Which One Of Your Favorite Eats Have You Not Had In Ages?

[Don M.]

In the Air Force, We called that creamed chipped beef on toast, "S*it on a shingle." But we gobbled up every crumb. It was good. I gotta look for it in the store. Yummm!

Yessirree!! That SOS was one great meal....especially when coming back from a night on the town, and going to the chow hall for Midnight Chow. Most of the recipes call for using chipped beef, but the Really Good stuff uses pork sausage, instead. We still make some occasionally, using this recipe....we just lower the quantity of the ingredients for just the two of us.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17495/sausage-gravy-i/

 

[Lethe200]

Jeez, a list of yearnings, LOL:

- Foie gras (banned in CA, the jerks)
- Langoustines
- Filet Rossini with a true marrow-enriched Bordelaise
- Rigo Jancsi, the recipe from the 1970's Time Life series "Vienna's Empire"
- Hong Kong-style chow mein, made with GOOD quality noodles. The mein they use these days is an incredibly mediocre quality; you can't make a proper "noodle pillow" with it.
- Dan Dan Mein, without the overdose of sesame butter all the restaurants nowadays use.
- Vietnamese Marinated Raw Beef Salad, made with limes and fish sauce, and NO SUGAR. These days everybody uses lemons and sugar, because it's cheaper.
- Vietnamese Nước léo sauce, made properly with pureed liver* and tương sauce. Restaurants cheat and use hoisin, which I have never liked much even on its own.

* the recipe for the authentic sauce is at the end: https://chowtown.wordpress.com/2009...-rolls-gỏi-cuốn-nuoc-leo-peanut-sauce-recipe/

Other than these, most dishes are either available somewhere in our area, or occasionally pop up on menus as specials or rotating dishes.

 

[fmdog44]

I bought this packaged dried beef to make SOS once. Was OK, but kind of salty. Not sure if it is just the nature of the beef, or what. Not sure if rinsing it, or using the kind in the jar would be less salty.

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Everyone try pastrami in place of chipped beef if you can't find it. If you think the pastrami is too salty dip it in boiling water for a half a minute.

 

[fmdog44]

After my post about ice cream sodas, I of course was focused on having one. While out today, I bought some ice cream, milk, chocolate syrup and brought it home. Mixed it all with 7-Up rather than the carbonated water it called for. Topped it with whipped cream (Hershey's chocolate flavor) and enjoyed. It actually turned out pretty darn good. May have to make another later.

The nice thing about this is when one is enjoying the treat the mind, body & soul retreat to days of youth.

 

[Tommy]

Salt rising bread. Toasted and buttered. The last time I had it must be at least 30 years ago. Never see it in the shops these days.

 

[AZ Jim]

We always called it An Egg in the Nest!!

That's what we called it.

 

[AZ Jim]

Since my sweet wife passed I eat what I can eat. My wife was a wonderful cook. Still food be damned if I could have her back food would be the last thing I would worry about. God I miss her...

 

[Ruthanne]

I haven't had any figs in a long time!