Here are two more oldies from 2008, to finish the “Cooking with Arlo” segment. I like to cook, too. Cooking long as been a part of A&J in one form or another. Also like Arlo, I’m a fan of Julia Child, who led an amazing life. If you want a good overview and read, I highly recommend her 2006 autobiography, co-written with Alex Prudhomme, “My Life in France.”
94 responses to “Fin Chez Arlo”
It’s labor-intensive, but I like making gyoza.
I am considering why the fantastic leftover barbque is still in room fridge? Dickens is too.
On to Louisiana and oysters. Dickens has never eaten an oyster.
Are you supposed to chew oysters or swallow them whole? Or is it a personal preference thing?
Smigz: Swallow.
The raw ones, I mean.
Chew: Swallowing whole wastes flavor. Peace. P.S. Still snow at the Decorah North nest, but you can hear water running, so expect it may be gone soon. URL on yesterday’s run. Miss living close to sea.
If you swallow oysters you do not get all the flavor. You put them in your mouth right from the shell and bite into them. This way you get all the flavor of the ocean.
Jackie no longer eats raw but every other way.
Going out for some good pho.
On the plane about an hour out of Detroit, so I am probably in US air space. It has been a rough week food wise for me. The breakfast buffet at the hotel saved me. Last night ( or Thursday am) we ate sushi. There are several courses and I did not care for them. They had an egg mixture that showed promise until my customer pointed out that there was shrimp in it. The tip of my tongue got numb and my throat got mildly scratchy
Today we got boxed lunches to eat on the train and I had a couple of bites of cold steak. The food on the plane is just awful. If I tried to eat it, I would have terrible heartburn. So I have eaten 2 rolls and a rock hard Haugen Daz cup.
Maybe I’m a bit crabby due to the fact that my body feels like it’s 4:00 am but I really wish that they had more basic fare as an option. Of course they can’t possibly please everyone!
I did get some amazing pictures of Mt. Fuji. Our meetings were distributed by what sounded like a stamping press. Apparently the Japanese practice shooting with their tanks near there.
Chewing is the only way to eat raw oysters. We have a plentiful supply here in S.LA. I eat them regularly.
God bless us every one. God bless the USA.
When it comes to cooking, I’m better off ordering a delivery pizza.
When it comes to cleaning up after, I’m better off tossing a pizza box and paper plates than I am cleaning the mixing bowl, frying pan, butting board and grater for the cabbage, mixing spoon, etc., for the gyoza.
Y’all, I have never seen ANYONE chew an oyster raw in either north or south Louisiana or Mississippi or Alabama or Florida or Georgia or South Carolina or North Carolina. Moving west, not in Washington, Canada, or Mexico or Texas.
Cooked is another thing all together.
What’s the village record for fewest posts in 24 consecutive hours?
It would have been less if you had not posted your question and thus prompting my reply.
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Peace,
Jackie,
I’ve alwats chewed them raw. Grew up on Texas Gulf Coast. We used to go get our own out of the bay as well. 🙂
Rusty
Current TIP BlogSpot. The ‘Annunciation.’ She may be a virgin, but how come she looks Swedish? Not sure if that ‘angel’ is male or not. Reminds me of Reginald Bunthorne’s line, ‘. . . if you walk down Piccadilly / with a poppy or a lily / in your Medieval hand.’
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Peace,
I prefer my oysters fried, thank you very much! My mom made oyster stew every Christmas Eve, and I never cared for the slightly rubbery lumps in it. And to make matters worse, Mom put ketchup in hers, which made it a weird pink color. Not good eats.
I love my oysters cooked, especially fried. Will be in fried oyster country tonight. Will conduct a very unscientific survey of oyster eaters for next week to see how they eat them.
Sounds like a great pickup line.
Rusty I will make note.
What is on that rock near the R border of the frame. Sol will set soon.
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Peace,
I’ve been wondering what JJ’s going to announce. Perhaps the president is to issue an executive order giving cartoonists their proper respect and position in society?
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Depending on what 2 short lines represent, that’s the most explicit cartoon I’ve seen. Peace,
Well, Bernard Kliban did draw for Playboy… 😉
Oysters are not my thing at all. It may be the dimethyl sulfoxide’s aroma I dislike. Have had them only in soup/stew as a kid; perhaps fried would be better.