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Estiveo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:48 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:29 am

Estiveo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:39 pm I recently rediscovered the joy of a good grilled cheese sammich. And I tells you now that the best bread for it is Orowheat Italian bread.

I made one today with pepper jack cheese, deli ham, hot cappicola, and thinly sliced Roma tomatoes at the center so they're just barely warm.

If you left it open face, it would have been called a bruschetta.

My fav g cheese is one slice of aged swiss (where the salt has started to form on the rind) and a slice of real Kraft American (not the proc food product) on cracked wheat, butter fried both sides, but not smashed. *DO NOT* smash my grilled cheese please. Thank you.

Butter fried & non-smashed are the only way to go.

There *was* (past tense) a food cart in downtown Portland that made fried sammiches including the classic grilled cheese on Wonder Bread, and they *insisted* on putting the heavy flat plate on every sandwich. Ugh. Flavor was good, but if I had wanted a quesadilla, I woulda asked for that.

They made a grilled PB and banana that should be classified a controlled substance. It's crack on bread. Totally satisfying when you need it. A complete blues breaker.

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:29 am

Estiveo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:39 pm I recently rediscovered the joy of a good grilled cheese sammich. And I tells you now that the best bread for it is Orowheat Italian bread.

I made one today with pepper jack cheese, deli ham, hot cappicola, and thinly sliced Roma tomatoes at the center so they're just barely warm.

If you left it open face, it would have been called a bruschetta.

My fav g cheese is one slice of aged swiss (where the salt has started to form on the rind) and a slice of real Kraft American (not the proc food product) on cracked wheat, butter fried both sides, but not smashed. *DO NOT* smash my grilled cheese please. Thank you.

Real Kraft American? You speak in oxymoron. Find a good small producer who cares to make more than a cookie cutter cheese. FWIW, I'm originally from Wisconsin and I prefer Wisconsin cheese. I make one exception to this rule. Tillamook. I grab a Tillamook whenever I see some at the grocery store. I have the wife converted too, also.

zekeb wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:12 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:29 am

Estiveo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:39 pm I recently rediscovered the joy of a good grilled cheese sammich. And I tells you now that the best bread for it is Orowheat Italian bread.

I made one today with pepper jack cheese, deli ham, hot cappicola, and thinly sliced Roma tomatoes at the center so they're just barely warm.

If you left it open face, it would have been called a bruschetta.

My fav g cheese is one slice of aged swiss (where the salt has started to form on the rind) and a slice of real Kraft American (not the proc food product) on cracked wheat, butter fried both sides, but not smashed. *DO NOT* smash my grilled cheese please. Thank you.

Real Kraft American? You speak in oxymoron. Find a good small producer who cares to make more than a cookie cutter cheese. FWIW, I'm originally from Wisconsin and I prefer Wisconsin cheese. I make one exception to this rule. Tillamook. I grab a Tillamook whenever I see some at the grocery store. I have the wife converted too, also.

Now see? This is where food turns into religion. Kraft invented American Cheese, and they still make it. Delicious stuff. But, they also invented orange colored grease called processed cheese food with the word food being an obscene mischaracterization. These two things should not be confused, or considered analogous.

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:58 am

They made a grilled PB and banana that should be classified a controlled substance. It's crack on bread. Totally satisfying when you need it. A complete blues breaker.

The Elvis. Also commonly made with bacon.

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:35 am

zekeb wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:12 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:29 am

If you left it open face, it would have been called a bruschetta.

My fav g cheese is one slice of aged swiss (where the salt has started to form on the rind) and a slice of real Kraft American (not the proc food product) on cracked wheat, butter fried both sides, but not smashed. *DO NOT* smash my grilled cheese please. Thank you.

Real Kraft American? You speak in oxymoron. Find a good small producer who cares to make more than a cookie cutter cheese. FWIW, I'm originally from Wisconsin and I prefer Wisconsin cheese. I make one exception to this rule. Tillamook. I grab a Tillamook whenever I see some at the grocery store. I have the wife converted too, also.

Now see? This is where food turns into religion. Kraft invented American Cheese, and they still make it. Delicious stuff. But, they also invented orange colored grease called processed cheese food with the word food being an obscene mischaracterization. These two things should not be confused, or considered analogous.

Schullsburg. If you want real American cheese, buy Schullsburg. Oh wait, it's made in Wisconsin and I never saw it in a store when I lived in the PNW. My brother once worked for one of those fake cheese places. He told me they mixed a bunch of mystery oils and chemicals and out came "cheese." They shipped that stuff to Kraft.

Perogies! Yum!

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:27 pmPerogies! Yum!

Pierogi.

filly wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:30 pm

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:27 pmPerogies! Yum!

Pierogi.

Yes!

I rarely buy the processed "American" cheese, but I do have a fondness for the Kraft Macaroni and Processed Cheese-like product. Still, I rarely have it likely due to the fact that living single, you ended up eating too much and not having a balanced meal. I suppose I could toss in some broccoli.

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:27 pmPerogies! Yum!

Where's the potato pancakes...

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:52 am

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:27 pmPerogies! Yum!

Where's the potato pancakes...

Had some at a German restaurant on Friday (seated outside).

northland10 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:15 am I rarely buy the processed "American" cheese, but I do have a fondness for the Kraft Macaroni and Processed Cheese-like product. Still, I rarely have it likely due to the fact that living single, you ended up eating too much and not having a balanced meal. I suppose I could toss in some broccoli.

Broccolli in Mac-n-Cheese is punishment, not food. Add some cream and cheese, serve peas on the side, pour some wine, you're good.

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:52 am

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:27 pmPerogies! Yum!

Where's the potato pancakes...

Indeed. Where are they?!?

bill_g wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:57 am

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:52 am

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:27 pmPerogies! Yum!

Where's the potato pancakes...

Indeed. Where are they?!?

Well, they were at Hofbrahaus.

Estiveo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:39 pm I recently rediscovered the joy of a good grilled cheese sammich. And I tells you now that the best bread for it is Orowheat Italian bread.

I made one today with pepper jack cheese, deli ham, hot cappicola, and thinly sliced Roma tomatoes at the center so they're just barely warm.

I’m allergic to cheese these days. I really, really missed grilled cheese until I discovered a vegan cheese recipe from itdoesnttastelikechicken.com. I make the “cheese” and instead of cooking it to firm it up, I pour the liquid into ice cube trays and freeze it. Two cheese cubes thawed and heated in the microwave is yields a perfect fondue-consistency which I then spread on bread and brown lightly on the griddle. The cheese is bland enough that you can flavor it with just about anything. Fresh garlic is my favorite. Yummy!

bill_g wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:57 am

northland10 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:15 am I rarely buy the processed "American" cheese, but I do have a fondness for the Kraft Macaroni and Processed Cheese-like product. Still, I rarely have it likely due to the fact that living single, you ended up eating too much and not having a balanced meal. I suppose I could toss in some broccoli.

Broccolli in Mac-n-Cheese is punishment, not food. Add some cream and cheese, serve peas on the side, pour some wine, you're good.

Bacon. Bacon works. Mac & Cheese con Bacon. Mmmmmm. Someone upthread said Mac & Cheese wasn't a balanced diet?

bill_g wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:57 am

northland10 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:15 am I rarely buy the processed "American" cheese, but I do have a fondness for the Kraft Macaroni and Processed Cheese-like product. Still, I rarely have it likely due to the fact that living single, you ended up eating too much and not having a balanced meal. I suppose I could toss in some broccoli.

Broccolli in Mac-n-Cheese is punishment, not food. Add some cream and cheese, serve peas on the side, pour some wine, you're good.

Panera now has a broccoli mac and cheese. Now I can go between that and broccoli cheese soup. I may have a fondness for broccoli.

northland10 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:21 pm

bill_g wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:57 am

northland10 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:15 am I rarely buy the processed "American" cheese, but I do have a fondness for the Kraft Macaroni and Processed Cheese-like product. Still, I rarely have it likely due to the fact that living single, you ended up eating too much and not having a balanced meal. I suppose I could toss in some broccoli.

Broccolli in Mac-n-Cheese is punishment, not food. Add some cream and cheese, serve peas on the side, pour some wine, you're good.

Panera now has a broccoli mac and cheese. Now I can go between that and broccoli cheese soup. I may have a fondness for broccoli.

Well done. Point taken. Broc cheese soup can be good. I've made it myself with a beer base for the liquid. You get the beer flat with a quick heat on the stove. Make your bechamel sauce thick, cheese it up, add beer, toss in thawed frozen broc (they blanche it before they freeze it), or cook it fresh separately. Supposed to be soup, not fondue. So, be liberal with the beer. DO NOT boil. It will break.

Where’s the ketchup? US sees shortage as manufacturers rush to meet demand
Uptick in demand for ketchup packets during a pandemic boom in takeout dining has had an influence on the price of packets

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/a ... 1617726307

It’s an American tragedy that takes place in under a minute. You eagerly open the warm takeout bag in your hands, the smell of french fries wafting through its package. Everything seems to be there until you dig around the bottom of the bag. Nothing but napkins. Where’s the ketchup?

That experience has apparently become more common for Americans as the country experiences a ketchup shortage and manufacturers race to catch up to increasing demand for single-use ketchup packets during a pandemic boom in takeout dining.

Mrs. V. and I order Marco's pizza bowls (no crusts) and a large salad about every 3 weeks. That's enough for four (per Marco's menu) and we get 2 meals out of it. Usually it comes with 4 plastic forks and packets of red pepper flakes and parmesan cheese. Last week our order came with 1 fork and no packets. Could just be a careless order packer.

So, sorta / kinda on the vegan thing for a week and a half.

I say sorta kinda because we have some stuff in the freezer I've been eating up on the weekend.

But other than that, no complaints.

We got a meal subscription for 10 meals a week.

Some of its been downright tasty.

One meal from the other day was a clunker.

There were some sautéed greens that were rather bitter and ruined half the dish.

https://purplesprout.com

They messed up the date. This is next week's menue

Chilidog wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:45 pm So, sorta / kinda on the vegan thing for a week and a half.

I say sorta kinda because we have some stuff in the freezer I've been eating up on the weekend.

But other than that, no complaints.

We got a meal subscription for 10 meals a week.

Some of its been downright tasty.

One meal from the other day was a clunker.

There were some sautéed greens that were rather bitter and ruined half the dish.

https://purplesprout.com

I know this the the no recipes thread, but I highly recommend the website https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com. I’m not vegan, but I do have dangerous food allergies (dairy and mammalian meat). I founds some really delicious recipes that won’t kill me quickly (some might kill me slowly because of the sugar involved, so I tread carefully). The stuff I have tried has been really, really good, so I imagine the rest of it is good as well.

Alpha gal?

Maybenaut wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:56 pm

Chilidog wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:45 pm So, sorta / kinda on the vegan thing for a week and a half.

I say sorta kinda because we have some stuff in the freezer I've been eating up on the weekend.

But other than that, no complaints.

We got a meal subscription for 10 meals a week.

Some of its been downright tasty.

One meal from the other day was a clunker.

There were some sautéed greens that were rather bitter and ruined half the dish.

https://purplesprout.com

I know this the the no recipes thread, but I highly recommend the website https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com. I’m not vegan, but I do have dangerous food allergies (dairy and mammalian meat). I founds some really delicious recipes that won’t kill me quickly (some might kill me slowly because of the sugar involved, so I tread carefully). The stuff I have tried has been really, really good, so I imagine the rest of it is good as well.

Link didn't work for me.

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:01 pm

Maybenaut wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:56 pm

Chilidog wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:45 pm So, sorta / kinda on the vegan thing for a week and a half.

I say sorta kinda because we have some stuff in the freezer I've been eating up on the weekend.

But other than that, no complaints.

We got a meal subscription for 10 meals a week.

Some of its been downright tasty.

One meal from the other day was a clunker.

There were some sautéed greens that were rather bitter and ruined half the dish.

https://purplesprout.com

I know this the the no recipes thread, but I highly recommend the website https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com. I’m not vegan, but I do have dangerous food allergies (dairy and mammalian meat). I founds some really delicious recipes that won’t kill me quickly (some might kill me slowly because of the sugar involved, so I tread carefully). The stuff I have tried has been really, really good, so I imagine the rest of it is good as well.

Link didn't work for me.

Try it again.