What is your secret Food Sin?

[Yooper]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Sauce

>>>Hmm. We don't have an equivalent. Too bad—I would have liked to try it.

It is very similar to A-1 yet entirely different.

It is easier to find HP in the Northern US (they make it in Canada); however I've found it here in Colorado at one grocery store. Try an 'upscale' place near you, look in the steak sauce area.

 

[Yooper]

(chuckle) It sounds as if you're contradicting yourself, Yooper.

I am, and on purpose.

Both A-1 and HP are basically tomato-vinegar based sauces; HP adds a bit of a zip using some Worchestershire Sauce ingredients in it (rumor is it is just the actual sauce). Not to sound like a Food Nazi, but they start similar but have a completely different 'finish.'

The European version and the Canadian verson are slightly different, as the Canadian one dispenses with 'Spirit Vinegar' and relies only on Malt Vinegar.

Rather than hijack this any further, check your comments.

 

[alley]

Double cheeseburgers...from a convenience store--microwaved and then I add the little packets of mustard and ketchup...sick huh?

 

[gdude30]

Uh..

Food Sin?

Since when is food a sin

 

[Triple G]

Bologna sandwich.

Fried bologna sandwich. Fry the bologna in butter, toast bread, cover in mega butter, make a sandwich, eat over the sink with butter dripping everywhere. Ooo so good. Instant heart attack.

 

[Ram]

Fried Spam in a peanut butter sandwich.

 

[SonOfSlobone]

Gotta be bacon. I just love bacon. In a BLT or a peanut butter samich or just alone. I'm all about the 6 degrees of bacon...

 

[Joshua_me]

 

[Sausy]

Now the guy that created this was supposed to be a REAL chef.His name is phonetically spelled out on the label,but I believe it was really spelled Boiardi.I had and enjoyed Chef Boyardee canned stuff in my younger days,but this guy was really a chef?Boggles the mind!

 

[Ram]

YUCK!

 

[Joshua_me]

,but this guy was really a chef?Boggles the mind!

Oh yeah...

He was a 'real' guy, and he was a real chef. A chef who sold out to the post WWII era of mass home consumerism.

An easy way to track the history of him is to Wikipedia his name. Plus, if you're fascinated like I am by such things, YouTube a lot of old ads from the 50's to present day and watch as his mass produced product went straight downhill...

 

[SonOfSlobone]

It didn't have textured vegetable protein in it when I were a kid for one thing. But I suppose that makes it more acceptable to vegans...

 

[G-Lexington]

>>>Can the Spam casserole be found in stores?

Not as far as I can tell. It's an actual, honest-to-God recipe from a 1950s cookbook. Noodles, cheese, onion, and I don't recall what else. Good stuff.

>>>I always thought ketchup was normal on meatloaf and, if there's meat anywhere in the dish, it HAS to have ketchup on it.

I do love meatloaf, and if such a thing exists, I guess I'm a meatloaf purist. I don't like ANYTHING on my meatloaf. I mean, I'm not horrified by the idea of ketchup on it, but I also don't want gravy or au jus or whatever the fancy place wants to put on it. Just give me the damn meatloaf. My theory is - if your meatloaf needs ketchup or gravy or au jus, it means you fucked up the meatloaf.

>>>Top Ramon

Is Ramon always a top, or is he versatile?

Lex

 

[Joshua_me]

>Top Ramon

Is Ramon always a top, or is he versatile?

Lex

Depends.

Ramon noodles around a lot.

 

[giorgiobaby]

tuna helper

 

[Lukeee]

Mashed potato.

What is meatloaf? You Americans are always talking about it but I haven't a clue what it is. Is it some kind of bread?

 

[Gussss]

Mashed potato.

What is meatloaf? You Americans are always talking about it but I haven't a clue what it is. Is it some kind of bread?

Meatloaf

 

[G-Lexington]

>>>You Americans are always talking about it but I haven't a clue what it is. Is it some kind of bread?

It's basically a bunch of ground meats - always beef, but often pork and veal added - with some additional ingredients like bread crumbs, egg, and onion. It's usually pretty cheap to make, and it can turn out pretty dry, so it has the stigma of being a cheap, crappy dish. Properly made, meatloaf is amazing.

And getting to eat a meatloaf sandwich the next day is half the reason to make meatloaf in the first place. My grandfather used to make meatloaf. And his was the only meatloaf that tasted significantly different from all others I tasted. The texture was more...solid, and the flavor was different. And in sandwiches the next day, it was AMAZING. Grandpa's meatloaf, monterey jack cheese, lettuce leaf, a bit of salt on sourdough bread...

Sadly, when he passed away, it seems no one had his recipe. So that appears to have died with him.

Lex

 

[hermanding]

I have had so many people screw up their faces - in the US, for sure - over something I like SO MUCH - that - based on reactions of others - must be low classed or crazy or reasons to vomit - something totally negative.
It is an entire package of peanut butter cookies broken up in a bowl. Then pour a couple of cans of cold evaporated milk over it. Mix it and let it stay in the refrig for several hours while it becomes soft.
I just adore it. I think it tastes great. That is not something easy to get in Colombia -. due to peanut butter not being something popular.
ding

 

[Lukeee]

What do you serve meatloaf with? I don't think I could handle that much meat on its own...