A rant against Texas

[Strike For The South]

I love food, in fact I consume it at least 3 times a day but to be more specific I love ethnic food for the simple fact that everything we eat in Texas is stolen from other people and then made better because of our superior jeans. However moving away from San Antonio has taught me one thing. I was spoiled when it came to my favorite ethnic food, Mexican. I now live in a city where everything is a burrito. these philistines have never heard of tortas or mole or chorizo or barbacoa. Mexican food to them consists of

-flour tortillas
-Ground beef
-Guac
-Cheese
-Sour Cream

Then if that wasn't enough of a kick in the balls the B-B-Q here (outside of 1 place) is nowhere where near as good as San Antons. So I move up to a city filled with cowboys and they can even get their cuisne right

On the plus side the steakhouses are better and in my first two weeks of college I have consumed more alchol than in the rest of my years put together....oh and the girls there nice

Whats yalls favorite food?

[JAG]

and then made better because of our superior jeans.

Levis?

On the plus side the steakhouses are better and in my first two weeks of college I have consumed more alchol than in the rest of my years put together....oh and the girls there nice

there ya go, that is what it is about - man I miss it now ive finished, I just have to drink and get girls outside of that environment now - SUX!

[Gregoshi]

Levis?

Fiber is good for you, don'tcha know!

[Louis VI the Fat]

I miss mummy's food!



On the plus side the steakhouses are better and in my first two weeks of college I have consumed more alcohol than in the rest of my years put together....oh and the girls they're nice.

Come on, be a champ. Whip some hot college chicks into the kitchen to bake you a great meal afterwards. All your problems solved.

Whats yalls favorite food?

Obviously, just like you, I couldn't go a day without the blessings of barbequed meat drowned in some hot sauce or another.

[BigTex]

I think your missing a valueble lesson here SFTS. You don't need chorizo's, barbacao, tortas or mole when you have plenty of girls and beer.

[Ice]

Italian is my favorite food. My grandma pretty much taught me how to cook great food so I can make it wherever I live.

BTW, strike, my econ 351 professor taught at Texas Tech for a while... he said Lubbock is in the middle of no where.

[Hosakawa Tito]

If I had a choice for a last meal...it would have to be scrapple with fried eggs, ketchup and horseradish, rye toast and a cup of coffee.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Nothing like pan-fried pork offal mixed with cornmeal.

[Strike For The South]

Come on, be a champ. Whip some hot college chicks into the kitchen to bake you a great meal afterwards. All your problems solved.


Obviously, just like you, I couldn't go a day without the blessings of barbequed meat drowned in some hot sauce or another.

My mummy doesn't cook mexican lol. The girls are nice to fool with but I really haven't found one I can stand to be around when the skirt goes past her knee

Italian is my favorite food. My grandma pretty much taught me how to cook great food so I can make it wherever I live.

BTW, strike, my econ 351 professor taught at Texas Tech for a while... he said Lubbock is in the middle of no where.

There are only two things to do in lubbock

[drone]

There are only two things to do in lubbock

When is cotton harvest season? I hear you can ski through the streets during that.

San Antonio does have good food though. When you go home for Christmas, you need to get a hook up with a Mexican chick, then grill her mom on how to cook properly. That might keep you going through school. You should also be able to get huge batches of authentic tamales (there are some places in Austin that do this, I would imagine San An has even more), freeze them, and break them out occasionally.

[Redleg]

I love food, in fact I consume it at least 3 times a day but to be more specific I love ethnic food for the simple fact that everything we eat in Texas is stolen from other people and then made better because of our superior jeans. However moving away from San Antonio has taught me one thing. I was spoiled when it came to my favorite ethnic food, Mexican. I now live in a city where everything is a burrito. these philistines have never heard of tortas or mole or chorizo or barbacoa. Mexican food to them consists of

-flour tortillas
-Ground beef
-Guac
-Cheese
-Sour Cream

Then if that wasn't enough of a kick in the balls the B-B-Q here (outside of 1 place) is nowhere where near as good as San Antons. So I move up to a city filled with cowboys and they can even get their cuisne right

On the plus side the steakhouses are better and in my first two weeks of college I have consumed more alchol than in the rest of my years put together....oh and the girls there nice

Whats yalls favorite food?

That because your back in gringo land. Now since your in Lubbock just make your way across into New Mexico and you might find some really good local food that makes the stuff in San Antonio look like crap. Some of the Navajo influenced dishes are really good.

Couple of really good restraunts that look like dives, are somewhat close to Lubbock, you just have to stay away from the Gringo sounding ones.

If they serve tomato sauce as a hot sauce run - its been gringoized.

Oh and San Antonio BBQ really sucks badly.

You got to go down to Gonzales and Luing to get really good mesquite deep pit BBQ, Now Mempis, TN has some of the best ribs in the country

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Favourite foods? More like favourite dinner (I'll do favourite breakfast and lunch when I have time!):

Appetizer: Puntillitas, sturgeon caviar on the side
Salad: Green salad with red onion, sundried tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, and a balsamic viniagrette
Soup (thick): Goulash
Soup (thin): Borscht, just how my mother makes it (yes, it can be thin - the broth is delicious)
Pasta: Fettuccini in a cheese garlic sauce (my recipe)

Meat

Subcategories of meat (because it's so tasty)

Poultry: Quail, lightly seasoned and tender, eggs on the side
Fish: Pan-seared salmon fillet in a maple almond glaze
Red Meat: BBQ pork or beef ribs, marinated and grilled with wood smoke (neat trick - if you boil the beef ribs for an hour or two, and then marinate and slap them on the grill, you get excellent ribs in less time - and a soup stock!)

Dessert: Fresh raspberry sorbet with mint
Cheese: Layered mozzarella and tomato, drizzled with olive oil. Excellent appetizer or antipasto. For the purists, a cheese platter with an assortment of crusty breads as well red and white wines should suffice.

[Kekvit Irae]

I love food, in fact I consume it at least 3 times a day but to be more specific I love ethnic food for the simple fact that everything we eat in Texas is stolen from other people and then made better because of our superior jeans. However moving away from San Antonio has taught me one thing. I was spoiled when it came to my favorite ethnic food, Mexican.

You haven't lived until you try Honduran frijolitos and fried plantains.

[KukriKhan]

You haven't lived until you try Honduran frijolitos and fried plantains.

Amen.

[Innocentius]

What is ethnic food?

Anyway, of course my favourite has to be meat. Or, as Dylan Moran put it: If it has a face I'll eat it.

[Gregoshi]

What is ethnic food?

It is food with grain alchohol as an additive. Which explains why some ethnic foods give you gas.

Oh, and on topic: shrimp/prawns, filet mignon and good pizza are at the top of my food list.

[Reverend Joe]

No way could I have a favorite food. I guess when it comes to the one I know best about -- cheeseburgers -- I gotta pull for the North Carolina all-the-way burger: topped with homemade chili and mayo slaw, and grilled onions and mustard (not much mustard; you don't want to bury the other flavors.) Done right, it is the best burger in the world, no exceptions.

Speaking of which, if you ever happen to find yourself in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (god forbid you should, but if you do) stop by "Mr. Barbecue" on Peters Creek Parkway. They serve the best all-the-way burger I have ever had. It's the one thing I look forward to when I visit my hometown.

Well, that and my parents.

[Fragony]

Indian food by far, nothing beats a good curry. Mediterarian comes second. Speaking of which, was in Spain a few weeks ago, getting arrested by the guarda-civil was bad, but paella was good, the flavor was so strong I could barely take it, nothing like the washed out crap we have here, any spaniards that could give me a recepi?

[yesdachi]

Indian food by far, nothing beats a good curry. M

You Euro guys are always going on about the curry, I wish I knew of a place to try it!

My favorite is definitely steak with lots of salt and pepper and maybe some mushrooms. An easy second is pizza (with loads of meat) and then Mexican, which surprisingly we have a lot of variety of in MI. must be some of the migrant workers have left behind some family recipes. I also really like sushi and soft shell crab. And don’t even get me started on desert!

Although I have my favorites I really like trying out new foods, if I go to a restaurant and they have a “special” I will give it a swing. I had pears filled with scallops the other day and duck filled chili peppers for lunch today. both I give thumbs up to but not way up if you know what I mean.

[Devastatin Dave]

Whats wrong Strike? Most colleges have a Taco Bell outside the gates!!!

[Sigurd]

Lately I have acquired a taste for chili pots/stew. Any good Texan recipes?

My current chili consists of:

Ground meat
Fresh Onion
Fresh Garlic
Chopped fresh green chili
Chopped fresh red chili
Chili beans
Kidney beans
Tomato beans (filtered through a strainer)
Corn
Chopped tomatoes from a can
Whole and skinned tomatoes.
Chili powder
Cumin
Cayenne pepper.

[Reverend Joe]

Whats wrong Strike? Most colleges have a Taco Bell outside the gates!!!

Actually, I would feel lucky to have a Taco Bell right outside my college. All we have is McDonalds, that most accursed of Fast Food restaurants.

[Strike For The South]

Lately I have acquired a taste for chili pots/stew. Any good Texan recipes?

My current chili consists of:

Ground meat
Chopped green chili
Chopped red chili
Chili beans
Kidney beans
Tomato beans (filtered through a strainer)
Corn
Chopped tomatoes from a can
Whole and skinned tomatoes.
Chili powder
Cumin
Cayenne pepper.

I tried this for the first time when I came out here. It was at a restaurant so I cant attest to the recipe being exact but they did call it "Texas buffalo chili" On a side note it was the first time I ever had buffalo. How hard is buffalo to get in Norway?
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/rec...ili43420.shtml

[Sigurd]

I tried this for the first time when I came out here. It was at a restaurant so I cant attest to the recipe being exact but they did call it "Texas buffalo chili" On a side note it was the first time I ever had buffalo. How hard is buffalo to get in Norway?
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/rec...ili43420.shtml

Buffalo or Bison would be hard to get.
But this would be close right?

[Alexanderofmacedon]

BBQ and Mexican food are both nasty in my opinion. I'm in the wrong city.

[Reverend Joe]

Buffalo or Bison would be hard to get.
But this would be close right?

That thing's face is beyond frightening.

[naut]

Indian food by far, nothing beats a good curry.

Yep. Especially when eaten using your hands. Lets you really feel the texture.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Yep. Especially when eaten using your hands. Lets you really feel the texture.

Hell yes.