OT: 118th Obsequious Banter Thread: February is the month of food days

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

So snow hit south, west, and northeast of us. How did we not get a single snow flake out of this storm. lol

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

The best kind of snow

100%. One of the things I love about living in central NC is that the winters are mild, and even when it snows it's pretty much all going to be gone by this time tomorrow.

6 more hours of snow expected.....uggh.

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Unlike this nonsense.

f*** that noise. As a kid I would have been so excited, but as an adult my back is already aching thinking about shoveling that mess.

 

[Tripod]

100%. One of the things I love about living in central NC is that the winters are mild, and even when it snows it's pretty much all going to be gone by this time tomorrow.



Unlike this nonsense.

f*** that noise. As a kid I would have been so excited, but as an adult my back is already aching thinking about shoveling that mess.

Yeah, no fun.

Got up at 5am and got the wife dug out so she could leave for work at 6am

I am done, this guy just getting started

 

[Tripod]

Also, crazy that all this snow has happened in the last 2 weeks. We ended January with green grass and no snow on the ground.

Wife had taken this one

 

[mja]

Horseradish mayo on a cheesesteak. I don't know if that'll be my go-to from now on, but it's definitely going to be in the rotation.

 

[Jack Straw]

Horseradish mayo on a cheesesteak. I don't know if that'll be my go-to from now on, but it's definitely going to be in the rotation.

Reported

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Horseradish mayo on a cheesesteak. I don't know if that'll be my go-to from now on, but it's definitely going to be in the rotation.

I've gone bacon and black olives on mine with mozzarella cheese when I was in college. After bartending, I would hop back in the kitchen and the cook would let me make my own sandwich. Double meat. Steak fries fresh from the fryer. Take that shit back to Skid Row and chow down like a champ.

Okay, I'm ready for lunch.

 

[mja]

Reported

Hear me out. Normally, I'm a purist, but the tavern down the street from me does this with their cheesesteak and it works beautifully. It's my dad's favorite sandwich in the city right now and when he stops by for a visit, we inevitably end up there so that he can scarf one down. Unless you are a child, you know that horseradish works well with beef. Mayo also works well with beef, if you've ever discovered that beef drippings + mayo basically creates a beef aïoli that just amplifies the umami to 11. So, while my go-to will still be simply onions with hot peppers, and I very occasionally will go pizza steak out of nostaglia, the horseradish mayo play is one I'll definitely be returning to in the future.

I've gone bacon and black olives on mine with mozzarella cheese when I was in college.

Reported

 

[Jack Straw]

Hear me out. Normally, I'm a purist, but the tavern down the street from me does this with their cheesesteak and it works beautifully. It's my dad's favorite sandwich in the city right now and when he stops by for a visit, we inevitably end up there so that he can scarf one down. Unless you are a child, you know that horseradish works well with beef. Mayo also works well with beef, if you've ever discovered that beef drippings + mayo basically creates a beef aïoli that just amplifies the umami to 11. So, while my go-to will still be simply onions with hot peppers, and I very occasionally will go pizza steak out of nostaglia, the horseradish mayo play is one I'll definitely be returning to in the future.



Reported

I'm with you 100% on the pizza steak, but mayo on beef... no. Except as previously discussed, in the special sauce on a Big Mac.

 

[mja]

I'm with you 100% on the pizza steak, but mayo on beef... no. Except as previously discussed, in the special sauce on a Big Mac.

Special sauce is just mayo with other stuff mixed in with it, as is horseradish mayo. You can deny yourself the opportunity to try this, but your life will be poorer for it.

 

[Jack Straw]

Special sauce is just mayo with other stuff mixed in with it, as is horseradish mayo. You can deny yourself the opportunity to try this, but your life will be poorer for it.

I always suspected that there was mayo in special sauce but I allowed myself to deny it. What you don't know doesn't hurt you.

 

[Young Sandwich]

I always suspected that there was mayo in special sauce but I allowed myself to deny it. What you don't know doesn't hurt you.

It doesn't hurt you, but it does make you a hypocrite.

 

[Jack Straw]

It doesn't hurt you, but it does make you a hypocrite.

Not if you don't know.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Hear me out. Normally, I'm a purist, but the tavern down the street from me does this with their cheesesteak and it works beautifully. It's my dad's favorite sandwich in the city right now and when he stops by for a visit, we inevitably end up there so that he can scarf one down. Unless you are a child, you know that horseradish works well with beef. Mayo also works well with beef, if you've ever discovered that beef drippings + mayo basically creates a beef aïoli that just amplifies the umami to 11. So, while my go-to will still be simply onions with hot peppers, and I very occasionally will go pizza steak out of nostaglia, the horseradish mayo play is one I'll definitely be returning to in the future.



Reported

I know it's more common on menus, but to me the pizza steak is way weirder and more off-putting.

 

[mja]

I know it's more common on menus, but to me the pizza steak is way weirder and more off-putting.

Totally a childhood thing. We made pizza out of literally anything: bagels, pretzels, fries, etc. Another favorite from childhood was the gizmo: literally a grinder with pizza sauce and shredded mozzarella. Did that exist anywhere else outside of NE Philly?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Totally a childhood thing. We made pizza out of literally anything: bagels, pretzels, fries, etc. Another favorite from childhood was the gizmo: literally a grinder with pizza sauce and shredded mozzarella. Did that exist anywhere else outside of NE Philly?

That definitely was not a South Jersey thing.

 

[mja]

That definitely was not a South Jersey thing.

Wasn't even always on the menu. You just had to know to ask.

 

[Jack Straw]

Totally a childhood thing. We made pizza out of literally anything: bagels, pretzels, fries, etc. Another favorite from childhood was the gizmo: literally a grinder with pizza sauce and shredded mozzarella. Did that exist anywhere else outside of NE Philly?

Kind of like a calzone but not quite?

 

[mja]

Kind of like a calzone but not quite?

Basically, but on a hoagie roll, and then toasted to crispy melty perfection. Also, no other toppings. Just a roll, pizza sauce, and shredded mozzarella.

Edit: I do believe you could get pepperoni as well if you asked, but that was it.

 

[Embiid]

Totally a childhood thing. We made pizza out of literally anything: bagels, pretzels, fries, etc. Another favorite from childhood was the gizmo: literally a grinder with pizza sauce and shredded mozzarella. Did that exist anywhere else outside of NE Philly?

My mom used to make pizza toast with slices of white bread, a spread of a little butter on both sides of the bread, sliced cherry tomatoes and mozzarella...shredded or sliced. Then baked them until the bread was toasted, mozzarella melted and cherry tomatoes piping hot with some burn on the skin. Quick treat...

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Basically, but on a hoagie roll, and then toasted to crispy melty perfection. Also, no other toppings. Just a roll, pizza sauce, and shredded mozzarella.

Edit: I do believe you could get pepperoni as well if you asked, but that was it.

OHHHHH. I thought this was on an Italian Hoagie or something. I was horrified.

Yes, I’ve seen that around with different names.

 

[Young Sandwich]

Basically, but on a hoagie roll, and then toasted to crispy melty perfection. Also, no other toppings. Just a roll, pizza sauce, and shredded mozzarella.

Edit: I do believe you could get pepperoni as well if you asked, but that was it.

It's nothing like a calzone, but Tacconelli's makes them. They call it Tacconelli's Old Favorite.

 

[wankstifier]

It's nothing like a calzone, but Tacconelli's makes them. They call it Tacconelli's Old Favorite.

American!

EDIT: Oops, wrong person. And I guess image uploading is broken for me.

 

[ellja3]

Navalny, well.... It was long expected. Sadly, there's very low hope this will cause any reaction in Russia. And EU/NATO, of course.

 

[Embiid]

He went for a nice leisurely stroll in balmy weather and keeled over.....so odd.