Capitol Hill Blue Forums Misc. Topics Food, Drink and Cooking Wonder what the poor folks are eatin' tonight?

Sliders on the Cobb

Nice,

having burgers tonight myself!

inspired by Greg, Im making the effort tomorrow night. Its only Mrs Schlack and I but I think were worth it!


Selection of salamis and cold meats
Blackened sweet red peppers
Hummus
Baba Ganoush
Red onion and tomato salad
Selection of pickles and mustards
Garlic flatbreads - based on a naan recipie

Well done Schlack! A culinary journey through the middle east!

I'm catering a wine walk tonight. Spring theme of course so I'm doing deviled eggs, a big veggie tray with dip. a dozen baguettes, a deli tray and a few assorted blocks of cheese.
I don't think the 96 deviled eggs will last all night so I'm making a big batch of the crab and artichoke spread to put out when they're gone. There's a lot of overlap between this wine event and the Ostara Feast tomorrow night.

The bunnies were in Orlando last night and should hop into my kitchen soon!

Very true, Greger. This is just my own little personal food hang up. For as long as I can recall, I've had this rule that I won't eat any animal in it's baby form, i.e., veal, lamb, bunnies etc. It goes along with my other little food phobia...not eating anything that has eyes looking back up at me from the serving plate (whole fish, lobsters, full sized roasted pigs, etc.) Friends like to tell me I'm crazy, but hey, we already knew that!

My family and friends think I'm nuts because I won't let one kind of food touch any other food on the plate, and I only eat one thing at a time, turning the plate a quarter turn to the right(counter-clockwise) as I start on the next item. I always eat my veggies first, then my protein and then the carb. Salads, stews and soups are the only exceptions.

I used to have that fixation, but I got over it around age 8 when I discovered I liked mixtures like chili and beef stew. I think it was one of those mistaken generalizations that kids make as they are trying to figure out how the world works: Getting dirt on your apple makes it "dirty" (and thus inedible), so in general anything touching a food item makes it dirty [and here is the mistake] including other food items.

I've been this way for almost 55 years-I'm not getting over it any time soon.

I draw the line at veal. Not because the animal is young, but because it isn't treated well.
Dairy bulls are a useless by product of the dairy industry. They can't be fattened like beef cattle and so must be slaughtered young or become a liability to the farmer. In earlier times they were a boon to a farm which kept only one or two cows for dairy purposes. Tender succulent meat on the table and much needed protein.

Todays lunch...
Fried Rabbit Livers with carrot sticks and Spring greens.

SuzQ if you don't like eating things in their baby form you should really drop chicken, those fryers in the grocery store are around 7-12 weeks old. Same age as my rabbits(and their livers) livers.
They were delicious by the way, muh much milder than chicken livers.

I hear what you're saying, Greger, but somehow I never felt the same way about a chicken, young or otherwise, as I do about those other baby critters. I generally try not to think about the whole "where does my food come from" scenario if possible...if I did I think I'd be completely vegan.

Chickens, at least on the farms for the famous west coast family poultry company are exactly 48 days old; fryers are 72 days old.