"...What a long, strange trip it's been..."

[Roy]

I remember my grandfather would eat odd stuff, just before he went to bed. One of his favs was herring in sour cream. But, if he could get it, he'd have Limburger or other strong cheese.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Steak tartar (or tartare)?

Carpaccio......one of my favorites and I get it rarely as it is not a family favorite; cured raindeer was something I had in Norway - simply amazing stuff full of flavor and melted in your mouth.

Crayfish done just about any way, but again not something I get often - not been back to New Orleans in many years.

[robert.]

Ever try durian fruit? It has a tropical flavor with a huge after taste of propane. By the fourth time you try it. It taste great. Not the fourth piece. Try it with a few days separating each mouthful. Somehow the taste of propane goes away.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ever try durian fruit? It has a tropical flavor with a huge after taste of propane. By the fourth time you try it. It taste great. Not the fourth piece. Try it with a few days separating each mouthful. Somehow the taste of propane goes away.

Never had it but it does have a reputation of possessing an aroma that in places makes it illegal to possess let along eat in public

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Ever try durian fruit? It has a tropical flavor with a huge after taste of propane. By the fourth time you try it. It taste great. Not the fourth piece. Try it with a few days separating each mouthful. Somehow the taste of propane goes away.

That's a marvelous description, Robert. Are you sure you are not an author or an English teacher?

[Tom Dempsey]

Ever try durian fruit? It has a tropical flavor with a huge after taste of propane. By the fourth time you try it. It taste great. Not the fourth piece. Try it with a few days separating each mouthful. Somehow the taste of propane goes away.

Unless that's your taste buds giving up on you.

[Mitch]

Love pickled pig's feet. Haven't had them for quite some time. I think I'll eat anything outta the ocean except squid and octopus. Just ain't big on Octopus. But everything else that I've ever had was great. Scallops; I'll eat a bucket of them in a setting, crab legs of any kind, sardines, (in oil), salted kippers, anchovies, most any kind of fish, and oysters, there's only one thing I don't like about oysters; I just can't afford them anymore.
Wild game; I've eaten bear meat, elk, whitetail deer, rabbits, squirrels, pheasant and grouse, and even ground hog and raccoon. (raccoon sucks).
Delivered a load in Galveston, Texas once, and ran empty over to New Orleans where I trip leased a load goin' to Sunbury, Pa. After loading in the hot and humid area, I went into a bar across the street for a cold one. I could smell something; there in the corner was a washtub full of popcorn shrimp, cooked and seasoned. Remember it well, it was .50 cents for an entire paper plate full. I had two.

P.S. How about a big pot of pinto beans made with smoked ham hocks? A bit of diced onion and some fresh cornbread on the side. How could it get any better?

[rogruth]

Murph,
I'm even more, picky my wife says, than you probably.
I don't eat fowl, seafood (I do eat fish) and the list of other stuff I don't eat is very long.
I have tried many things over the years and just don't like them.
The biggest complaint that my wife of 63 years has about me is my eating.
She was a Home Ec major and an exceptional cook according to her teachers and has
been stifled by me.
Now one thing that is my favorite that no one else in my family can stand is Beerkaese Cheese.
I step removed from Limburger which I do not like.

Mitch,
My wife would like those pinto beans.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Love pickled pig's feet. Haven't had them for quite some time. I think I'll eat anything outta the ocean except squid and octopus. Just ain't big on Octopus. But everything else that I've ever had was great. Scallops; I'll eat a bucket of them in a setting, crab legs of any kind, sardines, (in oil), salted kippers, anchovies, most any kind of fish, and oysters, there's only one thing I don't like about oysters; I just can't afford them anymore.
Wild game; I've eaten bear meat, elk, whitetail deer, rabbits, squirrels, pheasant and grouse, and even ground hog and raccoon. (raccoon sucks).
Delivered a load in Galveston, Texas once, and ran empty over to New Orleans where I trip leased a load goin' to Sunbury, Pa. After loading in the hot and humid area, I went into a bar across the street for a cold one. I could smell something; there in the corner was a washtub full of popcorn shrimp, cooked and seasoned. Remember it well, it was .50 cents for an entire paper plate full. I had two.

The ground hog and raccoon pushes the limit, and skunk is right out. Never been a fan of oysters.....you left out the gator!

Rest sounds good and shrimp better yet.......

P.S. How about a big pot of pinto beans made with smoked ham hocks? A bit of diced onion and some fresh cornbread on the side. How could it get any better?

Just add a pile of butter for the cornbread, some decent beer, and now let's eat!

[robert.]

My grandmother would make shrimp pie and oyster pie. Shrimp pie was shrimp and cocktail sauce in a crust. Oyster pie was milk and oysters in a crust. Once a year the local American legion would have Betty's pie sale. It was late in the year when oyster would be in season. She could make 100 of them and they would sell out. Every year her last pie would go to the winner of a bingo tournament.

[up148]

Ever try durian fruit? It has a tropical flavor with a huge after taste of propane. By the fourth time you try it. It taste great. Not the fourth piece. Try it with a few days separating each mouthful. Somehow the taste of propane goes away.

Glad you explained that, as I thought it was something I missed in the Hobbit. The house of Durin and their durian fruit.


I'm not big on wild game, unless really fixed well, but like Mitch, anything out of the ocean is pretty much okay by me. I could eat fish 3-4 times a week, but all this stuff is incredible expensive these days. My son tells me a dozen oyster can run $18 or more.

My wife loves beef, so we have to compromise.

BH

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Nobody mentioned a dish popular among Polish and Hungarian people; at least, it was during the 50s & 60s when I was growing up in Pittsburgh:
"Pigs in a Blanket" also known as "Stuffed Cabbage" which was cooked for quite some time in a large pot which also contained sauerkraut. YUM!

Another popular dish related to Pigs in a Blanket was having a large pot of sauerkraut with a large Pork roast nestled in it, and freshly homemade dumplings atop, getting a fragrance bath and cooking to perfection. Yum again!

Am I alone with this delicious memory?
da Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Nobody mentioned a dish popular among Polish and Hungarian people; at least, it was during the 50s & 60s when I was growing up in Pittsburgh:
"Pigs in a Blanket" also known as "Stuffed Cabbage" which was cooked for quite some time in a large pot which also contained sauerkraut. YUM!

Another popular dish related to Pigs in a Blanket was having a large pot of sauerkraut with a large Pork roast nestled in it, and freshly homemade dumplings atop, getting a fragrance bath and cooking to perfection. Yum again!

Am I alone with this delicious memory?
da Murph

Yes & no. Our version of stuffed cabbage actually involved cabbage leaves bundled together and then stuffed with meat. Pigs in a blanket was something very different - sausages wrapped in biscuit dough and baked. The roast pork in sauerkraut was just a pork roast for us.....usually on Sunday.

The one family dish that I could not appreciate was Hog Maw - a cleaned pig's stomach, traditionally stuffed with cubed potatoes, sausage, cabbage, onions, and spices roasted in the oven.

[HONDO74]

There is always Scrapple to be enjoyed, especially at York. Unfortunately I have not had the pleasure of having any.

What is Scrapple and What Does it Contain?
http://www.culinarylore.com/specialty-f ... it-contain

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Nobody mentioned a dish popular among Polish and Hungarian people; at least, it was during the 50s & 60s when I was growing up in Pittsburgh:
"Pigs in a Blanket" also known as "Stuffed Cabbage" which was cooked for quite some time in a large pot which also contained sauerkraut. YUM!

Another popular dish related to Pigs in a Blanket was having a large pot of sauerkraut with a large Pork roast nestled in it, and freshly homemade dumplings atop, getting a fragrance bath and cooking to perfection. Yum again!

Am I alone with this delicious memory?
da Murph

Yes & no. Our version of stuffed cabbage actually involved cabbage leaves bundled together and then stuffed with meat. Pigs in a blanket was something very different - sausages wrapped in biscuit dough and baked. ..
...The one family dish that I could not appreciate was Hog Maw - a cleaned pig's stomach, traditionally stuffed with cubed potatoes, sausage, cabbage, onions, and spices roasted in the oven.

What you described as "our version of stuffed cabbage" was exactly ours, too. Cabbage leaves were kind of rolled and tucked around ground meat (beef and pork or beef or pork?) combined with a bit of rice, then snuggled into a pot of sauerkraut for further cooking on the stovetop.
That other version, w/ the sausage, I never heard of. And Hog Maw was unknown to me as well.