Thread of What You've Eaten, Cooked and/or Drunk Lately

[buckeyebri]

The world is run by dildos....

Little known fact Normy that the book the world according to Garp was originally named the world according to didos

 

[Nutriaitch]

Texas 7:25
Louisiana 17:08

i cannot speak to every state, but i have eaten in my fair share of them.

but Louisiana and Texas are just different than the others i’ve visited.

Louisiana is really 3-4 very distinct regions that are very different from each other culturaly and cullinarily.
all but 1 of which are grossly overrated and need to be evicted from the territory.

and texas is just so damn massive it might as well be several states.
the west edge is so damn far from Houston it might as well be another planet.

makes it very difficult to name one dish as representative of either state.

 

[Nutriaitch]

took my gator out of the freezer this morning to start to thaw.
tomorrow night I will beat the living piss out of it, cut it into nuggets, and drown it in a wash overnight, and then Saturday it's going in a Jambalaya

 

[Nutriaitch]

Never had rattlesnake. Tried python once. Tough to chew. Gator is definitely more tender.

i never had rattler either.

i may or may not have eaten water moccasin cooked over an open fire.
was rather interesting flavor. not horrible. not great. just different.

i’ve eaten Nutria before too. that was actually pretty good.

squirrel is good shit.
turtle soup is worth its weight in silver.

fresh alligator is freaking awesome!

 

[Nutriaitch]

first, get you a nice slab of Alligator tail


beat the absolute shit out of it with a meat hammer.
i mean wear that thing out like she’s a two-bit whore from Gainesville that’s been skimming off the top.

then cut it up into cubes or nuggets.

and place in a wash overnight



will not divulge all of my secrets, but in the wash you’ll need:

some raw eggs
some milk
a generous squirt or two of mustard
garlic powder
some 9Spice
Louisiana hot sauce
Louisiana Crab boil seasoning (powder type)

let that soak for several hours (i almost always go overnight)

takes a little of the “gaminess” and helps tenderize it.

on way home from work tomorrow i’ll grab some Andouille and rice.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Portillo's Italian beef?

Yes. If you want to get a beef while you're in town, hit up Mr Beef in River North though. I should have put that on the list.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Cool. I added a few other options as well.

But if you want some Louisiana style food, Palmetto's is what I'd check out.

When you pass by let us know what you have!

Also the gulf fish almondine is another dish I'd recommend. Had to double check to see if it was on their lunch menu and according to the site, it is available at lunch too.

We did stop at Palmettos this afternoon. Split the boudin balls, the roast beef po boy, and shrimp dumplings topped with étoufée. And a little bag of Zapp’s mesquite BBQ chips.

The po boy was ridiculously good. Same for the shrimp dumplings, although étoufée will never be my favorite thing. The boudin balls were fine, but too rich for my taste. Between being fried, full of cheese, and coming with the cream sauce, oof…..

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Glad that you were able to check it out and, it sounds like, you (mostly) enjoyed it!

I’m glad we could too! It ended up being about halfway through 10 hours of driving, so the location was perfect for a stop. My wife may swear off all chips that aren’t Zapps from now on!

Thanks so much for the recommendation — beat the hell out of eating the carrots and celery we packed in the car.

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

My Christmas Brisket.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Buc-ee's is in Kentucky and they are building one in Dayton currently.

It's a big enough deal (the one in Dayton being built) that the local (Columbus) NBC crew I think it was, did a piece on it a few weeks/months back.

 

[BuckBackHome]

Not food related, but since someone brought up Buc-ees. Love their story. They started by just wanting to offer ice and clean bathrooms. It just grew from there. I have never been to one, but have never heard a bad thing about them. My kid visited one on a roadtrip last year and loved it.

Now, back to my boring old oatmeal.

 

[DubCoffman62]

I haven't watched a Superbowl since the Cardinal-Steeler Superbowl, whenever that was. The only reason I watched it was because my wife ironically invited her coworker over for the game. My wife hates sports but since she knows that I'm kind of into them and her coworker didn't have anyone to watch the game with she volunteered myself to watch the game with her. After that final touchdown catch a fight broke out next door and it rolled out into the park across the street and the cops were called. The only other game I have seen parts of was the infamous Seahawk game where they threw on 4th down at the goal line instead of handing it to Lynch. I was in a small restaurant in Casa Grande and the game happened to be on.

 

[DubCoffman62]

My grandfather had the same plates up until his passing 2 years ago.

I believe the yard sale was an estate sale for some old coger that had passed. I also have a set of plates that belonged to my grandparents, I remember eating off of them as a kid. They're probably from the 1950's

 

[DaiMonMoore]

Sausage Mash, Holy Grale, Louisville

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Yesterday's lesson was bachamel. We made Mac n cheese, and then every station prepared a toping for a mac n cheese bar. I did the bacon for that station.