What a neat story, Cathy2! I've wondered before if I've ever been shopping/eating near another LTH'er without knowing it.

Lest it be believed that Gary and stevez have a lock on the dream turf, I am now remembering a dream I had last summer, right about the time the GNR nominations were getting underway. I dreamed that dickson was leading a SWAT team on a secret mission involving restaurants and classified information. I recall the dream setting as a dim multi-story industrial building with lots of ladders and perilous walkways. The SWAT team led by dickson was climbing ropes to gain access to the far reaches of the upper stories.

I told Mrs. Dickson the dream at a holiday party; she must have concluded I was "over-served." I guess there's a fine line between plain crazy and LTH-obsessed.

Annabelle wrote:What a neat story, Cathy2! I've wondered before if I've ever been shopping/eating near another LTH'er without knowing it.

I think it indeed happens.

I know that many people here have patronized the very same restaurants long before we gathered here. Very likely we have been present, though it took the internet to gather all the needles in the haystack.

Regards,

It was very nice meeting a LTH'r in person and I love that T-shirt. I was praising Grand Duke's Lithuanian to Cathy2, as we had spent the afternoon there at a christening reception and she recommended putting together an LTH event there. I will try to put something together in the fall.
LO

Josephine wrote:Lest it be believed that Gary and stevez have a lock on the dream turf, I am now remembering a dream I had last summer, right about the time the GNR nominations were getting underway. I dreamed that dickson was leading a SWAT team on a secret mission involving restaurants and classified information. I recall the dream setting as a dim multi-story industrial building with lots of ladders and perilous walkways. The SWAT team led by dickson was climbing ropes to gain access to the far reaches of the upper stories.

That was no dream!

Josephine wrote:I am now remembering a dream I had last summer, right about the time the GNR nominations were getting underway. I dreamed that dickson was leading a SWAT team on a secret mission involving restaurants and classified information. I recall the dream setting as a dim multi-story industrial building with lots of ladders and perilous walkways. The SWAT team led by dickson was climbing ropes to gain access to the far reaches of the upper stories.

I had almost forgotten that. Thank you, Josephine. I like the idea of being a culinary action hero.

LTH Forum: Land of Culinary Action Heroes

In Alphabetical Order:

Cathy2: American-Pie Avatar/Soviet Double Agent?
David Hammond: Ketchup Antagonist Par Excellence
dickson: Heir to Martin Landau, (should he choose to accept it. . .)
eatchicago; Father of Twin Boys
GWiv: It Was a Dark and Smoky Knight
germuska: Grand Master Good-Guy
jygach: Practitioner of Perceptive Pedagogy
Louisa Chu: Cool Chick Extraordinaire
m'th'su': International Man of Mystery (step aside, Austin Powers!)
MikeG: Baron of Bacon
PIGMON: PIGMON
Ramon: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #5
ReneG: Peripatetic Polymath
stevez: Ex-Rocker Mensch/Terminator
ronniesuburban: "A ronnie is a rose is a rose" (Gertrude Stein)
trixie pea: SweetHeart of Smoke

Josephine wrote:LTH Forum: Land of Culinary Action Heroes

In Alphabetical Order:

Cathy2: American-Pie Avatar/Soviet Double Agent?
David Hammond: Ketchup Antagonist Par Excellence
dickson: Heir to Martin Landau, (should he choose to accept it. . .)
eatchicago; Father of Twin Boys
GWiv: It Was a Dark and Smoky Knight
germuska: Grand Master Good-Guy
jygach: Practitioner of Perceptive Pedagogy
Louisa Chu: Cool Chick Extraordinaire
m'th'su': International Man of Mystery (step aside, Austin Powers!)
MikeG: Baron of Bacon
PIGMON: PIGMON
Ramon: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #5
ReneG: Peripatetic Polymath
stevez: Ex-Rocker Mensch/Terminator
ronniesuburban: "A ronnie is a rose is a rose" (Gertrude Stein)
trixie pea: SweetHeart of Smoke

I don't know about action heros, but I'd pay good money for a full set of bobbleheads.

Josephine wrote:LTH Forum: Land of Culinary Action Heroes

I'd add....

Josephine: Culinary Muse, Empath to the Stars and all around Good Person

stevez wrote:I don't know about action heros, but I'd pay good money for a full set of bobbleheads.

stevez-- maybe as a group, we'd be better represented by Russian nesting dolls.

G Wiv wrote:

Josephine wrote:LTH Forum: Land of Culinary Action Heroes

I'd add.... Josephine: Culinary Muse, Empath to the Stars and all around Good Person

Thanks, Gary. Takes one to know one.

Your six-year old picks up King Arthur Flour's Baking Companion for a leisurely morning read. He goes on to describe with excitement the different types of churros and declares "Fried Dough" his favorite section.

Aaron Deacon wrote:and declares "Fried Dough" his favorite section.

Clearly, a smart kid.

HI,

I spontaneously went to a Chinese buffet this evening that features all you can eat crab. I collected a small plate full of crab legs, a nut cracker and a small bowl of rice with a smidge of butter. I returned to the table, then dug out my emergency crab pick from my purse. I keep it in the same compartment as business cards, so I know it is always there. I get every morsel out of that critter before its exoskeleton gets swept away.

My style of eating crab is to pick all the meat out arranging it on top of the rice to keep warm just a bit longer. I probably pick for about 10 minutes, then savor the mound of crab I accumulated. I know there are those who just pull, dip and eat. I simply like having a critical mass of crab.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:I returned to the table, then dug out my emergency crab pick from my purse. I keep it in the same compartment as business cards, so I know it is always there.

Next time someone asks me what's an LTHer, foodie or avid participant in matters culinary I will simply point them to Cathy2's above post.

Enjoy,
Gary

Agreed, Gary. But there are not many who can compete with our Cathy2! Anyone who has been the recipient of one of her generous offers to drive to some far- flung destination has noticed that the trunk of her car often contains the makings of a feast. I have no worries for Cathy should a hurricane approach Chicago. She would be prepared to feed the gridlocked crowd on the highway from her personal stash. And she would feed them, generous soul that she is. And might I add that you, Gary, and many others here on the board, also embody that spirit of generosity.

......you read Cathy2's need for an "emergency" crab picker, and think, do I need one of those?

You wait all year to go to the annual Firm black-tie, find the perfect dress on sale, brush up on your networking skills and then disappoint your colleagues by pulling out at the last minute because you would rather go to a pig roast on local farm. Nobody understands

you about to come to blow's with a good friend who deleted all of your "Poutine" pics from his camera after a recent trip to Montreal where you documented over 10 different places earlier this summer because "they were making me hungry for Poutine and we cant find it in Boston" DAMNIT

Da Beef wrote:you about to come to blow's with a good friend who deleted all of your "Poutine" pics from his camera after a recent trip to Montreal where you documented over 10 different places earlier this summer because "they were making me hungry for Poutine and we cant find it in Boston" DAMNIT

Oh, how I feel your pain! All those french fries in their glorious gravy coats, studded with cheese jewels...

(lest some of you don't remember my history with this dish, the above is NOT intended as sarcasm, I really wanted to see the pics)

I simply like having a critical mass of crab.

I think this needs to be on top of the board....

Mhays wrote:

Da Beef wrote:you about to come to blow's with a good friend who deleted all of your "Poutine" pics from his camera after a recent trip to Montreal where you documented over 10 different places earlier this summer because "they were making me hungry for Poutine and we cant find it in Boston" DAMNIT

Oh, how I feel your pain! All those french fries in their glorious gravy coats, studded with cheese jewels...

(lest some of you don't remember my history with this dish, the above is NOT intended as sarcasm, I really wanted to see the pics)

You read the post cited above, and upload pics to flickr from your own camera to relieve the distress of your poutine-deprived compatriots!



Poutine and Tourtiere with pickled beets from Chez Ben Canadian Diner, Manchester, CT

Hot Damn! Thanks, Josephine!

Cathy2 wrote:HI,

I spontaneously went to a Chinese buffet this evening that features all you can eat crab. I collected a small plate full of crab legs, a nut cracker and a small bowl of rice with a smidge of butter. I returned to the table, then dug out my emergency crab pick from my purse. I keep it in the same compartment as business cards, so I know it is always there. I get every morsel out of that critter before its exoskeleton gets swept away.

My style of eating crab is to pick all the meat out arranging it on top of the rice to keep warm just a bit longer. I probably pick for about 10 minutes, then savor the mound of crab I accumulated. I know there are those who just pull, dip and eat. I simply like having a critical mass of crab.

Regards,

No way in hell! You have a crab pick in your purse! I thought I was cool for having a bottle opener on my key chain! We need to meet.

At the beginning of the week, every news report led with with the story of the flooding in Albany Park, Des Plaines, and Munster, Indiana. Yep, you guessed it, I had to have some Muenster cheese.

Now I know what you're saying: but, Ramon, you can't handle dairy, remember? Well, sometimes you just have to suffer through the pain. So, I stopped at the local deli, and requested two slices of Muenster cheese. Why two slices? you ask, wide eyed. Because I was too embarrassed to just ask for one.

Well, I have to say, I was not very impressed with this particular representation of Muenster cheese, and the craving has not abated. Can anyone recommend a decent brand of Muenster to slake my self-endangering craving?

-ramon

Ramon wrote:Can anyone recommend a decent brand of Muenster to slake my self-endangering craving?

Ramon,

I don't know the brand, but the deli sliced muenster sold at Kaufman's is my go to source.

Kaufman's Bagel Bakery & Deli
4905 Dempster St
Skokie, IL 60077
(847) 677-6190

Steve,

Will they laugh at me when I only order one slice of cheese?

That's impossible, of course, I've never walked out of Kaufman's without multiple items.

Good excuse to swing by.

-ramon

Ramon wrote:Well, I have to say, I was not very impressed with this particular representation of Muenster cheese, and the craving has not abated. Can anyone recommend a decent brand of Muenster to slake my self-endangering craving?

If you can slice it chances are it's American imitation Munster. To steal a line from Marcella Hazan (on American mortadella), imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in this case, it has come closer to character assassination. If you're going to suffer, why not make it worthwhile and get some real Munster?

...you know that when the World Class Asses thread pops up, it's much more likely that you'll see 10 new posts than 1.

(14 today)

Rene G wrote:

Ramon wrote:Well, I have to say, I was not very impressed with this particular representation of Muenster cheese, and the craving has not abated. Can anyone recommend a decent brand of Muenster to slake my self-endangering craving?

If you can slice it chances are it's American imitation Munster. To steal a line from Marcella Hazan (on American mortadella), imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in this case, it has come closer to character assassination. If you're going to suffer, why not make it worthwhile and get some real Munster?

Big help, Rene! Are you suggesting I develop a craving for real Muenster on top of all the other cravings I have to deal with? So that every time some news story regarding Munster, Indiana, invades my head, I feel irresistibly compelled to fly to France? What are you, a socialist?

-ramon

...a thread that you're interested in, which has been way down the list, suddenly jumps to the top of the list, and you actually feel your heart beating faster.