What do you eat? The thread about things you eat.

[noisyturtle]

Vodka from potatoes? Are you brain damaged?

That's not weird at all.
Norwegian akvavit and Polish vodka are often made of potatoes, whereas grain is most often used elsewhere.

And that is mostly because there is better economy of scale, storage and distribution with grain in the modern world. In older days, most Swedish akvavit used to be made from potatoes.

Chopin or Luskasowa beats out almost any corn or wheat based vodka imo
iri is uncultured swine

[iri]

Cultured people don't drink vodka lmao

Vodka from potatoes? Are you brain damaged?

That's not weird at all.
Norwegian akvavit and Polish vodka are often made of potatoes, whereas grain is most often used elsewhere.

And that is mostly because there is better economy of scale, storage and distribution with grain in the modern world. In older days, most Swedish akvavit used to be made from potatoes.

I mean, older days in Sweden were sometimes pretty ****. Potato akvavit sounds like something in the ballpark of bark bread. Like, a creative solution to the problem of getting drunk in 1867. But it's 2025 now and you can drink good liquor

[Findecanor]

Cultured people don't drink vodka lmao

Many people buy unflavoured akvavit and infuse it with their own flavourings. People share recipes and make up their own. That is culture.
I personally like akvavit flavoured with elder flower.

Drinking unflavoured akvavit/schnapps/vodka, or drinking anything just to get drunk is uncultured, I'd agree to that.

[iri]

I can only tolerate schnapps if there is a thick slice of pear in the glass.

[fohat.digs]

or drinking anything just to get drunk is uncultured, I'd agree to that.

Hear, hear.

That is why (with a few exceptions) I drink liquor neat, in small sips over a long time.

Generally whiskey - yes, my father's family goes back 7 generations in Kentucky,
 

[phinix]

Vodka from potatoes? Are you brain damaged?

That's not weird at all.
Norwegian akvavit and Polish vodka are often made of potatoes, whereas grain is most often used elsewhere.

And that is mostly because there is better economy of scale, storage and distribution with grain in the modern world. In older days, most Swedish akvavit used to be made from potatoes.

Chopin or Luskasowa beats out almost any corn or wheat based vodka imo
iri is uncultured swine

Luksusowa   (means "a luxury one")

[noisyturtle]

Korean BBQ for Christmas dinner, where they have a grill in the middle of the table and bring you endless meat and sides.
I have not been this full of meat since that childhood Christmas dad came into my room drunk...

[phinix]

Korean BBQ for Christmas dinner, where they have a grill in the middle of the table and bring you endless meat and sides.
I have not been this full of meat since that childhood Christmas dad came into my room drunk...

Jeez, noisy....   

[fohat.digs]

I have not been this full of meat since that childhood Christmas dad came into my room drunk...

My guess is is that noisyturtle was pretty full of drink, too, when he wrote that.
 

[iri]

Yeah, that's a predictable result of getting drunk on ****ty vodka.

[phinix]

Pad Thai.
Sometimes my daughter orders this for dinner, so it was time to make one after a longer break.
Supposed to be a simple dish, but jeez, it takes 15 ingredients! Excluding spieces.

[Findecanor]

Oranges are in season, so I made two batches of orange marmalade today. I didn't use any orange peel because I hadn't got any organic oranges to peel. That was a mistake. The taste is a little lacking.
I could also have upped the ratio of Seville Oranges to sweet oranges.

[noisyturtle]

I hated Gin all my life, then a few years ago I tasted good small-batch Gin with crazy complexity and depth, now Gin is probably my second favorite spirit next to an excellent Rye.

Nothin' beats a good ****in' rye

[tp4tissue]

Mmmmm... Sea Salt, so Plastic much Micro.

[tp4tissue]

Honey Roasted peanuts on sale.

6x32oz for $21 out the door from amazon.

Arrived safely,  gonna have to ration these, war time n'all, imminent economic depression. 

[noisyturtle]

I think I like fake banana and fake pickle flavor more than real banana and pickle flavor 

[tp4tissue]

Does ne1 own the Ninja slushie machine?

Should anyone own their own slushie machine. Hrrrmr..

Some further research, looking at the mechanism.

It kind of looks like a micro-plastics contamination nightmare. with the auger part being plastic n'all.

Hrrrmm.

[Findecanor]

Unless you're going to serve lots of slushies at parties, I'd think having a dedicated machine is wasteful.
You could make it from shaved ice: either from a dedicated machine or a blender with "shaved ice" setting. Add flavouring, stir and pour.

[tp4tissue]

Unless you're going to serve lots of slushies at parties, I'd think having a dedicated machine is wasteful.
You could make it from shaved ice: either from a dedicated machine or a blender with "shaved ice" setting. Add flavouring, stir and pour.

It can make single serve though. 150oz net capacity,

Can produce single serve slushie in 9 minutes.

[tp4tissue]

Made Reaper Oil today.

Chili-oil using Carolina Reeperz.  "Supposidly" 2nd most spicy pepper variety.

Did it outside, with a mask on,  Indian Neighbor flying his drone across the yard be like,  you doin' a terrorism? Khahahahaha...

Cloths were toast afterwards, had to go in the wash,  just moving your arms put enough latent pepper dust in the air that make you sneeze for 30 seconds.

[fohat.digs]

Last year I bought a pepper plant that was labeled "Shi****o" but it was actually a Carolina Reaper. I used some of them but did not even try to dry them - I can see that the dust is lethal.

For oil wouldn't you just put the peppers into oil for a while and then strain them back out?

[tp4tissue]

Well, with peppers, there's natural sugar in them, so if you control the temperature correctly, the seeds and bits will caramelize and become little crunchie bits in the oil. There's no need to strain them out.

You want to keep the oil temperature around 150 C peak,  After you see basically very little bubbles coming out, that means the water is mostly gone/done, turn off heat, but keep stirring until the oil temp drops to 120 C. Then cover and let sit for a few hours. 

The reason is, the base pot temp is actually still very hot, if you leave the pepper to settle in the oil right after turning off the heat, they will begin to Char/Blacken, turning the oil Bitter.

[fohat.digs]

the seeds and bits will caramelize and become little crunchie bits in the oil. There's no need to strain them out.

Oh, that. I have had crunchy chili oil (or was it called paste or jelly?) before. It was okay but I didn't get excited for it.

[tp4tissue]

You gotta spread it over freshly cooked hot rice, + sprinkling of crush up some dried seaweed and pink salt..

[noisyturtle]

FIDDLEHEADS RAMPS AND MORELS ARE IN SEASON BAYBEEEEEEEEE!!!

I'm fixin to make a fiddlehead and ramp quiche, with morels, gruyère, sharp cheddar, and purple garlic
and then some ramp pesto with the leftover ramps

They are only areund for a couple weeks a year, so I'm going crazy with them this week