Snacking while eGulleting... (Part 2)

Tere · May 18, 2016

The best bit of cheese on toast is the bit where the cheese has fallen off the toast and made little crispy bits. It is known

I, uh, may help that process along a little more than is strictly necessary

rotuts · May 18, 2016

try making Cheese-on-Toast san the toast.

a carefully watch non-stick pan works. as much crispy bits as you can stand

you've been warned

kayb · May 18, 2016

49 minutes ago, Anna N said:

My daughter just dropped these off. OMG.

Dear God. I hope they don't have these anywhere near me.

I would weigh 300 pounds.

Anna N · May 18, 2016

7 minutes ago, rotuts said:

try making Cheese-on-Toast san the toast.

a carefully watch non-stick pan works. as much crispy bits as you can stand

you've been warned

I have made frico many times but that requires work and hence is "safe". These are more dangerous than illegal drugs.

IowaDee · May 18, 2016

Don't look, but Amazon has them. The price will knock you over sad to say.

Anna N · May 18, 2016

26 minutes ago, IowaDee said:

Don't look, but Amazon has them. The price will knock you over sad to say.

No idea what my daughter paid but she got them from Costco and one reviewer on Amazon suggests they are cheaper there. Bag contains over nine ounces and would take even the most dedicated snacker a few sessions to empty! At least I like to think so else I must define myself as a total wuss in the snacking department.

IowaDee · May 18, 2016

Good to know. I too have a daughter that is wonderful about finding tempting food so I will have her grab a package or MORE, She shops at Costco often. Imagine, fricos at my fingertips on demand!

sartoric · May 24, 2016

Spicy peanut sauce with pappadams.

blue_dolphin · May 25, 2016

So this afternoon, I was snacking on the roasted chickpeas leftover from my lunch. So much so that I didn't want any dinner.

But around 9 PM, I did want a little something. A little pot of baked ricotta seasoned with garlic, rosemary and lemon zest, drizzled with olive oil, crisp toasted ciabatta and a handful of kalamata olives:

And a glass of dry rosé. Just hit the spot!

JohnT · May 25, 2016

On 24 May 2016 at 8:37 AM, sartoric said:

Spicy peanut sauce with pappadams.

Sartoric, when I first looked at the above photograph, the first thing I thought was "pregnant?" - but then it struck me - wrong gender! Hope you enjoyed it.

sartoric · May 25, 2016

2 hours ago, JohnT said:

Sartoric, when I first looked at the above photograph, the first thing I thought was "pregnant?" - but then it struck me - wrong gender! Hope you enjoyed it.

Ha ha, right gender, too old !

chefmd · June 4, 2016

Home made bread toast with Gorgonzola dolce.

blue_dolphin · June 4, 2016

13 minutes ago, chefmd said:

Home made bread toast with Gorgonzola dolce

Nice! Can I have a little glass of wine with mine?

JoNorvelleWalker · June 4, 2016

As long as you don't spill it on the keyboard.

chefmd · June 4, 2016

@blue_dolphin

Would love a glass of wine. Riesling? Pinot noir? Unfortunately I am on call for the hospital this weekend and have limit myself to water on the rocks, possibly with a twist. Olives don't go well with water

Thanks for the Crepes · June 6, 2016

Ham and cheese sandwich toasted open faced for a few minutes in a hot oven, on good bread that is labeled French, but reminds me a lot more of a good Italian bread. With home baked and sliced hickory smoked real bone-in ham and medium cheddar. Ham on one side, cheese on the other, and sandwich closed after cheese got bubbly and bread was toasty.

This was as good as Arby's used to have back in the day, so eat your heart out, modern Arby's.

liuzhou · July 12, 2016

I found these in a local store this morning.

"Beetroot Crisps" according to the packet. I have never seen beetroot in China, but I love it, so I had to buy a packet to test. They are imported all the way from Uruguay, which seems a bit ridiculous.

Unfortunately, they were certainly past their best. It's a long, tiring trip.

HungryChris · July 12, 2016

Fried zucchini topped with hot buttered lobster bits. A dash of Crystal hot sauce makes it perfect.

HC

Thanks for the Crepes · July 13, 2016

@HungryChris,

When you snack, you do not mess around! Oh man, that sounds and looks so good!

HungryChris · July 13, 2016

4 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

@HungryChris,

When you snack, you do not mess around! Oh man, that sounds and looks so good!

Thanks, Thanks!

As I continue to mend from eye surgery, I find refuge in the kitchen and kind comments about my efforts there, good medicine.

HC

shain · July 13, 2016

Crunchy (I assume fried) fava beans, with a sweet-salty mildly garlicky flavored coating.

Also some really nice Japanese ale brewed with red rice by Hitachino Nest (I haven't noticed rice driven flavor, but it's a good ale).

HungryChris · July 15, 2016

More fried zucchini, this time with lemon garlic aioli and a beer. This is a repeat winner, folks!

HC

JoNorvelleWalker · July 15, 2016

@HungryChris I hate to think what fried zucchini does to your keyboard. Here I look down at the floor underneath the desk and see a bunch of peanuts.

HungryChris · July 15, 2016

48 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

@HungryChris I hate to think what fried zucchini does to your keyboard. Here I look down at the floor underneath the desk and see a bunch of peanuts.

Good point. In this context, I use the word "while" quite liberally, when in fact, there are snack and photo sessions which are followed by a good scrubbing at the sink before returning to the keyboard.

HC

Edited July 15, 2016 by HungryChris (log)

liuzhou · July 18, 2016

River Li Beer Fish is a well known speciality of China tourist trap, Guilin and particularly the nearby small town of Yangshuo which is a horrible Disney-fied version of some alternate universe's version of China full of spotty backpackers who have been in China 15 minutes, worked it all out but can't live a minute longer without a banana pancake and a very bad pizza.

The river is beautiful; the town is a nightmare. Lonely Planet hell.

The beer fish dish is carp (careful how you spell that), supposedly from the Li River, braised with chilli and spices, soy sauce and the local beer, Liquan, made in Guilin. The more gullible tourists think that the fish is caught at night by local fishermen with trained cormorants who dive for the fish by torchlight then hand them over to their masters. In fact, they are farmed just outside the town in the other direction. The cormorant guys are a dying breed who just perform for the tourists.

Now they have launched what is labelled as Li River Beer Fish (漓江韵啤酒鱼). However, this has no relation to the original. It is beer food in the sense that it is the sort of thing you may gnaw on while sinking back a beer or seven.

lijiang beer fish 2.jpg

I like the way the sardine-sized fish are lined up from biggest to smallest, like the kids in the Sound of Music.

The ingredients list on the package is useless. It lists "fish", edible oil, salt, and soy sauce. I can see and taste the unmentioned chilli and there are other flavours in there, too.

In the pursuit of scientific based knowledge, I bought a pack and munched them down with a gallon of the aforementioned Liquan beer. They are fine. I would up the chilli content and even the salt level. Or the beer.