Hurricane Advice

[Ursuline Chick]

Ha, funny change of discussion. I've just come back from the supermarket. It's an asian-type supermarket and it sells a lot of "foreign" food. There were all sorts of "weird" things in the butcher counter.... chicken feet, pig's blood sick)
My mother used to make steak and kidney and I hated kidney. She'd pick it out so I didn't notice and tell me it was normal stew. And then I'd discover a piece...... Not pretty!
She used to like lamb's fry and bacon. Yucko.
I used to work in a kitchen once and we were allowed to help ourselves to any leftover/extra food. One of the girls looked at the menu board and it said 'mock salmon' so she tried it and went "yum" until she was told that she was eating fried brains (the menu board hadn't been changed from the day before).
In the "olden days", people ate more of the "yucky bits" because they were cheaper. It doesn't seem as common any more (here, anyway, I'm sure country people don't waste so much).

I'm a bit of a "fussy" eater, but if I was cut off in a hurricane and gator was on the menu, I'd gobble it down in a heartbeat. Being fussy is a luxury.

What is lamb's fry and bacon, that sounds pretty good.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

ok folks, too many posts here to quote. First, my apologies to all who suffered Irma's wrath... She showed up here with 4mph winds and a drizzle.

Frog legs. no they don't taste like chicken, not if you grow your own chicken. but they are good and I still buy them from the Cajun grocer.

Alligator, same as above...

Sushi I had a very simple approach: I don't eat bait! I was sharpening a 5th grade class on a field trip in japan. The kids were finally in bed and it was grown up time. As I sat at the bar with a crown on the rocks and a beer, one of the Japanese chaperones joined me. We started our conversation about the day and the kids and the cultural differences. It was a good chat, then the hotel owner brought in 20.000 yen worth of sushi... Remember the whole thing about I don't eat bait???? My new friends went crazy over the platters, me,I just looked at them... Finally I was goated into trying some bait.

It was good. Today, sushi, raw oyster, are all good... funny how you can change once properly introduced.

Glad you were spared the hurricane's wrath.

 

[User395221]

What is lamb's fry and bacon, that sounds pretty good.

Liver and bacon. It's foul.

 

[biophiliac]

@Farmer Connie !! do you have power?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I'm also worried about @Farmer Connie

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[NanaKat]

nl

Sorry you don't have power and glad you are checking in. Praying for you, your family and your critters.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Never tried gator some since lived up here in PA my whole life but hubby is an adventurer when it comes to food. He loves frog legs and eats them at the Chinese restaurant that we go too. They're ok but not my choice lol. He also eats deep fried squid rings, YUCK! Sushi, clams, and oysters are a no go. I watched a friend try one once and it looked and sounded like she was slurping a booger off a little tray, um, no thanks! We tried cow tongue once. Hubby loves it. Me, no thank you lol. I'm more adventurous when it comes to veggies. Rattatouille, cabbage soup, and split pea soup...yum

 

[jeria]

Jeria -- I wish we had some really good Mexican food here (in Mexico Missouri!). There are 2 restaurants that are okay, but the tacos in this town are awful. I make my own. I don't eat menudo - bleh it smells awful. I do love fresh deep fried pork rinds, but not the kind you buy near the potato chips. I'm from the state of California and everywhere you go there are so many really great Mexican restaurants.

When you come to the city let me know. There are a couple really good Mexican stores and a number of restaurants. I don't go out much as just me but there is one that it busy with Mexicans and I really like it -- nothing fancy, mostly "street" food. Inexpensive and delish.

 

[jeria]

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Hope your family and animals are faring OK.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

limited inet, no power, no shower. all fine. trees down bigtime. amimals safe. roads blocked us in.