January 16Jan 16 12 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: I appreciate the offer, but my wife wouldn't be real thrilled about it. Might have to take you up on the rice though. Of course, I don't get through Ottumwa often at all. No friends/family in the area and it's not really on the way to anywhere I go. I think I've been through there once. Google says like 3.5 hours from you right? Worth it.
January 16Jan 16 18 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said: Google says like 3.5 hours from you right? Worth it. Right on the nuts.
January 16Jan 16 27 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said: Google says like 3.5 hours from you right? Worth it. 7 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: Right on the nuts.
January 16Jan 16 8 minutes ago, elfenix said: I just remember that he lives really close to the SPAM museum in Austin MN, but on the Iowa side. Hard to forget the majesty of the SPAM museum.
January 16Jan 16 My first wife and I were young poors back in the day and we would slice Spam and put in a baking dish with slice pineapple with some of the juice mixed with a tiny bit of brown sugar. I think it was good.
January 16Jan 16 1 hour ago, Underdog said: Wait... There's a Spam museum? Yup. Just outside of downtown Austin*. *Austin, Minnesota that is
January 16Jan 16 25 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said: My first wife and I were young poors back in the day and we would slice Spam and put in a baking dish with slice pineapple with some of the juice mixed with a tiny bit of brown sugar. I think it was good. Spam, Hamburger Helper and whatever I brought home from Church's were the meals of our early days of marriage.
January 16Jan 16 1 minute ago, Underdog said: Spam, Hamburger Helper and whatever I brought home from Church's were the meals of our early days of marriage. Hamburger Helper Beef Stroganoff was awesome.
January 16Jan 16 HH is the bomb, and anyone who disagrees needs to be ex-communicated from this thread.
January 16Jan 16 I made HH Spaghetti Sunday and have been eating it for lunch all week. I make white bread sandwiches with it. Delish.
January 16Jan 16 Cheeseburger macaroni and tuna tetrazzini(canned chicken used) were always in our rotation.
January 16Jan 16 21 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: HH is the bomb, and anyone who disagrees needs to be ex-communicat This. Edited January 16Jan 16 by Underdog
January 16Jan 16 49 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: HH is the bomb, and anyone who disagrees needs to be ex-communicated from this thread. A bowl of meaty gloppy goodness was always welcome. It would be welcome today.
January 17Jan 17 1 hour ago, 4th&Five said: I made HH Spaghetti Sunday and have been eating it for lunch all week. I make white bread sandwiches with it. Delish. With this & you're really ballin'.
January 17Jan 17 3 hours ago, 4th&Five said: I made HH Spaghetti Sunday and have been eating it for lunch all week. I make white bread sandwiches with it. Delish. Keeping your gastroenterologist happy, I see...
January 17Jan 17 I don’t know why they call it “Hamburger Helper”, it does just fine by itself. I like it better than Tuna Helper, myself.
January 17Jan 17 In college I lived off of Tuna Partner and Panburger Partner from Hy-Vee (think HEB for the western Midwest) as it was at least $.50/box cheaper than the real thing. Douse in hot sauce, and plate it up onto a saltine cracker, and that my friend, is L-I-V-I-N
January 17Jan 17 15 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said: Hamburger Helper Beef Stroganoff was awesome. Add some Hatch chilis and sauteed mushrooms and that is fine eating.
January 17Jan 17 4 hours ago, baboso said: Add some Hatch chilis and sauteed mushrooms and that is fine eating.
January 17Jan 17 On 1/16/2025 at 4:07 PM, Al_4_ISU said: Yup. Just outside of downtown Austin*. *Austin, Minnesota that is I thought you lived in London? London, IA that is
January 18Jan 18 1 hour ago, Covri said: I thought you lived in London? London, IA that is Closer to London, MN
January 18Jan 18 13 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said: Closer to London, MN That’s what get for zooming in so close lol
January 20Jan 20 Could cross-post in the "trivial things that please the..." thread- when the leftovers are better than the actual meal. Had a big gathering of folks from my wife's family last night at the original El Fenix. It wasn't good. Food was pretty much room temp, service was off, all that. I chalked it up to one server waiting on a humongous party, so whatever, who gives a shit. Wife and I got both versions of the fajita cheese enchiladas- one topped with chili con carne and beef fajita meat, the other sour cream style topped with fajita chicken. Took most of it home. Tonight I decided to make tacos wth the leftovers. So we've got enchilada tacos with the accompanying rice and beans, fresh japs, onions, cilantro, homemade copycat Chuy's creamy jalapeno, and Salsa Dona. A thousand times better than the sit-down dinner we had last night 🤘
January 21Jan 21 Had some beef brisket bacon (our local HEB caters to the kosher crowd, picked up a pack a while back to try it....not bad) that I needed to cook. So, made myself a beef bacon and 'merican cheese sammich for an early lunch today (working from home due to the blizzard of '25).
January 21Jan 21 1 hour ago, Steel Shank said: @Brisketexan Ima mark you down as "safe and fed". You usually can. If we can also check off "laid," then we're L-I-V-I-N.
January 21Jan 21 48 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said: Holy shit, tell me more about beef brisket bacon. This stuff. Not cheap, but actually pretty damned good. All-in-all, good old pig bacon will be my go-to, but this is nice variety, and it's cool to have something like that available when we have our jewish pals over.
January 21Jan 21 31 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: This stuff. Not cheap, but actually pretty damned good. All-in-all, good old pig bacon will be my go-to, but this is nice variety, and it's cool to have something like that available when we have our jewish pals over. You have my undivided attention with that beef bacon. That said, I had a lot of Jewish friends growing up (still very close to many of them), and I can't think of one who didn't go for seconds on the bacon. I believe the word I'm groping for is "reformed." Edited January 21Jan 21 by dcbc
January 21Jan 21 45 minutes ago, dcbc said: You have my undivided attention with that beef bacon. That said, I had a lot of Jewish friends growing up (still very close to many of them), and I can't think of one who didn't go for seconds on the bacon. I believe the word I'm groping for is "reformed." Oh, we definitely grew up with the much more casual jews. They loved them some ham and bacon. But we do have a few friends here in town who actually keep kosher (driven in large part by one of their kids, who has gone pretty hard-core religious; the parents are more ambivalent about it. They went to school in NOLA, and miss the hell outta shrimp and oysters).
January 21Jan 21 15 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: Oh, we definitely grew up with the much more casual jews. They loved them some ham and bacon. But we do have a few friends here in town who actually keep kosher (driven in large part by one of their kids, who has gone pretty hard-core religious; the parents are more ambivalent about it. They went to school in NOLA, and miss the hell outta shrimp and oysters). That's some pretty shellfish behavior on the kid's part. /I kid. I kid
January 21Jan 21 27 minutes ago, ztejas said: Let me guess where. Oh, jew know. And, dude, stay in your lane.
January 21Jan 21 2 hours ago, Brisketexan said: This stuff. Not cheap, but actually pretty damned good. All-in-all, good old pig bacon will be my go-to, but this is nice variety, and it's cool to have something like that available when we have our jewish pals over. First experience with beef bacon was at Katz Deli on 6th. Can also be found at the Far West HEB along with the better sights amongst the Austin HEBs, if open of course.
January 21Jan 21 4 minutes ago, Al Czervik said: First experience with beef bacon was at Katz Deli on 6th. Can also be found at the Far West HEB along with the better sights amongst the Austin HEBs, if open of course. Indeed. That's our store. Best time to hit it? Around 10:00 am on a Tuesday. After all the yoga classes and such let out. One time years ago, I had a Tuesday off, and ended up there at that time. I bumped into a dozen women I know, all of them looked fantastic, I had a delightful time.
January 22Jan 22 Author 7 hours ago, Brisketexan said: Had some beef brisket bacon (our local HEB caters to the kosher crowd, picked up a pack a while back to try it....not bad) that I needed to cook. So, made myself a beef bacon and 'merican cheese sammich for an early lunch today (working from home due to the blizzard of '25). I appreciate your attempt at keeping it healthy by using bread that was dipped in a bird feeder and rolled in freshly mowed grass prior to baking. Edited January 22Jan 22 by Judge Roybeanbag
January 22Jan 22 8 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said: I appreciate your attempt at keeping it healthy by using bread that was dipped in a bird feeder and rolled in freshly mowed grass prior to baking. Sigh. I lets the wife buy the bread, this is the stuff she brings home. I'm lucky it's bread at all, and not some sort of "cauliflower soy imitation bread product."
January 22Jan 22 Author 34 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: Sigh. I lets the wife buy the bread, this is the stuff she brings home. I'm lucky it's bread at all, and not some sort of "cauliflower soy imitation bread product." Haha I get it, I have to eat the Dave’s superlicious 21 grain bread from HEB or similar too. It’s not bad, but makes a mess in the toaster and in my frying pan.
January 22Jan 22 Author When my MIL comes to visit (she’s 80 and tries to eat healthy) my wife buys these frozen English muffin things that I swear you could get in the horse aisle of Tractor Supply for half the price. Have to chew the damned things for 10 minutes and drink a gallon of water, and the seeds still clank when they hit the toilet bowl.
January 22Jan 22 Haha I get it, I have to eat the Dave’s superlicious 21 grain bread from HEB or similar too. It’s not bad, but makes a mess in the toaster and in my frying pan.Pretty sure this is that Dave’s bread, because I read the name on the label and as I put it in the toaster I said “Dave’s not here, man.”
January 22Jan 22 Author 41 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: “Dave’s not here, man.” Dave needs his entire ass kicked, or else needs to come clean my toaster.
January 22Jan 22 8 hours ago, Brisketexan said: Had some beef brisket bacon (our local HEB caters to the kosher crowd, picked up a pack a while back to try it....not bad) that I needed to cook. So, made myself a beef bacon and 'merican cheese sammich for an early lunch today (working from home due to the blizzard of '25). I don’t care what those fuckers say about the bread, that is one fantastic looking sammich.
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