Random Food Thoughts

[Nickyboy]

Here's some food trivia for you: the German bread, pumpernickel, translates to "farting Nick" or "farting Devil", as "Old Nick" is an obsolete nickname for Satan. How did it get that name, since it isn't a stinky bread. Almost all bread is baked in a hot, dry oven, but pumpernickel is steamed, part of the reason it is so dense and keeps well. The old steam ovens had vents that would let go a blast every so often so the pressure inside wouldn't lead to explosions. I guess who ever coined the name thought those >poots!< were like blasts from the devil's butt, and thus "pumpernickel" was named.

 

[axolotl]

>poots!<

Ah, the good old days.

 

[Nickyboy]

An astoundingly spiny meal: https://clickhole.com/behold-these-...6gPlwG_HCIR_LFnnPF6y84jV8OWcqccjSlT6jxtYZUceU

 

[axolotl]

An astoundingly spiny meal: https://clickhole.com/behold-these-...6gPlwG_HCIR_LFnnPF6y84jV8OWcqccjSlT6jxtYZUceU

After all that praising verbiage, the writer-poet cap it off with this, which made me larf:

The broth of the pine apple is sickly sweet and hinted with rot, a beverage of eye-stinging pungence that should be immediately poured into the waste receptacle.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1309619040416083968

 

[Nickyboy]

Oh, the humanity!

 

[Nickyboy]

OK, time to bake bread.

 

[Nickyboy]

OK, time to bake bread.

Yummy.

 

[axolotl]

OK, time to bake bread.

That was one quick trip to Spain.

 

[Nickyboy]

That was one quick trip to Spain.

Those are a St. Gallen loaf and buerli (rolls). Do they make "kissing" rolls in Spain too? I have a number of bread books, but now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever noticed a recipe for a traditional Spanish bread.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Those are a St. Gallen loaf and buerli (rolls). Do they make "kissing" rolls in Spain too? I have a number of bread books, but now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever noticed a recipe for a traditional Spanish bread.

There are recipes for Cuban loaves.

 

[Nickyboy]

There are recipes for Cuban loaves.

I will look for some. The only Cuban bread I have ever seen is similar to a baguette and used for making the pressed, Cuban sandwiches.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I will look for some. The only Cuban bread I have ever seen is similar to a baguette and used for making the pressed, Cuban sandwiches.

In Florida it's common for most grocery stores to have Cuban bread. It's not too different from French bread.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I almost ordered a meal from Wendy's on Uber Eats, but when I realized it was going to cost me nearly $20, I backed out.

 

[axolotl]

I almost ordered a meal from Wendy's on Uber Eats, but when I realized it was going to cost me nearly $20, I backed out.

Why $20 for a Wendy's meal?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Why $20 for a Wendy's meal?

It was $11 for the food, and then $9 in fees + tip.

 

[Nickyboy]

Chris Kimball's new show "Milk Street" has an on-line shop where they try to sell you all kind of kitchen gadgets and imported, specialty food products. Gadgets I don't need more of. Specialty food products, yes. And I found that I can get about 75% of them through Amazon, so I can get it with free shipping and in a few days, so it's ultimately more convenient.
I think I am not the only person who does this. He advertised a Japanese, liquid shio koji the other day. Same price on Amazon, so I put it in my cart, but didn't buy it. I figured I would show it to my wife to see if she wanted to try it. I remembered it the next day, went to show it to her and now it says "Product unavailable. Unknown when back in stock" which for them means a year or never.
Dammit! I need to be more impulsive with my ingredient purchases! Hit that BUY NOW button, man!!

 

[Nickyboy]

Boy ate nothing but sausages his whole life: https://nypost.com/2020/10/07/boy-w...medium=site buttons&utm_campaign=site buttons

 

[axolotl]

Boy ate nothing but sausages his whole life: https://nypost.com/2020/10/07/boy-who-has-eaten-nothing-but-sausages-his-whole-life-has-been-cured/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site buttons&utm_campaign=site buttons

The photo of Chris Christie (to the right of the article) threw me off for a moment.

 

[Nickyboy]

The 101 Best Burgers in the US: https://www.thedailymeal.com/101-best-burgers-america-0/slide-102
Embarrassingly enough, I have not been to their #4 choice, Chomp Kitchen, although it is all of 15 minutes from me. Quite frankly, I had never even heard of the place. I will have to try it out some time.
However, I have been to their #55 choice, Louis' Lunch in New Haven, once and I've got to say, that is a pitifully low rating for Louis'. Come on! They fricking INVENTED the hamburger as we know it! Every time I have been by, there is a line to get in as the single room lunch counter is maybe 30' square. And the meat is an amazing mix. So beefy and juicy and the burgers are "grilled" in vertical, cast iron ovens so the excess fat drips away. If I were making this list, I would put Louis' in the Top 10, easily.
Also, I don't go for those foot-tall burgers with a hundred ingredients and toppings on them, so many of those listed would be out for me. "It's so big, you can't even bite it!". Yeah, that's a stupid ad as far as I am concerned.
Shit. It's 5:11am and I am craving a cheeseburger something fierce right now!

Edit: I just looked up Chomp and I have been there, but before it was Chomp. It used to be a diner that made great breakfasts. It's impossible to find a good diner anymore.