tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2553392674822230798..comments2024-03-28T10:36:04.929-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Eating the parts other people skip...Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62269399954661216002011-11-16T08:44:39.630-05:002011-11-16T08:44:39.630-05:00Who would skip on potato skins! They are absolutel...Who would skip on potato skins! They are absolutely amazing. It's funny how diverse people's tastes could be, though!Katterina Manhttp://www.removalcompany.co.uk/page-man-and-van-services.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33473371432106186092011-10-18T10:25:28.910-04:002011-10-18T10:25:28.910-04:00I actually like many of these. Potato skins are my...I actually like many of these. Potato skins are my personal favorite and such a weakness of mine. mmm!Dana Springhttp://www.housecleaning.org/page-house-cleaning.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11400774072183328622011-10-17T20:20:19.314-04:002011-10-17T20:20:19.314-04:00Oh, Hallie, I am sooo jealous. I don't rememb...Oh, Hallie, I am sooo jealous. I don't remember the last time I had a crispy lamb chop tail. They don't sell them that way here for some reason.<br /><br />I love escargo. Eat vension and buffalo which drives Hubby crazy.<br /><br />I'm with you, Hank, on that lobster stuff. Clean it all out.<br /><br />One of the things I miss from childhood is steak tartar. Wouldn't dream of eating it today.Pat Marinellinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83867269803196386412011-10-16T16:46:23.259-04:002011-10-16T16:46:23.259-04:00Brian, I so agree: "we waste much when we can...Brian, I so agree: "we waste much when we can be creative with our leavings to make additional meals"<br /><br />My favorite dinners are creatively combined leftovers. Open the fridge and conjure! It's as if dinner is 'free.'Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76505482843565518992011-10-16T16:28:01.388-04:002011-10-16T16:28:01.388-04:00hallie you dont know what you are missing on vidal...hallie you dont know what you are missing on vidalias...love them...i guess at the heart of this is that we waste much when we can be creative with our leavings to make additional meals...we are very concious on left overs and finding new ways to reuse them...have a fascinating cookbook we found on it that inspired us...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12780255480008903082011-10-16T15:59:33.681-04:002011-10-16T15:59:33.681-04:00Raw onion? I know people say they can eat those sw...Raw onion? I know people say they can eat those sweet vidalia onions like apples... never tried but now I will. <br /><br />Mmmm, street tacos in Mexico - I bet they were fabulous. We ate them in a little dive in a strip mall near the Salton sea - Best Ever!<br /><br />Had to laugh - Leslie-the-picky-eater won't eat meat with a bone on it discovers LIVERWURST?! When I was 2 weeks overdue going into labor and my husband had eaten all the 'going to the hospital' sandwiches, I went into labor at 2 AM and the only thing in the house to make into sandwiches was liverwurst and English muffins. He ate those sandwiches for 12 hours... and hasn't touched them since.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45392339110914946092011-10-16T15:59:30.109-04:002011-10-16T15:59:30.109-04:00What memories this post brings up! When we were li...What memories this post brings up! When we were living in Columbus, OH and dirt poor, I can remember buying tongue (cow) which was dirt cheap, roasting it and serving it with a mustard sauce. Also Spam cooked a la ham with a brown sugar and mustard sauce and cloves stuck in the X where the scores crossed. Love excargots, sushi (including Uni), chicken and potato skins, fat from lamb and pork chops. Have loved soggy salad since I was a kid, sort of like stew - always better the second day.silverlining1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142743319841035130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54117593056013073802011-10-16T15:18:54.942-04:002011-10-16T15:18:54.942-04:00I'm still chuckling about "eschew." ...I'm still chuckling about "eschew." Hallie is SO funny.<br /><br />Lisa, thank goodness for oatmeal, right?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65317367077914859592011-10-16T15:03:54.252-04:002011-10-16T15:03:54.252-04:00Tammy -- someone else who can't eat meat off t...Tammy -- someone else who can't eat meat off the bone! I blame the story of St. Blaise saving the boy with the fish bones stuck in his throat. Happily ate braunschwauger sandwiches as a kid until I found out they were liverwirst. :) But my husband decided I was no longer a picky eater when I ate street tacos in Mexico on my birthday (it was all we could find in a little beach town mid week) and languoustine in France!<br /><br />Apparently black cod collars are really good and taste like the fish itself. I'll have to work up to them!Leslie Budewitzhttp://www.lawandfiction.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87410748644218140202011-10-16T14:50:48.275-04:002011-10-16T14:50:48.275-04:00What a great post! I hate picky eaters--have some ...What a great post! I hate picky eaters--have some in my family. In fact my daughter turned down leftover creamed tuna for lunch today. I often embarrass friends by eating a tongue sandwich at the deli, love chopped liver, and would cook kidneys with bacon if I could find them--at my store, you have to order a case. And I'll fight anyone for the chicken or turkey skin. Sigh. Those things are all so bad for you.judyalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767466505891813090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24508848253441647452011-10-16T14:39:25.783-04:002011-10-16T14:39:25.783-04:00Nikki -
On eating raw cookie dough - I ate so much...Nikki -<br />On eating raw cookie dough - I ate so much raw chocolate chip cookie dough when I was teenager that it ruined chocolate chip cookies for me forever. <br /><br /> I get nauseous just looking at one. <br /><br />Silver, I forgot about octopus and calimari - Maybe, I'm not so picky after all. I actually like that tough, leathery texture.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68096242934563063652011-10-16T14:38:29.170-04:002011-10-16T14:38:29.170-04:00I'm with Hank: cold pizza! This is my favorite...I'm with Hank: cold pizza! This is my favorite breakfast for sure. However, I have to eschew it most of the time because--straight to my hips. I dream of my 20-something days when I ate a bagel with cream cheese everyday of the week. Such a simple pleasure. Now it's oatmeal...sigh...<br /><br />One thing most people eschew that I've eaten since a kid: raw onion. Just that, folks. Nibbling on it, tearing up a little, drinking water. Strange but true!Lisa Alberhttp://lisaalber.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-25317028325613683752011-10-16T11:26:47.689-04:002011-10-16T11:26:47.689-04:00Love reading this! We used to eat tongue sanwiches...Love reading this! We used to eat tongue sanwiches from the deli when I was a kid--I must say, even thinking about that texture now makes me want a day-old latte. Or a day old latke, Hallie, which I bet would be great with sour cream.<br /><br />Chopped liver, yes, mos def. Sweetbreaads, sorry. The little tabs of fat in te ends of rack of lamb? Oh, yes--in fact, grilling rack of lamb this very night!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81279159328814530302011-10-16T10:43:24.638-04:002011-10-16T10:43:24.638-04:00I grew up in a household where brains and eggs was...I grew up in a household where brains and eggs was a breakfast staple, tongue and avocado sandwiches was served for Sunday afternoon late lunch, and my dad ate pickled pigs feet. Me? Not so much those things. <i>*shudder*</i> However, I still love liver and onions, Rocky Mountain oysters (the dangly bits taken from a male calf, breaded and deep fried, aka calf fries) and I'd cook and eat sweetbreads if I could find them in the store! Pate? (goose liver) Escargot? (snails) And caviar (fish eggs)? Where do I get in line?<br /><br />Octopus and calimari not so much. Smoked oysters not fresh. Potato skins? Too bad they aren't on the diet. :( Lobster tail only--I'm too impatient to deal with a whole lobster. <br /><br />And now I'm hungry...Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1900830128469789642011-10-16T10:39:47.413-04:002011-10-16T10:39:47.413-04:00I'm impressed with how adventurous you all are...I'm impressed with how adventurous you all are. I've been a picky meat/animal eater since I was a child, and now that I don't have to eat what someone else put on my plate, I won't. I am completely grossed out by eating meat from bones. I will cut away a half-inch of meat to get rid of that fatty bit. And sweetbreads, cheeks, skin? Forget it.<br /><br />On the other hand, I'll eat absolutely any part of anything vegetable or fruit or grain (yay for potato skins), which almost makes my husband (who eats most of the stuff above that I won't touch) sick, because he can't stand mushy foods. He's never eaten a banana in his life and watermelon (the once he tried it) made him throw up. <br /><br />We each think the other is pretty weird in food tastes.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033264133869966636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51642611795826955642011-10-16T09:59:30.157-04:002011-10-16T09:59:30.157-04:00Love this post. Foods go in fads, remember when &q...Love this post. Foods go in fads, remember when "soul" food was all the rage? Southerns of all species were wrinkling their brows wondering what was so special about things we eat every day.<br />A couple of years ago I attended a lecture given by a woman who writes book reviews for the Lexington, KY paper. She was expounding on antique southern cookbooks with her nose in the air. <br />She started in on oysters. Mentioned how terrible people were to use them as thicking in soups. I'm muttering under my breath "bull..." with my husband whispering "don't you dare." <br />Mid-19th century oysters were food for the poor, Dickens mentions them in one of his books.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182028108594825938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51975738670372216582011-10-16T09:45:41.565-04:002011-10-16T09:45:41.565-04:00She-crab eggs. Oh yum.
Also love crispy chicken a...She-crab eggs. Oh yum.<br /><br />Also love crispy chicken and turkey skin, but the best is roasted duck skin.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77360129765874597842011-10-16T09:38:51.318-04:002011-10-16T09:38:51.318-04:00Wow ... I kind of wish I had waited until after br...Wow ... I kind of wish I had waited until after breakfast to read this! I'll go along with crispy chicken skin, and if I don't finish a starbucks coffee of any kind I put it in the fridge - it's terrific cold the next morning...however, tentacles, eyeballs, inner organs...blech!! In all fairness I will confess to liking raw dough if cooking pasta or cookies! By the way, does anyone know the menu for Crimebake? Please give a heads up if any of your favorites is on the list ;)Nikki Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05219387408705311781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76548644752421122622011-10-16T09:35:38.499-04:002011-10-16T09:35:38.499-04:00Potato skins I can handle. Other than that...all ...Potato skins I can handle. Other than that...all the things you mentioned - eewwww!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3234591178258152192011-10-16T09:28:39.504-04:002011-10-16T09:28:39.504-04:00Lu-Grace - laughing here because one of the reason...Lu-Grace - laughing here because one of the reasons I love to cook is because then I get to be in charge of what we eat, too.<br /><br />Cod tongues? Really. Anyone eaten them?Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72851444146211527162011-10-16T08:50:21.790-04:002011-10-16T08:50:21.790-04:00Reading this post I was both enticed (potato skins...Reading this post I was both enticed (potato skins) and repulsed (chicken skin). I will not eat any fatty animal bits and meticulously trim every chop, steak or roast that I eat. And since I'm the main cook in the house, the meat is usually well-trimmed before it's cooked, much to hubby's dismay. Sometimes I can't watch when he eats *shudder*.<br /><br />Julia, not only the cod cheeks, but also the tongues! Growing up in NS, cheeks-and-tongues were a regular item on the menu.Luanna Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594016051931769407noreply@blogger.com