tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post4185740534556147461..comments2009-07-09T01:24:53.449+01:00Comments on The Adventures of Aitch: Food pixHelen Sandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501725951616778371noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post-7527622741285637572007-03-01T20:22:00.000+00:002007-03-01T20:22:00.000+00:00I'm from the north of Enland and I say muffin. Eit...I'm from the north of Enland and I say muffin. Either way, the food looks fabTrumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188899357969197888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post-20529512757607416172007-03-01T03:35:00.000+00:002007-03-01T03:35:00.000+00:00Bun or not a bun would not be the question in an a...Bun or not a bun would not be the question in an authentic bar-B-Q place, not in the South where bar-B-Q rules, because you would NEVER serve brisket on any kind of bread. If it's not good enough to stand alone, without even sauce (sauce comes on the side), then "you don't have no bizness sellin' it". Chopped beef, which is not brisket, or pulled pork can be served on thick homemade buns, and there are regional rules about what else can go on it (like pickle relish, sauces of various kinds, or even potato salad). But brisket, links and chops should stand alone. Further, the bark (that chewy, dark bit at the edges) on this brisket was far too thin. Good bark is thick but not tough or dry, the best part of the slice. And you serve it with crackers, slices of white bread, maybe potato salad in "fancypants" places, and peppers all on a tear of butcher paper, no plates, sitting at a big grease-stained communal table. With either a Big Red for the kiddos or bottle of beer (which, unfortunately in the U.S. will conjure that old Monty Python joke, "Why is American beer like having intercourse in a canoe? -- Fucking close to water.")<BR/><BR/>Texas barbecue, which is of course the best in the country, is a blend of original barbecue which probably came from the Cherokees, mingled with African cooking styles, and overlaid with early German immigrants' recipes. Our Longhorn cattle were tough and lean, so the meat had to be cooked slowly, hours over a mequite fire, to make it fallin' apart tender and flavorful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post-66982050026157225512007-03-01T00:49:00.000+00:002007-03-01T00:49:00.000+00:00It's definitely not a muffin. Not even what our Am...It's definitely not a muffin. Not even what our American cousins call an English muffin. It's a bun or - at a push and in the north - a bap. Why, what is it in the States? <BR/><BR/>Which reminds me, i was surprised to find a scone for my dad in Starbucks today. I thought he was going to have to have a (American) muffin. <BR/><BR/>I was also surprised that the drinking straw wrappers were printed not with the words 'drinking straw' but with the warning 'not recommended for hot beverages'. But everyone else probably knows that by now because unlike me, the rest of the Left is not boycotting Starbucks. Why not? 'Because the coffee's soooo good.'<BR/><BR/>HHelen Sandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12501725951616778371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post-48408675777956522472007-02-28T21:07:00.000+00:002007-02-28T21:07:00.000+00:00Is it a bun, or a muffin?Is it a bun, or a muffin?Trumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188899357969197888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post-41720381998580899832007-02-28T19:57:00.000+00:002007-02-28T19:57:00.000+00:00helen, this reminds me - can you email me your ama...helen, this reminds me - can you email me your amazing tortellini salad recipe again? also, have some big news...The Viva Voce Virushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399856210240800125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post-49993421262150478632007-02-28T17:09:00.000+00:002007-02-28T17:09:00.000+00:00No more chips/fries for me this week!HNo more chips/fries for me this week!<BR/>HHelen Sandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12501725951616778371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post-17300477258719688512007-02-28T10:03:00.000+00:002007-02-28T10:03:00.000+00:00Absolutely delicious, Helen!FrancesAbsolutely delicious, Helen!<BR/><BR/>FrancesFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131199250970527487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129769070966392567.post-72550098135585085722007-02-28T02:35:00.000+00:002007-02-28T02:35:00.000+00:00Note to self: Don't read this blog before you've ...Note to self: Don't read this blog before you've had brex. <BR/><BR/>Must go eat now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com