The Food Thread

[Vrede too]

Seems my memory isn't too exacting.....I posted that Mikey will eat anything but instead Mikey hates everything.....except Life.

That's the way I remember it too. Could be there were alternate takes.

That wouldn't make sense. If "Mikey will eat anything," he would be a rotten judge of whether Life cereal might taste good to his older brothers.

[O Really]

I'd try the poke salad. Best selling point you had was "tastes more like spinach..." If it tasted like wild onions, not so much.

[billy.pilgrim]

Seems my memory isn't too exacting.....I posted that Mikey will eat anything but instead Mikey hates everything.....except Life.

That's the way I remember it too. Could be there were alternate takes.

That wouldn't make sense. If "Mikey will eat anything," he would be a rotten judge of whether Life cereal might taste good to his older brothers.

True. But still, mikey wouldn't have shown approval for just anything and why do some people remember it as "he'll eat anything"?

Could be the mushrooms talking.

[O Really]

Dinner tonight was a fish I'd never had before - Opah. https://www.chefs-resources.com/seafood ... opah-fish/

Delicious - we served with risotto made with mushrooms and parm cheese, and fresh broccoli. Fish was a bit pricey, up there about with halibut and decent tuna, but light taste, good texture. Cooks like a tuna steak, but is less dense. Get it if you can.

[billy.pilgrim]

Dinner tonight was a fish I'd never had before - Opah. https://www.chefs-resources.com/seafood ... opah-fish/

Delicious - we served with risotto made with mushrooms and parm cheese, and fresh broccoli. Fish was a bit pricey, up there about with halibut and decent tuna, but light taste, good texture. Cooks like a tuna steak, but is less dense. Get it if you can.

I see on the fishing forums that they are caught here, but I have never seen it for sale.
I'll look for it.

[billy.pilgrim]

First decent loquat picking today. The birds, possums and squirrels gets most of them, but I get all that I want.

[O Really]

First decent loquat picking today. The birds, possums and squirrels gets most of them, but I get all that I want.

I don't think I ever had a loquat.

Sounds good, though.
"Fresh from the tree, the loquat is juicy, sweet, and bursting with juice and flavor. ... The flavor is a pleasant blend of apricot, plum and cherry with floral overtones, and is quite sweet when ripe. If you like peaches, apricots and plums, you'll love loquats."

[Vrede too]

Strengthen protections for farmworker children (petition)

[billy.pilgrim]

First decent loquat picking today. The birds, possums and squirrels gets most of them, but I get all that I want.

I don't think I ever had a loquat.

Sounds good, though.
"Fresh from the tree, the loquat is juicy, sweet, and bursting with juice and flavor. ... The flavor is a pleasant blend of apricot, plum and cherry with floral overtones, and is quite sweet when ripe. If you like peaches, apricots and plums, you'll love loquats."

I'm told it's similar to a kumquat but I've never had a kumquat.

Next up in picking found fruits and veggies - the jelly palm. Last year the damn squirrels ate all the fruit before it ripened - so no jelly. I think I have a fix this year.

Whack is eating things he finds under his deck and Ulysses is talking about paw paws, but I doubt he's ever had one. If you can beat the possums to them, paw paws are absolutely wonderful. Kinda like a weird tropical mango banana flavor and texture. The woods in Tennessee are full of them.

[Whack9]

First decent loquat picking today. The birds, possums and squirrels gets most of them, but I get all that I want.

I don't think I ever had a loquat.

Sounds good, though.
"Fresh from the tree, the loquat is juicy, sweet, and bursting with juice and flavor. ... The flavor is a pleasant blend of apricot, plum and cherry with floral overtones, and is quite sweet when ripe. If you like peaches, apricots and plums, you'll love loquats."

I'm told it's similar to a kumquat but I've never had a kumquat.

Next up in picking found fruits and veggies - the jelly palm. Last year the damn squirrels ate all the fruit before it ripened - so no jelly. I think I have a fix this year.

Whack is eating things he finds under his deck and Ulysses is talking about paw paws, but I doubt he's ever had one. If you can beat the possums to them, paw paws are absolutely wonderful. Kinda like a weird tropical mango banana flavor and texture. The woods in Tennessee are full of them.

I ordered some oyster mushroom plugs today. Underneath my deck is the perfect spot to grow them. Gonna drill some holes in the oak logs I have and pop them bad boys under my deck to grow. Should produce for a few years from what ive been reading.

[O Really]

"The Real Reason Everything at ALDI is Cheap" (16 reasons)

IMNVHO, could be named 12 reasons not to shop ALDI.

https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/the- ... heap.html/

[GoCubsGo]

"The Real Reason Everything at ALDI is Cheap" (16 reasons)

IMNVHO, could be named 12 reasons not to shop ALDI.

https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/the- ... heap.html/

None of that bothers me. If I'm shopping for a dinner party or have a need list, that ain't the place. If I just need "stuff" it's a fave.

[Vrede too]

"The Real Reason Everything at ALDI is Cheap" (16 reasons)

IMNVHO, could be named 12 reasons not to shop ALDI.

https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/the- ... heap.html/

Why is this such a thing for you? We talked it out more than any grocery is worth discussing and agreed that we have different tastes and needs. The Co-op is my primary store, anyhow, and I'm not trying to push bargain outlet ALDI on anyone. For all I know every local is doing the same shop and deliver for a competitive price. You seem to be on a mission to create a debate about something that I really don't care much about, though. Did the cart not give you back your quarter?

[O Really]

Why is this such a thing for you?

It's just sport. Feel free to ignore me - no need to defend them. I just saw the article and it reminded me of why I don't like them. Obviously a lot of people do. Everybody to their own.

[Vrede too]

It's just sport. Feel free to ignore me - no need to defend them. I just saw the article and it reminded me of why I don't like them. Obviously a lot of people do. Everybody to their own.

I can barely work up the energy for sports trash talk. It's fun dissing Clemson, but her/his Terps bashing just bores me.

[O Really]

(I don't consider Bakersfield a major city).


Later.

Neither does anybody else, except maybe for Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB7oUI32E1Y

[billy.pilgrim]

It's just sport. Feel free to ignore me - no need to defend them. I just saw the article and it reminded me of why I don't like them. Obviously a lot of people do. Everybody to their own.

I can barely work up the energy for sports trash talk. It's fun dissing Clemson, but her/his Terps bashing just bores me.

Could be perspective

[billy.pilgrim]

(I don't consider Bakersfield a major city).

Neither does anybody else, except maybe for Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakum.

I wonder if they were at this weekend party in good old Bakersfield that had an estimated 400 attendees (Social Distancing, anyone?) and six victims shot...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A shooting broke out at a party in central California, sending six people to the hospital on Saturday and launching a search for four suspects, authorities said.

The party, happening amid statewide stay-at-home orders intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus, may have gone unnoticed until frantic witnesses called 911 shortly after midnight from an apartment complex in Bakersfield, Kern County Sheriff's Lt. Cesa Ollague said.

“Unfortunately it came to a bad end,” he said.

Deputies who responded to the scene said the party was large, Ollague said, but he didn't know exactly how many people were in attendance. Local TV station KGET reports there were around 400 people in attendance.

6 shot at California party with reportedly 400 attendees

I'm having some trouble with the part about 400 people partying at an apartment complex going unnoticed.

[O Really]

I'm having some trouble with the part about 400 people partying at an apartment complex going unnoticed.

I took that to mean unnoticed by the cops - not necessarily by the neighbors. But still makes you wonder what Bakersfield patrol cops do.

https://angel-donuts-panama-lane.business.site/

[billy.pilgrim]

I'm having some trouble with the part about 400 people partying at an apartment complex going unnoticed.

I took that to mean unnoticed by the cops - not necessarily by the neighbors. But still makes you wonder what Bakersfield patrol cops do.

https://angel-donuts-panama-lane.business.site/

I often wonder what cops anywhere do.