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Post by briannh2ok on Dec 3, 2022 4:50:42 GMT
Yes, LuckyDan. I remember the food scenes in "Giant" -- as I always take note of food in movies owing to my life in kitchens and bakeries. Things really are different down here in the Southwest! Burgers actually taste like burgers, for cryin' out loud! And mayonnaise (or most probably Miracle Whip) often takes the place of mustard.
But thanks for the welcome to this part of America. My wife grew up in Oklahoma City, and over the past 40 years we have spent a good couple of weeks visiting her family every summer. So I got to know the place fairly well. Then we settled on living here after retirement, and everything's been terrific so far!
I do have to keep reminding myself by looking at maps that Oklahoma is really in the South. The latitude puts us even with the Deep South of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Never thought I'd end up living in these parts -- native Buckeye that I am -- but here we are.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Dec 3, 2022 5:43:12 GMT
Yes, LuckyDan. I remember the food scenes in "Giant" -- as I always take note of food in movies owing to my life in kitchens and bakeries. Things really are different down here in the Southwest! Burgers actually taste like burgers, for cryin' out loud! And mayonnaise (or most probably Miracle Whip) often takes the place of mustard.
But thanks for the welcome to this part of America. My wife grew up in Oklahoma City, and over the past 40 years we have spent a good couple of weeks visiting her family every summer. So I got to know the place fairly well. Then we settled on living here after retirement, and everything's been terrific so far!
I do have to keep reminding myself by looking at maps that Oklahoma is really in the South. The latitude puts us even with the Deep South of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Never thought I'd end up living in these parts -- native Buckeye that I am -- but here we are. Some beautiful country in Oklahoma.
Couple of things on food. 1. Miracle Whip is no miracle, it's an abomination in the eyes of God and a crime against humanity. 2. Red meat takes mustard, white meat takes mayo.
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Post by briannh2ok on Dec 3, 2022 7:02:01 GMT
I must confess that I grew up in a Miracle Whip home, and I remember clear as crystal the day I, as an adult, bought some mayonnaise. I wept for the loss of my childhood. I thought for a second of having my parents brought up on child neglect charges; but, Let bygones be bygones. They just didn't know any better. I always remember the"Fawlty Towers" segment with the bratty little boy who demands Salad Cream while spitting out the chef-made mayonnaise and calling it "puke."
Now, for red meat: butter and onions. (OK, I made that up) Mayo is perfectly fine for white, I agree.
Maybe we could start a TCM Condiment Club with curated emulsions specially and artisanally produced to foreground the most luxurious palettes ever imagined.
Gosh, this place is fun.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Dec 4, 2022 23:18:41 GMT
ROTFL briannh2ok! This reminds me of my own child neglect salad daze saga - painfully unaware of anything beyond Iceberg lettuce until cool hipster friends introduced me to romaine via Caesar salad. My taste buds thought they had died and gone to heaven. I also grew up on SUGAR SANDWICHES. My dentist was thrilled. My grandmother would take a spoon and press brown sugar into white bread and call this lunch. I suspect both bread and brown sugar must have been tastier in the 20s and 30s from whence this monstrosity must have sprung. And then there was the trauma of powdered milk. To this day I can't drink any beverage, except perhaps wine, to the bottom of the glass for fear of lumps and chunks. Ugh. From the Bhopal Better Living Through Chemistry Files... Does anyone remember Whip'n'Chill? Not my quote below but certainly my feelings until I came across the second item. "I would gladly submit myself to chemical hell (at least 20 chemicals in that package) to recreate childhood culinary nirvana." Whip ’n Chill: One of the most popular desserts of the sixties, Whip ’n Chill was a strange one, similar in texture and taste to mousse, but with a faint tang of chemical design. Its ingredient list reads like a toxic waste dump posting: propylene glycol monostearate, sodium casienate, acetylated monoglycerides, cellulose gum, hydroxylated lecithin, sodium silico aluminate and sodium stearoyl-2- lactylate. It was magical alright.
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Post by sepiatone on Dec 24, 2022 17:09:31 GMT
Some beautiful country in Oklahoma.
Couple of things on food. 1. Miracle Whip is no miracle, it's an abomination in the eyes of God and a crime against humanity. 2. Red meat takes mustard, white meat takes mayo. New to this page and obviously late to this party. But my $0.02..... Mayonnaise to me is too "blah" and "meh" in taste. I do prefer Miracle Whip for many of mayo's applications. I mostly make my tuna salad with it. That and a good dose of sweet relish and some ground rosemary. Back in the "day" when I used to eat lunchmeat sandwiches I'd us miracle whip instead of mayo. Usually placed between the meat and the slice of cheese. Red meat takes mustard? Well, I can't imagine ruining a good steak(which is red meat, remember? )with mustard. And what white meat do you put mayo on? And since those ads claim that PORK is the OTHER white meat, I certainly hope you don't put mayo on your pork chops. Anybody who does that must be the same kind of dead palette dunder who would spoil good fruit(like cantaloupe) by shaking pepper on it. Sepiatone
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Post by nipkowdisc on Dec 27, 2022 17:18:28 GMT
mustard is good for liverwurst on rye sandwiches and hamburgers.
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Post by Swithin on Dec 27, 2022 18:59:51 GMT
Yes, LuckyDan. I remember the food scenes in "Giant" -- as I always take note of food in movies owing to my life in kitchens and bakeries. Things really are different down here in the Southwest! Burgers actually taste like burgers, for cryin' out loud! And mayonnaise (or most probably Miracle Whip) often takes the place of mustard.
But thanks for the welcome to this part of America. My wife grew up in Oklahoma City, and over the past 40 years we have spent a good couple of weeks visiting her family every summer. So I got to know the place fairly well. Then we settled on living here after retirement, and everything's been terrific so far!
I do have to keep reminding myself by looking at maps that Oklahoma is really in the South. The latitude puts us even with the Deep South of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Never thought I'd end up living in these parts -- native Buckeye that I am -- but here we are. I made many trips to OK in the 1990s, to visit a friend who was a law student at OU/Norman. We travelled around a lot -- Norman, OKC, Edmond, Guthrie, Sulphur, Tulsa, Stillwater. Loved the state, and particularly the cafeterias. We used to have great cafeterias in NYC when I was a lad, but they faded away. In OK, I loved the various chain cafeterias (Piccadilly, Luby's, etc.), but my favorites were the privately owned ones: Lady Classen and Queen Anne in OKC. Also loved the ribs at the County Line. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Dec 28, 2022 2:20:21 GMT
Yes, LuckyDan. I remember the food scenes in "Giant" -- as I always take note of food in movies owing to my life in kitchens and bakeries. Things really are different down here in the Southwest! Burgers actually taste like burgers, for cryin' out loud! And mayonnaise (or most probably Miracle Whip) often takes the place of mustard.
But thanks for the welcome to this part of America. My wife grew up in Oklahoma City, and over the past 40 years we have spent a good couple of weeks visiting her family every summer. So I got to know the place fairly well. Then we settled on living here after retirement, and everything's been terrific so far!
I do have to keep reminding myself by looking at maps that Oklahoma is really in the South. The latitude puts us even with the Deep South of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Never thought I'd end up living in these parts -- native Buckeye that I am -- but here we are. I made many trips to OK in the 1990s, to visit a friend who was a law student at OU/Norman. We travelled around a lot -- Norman, OKC, Edmond, Guthrie, Sulphur, Tulsa, Stillwater. Loved the state, and particularly the cafeterias. We used to have great cafeterias in NYC when I was a lad, but they faded away. In OK, I loved the various chain cafeterias (Piccadilly, Luby's, etc.), but my favorites were the privately owned ones: Lady Classen and Queen Anne in OKC. Also loved the ribs at the County Line. Thanks for bringing back the memories. If you love old buildings and homes, Guthrie is worth a trip. It's like stepping into the 1800s. It was once a booming capital then suddenly lost it's status to Oklahoma City, and just froze in time.
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Post by Swithin on Dec 28, 2022 2:30:51 GMT
I made many trips to OK in the 1990s, to visit a friend who was a law student at OU/Norman. We travelled around a lot -- Norman, OKC, Edmond, Guthrie, Sulphur, Tulsa, Stillwater. Loved the state, and particularly the cafeterias. We used to have great cafeterias in NYC when I was a lad, but they faded away. In OK, I loved the various chain cafeterias (Piccadilly, Luby's, etc.), but my favorites were the privately owned ones: Lady Classen and Queen Anne in OKC. Also loved the ribs at the County Line. Thanks for bringing back the memories. If you love old buildings and homes, Guthrie is worth a trip. It's like stepping into the 1800s. It was once a booming capital then suddenly lost it's status to Oklahoma City, and just froze in time.
I've been there twice, fascinating place. Looks like a late Victorian town, because that was its heyday. Had a tour of the Masonic Temple, which at one time was the capitol building.
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Post by Newbie on Dec 29, 2022 15:24:02 GMT
Voortman 's Assorted Festive cookies. Christmas cookies for people who don't bake. Tasty grub.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Dec 30, 2022 2:04:11 GMT
LD's night out. Played an Ibanez 570 through a Boss amp at Sam Ash, then enjoyed the Platillo Cancun at Cristina's. Life is good here.
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Post by Newbie on Dec 31, 2022 19:21:34 GMT
Making Hoppin' Johns for New Year's Day. Basically grazing on snacks today while watching bowl games.
I'm thinking Lucky Dan has the right idea...that food above looks pretty damn tasty.
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Post by Newbie on Feb 10, 2023 23:16:58 GMT
What is your go-to Super Bowl food? My neighbor swears by chicken wings. I don't get the appeal. They're messy and you don't get much meat off of them.
I'm going with chili or soup. I don't really care who wins but will tune in and watch so long as the game is interesting.
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Post by Mayor McCheese on Mar 10, 2023 17:11:29 GMT
I'm getting my annual Shamrock shake this weekend. It 's aggressively green, minty, nostalgic goodness.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Mar 10, 2023 20:15:34 GMT
I'm getting my annual Shamrock shake this weekend. It 's aggressively green, minty, nostalgic goodness. I'ma get a hugh jass bottle of Jameson and drunk post.
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