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I think you may have accidentally posted these pictures in the Breakfast thread, instead of the Dinner thread. Those dinners look great.

Im with the I would eat it crowd. But i wouldn't serve it to anyone else, especially a pregnant woman.

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Hilariously, this old thread, helped me find a brand of sesame seeds i had bought years ago that my local asian market no longer carries. I couldn;t remember if they were toasted or not. Now i know, lol.

Looks delicious. You could also have filled with rice, put into a casserole dish, covered with enchilada sauce and cheese, and made some killer enchiladas, although i would recommend using mild enchilas sauce 😝

Late to the party, im sure your dishes turned out well. Just wanted to say, the only ingredient missing was soy sauce for marinated chicken for fajita's.

Freeze it, and train your heat tolerance, then thaw and enjoy. Seriously, aside from doubling all the ingredients, or diluting with rice, your just going to change the flavor profile which defeats the purpose in my opinion.

Not a fan of chocolate strawberries either, but strawberries are one of my least favorite fruits, mainly because of the reasons you mentioned, and also because i am grossed out by bruised fruit and stawberries are easily bruised. One fruit i will say goes well with chocolate is banana.

Look again, green onion. Jokes aside, i made roasted asparagus but it never got plated.

Rack of lamb, Lobster tail stuffed with crab imperial, and a heart shaped velet chocolate chip cream cheese brownie, with a lava cake topped with ice cream ala mode.

I can't put my finger on it, but there is something about using a wok vs a pan that you just can't get the same results, and it has nothing to do with the heat level. I believe its the way the wok flips the vegetables/meat when you stir them due to the woks shape. Then when you move the vegetables/meat up the sides not only does it prevent burning, it also alows the liquids to drain down to the bottom where it evaporates faster preventing your vegetables/meat from boiling in its own liquids.

I buy grass fed beef tenderloin a lot because it goes on sale for cheaper then choice angus sirloin. I have not noticed any difference in cooking grass fed tenderloin vs choice tenderloin. I feel a lot of people over think this kinda stuff.

Location: Kansas The irony.

You are right, it is definitely not layers. Although it doesnt look to be completely solid. I suppose they dont turn it into completely paste maybe for texture reasons. Its worth a shot if i could only find that brand locally. Can you take a picture of the back of the package, maybe they list who produces it for Kroger?

My favorite is French potatoes ala mode with a ancho chile and aged cheddar sauce.

This might be doable. I can get frozen raw shrimp, and squid for less then $4lb, Possibly some frozen fish as well. I will have to go price hunting though, fish like pollock and haddock cost over $8.99lb frozen in my area. Its crazy, i hated how my mom baked those types of fish when i was a kid, it was dirt cheap back then, i can't believe i can buy even just farm raised salmon for that price now, which is 10x better in every way.

Yeah all i could find at my local asian market is the pink loaf on a wooden plank. I didn't buy it because it was a bit expensive and im not sure if it would have the same taste as imitation crab legs. I was hoping they had solid imitation crab legs but the ones they had were the same layered product that shreds easily for making sushi like spicy crab rolls and such. @heidih I am not saying you are mistaken, but i have checked EVERY grocery in my area and all 5 or 6 brands no matter if its flake, chunk, leg, crab, lobster, they all are layered. It can be hard to tell because the vacuum packages make it hard to move the pieces around, but i was able to confirm they all had layers. Unfortunitely the closest Kroger is over 450 miles away, lol.

I was thinking, would it be possible to buy this layered surimi ( on sale of course) put it in a food processor and turn it back into a paste, then form it back into a solid? I don't know much about the process, and i really dont want to attempt it with raw fish as it would be way to expensive in my neck of the woods. Maybe meat glue? Or another binder?

Can you source this Kroger Brand? I have checked every grocery in a 15 mile radious, all sell brands that use layered surimi. Even the asian market only sells surimi that is layered. Do i need to ask for a different product? I don't want to buy a whole bunch of products like fish balls, fish cakes or whatever. But nothing besides these seafood mixes at walmart have this solid surimi. This is fustrating to say the least.

I am making short ribs topped with lump crab and a marsala wine reduction over a bed of boursin mashed potatoes.

I think they mean it can handle a moist enviroment like a smoker with a water pan. I doubt they meant for it to be put basicly into a puddle. But by all means, keep doing it, just make sure to come back to this thread and let us know when it dies.

The meater probe is not waterproof. Its a very bad idea to put the probe inside the bag as there will be a lot of juices in there. Sorry i couldn't get past that so i didn't read the rest of your post.

It might just be a brand issue. lous kemp and trans ocean are the two available brands carried in my local grocery stores. They both seem to be the same layered product just made into different shapes. I will have to keep a better eye out for other brands. Thanks for the link, at least now i have another item to look for at my local asian market. I believe the woman that owns it is chinese which i dont speak, and her english is limited so asking for a specific type of surimi is challenging.

Upon further inspection, i noticed something. The legs, flake, and even chunk as mentioned above (although i have not tried that brand as we don't have a Kroger) all seem to have "layers" while this product thats comes in this walmart great value mix looks to be similar to the leg style (round but cut into 1 inch pieces) but solid, not layers. I believe this is responsible for the firm chewy texture (like an al dente ramen noodle) where the layered product is more "spongy/bouncy" and is not very good served hot in a cooked dish.

I realize surimi is just the japanese word for ground meat. But its the only name i have to go by in reference to a type of imitation seafood product be it crab/lobster/shrimp flavor that has a totally different texture then the standard stuff you buy in flake or leg form. The texture i am referring to is soft but firm, and chewy. You might know what i am talking about if you have ever had seafood stir frys at chinese takeout restaurants. They usually include shrimp, scallop, imitation seafood, and usually one piece of lobster (lol) along with mixed chinese vegetables. Anyway, i never could find imitation seafood with this texture and just assumed it was a cooking method until now. The only problem is the source of the imitation seafood (listed as surimi) comes with an assortment of other seafood items such as shrimp, mussels,octopus,and squid, and is not ideal if just wanting the imitation seafood. The source comes from (of all places) Walmarts great value brand frozen seafood mix. It comes in 1lb bags for about $5 a bag which is cheap, but there is not much imitation seafood in the mix. I am sure it varies from bag to bag. As far i could tell, they dont sell just the frozen imitation seafood in a bag. I made this thread in hopes someone knows more about this then i was able to research on google.