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"Old fashioned" Foods You Admit you Like

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Anonimo

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Oct 6, 2012 5:43 PM
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Boiled brisket, horseradish sauce.

Stuffed derma.

Black radish salad. (Made some the other day, with chopped HC egg and onions fried in schmaltz.

Hold the presses! Our beautiful, 17 year old neighbor girl just brought us some caldo de pollo casero, (home cooked chicken soup with vegetables) but best of all, a plate of huge corundas ( a sort of polyhedronal unfilled tamal.) I unwrapped a corunda, put it in a soup plate, and it resembled nothing so much as matzoh ball soup, but the corundas are made of coarsely ground nixtamalized maíz.

I should have some pictures uploaded in a few minutes.

Corundas

Mexican Matzoh Ball Soup
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NorthAmerican

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Oct 6, 2012 5:55 PM
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Having received so much applause following his performance at #164, Aaron Lebedeff returns to sing In Odessa. I love the old postcards showing views of the city. At about 55 seconds, the steps that figure in a famous scene from Sergei Eisenstein's film "The Battleship Potemkin."

And to bring this back to food, maybe you will buy some hot bublichki.

Edited to add the second link.

Kerouac2

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Oct 8, 2012 10:29 AM
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For lunch I had an old French standby which has fallen out of favour: "oeuf mayonnaise" -- just hard boiled eggs with mayonnaise. It is supposed to be a starter rather than a main dish, but since I ate three of them, I figured it was time to stop.

In any case, it was very satisfying.

Anonimo

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Oct 8, 2012 10:45 AM
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Sounds good, K2. I also like hard cooked eggs with horseradish sauce on them.

sashac001

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Oct 9, 2012 6:58 AM
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I like hard boiled eggs on sandwiches with mayo, especially if there's also some smoked salmon on the sandwich. Never tried it with just mayo. I might have try to the sandwich with horseradish sauce also, that sounds yummy.

VinnyD

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Oct 9, 2012 7:09 AM
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When good tomatoes are available, I like tomato sandwiches, with mayo. I guess that's old-fashioned.

We're still getting good tomatoes here. Next weekend should be OK too. Can't be sure after that.

sashac001

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Oct 9, 2012 7:14 AM
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I've never tried just a tomato sandwich, I doubt I would like it though. When we get good homegrown tomatoes I like them just quartered with just a little bit of salt.

Fieldgate

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Oct 9, 2012 7:54 AM
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Pan con tomate (bread with tomato) is Catalan national dish.
A slice of light toasted sourdough bread or baguette topped with finely chopped tomato mixed with pressed garlic, a drizzle of olive oil, s&p. Quite nice.
Alternatively, the whole thing can be put into oven for a few mins to become bruschetta style.

nutraxfornerves

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Oct 9, 2012 8:00 AM
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There's a recipe in the older Joy of Cooking for Creamed Eggs with Asparagus. It's hardboiled eggs and asparagus in a cream sauce, made in part with asparagus cooking liquid. Baked just long enough to crisp a crumb topping. It sounds rather awful, like a ladies luncheon dish from the 1930s, but I find it great comfort food.

sashac001

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Oct 9, 2012 9:20 AM
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Fieldgate - now that sounds good! I would probably make the tomato stuff as a dip on the side though. It's a lot like the bruschetta sauce I make for angel hair pasta except I put in more seasoning and red wine, of course.

Nutrax - OMG! That does sound awful! I like all of the ingredients but not together! Sound like something that was invented by some high society wannabee on too many drugs!

VinnyD

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Oct 9, 2012 9:27 AM
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Hardboiled eggs go amazingly well with asparagus. Asperges à la polonaise is just asparagus topped with a mix of chopped hardboiled eggs, breadcrumbs, and lots of melted butter. it's really good.

sashac001

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Oct 9, 2012 9:31 AM
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Really????? For true Vinny?? It just doesn't sound like a good combination. Of course with lots of melted butter it's hard to go wrong.

VinnyD

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Oct 9, 2012 9:36 AM
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I was really surprised how good it was, sasha. I was expecting meh.

sashac001

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Oct 9, 2012 9:39 AM
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Hmmmm. I'll have to think about that one. My husband hates asparagus so I wouldn't make it for him and don't make it often at all. Maybe if someone has a dinner party for which they want me to bring something.

Fieldgate

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Oct 9, 2012 9:54 AM
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Asperges à la polonaise is just asparagus topped with a mix of chopped hardboiled eggs, breadcrumbs, and lots of melted butter.

Melted butter goes always well with asparagus. Another version is chopped hardboiled eggs with mayo and smietana (half and half), s&p, or only breadcrumbs browned in melted butter.
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