Food/Cooking thread

Thanks Chris
Yep I can be hard to follow
I just have lots of strange occurrences going on
that I throw out there

But it was Retha, the gal I helped saved
from the brain aneurysm, that missed out on the parole picnic
Her decision making skills is less than stellar Ha ha

I had mentioned cappocola to her and she never tried it
So I bought some along with cheese & crackers
and I plan on treating her to a picnic style treat
but she doesn't like wine and couldn't find the time to go
bad decision


Well I did take her out for a Harvey Wineburger
That’s a famous old bar in Phoenix
that makes these unique hamburgers.
She puts mayonnaise on her French fries
as I said --her decision making is not exactly stellar

Dates Chris ? hhhmmmmmm….
I've got a few years on ya.
But I been stood up more than I’ve went on them.
So hang in there.
They are missing out on an upcoming chef !

Ed

A lot of Mexican dishes that I haven't a clue on,we go to a local Mom and Pop Mexican cafe and give these foods a try.
If we like it,we than try it out at home,that way your only out the one meal you payed for at the cafe,if you didn't like it..
As for Italian,I was eating that food in Europe at 19 years old and loved it all...
Really hard to find great Italian food around the states,like Italy dished out!So I cook my own and it comes very close to what I use to eat while overseas....Thumps up
Don't be afraid to experiment with food,that's how you become better at the trade...LOL
It's like building a house,once you know the ropes,it goes up in no time...Same with food,you will be able to throw a dish together in your sleep.........(so to speak)..LOL

some folks eat to live
Italians live to eat

sometime I even eat in my sleep
dreaming of food & rocks
life's good

Pommes frites I just looked that up Mike
don't recall of hearing of them before
I don't know ? ... maybe I'm missing something

it could be a geological thing
maybe in the northern climes mayonnaise is favored
in the desert-- mayonnaise is a bit shun
perhaps because of the heat?

Ed, in French "pomme" means "apple." They call potatoes "pommes de terre," literally "apples of the earth." The term "pommes frites" simply means "fried potatoes." Not very romantic, huh?

Tomato ketchup was first made from "love apples" (tomatoes) in 1812. Prior to that time most people were afraid to eat tomatoes, thinking they were poisonous. Maybe the European preference for mayo developed because the French invented it long ago, they were afraid of tomatoes and mayo was an easily-available condiment. Tomato ketchup was mainly available in the U.S. so maybe we developed a different taste. Just guessing.

Hey Ed, it's lucky Newton survived without a skull fracture. Pommes is merely the plural of pomme.

The term "love apples" derived from the French pommes d'amour, because of tomatoes' supposed aphrodisiacal powers. I have a hunch the idea they were poisonous came from another member of the solanacea family, deadly nightshade.

This is an interesting article:

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344845/The-tomato-feared-200-YEARS-Europeans-called-poison-apple-thought-sinful-seductive.html

That some interesting information Rick

I would have never suspected
that the tomato was a shun food for so long

Heck I assumed they were eaten from the beginning
No tomato are mentioned in the Bible ?
What about Homer's Iliad ?
Alexander the Great really missed out
Shakespeare would of had some great toast!

It easy to assume the tomato is indigenous to the Mediterranean
And it just isn’t true.
There just no end to things I never really thought about.

And why didn’t the Mayan invent Bolognese Sauce?