That's just what I was thinking. We don't have a decent fish and chips restaurant where we live. If I opened a small place for a quick lunch or dinner, I bet it would be a success. When we were on the Oregon coast, we had some good fish and chips, but that was years ago. I wouldn't be the chef, that would have to be someone who made it perfectly and delicious.If you owned a Restaurant what style of food would you serve"?
Fish and chips, and for afters, fish and chips.
If you owned a Restaurant what style of food would you serve"?
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My favorites would be:
Southern fried chicken
Oxtails and rice
Chicken/squirrel and dumplings
Giblets
East Carolina pulled pork BBQ
Creole shrimp
Fried fish (fillets)
red beans and ham hocks
Green beans cooked with a ham hock until mushy.
Collards/Kale slow cooked with a ham hock until mushy with vinegar when on the plate. Resulting Pot liquor on cornbread.
Tomato and bread pudding
Fried okra
Sweet Potato
Baked macaroni and cheese
Black eyed peas
Johnny cake
Hush puppies
Cornbread
grits
Peach cobbler
Sweet potato pie
To name a few. Some I have not had since my mother passed. I can still smell them cooking.
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Have you tried buying a whole chicken? Lots of skin on them.
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Nuggets and hot dogs maybe?
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I fear you’re right.
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I googled what is done with the skin from skinless chicken? One butcher said he puts in his sausage. That was on a butchers forum I believe. All the other references were about how to cook it, not to eat skinless chicken and why chicken skin is good for you. I could find no definitive answer to the question. Wording the query different might get better results?
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We had Sweet Tomatoes in South Florida as well when we lived there. We eat there often!
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Are you talking about tomato and bread pudding? I have not thought about that in quite a while mmm mm. I gots to have me some of that. I had to add that to my list above.
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Anything country. I was born in North Carolina, and my mother continued to cook our native food after we moved to Florida. Comfort food... fried chicken, meat loaf, mashed potatoes, fried okra, collard greens with bacon and onions. I eat very little of this now, but I would be happy to serve it!
dseag2
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No, it was basically a "salad buffet" with various salads and toppings. I would love some tomato and bread pudding!
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I used to make it when I grew tomatoes. Where I live now everytime I have tried to grow tomatoes just about the time the tomatoes start to fruit they get a blight that takes them out in about a week. From the research I have done it seems to be spreading around the southeastern U.S....
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Italian food for me, right down to Italian coffee.
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My grandfather in North Carolina used to grow yellow tomatoes that were less acidic than red tomatoes. Are you familiar with them?I used to make it when I grew tomatoes. Where I live now everytime I have tried to grow tomatoes just about the time the tomatoes start to fruit they get a blight that takes them out in about a week. From the research I have done it seems to be spreading around the southeastern U.S....
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Yes but I have never grown them.
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Okay, as a Southern boy it all looks great, but I picked out peach cobbler from your list. My grandmother made the best peach cobbler with biscuits in it. I can still taste it.
Did you ever try corn bread soaked in a glass of milk?
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Yes when I was a lot younger. Now days milk is a no no. No ice cream either. I can get away with cheese though. In place of ice cream I put bananas, blueberries or blackberries in cottage cheese. I can eat that in moderation. Corn bread goes with so many things. I always make it with chili or anything with gravy or pot liquor. Sometimes I have it with ham and eggs and grits also. I love peach cobbler. My mother used to make it. I have tried to imitate it but never got it just right.
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Yes, we can buy chicken with skin on. It's the only kind I use for soup. I also use bone broth with 9 gr protein in every cup.
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Owning a restaurant is the last thing I would ever do. I could see being the business manager, but only if my friend/landlord owned it and did the cooking, and didn't try to persuade me to eat fish. I would not supervise any people, which is my idea of the worst job in the world.
I know the menu would include his delicious soups and breads. Everything would be healthy to eat, low fat, and gluten-free selections would be available.
I know the menu would include his delicious soups and breads. Everything would be healthy to eat, low fat, and gluten-free selections would be available.
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You can make banana ice cream. Just put them in the blender or cuisanart (sp?), and place them in the freezer for a while. You can top them w/chocolate chips or coconut shavings, or nothing at all.
Tastes good.
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making chicken Macnuggets.
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That would be great, especially free to homeless part. I hope you can and DO fulfill your maybe
Well, it's a strong possibility.
Feeding the homeless has posed a problem with the local authorities, but having a legit food cart affair can be workable
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Just reading all these messages got my stomach growling! Everything looks so good! Gave me some ideas for what to cook...
Although I put Tomatoes Buffett salad bar for my answer, if I had to go with home cooked meals, like others here, it would be my mother's homecoming which is totally different from the salad bar concept.
Mom definitely cooked comfort food - Greek meals like moussaka (eggplant), pastitsio (similar to lasagna), stuffed peppers and tomatoes (stuffed with rice and ground beef), dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), lentil soup, baked lamb with potatoes, onions, garlic, and she made her own pitas, which are small tarts stuffed with either a cheese mix or a spinach mix. Each New Year's she/we baked a braided sweet bread that looked like Challah bread, and a similar bread for Easter. She bakes little koulouraki which are butter cookies, and apple cake. I can go on and on. Everyone who visits her gets a treat.
I tried to mimic her when married, and my husband used to say we didn't need to go to a restaurant because we had one at home! After he passed away, I stopped cooking like I used to. But this forum brings back good memories...
Although I put Tomatoes Buffett salad bar for my answer, if I had to go with home cooked meals, like others here, it would be my mother's homecoming which is totally different from the salad bar concept.
Mom definitely cooked comfort food - Greek meals like moussaka (eggplant), pastitsio (similar to lasagna), stuffed peppers and tomatoes (stuffed with rice and ground beef), dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), lentil soup, baked lamb with potatoes, onions, garlic, and she made her own pitas, which are small tarts stuffed with either a cheese mix or a spinach mix. Each New Year's she/we baked a braided sweet bread that looked like Challah bread, and a similar bread for Easter. She bakes little koulouraki which are butter cookies, and apple cake. I can go on and on. Everyone who visits her gets a treat.
I tried to mimic her when married, and my husband used to say we didn't need to go to a restaurant because we had one at home! After he passed away, I stopped cooking like I used to. But this forum brings back good memories...