World's largest edible mushroom - photos

[schuylergrace]

I don't eat under cooked meat either

There ain't no such thing as undercooked meat--beef, anyway--unless you can't catch up with it on your plate to poke it with a fork! Rare pork is a delight too (you have to freeze it for a while to take care of any trichinosis critters), but near 'bout any part of a hog slow cooked for 12-18 hours is the best (that would not be rare).

[Frank S]

There ain't no such thing as undercooked meat--beef, anyway--unless you can't catch up with it on your plate to poke it with a fork! Rare pork is a delight too (you have to freeze it for a while to take care of any trichinosis critters), but near 'bout any part of a hog slow cooked for 12-18 hours is the best (that would not be rare).

I would rather eat jerky than a medium rare steak `I took my installation crew out to a steakhouse one Friday after we had completed a project. I had no idea it was Prime rib night and the only thing they served on PR night was just that with choice of 3 sides I think everyone but me was thrilled. When the waiter came around to get our side and drink orders, I told him I wanted the end cut That's the first 1 1/2inch piece they usually throw away I said I'll have the end cut but I want the red side laid on the grill and grilled for a full 5 minutes I wanted it almost a light tan color inside

[schuylergrace]

I would rather eat jerky than a medium rare steak

"Medium rare"??!!?? Why, that is jerky, isn't it? There should still be a little fight left in the critter when you eat it! Oh, Lord have mercy! You don't use steak sauce, too, do you?

[Frank S]

"Medium rare"??!!?? Why, that is jerky, isn't it? There should still be a little fight left in the critter when you eat it! Oh, Lord have mercy! You don't use steak sauce, too, do you?

OH hell no, never bought a bottle of the stuff so don't know what it would even taste like

[WmRMeyers]

OH hell no, never bought a bottle of the stuff so don't know what it would even taste like

Used to catch crap from my 2nd step-father about using ketchup on my steaks. Called me a philistine when I was ten years old. Now I'm 67, and I eat my food the way I like it, and with the additives I want. Ketchup on eggs, scrambles hard! Everyone who doesn't like it can go joke themselves. I won't eat NƯỚC CHẤM myself, but if you want it, knock yourself out! SWMBO likes it, but has learned not to insist that I try it anymore.

OTH, I'm the poor bastrich that can't stand hot peppers, and never has been able to, despite growing up in SoCal, and in a family where even the dog loved jalapenos.

YMMV!

Bill

[Frank S]

Used to catch crap from my 2nd step-father about using ketchup on my steaks. Called me a philistine when I was ten years old. Now I'm 67, and I eat my food the way I like it, and with the additives I want. Ketchup on eggs, scrambles hard! Everyone who doesn't like it can go joke themselves. I won't eat NƯỚC CHẤM myself, but if you want it, knock yourself out! SWMBO likes it, but has learned not to insist that I try it anymore.

OTH, I'm the poor bastrich that can't stand hot peppers, and never has been able to, despite growing up in SoCal, and in a family where even the dog loved jalapenos.

YMMV!

Bill

When I first met my wife in 91 she had moved to Texas back in 81, in 10 years of living in Texas she had never eaten jalapeno peppers. Now after all these years she is disappointed if I prepare a meal without including some of my hot sauce, even the dishes that really shouldn't be spiced up.
Ketchup on scrambled eggs, yeah I can do that

[WmRMeyers]

When I first met my wife in 91 she had moved to Texas back in 81, in 10 years of living in Texas she had never eaten jalapeno peppers. Now after all these years she is disappointed if I prepare a meal without including some of my hot sauce, even the dishes that really shouldn't be spiced up.
Ketchup on scrambled eggs, yeah I can do that

I've had folks who put tabasco sauce on their eggs talk bad about me because I use ketchup. Personally, I can't see the difference. I did fine in on deployments trading the bottles of tabasco that came in MRE's for deserts.

And for a while, I was taking kids in In-School Restriction to the school cafeteria for lunches. They'd whine about the cafeteria food. I'd suggest they try living in the field, eating MRE's for a month, and then they'd appreciate cafeteria food. For some reason, the cafeteria ladies made sure I always got more than the normal servings of lunch...

Bill

[WmRMeyers]

There ain't no such thing as undercooked meat--beef, anyway--unless you can't catch up with it on your plate to poke it with a fork! Rare pork is a delight too (you have to freeze it for a while to take care of any trichinosis critters), but near 'bout any part of a hog slow cooked for 12-18 hours is the best (that would not be rare).

Used to eat "cannibal" sandwiches. Raw hamburger, with a little salt and pepper, a smear of mayo on the bread. That was one of dad's favorite lunches when I was a kid. By the time I was a teenager, dad wanted to raise the beef himself, so he knew what went into it, and how it was raised. I'll still eat medium-rare steak, once in a great while, but I've got a pretty good immune system. These days, at home, we sous vide most meat & poultry. And what doesn't get put through the sous vide process goes in the oven for a few hours. Whole turkeys, for example. My wife has a wreck of an immune system. Been diagnosed with Crohn's, IBS, Chronic Lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. And every time she has to change doctors, we get a slew of new diagnoses, and the old ones thrown out.

FYI, the sous vide process kills all the bacteria and parasites in food processed that way, so long as you get the correct temperatures and times. Also leaves cheaper cuts of meat more tender. It does clutter the heck out of a kitchen counter, though! Wouldn't bet on it killing prions, though. They're pretty tough.

Bill