OT Food Wars

[MickZagger]

A couple bushels, lots of beer and it’s a party

 

[riverman]

Here's one....I love eggs...omelettes or scrambled but can't stand hard boiled eggs or egg salad....

 

[MickZagger]

My son spent a couple of summers on an Oyster farm in Fanny Bay on Vancouver Island when he was growing up....his best friends mom lived there....we're fans of oysters around my home but when you get a bad one...it's hell to pay...they're unforgiving if spoiled

I guess there’s certain tides you want to stay away from. Luckily I’ve never dealt with that.

 

[MickZagger]

Tofu I’ll add to my list. My girlfriends sister and her husband are vegan. They've done it a few times and it’s gross shit

 

[MickZagger]

Fried razor clams are the shit. Pride of west batter. They’re amazing cold the next morning on your drive into work.

 

[riverman]

I guess there’s certain tides you want to stay away from. Luckily I’ve never dealt with that.

It's best not to harvest oysters for a week or so after a rain...they are sponges for whatever leeches into the water....in Northern California that's usually cow manure and urine from the hills leeching nto the bay....same thing with mussels....you can leech them in fresh water for a while and keep them alive...that works

 

[Hoopguru]

The Chinese have a dessert soup called Tong Yuen which is glutonous sticky pink and white balls that are sweet....it's really like sweet elmers glue rolled into balls....my wife loves it....I won't touch the stuff......I like a food that no one here has mentioned disliking.....I'm the only American I've met who likes Uni.......sea urchin roe

Ive had it sushi style and it was ok.

 

[riverman]

I love tofu. It soaks in all the sauces and flavors in whatever it's cooked in. It's like eating a sponge of intense flavors.

It's a food sponge...Mapo Tofu is awesome...also takes curry very well...people would be amazed at the different meat substitutes they make out of tofu that taste like chicken....tofu is like lettuce....on it's own, no flavor...

 

[BigGameDamian]

Sushi, most seafood except for some fish is ok, mushrooms, seaweed and caviar. Not a big fan of Curry or Tofu.

 

[Hoopguru]

Never had Japanese Blow Fish but I was at dinner with a couple Japanese associates in Vegas that would eat it! We were at World of Concrete Show and those dudes like to drink, eat and chase women. Plus Golf!

 

[andalusian]

I love tofu. It soaks in all the sauces and flavors in whatever it's cooked in. It's like eating a sponge of intense flavors.

Love Tofu. The traditional Canh dau hu, ca chua, gia he - with complete tofu and big tomatoes is one of the best Vietnamese dishes. Love love it.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Kimchi, sour cream, Papaya can be really hit or miss.

 

[andalusian]

My dude, you Vietnamese?

Dau hu? You're a Vietnamese or are married to one.

I am not. But I love Vietnamese food - and we are lucky to have a really good, traditional one near us.

We had really good Vietnamese when we lived in Portland also. The Sweet Lemon Vegan Bistro in Bethany Village served some of the best Vietnamese food I have ever had. It seems that it is a casualty of Covid-19 however, which is a damn shame.

 

[Hoopguru]

My dude, you Vietnamese?

Dau hu? You're a Vietnamese or are married to one.

ToA - Have you heard of a South Vietnamese General by the name of Ly tong ba ?
He's passed now, he was a good friend of mines father who also spent 12 years or so as POW. My friend and his mother and sister were taken to US embassy a flown to Philippines, refugees for a while then made their way to San Diego.

 

[riverman]

Meat substitute for me would be mushrooms. Love all kinds.

My wife makes veggie burgers with mushrooms red beans, carmelized onions, rice and the kicker....and you don't taste them at all but they keep moisture in the patties is beets...they are so expensive in the market that she learned to make them.the ones in the market are usually loaded with salt too...we have veggie burgers once a week...my property has lots of Chatrelles which we harvest regularly

 

[andalusian]

Speaking of meat substitutes - I actually enjoy Kale Burgers - but other than the Impossible Burger which actually tastes like meat - none of the others do.

 

[andalusian]

Your Vietnamese is quite good for knowing how to spell those words.

It is really not, but this is my favorite dish at that restaurant that I love - and we can now order from them by text - so I made sure to learn that...

 

[riverman]

Sounds delicious! My wife goes full vegan every third of the month. She tried to have me do the same but I'm too much of a meat lover.

I was vegetarian for about 6 years in my 20s.....I went vegan during SARS in Taipei when I was there for 8 months and generally I go vegan when I have issues with my heart or health.....every Chinese doctor I ever visited with any ailment always said....stop alcohol and stop meat .......so I did....now I'm completely off alcohol and don't miss it but still enjoy meat and seafood...we don't eat large quantities of meat at a meal...I think that's the difference...I have seafood more than red meat...trout every week because I catch trout and freeze them. Chicken is the main protein ...some pork and virtually no beef....my wife grew up buddhist and never acquired a taste for beef.
I don't miss it.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Fish sauce is the worst idea of all time

 

[riverman]

Fish sauce is the worst idea of all time

Fertilizer should be for growing food you want to eat

 

[riverman]

Oh, blaspheme!

There is good fish sauce but the Phillipino traditional stuff is really chum for dumping in the water tank in my view ...it's fish bait

 

[riverman]

Only high quality Vietnamese fish sauce for me. Ever had fermented fish sauce? Love that stuff.

We have some in the fridge now but one is Thai and the other is Taiwanese....we also keep Mei Jiou....rice wine for cooking....I love sweet chili sauce as well

 

[crandc]

I like eggs except soft boiled. Had piperade with a scrambled egg and bread I baked for breakfast.

Like tofu, making soup with dashi base, tofu, bok choy, wakame.

 

[andalusian]

Like tofu, making soup with dashi base, tofu, bok choy, wakame.

Bok Choy and leaks are my recent love. I try to incorporate them wherever I can.

 

[riverman]

Bok Choy and leaks are my recent love. I try to incorporate them wherever I can.

both are great....we grow them every year...the leeks make great ingredients for pot stickers..

 

[MickZagger]

You go clamming in Seaside? 12 per person.

Geoducks are the shit as well. Looks like a thick penis with a condom on.

We go at a Fort Stevens usually. By Warrenton. Sometimes we’ll go on the Washington side.

I’ve never done the Geoduck thing. My dad has. Can’t you only get those by the piglet sound?

 

[HailBlazers]

I was vegetarian for about 6 years in my 20s.....I went vegan during SARS in Taipei when I was there for 8 months and generally I go vegan when I have issues with my heart or health.....every Chinese doctor I ever visited with any ailment always said....stop alcohol and stop meat .......so I did....now I'm completely off alcohol and don't miss it but still enjoy meat and seafood...we don't eat large quantities of meat at a meal...I think that's the difference...I have seafood more than red meat...trout every week because I catch trout and freeze them. Chicken is the main protein ...some pork and virtually no beef....my wife grew up buddhist and never acquired a taste for beef.
I don't miss it.

Heard some herbalist say there was an WHO report that indicated people in the North? of India were dying at higher rate than South? because of the gluten full wheat diet versus rice.

 

[tlongII]

Tofu I’ll add to my list. My girlfriends sister and her husband are vegan. They've done it a few times and it’s gross shit

Tofu ain't bad. Not much taste to it really.

 

[riverman]

Tofu ain't bad. Not much taste to it really.

it's like pasta with nothing on it....pasta is also pretty bland out of the colander

 

[MickZagger]

Indian food and Filipino food has never done it for me. I had Filipino egg rolls one time and they were awful. India’s iteration of curry is not my cup of tea.