSP?
I know, I can't wait for Sea Salt to open back up again.
I love the Tap! I'll try them. Or maybe go to a church fish-frey or El-Amin's.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Best fried fish in land-locked MSP?
So, I was in San Francisco on a business trip this past weekend. After my work obligations, I took a cable car down to the Fisherman's Wharf. I strolled past the stalls upon stalls of fried-fish mongers. I kept seeing little paper baskets of hot fried fish. The batter looked airy and delicate and crunchy. I mourned that I'd just eaten dinner. The fact that I didn't have a second dinner of fish 'n chips is maybe the biggest regret of 2008 (so far).
Where in MSP can I get very good fried fish? I don't care as much about the fries.
Minneapolis - Rehearsal dinner venue?
The Black Forest might be a good option, if you don't have very many vegetarians in your party.
French Onion Soup in the Twin Cities?
Oh, thanks all. Good suggestions. And yes, Churchka, while Lunds/Byerly's make decent soups, French Onion is something that could get really screwed up via mass production.
I''ll have to make plans for either Meritage or Cosmos. I've also emailed Cafe Barbette to see if they make one. They seem like they'd be a prime candidate. I want a French onion soup that has a thick, browned crust of cheese/gratin on the top.
I love Cook's Illustrated. My mom calls it her "Anal Retentive Cooking Magazine." Maybe I can bum her copy and give it a shot.
Kansas Citians moving to MN! Need new resturaunts!!
TAM TAM's! Did someone already mention Tam Tam's on Cedar? It's more general African, but very good.
There's lots of places to buy Injera and berberr spice, to kind of make your own Ethiopian-ish dishes.
Looking for a piece of birthday cake
Happy Birthday. Go and treat yourself to a big piece of delicious cake from Cafe Latte in St. Paul. Worth the drive if you're on the other side of the river. Their chocolate cake is wonderful, but they also have butter-cream frosting cakes.
http://www.cafelatte.com/desserts.html
BYO candle. You can have a nice little table by yourself, and a coffee or a glass of vino. Enjoy!
Seeking your counsel...private party in Minneapolis
I organized a bachelorette party at the Local. Went really well. More like 15 people, but seems like the staff are used to handling crowds.
