tommy

yes. we'll see you there april 7, 2002. don't be late.

i made a hamburger. yeah yeah, it sounds lame. but it was from freshly ground meat. details can be found on the making your own hamburger meat thread on the cooking board.

i had reasonable success with making my own hamburger meat tonite. i used a pound each of sirlion and chuck, and ground them on the lowest speed, per some of the folks here, even though the manual suggested a speed setting of "4". i trimmed any excess fat off of the meat before grinding. i subscribe to the "less is more" approach when it comes to hamburger handling, as opposed to my approach to dog handling. i think this backfired a bit, as they wanted to fall apart on the grill. this led to me overcooking the burgers slightly. but, the flavor and texture were right on. i'm looking forward to trying this again with different cuts of meat. the bun was this big fluffy over-sized white castle looking thing that i had previous success with from Kings supermarket. i really enjoy this bun. it doesn't get in the way, but serves its purpose. yes, i would say that this bun, if anything, servers the burger. that should be its tag line. "this bun serves the burger." tag line writing shall no doubt be my next career. also served: baked french fries with rosemary and doctored ketchup (i see no reason to not doctor ketchup when you've got chili sauces and sriracha laying about). salad of arugala and red onion. a 1999 cabernet franc from firestone vinyards (CA)

my friends swear by cosmo's in hackensack. they tell me it's as good as vito's in hoboken (my favorite italian deli). i need to try cosmo's.

you're wrong. get out of my thread.

of course. in the hamptons. of course.

not iceburb, which is, of course, the king of the crunchy lettuces. paul, the dressing was o and red v. i'm assuming nothing special for either, but that's usually the case, and quite acceptable, for this type of sandwich imho.

for this particular style of sandwich, shredded is appropriate. i agree though that leaf lettuce is most appropriate in just about every other application. just was i would agree that a big soft hogie roll, like the above, is generally crappy...but not in this application.

actually i found it quite entertaining.

we went to Skuffy's in beautiful hawthorne today. mrs. tommy had remembered that this place was really good...about 20 yrs ago. well it has in fact held up. the subs are just as good as they were 20 yrs ago. and the decor and video games remain the same as well. the only complaint with these sandwiches is the bread. ours was too well done, and on one of the sandwiches, too much. the whole bread-to-fillings ratio was a bit off, and enough to put a big damper on this otherwise decent sandwich. shredded lettuce, which they use, is key. good for them. the sandwich is also bigger than sub base and some others. Skuffy's Subs (973) 427-3811 84 Goffle Rd Hawthorne, NJ

steve, that was the most efficient and effective post i've ever read from you.

actually, i think it's "too much" information. too much noise. give me 2 or 3 decent producers at a decent price point that are readily available in a metropolitan area and i'll be happy.

everything you ever wanted to know...and a whole lot more.

i think i just fell in love all over again.

wugmeister, did you leave you humor in your other pant suit today? jeesh!

my father used "the belt" and look how i turned out. i'm just sayin. of course. of course.

as rosie will no doubt post, NJ byo restaurants are no permitted to charge a corkage fee. maybe they don't know that.

Actually, it's my favorite size. I'd rather have a half bottle of a great wine than a full bottle of an ok wine. Assuming I'm not sharing that is. i'd rather have a full bottle of great wine.

hehe.

what does one do with a half bottle of anything? baffling.

baumgarts or whatever it's called, right? horrible. and icecream. just what i want: 50 screaming kids with ice cream and hamburgers running around while i'm trying to enjoy mediocre chinese food. great. sign me up.

i can't wait to try this. are there, umm, dogs i can look at?

there's no way i'd be allowed back on this site if i say what i do with poodles and whipped cream.

yeah, getting him to talk about himself or talk in general is going to be like pulling teeth.

my understanding is that sushi is just as much a korean thing as it is a japanese thing. i read somewhere (here?) that korea has been eating it longer than japan has. but that's neither here nor there.