Dinner Tonight

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:30 am

Need to stick with red wine for better health:

stroke risk:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/48 ... ays-doctor

and

memory:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/06/0 ... -suggests/

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:45 am

Merkin wrote:Need to stick with red wine for better health:

stroke risk:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/48 ... ays-doctor

and

memory:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/06/0 ... -suggests/

If true, then what about the part where it's 90+ degrees out and red wine has no appeal? I love red wine, but not when I'm all hot.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:50 am

Longhorned wrote:
Merkin wrote:Need to stick with red wine for better health:

stroke risk:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/48 ... ays-doctor

and

memory:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/06/0 ... -suggests/
If true, then what about the part where it's 90+ degrees out and red wine has no appeal? I love red wine, but not when I'm all hot.

You can water it down and toss in a few ice cubes. No law against that.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:52 am

This has month has been busy at work.

My wife cooks it, I eat it.

Last night a nice pork chop sandwich with apricot mustard glaze was awaiting when I showed up at the door.

I miss my grill, I miss going to farmers markets, my garden is going to shit.

July can't get here soon enough.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:56 am

Chicat wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
Merkin wrote:Need to stick with red wine for better health:

stroke risk:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/48 ... ays-doctor

and

memory:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/06/0 ... -suggests/
If true, then what about the part where it's 90+ degrees out and red wine has no appeal? I love red wine, but not when I'm all hot.
You can water it down and toss in a few ice cubes. No law against that.

Okay, then what's the max you should spend on a bottle of wine that you'll do that to?

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:58 am

Chicat wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
Merkin wrote:Need to stick with red wine for better health:

stroke risk:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/48 ... ays-doctor

and

memory:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/06/0 ... -suggests/
If true, then what about the part where it's 90+ degrees out and red wine has no appeal? I love red wine, but not when I'm all hot.
You can water it down and toss in a few ice cubes. No law against that.

Just the law of wine drinking snobbery/elitism.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:00 am

Longhorned wrote:
Chicat wrote:You can water it down and toss in a few ice cubes. No law against that.
Okay, then what's the max you should spend on a bottle of wine that you'll do that to?

$9

Merkin wrote:Just the law of wine drinking snobbery/elitism.

I drink to express and excess, not to impress.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:03 am

I would go more towards $6, but probably use whiskey stones instead of ice cubes.

Grocery Outlets have $10+ bottles of wine for around $6.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:05 am

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:06 am

Merkin wrote:

Just the law of wine drinking snobbery/elitism.

I'm worried that I spent $10 on a bottle of wine that tastes no different than two buck chuck once you've watered it down and iced it.

For those who do wish to practice snobbery/elitism, watering down and icing wine was standard practice in among snobbish elites in ancient Greece.[/quote]

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:13 am

Longhorned wrote:I'm worried that I spent $10 on a bottle of wine that tastes no different than two buck chuck once you've watered it down and iced it.

In a blind taste test you may not be able to tell the difference even when it isn't watered down.

Longhorned wrote:For those who do wish to practice snobbery/elitism, watering down and icing wine was standard practice in among snobbish elites in ancient Greece.

How else you gonna get the little boys out of their togas?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:48 pm

Last night: steak in San Francisco.

Tonight: teriyaki in Tokyo.

Gato Salvaje · Post by **Gato Salvaje** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:59 pm

Longhorned wrote:Last night: steak in San Francisco.

Tonight: teriyaki in Tokyo.

Could I interest you in (green corn) Tamales from Nogales?

EOCT · Post by **EOCT** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:19 pm

Wait! Butter is now.....legal??

http://time.com/2863227/ending-the-war-on-fat/

I'm gonna celebrate. Right now.

Okay. A quarter inch slab off a butter log. Now, here's half a saltine(salt OD kind).......put the slab on there and cover it with another saltine for a golden sammy!

Now, crack a Dos and I'm good.

TheBlackLodge · Post by **TheBlackLodge** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:34 pm

Longhorned wrote:For tonight I plan more than one healthy glass of some kind of cold white wine.

And I went overboard and ordered me a pound of troll-caught Alaskan Wild King Salmon. They catch it in the ocean with herring-baited hook-and-line, and the fish is supposedly higher quality than the more matured salmon more easily caught in the river. $33 a pound. We'll see.

I'm going to grill it over charcoal.

At that price you should just have it raw, sashimi-style.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:36 pm

Stew and biscuits tonight.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:42 pm

Gato Salvaje wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Last night: steak in San Francisco.

Tonight: teriyaki in Tokyo.
Could I interest you in (green corn) Tamales from Nogales?

I can't even remember what that commercial was for. It was in the late 70s, usually during a 60 Minutes broadcast. The guy looked something like The Most Interesting Man in the World, except it was dead serious. "Last night, steak in San Francisco. Tonight, teriyaki in Tokyo." Should have been, "Tomorrow, tamales in Nogales."

And yes, you could always interest me in real green corn tamales. Could be my favorite food in the world.

True story: I froze a bunch and brought them to Chicago. I prepared them for the guy who lived downstairs (picture Kramer) but then I had to run back up to my place to grab something. By the time I got back, he'd dumped Louisiana Hot Sauce all over them. Not a good moment for me. I almost flushed his oven down the toilet.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:44 pm

TheBlackLodge wrote:
Longhorned wrote:For tonight I plan more than one healthy glass of some kind of cold white wine.

And I went overboard and ordered me a pound of troll-caught Alaskan Wild King Salmon. They catch it in the ocean with herring-baited hook-and-line, and the fish is supposedly higher quality than the more matured salmon more easily caught in the river. $33 a pound. We'll see.

I'm going to grill it over charcoal.
At that price you should just have it raw, sashimi-style.

It will be exceedingly rare.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:56 pm

Pizza Hut

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:13 pm

Chicat wrote:Pizza Hut

How is Pizza Hut these days? I remember it being pretty good. Do I misremember? What's the best pizza to order there now?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:17 pm

It's the best of the fast pizza chains IMHO.

Hand-tossed Meat Lovers FTW

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:18 pm

pizza hut is terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible. by far the worst of the pizza chains (well it's tied with papa johns)

all of pizza hut's food is frozen and reheated. they don't make the dough or stretch it or anything. just throw a hockey puck into a pan.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:24 pm

You'd eat Domino's over Pizza Hut?

You just invalidated all of your arguments . . . not only in this thread but in all threads . . . forever.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:29 pm

well i'd rather eat real pizza and not chain pizza haha, but gun to my head, dominos for sure. they've made a ton of changes in the last few years, and while still cheap fast food pizza, it's better than papa johns or pizza hut. pizza hut and papa johns aren't even edible. anytime i've had it from either, it's always half cooked, doughy, mushy and has like triple sauce on it.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:16 pm

Gyros

Daryl Zero · Post by **Daryl Zero** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:32 pm

Peanut butter on bread.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:14 pm

Chicat wrote:
Hand-tossed Meat Lovers FTW

That's not a masturbation joke?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:17 pm

Longhorned wrote:
And I went overboard and ordered me a pound of troll-caught Alaskan Wild King Salmon. They catch it in the ocean with herring-baited hook-and-line, and the fish is supposedly higher quality than the more matured salmon more easily caught in the river. $33 a pound. We'll see.

Holy shit. Don't miss this. Only around for like 10 days left. It's the cost of a dinner for two at something like Denny's.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:19 pm

Longhorned wrote:
Chicat wrote:
Hand-tossed Meat Lovers FTW
That's not a masturbation joke?

You're the only person who really gets me...

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:27 pm

I missed dinner because 3dmk and I were talking about ways to improve this site.

I think you all owe us a free dinner (preferably any of Longhorned's).

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:50 pm

Longhorned wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
And I went overboard and ordered me a pound of troll-caught Alaskan Wild King Salmon. They catch it in the ocean with herring-baited hook-and-line, and the fish is supposedly higher quality than the more matured salmon more easily caught in the river. $33 a pound. We'll see.
Holy shit. Don't miss this. Only around for like 10 days left. It's the cost of a dinner for two at something like Denny's.

Where'd you'd buy it from? How'd you prepare it?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:24 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
And I went overboard and ordered me a pound of troll-caught Alaskan Wild King Salmon. They catch it in the ocean with herring-baited hook-and-line, and the fish is supposedly higher quality than the more matured salmon more easily caught in the river. $33 a pound. We'll see.
Holy shit. Don't miss this. Only around for like 10 days left. It's the cost of a dinner for two at something like Denny's.
Where'd you'd buy it from? How'd you prepare it?

A fishmonger in town named Bart, who uses a company called Fortune Fish. They fly in the day's catch and you pick it up the next day. If Champaign has such a thing, Tucson has to, right?

I grilled it over charcoal for only 7 minutes, basting with a simple teri of just soy sauce and mirin. It was perfectly undercooked and all kinds of fatty.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:27 pm

Sounds amazing...unfortunately I don't know of a single real fishmonger in town...a town of about four times the population of the Champaign metro area and many hundreds of miles closer to the ocean than Champaign.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 5:58 am

scumdevils86 wrote:Sounds amazing...unfortunately I don't know of a single real fishmonger in town...a town of about four times the population of the Champaign metro area and many hundreds of miles closer to the ocean than Champaign.

I bet you'd do more than fine with:

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/department/seafood

(which we don't have in Champaign)

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:03 am

scumdevils86 wrote:Sounds amazing...unfortunately I don't know of a single real fishmonger in town...a town of about four times the population of the Champaign metro area and many hundreds of miles closer to the ocean than Champaign.

Rincon Market...Ask for Yuri.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:51 am

CST is right, Rincon Market is known for their fresh fish. Gets driven in every day from the LA fish markets if I remember right.

Anyone ever try Dickman's in Tucson? I was at a wedding last week in Catalina and some guy was telling me about the buffalo steaks he picked up there.

Looks like they have all kinds of interesting meats:

Gato Salvaje · Post by **Gato Salvaje** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:54 am

CalStateTempe wrote:
scumdevils86 wrote:Sounds amazing...unfortunately I don't know of a single real fishmonger in town...a town of about four times the population of the Champaign metro area and many hundreds of miles closer to the ocean than Champaign.
Rincon Market...Ask for Yuri.

Didn't the Rincon Market Burn down?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:59 am

http://azstarnet.com/business/local/rin ... 52b99.html

back open.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:10 am

Come to think of it, I was just at the tea shop across the street last week when in town and I don't think it was open yet.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:19 am

Rincon has not reopened yet, I think sometime in early July though.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:19 am

It doesn't please me to say this, but in the meantime (and after) you just can't go wrong with the fish operation at Whole Foods. Hard to compete with how they procure and transport.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:32 am

Yeah I was gonna say Rincon is not an option currently.... and although I have been to Dickman's quite often it isn't exactly a "fishmonger". Will have to give Whole Foods a try then, especially when or if the one on Oracle opens.

BearDown89 · Post by **BearDown89** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:36 am

Merkin wrote:CST is right, Rincon Market is known for their fresh fish. Gets driven in every day from the LA fish markets if I remember right.

Anyone ever try Dickman's in Tucson? I was at a wedding last week in Catalina and some guy was telling me about the buffalo steaks he picked up there.

Looks like they have all kinds of interesting meats:

I've been to Dickman's with my folks on visits home. Sandwiches were excellent. Butcher/seafood selections look fantastic. I tell you what, I love antelope burgers. Buddy of mine got an antelope a couple of years ago and we ate a ton of antelope burgers at his cabin that year. Really, really enjoyed them.

Camel and llama burgers sound a little out there, but I'd try 'em. I've had wild boar sausage too. It wasn't bad in and of itself, but it was over seasoned with sage or something by whoever prepared it.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:42 am

Did you see that Anthony Bourdain No Reservations visit to Saudi Arabia, where they butchered and ate that camel? That animal was meaty. Maybe not fair, but I'm picturing llama as sinewy and lean.

BearDown89 · Post by **BearDown89** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:33 am

Longhorned wrote:Did you see that Anthony Bourdain No Reservations visit to Saudi Arabia, where they butchered and ate that camel? That animal was meaty. Maybe not fair, but I'm picturing llama as sinewy and lean.

I did see that one. Butchered the camel back in that courtyard. Pretty brutal scene I recall, even Tony had a tough time with it. Buy yeah, that's a big animal for sure.

There's a llama in a pasture I drive by every day. He's always dry-humping the the big shaggy Scottish Highland cows that he shares the pasture with when the cows are lying (laying?) down. The cows end up in a few local restaurants and I know they're tasty, but I've never considered the llama for a burger. He's just kind of a freak.

Coop Cat · Post by **Coop Cat** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:59 pm

Going camping this weekend at South Carlsbad. As usual, I am in charge of the cooking for the weekend and y my girlfriend is in charge of the bartending. It is just me, her, y another girl.

Friday: Keeping it simple with a charcuterie platter, cheese y crackers, veggies, hummus, y marinated/grilled/sliced chicken thighs to round out the finger foods.

Saturday: Bacon wrapped grilled jalapenos y shrimp, new york strip steaks, sauteed jack daniels mushrooms, baked potato with all the fixins, y salad.

Ready for the final 30 minutes of work.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:22 pm

Coop Cat wrote:Going camping this weekend at South Carlsbad. As usual, I am in charge of the cooking for the weekend and my girlfriend is in charge of the bartending. It is just me, her, and another girl.

Friday: Keeping it simple with a charcuterie platter, cheese y crackers, veggies, hummus, y marinated/grilled/sliced chicken thighs to round out the finger foods.

Saturday: Bacon wrapped grilled jalapenos y shrimp, new york strip steaks, sauteed jack daniels mushrooms, baked potato with all the fixins, y salad.

Ready for the final 30 minutes of work.

(Sits back) Let's talk about this.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:37 pm

Coop Cat wrote: It is just me, her, and another girl.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:00 pm

was gonna say...just you and another chick...seems like it is suggestion time!

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:06 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:was gonna say...just you and another chick...seems like it is suggestion time!

Who needs a suggestion? Isn't it understood what's going to happen when he pitches that tent?

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