[indianwells]

I find Spam a strange tinned product.

I find it even stranger that people would consider eating it.....

[durangojo]

in some commercial kitchens, such as airline kitchens, they use long salami looking rolls called 'chubs' of hardboil eggs..just lay on the counter and slice away..not as bad as canned pig brains, but just too weird!

[AndyG]

I think head cheese is pretty darn weird.

[shipscook]

I've seen the 5 gallon buckets if hard cooked eggs and of the poached ones. I think that why I don't like the little poaching pans with the cups, they look like those. A poached egg isn't supposed to be that perfect, and it's not that hard to do.

But I was surpirsed at the Sysco Food Show in Seattle last spring--I do believe you could do my job using totally prepared foods.

A Capt. wandered over from one of the other vessels in port and was talking about the neat pot roast they had --already cooked. For crying out loud, season it brown it, toss in a roasting pan with some aeromatics, wine, cover and roast. You have a lovely piece of meat with the good stuff to make gravy!!!

I do keep a supply of frozen pastas, puff pastry, and a few other things for panics. I love the IQF berries and fruits.

There are pages of frozen soups, every Mexican entree you can think of, frozen cookies and buckets of cookie and muffin dough. Premade desserts that are very expensive and I when I have had left from another cook, some aren't very good.

I'll pass on the pig brains too!! Check out canned cheeseburger on the Late Night Forum?

O.K. nuff,

Nan

[durangojo]

Originally Posted by shipscook

I've seen the 5 gallon buckets if hard cooked eggs and of the poached ones. I think that why I don't like the little poaching pans with the cups, they look like those. A poached egg isn't supposed to be that perfect, and it's not that hard to do.

But I was surpirsed at the Sysco Food Show in Seattle last spring--I do believe you could do my job using totally prepared foods.

A Capt. wandered over from one of the other vessels in port and was talking about the neat pot roast they had --already cooked. For crying out loud, season it brown it, toss in a roasting pan with some aeromatics, wine, cover and roast. You have a lovely piece of meat with the good stuff to make gravy!!!

I do keep a supply of frozen pastas, puff pastry, and a few other things for panics. I love the IQF berries and fruits.

There are pages of frozen soups, every Mexican entree you can think of, frozen cookies and buckets of cookie and muffin dough. Premade desserts that are very expensive and I when I have had left from another cook, some aren't very good.

I'll pass on the pig brains too!! Check out canned cheeseburger on the Late Night Forum?

O.K. nuff,

Nan

hi nan,
reminds me of a sandwich i saw once..everything was on the sandwich(think it was a ckix parm or something)...including the fries!..all tucked inside the roll.. my take is that the deli owner was trying to come up with the next 'new' sandwich trend.i admit i like potato chips on my tuna salad sandwich occasionally, but the fries was a bit over the top for me, and i'm fairly liberal minded where food is concerned..what next? also saw a guy eat a creamed corn on wonder bread sandwich..that was truly disgusting..the creamed corn kept dripping out all over the place and the bread got real soggy half way through..he was an aussie though, so that may explain a few things!

[crimsonmist308]

Originally Posted by durangojo

hi nan,
reminds me of a sandwich i saw once..everything was on the sandwich(think it was a ckix parm or something)...including the fries!..all tucked inside the roll.. my take is that the deli owner was trying to come up with the next 'new' sandwich trend.i admit i like potato chips on my tuna salad sandwich occasionally, but the fries was a bit over the top for me, and i'm fairly liberal minded where food is concerned..what next? also saw a guy eat a creamed corn on wonder bread sandwich..that was truly disgusting..the creamed corn kept dripping out all over the place and the bread got real soggy half way through..he was an aussie though, so that may explain a few things!

yeah, them aussies ... don't they know creamed corn goes in a
hollowed out sweet french roll??
take a sweet french roll, use a long fillet knife to core out the bread
from one end (being careful not to pierce the other end through!!)
add the creamed corn, then there is no dripping soggy mess to worry
about!!
when will they ever learn???

[crimsonmist308]

Originally Posted by indianwells

I find Spam a strange tinned product.

I find it even stranger that people would consider eating it.....

true story ....

my wife worked for major oil company in the liabilities department and her
boss had to go to new guinea for an on-site inspection.

the site has always had a tenuous relationship with the natives that live
in the area. i suggested to him that he should bring some spam with him
and he should give it to the chief as a gift to improve relations.

when he got there, he did as i suggested and the chief's eyes got THIS BIG
when the boss offered him the spam. the chief welcomed him into the
village, asked how long he was going to stay, and then offered the
"services" of his two daughters if the boss was to feel "lonely" for
female companionship!

reason why this happened?? i had learned from missionary friends that
the people in new guinea were some of the last people to practice
cannabalism, and for the elders, spam is the one thing that reminds them
the most of human flesh!

weird, huh??

[AndyG]

HAH

Spam is popular in Hawaii, but not for the same reasons. They just really like it.

[crimsonmist308]

Originally Posted by AndyG

HAH

Spam is popular in Hawaii, but not for the same reasons. They just really like it.

now .... there is a spam that used to be able to be bought only in hawaii
and some other assorted places ... called "hot 'n' spicy spam", it is spam
with tabasco sauce already mixed into the meat! yum!

i had to have friends send me some from the islands until some other
friends were able to find some here on the mainland. it is spicy without
being too spicy and it does taste different than getting spam and pouring
tabasco on it.

i love dicing it and adding it to my fried rice, then tossing a couple of
eggs over easy on top. garnish with a little oyster sauce and YEEOOOOW!!
da kine be da best, bro!!

[AndyG]

Oh I bet that is with medium-grain rice cooked to perfection, sticky on the outside with an al-dente texture in the middle.

I wish I could get Lau-Lau here.

[durangojo]

hey crisomnist...
no harm intended if you are an aussie..some of my best friends are aussies!..just good fun here..we were all sailing around the caribbean back then...lots of rum and whatever!...good day mate!!

[crimsonmist308]

Originally Posted by AndyG

Oh I bet that is with medium-grain rice cooked to perfection, sticky on the outside with an al-dente texture in the middle.

I wish I could get Lau-Lau here.

===== OMG ... you know about the medium-grain rice for fried rice!
it is sooooooo much better than using long-grained rice!

gonna have to open me up another can of hot 'n' spicy spam!!

[crimsonmist308]

Originally Posted by durangojo

hey crisomnist...
no harm intended if you are an aussie..some of my best friends are aussies!..just good fun here..we were all sailing around the caribbean back then...lots of rum and whatever!...good day mate!!

no, i am not an aussie, but a native born chinese american who knows
how to make a neat creamed corn sandwich!

other things i have made ... fried rice burritos, burritos with chow mein,
(i think now-a-days people just call them wraps), and also cooked sushi.
i would take pulled pork (with bbq sauce!!) and put it in rice and roll in
nori like a regular sushi. sometimes i would take the whole roll and
dip in tempura batter and deep fry before slicing ... yum!!

[AndyG]

ah ha, then you might also consider pakoras, sort of an Indian potato tempura dish.

Or South Indian-style dosas

By the way I love broiled eel sushi

[AndyG]

Oh now I see what you're getting at.

A sushi burrito