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post #1 of 75
8/23/07 at 5:02am
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Well, as I said in the crackers thread I'm starting a meat thread. With all the threads about crackers and cereals and candy, I figured a place to indulge the more carnivorous of us would be nice.

So let's start.

It may not be as adventurous as I'd like but I have to say that for pure satisfaction there are few things that can rival barbecued meat. Lamb chops, pork ribs, stakes, chicken, you name it. The delicious smell and how tender the meat gets when it's done right ... my mouth waters at the very thought. One of the best meals I've ever had was when I was about 10 years old. I was visiting my grandmother at the village and went bird hunting with my cousin for the first and last time in my life. I don't even remember what the birds we killed were but my grandmother cooked them on a wood stove and I swear that I can still taste them.
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post #2 of 75
8/23/07 at 5:12am
I'm gonna go start a thread about sea salt. Everyone OK with that?
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post #3 of 75
8/23/07 at 5:29am
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No. Everyone is not OK. These are food message boards and salt is not a food.
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post #4 of 75
8/23/07 at 6:49am
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Originally Posted by stelios
I was visiting my grandmother at the village and went bird hunting with my cousin for the first and last time in my life.
Was there a Dick Cheney incident?
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post #5 of 75
8/23/07 at 7:20am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Wood
Was there a Dick Cheney incident?
No. Hunting's just not my thing.
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post #6 of 75
8/23/07 at 7:43am
Bacon tastes good... pork chops taste good.
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post #7 of 75
8/23/07 at 8:16am
You really cant beat the smell and taste of a good old fashiond Roast Beef dinner. Compleate with Yorkshire puddings and Roast Potatoes...
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post #8 of 75
8/23/07 at 8:17am
Nice thick rare steaks. Nothing like them. Take a knife to them, and it's like cutting through butter (no, please don't start a butter thread, I'm just making a comparison, really). I don't know what I was thinking that year that I tried to go partially vegetarian, but I really missed my red meat. Good to be back.
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post #9 of 75
8/23/07 at 9:31am
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post #10 of 75
8/23/07 at 9:48am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7
Bacon tastes good... pork chops taste good.
Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I don't eat nothin' that ain't got enough sense enough to disregard its own feces.
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post #11 of 75
8/23/07 at 9:52am
I don't eat dog either! But...dog got personality. Personality goes a long way.

Does it ever bother you when you're with somebody at dinner and they order a really good piece of steak well done? Well done? I don't get the chance to eat good steak that often, but why would you want to burn it?
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post #12 of 75
8/23/07 at 10:24am
Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charmin' motherfuckin' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'?
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post #13 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:01am
I will say that I have eaten sandwiches at home for my lunch for almost 10 years. The prepackaged deli slices from Oscar Meyer and Hillshire Farms can be quite NASTY.

I do like the thick bologna from Oscar Meyer though.
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post #14 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:08am
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Originally Posted by Werbal_Kint
I'm gonna go start a thread about sea salt. Everyone OK with that?
The red Hawaiian stuff is the best. At least, that's what I've heard because I'm not spending $20 for a small jar of it.

Who's got love for kosher salt?
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post #15 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by Diva
Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I don't eat nothin' that ain't got enough sense enough to disregard its own feces.

No they don't. They wallow in mud, because pigs can't sweat, and also to ward off flies and parasites. They don't wallow or root around in shit. Also, they too are not deer, just so you know.
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post #16 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage
You really cant beat the smell and taste of a good old fashiond Roast Beef dinner. Complete with Yorkshire puddings and Roast Potatoes...
Fuckin' A, man. I tried roast beef with yorkshire puddin recently for the first time, and those two go together like the greatest love story ever told.


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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
No they don't. They wallow in mud, because pigs can't sweat, and also to ward off flies and parasites. They don't wallow or root around in shit. Also, they too are not deer, just so you know.
So in your world the pigs relieve themselves on a little sandbox in the corner of their pigsty?
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post #17 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:38am
Yes, they actually do tend to go in the corner, and then wallow elsewhere.
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post #18 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:45am
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Pigs, contrary to popular opinion are quite clean by themselves, mud excepted. It's poor living conditions that cause the mess everyone associates with them.
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post #19 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:46am
I don't care if pigs are disgusting. It is hard to top the smell of bacon cooking and if cooked properly the taste is hard to beat. Is this where I start a breakfast thread?
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post #20 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:47am
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Originally Posted by neaux

I do like the thick bologna from Oscar Meyer though.

Too easy.
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post #21 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:49am
When I worked in a butchery I dislocated my thumb in the meat grinder when it malfunctioned and it really, really hurt.
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post #22 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:51am
What's with the Porcine Alliance?

Pigs are quite filthy by themselves, even though farmers do lend them a hand with the whole dirty lifestyle.
A pig eats ANYTHING, and its anatomical constitution does not allow it to dispose of his refuse without soiling himself.


But who gives a damn, put it on the fire and it's the best walking food in the planet.
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post #23 of 75
8/23/07 at 11:58am
Hey, lay off the juicy pigs!

I'd like to declare my love for American bacon. European bacon is usually cut thick and has a lot of fat. American bacon is thin and crispy and just delicious.

And ostrich meat is surprisingly good.
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post #24 of 75
8/23/07 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus

But who gives a damn, put it on the fire and it's the best walking food in the planet.

"But dad, ham, bacon, and pork chops all come from the same animal!"

"Oh sure, Lisa, ham, bacon, and pork chops all come from the same wonderful, "magical" animal."
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post #25 of 75
8/23/07 at 12:08pm
Homer Simpson: Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Lisa, honey, are saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?

Lisa Simpson: No.

Homer Simpson: Ham?

Lisa Simpson: No.

Homer Simpson: Pork chops?

Lisa Simpson: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!

Homer Simpson: Heh heh heh. Ooh, yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

*Edit: Damn Chavez beat me to it!
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post #26 of 75
8/23/07 at 12:09pm
I've recently abandoned ground beef (except for when eating an actual hamburger)in favor of ground turkey. It tastes pretty much the same, and I can fool myself into thinking it's better for me, when in actuality it probably isn't.

After watching Alton Brown's "Feasting on Asphalt" I really want to try Alligator.
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post #27 of 75
8/23/07 at 12:12pm
There's not much to gator, especially when you fry it. It just tastes breaded and fried (which is delicious, mind you, but nothing particular to gator).
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post #28 of 75
8/23/07 at 12:54pm
True - I had gator sausage on a pizza once, and it was good. Didn't taste all that different, but it was fine.
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post #29 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:13pm
Alligator is fairly bland. It's good, but there's not much flavor to be had.

Anyone try frogs legs? Maybe I just got a bad pair, but they didn't have much flavor to them either. And the meat is oddly sticky.
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post #30 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:22pm
Yeah, there's not much to them, either. Like escargot, they're almost always served drenched in garlic butter, which means they still taste good, but why am I paying so much for snails when everything tastes great with garlic butter?
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post #31 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:24pm
Snails are very good with a tomato and garlic sauce.
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post #32 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:33pm
Baby. Back. Ribs. That is all.



Oh, and a medium-rare Ribeye. That too.
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post #33 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:37pm
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage
Compleate with Yorkshire puddings
Stuff that isn't pudding: small gravy soaked pastries, things made with blood or marrow, things made with animal parts, things that are fried, things that look like sausage, things that are baked, things that can be molded, anything savory

Stuff that is pudding: anything made with two cups of milk and a package of Jello Instant Pudding Mix in any of its delicious assorted flavors that takes the shape of the container it's in and goes great with whipped cream
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post #34 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:43pm
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Originally Posted by mastronikolas
Snails are very good with a tomato and garlic sauce.
I've always found they taste like muscles (one of my favorite foods), just less flavor and more money.
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post #35 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by Werbal_Kint
Anyone try frogs legs? Maybe I just got a bad pair, but they didn't have much flavor to them either. And the meat is oddly sticky.
I haven't tried them, although I've heard - not sure if it's true - that they taste like chicken.

I've only had French food a couple of times, long time ago, and I was less adventurous about food than I would be now. So I made up my mind - only one "weird" thing at a time. Either frogs legs or escargot - but not both in the same meal. So I settled on a fish entree, got escargot as my appetizer, and figured I'd try frogs legs the next time I had French food. The escargot were SO good, I could have eaten about a million of them. So the next time I did have French food, I still didn't get frogs legs, I just got more escargot again. I really have to go out to a French restaurant again - these days, I'd be much less nervous about having escargot and finally trying frogs legs in the same meal.
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post #36 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:48pm
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Originally Posted by jonvoight's car
Baby. Back. Ribs. That is all.



Oh, and a medium-rare Ribeye. That too.
God I love baby back ribs. Whenever I eat them, I think of David Cross' bit where he said he wanted to start a business describing pork products to kosher Jews. "mmm, falling off the bone. Fuck these are good! Man, it sucks that your God won't let you eat these! My God doesn't give a shit."
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post #37 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:56pm
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Originally Posted by Parker
Does it ever bother you when you're with somebody at dinner and they order a really good piece of steak well done? Well done? I don't get the chance to eat good steak that often, but why would you want to burn it?
I always get my steaks and burgers well done now.

There have been too many times when I've ordered a steak medium rare or medium well and it's come back bloody as fuck. When I go the well done route, half the time I end up getting a medium rare steak, the other half it's a charcoal brickette. It's a chance I'm willing to take.
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post #38 of 75
8/23/07 at 3:59pm
The chefs are just trying to save you from yourself. You should be thanking them.
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post #39 of 75
8/23/07 at 4:03pm
Boar is delicious, let me tell you...in the south Chile they are a plague, so they have to be hunted to protect the ecosystem, and their meat its tender and tasty as hell.
I tried Ostrich meat a few times, and its great too...healthier than regular meat.
Llama meat is awful, though.
As for my ecuatorian heritage, nothing beats a good Cuy (guinea pig)...as tasty as rabbit, but more tender.
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post #40 of 75
8/23/07 at 4:07pm
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Originally Posted by otisthecat
I've always found they taste like muscles (one of my favorite foods), just less flavor and more money.

ALL meat is muscle (with some fat, gristle, and tendons added in for good measure).

I believe you're talking about "mussels" which are a shellfish.
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post #41 of 75
8/23/07 at 4:10pm
Yup, not paying attention when I post.
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post #42 of 75
8/23/07 at 6:00pm
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Originally Posted by otisthecat
I've always found they taste like muscles (one of my favorite foods), just less flavor and more money.
I've had raw (marinated) mussels and they were surprisingly delicious.
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post #43 of 75
8/23/07 at 6:11pm
Well, it's definitely ribs tonight. Grilled a pretty basic sirloin last night and it turned out perfect.
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post #44 of 75
8/23/07 at 6:33pm
Speaking of ribs, Alton Brown's Oven-braised Baby Back Rib recipe is great. Half the fun is tweaking the dry rub and braising liquid recipes to suit your tastes. I like to add a little liquid smoke to the braising liquid.
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post #45 of 75
8/23/07 at 7:30pm
I cooked a couple of mean pork chops last night. Fried in lard with just kosher salt (Heh) and black pepper. Nothing like pig cooked in it's own drippings. Bone in, too. My friends weird out because I buy chops bone-in as well as my prefered steaks, bone-in rib-eye, t-bone or porterhouse. I have to explain that inside the bone is marrow, collagen, and gelatin which equals flavor and when you get to the meat right against the bone, well now you know where the phrase tender at the bone comes from. Noted exceptions as to steak, my pop got me a box of Omaha Steaks filet mignons for Christmas. If you haven't tried that, treat yourself. Anyone ever eaten bone marrow? Go to the butchers and ask for marrow bones. Roast in the oven at 375. Scoop marrow out onto toasted slices of baguette, sprinkle with sea salt. Heaven.
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post #46 of 75
8/24/07 at 8:13am
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Originally Posted by Werbal_Kint
Anyone try frogs legs? Maybe I just got a bad pair, but they didn't have much flavor to them either. And the meat is oddly sticky.
It's fragile meat, it can easily be messed up during cooking.

As far as I remember, it tasted like denser but slimmer chicken. If that makes sense.
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post #47 of 75
8/24/07 at 9:07am
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Frog legs reminded me of eating quail. Could be the way they were cooked but that's how I remember them tasting like.
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post #48 of 75
8/24/07 at 12:30pm
Chorizo con juevos. Breakfast of champions.
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post #49 of 75
8/26/07 at 4:45am
I cut meat for a living. You don't wanna know what I do to it before you get it.
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post #50 of 75
8/26/07 at 1:37pm
Are you implying that you fuck dead animals? At least when we eat meat we've burned off any "special ingredients", I'm more concerned about you.
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