What's your favorite food????

[Stumbleweed]

Re: What's your favorite food????

GSW knows what's up. If you eat pork, check out Lao sausage.. you should definitely be able to find it in the Bay Area... it's flavored with lemongrass, fish sauce, chilis, and a bunch of good **** then cured to make the flavors stronger. If you can find it fresh, it's really killer, but even frozen, they're great.. just broil them on low for 20 mins or so until they're browned.

And yeah, unagi is the ****. I need to find a good fish source with freshwater eel so I can try to make that myself. You can do it on the broiler with just a basic sauce (recipes are all over the net) in some tin foil and it turns out great... that's how 99% of sushi places make it in America. The traditional Japanese method is to do it over coals, which I'm sure makes it taste even better, but fire codes prevent that in the US mostly hah.

My co-worker brought me some Lao sausage patties and some jeow bong (made with water buffalo skin this time) again today... so awesome. I've been eating nothing but Asian foods that I've made all week actually... gonna eat some masaman curry with sticky rice tonight again for dinner.

[55]

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I'm a vegetarian and most of the stuff I eat is pretty boring, but I have been on a huge Middle Eastern food kick the past few months. I cannot get enough hummus, falafel or tabouli as of late. I love it all. Also, veggie burritos from Chipotle are good for "fast food" options. And I have fallen in love with fried ravioli lately as well. I know it is deep fried and terrible for me, but it is so damn good. One place that I order from in particular has nacho cheese and jalapeno peppers in their fried ravioli and it is the best junk food I have ever had.

[Stumbleweed]

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Vegetarian food definitely doesn't have to be boring, which is a shame, because most of it is... But yeah, Middle Eastern food is a good start, as is Indian, as the vast majority of dishes can be made vegetarian or already are.. And honestly, if you substitute tofu for chicken or beef in most Asian recipes, it works very well also.

Simple stir-fry:

Sauce:
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs rice wine vinegar
warm water (to dillute the sauce -- the amount depends on how strong your soy sauce is, basically)
corn starch (make a slurry with some of the warm water before adding it)
1 tsp sugar
powdered ginger (to taste)
dried red chile flakes (to taste)

Main stuff:

1 red pepper
1 crown of broccoli
1 package sugar snap peas (can use frozen for any of these, just cook longer)
1 white onion
1 package of bean sprouts
1 package of extra-firm tofu (or seitan, etc. if you like the taste/texture more), drained and sliced into 1" x 1" cubes
1 tbs chili-garlic paste
2 garlic cloves
minced ginger (to taste)

Just dice/slice everything up, get a wok or big frying pan up to high heat with some vegetable oil (NOT olive oil.. it will scorch at high heat) and start by cooking the hardest vegetables first. Then add everything else and cook it, stirring constantly, for 3-4 minutes until the veggies are a bit tender, then add the sauce and simmer for another 2 minutes or so until the corn starch thickens it up. Serve with steamed white or brown rice and you're set... that should make enough for at least 4 people, but probably more, depending on how much rice you make.

I love vegetarian food, you just have to use more spices and flavorings, as things like tofu aren't inherently flavorful like most meats (not turkey/chicken) are. That's why Indian and Middle Eastern food is so spice-filled and makes for awesome veggie cuisine.

You can make some amazing vegetarian soups also, which are great-tasting as well as being very healthy. Lentil soup is probably tops there, but any bean-based soup is very healthy and filling (and cheap/easy to make).

[totalownership]

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I love vegetarian food, you just have to use more spices and flavorings, as things like tofu aren't inherently flavorful like most meats (not turkey/chicken) are. That's why Indian and Middle Eastern food is so spice-filled and makes for awesome veggie cuisine.

You can make some amazing vegetarian soups also, which are great-tasting as well as being very healthy. Lentil soup is probably tops there, but any bean-based soup is very healthy and filling (and cheap/easy to make).

Whereas European cultures used to use heavy spices to make bad meat more palatable.

[RAZRr1275]

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Whereas European cultures used to use heavy spices to make bad meat more palatable.

When or if they had spices. Spices weren't too common over there especially for the non-rich because they had to be imported.

[Stumbleweed]

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Yeah, which is why spices were such a valuable commodity back in the day... the international trade in Europe was mostly spices and slaves into the 1700's.

Heh, the Middle East and North Africa have their share of bad meat too... hard to keep things fresh when it's 105 degrees every day... and the thing you're trying to keep fresh is a goat carcass. Put some tumeric on that mofo and throw it on the fire!

[funky_chicken]

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Those Tyson buffalo chicken strips are awesome. I also like them with blue cheese.

[davewins]

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man try that blue cheese it's awesome.

[TheMatrix31]

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Favorite food is pizza or french fries.

But if you're looking for something more diverse/legit, then it's probably some sort of Armenian/Middle Eastern food, I just don't know which one.

[Boucher]

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You stick anything infront of me ill eat it, in these tough economic times you cant be picky

[55]

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You stick anything infront of me ill eat it, in these tough economic times you cant be picky

Same here... well, as long at didn't used to have a face.

[nightcreeper]

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anything that can be made with potatoes... and chinese food (only from d.c... we have the best mambo sauce)

[Gibbz]

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Cajun boiled shrimp:



Fried catfish:



Fried oysters:



Boudin:



Frog legs give me wood:




Basically any kind of cajun/creole food I will absolutely destroy.

[larrygiterdone]

Re: What's your favorite food????

pulled pork or jamaican jerk shrimp

[authenticDR]

Re: What's your favorite food????

Baby back ribs.