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[TiScape]

6 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

I ate menudo once....the broth part, lol. I knew tripe was in there. Avoided it. Why it was on

list #2. 

 

Oddly I love chicken livers. My mother breaded them and fried them up with bacon, onions

and mushrooms. So good. Not much for beef liver though.

A couple years ago went to Mexican w/my pops. He ordered the menudo and it smelled like they didn’t wash it very well… I was barely able to eat my tacos! 🌮 😜 Now if I’m picking up food for him and he asks for menudo I get him Pozole and tell him they were out of menudo 😉

🤫

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[Conrad1953]

7 minutes ago, TiScape said:

A couple years ago went to Mexican w/my pops. He ordered the menudo and it smelled like they didn’t wash it very well… I was barely able to eat my tacos! 🌮 😜 Now if I’m picking up food for him and he asks for menudo I get him Pozole and tell him they were out of menudo 😉

🤫

 

So it literally smelled like sh**? 🤣

[TiScape]

1 minute ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

So it literally smelled like sh**? 🤣

BINGO! 🤮

[bscinstnct]

37 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

I'll try most foods once. A list of some foods I ate once.

 

1, Oysters

2. Octopus

3. Alligator

4. Mussels

5. Menudo

6. Squab

7. Squid

8. Anchovies

9. Beets

10. Duck

11. Veal

12. Sweetbreads

13. Caviar

14. Bleu Cheese

15. Rabbit

16. Sharp Cheddar Cheese

 

Things I wouldn't even try once

 

1. Pigs feet

2. Mountain Oysters

3  Tripe

4. Boudin

5. Head Cheese

6. Limburger Cheese

7. Cow Tongue

8. Cow Brains

9. Chitterlings

 

Nice list!

 

I agree on not eating animal organs, feet, or cheese that smells like body odor or worse!

 

My in laws good friends with this big NYPD retired Irish cop, meat and potatoes guy, but his wife has been feeding him tripe stew for decades without telling him 🤣

 

The main foods people like that I don’t are soft shell crabs and hard boiled eggs. 
 

You guys ever have garden zucchini flowers? Salted and stuffed with goat cheese, killer

 

 

[Conrad1953]

3 minutes ago, TiScape said:

BINGO! 🤮

 

Can't be good for business. People walk in all............................................

 

[TiScape]

3 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Nice list!

 

I agree on not eating animal organs, feet, or cheese that smells like body odor or worse!

 

My in laws good friends with this big NYPD retired Irish cop, meat and potatoes guy, but his wife has been feeding him tripe stew for decades without telling him 🤣

 

The main foods people like that I don’t are soft shell crabs and hard boiled eggs. 
 

You guys ever have garden zucchini flowers? Salted and stuffed with goat cheese, killer

 

 

With you on the soft shell crabs! It’s even hard to watch ppl eat them even on TV. Seems they have them a lot on triple D! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Conrad1953]

4 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Nice list!

 

I agree on not eating animal organs, feet, or cheese that smells like body odor or worse!

 

My in laws good friends with this big NYPD retired Irish cop, meat and potatoes guy, but his wife has been feeding him tripe stew for decades without telling him 🤣

 

The main foods people like that I don’t are soft shell crabs and hard boiled eggs. 
 

You guys ever have garden zucchini flowers? Salted and stuffed with goat cheese, killer

 

 

 

Have never tried zucchini flowers. Now, there was a place called A's in Dana Point, CA that

served up the best fried zucchini I ever had. They weren't slices, they were long sticks like

giant fries and served with their home made salsa for dipping.

 

Man, when I lived in Dana Point for awhile I would drive down to A's just to get the Zucchini.

[Conrad1953]

6 minutes ago, TiScape said:

With you on the soft shell crabs! It’s even hard to watch ppl eat them even on TV. Seems they have them a lot on triple D! 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

While we are on shellfish can I please give a big thumbs down to Maine Lobsters served with that

vile green snot on them.🤣

 

Every day I would take a nice big Australian Lobster tail with a cup of drawn butter to dip it in.

That's the way to eat lobster! Growing up in SoCal I never saw a Maine Lobster or that green

snot. Only lobster ever served was the big Australian tails with drawn butter. 

[TiScape]

1 minute ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

While we are on shellfish can I please give a big thumbs down to Maine Lobsters served with that

vile green snot on them.🤣

 

Every day I would take a nice big Australian Lobster tail with a cup of drawn butter to dip it in.

That's the way to eat lobster! Growing up in SoCal I never saw a Maine Lobster or that green

snot. Only lobster ever served was the big Australian tails with drawn butter. 

Here ya go! 👎🏼

[bladehunter]

Oysters should be fried.   Or in stew.  Either way they’re getting some Texas Pete.  😉. I don’t do tripe , treet  , spam , or chicken livers. 
 

as a kid I loved fried chicken livers. I’d eat 10. But one summer I went catfish fishing. Well. If you like chicken livers. Don’t ever use them for bait. Or handle them raw. They have a smell that’s unforgettable.  I washed my hands for 3 days and could still smell it in them. No lie. I went to the barn and got a gas can and ran gas on my hands to replace the smell.  I smelled gas for a day. But the liver smell was gone. Gagging thinking about it. 

[TiScape]

5 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Oysters should be fried.   Or in stew.  Either way they’re getting some Texas Pete.  😉. I don’t do tripe , treet  , spam , or chicken livers. 
 

as a kid I loved fried chicken livers. I’d eat 10. But one summer I went catfish fishing. Well. If you like chicken livers. Don’t ever use them for bait. Or handle them raw. They have a smell that’s unforgettable.  I washed my hands for 3 days and could still smell it in them. No lie. I went to the barn and got a gas can and ran gas on my hands to replace the smell.  I smelled gas for a day. But the liver smell was gone. Gagging thinking about it. 

Drive up to Tomales Bay fairly often and up there they all about opening em up and putting them on the grill. Not my thing, but ppl seem to love em. 

[Soloman1]

My New Balance are just like these.

 

 

[bscinstnct]

Then of course, there’s sushi!

 

My usual, 2 tuna, one yellowtail, flying fish roe on the left (they like pop rocks!), eel, crispy salmon skin roll in the back and on the right…toro (tuna belly) sashimi! The bacon 🥓 of sushi!

 

Then order a couple more pieces when I’m done! Wash it down with a bottle of cold saki. Wife don’t do sushi, she get like lobster tempura and big ramen 🍜 bowl. 
 

 

[Conrad1953]

20 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Oysters should be fried.   Or in stew.  Either way they’re getting some Texas Pete.  😉. I don’t do tripe , treet  , spam , or chicken livers. 
 

as a kid I loved fried chicken livers. I’d eat 10. But one summer I went catfish fishing. Well. If you like chicken livers. Don’t ever use them for bait. Or handle them raw. They have a smell that’s unforgettable.  I washed my hands for 3 days and could still smell it in them. No lie. I went to the barn and got a gas can and ran gas on my hands to replace the smell.  I smelled gas for a day. But the liver smell was gone. Gagging thinking about it. 

 

Yep, I won't eat anything I used for bait..........and that includes squid, anchovies, mussels, 

stink cheese and fish eggs and worms.

 

Live squid were always fun to catch in the bait tank. You gotta have the head toward you and

the legs facing away from you, else you get sprayed with ink when you pull them out of the

water to put on your hook.

[Conrad1953]

1 minute ago, bscinstnct said:

Then of course, there’s sushi!

 

My usual, 2 tuna, one yellowtail, flying fish roe on the left (they like pop rocks!), eel, crispy salmon skin roll in the back and on the right…toro (tuna belly) sashimi! The bacon 🥓 of sushi!

 

Then order a couple more pieces when I’m done! Wash it down with a bottle of cold saki. Wife don’t do sushi, she get like lobster tempura and big ramen 🍜 bowl. 
 

 

 

I'm with the wife. I spent too many days ocean fishing with the smell of fish all day and

then cleaning my fish at the end of the day. I cannot eat raw fish but I respect that

others like it. 

 

My favorite fish is Alaskan Halibut steaks. The meat is light but firm, boneless, and

can be seasoned any way one chooses. I used to buy it cheap BITD in California.

It's scarce around here and usually way overpriced when someone does have it.

[aenemated]

Prior to the former Mrs, aenemated - I'd eat a steak or a cheeseburger or a chicken sandwich or a bowl of spaghetti. That was about it. 

 

But being with that crazy broad for 12 years, I kinda learned to love everything on any plate to eat. 

 

 

[TiScape]

13 minutes ago, aenemated said:

Prior to the former Mrs, aenemated - I'd eat a steak or a cheeseburger or a chicken sandwich or a bowl of spaghetti. That was about it. 

 

But being with that crazy broad for 12 years, I kinda learned to love everything on any plate to eat. 

 

 

Should we be concerned at all that we hear more about the ex Mrs aenemated than the current Ms aenemated??? 

Signed,

a concerned WRX amigo 😊

 

🤣

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[TiScape]

33 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

Then of course, there’s sushi!

 

My usual, 2 tuna, one yellowtail, flying fish roe on the left (they like pop rocks!), eel, crispy salmon skin roll in the back and on the right…toro (tuna belly) sashimi! The bacon 🥓 of sushi!

 

Then order a couple more pieces when I’m done! Wash it down with a bottle of cold saki. Wife don’t do sushi, she get like lobster tempura and big ramen 🍜 bowl. 
 

 

Sushi is about the only seafood I’m into. It’s my GFs fav, so it works out swimmingly 🐟 

[SnowbirdTom]

No digestive tract sourced foods for this old omnivore.  
 

Being a bit adventurous with food is usually fun, but there have been mistakes too.  Went to one of the first Triple D’s stops in Michigan - Joe’s Gizzard City.  They’ll deep fry anything!  We did a plate of deep fried chicken livers and loved it!  

 

Gator in Florida was delicious. Can’t eat oysters any which ways.  We steamed  lobstahs in Maine over a campfire and the youngsters loved them.  Sushi was introduced to me in NYC Chinatown.  OMG! 
 

Mussels were tried up in Halifax, NS and repeated many times since.  The wife even tried them and is a fan now.

 

One experience never forgotten - walked into the chowhall in Florida and asked what died.  They were serving pickled pigs feet.  I ordered dinner at the NCO Club that night. Whew! Stinky.

[aenemated]

12 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Should we be concerned at all that we hear more about the ex Mrs aenemated than the current Ms aenemated??? 

Signed,

a concerned WRX amigo 😊

 

🤣

 

Hahah Former Mrs. ae is still one of my best friends. There was some difficult times the couple years after she split but we reconciled and realized that ... we make pretty great pals. 

 

Ms. ae is fully aware. It's not her favorite thing but ... neither is miniature Ms. ae's dad. Who is my most hated person in the world. So we meet in the middle for mutual hate for each other's ex's.

 

Hate is a lovely thing 😂

[TiScape]

Aen got me thinking with his above post. It’s been said my posts aren’t serious nor informative. And I agree with that selfless and well intentioned observation. Therefore I offer up the following Sri Chinmoy quote in an attempt to balance out my WRX persona, as well as my IRL self. Hopefully these words resonate with some of you 😊

Edited February 2, 2024 by TiScape

[anser85029]

1 hour ago, Soloman1 said:

My New Balance are just like these.

 

 

 

Mine are too, Solo but I can't walk that fast anymore...can you?

[Conrad1953]

46 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Aen got me thinking with his above post. It’s been said my posts aren’t serious nor informative. And I agree with that selfless and well intentioned observation. Therefore I offer up the following Sri Chinmoy quote in an attempt to balance out my WRX persona, as well as my IRL self. Hopefully these words resonate with some of you 😊

 

So you're saying that I really love the 9ers? Sports love?

[TiScape]

16 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

So you're saying that I really love the 9ers? Sports love?

I think it was actually Mr. Chinmoy that eluded to that fact. I’m just here to spread the message  🙏🏼 

[Soloman1]

1 hour ago, bscinstnct said:

Then of course, there’s sushi!

 

My usual, 2 tuna, one yellowtail, flying fish roe on the left (they like pop rocks!), eel, crispy salmon skin roll in the back and on the right…toro (tuna belly) sashimi! The bacon 🥓 of sushi!

 

Then order a couple more pieces when I’m done! Wash it down with a bottle of cold saki. Wife don’t do sushi, she get like lobster tempura and big ramen 🍜 bowl. 
 

 

 

It's sake (ke like keg), brother bsc. And good on you for having it cold, the way it was meant to be enjoyed.

 

The two dark sushi are akami. Let's call it the "value cut." The sashimi is chutoro the center or middle cut and appropriate for the grade too. If they have otoro, the fattier best cut, it's the one for you!

 

The aesthetics tell me it wasn't prepared by an experienced Japanese sushi chef. That's fine, but there is an artistic balance missing.

 

I love good sushi, as I've rambled on about in the past. I never ate it until going to Japan and was gun shy, but quickly began to enjoy and appreciate it.

 

A Japanese company buys fresh (well, still frozen from the boat) in the early morning at the Tokyo fish market and flies it out to the US that morning to real Japanese restaurants throughout the US. If they're getting their fish from there, it's top shelf.

 

How to eat sushi like you know what you're doing:

 

Don't use chopsticks to try to pick up the sushi from the bottom with the rice. It just make you mad when it falls apart.

Turn it on its side, then pick it up holding the fish and bottom of the rice together.

Then dip only a part of the fish into the soy sauce. You don't soak the rice in soy sauce.

Or, you can use chopsticks with a slice of ginger. Dip the ginger in the soy sauce and paint a little on the fish.

 

If all else fails, it's fine to use your fingers to pick it up and dip the corner of the fish in the soy sauce before stuffing it in your mouth. Not considered rude at all.

 

Never pick up or pass some non-food object with chopsticks. Really bad form. Family members separate the bones from ashes of a family member after cremation this way, and JUST DON'T DO IT. There is no joke can be made doing it. It will not be funny under any circumstances.

 

Never stick your chopsticks into a bowl of rice and leave them there. Another symbol of death and is never funny.

 

I'm sure some already know this, but just in case some don't and you end up at a sushi place.

 

 

[aenemated]

2 hours ago, TiScape said:

Aen got me thinking with his above post. It’s been said my posts aren’t serious nor informative. And I agree with that selfless and well intentioned observation. Therefore I offer up the following Sri Chinmoy quote in an attempt to balance out my WRX persona, as well as my IRL self. Hopefully these words resonate with some of you 😊

 

See, the problem here is I'm not indifferent. 😂

[bscinstnct]

5 hours ago, Soloman1 said:

 

It's sake (ke like keg), brother bsc. And good on you for having it cold, the way it was meant to be enjoyed.

 

The two dark sushi are akami. Let's call it the "value cut." The sashimi is chutoro the center or middle cut and appropriate for the grade too. If they have otoro, the fattier best cut, it's the one for you!

 

The aesthetics tell me it wasn't prepared by an experienced Japanese sushi chef. That's fine, but there is an artistic balance missing.

 

I love good sushi, as I've rambled on about in the past. I never ate it until going to Japan and was gun shy, but quickly began to enjoy and appreciate it.

 

A Japanese company buys fresh (well, still frozen from the boat) in the early morning at the Tokyo fish market and flies it out to the US that morning to real Japanese restaurants throughout the US. If they're getting their fish from there, it's top shelf.

 

How to eat sushi like you know what you're doing:

 

Don't use chopsticks to try to pick up the sushi from the bottom with the rice. It just make you mad when it falls apart.

Turn it on its side, then pick it up holding the fish and bottom of the rice together.

Then dip only a part of the fish into the soy sauce. You don't soak the rice in soy sauce.

Or, you can use chopsticks with a slice of ginger. Dip the ginger in the soy sauce and paint a little on the fish.

 

If all else fails, it's fine to use your fingers to pick it up and dip the corner of the fish in the soy sauce before stuffing it in your mouth. Not considered rude at all.

 

Never pick up or pass some non-food object with chopsticks. Really bad form. Family members separate the bones from ashes of a family member after cremation this way, and JUST DON'T DO IT. There is no joke can be made doing it. It will not be funny under any circumstances.

 

Never stick your chopsticks into a bowl of rice and leave them there. Another symbol of death and is never funny.

 

I'm sure some already know this, but just in case some don't and you end up at a sushi place.

 

 

 

Good analysis Sol! That place is very good, and they got like 50 different sakEs 🤣 list that shows how each bottle ranks in terms of being sweet vs dry.
It’s actually easy to tell if a sushi place is good in NYC… you just look in the window and see mostly Japanese people eating there ; )

 

Now, how about the aesthetic on this place? Awesome sushi and they make a special octopus sashimi (sliced so brilliantly it’s not tough at all) in a delicate wasabi infused broth!

 

 

Edited February 2, 2024 by bscinstnct

[bscinstnct]

6 hours ago, TiScape said:

Sushi is about the only seafood I’m into. It’s my GFs fav, so it works out swimmingly 🐟 

Ya you eat the raw fish?’ I’m impressed!

 

People think of Italians (from Italy) eating pasta all day but, depending on the region, some areas eat a lot, if not mostly, fish!

 

If fact, we was hangin in Rome and met this very cool couple from the city and they shared their favorite sushi restaurant with us. It was wayyy off the tourist path, down these winding streets off the  Piazza Navona, was full of artsy Italians and hipsters dogging sushi. Was pretty good but the most memorable thing was the pistachio gelato!

Edited February 2, 2024 by bscinstnct

[Duct Tape]

1 hour ago, bscinstnct said:

 but the most memorable thing was the pistachio gelato!

Finally, after a page of raw fish, we get to something I can agree with!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[bladehunter]

7 hours ago, aenemated said:

 

Hahah Former Mrs. ae is still one of my best friends. There was some difficult times the couple years after she split but we reconciled and realized that ... we make pretty great pals. 

 

Ms. ae is fully aware. It's not her favorite thing but ... neither is miniature Ms. ae's dad. Who is my most hated person in the world. So we meet in the middle for mutual hate for each other's ex's.

 

Hate is a lovely thing 😂

🤣it’s definitely one of the ties that bind.