odd or different food you've eaten?

Hello Heinrich,

I certainly agree with you on chicken and duck feet - also on this slimey Durian - it's this majo resemblence to Durians that puts me off rather then the smell. But dogstew? hmm. yum yum..you are missing out on something.
You know what is really bad about Durians? Asian women love them and after having eatem them - they wanna get close to you - brrrrr -yuk

I never tried, but a friend of mine really digs austrich meat.

Regards
Kruska

 

And you claim to be a Chermin? :lol: :lol: Susanne (a Chermin friend of mine whom I toured about half of Chermany with) surprised me by always ordering this concotion when avaialble? I guess one thing about her is that she too-hates McDonalds ;-)) Anyway, I remember where I had the best plate of Pommes Frites mit mayo-which was at the restaurant in Wilhelmshaven across the street from our Botel-which was on Jadestrasse. Man o man, theirs was great. The next place I had them at that were really outta this world-was across the street from the huge outdoor ships museum in Bremerhaven. I don't recall the name of that Restaurant either but, man their fries were outstanding. Susanne had some Chermin Bier-and you guessed it, I had a bottle of Coca Cola-but a WARM bottle of the brew.

 

Anything goes with "fried potato"; mayo is superb. I wouldn't care to much for extra ingredients that contained chocolate. But then again I'm not much of a "chocolate" fan.

However, that said I ran into Poutine (see below) when I was picking up a load of minerals in Bécancour (sp?) Quebec for transport to Texas. I always loved fries with gravy, a standard in my area of Montana, as a side. But Poutine is a gravy poured over a cheese curd which is also there over fried spuds. I was a happy camper when one of our local fast-food joints started offering "curly cheese fries". They were just fries with a cheddar cheese dip, but a great taste none the less.

I love any "pomme de terre" with vinegar, mayo, gravy, ketchup, butter, cheese, sour cream, some salad dressings, and even Philly Cream Cheese. Only chocolate is a stretch for myself.

 

Hi Clint, I too couldn't "do" Chocolate-especially if it were on Fries=or Pancakes and such for that matter? and I absolutely love Chocolate. I tried a Chocolate mixed with Coca Cola once-it was what I figured-terrible-and I love both ingrediants as seperates.

I've had fries with gravy a few times and thinks its a grea dish. I like them better with Cream gravy but can "do" them with brown gravy. However as far as gravies go-I thought they were best with Chicken gravy None of the restaurants around here or anywhere ive been to in the past several years=offer fries with gravy-but someplaces you can ask for a bown of gravy and then you can dip or submerge at your will.

The few times I go to get something to eat froma WM deli-if I get fries, I always get gravy o go with them. That is the only way I can stand to eat WM's fries. For some reason? theirs just dont taste very good-enen smothered in Mayo or catsup. I never couls stand them with regular yellow mustard-but Chilis restaurant also offers Honey Mustard-which ive gotten used to and actually like. I too also like ipping them in ranch. As far as cheese on fires-curly-steak or watnot? I love melted cheese on them. Now, as much as I l;ove chili and chese-I cant "do" chili and cheese on fries. Makes me want to stick my head in the toilet and upchuck. I love cheese on tator tots too. I can do them all-day long ;-)) I also love cheese stuffed Jalepenos (aka) Mexican Pickles.

 

Clint those fries look so good! My mouth is watering!

I think generally anything would taste great so as long as it has at least one or more of these ingrediants: Cheese, gravy, butter, and/or ketchup!

but changing subject for a second:

I bet our parents and grandparents could tell us a lot about eating different or odd foods.. Simply becasue there wasn't enough food to go around. And times were different then. For example my parents were born in europe . One born during and the other at the end of the ww2. There were still food shortages after the war. My parents mentioned how eating moldy bread was normal and instead of butter it was lard (if you were lucky to get some) and meat was a rare thing. they lived much on salted dry cod and preserved foods their parents made. And when an animal was killed.. nothing was sparred everything was eaten. Luckely Those times ended and life got better. that was the norm in all europe in the early years post ww2. And my parents were born in a neutral country so imagine what life was like in the USSR, Germany, or Poland. Gosh! You'd eat just about anything just to stay alive.

funny because growing up, we would have what they call "milk soup" or (soupas de lait, in portuguese) It's simply broken up pieces of bread with boiling milk poured over it. add a little sugar. Perfect warming up food, I enjoy it to this day.

for desert.. put a little sugar in your glass of house wine dunk in your stale bread and eat.

 

Bavarian, "Bavarian" Carl, and Wilhelmshaven is prime German territory - we Bavarians are very aware that German food and cooking is awfull in most regards - well actually any non Bavarian Food

Besides those brainwashed and tastbud missing Bavarian internet kids, (usually offsprings of Germans "overstaying in Bavaria") we don't go for French Fries - but for "Reiberdatschi with apple compott", hmm..yum...yum.
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Regards
Kruska

 

Poor old Larry.


Anyone for a deep fried Mars Bar?

 

Gamers-cuisine ?? lol

 

Honestly, MREs are terrible, they taste like the packaging. Plus it is all processed and recombined, at least our stuff looks like it may have been real food when they put it in the bag.

Sweet and sour chicken for an MRE Fajita, worst swap I ever made.

In a more general sense, I've eaten loads of random meats which have all had their own charm (except alligator which was fairly unpleasant). I once ate a rabbit foetus which was interesting. I'll try pretty much anything if I'm honest.

 

I thought they had pizza hut on the boardwalk out there Stefan...Come on, you aint getting your boots full of sand surely...

 

Its possible to find custom solutions to durian probs keeping the peace :

With thai for instance one can romantically point at the bathroom barking 'Peng Fahn' in the lovely prisonguard tone ....smiling ,nodding yes and rolling eyes making brushing gestures
A more cunning approach would be a small glass of whiskey mixed with Lysterine (blue!) ..and some ice cubes to dress it all up. drink B52 lol

Failing in doing either with all required tact might lead to a waking up 'outside' later in the company of the local doggies (wich are nice though flearidden) and not necessarily in a sleeping bag ..

 

Hello Heinrich,

problem is - my gal don't like whiskey. But to be honest - I do sometimes encourage her to go for durian - since it is understood that I will be free for that night - and as such again "available"

Regards
Kruska

 

Hi Ange, heh heh, i never had the dish you posted a pic of but I did have what amounts to as a German equivilent to a large Mexican Tortilla w/ cheese and meat on it.

 

Oh a, I didnt have time to fully reply last post but, did I tell you I DID have a few strictly Chermin meals? I had Wienerschnitzel and Jagerschnitzel a few times as well as Hackfleisch in a great place on the outskirts of Hamburg. Oh and this other place on the outskirts of Hamburg, I had my first piece of Schwartzwald Cake which was the best slice of cake I ever ate

 

Ohh no noooo, that makes me ill just looking at it.

PS, did I mention that most German Pizza-sucked prune pits. If not? well I am saying so here and now. The Chermins DONT know how to make a good Pizza-with the exception of Vesuvios which is in Mannheim? I think??? Well, actually, that aint a Chermin owned joint but is owned by a few ex-G.I's. :lol: :lol:

 

Carl, if I'm not mistaken those spuds in the picture posted are like a shredded hash brown style with eggs in them and fried up in single serving circles. Then pilled on top of each other with an applesauce made with a touch of vanilla for flavoring in the sugar. That is if my high school German isn't too rusty.

And I agree a "deep fried Mars Bar" would be a bit too much for me as well.

 

Ach Donner und Blitzen ze Amerikaner Teufel,

Wienerschnitzel (Wien = Viena) Not German
Jaegerschnitzel (Classic Bavarian) Not German
Schwarzwaelder (Black Forrest - Schwaben) Not German

Hackfleisch (Minced Meat) now that is German / There are reportedly countries that use deep frozen minced meat, slap it between two horrible looking piece of floppy bread, heat it up and sell it as Hamburgers....yuk

Carl o'l buddy, when you have time - please be my guest in Bavaria (I will get a visa for you ) and you will be treated to the best food, air, beer and countryside in the world.

After that you will be returning to Tejas and be wearing Lederhosen till the day will come.

Regards
Kruska

 

Very popular up North where they wear flat hats and talk about the old days working down coal mines.

I hear twix and snickers are fried as well. I'm with you Carl, no way. :lol:

 

Keep off your highhorse Kruska, well unless you start making millions of millions of geld selling your personal version! We Americans must be doing something right. Or there wouldn't be a "golden arches" around the world. I personally dislike their versions, but we do have some good ones as well.

In the late eighteenth century, the largest ports in Europe were in Germany. Sailors who had visited the ports of Hamburg, Germany and New York, brought this food and term "Hamburg Steak" into popular usage. To attract German sailors, eating stands along the New York city harbor offered "steak cooked in the Hamburg style."

In 1802, the Oxford English Dictionary defined Hamburg steak as salt beef. It had little resemblance to the hamburger we know today. It was a hard slab of salted minced beef, often slightly smoked, mixed with onions and breadcrumbs. The emphasis was more on durability than taste.

Immigrants to the United States from German-speaking countries brought with them some of their favorite foods. One of them was Hamburg Steak. The Germans simply flavored shredded low-grade beef with regional spices, and both cooked and raw it became a standard meal among the poorer classes. In the seaport town of Hamburg, it acquired the name Hamburg steak.

See:

History of Hamburgers, Hamburg Steak, What is a true hamburger/ Meat Choppers, Cheeseburgers

The famous restaurant; Delmonico’s in New York also served "Steak in the Hamburg Style" in the middle of the 19th Century, but it was NOT what anyone would recognize as a "hamburger" from a fast food restaurant, or even your own kitchen. I personally make something my Mom called a "hot hamburger" (for some reason of her own), and that is a fresh handmade patty of 93% lean, and fine chopped onions and fashioned into a patty shape, fried on a hot griddle or pan, a gravy made with the drippings, and the burger placed on a slice of wheat bread and smothered in the gravy. Your choice of sides in my kitchen.

 

Brndirt1,

you are refering to what Germans call Buletten/Frikadelle aka Fleischpflanzerln in Bavaria.
The resemblence or similarity between a Bulette and a Hamburger is like American Beer to Bavarian Beer, or Italian Pizza to German Pizza -just the basic ingredient (e.g. meat) nothing else.

That is why in Germany or Bavaria a Frikadelle (due to its cooking time, manifold ingredients and processes) is not being termed Fast-Food.

Now a German currywurst with Majo and French Fries - that is Fast-Food

There is no Audi curry or BMW Majo such as a Mc'D, but you can be sure that the total salesvolume of individual currywurst foodstands outnumbers that of Mc's in Germany or Bavaria anytime. And a Wiener mit Semmel und Senf outnumbers KFC's turnover in Germany anytime.

That the US is the world master of conglomeration and marketing is a fact, -Mc, KFC, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, Dominos, etc. etc but it has absolutely no impact on food quality or taste - no matter how many Mc's are being sold or eaten.

Now a juciy, delicious mammoth burger, fried by some Texas private restaurant - that would be a different story.

Regards
Kruska