| FOOD I'm in the mood for a food thread. If it's boring? I don't want to hear about it. A twist on something? Yeah.

TerryP said:
This is another subject. How do you make your chocolate milk? I'm a Nesquik guy over Hershey's. Milk, for one. Got Vanilla Bean ice cream in the freezer for two.

Then there are banana splits.
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Yessir!!!!!!!

I’m a nesquick guy for sure!!!! Now I also like the pre made extra thick chocolate milk. There was a premade one (can’t remember the brand). Raceways and piggly wigglys had it and it was fantastic!!!! Can’t find it anywhere now!!!
 
TerryP said:
Curious. Have you missed the convo's with @It Takes Eleven and me about food over the last few years? There were three reasons I moved here. One, family. Two, golf. Three, food. The FDA should make my appetite a Schedule 4 drug. Wait. Wrong three letters.

I'm telling ya'! It was both hilarious and a work of art seeing him order a burger. At a bar he calls, "my haunts." I also tip my hat here...I haven't had their pimento cheese but his selection of that, on a medium rare burger, with bacon? UH? Yeah.

You have drug addicts. You have alcoholics. And you have guy that got pissed off because someone mentioned greens. I went and got some.

Some people eat chips. I took that route. Eatin' greens as a snack. I know...not quite right in the head.
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I have been reading the site since it was the other site but just found the Our Lives forum a few months back. Read about y'alls bar burger, sandwiches and something else but don't remember a lot of other food topics.

We've definitely made food part of our travels. Food in the south is my favorite overall but chinatown in NYC and San Francisco and Mexican food in the southwest were really good as well. Beef is great in the Midwest if you can find a spot that uses enough salt and pepper. I like Louisiana seafood over east coast seafood but they're both good. All that to say I love good food as well especially if it's interesting. Tried horse sashimi and whale in Japan, horse was good, whale tail not so much. Not a lot i won't try and not a lot I just despise.
 
rick4bama said:
How do any of you cook your steaks? What you put on it as you are cooing it, do you us sauce? Rib eye mostly.
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It Takes Eleven said:
Salt and pepper for me, that's it.
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I'm with Tim. It's cooked with salt and pepper. I will occasionally add a slab of REAL butter after it's done.

The only sauce I'll use is horseradish as a dip.

As to cooking? The last two rib-eyes I made were both pan seared in a cast iron skillet. I have one thawing right now (and saying "one" is a misnomer...it was one of three in a 7lb package.) One of the reasons I went and picked up some charcoal and propane yesterday was with that steak in mind.
 
Krimson said:
I have been reading the site since it was the other site but just found the Our Lives forum a few months back. Read about y'alls bar burger, sandwiches and something else but don't remember a lot of other food topics.

We've definitely made food part of our travels. Food in the south is my favorite overall but chinatown in NYC and San Francisco and Mexican food in the southwest were really good as well. Beef is great in the Midwest if you can find a spot that uses enough salt and pepper. I like Louisiana seafood over east coast seafood but they're both good. All that to say I love good food as well especially if it's interesting. Tried horse sashimi and whale in Japan, horse was good, whale tail not so much. Not a lot i won't try and not a lot I just despise.
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The food connversations always seem to come up randomly. In some thread, someone will say something...and then it's "derailed." (IF there is a such thing with food.)

I'm not a fan of how people use the cliche, "I'm blessed," so causally. BUT, when it comes to places to eat around here? Yeah. I'm blessed. I've pointed to different places in threads...I'd guess Tim is in town four times a year so it's a "when you are here next, try this." The place we ate at the other day came up in a completely different conversation. But, Laura has done a great job with that place. (Hell, I've known her since before I attended UA as an undergrad...so, 1990 or so?)

I like Louisiana seafood over east coast seafood but they're both good.
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There's a place, Pearlz, downtown which has some really good seafood. Oyster bar. One of the cool things about the place is you can choose which area...IE: Oysters from up the coast around Maine, or around here locally, or from the Gulf. The last time I was there their menu was a map. "I want Oysters from there." I'll be getting into a case of Oysters pretty soon for a little steamin', drinkin', and chillin'.

I do get what you are saying about regions, areas, town sections...just so happens that I can get about everything I need within a few minutes: 90 percent or more natural or organic.

(HA! Just got a text from a friend...pork tenderloins at the meat market/butcher for a little over $3 a lb. I have a road trip to make...the last time I turned that into about 10, 1" chops.)
 
TerryP said:
The food connversations always seem to come up randomly. In some thread, someone will say something...and then it's "derailed." (IF there is a such thing with food.)

I'm not a fan of how people use the cliche, "I'm blessed," so causally. BUT, when it comes to places to eat around here? Yeah. I'm blessed. I've pointed to different places in threads...I'd guess Tim is in town four times a year so it's a "when you are here next, try this." The place we ate at the other day came up in a completely different conversation. But, Laura has done a great job with that place. (Hell, I've known her since before I attended UA as an undergrad...so, 1990 or so?)



There's a place, Pearlz, downtown which has some really good seafood. Oyster bar. One of the cool things about the place is you can choose which area...IE: Oysters from up the coast around Maine, or around here locally, or from the Gulf. The last time I was there their menu was a map. "I want Oysters from there." I'll be getting into a case of Oysters pretty soon for a little steamin', drinkin', and chillin'.

I do get what you are saying about regions, areas, town sections...just so happens that I can get about everything I need within a few minutes: 90 percent or more natural or organic.

(HA! Just got a text from a friend...pork tenderloins at the meat market/butcher for a little over $3 a lb. I have a road trip to make...the last time I turned that into about 10, 1" chops.)
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Been to that oyster bar back when I used to come there occasionally for the Navy. They had good oysters and they actually shucked them right. Charleston does have some good eats.
 
Krimson said:
Been to that oyster bar back when I used to come there occasionally for the Navy. They had good oysters and they actually shucked them right. Charleston does have some good eats.
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That's crazy. Small world. I've probably eaten there three dozen, or more, times in my life. You are talking about the one on East Bay Street?

The "Upstairz Lounge" in Columbia? Nice. I'd tell anyone going to 'Cola to take their wife/GF, whatever there. It's an hour and a half from here (if you drive the speed limit, which I don't...hence the reason to take Uber to the bar the other day meeting Tim. Among other things...)

The last time I was there I had a Seafood Linguine Pasta. A bit high, in price...under thirty, but over twenty five. I remember it had shrimp, clams, and mussels. I recognized the white wine it was cooked in...as well as the garlic. Served with tomatoes as a topping.

Which, eventually, game me the idea I made two weeks ago...same stuff, but with an Alfredo sauce I made.
 
TerryP said:
That's crazy. Small world. I've probably eaten there three dozen, or more, times in my life. You are talking about the one on East Bay Street?

The "Upstairz Lounge" in Columbia? Nice. I'd tell anyone going to 'Cola to take their wife/GF, whatever there. It's an hour and a half from here (if you drive the speed limit, which I don't...hence the reason to take Uber to the bar the other day meeting Tim. Among other things...)

The last time I was there I had a Seafood Linguine Pasta. A bit high, in price...under thirty, but over twenty five. I remember it had shrimp, clams, and mussels. I recognized the white wine it was cooked in...as well as the garlic. Served with tomatoes as a topping.

Which, eventually, game me the idea I made two weeks ago...same stuff, but with an Alfredo sauce I made.
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I'm assuming, It's been a few minuets but I remember a nice oyster bar downtown that had oysters from several east coast spots and Alaska. Think they had some from the south as well but I wanted to try the ones from other locations.
 
Krimson said:
I'm assuming, It's been a few minuets but I remember a nice oyster bar downtown that had oysters from several east coast spots and Alaska. Think they had some from the south as well but I wanted to try the ones from other locations.
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It probably is ... if you were downtown, it was.

When I go, and it'll be soon since it's the season, it'll be with a group of people. Now we have four or five different locations..."I'll get a dozen from here, you get one from there..."

There is a place in Mt. Pleasant that will deliver to the door 100 single shell oysters at $1 a piece. If I were to pick up a case, probably around $90. The case will feed 8-10...it's worth the money. It'll be a $10 meal in the end...everyone will leave money on the kitchen counter. The biggest bitch is you have to take the shells to collection areas (if you want to follow the law.)
 
rick4bama said:
How do any of you cook your steaks? What you put on it as you are cooing it, do you us sauce? Rib eye mostly.
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Kosher salt few hours before cooking, 45 min to an hour before cooking take it out of the fridge and fresh ground pepper it and let it come to room temp. Grill on high heat over wood or charcoal to about 120 then rest for 15 min.
 
TerryP said:
It probably is ... if you were downtown, it was.

When I go, and it'll be soon since it's the season, it'll be with a group of people. Now we have four or five different locations..."I'll get a dozen from here, you get one from there..."

There is a place in Mt. Pleasant that will deliver to the door 100 single shell oysters at $1 a piece. If I were to pick up a case, probably around $90. The case will feed 8-10...it's worth the money. It'll be a $10 meal in the end...everyone will leave money on the kitchen counter. The biggest bitch is you have to take the shells to collection areas (if you want to follow the law.)
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Collection areas around here are gardens or driveways, never heard of those. It was definitely downtown, took the hotel transport because I was planning on having a few.

Yesterday was the first time I've seen saltwater since January, way too long. I love raw oysters but it's hard for me to order them away from the beach. My wife on the other hand wants to order crab clusters like they're fresher there... under $1 an oyster is pretty cheap. I bought a 3 dozen sack unshucked in mobile a couple weeks back for $25. Usually my first meal when I get near the beach is 3 dozen raw and a pitcher.
 
TerryP said:
@Rsedge72 Hall's uses a truffle butter on a steak. It's not that hard to make with truffle oil. I'm being a bit facetious when I say "REAL butter."
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When I say real butter it’s just got to be real butter. If it kind of comes apart and oily it’s not 100% butter….

But I do use some compound butters every so often… now when I cook with butter I always brown it 1st
 
It Takes Eleven said:
Salt and pepper for me, that's it.
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TerryP said:
I'm with Tim. It's cooked with salt and pepper. I will occasionally add a slab of REAL butter after it's done.
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Cook it in an iron skillet, 1.5 tbsp of olive oil, 3 min on each side to sear. Added real butter and some garlic salt and pepper. I got it between 130-140. It either med. rare or med.
 
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