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Sorta OT - What meals do you leave to the restaurants?

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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    Botch said:
    So Killit, did you slap your waiter up a bit?   =)
    Never saw him again. 

    The egg egg was a fairly nice touch. Messy but nice. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Killit_and_Grillit said:
    Ok this stupid thread put me out of my comfort zone tonight so thanks @Botch

    Went to Pucketts in Franklin, TN for dinner. 

    Waiter brought me a good beer and suggested I pair it with a fried green tomato BLT. I said, "no, I can do that at home, I want a hot chicken sandwich." 

    Waiter swears he will one up my BLT. 

    1) My entry. Garden fresh green tomatoes, homemade @bgebrent 's Rosemary garlic bacon recipe, homemade sourdough bread buttered and pan fried, Bibb lettuce and siracha mayo. 


    Aaaaaaand in the other corner, we have a fried green tomato BLT with bacon, lettuce, chipotle sauce, a fried egg, and pimento and Gouda cheese on sourdough. With onion rings. 


    Was mine better? Well yeah.  The other one was great as well but didn't taste fresh.   Did mine cost me quadruple in man hours and grocery bills? Easily. 

    But I guess it just goes to show you it's all a trade off. 
    Appreciate the shout out.  I'd take yours all day long.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    This is a great question. Lots of good responses already. Not mentioned yet, entree salads. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

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  • Hntnhrd
    Hntnhrd Posts: 713
    Shrimp and chicken fried steak are two things I am horrible at cooking at home!!
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Fried shrimp, sushi and donuts. Not at the same time. 

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    The number of fried chicken answers surprises me. Not that hard to do. 

    I like sashimi over sushi, so if you can find the fish, that's easy. I'll try anything at home and often get the side eye when I order a regular home meal at a restaurant. 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    theyolksonyou said:
    The number of fried chicken answers surprises me. Not that hard to do. 

    I like sashimi over sushi, so if you can find the fish, that's easy. I'll try anything at home and often get the side eye when I order a regular home meal at a restaurant. 
    Thank you!  Fried chicken, fries, onion rings.  Routine.  Sashimi over sushi every day.  Did sushi with Nichole.  Great fun and eats.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    theyolksonyou said:
    The number of fried chicken answers surprises me. Not that hard to do. 

    I like sashimi over sushi, so if you can find the fish, that's easy. I'll try anything at home and often get the side eye when I order a regular home meal at a restaurant. 
    I agree. Fried chicken isn't hard to do, it's just a pain in the ass to clean up unless you can fry outside. Much easier to swing by a local place and pick up a bucket with zero clean-up beyond your fingers and mouth.
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    Deep fried stuff. Mostly because it makes such a mess.

    Otherwise, "exotic"  &/or "ethnic." The ethnic in part because they tend to have so many spices and herbs. Just getting them together at home is very $$, and then they may be hard to use right. Exotic because I would never have thought to make fried marrow w. red grape agrodulce or fire roasted trout w. sassafras and sumac sauce.
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,182
    Eggcelsior said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    The number of fried chicken answers surprises me. Not that hard to do. 

    I like sashimi over sushi, so if you can find the fish, that's easy. I'll try anything at home and often get the side eye when I order a regular home meal at a restaurant. 
    I agree. Fried chicken isn't hard to do, it's just a pain in the ass to clean up unless you can fry outside. Much easier to swing by a local place and pick up a bucket with zero clean-up beyond your fingers and mouth.
    Fried Chicken isn't hard but really good fried chicken is an art form in the South. There's a lot of ho hum fried chicken out there. 
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Like others, fried food.
    Pasta with a nice sauce.
    Seafood bouillabaisse or fish with a great topping/sauce.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    DoubleEgger said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    theyolksonyou said:

    Fried Chicken isn't hard but really good fried chicken is an art form in the South. There's a lot of ho hum fried chicken out there. 

    @DoubleEgger and @theyolksonyou my guess is most people don't do it for the mess, not the quality. 

    All I have is a little Bass Pro fry basket. Probably would do it more with a nicer fryer but we don't do it enough. By the time I get it all out, get the oil set up (stain the concrete a little), get the temp right, yada yada...

    I could already be signing the check and asking for a sweet tea to go. 

    Living in Nashville with a lot of great chicken places just down the road doesn't hurt. 
     

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,182
    Killit_and_Grillit said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    theyolksonyou said:

    Fried Chicken isn't hard but really good fried chicken is an art form in the South. There's a lot of ho hum fried chicken out there. 

    @DoubleEgger and @theyolksonyou my guess is most people don't do it for the mess, not the quality. 

    All I have is a little Bass Pro fry basket. Probably would do it more with a nicer fryer but we don't do it enough. By the time I get it all out, get the oil set up (stain the concrete a little), get the temp right, yada yada...

    I could already be signing the check and asking for a sweet tea to go. 

    Living in Nashville with a lot of great chicken places just down the road doesn't hurt. 
     
    If I lived that close to Hattie B's, I doubt I'd fry chicken either. 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    edited March 2017
    DoubleEgger said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    The number of fried chicken answers surprises me. Not that hard to do. 

    I like sashimi over sushi, so if you can find the fish, that's easy. I'll try anything at home and often get the side eye when I order a regular home meal at a restaurant. 
    I agree. Fried chicken isn't hard to do, it's just a pain in the ass to clean up unless you can fry outside. Much easier to swing by a local place and pick up a bucket with zero clean-up beyond your fingers and mouth.
    Fried Chicken isn't hard but really good fried chicken is an art form in the South. There's a lot of ho hum fried chicken out there. 
    Heh. Probably why I only get fried chicken when I'm down South. Popeye's is the only serviceable stuff around me. Bojangles is my jam down at the beach.

    EDIT: In regards to chain places. We have a local fast food that is pretty good and then local restaurants specializing in "Maryland-Style" Fried Chicken, which is bigger once you get closer to Baltimore.
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    This will probably get me kicked out of the club...but...usually pizza. I have made lots of pizza on the egg but more often we just go out or pick it up. Mellow mushroom is just too good and they have $2.22 drafts of Sweetwater on Sunday. 


    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    SmokeyPitt said:
    This will probably get me kicked out of the club...but...usually pizza. I have made lots of pizza on the egg but more often we just go out or pick it up. Mellow mushroom is just too good and they have $2.22 drafts of Sweetwater on Sunday. 

    Same. I have a Neapolitan-style place me that is excellent. I'd much rather spend 90 minutes there rather than doing the whole egg production for no better than equivalent quaility. I also have Ledo's, which is a Local/regional style that never cuts corners  ;)
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I can eat up some Bojangles

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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    Italian except pizza,  spaghetti and lasagna 
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    Agree with others sushi tai pho 
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,750
    I'm sure you can do really good Bulgoki on the Egg, but the real deal is hard to beat.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Bulgoki 
    Is that ^^^^^^ a foreign word for anus?

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,750
    SGH said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Bulgoki 
    Is that ^^^^^^ a foreign word for anus?
    It's Korean for f*ck yeah!
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    JohnInCarolina said:
    SGH said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Bulgoki 
    Is that ^^^^^^ a foreign word for anus?
    It's Korean for f*ck yeah!
    The best is done with anus, when you can get it.

    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/100606/beef-bulgogi/
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • xfire_ATX
    xfire_ATX Posts: 1,184
    edited March 2017
    JohnInCarolina said:
    SGH said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Bulgoki 
    Is that ^^^^^^ a foreign word for anus?
    It's Korean for f*ck yeah!
    I spent a week in Korea last year- really some of the best food I have ever had.  However because life is so cramped- no one has any room for any kind of outdoor cooking like we have, that's all they wanted to hear about.

    And no way I would try and make Kimchi pancakes like I had there.
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    bgebrent said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    SGH said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Bulgoki 
    Is that ^^^^^^ a foreign word for anus?
    It's Korean for f*ck yeah!
    The best is done with anus, when you can get it.

    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/100606/beef-bulgogi/
    Thanks John!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Sushi
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    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • TN_Sister_State
    TN_Sister_State Posts: 1,130
    da87 said:
    +1 on all fried, sushi, and most other Asian - just not the same at home
    Another + 1 on these items. I rarely will order a steak at a restaurant anymore due to my egg. Last time i tried was a local place that brags about their in house dry aged local beef, then they "sear" it so much its basically black on the outside and burnt. No thank you, ill take my simply one flip ribeye done in minutes on the egg any day. 
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