food recommendations from a stranger in a strange land

[Greypowerful]

tell me about it

And, at my age... "limpness" isn't a word that has much attraction!

And Noor is right... SUCH a "WW2 generation" thing .

 

[butters]

And, at my age... "limpness" isn't a word that has much attraction!

And Noor is right... SUCH a "WW2 generation" thing .

lol

yup ... i am a huge fan of raw or lightly steamed veggies. keeps all the colour, flavour, texture, no need to add salt or stuff and you can actually TASTE the real vegetable! my mother used to steam cook quite a lot, but i still remember her soggy brussel sprouts before she made the discovery!

 

[butters]

We have different apples here, we don't have the Bramley for instance, which is a nice cooking apple.

Cooking things longer is a previous generational thing.

can you recommend a good cooker, Noor?

 

[Hard_Rom]

can you recommend a good cooker, Noor?

McIntosh are good for eating and cooking. Apple PCs are named after the MacIntosh. Granny Smiths are a NA cooking apple. We have a MacIntosh tree at my fishing club. When I have made apple pies I use fruit from that tree. Unsprayed so have to be selective and do some cutting out. Haven't had a worm make it into a pie yet. Bakes up quite firm in a pie. Also on the barbie cored and stuffed with raisins and cinnamon.

 

[Greypowerful]

lol

yup ... i am a huge fan of raw or lightly steamed veggies. keeps all the colour, flavour, texture, no need to add salt or stuff and you can actually TASTE the real vegetable! my mother used to steam cook quite a lot, but i still remember her soggy brussel sprouts before she made the discovery!

Concur.

Lovely spelling, as well.

 

[Froya]

can you recommend a good cooker, Noor?

I'll second one of HR's mentions: Granny Smith is a very popular baking apple, and it's what I always use, either by itself or mixed with another apple, usually Braeburn.

 

[butters]

McIntosh are good for eating and cooking. Apple PCs are named after the MacIntosh. Granny Smiths are a NA cooking apple. We have a MacIntosh tree at my fishing club. When I have made apple pies I use fruit from that tree. Unsprayed so have to be selective and do some cutting out. Haven't had a worm make it into a pie yet. Bakes up quite firm in a pie. Also on the barbie cored and stuffed with raisins and cinnamon.

i'll look out for that kind, thanks. and i don't mind cutting out the odd bit from an apple

Concur.

Lovely spelling, as well.

ha - cheeky boy

I'll second one of HR's mentions: Granny Smith is a very popular baking apple, and it's what I always use, either by itself or mixed with another apple, usually Braeburn.

over in the UK i could get both easily, but over here i've really only seen gala, pink lady, and a dark shiny red-skinned variety that looks fab but is a disappointment to eat - sort of bordering on mealy to the texture.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[butters]

Why not find out what's grown locally and plant a little orchard, half dozen trees or so ? It would be a lovely way to mark your first year of marriage ? I seem to recall you guys have some space? You need to see what pollinates each other and it reLly won't be that long before you are eating g fruit. Pruning is a very therapeutic job and it will 'root you' into the property. You two can go wassaillknv each year too

there's an apple tree here but its blossoms got frosted and died this year and didn't fruit much at all last year after a harsh pruning by H's mother . there are other fruit trees as well... i'll keep a look out for young cooker-types, though. this one already here has a big yield, usually - there are still 15 bags of cooked apple in the freezer. oh boy

 

[Comshaw]

i'll look out for that kind, thanks. and i don't mind cutting out the odd bit from an apple

ha - cheeky boy

over in the UK i could get both easily, but over here i've really only seen gala, pink lady, and a dark shiny red-skinned variety that looks fab but is a disappointment to eat - sort of bordering on mealy to the texture.

Coming from the state that grows more apples then any where else in the US, the best eating apple available is the Honey Crisp. They are expensive when compared to others because they are hard to grow, very susceptible to root fungus and such, but the taste and texture is divine.
If you've never tried it you have to try two of the northwest's finest dishes, Cedar planked Salmon with wild Blackberry pie for desert.

Sausage gravy over biscuits done right is fabulous. Don't ever try it at a restaurant above the Mason Dixon line. Most places up here use a pre-made mix and it taste like crap. My grandmother taught me to make sour dough (using sour dough she kept in a jar) buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy. After having that I can't eat some of the stuff passed off as biscuit & gravy.

Bon appetit


Comshaw

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[thør]

Apples are one of my very favourite foods. I was so very excited to taste honey crisps, two friends had described them to me and it was with great reverence I bought my first one.

And I think I had placed too much hope in it. It was 'good enough' a perfectly ok apple, but truthfully I was dissatisfied. I know I am the only person to feel this way. I would eat again, happily, it just, wasn't what I hope!


Butters, all the more reason to add to your orchard! Some later varieties something hardier. Different varieties for different weather years. Excess apples, inuice or turn into purree or simply freeze in wedges. .

The Honeycrisp is rated to USDA zone 3. I've contemplated growing it at home, but I don't want to have to fence the yard to keep the vermin out.

 

[butters]

Coming from the state that grows more apples then any where else in the US, the best eating apple available is the Honey Crisp. They are expensive when compared to others because they are hard to grow, very susceptible to root fungus and such, but the taste and texture is divine.
If you've never tried it you have to try two of the northwest's finest dishes, Cedar planked Salmon with wild Blackberry pie for desert.

Sausage gravy over biscuits done right is fabulous. Don't ever try it at a restaurant above the Mason Dixon line. Most places up here use a pre-made mix and it taste like crap. My grandmother taught me to make sour dough (using sour dough she kept in a jar) buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy. After having that I can't eat some of the stuff passed off as biscuit & gravy.

Bon appetit


Comshaw

ooh, i think i may have eaten some of those - they were delicious, but not available next time i was in store. But it's really a good cooker I need.

Apples are one of my very favourite foods. I was so very excited to taste honey crisps, two friends had described them to me and it was with great reverence I bought my first one.

And I think I had placed too much hope in it. It was 'good enough' a perfectly ok apple, but truthfully I was dissatisfied. I know I am the only person to feel this way. I would eat again, happily, it just, wasn't what I hope!


Butters, all the more reason to add to your orchard! Some later varieties something hardier. Different varieties for different weather years. Excess apples, inuice or turn into purree or simply freeze in wedges. .

I'm still discovering all the different things getting grown here. The blueberries are awesome, and there're tons of blackberries coming up about ready to eat now as well. I'd enjoy finding and planting some new types, indeed! How a tree grows, marking the turn of the years, is one of life's pleasures for me

 

[Froya]

over in the UK i could get both easily, but over here i've really only seen gala, pink lady, and a dark shiny red-skinned variety that looks fab but is a disappointment to eat - sort of bordering on mealy to the texture.

I've never been anywhere in the states that doesn't have Granny Smith apples. I'm surprised you haven't seen them there.

 

[butters]

I've never been anywhere in the states that doesn't have Granny Smith apples. I'm surprised you haven't seen them there.

maybe i just need to look closer

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Noor]

can you recommend a good cooker, Noor?

Pinks, Jonagold, granny smiths, honeycrisp, braeburn, winesap, if you can find them.

 

[Noor]

Honeycrisps were developed just down the street from me, along with almost 30 other ones such as Zestar, Honeygold and Harelson.
I don't like Zestars at all.

My current favorite eating apple is Pinks followed by honeycrisps.
I rarely eat them raw these days though, as I do better with peeled cooked apples.

 

[Hard_Rom]

A form of Wonder Bread just came to Denmark and it's called "American Toast Bread". I never thought I'd see the day when I'd see people marvel at this stuff. My nearest friend shouts when she's excited and I was doubled over laughing as she yelled "IT'S LIKE EATING A CLOUD!" and "When you squish it with your fingers IT DOESN'T SPRING BACK!" and of course "It RIPS when you try to smear it with cold butter?!"

So shitty white bread has finally made it to Denmark?

 

[butters]

http://usapple.org/all-about-apples/apple-varieties/

This should help with commercials.

I like Fuji and cripps pink certainly. For planting I'd loom to non commercials though.

thanks for the info, elle

Pinks, Jonagold, granny smiths, honeycrisp, braeburn, winesap, if you can find them.

thanks, noor!

A form of Wonder Bread just came to Denmark and it's called "American Toast Bread". I never thought I'd see the day when I'd see people marvel at this stuff. My nearest friend shouts when she's excited and I was doubled over laughing as she yelled "IT'S LIKE EATING A CLOUD!" and "When you squish it with your fingers IT DOESN'T SPRING BACK!" and of course "It RIPS when you try to smear it with cold butter?!"

I think it's a great thing to experience as a novelty Mrs Butters

It's been 19 years since I last lived Stateside and every time I go back home I'm overwhelmed by all the new food and drink everywhere. It's overwhelming! In the next 1-5 years you will be very surprised by the things you wind up missing from home. All sorts of little things you took for granted or didn't even think would ever hold any importance to you. I remember being furious that I couldn't find zip-lock bags over here

it's surprising how expensive most fresh fruit and veg is here compared to the UK... fresh mushrooms, for instance, are about double the price! it's lucky we grow quite a lot of our own veggies.

it seems quite hard to find simple sparkling water, and most things labeled '.......Ade' aren't fizzy as they are in the UK. cheese is another thing there doesn't seem to be nearly the same amount of variety on offer - still, with all the cakes, pastries, puddings, waffles and more his ma'am makes i'm sure not eating as much cheese is probably a pretty good idea

 

[Hard_Rom]

thanks for the info, elle

thanks, noor!


it's surprising how expensive most fresh fruit and veg is here compared to the UK... fresh mushrooms, for instance, are about double the price! it's lucky we grow quite a lot of our own veggies.

it seems quite hard to find simple sparkling water, and most things labeled '.......Ade' aren't fizzy as they are in the UK. cheese is another thing there doesn't seem to be nearly the same amount of variety on offer - still, with all the cakes, pastries, puddings, waffles and more his ma'am makes i'm sure not eating as much cheese is probably a pretty good idea

I would have thought it the other way round. The UK doesn't have a reputation of being a cheap place to live. Beautiful and historic but not cheap. A 200$ food bill in the US would cost you about 240$ up here.
http://moneytipscanada.ca/us-canada-food-price-comparison/

 

[thør]

You can get less for your money in groceries right here in Alaska! And the farther off the road system you go, the more stuff will cost.

 

[butters]

I would have thought it the other way round. The UK doesn't have a reputation of being a cheap place to live. Beautiful and historic but not cheap. A 200$ food bill in the US would cost you about 240$ up here.
http://moneytipscanada.ca/us-canada-food-price-comparison/

I think all the fruit and veggies britain can grow plus (whilst still IN the EU) the availability of a plethora of fresh fruit and veggies grown on the continent keeps the prices down - probably subsidies to farmers in there as well somewhere, dunno - but given the countryside quotient of TN i was very surprised. H has taken me to some family-owned produce stands where there's better value and great choice.

having said that, seems people around here like to eat their tomatoes very soft indeed, where a much firmer tomato is preferred Ukside.

 

[Hard_Rom]

You can get less for your money in groceries right here in Alaska! And the farther off the road system you go, the more stuff will cost.

Hate to think of the prices for perishables in Alaska. Down south in Canada we hear horror stories of the cost of nutritional food for the far north. Probably a tad better for you folk with a bit of a population worth sending food too.