The Food Thread

[neoplacebo]

Waitasecond! What kind of pie did you get?

https://www.julianpie.com/collections/pies

Original, with cheese. Next time we may get something exotic, but I always like to at least start with whatever a "house specialty" is. But jeez, that's good pie they make. Tasty crumbly crust, just enough spices to add flavor but not cover up the apple taste.

I have always had an aversion to cheese on pie. I would never have it; if I had pie with cheese on it, I'd take the cheese off. I also will not tolerate cheese with eggs.

[O Really]

Waitasecond! What kind of pie did you get?

https://www.julianpie.com/collections/pies

Original, with cheese. Next time we may get something exotic, but I always like to at least start with whatever a "house specialty" is. But jeez, that's good pie they make. Tasty crumbly crust, just enough spices to add flavor but not cover up the apple taste.

I have always had an aversion to cheese on pie. I would never have it; if I had pie with cheese on it, I'd take the cheese off. I also will not tolerate cheese with eggs.

Can't help it if you have no taste, m'man, but although this pie would have been great with no topping, there were other choices. you like ice cream?

[O Really]

. I also will not tolerate cheese with eggs.

Yeah, cheese doesn't go with everything. Here's my list of things that don't go with cheese:

1.


Oh, and Bleu and Limberger don't count as cheese. They're both devil's concoctions designed to keep rabid raccoons out of your garbage.

[Vrede too]

... I'm not that much of a sweet-eater usually ...

I have always had an aversion to cheese on pie. I would never have it; if I had pie with cheese on it, I'd take the cheese off. I also will not tolerate cheese with eggs.

Oh, and Bleu ... don't count as cheese. (It's a) devil's (concoction) designed to keep rabid raccoons out of your garbage.

Who are you sick people?

[neoplacebo]

Waitasecond! What kind of pie did you get?

https://www.julianpie.com/collections/pies

Original, with cheese. Next time we may get something exotic, but I always like to at least start with whatever a "house specialty" is. But jeez, that's good pie they make. Tasty crumbly crust, just enough spices to add flavor but not cover up the apple taste.

I have always had an aversion to cheese on pie. I would never have it; if I had pie with cheese on it, I'd take the cheese off. I also will not tolerate cheese with eggs.

Can't help it if you have no taste, m'man, but although this pie would have been great with no topping, there were other choices. you like ice cream?

Oh, yeah, ice cream or whipped cream with pie is PIE. I often buy apple pie and put it in the refrigerator; like to have it cold. Cheese don't work with that.

[O Really]

I have always had an aversion to cheese on pie. I would never have it; if I had pie with cheese on it, I'd take the cheese off.

Ah, here we go - it's apparently a southern thing.
https://www.southernliving.com/desserts ... ith-cheese

[neoplacebo]

I have always had an aversion to cheese on pie. I would never have it; if I had pie with cheese on it, I'd take the cheese off.

Ah, here we go - it's apparently a southern thing.
https://www.southernliving.com/desserts ... ith-cheese

I suppose this proves I am not an outlier in pie world. Cheese on pie, to me, is disgusting. I consider it an insult to the pie as well as the cheese. Ice cream on pie is fine. I sometimes will put a little cinnamon and sugar on top as well. I confine my cheese to be used with crackers, burgers, grilled cheese sandwich, or wine.

[Vrede too]

Yo billy.p - do you know this place? Mr. Pollo in Pensacola.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/mr-pollo-pensacola

It's rated #61 on Yelp's best 100 places to eat.
To determine Yelp’s Top Places to Eat in 2020, Yelp’s data science team pulled the top restaurants by ratings and number of reviews in 2019 across the U.S., with representation based on each place’s share of top-rated restaurants nationally, then curated the list with the expertise of our Community Managers around the country to finalize the rankings. The result is a list as quirky, interesting and unique as the Yelp Community itself.

#1 is a San Diego food truck where we got the house specialty chicken shawarma a couple of weeks ago. It was really good, but we had no idea we were eating at the top place in the country. Glad we went when we did - probably won't be able to get near the place for a while. https://www.yelp.com/biz/shawarma-guys-san-diego

Only WNC place on the list was Sunny Point Cafe in Asheville, #91.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sunny-point-ca ... -asheville

Asheville is Yelp's No. 1 food destination in the US, beating out Charleston, South Carolina; Portland, Oregon; and New Orleans.

... named truffles from French Broad Chocolates as must-eat local treats....

To name the top U.S. destinations for food lovers, Yelp's data team looked at the highest restaurant ratings from out-of-towners, as well as what visitors were loving on Yelp....

[O Really]

Excellent food tonight from a hole-in-the-wall Poke place. Salmon/tuna with the works. And tuna sushi rolls from fish so fresh they sliced it off and rolled it while you wait.

[billy.pilgrim]

Excellent food tonight from a hole-in-the-wall Poke place. Salmon/tuna with the works. And tuna sushi rolls from fish so fresh they sliced it off and rolled it while you wait.

Nothing better than fresh tuna.

[O Really]

Nothing better than fresh tuna.

Yeah, unless its fresh salmon. You like the poke bowl?

[Vrede too]

Non-toxic food packaging needed now

The packaging for our food should be free of toxic chemicals--that’s just common sense. So we were pleased to see Taco Bell take action right after its parent company, Yum! Brands, earned an F in our 4th annual retailer report card. Taco Bell announced it’s removing PFAS, phthalates and BPA from its consumer-facing packaging by 2025. This is a big deal -- the company was the first major U.S. fast-food chain to make a public commitment like this!

Even if you don’t eat at Taco Bell, it’s possible their packaging could affect your health. The items discarded by Taco Bell and its customers can contaminate the groundwater under landfills, which could become your drinking water.

Will you help us thank Taco Bell for taking this step and ask them to go even further and faster? If the company is going to lead the industry, they should do it faster and should adopt a more comprehensive chemicals policy.

[O Really]

[neoplacebo]

Non-toxic food packaging needed now

The packaging for our food should be free of toxic chemicals--that’s just common sense. So we were pleased to see Taco Bell take action right after its parent company, Yum! Brands, earned an F in our 4th annual retailer report card. Taco Bell announced it’s removing PFAS, phthalates and BPA from its consumer-facing packaging by 2025. This is a big deal -- the company was the first major U.S. fast-food chain to make a public commitment like this!

Even if you don’t eat at Taco Bell, it’s possible their packaging could affect your health. The items discarded by Taco Bell and its customers can contaminate the groundwater under landfills, which could become your drinking water.

Will you help us thank Taco Bell for taking this step and ask them to go even further and faster? If the company is going to lead the industry, they should do it faster and should adopt a more comprehensive chemicals policy.

A week or so ago I posted about a book I read "Exposure" I think it was (that was three books ago) about the corporate attorney who fought twenty years in a battle he eventually won against DuPont regarding PFOA and PFOS chemicals; food wrappers, specifically pizza boxes, was brought up as just one more example of how prevalent these chemicals are. The main use for them is in making Teflon. They've recently been classified as "forever chemicals" because of their tendency to not break down. Eat a peach.

[O Really]

Although I'm on a quest to find frozen pork (carnitas) burritos. They are scarcer than hen's teeth, and I demand to know WHY. I recall running across some about seven years ago, then they disappeared. It's a conspiracy!

Do you have a "Food 4 Less" store nearby? If they don't have them, they may be gone.

[Vrede too]

... I'm on a quest to find frozen pork (carnitas) burritos. They are scarcer than hen's teeth, and I demand to know WHY. I recall running across some about seven years ago, then they disappeared. It's a conspiracy!

Googling led me to lots of beef, chicken and recipes, but I finally found:

Trader Joe's Carnitas with Salsa Verde and Pollo Asado Burritos.

DON MIGUEL® Carnitas Burritos

I can't find a list of retail locales on their website, though. You may have to Contact Us.

Do you have a "Food 4 Less" store nearby? If they don't have them, they may be gone.

https://www.food4less.com/
10790 Macarthur Blvd
Oakland, CA 94605
Store Phone: (510) 924-3060

However:
Sorry, we don't have any suggestions for "pork burritos".
Sorry, we don't have any suggestions for "carnitas".

Call first.

[Vrede too]

Keep Sustainability at the Center of Our Food System
Tell the federal dietary committee to develop Dietary Guidelines for Americans that are consistent with current science on sustainability.

[O Really]

We enjoy eating salmon - along with most other kinds of fish. My favorite and usual way to cook it is to grill it, seasoned with olive oil, black pepper, and Paul Prudhomme's "Salmon Seasoning." It's really good, but I do tend to get in a rut with something I like a lot. If anybody has favourite ways to prepare salmon (or tuna, or halibut, or whatever) I'd like to hear it.

[Vrede too]

Do you have a "Food 4 Less" store nearby? If they don't have them, they may be gone.

Don't think so....

:confusion-scratchheadblue:

https://www.food4less.com/
10790 Macarthur Blvd
Oakland, CA 94605
Store Phone: (510) 924-3060

However:
Sorry, we don't have any suggestions for "pork burritos".
Sorry, we don't have any suggestions for "carnitas".

Call first.

[neoplacebo]

We enjoy eating salmon - along with most other kinds of fish. My favorite and usual way to cook it is to grill it, seasoned with olive oil, black pepper, and Paul Prudhomme's "Salmon Seasoning." It's really good, but I do tend to get in a rut with something I like a lot. If anybody has favourite ways to prepare salmon (or tuna, or halibut, or whatever) I'd like to hear it.

I don't cook fish very often at all but if I do, this is how I do it; I will get either cod fillet or orange roughy fillet and put the fish in a bowl with an egg that I've beaten up as if to make scrambled eggs. I coat the fish with the egg and then lay the fillet onto a plate of seafood seasoning and turn it so both sides get coated with what I've taken to calling "fish powder." Once they're uniformly coated with a fine layer of fish powder, I fry the fish in oil until done and then eat it with a lemon squeeze.