Have you ever tried one of these?

[Chocolate Lover]

Mar 3, 2015 19:25:04 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

That jellied "Glace Fish Mold" pic in the OP link looked vomit-worthy. It looks "jiggly" - a lot like Marie Barone's "Tofu-rky Thanksgiving Dinner" on "Everybody Loves Raymond" .

Here's something that sounds equally disgusting to me - kale layer cake with sweet potato filling:



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I have to block you now. 

[Cookies Galore]

Ha! The vegan carrot cake the kale cake was based on (from Hell Yeah It's Vegan) is one of my favorite carrot cake recipes. It looks much better.

[tloonya]

Mar 4, 2015 6:41:46 GMT -5 marvholly said:

My kids (36 & near 40) think I eat disgusting food.  I am jewish and a couple of my 'ethnic' goodies TOTALLY turn them off.  Things like chopped liver & gefilte fish.  Always did even before DD1 was a veggie.  Personally, I could never stand tongue although my Dad & late DH both LOVED it. 

I worry that soon we might lose all those old time ethnic favorites.  The ones that have become 'mainstream' have been dumbed down. WAAAY less onion, garlic, spices............

This is how you teach your kids to eat food you want them to eat.
You send them to friends home where that food is served, and VOILA!
Send them to jewish friend's family for Passover. Oops...36 and 40? Bit too late...sorry.

[tloonya]

Mar 3, 2015 21:48:10 GMT -5 Timberwolf said:

Mar 3, 2015 13:46:43 GMT -5 tloonya said:

Sharing some Russians foods that called 'bizzare' but I love most of it and making it myself!
My American Princess loves some of it as well.

www.buzzfeed.com/juliapugachevsky/foods-russians-grew-up-with#.gx4RY51wY

#15 on your list is an amazingly good salad - every American should try it!

I have actually seen it served at American party with no Russians present. Except me that is.
And yes, it is a very tasty salad. Easy to make too.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I have a retro cookbook that is full of these kinds of recipes.

Two of my favorites are the spam smoothie and the kidney bean/cottage cheese salad.

Who needs fancy diet cleanse drinks.

[Deleted]

I have made kale once or twice and just can't like it - even the chips which were way too much work.  I think I could like it in a recipe made by someone else.

Jello is revolting - no matter what flavor or what it's mixed with.   but then again I fell that way about anything made with gelatin.

[swamp]

I don't mind jello.  I'll even deal with some random fruits, nuts, or whipped cream in it.  But tuna? Hells no.

[msventoux]

Mar 6, 2015 18:48:25 GMT -5 @patstab said:

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Ate carp, very boney but very tastey, there was another fish that was a scavenger too but I

can't think of the name.

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I forgot about tongue, pork is better then beef.  You boil it in water with salt and vinegar, just a bit

until tender. Then you let it cool a bit and peel off the outside layer.  I like it cold and sliced thin,

it tastes absolutely wonderful, DD likes it too.  My husband won't eat any of this stuff.

I loved pickled pigs feet, now they aren't as good.  I also cook with hocks in beans, good flavor.

I also have used fresh pigs feet to season beans.  I imagine there is more, just can't think of it right

now.

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I didn't mind carp.  I liked burbot and smelt when I was growing up.  We had so much salmon that I hated it for years and it's only been in the last few years that I started to like it again.  We also ate fiddlehead ferns and dandelion greens we harvested.  Red onion slices soaked in vinegar was a favorite treat. 

We ate moose tongue.  It wasn't appetizing looking at all but it tasted good.  We usually ate it sliced very thinly and dipped in horseradish or just salted.  Sometimes on crackers or without.  Others ate the livers and hearts of wild game, but I didn't care for those organ meats at all. 

I liked pickled pigs feet when I was growing up.  I hadn't had them in years and bought a jar a few years ago.  They weren't bad, but they weren't nearly as good as I remembered.  Not nearly as salty and tart as I'd remembered.

[marvholly]

Mar 6, 2015 10:59:57 GMT -5 tloonya said:

Mar 4, 2015 6:41:46 GMT -5 marvholly said:

My kids (36 & near 40) think I eat disgusting food.  I am jewish and a couple of my 'ethnic' goodies TOTALLY turn them off.  Things like chopped liver & gefilte fish.  Always did even before DD1 was a veggie.  Personally, I could never stand tongue although my Dad & late DH both LOVED it. 

I worry that soon we might lose all those old time ethnic favorites.  The ones that have become 'mainstream' have been dumbed down. WAAAY less onion, garlic, spices............

This is how you teach your kids to eat food you want them to eat.
You send them to friends home where that food is served, and VOILA!
Send them to jewish friend's family for Passover. Oops...36 and 40? Bit too late...sorry.

Sorry even that did NOT work.  Growing up we often had holiday celebrations at my mother's, an aunt's or another relative.  They STILL did not & never have eaten those foods.

Thought of another: pickeled herring in wine or cream sauce, another Russian & E. EU treat.  DH & Dad loved.  One of the few things on my don't eat list.

[tloonya]

Mar 7, 2015 6:09:16 GMT -5 marvholly said:

Mar 6, 2015 10:59:57 GMT -5 tloonya said:

This is how you teach your kids to eat food you want them to eat.
You send them to friends home where that food is served, and VOILA!
Send them to jewish friend's family for Passover. Oops...36 and 40? Bit too late...sorry.

Sorry even that did NOT work.  Growing up we often had holiday celebrations at my mother's, an aunt's or another relative.  They STILL did not & never have eaten those foods.

Thought of another: pickeled herring in wine or cream sauce, another Russian & E. EU treat.  DH & Dad loved.  One of the few things on my don't eat list.

Actually Russians eat herring plain. Sour cream and wine is a German thing.

[Phoenix84]

I have had a seafood and crab sub at subway, but I'm not sure if that's the same thing as the shrimp roll.

[Deleted]

Okay, I haven't read all the posts here but for God's sake, we are living in a world where folks think it's okay to take marshmallow-flavored vodka and mix it with an equally disgusting flavor of jello for shots.  And now there is Peeps flavored milk 

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Mar 7, 2015 15:39:22 GMT -5 Phoenix84 said:

I have had a seafood and crab sub at subway, but I'm not sure if that's the same thing as the shrimp roll.

I'm pretty sure that the stuff put into a seafood and crab sub at Subway isn't anything near real seafood or crab.  Not when crab is running $20+/lb and shrimp and scallops aren't much less.

[marvholly]

Mar 7, 2015 19:17:01 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Mar 7, 2015 15:39:22 GMT -5 Phoenix84 said:

I have had a seafood and crab sub at subway, but I'm not sure if that's the same thing as the shrimp roll.

I'm pretty sure that the stuff put into a seafood and crab sub at Subway isn't anything near real seafood or crab.  Not when crab is running $20+/lb and shrimp and scallops aren't much less.

Actually the Dollar Tree stores near me (metro Chicago) sell 4 oz pkg of forzen, uncooked bay scallops for....$1.

[MJ2.0]

Yeah the Peeps beverage sounds barfalicious.

[Deleted]

Okay, I had a chance to read a few more posts and I have to defend beef tongue.  Haven't tried pork, sheep or goat tongue but they are probably pretty good too.   I take a beef tongue, cut it in 1/2 crossways, make a bunch of little slits with a paring knife and insert garlic slices in the slits.  Slice an onion thin, put it in the bottom of a slow cooker (aka crock pot), put the tongue on top. Pour in a little beef broth or dark beer or water if you're desperate.  Cover and cook on low overnight.  Pull the tongue out, peel off the skin.  Slice the tongue thinly and serve with tortillas; beans (refried or charro) on the side, plus sliced avocado and pico de gallo.  If you are from some part of the country that doesn't have beans and tortillas, serve with potatoes, green beans and corn bread.  At the end of the day, it's beef roast - just from the other end of the steer.  

If you have leftovers, dice and scramble into eggs, plus tortillas, avocados, etc.

There will be some pretty amazing juice in the bottom of the slow cooker when the tongue is done, so I suggest you freeze it and some leftover diced tongue.  When the mood strikes you put everything back in the slow cooker with diced carrots, celery, potatoes, cabbage and/or turnips.  When the veggies are tender, stir in a handful or two of pasta like egg noodles or macaroni; cook until pasta is tender.  This will be best beef noodle soup you ever have, I promise.  

DH's mom made head cheese (souse).  I am not a fan of the texture.   Ditto menudo (tripe soup)-just don't like the texture.  I am beginning to like escargot but I still think it's the butter/garlic stuff they cook them in.  

We adore a local Bosnian restaurant that serves crispy fried tiny, 3/4" anchovies.  Promise, you will eat the entire basket, dipped into a red bell pepper/tomato sauce on the side.  

Next thread should be about cooking goat except the bony parts are going for $5.99/lb around here which I think is pricey.