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Post by kirby101 on Jun 6, 2023 10:19:09 GMT -5
BTW Joe-Os at Trader Joes are Oreos made with sugar instead of HFCS.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 6, 2023 11:18:05 GMT -5
tartanphantom... Sorry, I meant do you actually do any shellfishing yourself? I wondered if you had ever gone somewhere down on the Gulf. That restaurant sounds like a bivalve fanciers' delight, though. Do you know if they ever get oysters from Cape Cod Bay? Either Wellfleet or Barnstable? The oyster farmers here send oysters all over, including to the West Coast. I have to admit that I'm spoiled, because I drive five miles from my house to the oyster beds and take my half-peck once a week from early November right through the last week of March (when they raise the limit to a full peck). A shellfishing permit costs me 30 bucks a year. Pays for itself with your first half-peck, which will be at least three dozen. Oysters in the supermarket go for $1.75 a pop, and obviously more in the restaurants. I smile a happy smile every time I put out a plate for myself an hour after I've gone out. Nothing like it. Love them on the grill, too, with garlic, breadcrumbs, different cheeses, etcetera. Highlights of the winter.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 6, 2023 12:41:38 GMT -5
tartanphantom ... Sorry, I meant do you actually do any shellfishing yourself? I wondered if you had ever gone somewhere down on the Gulf. That restaurant sounds like a bivalve fanciers' delight, though. Do you know if they ever get oysters from Cape Cod Bay? Either Wellfleet or Barnstable? The oyster farmers here send oysters all over, including to the West Coast. I have to admit that I'm spoiled, because I drive five miles from my house to the oyster beds and take my half-peck once a week from early November right through the last week of March (when they raise the limit to a full peck). A shellfishing permit costs me 30 bucks a year. Pays for itself with your first half-peck, which will be at least three dozen. Oysters in the supermarket go for $1.75 a pop, and obviously more in the restaurants. I smile a happy smile every time I put out a plate for myself an hour after I've gone out. Nothing like it. Love them on the grill, too, with garlic, breadcrumbs, different cheeses, etcetera. Highlights of the winter.
Would that I lived nearer to a viable shoreline, I'd be doing the exact same thing. Unfortunately, in my Tennessee environs, the only native oysters around here are of the "mountain" variety... and I firmly give those a hard pass.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 6, 2023 12:51:11 GMT -5
Man, I love that movie. Great cast, great script.
I first saw it as a kid, but didn't understand everything. It was only as an adult, after my time in the military, that I understood where Luke was coming from.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 6, 2023 13:54:28 GMT -5
tartanphantom ... Sorry, I meant do you actually do any shellfishing yourself? I wondered if you had ever gone somewhere down on the Gulf. That restaurant sounds like a bivalve fanciers' delight, though. Do you know if they ever get oysters from Cape Cod Bay? Either Wellfleet or Barnstable? The oyster farmers here send oysters all over, including to the West Coast. I have to admit that I'm spoiled, because I drive five miles from my house to the oyster beds and take my half-peck once a week from early November right through the last week of March (when they raise the limit to a full peck). A shellfishing permit costs me 30 bucks a year. Pays for itself with your first half-peck, which will be at least three dozen. Oysters in the supermarket go for $1.75 a pop, and obviously more in the restaurants. I smile a happy smile every time I put out a plate for myself an hour after I've gone out. Nothing like it. Love them on the grill, too, with garlic, breadcrumbs, different cheeses, etcetera. Highlights of the winter.
Would that I lived nearer to a viable shoreline, I'd be doing the exact same thing. Unfortunately, in my Tennessee environs, the only native oysters around here are of the "mountain" variety... and I firmly give those a hard pass. I'm good with Rocky Mountain Oysters. And I love me some crawdads. But I can't do oysters of the sea.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 6, 2023 14:06:28 GMT -5
Would that I lived nearer to a viable shoreline, I'd be doing the exact same thing. Unfortunately, in my Tennessee environs, the only native oysters around here are of the "mountain" variety... and I firmly give those a hard pass. I'm good with Rocky Mountain Oysters. And I love me some crawdads. But I can't do oysters of the sea. Apparently you don't need my friendship.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 6, 2023 14:23:06 GMT -5
I'm good with Rocky Mountain Oysters. And I love me some crawdads. But I can't do oysters of the sea. Apparently you don't need my friendship. More slimy erasers for you.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 6, 2023 14:46:18 GMT -5
Apparently you don't need my friendship. More slimy erasers for you. Yummy, yummy, yummy, I love glop in my tummy. (Apologies to the Ohio Express)
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 6, 2023 16:09:09 GMT -5
More slimy erasers for you. Yummy, yummy, yummy, I love glop in my tummy. (Apologies to the Ohio Express)
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 6, 2023 16:28:21 GMT -5
Yummy, yummy, yummy, I love glop in my tummy. (Apologies to the Ohio Express)
Forget White Castle... Oysters on the half shell are the ORIGINAL "Slider!"
Now back to quick CCF questions... like before I sent us down this dark path...
"Oreos. Why did it have to be Oreos?"
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Post by james on Jun 6, 2023 16:55:10 GMT -5
So glad my question about Bens insides has led to a food discussion
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2023 16:56:59 GMT -5
So glad my question about Bens insides has led to a food discussion Careful or some bright publisher will try a line of edible comic books. Oreo flavored Martian Manunter #1 anyone? Perhaps you prefer the Hydrox variant instead? -M
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Post by MWGallaher on Jun 6, 2023 17:03:21 GMT -5
With current "franchise" marketing standards, various types of Oreos take up about 1/3 of the cookie aisle real estate in my local grocery store. Even so, they still haven't marketed the one variation I really, seriously, genuinely want: traditional cookie flavor with no creme.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 6, 2023 17:16:26 GMT -5
I can't eat Oreos since they switched from sugar to high fructose corn syrup, just doesn't taste right.
As a kid I used to like them, heck I used to LOVE them-- but I can't eat Oreos since an unfortunate bet I took in the 10th grade involving eating an entire package in under 10 minutes.
I won the bet (10 bucks in 1979 dollars), but lost my lunch in the end (shades of Cool Hand Luke). Haven't touched Oreos of any sort since 1979. I can't even eat ice cream with Oreo bits. It nauseates me.
I can eat my weight in boiled crayfish or raw oysters, two things that many people find repulsive, but I won't touch Oreos with a 10-foot pole. Weird.
I might be inclined to eat 50 eggs... No, wait. Forget that. I like eggs way to much to voluntarily nauseate myself with them.
I have a somewhat similar story but it involves plaintain chips. I used to love them as a young kid and one Christmas morning , while opening presents, I ate from a bag that was apparently tainted. Well, that was the end of my eating them. I threw up all morning and have never eaten them for the following 55 years or so.
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Post by zaku on Jun 6, 2023 17:17:56 GMT -5
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