what cuisine do you eat?

[resolution]

I do mostly southern cooking or american style cooking, because that is what DH grew up with and will eat. I don't fry anything but things will still get crispy by breading them with panko bread crumbs and baking.

DH has had a lot of surgery on his digestive system growing up, so he has to eat bland food. Usually if I have a spicy sauce or seasoning I will add it at the end to half the food, and serve him the unseasoned half. I don't want to end up in urgent care because my salsa didn't agree with him.

[MarleyKeezy78]

I will try any kind of cuisine as long as it doesnt have questionable ingredients(chicken feet/lung/urchin/fermented bean stuff/ect...) I love Indian food, Korean, Thai, Japanese and Chinese! Polish, yes please! German, mmhmm! I think you can see where I am going with this  My Uncle is Mexican and him and his family make the best food ever!!! I look forward to family parties held at their house -drool-I love food  Any ethnicity!

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When the frou-frou sushi place opened here I told DH not to tell me what anything was, because if I knew I was eating eel, or sea urchin or squid I wouldn't even try it.

And after that day I will try just about anything once because that sushi was AMAZING and I'd hate to have missed out on it because of some mental hang up of mine. 

[Cookies Galore]

May 15, 2014 7:37:00 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

When the frou-frou sushi place opened here I told DH not to tell me what anything was, because if I knew I was eating eel, or sea urchin or squid I wouldn't even try it.

And after that day I will try just about anything once because that sushi was AMAZING and I'd hate to have missed out on it because of some mental hang up of mine. 

I love eel rolls!
For the those who might be wary of trying sushi because of the whole raw fish thing, freshwater eel (unagi) is always cooked.

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May 14, 2014 13:40:37 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

What is wrong with using lard in pie crusts? It's how you get the flaky texture. Pie crust made without it tastes like crap.

I know that lard makes the best pie crusts; that's how DH's mother made them, although she died before DH and I started dating so I never met her. And someone mentioned pecan pie. OK, I will definitely eat THAT Southern food- and chess pie, when I can find it! There are really only two desserts that motivate me to save room/calories for them if we're eating out: cheesecake (but it has to be thick, heavy cheesecake) and pecan pie.

The "fattest" state in the US is Alabama (measured by % of obese people) and I'm sure it's a function of the traditional cooking. It was fine for farmhands, but you can't eat like that every day if you have an office job.

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you can't eat like that every day if you have an office job.

 even though it is soooooooo good! 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

My grandmother knows how to make chess pie. Not my cup of tea.

I love pumpkin pie but I am extremely picky about the crust so I haven't had it much since my grandma died. My mom and I have tried to replicate it, we have the recipe but we still come up just a tad short. There's something my grandma was doing that she didn't write down and we'll never know.

[chiver78]

what is chess pie?

and besides the unagi rolls, there is always vegetarian sushi - the word "sushi" refers to the rice, not the fish. one of my favorite rolls is a mushroom tempura roll, that's topped with eel sauce. for those that don't know, it's the sauce that's used on eel rolls, not a sauce made from eel.

[Deleted]

Awww...that's too bad.

My Nana was not a good cook so I don't have much from her. I found a recipe card for a liver soup in her handwriting in my Mom's recipes and then I found the same recipe on a card in my Mom's handwriting (my Dad must like it    so I was thinking of writing it out myself and then framing the 3 generations together. 

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Here ya go chiver78:


whatscookingamerica.net/History/PieHistory/ChessPie.htm

[violagirl]

So Chess pie is like a creme brulee but with a crust? I'm going to have to try that. 

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May 15, 2014 10:12:54 GMT -5 violagirl said:

So Chess pie is like a creme brulee but with a crust? I'm going to have to try that. 

It was described to me as "pecan pie without the pecans".  I had it at The Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown, KY.

[tloonya]

May 14, 2014 6:26:34 GMT -5 midjd said:

Like violagirl, I don't really consider our regular cooking to be any sort of cuisine. If we eat spaghetti one night, is that Italian?

When dining out, I gravitate toward Indian, Thai, and Mexican. I loooooove spicy food.

Do you like spicy on going out as well?

[tloonya]

I am a huge fan of sub-American cuisine. It is called Philadelphia cuisine.
It is included Philadelphia cheesesteak that needs to be banned from face of the Earth for it's irresistibility.
Also hoagie. Another 'good bye figure' food...

Since I had met those 2 I can pretty much forget anything else. And you would. Trust me. look at it...  

[chiver78]

that does absolutely nothing for me, loony. even if I did like steak, the cheese is nowhere near melty enough to be a true Philly cheesesteak.

[tloonya]

May 15, 2014 11:49:53 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

that does absolutely nothing for me, loony. even if I did like steak, the cheese is nowhere near melty enough to be a true Philly cheesesteak.

It looks good enough, chiver. Butt out!

I meant it in the nicest way...

[swamp]

I thought true philly cheesesteaks had cheez whiz on them?

[sarcasticgirl]

May 15, 2014 11:05:19 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

May 15, 2014 10:12:54 GMT -5 violagirl said:

So Chess pie is like a creme brulee but with a crust? I'm going to have to try that. 

It was described to me as "pecan pie without the pecans".  I had it at The Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown, KY.

whoever told you that was wrong and crazy.  the main ingredient in pecan pie is karo syrup... which makes it, in taste and texture, vastly different than chess pie.

[Cookies Galore]

May 15, 2014 11:49:53 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

that does absolutely nothing for me, loony. even if I did like steak, the cheese is nowhere near melty enough to be a true Philly cheesesteak.

That's because you're thinking of one with wiz that comes from tourist spots like Pat's and Geno's. Provolone, American, and wiz are the most common cheeses used.

[Cookies Galore]

May 15, 2014 12:07:44 GMT -5 swamp said:

I thought true philly cheesesteaks had cheez whiz on them?

Provolone, American or cheese wiz. And they're on an Amoroso roll. Coroppolese and Conshohocken Bakery also make good rolls.

[swamp]

May 15, 2014 12:11:58 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

May 15, 2014 12:07:44 GMT -5 swamp said:

I thought true philly cheesesteaks had cheez whiz on them?

Provolone, American or cheese wiz.

I prefer American cheese.

cheez whiz is the cheese equivalent of miracle whip. an abomination.

[chiver78]

nah, that one just looked like it had been sitting there to cool. or just not cooked long enough.
this looks more appealing to me (if I'd sub out the steak for chicken....)

[swamp]

now that's a cheesesteak.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

I think American cheese is an abomination, along the same lines as cheez wiz.

YUCK to both of them!

[chiver78]

it has its uses in certain specific situations....

[Cookies Galore]

That's completely wrong! That's a cheesesteak grinder.

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Hey, when the food is free it all taste good to me! 

[chiver78]

May 15, 2014 12:17:29 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

That's completely wrong! That's a cheesesteak grinder.

because of the extra veggies? take 'em out then. I used that pic for the melty cheese.

[swamp]

May 15, 2014 12:23:04 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

May 15, 2014 12:17:29 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

That's completely wrong! That's a cheesesteak grinder.

because of the extra veggies? take 'em out then. I used that pic for the melty cheese.

I think it's the toasted bread.

[Cookies Galore]

May 15, 2014 12:23:04 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

May 15, 2014 12:17:29 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

That's completely wrong! That's a cheesesteak grinder.

because of the extra veggies? take 'em out then. I used that pic for the melty cheese.

The toasted roll.