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  • This might be a loser, but Black Forest bar Buffalo chicken quesadillas, cheap, no joe Thomas wagyu beef, but really good. Used to do this with quesadillas myself 

  • This might be a loser, but Black Forest bar Buffalo chicken quesadillas, cheap, no joe Thomas wagyu beef, but really good. Used to do this with quesadillas myself 

    @nick-garrett said:

    This might be a loser, but Black Forest bar Buffalo chicken quesadillas, cheap, no joe Thomas wagyu beef, but really good. Used to do this with quesadillas myself 

    NICE!  Just sprinkle a little Dave's Insanity Sauce on it and add a little blue cheese dressing (which not only adds a nice flavor chemistry but it dilutes the concentration of heat).

    As a young dumb ass we went to this bar in Rochester NY called Scorgie's back in the 80s and people dared me to order the extra hot chicken wings.  I did it and I finished it.  People were saying "I can't believe you didn't take 1 sip of your cold beverage. Not 1."  I explained that If I did that It would seal in/trap all the heat into the pores on my tongue and make it worse; so I sat there with the hic ups looking like the biggest knucklehead in the bar with a table full of smart asses laughing their tails off at me.  Back then, people thought Tobasco Sauce or Frank's Hot Sauce were challenging.  I never thought they were challenging; but I liked their taste and enjoyed the little bit of spice they did offer.  It's like anything. You either jump into a pool of water or keep sticking your toes in like a candy ass worrying about the temperature.  Once you brave it the first 2-3 times or so - you become more tolerant of the heat.  You also learn that bread (instead of cold beverages) can absorb some of he heat/oils from/out of the pores on your tongue.  There you go - you just got DUMBASS 101 from Flugel and it didn't cost you a penny...

    Welcome to the football forum!  All you need to have fun in here is a passion for the Browns, confidence and a sense of humor.  

  • @nick-garrett said:

    This might be a loser, but Black Forest bar Buffalo chicken quesadillas, cheap, no joe Thomas wagyu beef, but really good. Used to do this with quesadillas myself 

    NICE!  Just sprinkle a little Dave's Insanity Sauce on it and add a little blue cheese dressing (which not only adds a nice flavor chemistry but it dilutes the concentration of heat).

    As a young dumb ass we went to this bar in Rochester NY called Scorgie's back in the 80s and people dared me to order the extra hot chicken wings.  I did it and I finished it.  People were saying "I can't believe you didn't take 1 sip of your cold beverage. Not 1."  I explained that If I did that It would seal in/trap all the heat into the pores on my tongue and make it worse; so I sat there with the hic ups looking like the biggest knucklehead in the bar with a table full of smart asses laughing their tails off at me.  Back then, people thought Tobasco Sauce or Frank's Hot Sauce were challenging.  I never thought they were challenging; but I liked their taste and enjoyed the little bit of spice they did offer.  It's like anything. You either jump into a pool of water or keep sticking your toes in like a candy ass worrying about the temperature.  Once you brave it the first 2-3 times or so - you become more tolerant of the heat.  You also learn that bread (instead of cold beverages) can absorb some of he heat/oils from/out of the pores on your tongue.  There you go - you just got DUMBASS 101 from Flugel and it didn't cost you a penny...

    Welcome to the football forum!  All you need to have fun in here is a passion for the Browns, confidence and a sense of humor.  

    @flugel said:

    NICE!  Just sprinkle a little Dave's Insanity Sauce on it and add a little blue cheese dressing (which not only adds a nice flavor chemistry but it dilutes the concentration of heat).

    As a young dumb ass we went to this bar in Rochester NY called Scorgie's back in the 80s and people dared me to order the extra hot chicken wings.  I did it and I finished it.  People were saying "I can't believe you didn't take 1 sip of your cold beverage. Not 1."  I explained that If I did that It would seal in/trap all the heat into the pores on my tongue and make it worse; so I sat there with the hic ups looking like the biggest knucklehead in the bar with a table full of smart asses laughing their tails off at me.  Back then, people thought Tobasco Sauce or Frank's Hot Sauce were challenging.  I never thought they were challenging; but I liked their taste and enjoyed the little bit of spice they did offer.  It's like anything. You either jump into a pool of water or keep sticking your toes in like a candy ass worrying about the temperature.  Once you brave it the first 2-3 times or so - you become more tolerant of the heat.  You also learn that bread (instead of cold beverages) can absorb some of he heat/oils from/out of the pores on your tongue.  There you go - you just got DUMBASS 101 from Flugel and it didn't cost you a penny...

    Welcome to the football forum!  All you need to have fun in here is a passion for the Browns, confidence and a sense of humor.  

    You ain't had hot until you try Nuclear Chicken at a Thai restaurant in Austin. They named it that for a reason. The fusion just continues to multiply by an unknown factor that seems related to E=MC2

  • @flugel said:

    NICE!  Just sprinkle a little Dave's Insanity Sauce on it and add a little blue cheese dressing (which not only adds a nice flavor chemistry but it dilutes the concentration of heat).

    As a young dumb ass we went to this bar in Rochester NY called Scorgie's back in the 80s and people dared me to order the extra hot chicken wings.  I did it and I finished it.  People were saying "I can't believe you didn't take 1 sip of your cold beverage. Not 1."  I explained that If I did that It would seal in/trap all the heat into the pores on my tongue and make it worse; so I sat there with the hic ups looking like the biggest knucklehead in the bar with a table full of smart asses laughing their tails off at me.  Back then, people thought Tobasco Sauce or Frank's Hot Sauce were challenging.  I never thought they were challenging; but I liked their taste and enjoyed the little bit of spice they did offer.  It's like anything. You either jump into a pool of water or keep sticking your toes in like a candy ass worrying about the temperature.  Once you brave it the first 2-3 times or so - you become more tolerant of the heat.  You also learn that bread (instead of cold beverages) can absorb some of he heat/oils from/out of the pores on your tongue.  There you go - you just got DUMBASS 101 from Flugel and it didn't cost you a penny...

    Welcome to the football forum!  All you need to have fun in here is a passion for the Browns, confidence and a sense of humor.  

    You ain't had hot until you try Nuclear Chicken at a Thai restaurant in Austin. They named it that for a reason. The fusion just continues to multiply by an unknown factor that seems related to E=MC2

    @texasag1969 said:

    You ain't had hot until you try Nuclear Chicken at a Thai restaurant in Austin. They named it that for a reason. The fusion just continues to multiply by an unknown factor that seems related to E=MC2

    Thai restaurants in Central Indiana used to have a heat scale of 1-7. I got a 7 one time and couldn't finish my meal.

    I'm a big fan of North American chilis, but the SE Asian stuff is on another level.

  • @flugel said:

    NICE!  Just sprinkle a little Dave's Insanity Sauce on it and add a little blue cheese dressing (which not only adds a nice flavor chemistry but it dilutes the concentration of heat).

    As a young dumb ass we went to this bar in Rochester NY called Scorgie's back in the 80s and people dared me to order the extra hot chicken wings.  I did it and I finished it.  People were saying "I can't believe you didn't take 1 sip of your cold beverage. Not 1."  I explained that If I did that It would seal in/trap all the heat into the pores on my tongue and make it worse; so I sat there with the hic ups looking like the biggest knucklehead in the bar with a table full of smart asses laughing their tails off at me.  Back then, people thought Tobasco Sauce or Frank's Hot Sauce were challenging.  I never thought they were challenging; but I liked their taste and enjoyed the little bit of spice they did offer.  It's like anything. You either jump into a pool of water or keep sticking your toes in like a candy ass worrying about the temperature.  Once you brave it the first 2-3 times or so - you become more tolerant of the heat.  You also learn that bread (instead of cold beverages) can absorb some of he heat/oils from/out of the pores on your tongue.  There you go - you just got DUMBASS 101 from Flugel and it didn't cost you a penny...

    Welcome to the football forum!  All you need to have fun in here is a passion for the Browns, confidence and a sense of humor.  

    You ain't had hot until you try Nuclear Chicken at a Thai restaurant in Austin. They named it that for a reason. The fusion just continues to multiply by an unknown factor that seems related to E=MC2

    @texasag1969 said:

    You ain't had hot until you try Nuclear Chicken at a Thai restaurant in Austin. They named it that for a reason. The fusion just continues to multiply by an unknown factor that seems related to E=MC2

    I'm too dumb to say no to anything like that so you made my day hearing that. If I'm ever near the end of my bucket list - that might be a good final meal Aggies!

    FWIW, if you ever go to Nashville and hear them bragging about Nashville Hot - it is THE most candy-ass mild sauce.  It would be considered a very mild sauce in Western NY (the birth-place of Buffalo style chicken wings).  I've had just about every hot pepper Asian dish and the dried red peppers in Kung Pao Chicken. I had a Habanero Garden in Nashville. Even so, the 2 hottest things that ever really had me close to quitting the meal were the extra hot chicken wings at Scorgie's in Rochester and the Fairport Village Inn (where the cook already had the hottest & most delicious sauce in town). Later, he added an extra hot dare where he'd give you a 50-50 blend of his sauce shared with Dave's Insanity Sauce.  That was 35-40 years ago and the son took over about 15 years ago. They still have extra hot but the heat didn't bring quite the same sting.

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    @texasag1969 said:

    You ain't had hot until you try Nuclear Chicken at a Thai restaurant in Austin. They named it that for a reason. The fusion just continues to multiply by an unknown factor that seems related to E=MC2

    Thai restaurants in Central Indiana used to have a heat scale of 1-7. I got a 7 one time and couldn't finish my meal.

    I'm a big fan of North American chilis, but the SE Asian stuff is on another level.

    @ap1 said:

    Thai restaurants in Central Indiana used to have a heat scale of 1-7. I got a 7 one time and couldn't finish my meal.

    I'm a big fan of North American chilis, but the SE Asian stuff is on another level.

    This was more like a 10. I couldn't decide whether it was my eyes and nose running from the heat or my crying from it because it was so damn hot nothing could stop the fire inside my mouth and every nasal cavity in there.? 

    EDIT: And on the menu instead of 5 peppers showing the heat it had 5 nuclear mushrooms, every one well deserved.

  • @ap1 said:

    Thai restaurants in Central Indiana used to have a heat scale of 1-7. I got a 7 one time and couldn't finish my meal.

    I'm a big fan of North American chilis, but the SE Asian stuff is on another level.

    This was more like a 10. I couldn't decide whether it was my eyes and nose running from the heat or my crying from it because it was so damn hot nothing could stop the fire inside my mouth and every nasal cavity in there.? 

    EDIT: And on the menu instead of 5 peppers showing the heat it had 5 nuclear mushrooms, every one well deserved.

    @texasag1969 said:

    This was more like a 10. I couldn't decide whether it was my eyes and nose running from the heat or my crying from it because it was so damn hot nothing could stop the fire inside my mouth and every nasal cavity in there.? 

    EDIT: And on the menu instead of 5 peppers showing the heat it had 5 nuclear mushrooms, every one well deserved.

    It's like a horrible sunburn. It doesn't dissipate and just intensifies.

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    @texasag1969 said:

    This was more like a 10. I couldn't decide whether it was my eyes and nose running from the heat or my crying from it because it was so damn hot nothing could stop the fire inside my mouth and every nasal cavity in there.? 

    EDIT: And on the menu instead of 5 peppers showing the heat it had 5 nuclear mushrooms, every one well deserved.

    It's like a horrible sunburn. It doesn't dissipate and just intensifies.

    @ap1 said:

    It's like a horrible sunburn. It doesn't dissipate and just intensifies.

    If it’s hot enough it’ll burn on the way out too.

  • @texasag1969 said:

    Damn, I threw Pepe Le Pew into the trash when I found him dead outside on the road. ? What was I thinking!! Next week maybe armadillo on the half shell. I could get lucky with so much traffic these days. Send me a jar of that jam. I'm sure it would really improve that recipe.?

      Hey, younger groundhog is actually good. I would never eat raccoon or possum, or ...ok, maybe I might try armadillo. I wanted to try alligator in Louisiana one time we were traveling to Texas, but it was out of season.

      I picked a bunch of Autumn Olive berries. Quite edible - they are like oblong cranberries with a seed inside. Won't make much jam, but I wanted to try it.

      I am disappointed though, not one store has frog legs around here in Ohio. I'll just have to grow my own in a friend's pond.

      I've made white pine needle tea - pretty good with some sugar. big on vitamin "C".

    @calfoxwc said:

      I've made white pine needle tea - pretty good with some sugar. big on vitamin "C".

    You'd be proud of my 17 (almost 18) y.o. grandson. On a trip over New Years week with his other grandparents he had and liked pine needle tea while they were camping in Colorado. I had never heard of it until you mentioned it and he came home saying the same thing just by coincidence. I asked him if it as white pine needles and he said no it was regular pine needles.

  • French Onion Soup.

    I’ve probably made french onion soup a good half dozen times, but l’m not sure l’ve ever used the same recipe twice. This is what l used for this go around.

    https://thesuburbansoapbox.com/baked-french-onion-soup/#wprm-recipe-container-16722

    This was a good batch. French onion soup recipes are all pretty similar with only minor differences on the fresh herbs or booze used, and tweaks in ratios. This one really worked for me. 

    For whatever reason l just love cooking onions low and slow. I took photos of just onions in a pot, before and after adding the red wine. 

    One difference where l strayed from the recipe is l used sourdough bread instead of a baguette. My gf is a sourdough bread-head so that’s what we had. It worked and added a certain chewy factor that you don’t always get with a baguette.

    It scratched all the french onion soup itches. 3rd degree burns in your mouth on the first few bites, big gooey bites of gruyere cheese, and subtly dynamic bites with bits of onion that were charred up more than other pieces of onion.  

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  • French Onion Soup.

    I’ve probably made french onion soup a good half dozen times, but l’m not sure l’ve ever used the same recipe twice. This is what l used for this go around.

    https://thesuburbansoapbox.com/baked-french-onion-soup/#wprm-recipe-container-16722

    This was a good batch. French onion soup recipes are all pretty similar with only minor differences on the fresh herbs or booze used, and tweaks in ratios. This one really worked for me. 

    For whatever reason l just love cooking onions low and slow. I took photos of just onions in a pot, before and after adding the red wine. 

    One difference where l strayed from the recipe is l used sourdough bread instead of a baguette. My gf is a sourdough bread-head so that’s what we had. It worked and added a certain chewy factor that you don’t always get with a baguette.

    It scratched all the french onion soup itches. 3rd degree burns in your mouth on the first few bites, big gooey bites of gruyere cheese, and subtly dynamic bites with bits of onion that were charred up more than other pieces of onion.  

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    @ibleedbrown said:

    For whatever reason l just love cooking onions low and slow.

    Low and slow is the way to go!

  • Here's one of my favorites.. Bucatini Alfredo with Pancetta and Mushrooms...

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  • Here's one of my favorites.. Bucatini Alfredo with Pancetta and Mushrooms...

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    @nickers said:

    Here's one of my favorites.. Bucatini Alfredo with Pancetta and Mushrooms...

    Explain what Bucatini and Pancetta are please. Pancetta sounds like some kind of bread but I don't see any.

  • I'm going to smoke a chuck roast Sunday. Poor man's brisket lol.

    My 3 sons bought me a smoker about 10 years ago. I was never into cooking until I got it, now I'm addicted. 

    I tend to use Malcom Reed's recipes, yum yums 

  • @nickers said:

    Here's one of my favorites.. Bucatini Alfredo with Pancetta and Mushrooms...

    Explain what Bucatini and Pancetta are please. Pancetta sounds like some kind of bread but I don't see any.

    @texasag1969 said:

    Explain what Bucatini and Pancetta are please. Pancetta sounds like some kind of bread but I don't see any.

    Pancetta is fancy pork belly.

    Bucatini is the one l had to look up. It’s apparently hollow pasta noodles, like a pasta straw.

    The varieties of pasta out there is mind-boggling man. What we see on the shelves at Kroger is just the tip of the iceberg. 

    For whatever reason, l settled on ditalini as my favorite pasta. Don’t judge me. However, there is such a thing as ditali pasta, and l literally just discovered ditaloni pasta yesterday. What’s the difference? See below. 

    I assumed there was such a thing as bucatoni, and there sorta is, but it’s not called bucatoni. Pasta man…

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  • I'm going to smoke a chuck roast Sunday. Poor man's brisket lol.

    My 3 sons bought me a smoker about 10 years ago. I was never into cooking until I got it, now I'm addicted. 

    I tend to use Malcom Reed's recipes, yum yums 

    @bob806 said:

    I'm going to smoke a chuck roast Sunday. Poor man's brisket lol.

    My 3 sons bought me a smoker about 10 years ago. I was never into cooking until I got it, now I'm addicted. 

    I tend to use Malcom Reed's recipes, yum yums 

    Nice! I’m new to smoking myself. Feel free to share the process and recipe. I have yet to attempt any kind of roast in the smoker.

  • @bob806 said:

    I'm going to smoke a chuck roast Sunday. Poor man's brisket lol.

    My 3 sons bought me a smoker about 10 years ago. I was never into cooking until I got it, now I'm addicted. 

    I tend to use Malcom Reed's recipes, yum yums 

    Nice! I’m new to smoking myself. Feel free to share the process and recipe. I have yet to attempt any kind of roast in the smoker.

    @ibleedbrown said:

    Nice! I’m new to smoking myself. Feel free to share the process and recipe. I have yet to attempt any kind of roast in the smoker.

    https://howtobbqright.com/2014/09/11/smoked-chuck-roast-for-pulled-beef-sandwich/

    This is what I'm doing Sunday. His recipes have all been great?

  • I’ve been chomping at the bit to make falafels from scratch for my gf and her kids and l finally checked that box last night. I thought they were fantastic and the gf liked them, but they were a spectacular crash and burn with her kids. 2 out of the 3 tried them and didn’t care for them, and the 3rd kid made a horrified face and demanded chicken nuggets.

    Anyway, if you’ve never made falafels from scratch, it’s a huge pita. Ironically l also put them in pita pockets, but that’s the easy part.

    Falafels are basically fritters made from a batter of soaked garbanzo beans, fava beans, and a boatload of fresh herbs like parsley, cilantro and mint, plus some onion, garlic jalapeño and sesame seeds. You painstakingly grind it up in a food processor. 

    Then you roll them in to little balls a little bigger than golf balls and deep fry them. I used peanut oil for this batch. Anything deep fried is great, right?

    There’s a sauce involved too, made from yogurt, tahini, salt, minced garlic and lemon juice.

    Here’s the recipe l used.

    https://maureenabood.com/authentic-lebanese-falafel/

    Like l said, l thought they were fantastic. My one complaint was l thought the sauce was a little salty.

    I made falafel sandwiches by putting a couple falafel balls in a pita pockets with some sauce, red onion, tomato and cucumber slices. You can eat them as a standalone thing though, and just dip them in the sauce. 

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  • @nickers said:

    Here's one of my favorites.. Bucatini Alfredo with Pancetta and Mushrooms...

    Explain what Bucatini and Pancetta are please. Pancetta sounds like some kind of bread but I don't see any.

    @texasag1969 said:

    Explain what Bucatini and Pancetta are please. Pancetta sounds like some kind of bread but I don't see any.

    Bucatini is a thick hollow pasta.. Pancetta is seasoned cured Italian bacon pretty much.. Its 'basically rolled cured pork belly and you can get pinwheel  slices cut to order for soups and various pasta dishes.. Another product of Italy is Guanciale.. Its is another bacon like product that is basically cured Hog Jowls.. one of the main ingredients in Pasta Carbonara..

  • @texasag1969 said:

    Explain what Bucatini and Pancetta are please. Pancetta sounds like some kind of bread but I don't see any.

    Bucatini is a thick hollow pasta.. Pancetta is seasoned cured Italian bacon pretty much.. Its 'basically rolled cured pork belly and you can get pinwheel  slices cut to order for soups and various pasta dishes.. Another product of Italy is Guanciale.. Its is another bacon like product that is basically cured Hog Jowls.. one of the main ingredients in Pasta Carbonara..

    @nickers said:

    Bucatini is a thick hollow pasta.. Pancetta is seasoned cured Italian bacon pretty much.. Its 'basically rolled cured pork belly and you can get pinwheel  slices cut to order for soups and various pasta dishes.. Another product of Italy is Guanciale.. Its is another bacon like product that is basically cured Hog Jowls.. one of the main ingredients in Pasta Carbonara..

    Guess I better dig out my armadillo on the halfshell recipe.? But if your not fast at night all your gonna find is???