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Chicken fried steak with white gravy, fried okra, and buttermilk biscuits around the Bay Area?
No chicken fried steak but BSideBBQ has okra, mac and cheese and cornbread. And the dark and stormy ribs are delicious.
http://bsidebbq.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/B-Side-Menu-051512.pdf
What did you have for lunch today?
Now I want to get a shrimp taco. Alas, I already had a chicken tikka masala wrap from Costco, warm and gummy from the microwave. Not bad but not good either.
Best Indian Restaurant-Lunch-East Bay
Not only can you get salted lassi in Indo-Pak restaurants, they have a similar drink at the Turkish Kitchen and many, many ME joints. At Jerusalem Organic Kitchen at the top of Solano or Zand's near the bottom, they sell salted yogurt drinks in the refrigerated cases.
After Manresa and French Laundry
Please to have the basteeya (or however he writes it).
I want to go so badly but my husband won't. Says we have enough weird food right around here.
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
I was taught that mincemeat always contained meat, chopped fine with suet and dried fruits and a way to preserve meat for unrefrigerated lunches. English pemmican in a pie. Over time the meat dropped out of the recipe.
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
So your co-worker was ignorant or the boy was ignorant? Because a barrow is a term for a castrated male pig.
What did you have for lunch today?
I prefer their vegetarian pizza, personally. And that delicious latte smoothie. But not together.
Best Indian Restaurant-Lunch-East Bay
second. tandoori lamb chops are an incredible bargain and achaar chicken is delicious.
Crowd-pleasing ham. Is there anything better than Honey-baked?
The spiral sliced ham at Costco is delicious and not too salty. Give it a try before next Christmas. The glaze is on the side in a little package that I never use.
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
And, if you saute a bunch of mushrooms and sweat some celery and onion bits and mix it with a lot of black pepper but without salt (unless you like lots of salt) and prepared Stove Top turkey stuffing and hide it under the breast, cradled in aluminium foil, it will taste like homemade. Almost. Honest, very close--it's the fresh vegetables.
Chopped All-Stars Finale (5/6/2012) [SPOILERS]
Most likely. I haven't watched NFNS. Unfortunately, she's the kind of bitchy that I don't find enjoyable to watch and I watch TV for enjoyment.
Chopped All-Stars Finale (5/6/2012) [SPOILERS]
I'm saying they may already have done so. I wonder if Penny is as unable to edit her commentary as she is portrayed.
Chopped All-Stars Finale (5/6/2012) [SPOILERS]
Are we all sure Penny wasn't scripted to be the villianess? Of course, if it's just a role, it would make her a better actress than she is a cook. She's deliciously detestable, arrogant and mean.
I also felt Anne Burrell loved Penny (??is that why Penny is a single mom??) and wanted Symon to go, making a case against him though he had superior food but forgot an element from the basket, something for which chefs have been excused many times on Chopped. And what Penny made looked like Middle Eastern dog food. But maybe they just wanted to guarantee Samuelson a win and virtually no one wins against Symon.
Not only was Symon cheated of a win, we were cheated by not getting to see what he would do and how he and Samuelson would compete against each other.
Back to Penny: way to go Botox and facial lasering!
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
To be fair to her and/or play the devil's advocate, I doubt she gloried in being a kitchen martyr. I think it's very, very hard to become disabled and a constant struggle to draw the line between giving in and can't do. If she was known for her "special" cake, she may want to keep making it even if it's painful and the pain is lasting. She may look down the road and fear the day she really won't be able to do it, the day her joints are so destroyed and fused that she really be a total cripple. We all want to have some use in this world.
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
You mean our schools are so crappy that they teach no one about radiation or physics or chemistry or...how illogical most of their thought processes are?
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
Yes, I know that. If you note, I wrote "How they get the right culture to sour the milk." It was a hasty post, fresh meat for the post police. Sorry.
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
See, I think her question was logical. She was asking how they develop the good cheese taste without the awful bitter sour milk taste. How they get the right culture to sour the milk and solidify it into cheese. You know, the right amount of culture, right environment, etc.
That's what I'd think and I don't even think she worded it badly.
Of course, with some cheeses, the line between cheese and plain old spoiled milk seems pretty fine!
Bay Area Tea
I rarely drink tea unless with Chinese food or when I'm sick with honey and French bread soaked in it since I can't find the old Nabisco Zweibach.
But I'd have no idea what would be new for you. I live close to the Country Cheese and buy all the bowls for my husband's snacks and the cats' dinner there.
So.... Do you like red Lillet?
Bay Area Tea
Ruth, I feel the sudden urge to buy you some loose tea at the shop on Hopkins. Is okay? Or as Senor Wences said, "'Sa' right?
When yogurt separates - mix it in or drain it?
Yes, but one shouldn't give up dense delicious yogurt for the calcium. Take some with the yogurt meal.
Greek Gods yogurt: they ought to be ashamed!
Costco has Fage. The Berkeley Bowl has nearly unbelievably tangy Bulgarian yogurt in glass jars in the refrigerator area.
When yogurt separates - mix it in or drain it?
I'd think the amount of protein lost in the nearly clear water atop yogurt would be negligible. My grandfather made yogurt and yogurt cheese and farmer's cheese letting each one drip through a cloth and then throwing away the water. For what it's worth he came from the Eastern Europe/Caucasus yogurt region.
When it gets dense enough, use it as a spread on toast or fruit, especially bananas with nutmeg. Yum.
Best Coffee Shop in Oakland/Berkeley?
I would find it hard to work in Guerilla as it is a restaurant, too, with no division/secluded areas. Noisy.
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
Comment on yelp about my favorite Thai/Vietnamese: The food tastes great but no one really speaks English so I won't go again.
Yuet Foo Seafood in El Cerrito
I find the food to be better than at L&L but alas, no dim sum, which is what I and most of the local patrons seem to crave on the weekends. The dim sum at L&L was mighty good, Not too greasy, dough not too thick but not too thin, either, fillings fresh. Miss the turnip cakes and the sticky rice.
I have a bad feeling about them never re-opening. The old dim sum chef from HK must be gone by now.
Yuet Foo Seafood in El Cerrito
They do have some unusual/traditional dishes I've rarely seen: pig's stomach with preserved muster (sic) and sweet hasma coconut shell (I had to look up "hasma" and found it was fat collected from near a frog's fallopian tubes and a traditional Chinese ingredient) and steamed head & stoma under live fish. Lots of congee, including with frog and dried scallop and dry oyster preserved egg and salted pork. They had a lot of shark's fin and other dried seafood ingredient dishes but the menu I took home has these crossed out. They make sweet rice stuffed chicken, which I'd like to try. My main problem is I'm usually with my husband who is NOT an adventurous eater.
Which Two Cuisines for the Rest of your Life?
I would cleverly call my choices "Asian" and "European." Asian meaning Chinese/Vietnamese/Thai/Indian/Japanese (sushi!) and European meaning Italian and roasted meat and sausages and potato preps not seen in Asian cooking.
Date Night - Classic California Cuisine?
I totally agree! The French Hotel is disgusting. I live only 4-5 blocks away and I'd NEVER tell anyone to stay there. Unless it was a (male) college student.
There are charming b&bs in Berkeley. Check them out on yelp, maybe.
