@ibleedbrown said:

The magic of the double yolker.

First photo is for scale. Double yolker flanked by single yolkers.

Second photo, it’s like boobies looking up at you when you fry them.

Third photo, over easy on a slice of toast. An exotic twist to an ordinary but satisfying snack.

add some spam and you might be on to something

First photo is for scale. Double yolker flanked by single yolkers.

Second photo, it’s like boobies looking up at you when you fry them.

Third photo, over easy on a slice of toast. An exotic twist to an ordinary but satisfying snack.

@dutch-oven said:

Semi-funny story about Spam...

Since I was a wee lad, I've loved chopped ham on my salads. I think Ponderosa was where I discovered it first, and whenever a salad bar has it I add a generous scoop on top of my salad... or two.

One day I was at the old Eat N Park in Streetsboro. Go to the salad bar and dump a big ol' spoonful of cubed ham on top of my salad. All is good in the world... until I take a bite. "What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a-goin' on here?!" I exclaim. "This ham tastes like the devil's anus!", I add.

The waitress comes by and I ask her whet the deal is with the cubed ham on the salad bar. "Oh that's not ham, that's Spam" she answers. I groan. She looks at me with surprise and says "Oh, you don't like Spam?"

My waitress,in Streetsboro, Ohio was Hawaiian. They WORSHIP Spam.

Oh yeah, Spam is basically like the official food of Hawaii, unoficially. Just read this little article that paints that picture.

VICE

Since I was a wee lad, I've loved chopped ham on my salads. I think Ponderosa was where I discovered it first, and whenever a salad bar has it I add a generous scoop on top of my salad... or two.

One day I was at the old Eat N Park in Streetsboro. Go to the salad bar and dump a big ol' spoonful of cubed ham on top of my salad. All is good in the world... until I take a bite. "What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a-goin' on here?!" I exclaim. "This ham tastes like the devil's anus!", I add.

The waitress comes by and I ask her whet the deal is with the cubed ham on the salad bar. "Oh that's not ham, that's Spam" she answers. I groan. She looks at me with surprise and says "Oh, you don't like Spam?"

My waitress,in Streetsboro, Ohio was Hawaiian. They WORSHIP Spam.

Pan fried some Spam, drained it and left some of the Spam grease in the pan to keep frying stuff.

Sautéd a chopped up green onion and a couple banana peppers in it, then threw a few slabs of Spam in there, cracked a few eggs on it, covered it and topped it off with some garlic salt and Frank’s Red Hot.

It wasn’t that good. The garlic salt was a bit much, apparently Spam is salty by itself.

And Spam is kind of gross. But it got the job done.

@calfoxwc said:

Here's a idea. I have dehydrated cut up garlic cloves, and ground them into dust, with a coffee grinder - as I mentioned before. You can also do it for hot/mild/sweet peppers - I recently did it with red bell peppers. Make your own organic? fresh ground pepper. Most vegetables. I tried dehydrating a batch of sweet peruvian onions, that was a nasty disaster.

But for most things, you could make your own steak rub, etc. Spice up hamburgers. The dust keeps for months if not years. Make fruit and vegetable dust for smoothies.

Grate some pickles up and add some favorite dusts and make a quick hotdog relish.

btw, you can dehydrate ***frozen*** store-bought vegetables, but fresh vegetables must be blanched. Fruits don't have to be. Store bought frozen veggies are already blanched. 

I make my own chili powder with a spice grinder/coffee grinder. It’s a time consuming process.

The rough ratio l use is as follows.

4 dried ancho chili peppers

2 dried chis de arbol

1 TBSP of cumin seeds

1 tsp dried Mexican oregano

You can mix and match with other dried chilis as well. 

But for most things, you could make your own steak rub, etc. Spice up hamburgers. The dust keeps for months if not years. Make fruit and vegetable dust for smoothies.

Grate some pickles up and add some favorite dusts and make a quick hotdog relish.

btw, you can dehydrate ***frozen*** store-bought vegetables, but fresh vegetables must be blanched. Fruits don't have to be. Store bought frozen veggies are already blanched. 

also btw, it's dandelion season, time to make -organic- dandelion dust, and dandelion jelly batches. and dandelion roots/chickory roots dust to make a coffee substitute with. Dandelion blossom jelly rocks !

@jax said:

Never been inside but I used to get my haircut at Cosmos a block away when I was a kid.

Bar Rescue is how I heard about the place. The brothers were there Saturday. 

@dutch-oven said:

The Royal Oaks is an interesting place. Not exactly a family friendly joint. Still, ten wings, onion rings, hot pepper cheese bites, a Miller Lite and a Coke cost me $20.97. 

Never been inside but I used to get my haircut at Cosmos a block away when I was a kid.

@dutch-oven said:

It just felt like even with all his hospital stays over the years he’d be around forever. 
 

The Royal Oaks is an interesting place. Not exactly a family friendly joint. Still, ten wings, onion rings, hot pepper cheese bites, a Miller Lite and a Coke cost me $20.97. 

Exactly Dutch!  He'd either talk about what he and his wife would eat when he got out or catching his favorite teams on TV at home again.

That's some attractive prices at The Royal Oaks especially if the food is good!!!

@flugel said:

Reeled me right in with Raspberry BBQ sauce.  Yeah, MJP was an easy guy to get along with. I never knew how sick he was until it was too late.  The guy never complained about anything unless someone showed up only to troll the football board.  

It just felt like even with all his hospital stays over the years he’d be around forever. 
 

The Royal Oaks is an interesting place. Not exactly a family friendly joint. Still, ten wings, onion rings, hot pepper cheese bites, a Miller Lite and a Coke cost me $20.97. 

@flugel said:

Reeled me right in with Raspberry BBQ sauce.  Yeah, MJP was an easy guy to get along with. I never knew how sick he was until it was too late.  The guy never complained about anything unless someone showed up only to troll the football board.  

He had so many hospitalizations for infections in those deep wounds that I figured sooner or later as he got older one of them would finally be one too many. Just a shame he had to deal with it for so many years.

@dutch-oven said:

Meeting some friends out in Youngstown this evening, going to the infamous Royal Oaks. (If you know, you know) Raspberry BBQ sauce for the win, yo. 

Can’t go out to Youngstown without thinking of our dearly departed mjp. He was a positive influence on this board who is about the only person I know that loves food as much as me. Miss the guy.

He’d be happy that this thread continues. Thank you to all the people that keep it going. Great way to honor our friend.

Reeled me right in with Raspberry BBQ sauce.  Yeah, MJP was an easy guy to get along with. I never knew how sick he was until it was too late.  The guy never complained about anything unless someone showed up only to troll the football board.  

Can’t go out to Youngstown without thinking of our dearly departed mjp. He was a positive influence on this board who is about the only person I know that loves food as much as me. Miss the guy.

He’d be happy that this thread continues. Thank you to all the people that keep it going. Great way to honor our friend.

@ibleedbrown said:

Oh? What kind of onion? I’m thinking Vidalias would work best. 

@texasag1969, don’t you have some special spicy onions down there in Texas? I recall reading about them and l want to get my hands on some at some point.

@ibleedbrown said:

Oh? What kind of onion? I’m thinking Vidalias would work best. 

@texasag1969, don’t you have some special spicy onions down there in Texas? I recall reading about them and l want to get my hands on some at some point.

walla walla or really any onion will do, but i like the walla walla 

@syd said:

never tried pickles but i do use a onion

Oh? What kind of onion? I’m thinking Vidalias would work best. 

@texasag1969, don’t you have some special spicy onions down there in Texas? I recall reading about them and l want to get my hands on some at some point.

@ibleedbrown said:

Dill pickles on a grilled cheese sandwich? It’s freaking amazing. I never knew. My gal did this and l ate half and it was a nirvana experience. I spread eagle photographed the other half to share. 

never tried pickles but i do use a onion

@calfoxwc said:

Interesting gravy for bisquits - 

I make it the same way, with Jimmy Dean Sage sausage instead of

the onions and hamburger.

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Kent Rollins is pretty good... I've seen him on youtube a mess of times.. Poor guy had a stroke a few months back but he's still rolling along.. Me myself I prefer Bob Evans... Jimmy Deans just goes overkill on the sage for me...

I make it the same way, with Jimmy Dean Sage sausage instead of

the onions and hamburger.

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@ibleedbrown said:

I love matzo ball soup! We made a batch a few weeks ago. Did you use a box or make it from scratch? I’ll admit l usually just make it from a box, Manischewitz brand typically.

Yup Manischwitz... Dare I say.. Its deli quality worthy... Diamonds at Richmond mall had the best back in the 70's and early 80's.. I always get it when I'm at Manhatten Deli here on the east side... That and a corned beef and swiss.. i could probably eat that every day just about... Matzo Ball soup is a thing unto its own.. Often reffered to as "Jewish Penicillin" I love it to death..