Food Porn and Discussion.

[Thora]

Now you're just rubbing it in. When I finally make it back out your way, we must make a sushi date.

Absolutely! It's a date!

I think the best sushi I ever had was in the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver--even tastier because it was a work expense.

I think food tastes better when it's free, or you can expense it.

We figured out that our bill for food alone (not including the ridiculous amount of sake we drank) would have been well over $400. I'd never be able to afford that kind of a meal normally, so we really took advantage and tried all sorts of stuff.

 

[dazzledbylight]

pretty sushi photo, thora!

I only eat the cooked stuff, but I love the
way sushi is put together regardless of raw
or cooked. Very artful!

 

[kramwest1]

I only eat the cooked stuff,

Unagi.

 

[Thora]

Unagi.

I tried that for the first time at that dinner. It was fabulous. And of course there were the requisite Friends jokes as we were eating it.

 

[bonocomet]

I made chicken enchiladas and strawberry margaritas for dinner tonight.

 

[Rachel D.]

^ *tries to eat computer screen*

And do I see avocados? They're my new favorite thing.

 

[bonocomet]

Definitely avocados I can't wait til the next crop from my tree ripens because they are so good when they grow in your own backyard. The one I got at the store tonight wasn't the greatest.

 

[kafrun]

Comet, I'm a grown woman and all, but.............. adopt me, pls??

 

[mama cass]

hehe i was going to post and say i want to live at Bonocomet's house!

wow, and growing your own avocados, that must be wonderful! i love avocados, but sometimes they can be so iffy when i buy them - often they're rock solid, don't ripen properly and just turn rubbery - rubbery avocados really upset me lol!!

 

[bonocomet]

You're all invited

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

may i have that cup, please?

and an enchilada, obvs.

 

[IWasBored]

I see you that and raise you a

hell yes.

 

[bonocomet]

may i have that cup, please?

and an enchilada, obvs.

My Guinness glass? That's my favorite glass!

 

[Rachel D.]

Definitely avocados I can't wait til the next crop from my tree ripens because they are so good when they grow in your own backyard. The one I got at the store tonight wasn't the greatest.

You have your own tree?! Lucky.

i love avocados, but sometimes they can be so iffy when i buy them - often they're rock solid, don't ripen properly and just turn rubbery - rubbery avocados really upset me lol!!

I usually have to toss them in the fridge and forget about them for a week before they are ripe enough. A couple weeks ago, I cut one open and it was still hard and I felt bad for wasting such a luxurious produce item. The chickens liked it, though.

 

[bonocomet]

Husband brought these home tonight. omg pure eeeeviiiiilllll.

 

[mama cass]

omg

we had strawberries dipped in chocolate ganache last night! i had some ganache left in the fridge that needed using up and we were having strawberries for pudding, so i heated the ganache up and sort of drowned the strawberries in it - heavenly!

 

[kafrun]

That's not evil, that's just what the doctor ordered. I always tell my girlfriends chocolate is one of the food groups, no need to feel guilty.

Speaking of chocolate being necessary self-care, if you ever see these, pick one up. Pure heaven with a cup of tea.

 

[kramwest1]

Anyway, speaking of Chicago airports and sandwiches...another favorite is grabbing a sandwich from The Berghoff in O'Hare.
I'm glad I connect through there often. Hand-carved, fresh, warm sandwiches. They have decent beer, too.

The Berghoff is by Gate C26 in O'Hare Airport.

^Last night
Turkey Reuben with tomatoes and lettuce--be sure to grab some packets of mustard and mayo. SO much better than normal boring airport food.

 

[kafrun]

Ooh, thanks for the tip. I'll be through O'Hare this summer.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i made stuffed peppers tonight. i forgot to take a picture of mine before i devoured it so here's een's:

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Last night I tried Magnum ice cream bars-the ones that Rachel Bilson advertises. They just came to the US and they are INCREDIBLE I got the classic, they didn't have the double chocolate Belgian chocolate..

I wish I could eat one of those every day without gaining any weight and it wouldn't be bad for my health.

 

[coolian2]

magnums are so 1996.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

gooey raspberry memphis meltdown > any other ice cream bar

 

[The Sad Punk]

Fuck you guys*, now I feel like ice cream even though it's 9:30pm on what is ostensibly a winter's night.


*

 

[arw]

my boss was in LA over the weekend and brought us some cupcakes to try from Sprinkles and Crumbs bakeries. Sorry but if that's all you have to go to in LA then I feel bad for you. Both were horrible. Sprinkles markets themselves as "the original cupcake bakery" but all of their cupcakes taste like they are from a box cake mix and their buttercream has a filmy aftertaste which generally means they use shortening not butter. The cake shop I work for uses all fresh ingredients and everything is made from scratch daily including real buttercream with BUTTER. The cakes from Sprinkles tasted like a box with artificial flavoring. I didn't even try the ones from Crumbs because they looked so awful I didn't want to taste them. The mass produced grocery store cupcakes look nicer than they did. But my coworkers tried them and they said it wasn't worth the calories. Not only do I work with pastries for a living but I also enjoy going to local bakeries (in MN and when I lived in Phoenix) to see what the competition has to offer so I think I'm a good judge at quality product. Neither place impressed me in the slightest.

 

[kramwest1]

my boss was in LA over the weekend and brought us some cupcakes to try from Sprinkles and Crumbs bakeries. Sorry but if that's all you have to go to in LA then I feel bad for you. Both were horrible. Sprinkles markets themselves as "the original cupcake bakery" but all of their cupcakes taste like they are from a box cake mix and their buttercream has a filmy aftertaste which generally means they use shortening not butter. The cake shop I work for uses all fresh ingredients and everything is made from scratch daily including real buttercream with BUTTER. The cakes from Sprinkles tasted like a box with artificial flavoring. I didn't even try the ones from Crumbs because they looked so awful I didn't want to taste them. The mass produced grocery store cupcakes look nicer than they did. But my coworkers tried them and they said it wasn't worth the calories. Not only do I work with pastries for a living but I also enjoy going to local bakeries (in MN and when I lived in Phoenix) to see what the competition has to offer so I think I'm a good judge at quality product. Neither place impressed me in the slightest.

I am SO GLAD I have cut out shortening/Crisco/hydrogenated oils .
I now get a stomach ache when I eat something with them in it, which generally means avoiding most baked goods including from nice stores (looking at YOU Kowalski's).

 

[arw]

I am SO GLAD I have cut out shortening/Crisco/hydrogenated oils .
I now get a stomach ache when I eat something with them in it, which generally means avoiding most baked goods including from nice stores (looking at YOU Kowalski's).

I prefer my grocery store baked goods to come from Lunds/Byerly's

 

[bonocomet]

I like the cakes from our local grocery store better than most the fancy cupcake shops that are around. But we have the most amazing bakery here in San Diego that we got our wedding cake from 24 years ago, and go back to for a small version of it every year since then. They specialize in a cake they call their Swiss Black Forest and it is to die for. It's different than what I always associated with black forest before (no cherries). I must have a pic somewhere, I'll look.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Sprinkles markets themselves as "the original cupcake bakery" but all of their cupcakes taste like they are from a box cake mix and their buttercream has a filmy aftertaste which generally means they use shortening not butter. The cake shop I work for uses all fresh ingredients and everything is made from scratch daily including real buttercream with BUTTER. The cakes from Sprinkles tasted like a box with artificial flavoring.

god i hate when bakeries do that. it's called buttercream, not shorteningcream. plus shortening has zero flavour, it's gross. there's a time and a place for it but not as a main ingredient.

for that crap i might as well make them myself from a box. as i'm sure i've said before i can't make a cake for the life of me (even though everyone irl tends to forget they always suck) so i have to roll with a box, but sometimes i will make my own buttercream. it's sooooo yummy.

 

[kramwest1]

I prefer my grocery store baked goods to come from Lunds/Byerly's

I think they use it in some things still.

I'd weigh 600 pounds if I lived closer to a Whole Foods. Their baked stuff and deli are

I really should check out the co-ops, too.