Tell us about a regional food from your area.

I'll start it off with Shoo-Fly Pie, (I prefer dry bottom)
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/PieHistory/ShooflyPie2.jpg

Chicago style pizza.  YEAH.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/gibalins/DSC01973.jpg

Manhattan Clam Chowder

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/wsimgs/ab/images/rcp-images//Recipe/ManhattanClamChowder.jpg

Lemme tell youse losers something:  Tomatoes don't belong in chowdah.  Don't put tomatoes in chowda!  What are you, a retahd?  And one more ting:  YANKEES SUCK!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/04/elkgrin.gif

Chicago style pizza.  YEAH.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/gibalins/DSC01973.jpg



Your dinner:  WANT.

Lemme tell youse losers something:  Tomatoes don't belong in chowdah.  Don't put tomatoes in chowda!  What are you, a retahd?  And one more ting:  YANKEES SUCK! http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/04/elkgrin.gif

;D ;D ROFLMAO ;D ;D




Had some Scrapple last week, good stuff!!

http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/scrapple425x318.jpg

"Northern Comfort" aka Maple Syrup.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2962253840_cf5b62490f.jpg


BTW, that is one of my photos.



Cat

Here's a popular Southern breakfast...

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=110735408440&id=3a74554dbc12cd393b6c54db05ef9adc&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chicagoist.com%2fattachments%2fchicagoist_chuck%2f2006_11_gravy.jpg

Biscuits and gravy. Doesn't look good but tastes great.


Here's another, brown beans and cornbread.  Beans cooked for hours in a crock-pot with a ham hock for flavoring. 

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=133016263694&id=81cb701d333ed426c8b05b0263c17f69&url=http%3a%2f%2f1.bp.blogspot.com%2f_2Pi_U2LCOgY%2fSqkyQ5veamI%2fAAAAAAAAA00%2fCtIXRx-D2lk%2fs400%2fSDC12147.JPG

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq82/crchtmsc/Other/Funeral-Potatoes.jpg

Funeral Potatoes.  A staple at many a Mormon funeral and/or family party.  DELICIOUS.

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq82/crchtmsc/Other/Funeral-Potatoes.jpg

Funeral Potatoes.  A staple at many a Mormon funeral and/or family party.  DELICIOUS.
hmmm - I wonder if these are the same as our "party potatoes"  - hashbrowns, sour cream, cheese, onion.....

Of course our IOWA Chops 8)


http://www.amanameatshop.com/Images/Large/IowaChops.jpg

http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq82/crchtmsc/Other/Funeral-Potatoes.jpg

Funeral Potatoes.  A staple at many a Mormon funeral and/or family party.  DELICIOUS.


I wonder why you call it "funeral potatoes"?  ???

I wonder why you call it "funeral potatoes"?  ???
Because that is when people bake lots of casseroles and take to people in their time of need (and there needs to be large amounts, because of family gathered and such)...

Kansas City barbecue FTW.  


http://successco.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/15/kcribs.jpg

http://www.concierge.com/images/ideas/america_bbq/ideas_bbq_009p.jpg


Bottom pic may not look like much, but burnt ends are the BOMB.  ;) ;) ;)

;D ;D ROFLMAO ;D ;D




Had some Scrapple last week, good stuff!!

http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/scrapple425x318.jpg


Never heard of that one before.

Shame I don't know of any Indiana recipes.

;D ;D ROFLMAO ;D ;D




Had some Scrapple last week, good stuff!!

http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/scrapple425x318.jpg



I tried scrapple several years back and if I recall, I didn't care too much for it.



Cat

Never heard of that one before.

Shame I don't know of any Indiana recipes.
What you talking about - I thought the White Castle - was an Indiana staple :o

What you talking about - I thought the White Castle - was an Indiana staple :o



It was in Indiana where I first tried White Castle.



Cat

White Castle hamburgers are delicious,I could go for some soon.

Shame I don't know of any Indiana recipes.


Breaded pork tenderloin sandwich.

How about the Philadelphia Cheese Steak

http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/files/2009/03/cheesesteak.jpg

There are many variations such as...

The Pizza Steak
Chicken Cheese Steak
Cheese Steak Hoagie
etc...

How about the Philadelphia Cheese Steak

http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/files/2009/03/cheesesteak.jpg

There are many variations such as...

The Pizza Steak
Chicken Cheese Steak
Cheese Steak Hoagie
etc...



When you first mentioned scrapple I wondered if you were from Philly, as the only other person I know who mentions scrapple is from there.

Several of the board members met up in Philly last year and we went to Campo's deli for excellent Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches.

Never heard of that one before.

Shame I don't know of any Indiana recipes.


Scrapple kicks ass, but Cincinnatti's Goetta rules all regional pseudosausages.  It's not as elegant (or "Rule 34", given how over-the-top the writing is) as the main manufacturer's website makes it out to be, but they're not kidding about the oats popping.  Even more so than bacon, this is not a food meant to be cooked while naked.

Hmm.  That there website showed a picture of goetta on pizza.  That would work.  That would work really well.  The hardest part about cooking it in a pan is keeping it all in one piece, but that's not a factor for a pizza, where you want your sausage as a crumbled ingredient.

When you first mentioned scrapple I wondered if you were from Philly, as the only other person I know who mentions scrapple is from there.

Several of the board members met up in Philly last year and we went to Campo's deli for excellent Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches.

Ah yes, Campo's over on Market Street  ;)


Even more so than bacon, this is not a food meant to be cooked while naked.
;D 


I'll throw another one out there...
TASTYKAKE, was regional but slowly spreading across the US now
http://acimg.auctivacommerce.com/imgdata/0/0/0/1/3/6/webimg/1092314.jpg

Breaded pork tenderloin sandwich.
Hella - I thought that was an Iowa staple as well....


OOOOOO oOOOOOO OOOO I GOT ANOTHER ONE FOR IOWA - The Maid Rite

http://jimcofer.com/personal/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/maid-rite.jpg

I prefer mine with just Ketchup, Pickle, and onions - but true maid rite purists state ketchup is a horrible abomination to the maid rite and they should be served with mustard, onion and pickle (BUT I HATE YELLOW MUSTARD 8-P)

Breaded pork tenderloin sandwich.
Hella - I thought that was an Iowa staple as well....


OOOOOO oOOOOOO OOOO I GOT ANOTHER ONE - Maid Rite

http://jimcofer.com/personal/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/maid-rite.jpg

I prefer mine with just Ketchup, Pickle, and onions - but true maid rite purists state ketchup is a horrible abomination to the maid rite and they should be served with mustard, onion and pickle (BUT I HATE YELLOW MUSTARD 8-P)

Hella - I thought that was an Iowa staple as well....


OOOOOO oOOOOOO OOOO I GOT ANOTHER ONE FOR IOWA - The Maid Rite

http://jimcofer.com/personal/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/maid-rite.jpg

I prefer mine with just Ketchup, Pickle, and onions - but true maid rite purists state ketchup is a horrible abomination to the maid rite and they should be served with mustard, onion and pickle (BUT I HATE YELLOW MUSTARD 8-P)


That looks quite yummy.

Hella - I thought that was an Iowa staple as well....


What is that stuff?  Just loose seasoned ground beef?  It looks delicious, and why the hell haven't I tried doing that before?  (Seriously.  It can't be convenient to eat, but it's gotta taste like a hamburger where every piece inside the burger is as well-browned and flavorful like the outside of the burger!  I'm willing to sacrifice convenience for flavor!)

But it reminds me of the the Squeeze Inn, which does a burger with a skirt of grilled cheese around it.  Spectacular presentation, and for anyone who's ever unintentionally (or intentionally, once you've figured out how awesome it is) fried cheese in a pan, it tastes as good as it looks.

I'm not sure how regional the skirted cheeseburger is - it's rumored to have originated in California, but it's spread to burger joints as far away as Connecticut.  Google for things like "cheeseburger with a skirt", and enjoy.

What you talking about - I thought the White Castle - was an Indiana staple :o


That is one fast food place I don't like.


Breaded pork tenderloin sandwich.


Really? I seen something like that on a search, but didn't really trust it to be accurate.

(Tenderloins are a major favorite of mine)

Karma to you.

Scrapple kicks ass, but Cincinnatti's Goetta rules all regional pseudosausages.  It's not as elegant (or "Rule 34", given how over-the-top the writing is) as the main manufacturer's website makes it out to be, but they're not kidding about the oats popping.  Even more so than bacon, this is not a food meant to be cooked while naked.

Hmm.  That there website showed a picture of goetta on pizza.  That would work.  That would work really well.  The hardest part about cooking it in a pan is keeping it all in one piece, but that's not a factor for a pizza, where you want your sausage as a crumbled ingredient.


Definetly looks good. :)

What is that stuff?  Just loose seasoned ground beef?  It looks delicious, and why the hell haven't I tried doing that before?  (Seriously.  It can't be convenient to eat, but it's gotta taste like a hamburger where every piece inside the burger is as well-browned and flavorful like the outside of the burger!  I'm willing to sacrifice convenience for flavor!)

But it reminds me of the the Squeeze Inn, which does a burger with a skirt of grilled cheese around it.  Spectacular presentation, and for anyone who's ever unintentionally (or intentionally, once you've figured out how awesome it is) fried cheese in a pan, it tastes as good as it looks.

I'm not sure how regional the skirted cheeseburger is - it's rumored to have originated in California, but it's spread to burger joints as far away as Connecticut.  Google for things like "cheeseburger with a skirt", and enjoy.
It is a seasoned burger, it is also called a "steam burger"  (if you ever watched Rosanne - the restaurant she opens specializes in "steam burgers")!  Popular here in Iowas - and the Western side of Illinois.  Nope not convenient to eat, they do have a drive through but I do not have any idea how one would eat them while driving.  They even serve every sandwich with a spoon - to pick up the dropped pieces.  The "secret" to the maid rite is the seasoning, one cannot just fry hamburger and think it is a good maidrite (although this is what my mother-in-law does, and so what my husband grew up on  8-P) I like a mixture of coke (OR a Little Coke syrup if you can find it), and seasoning and then you let the meat steam till all the cooks out.  It is good! 

Your skirted burger looks like one I could grow to like as well!


Which reminds me of another favorite from my college town (in Southern Illinois - the great state that I am really from) - THE HORSESHOE !!!  You can get a tenderloin, hamburger, ham, or my favorite the Patty Melt in a Horseshoe....  It is 2 pieces of texas toast (toasted of course), then your meat, fries covering it all, and then covered in a rich Cheese sauce (welsh Rarebit type, or beer, or wine and cheese reduction sauce) OMG - I am about ready to drive 2 1/2 hours just to get one - YUMMM

http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/Horseshoe_creditToddTobory1.jpg

Wow Sami,that looks so good.  :)

It is a seasoned burger, it is also called a "steam burger"  (if you ever watched Rosanne - the restaurant she opens specializes in "steam burgers")!  Popular here in Iowas - and the Western side of Illinois.  Nope not convenient to eat, they do have a drive through but I do not have any idea how one would eat them while driving.  They even serve every sandwich with a spoon - to pick up the dropped pieces.  The "secret" to the maid rite is the seasoning, one cannot just fry hamburger and think it is a good maidrite (although this is what my mother-in-law does, and so what my husband grew up on  8-P) I like a mixture of coke (OR a Little Coke syrup if you can find it), and seasoning and then you let the meat steam till all the cooks out.  It is good!   

Your skirted burger looks like one I could grow to like as well!


Which reminds me of another favorite from my college town (in Southern Illinois - the great state that I am really from) - THE HORSESHOE !!!  You can get a tenderloin, hamburger, ham, or my favorite the Patty Melt in a Horseshoe....  It is 2 pieces of texas toast (toasted of course), then your meat, fries covering it all, and then covered in a rich Cheese sauce (welsh Rarebit type, or beer, or wine and cheese reduction sauce) OMG - I am about ready to drive 2 1/2 hours just to get one - YUMMM

http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/Horseshoe_creditToddTobory1.jpg



That looks like a heart attack on a plate.



Cat

Something that's really popular around the Gulf states--Texas, Louisiana, etc, is boudain. It's a type of sausage that's filled with rice, chicken and pork and beef inards and meat,,onions and spices.  Think of it kind of like dirty rice in a pork casing. It's really good. There's a company in my town that manfactures it.

Crawdads!

Crawdads!
Man... and I always thought that Massachusetts regional food would be something like Chowder and crab cakes, and of course the baked beans ::)  My mistake ;)

Man... and I always thought that Massachusetts regional food would be something like Chowder and crab cakes, and of course the baked beans ::)  My mistake ;)


No, you sundry silly person, I mean crawdads in Louisiana...well, not so much anymore!

My brother lived in New Orleans for a while and, as a chef, he learned how to make a lot of Creole stuff.  One was a soup he made with actual crawdads.  I et em to be nice, but I can tell you there's a reason the rich folks left them for the poor folks to eat!

What's it like.  It's like a little shrimp with bigger claws, a walnut-sturdy shell, and gritty bits of tasteless meat and gristle in the middle!
8-P

Baked beans haven't been a happenin' thing around Boston since about 1920!

No, you sundry silly person, I mean crawdads in Louisiana...well, not so much anymore!

My brother lived in New Orleans for a while and, as a chef, he learned how to make a lot of Creole stuff.  One was a soup he made with actual crawdads.  I et em to be nice, but I can tell you there's a reason the rich folks left them for the poor folks to eat!

What's it like.  It's like a little shrimp with bigger claws, a walnut-sturdy shell, and gritty bits of tasteless meat and gristle in the middle!
8-P

Baked beans haven't been a happenin' thing around Boston since about 1920!
OH I have had crawdads - I love em!  We usually have a crawfish boil (ship em up from Louisianna)...  Doesn't look as if we will have it this year :\'(

Baked beans haven't been a happenin' thing around Boston since about 1920!




Except those stupid little beanpots with awful candy beans the sell at the tourist traps.  BUT, I actually have my great great grannies beanpot that looks just like those only life size.  She was from New York.

Except those stupid little beanpots with awful candy beans the sell at the tourist traps.  BUT, I actually have my great great grannies beanpot that looks just like those only life size.  She was from New York.



My mother, who lives in NY but her mother's family was from Maine, loves baked beans and Yankee pot roast.

Me, I love Maine lobster & clam chowder.  ;)



Cat

OH I have had crawdads - I love em!  We usually have a crawfish boil (ship em up from Louisianna)...  Doesn't look as if we will have it this year :\'(


What you can get out of them is okay, it's just so damn hard to get at it!

My mother, who lives in NY but her mother's family was from Maine, loves baked beans and Yankee pot roast.

Me, I love Maine lobster & clam chowder.  ;)



Cat
I have never learned how to eat lobster...  I have had tails a few time; but afraid of looking like an idiot to get a whole lobster!  I love clam chowder though (but unfortunately it does not like me - that damn lactose thing) :-[

hmmm - I wonder if these are the same as our "party potatoes"  - hashbrowns, sour cream, cheese, onion.....


My mom calls hers hashbrown casserole

I have never learned how to eat lobster...  I have had tails a few time; but afraid of looking like an idiot to get a whole lobster!  I love clam chowder though (but unfortunately it does not like me - that damn lactose thing) :-[



I'm a pro at getting the meat out of lobster. But, sometimes they do bite back.  :o :o :o  The only thing I don't eat is the liver (all the green stuff in the body  8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P ) or the roe if it is a female (pink stuff  8-P 8-P) but Carlos will eat that stuff for me. He loves it. But I always have a certain way of eating it. First the 6 legs. Then the body (which takes a long time breaking it apart to get all the meat out). Then the claws and I save the tail for last. My step-daughter likes to suck on the antenna but there really isn't anything there. 


Cat

Vermont Maple

If you're driving through Vermont on a sunny October day when the leaves are peaking, every town has its sugar shop.  Once there you've got to sample the syrup and buy a piece of that maple sugar candy.  Eventually you feel that static hum in your sinuses when you find you've blown your pancreas! 

:o

Vermont Maple

If you're driving through Vermont on a sunny October day when the leaves are peaking, every town has its sugar shop.  Once there you've got to sample the syrup and buy a piece of that maple sugar candy.  Eventually you feel that static hum in your sinuses when you find you've blown your pancreas! 

:o



Ahem.



"Northern Comfort" aka Maple Syrup.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2962253840_cf5b62490f.jpg


BTW, that is one of my photos.



Cat


;)


BTW, the syrup is made in the spring when the sap is running.



Cat

My city has no imagination with food, but down south of the Queen City, they thrive on Cincinnati Chili!...

http://www.b105.com/blog/media/chili2.jpg

Is it true what they say about those "Rocky Mountain Oysters"?
:o

Is it true what they say about those "Rocky Mountain Oysters"?
:o
Yes, but back in Nebraska they didn't mess around with euphemisms. They just called a testicle a testicle.  ;)

This is the Round the Bend Steakhouse, just outside South Bend, Nebraska (about 20 miles from where I grew up) and home of the infamous Testicle Festival.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/554861855_bb694babb3.jpg?v=0

I've been there several times and it's a good, greasy small town diner, though I never had the balls to "have a ball."  :o :o :o




And while we're on the subject of Nebraska (or the Midwest in general), it's late July going into August, which means that it's about time for the farmers to start selling ears of sweet corn out of the back of their pickups on the side of the road.  And let me tell you, fresh sweet corn on the cob is F**KING AWESOME.  :) :) :)

You don't eat the bull's nads, man! That's disrespectful. 

You grind all that sh*t up and feed it back to the cows!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/14/sad4.gif

I'm going over to the snackbar to get a frappe.
What the **** is a frappe? 

Everywhere else it's called a milkshake. 

You don't eat the bull's nads, man! That's disrespectful. 

You grind all that sh*t up and feed it back to the cows!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/14/sad4.gif


Hey!!! 

It wasn't my idea.  :-\\ :-\\ :-\\

What the **** is a frappe? 


It's the noise that's made when one goes skydiving without any pants.

FRAPPE!FRAPPE!FRAPPE!FRAPPE!FRAPPE!FRAPPE!FRAPPE!FRAPPE!

Hey!!!   

It wasn't my idea.  :-\\ :-\\ :-\\


Your idea was heifer balls, but that didn't pan out so well either!
:D

I'm going over to the snackbar to get a frappe.
What the **** is a frappe? 

Everywhere else it's called a milkshake. 




I think it's French for milkshake.

You don't eat the bull's nads, man! That's disrespectful. 

You grind all that sh*t up and feed it back to the cows!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/14/sad4.gif



And that's how we get milk. :D

Your idea was heifer balls, but that didn't pan out so well either!
:D


But hey, I gave it the old college try!  8)

Lick's Turkey Gobbler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFeXvl_1zY

Lick's Turkey Gobbler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFeXvl_1zY


^ Stoner porno.

Just scored a dozen ears of fresh-picked sweet corn while I was back visiting my folks up in Nebraska.

Oh yeah.  :) :) :)

Just scored a dozen ears of fresh-picked sweet corn while I was back visiting my folks up in Nebraska.

Oh yeah.  :) :) :)




Corn in Nebraska?  Who woulda thunk!
:D

So do you like to boil the ears or grill them?

You don't eat the bull's nads, man! That's disrespectful. 

You grind all that sh*t up and feed it back to the cows!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/14/sad4.gif
Illegal as hell to feed cattle parts to cattle in the United States, one reason why European cattle and cattle from Canada have problems with BSE (mad cow disease) and United states native cattle haven't had problems.  Different laws!

and when I used to work at the local Veterinarians, we used to have people lined up to get the testicles after we "worked peoples cattle" - kept them in the freezer till people came in for them.  Most of the time, they were still steaming when we had to take them back outta the freezer.  On that note, I have never tried cattle testicles.  BUT I have had "turkey fries" and those are a nice way of calling turkey nuts.  They look a heck of a lot like popcorn chicken, and they taste similar (most people say they do) but I say not (just a slight difference).  I won't be making them as my favorite meal, but I can eat them without being squeemish!

BUT I have had "turkey fries" and those are a nice way of calling turkey nuts.  They look a heck of a lot like popcorn chicken, and they taste similar (most people say they do) but I say not (just a slight difference).  I won't be making them as my favorite meal, but I can eat them without being squeemish!



We used to call that "The Popes Nose" much to the dismay of my father who was Catholic and married into an Episcopal family.  There was always a bit of a tussle between a few family members(pardon the pun) as to who would be the lucky on to have it on their plate.

We used to call that "The Popes Nose" much to the dismay of my father who was Catholic and married into an Episcopal family.  There was always a bit of a tussle between a few family members(pardon the pun) as to who would be the lucky on to have it on their plate.
Sorry, but that is the tail of the turkey.  "Turkey Fries" are actually the turkey testicles

http://www.blork.org/blog/imyjiz3/turkey-testicles-handful.jpg

they are then breaded and deep fried - making something that resembles "popcorn chicken". 
http://www.blork.org/blog/imyjiz3/turkey-testicles-cooked.jpg

This thread is very educational for me.
:-\\

Yes, I remember jokes about "the pope's nose," and it was in reference to turkey tail.

Sorry, but that is the tail of the turkey.  "Turkey Fries" are actually the turkey testicles

http://www.blork.org/blog/imyjiz3/turkey-testicles-handful.jpg

they are then breaded and deep fried - making something that resembles "popcorn chicken". 
http://www.blork.org/blog/imyjiz3/turkey-testicles-cooked.jpg



OOOOOHHHH YUK!!!!!

Sorry, but that is the tail of the turkey.  "Turkey Fries" are actually the turkey testicles

http://www.blork.org/blog/imyjiz3/turkey-testicles-handful.jpg

they are then breaded and deep fried - making something that resembles "popcorn chicken". 
http://www.blork.org/blog/imyjiz3/turkey-testicles-cooked.jpg


8-P *GAG*

Sorry, but that is the tail of the turkey.  "Turkey Fries" are actually the turkey testicles


Next up on the violence channel, an all-new....

http://snichael.com/snichael/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ow-my-balls2.png

...OK, Fine!  Watch the cooking channel!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uYTbZGDfHCY/SARN7e_7SeI/AAAAAAAACXo/vffrsDSiiuQ/s320/turkey-testicle-festival.com.gif

Anyways, if the whole Vegas thing doesn't work out, I'm still game for a ROAD TRIP!  (Why, how hospitable, there's even a place to park your balls!)

Next up on the violence channel, an all-new....

http://snichael.com/snichael/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ow-my-balls2.png

...OK, Fine!  Watch the cooking channel!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uYTbZGDfHCY/SARN7e_7SeI/AAAAAAAACXo/vffrsDSiiuQ/s320/turkey-testicle-festival.com.gif

Anyways, if the whole Vegas thing doesn't work out, I'm still game for a ROAD TRIP!  (Why, how hospitable, there's even a place to park your balls!)
Or you can all stop by my house - we have West Liberty Foods (which is a local turkey processor- and you can buy the turkey testicles by the 40# bag) O0

Or you can all stop by my house - we have West Liberty Foods (which is a local turkey processor- and you can buy the turkey testicles by the 40# bag) O0


"40-pound box of balls.  You know you want to open it!"

"40-pound box of balls.  You know you want to open it!"


Coach tried to show me how, but I guess I wasn't paying attention!"
:-\\

"40-pound box of balls.  You know you want to open it!"


No I don't.

"40-pound box of balls.  You know you want to open it!"
I am sure if I look around here hard enough - I can find someone with experience ::)

I am sure if I look around here hard enough - I can find someone with experience ::)



Hey,don't look at me!  ::)

Sorry, but that is the tail of the turkey.  "Turkey Fries" are actually the turkey testicles

http://www.blork.org/blog/imyjiz3/turkey-testicles-handful.jpg

they are then breaded and deep fried - making something that resembles "popcorn chicken".  
http://www.blork.org/blog/imyjiz3/turkey-testicles-cooked.jpg


My dad pulled the whole "turkey fries" thing on me when I was little.

"These are weird, what are these, Dad?" I asked.

He told me and then started laughing really hard. I was really mad at him after that.  ;D

My dad pulled the whole "turkey fries" thing on me when I was little.

"These are weird, what are these, Dad?" I asked.

He told me and then started laughing really hard. I was really mad at him after that.  ;D
Yep they look like popcorn chicken, taste like like yet but yet they don't...  Looks and tastes like chicken but it's snot, bad bob and Tom skit:)

Yep they look like popcorn chicken, taste like like yet but yet they don't...  Looks and tastes like chicken but it's snot, bad bob and Tom skit:)


Okay, I remember that joke.  I used to think it was hilarious...when I was five!
:D

I'll mention my ancestors' contribution to American cuisine:

Corned beef and cabbage

Yankee pot roast

In the age of refrigeration there is no excuse for either one.
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Yankee pot roast


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Yeah!  Now how about some Yankee pot roast?

Seriously, Max?  Something against long-braising?  I mean, you could cook the same cut of meat low-and-slow over a charcoal fire, in which case you'd have a southern-style BBQ beef brisket, which is awesome in its own right, but I loves me some Yankee pot roast.  Why, I'll even braise pork shoulder or "country style ribs" (which are typically shoulder or butt roast in long slices) in a rub of salt, garlic, mustard, jerk sauce, maybe some chipotle, and a dash of good liquid smoke, and it'll be a pretty good substitute for pulled pork...

(And that, ladies and germs, is how the Civil War started.)

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Yeah!  Now how about some Yankee pot roast?

Seriously, Max?  Something against long-braising?  I mean, you could cook the same cut of meat low-and-slow over a charcoal fire, in which case you'd have a southern-style BBQ beef brisket, which is awesome in its own right, but I loves me some Yankee pot roast.  Why, I'll even braise pork shoulder or "country style ribs" (which are typically shoulder or butt roast in long slices) in a rub of salt, garlic, mustard, jerk sauce, maybe some chipotle, and a dash of good liquid smoke, and it'll be a pretty good substitute for pulled pork...

(And that, ladies and germs, is how the Civil War started.)


You arrive armed with an assumption I did not make.  Namely, You suggest I assumed more culinarily-inclined peoples such as Italians and the French didn't know how to take the same ingredients and make a whopping great dish.  Yankee pot roast was a grisly hunk of meat pressure-cooked until it had this stringy, gamy consistency like it did before the war.  As for the cabbage I will always decline any even if I have to be rude about it.  Look, this ain't Willy-Wonka.  If those old folks are living on cabbage soup, we can help them out with some foodstamps so they can afford a decent meal.  I don't mind paying extra taxes for that.  I do question a culture that treats its elderly folks like Americans treat theirs.  Once the beggar is calculated into the system by the government we know it will always be the case we will have people pan-handling in the streets.  Mistreatment of the elderly is condemned as morally decadent ever since Biblical times.  It spans all the religions and creeds.  I believe Americans have unwittingly reduced everybody into fussy little boxes about who and what we should be variably throughout our lives.  My life splits so bad along that line.  It's hellish to find friends and the friends you find are hellish!
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Anyway, you can get bison burgers around here -- W.Mass.  I suppose there are other ranches elsewhere in the country where you can also get bison burgers!  They're quite tasty!
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Moose (and squirrel)



Moose stakes & chops are YUMMY! They are usually VERY tender and just melt in your mouth. Not as gamey as venison.



Cat

Moose (and squirrel)



Moose stakes & chops are YUMMY! They are usually VERY tender and just melt in your mouth. Not as gamey as venison.



Cat


How far north do you have to go to get moose meat?
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How far north do you have to go to get moose meat?
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Good question. We used to get it from a local butcher shop. It was road kill.  :D ;D ;D  Whenever there was a vehicle accident involving a moose, the state would then send the meat to certain butcher shops around the state. When ours was on the rotation, when we bought the steaks and/or chops we HAD to buy the chop meat, too. Don't care for the chop meat-along with most people. If the butcher didn't do that, then he would be stuck with all this moose chop meat with no way of getting rid of it-so we were forced to buy it if we wanted the GOOD stuff.

Unfortunately, that butcher shop has closed down so we haven't had any moose in a LONG time. We don't even know any hunters who go hunting for moose (Vermont has a state lottery for hunters who want to hunt moose-they only issue so many of them). So, we are looking for a good source to get some.



Cat

Good question. We used to get it from a local butcher shop. It was road kill.  :D ;D ;D  Whenever there was a vehicle accident involving a moose, the state would then send the meat to certain butcher shops around the state. When ours was on the rotation, when we bought the steaks and/or chops we HAD to buy the chop meat, too. Don't care for the chop meat-along with most people. If the butcher didn't do that, then he would be stuck with all this moose chop meat with no way of getting rid of it-so we were forced to buy it if we wanted the GOOD stuff.

Unfortunately, that butcher shop has closed down so we haven't had any moose in a LONG time. We don't even know any hunters who go hunting for moose (Vermont has a state lottery for hunters who want to hunt moose-they only issue so many of them). So, we are looking for a good source to get some.



Cat


You need a moose meat connection!
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You need a moose meat connection!
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Yup, we do.



Cat

Good question. We used to get it from a local butcher shop. It was road kill.  :D ;D ;D  Whenever there was a vehicle accident involving a moose, the state would then send the meat to certain butcher shops around the state. When ours was on the rotation, when we bought the steaks and/or chops we HAD to buy the chop meat, too. Don't care for the chop meat-along with most people. If the butcher didn't do that, then he would be stuck with all this moose chop meat with no way of getting rid of it-so we were forced to buy it if we wanted the GOOD stuff.

Unfortunately, that butcher shop has closed down so we haven't had any moose in a LONG time. We don't even know any hunters who go hunting for moose (Vermont has a state lottery for hunters who want to hunt moose-they only issue so many of them). So, we are looking for a good source to get some.



Cat
I grew up on Moose meat!  My dad was a hunter, and him and his brothers would travel to hunt (Alaska, Canada, Idaho, Montana, etc..), and they hunted Elk, Moose, Mt. Goat, Bear, etc...  They brought home whatever they hunted and we ate it.  It wasn't just for trophies for them, it was a way of life and a sport.  Well moose was rather plentiful I guess, and I remember my kindergarten teacher asking us - what did you have for lunch today.  My answer "Moose meat sandwich" - how was I to know not everyone ate moose meat.  My mother canned it, venison, buffalo and etc... I LOVED my mothers "beef" and noodles, made from here canned meat!

I grew up on Moose meat!  My dad was a hunter, and him and his brothers would travel to hunt (Alaska, Canada, Idaho, Montana, etc..), and they hunted Elk, Moose, Mt. Goat, Bear, etc...  They brought home whatever they hunted and we ate it.  It wasn't just for trophies for them, it was a way of life and a sport.  Well moose was rather plentiful I guess, and I remember my kindergarten teacher asking us - what did you have for lunch today.  My answer "Moose meat sandwich" - how was I to know not everyone ate moose meat.  My mother canned it, venison, buffalo and etc... I LOVED my mothers "beef" and noodles, made from here canned meat!


Hunters around here eat venison.  You can sometimes see deer hung out to dry out in the hill towns.  There are few moose in Massachusetts.  There are some north of here on the Quabbin Reservoir wilderness area.  You're not allowed to hunt them.  Can't shoot bear either, even though they've taken to trashing people's backyards!
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One I have mentioned somewhere before ...

Butter Tarts.  A Canadian delicasy, founded in Northern Ontario.  Butter, sugar and eggs in a pastry shell. 

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Butter Tarts.  A Canadian delicasy, founded in Northern Ontario.  Butter, sugar and eggs in a pastry shell.  


Had no idea that was a local thing.  Gonna have to turn some Kalifornistanis onto that.  Those things are tasty.  Even tastier with a few raisins at the bottom of the pastry shell.

One I have mentioned somewhere before ...

Butter Tarts.  A Canadian delicasy, founded in Northern Ontario.  Butter, sugar and eggs in a pastry shell. 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UMasXZAkbgg/Si_YAWorReI/AAAAAAAADBo/kECZemI4mIg/s400/Butter+Tarts.jpg


That looks delicious.

One I have mentioned somewhere before ...

Butter Tarts.  A Canadian delicasy, founded in Northern Ontario.  Butter, sugar and eggs in a pastry shell. 

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It's a pecan pie, sans the nuts  :D