hmmmm....Food!!!! What we like to eat!

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panzerkom said:

oh i love watermelon. it's the juiciest fruit. i like all of them too -- the small seedless ones, the giant ones with seeds, and even the japanese genetically-altered ones that's got yellow pulp. you can slice them, dice them, cut them in half and scoop with a spoon, juice them or even practice karate chops on them. -- YUMMY!

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A good chilled watermelon can be quite refreshing on a hot day. My Brother in law once grew and exported greenhouse grown melons of the canteloupe variety to Japan for the top end of the market. in the 70's and 80's.( they went under a variety of names such as musk melon Prince melon with theCossack Melon being green flesh The top end retailers use to sell them for gifts around the $40-50US.

Can you fellows tell the difference between pasture and grain feed beef?
I must admit the best beef Ive ever eaten was Argentinian.

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Supposedly grain feed beef still tastes better, but pasture beef is healthier, less fat (which does give it the taste) and more likely to have more Omega 3 fatty acid.

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Spaghetti and meatballs + Pizza imo is the best, but you can only eat a bit of both then you get full. the former is one which it's easy to make and very simple too...
But there's soo many to mention... Ice cream, burgers, cucumber, peas, mashed potatoe and gravy, american hot dogs >.< , chicken nibbles =D , sweat and sour pork/chicken, pancakes, various chewy lollies (jelly babies =P), various salads (with french dressing of course), some forms of "sloppy joe", and of course Subway!!!

A lot of them unfortunately is really fatty and unhealthy therefore my parents still make mostly chinese foods (which tastes ok, but a bit more variety never hurt) for dinner and such (i make own sandwiches for lunch though, salami+lettuce+a bit of mustard). though I have to complain on weekdays when my grandparents make dinner, it is usually uneventful and uninspired (but i wouldn't expect that much of them anyway, they don't value comfort much =/ )

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If I am right, grass fed beef/butter is really really yellow. Only had American and Chinese beef. =(

I don't dare to order chicken breast in anyway unless I know the chef whenever I am in North America.... Often too dry and I've never tasted that poultry flavour in US chicken.
I've had Peruvian chicken though, and it was gooood.

I am a sucker for burritoes... only my braces have cut down my burrito consumption rate. (they come with chips standard and I can't eat those without risk getting yelled at by my orthodontist.) I can't imagine how many cooks have gotten pissed at me for doing stereotypical burritoes but never chile reliano or menudo.

Spaghetti and meatballs + Pizza imo is the best, but you can only eat a bit of both then you get full. the former is one which it's easy to make and very simple too...

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LOL Never let me cook spaghetti with you. I usually take some 2 hours to do the sauce.... too much stuff.
Pizza differs from restaurant to restaurant though..... some shops has that smell of the basil and oregano that you can't resist and some smell like fresh dough...... but when you have Costco it ruins your dream.....

I want a pastrami sandwich with honey mustard and bacon right now......

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sumdud said:

If I am right, grass fed beef/butter is really really yellow. Only had American and Chinese beef. =(

I don't dare to order chicken breast in anyway unless I know the chef whenever I am in North America....
Pizza differs from restaurant to restaurant though..... some shops has that smell of the basil and oregano that you can't resist and some smell like fresh dough..

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Generally I refrain from ordering Fish and Chicken dishes in Western Restaurants, but I will get KFC because it tastes so different and a good franchise moves quite a bit,

I only like Pizza hut pizzas, just the supreme crispy nothing else. An Italian lady once told me pizzas weren't meant to be thin with a base of tomato paste cheese with a little salami type meats. All these gourmet pizzas, doughy pizzas are not what pizzas are supposed be like, though she did concede a slightly doughy one was made in the colder parts of Italy.

Is that pizza place that sold large slices of Pizzas where one caught the cable car up to Fishermans wharf still there?

I reckon Pizzas must be a Chinese Dish that Marco Polo forgot to attribute to the Chinese,and he brought it back from China because of
1/The amount of Asians that I see patronizing our local Pizza Parlour.
2/ The First Pizza I ever tried had anchovies in it, and the minute it hit my taste buds it reminded me of that salty fish my Chinese neighbour use to eat with his bowl of white rice.. He was from Southern China and he called it (HARM YU) from memory.

His children use to have lollies from HONG KONG but when I looked at the wrapper I noticed they were made in Switzerland, and they were called SUGAS or something. I acquired a taste for them, but the only place one could find them was the Chinese speciality dried goods shop. But haven't seen them around in recent years. Boy I miss them.

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bladerunner said:

Generally I refrain from ordering Fish and Chicken dishes in Western Restaurants, but I will get KFC because it tastes so different and a good franchise moves quite a bit,

I only like Pizza hut pizzas, just the supreme crispy nothing else. An Italian lady once told me pizzas weren't meant to be thin with a base of tomatoe paste cheese with a little salami type meats. All these gourmet pizzas, doughy pizzas are not what pizzas are supposed be like, though she did concede a slightly doughy one was made in the colder parts of Italy.

Is that pizza place that sold large slices of Pizzas where one caught the cable car up to Fishermans wharf still there?

I reckon Pizzas must be a Chinese Dish that Marco Polo forgot to attribute to the Chinese brought back from China because of
1/The amount of Asians that I see patronizing our local Pizza Parlour.
2/ The First Pizza I ever tried had anchovies in it, and the minute it hit my taste buds it reminded me of that salty fish my Chinese neighbour use to eat with his bowl of white rice.. He was from Southern China and he called it (HARM YU) from memory.

His children use to have lollies from HONG KONG but when I looked at the wrapper I noticed they were made in Switzerland, and they were called SUGAS or something. I acquired a taste for them, but the only place one could find them was the Chinese specialty dried goods shop. But haven't seen them around in recent years. Boy I miss them.

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The Colonel's chicken? Well, since you are down South, I will understand. I only get dark meat at these places.(White meat is rough and tasteless IMO) We always have Church's chicken and Popeye's here and so I don't go to KFC. I find the spicy at Popeye's better and KFC chicken are too too salty.

My dad loves the thin crust also, but I don't get it. And I don't think the thin crust is New York either. The ones we get down at Costco are usually a little thicker, bread consistency, and most stores do it our way. Where did that thin crust stuff come from?

Yea, Blondie's is still there, and it's more or less an icon, so I don't expect it to go down in anyway anytime soon.

Sounds like you guys don't get a lot of hahrm yu down there..... If your weather in Melbourne is dry enough, I am pretty sure you can make your own on a breezy day. My mom makes her own Chinese bacon and it's better than sold stuff. High, dry, and windy and you are fine.

Here you can only find Sugas in CT also, but Starburst pretty much has the market. I prefer Sugas' softness though. (Sugas is practically unknown outside CT.)
And speaking of that, anyone seen the famous canned Fried Dace Fish around? They got banned here last year and as my mom tells me, Doll and Nissin brand Instant noodles also have been banned.... Anybody have any suggestion for alternatives?

And where should I put down and pick up recipes?

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sumdud said:

My dad loves the thin crust also, but I don't get it. And I don't think the thin crust is New York either. The ones we get down at Costco are usually a little thicker, bread consistency, and most stores do it our way. Where did that thin crust stuff come from?


Sounds like you guys don't get a lot of hahrm yu down there..... If your weather in Melbourne is dry enough, I am pretty sure you can make your own on a breezy day. My mom makes her own Chinese bacon and it's better than sold stuff. High, dry, and windy and you are fine.

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Pizzas were original thin crusted.according to my Italian friend.This doughy stuff was basically an introduction after the pizza went to the Americas..

Yes commercial stuff is not that good. In the old days one could get a properly smoked leg of ham with that hard rind. On hung it up in a muslin cloth to keep the flies out.Using the bones to make rice gruel was neet. Todays ham is chemically done I think and when one buys it from the supermarket, ever notice the excess water, in it.

I'm a little surprised that nobody has mentioned BBQ yet. It's now grill season and I LOVE BBQ. I know, I know, grilling and BBQ are not the same. I, personally, can't tell the difference, taste-wise. Well except grilling finishes in an hour and BBQ takes a day......

I am also a steak-lover. You guys been to Three-forks in Dallas? Also the Taste of Texas in Houston is also fantastic.

try perfectly chilled watermelon after eating greasy food. You feel like a water fall washing away all those fat and grease and give your stomach a cold bath on a hot day. AMAZING!!! And don't eat watermelon in cubes. Cut them into BIG chunks and chow!

Our favorite BBQ place: County Line in Houston. Their beef ribs are absolutely amazing!! And they serve the biggest portion ever. Our favorite dish: Big daddy. The name tells it all.

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vesicles said:

I'm a little surprised that nobody has mentioned BBQ yet. It's now grill season and I LOVE BBQ. I know, I know, grilling and BBQ are not the same. I, personally, can't tell the difference, taste-wise. Well except grilling finishes in an hour and BBQ takes a day......

I am also a steak-lover. You guys been to Three-forks in Dallas? Also the Taste of Texas in Houston is also fantastic.

try perfectly chilled watermelon after eating greasy food. You feel like a water fall washing away all those fat and grease and give your stomach a cold bath on a hot day. AMAZING!!! And don't eat watermelon in cubes. Cut them into BIG chunks and chow!

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I don't like BBQ's'/Grill cant stand the charcoal taste. Arent most BBQs done on a hot plate. As one of my friends said, he couldn't work out why people spend hundreds of dollars on a fancy BBQ unit, as it would be much cheaper to buy an extension lead and take ones electric frypan outside.

Coming from Texas I would have thought you would be into a carcass of beef done on a spit or something, now thats really something.

I once tried a Hangi otherwise known as a umu in the Islands I think where food is cooked in the ground.
Special stones are heated up in a fire using wood that has a distinctive smoky taste, it is then put into a pit with the food such as lamb pork chicken , potatoes etc are placed in wire baskets, covered with damp sacking and then backfilled. Hrs later it comes out real nice.

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vesicles said:

I'm a little surprised that nobody has mentioned BBQ yet. It's now grill season and I LOVE BBQ. I know, I know, grilling and BBQ are not the same. I, personally, can't tell the difference, taste-wise. Well except grilling finishes in an hour and BBQ takes a day......

I am also a steak-lover. You guys been to Three-forks in Dallas? Also the Taste of Texas in Houston is also fantastic.

try perfectly chilled watermelon after eating greasy food. You feel like a water fall washing away all those fat and grease and give your stomach a cold bath on a hot day. AMAZING!!! And don't eat watermelon in cubes. Cut them into BIG chunks and chow!

Our favorite BBQ place: County Line in Houston. Their beef ribs are absolutely amazing!! And they serve the biggest portion ever. Our favorite dish: Big daddy. The name tells it all.

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?! Well, BBQ isn't cheap, and isn't that great unless the chef is from the South And unless you are from the US, you probably don't even know what Barbeque is, true American Southern Barbeque, that is. (And every culture have something that they call BBQ anyway, it's name butchering but they don't know any better.)

My guess is that Brisket and pork butt (which is the shoulder for you delicate but ignorant fighters and men out there) isn't on top of your BBQ list...
I want to try Brisket........

My parents are the only people I know who cubes them, everyone else do the wedge.... I rather just use my spoon. Who cares when it's something this delicious? Gets rid of your pimples too!
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Anyone here a fan of fish sauce? Whenever I don't have any soup base for my noodles, I always use fish sauce and soy sauce for a simple "broth", more fish than soy. And if you mess up, before you sue me, remember, the brand of fish sauce you use MATTERS!!!! While soy sauce brands are kinda established (Kikkoman, Pearl Delta, LKK, but not Kimlan), fish sauce has a lot more variety. (Well, Chinese are one of the few coastal Asians that don't use fish sauce and I don't know which brands are good...)
Actually, any brand recommendations? I use the 3 Crabs brand fish sauce. The Squid brand is a nightmare.