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Belly35

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Sep 29, 2015 10:00 AM
On Sunday wife and went to the Ohio City Fest and the Westside Market was open.
When I was a kid my Aunt would prepare Blood Sausage which we found and bought, I will be fixing it this week.
But our big find was Kolozsvari szalonna double smoke Bacon w/ garlic that needs no refrigeration, can eaten raw or fried up in a skillet. When I was a kid we would cut off a thick piece, few cracker or hard bread and eat it raw. It is nothing like a jerky. Great for camping and concert snack :).

Here is more information if you care to try some.... Not sold at your local Giant Eagle store.
http://davescupboard.blogspot.com/2008/03/kolozsvri-szalonna-hungarian-smoked.html

What old school type food did your grandparents or parents introduce to you as a kid? What the name and can you still find it? Where?
Sep 29, 2015 10:00am
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Sep 29, 2015 10:18 AM
Always a fan of perogies as a youth.

I dodged a bullet, having 5 older brothers & sisters, when my grandma (from Poland) would have us down for soup & sandwiches. She always made "chocolate" soup. Siblings gave me the 411 that the "chocolate" was actually duck blood. No thanks!
Sep 29, 2015 10:18am
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Sep 29, 2015 11:32 AM
A couple of old German ones for me are:

Egg in a hole: cut out a circle in the middle of a piece of bread, crack the egg in the hole, grill, including the circular piece you cut outlook mop up with

Cottage cheese mixed with apple butter: you can still find this on the salad bars of Amish style restaurants (there will be a bowl of apple butter next to the cottage cheese for you to mix yourself)
Sep 29, 2015 11:32am
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Sep 29, 2015 11:45 AM
Ramen Noodles.
Sep 29, 2015 11:45am
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Belly35

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Sep 29, 2015 12:46 PM
BRF;1753882 wrote:A couple of old German ones for me are:

Egg in a hole: cut out a circle in the middle of a piece of bread, crack the egg in the hole, grill, including the circular piece you cut outlook mop up with

Cottage cheese mixed with apple butter: you can still find this on the salad bars of Amish style restaurants (there will be a bowl of apple butter next to the cottage cheese for you to mix yourself)
The first one with the egg: My aunt would make like a egg omelet mixture and do that ... somewhere it end up being call egg in a toilet seat

Hey! does a memeber of your family have a apple orchard?
Sep 29, 2015 12:46pm
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Sep 29, 2015 12:53 PM
I'm Greek/Italian but my family leans way towards the Italian side regarding food.

I actually prefer Greek, but we don't get it much. Greek stuffing during Thanksgiving, baklava, pastitsio, spannikopita. Love it.
Sep 29, 2015 12:53pm
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Sep 29, 2015 12:56 PM
^^^^^^ Speaking of Greek: About a month ago, I had one of those great gyros at Steve's inside West Side Market.
Belly35;1753892 wrote: Hey! does a memeber of your family have a apple orchard?
Yes, many many years ago!
Sep 29, 2015 12:56pm
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Sep 29, 2015 1:00 PM
My mother still makes beef tongue and beef heart...probably more hillbilly than ethnic, but still VERY GOOD!!

Pickled Herring from the U.P. Michigan...tried it as a kid and hated it. I now enjoy the tasty treat as an adult!
Sep 29, 2015 1:00pm
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Sep 29, 2015 1:34 PM
Old Rider;1753899 wrote:My mother still makes beef tongue and beef heart...probably more hillbilly than ethnic, but still VERY GOOD!!

Pickled Herring from the U.P. Michigan...tried it as a kid and hated it. I now enjoy the tasty treat as an adult!
Pickled Herring in wine sauce .... my Monday Night NFL go to food with Ritz Cracker and Beer
Sep 29, 2015 1:34pm
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Sep 29, 2015 1:38 PM
Automatik;1753893 wrote:I'm Greek/Italian but my family leans way towards the Italian side regarding food.

I actually prefer Greek, but we don't get it much. Greek stuffing during Thanksgiving, baklava, pastitsio, spannikopita. Love it.
I make the best Moussaka ... love cooking with egg plant ... if it got egg plant in it it good.

I just got hummus made with egg plant ... so good
Sep 29, 2015 1:38pm
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Sep 29, 2015 2:07 PM
sleeper;1753886 wrote:Ramen Noodles.
Pretty fucking funny. How long did it take you to come up with that hilarity?
Sep 29, 2015 2:07pm
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Sep 29, 2015 3:05 PM
...my wife is Lebanese and cooks ethnic food a couple times a month (kibbeh, tabbouleh, kofta, etc...all taste great!
Sep 29, 2015 3:05pm
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Sep 29, 2015 3:13 PM
sleeper;1753886 wrote:Ramen Noodles.
poor people remember ramen noodles
Sep 29, 2015 3:13pm
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Sep 29, 2015 3:17 PM
4cards;1753934 wrote:...my wife is Lebanese and cooks ethnic food a couple times a month (kibbeh, tabbouleh, kofta, etc...all taste great!
I love (raw hamburger) kibbeh .... One luck man.... Mofo
Sep 29, 2015 3:17pm
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Sep 29, 2015 3:19 PM
Belly35;1753938 wrote:poor people remember ramen noodles
...I was one poor mother fucker when I was in college & ramen noodles kept me from starving.
Sep 29, 2015 3:19pm
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Sep 29, 2015 3:20 PM
Belly35;1753939 wrote:I love (raw hamburger) kibbeh .... One luck man.... Mofo
...She bakes the kibbeh usually but maybe once or twice a year she'll make it raw with just olive oil over the top of it.
Sep 29, 2015 3:20pm
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Sep 29, 2015 3:21 PM
Belly35;1753938 wrote:poor people remember ramen noodles
Legit ramen is the shit though.


Another fav of mine. Hommade gnocchi, but with potato. Not that half ass ricotta gnocchi
Sep 29, 2015 3:21pm
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Sep 29, 2015 4:42 PM
Belly35;1753856 wrote:On Sunday wife and went to the Ohio City Fest and the Westside Market was open.
When I was a kid my Aunt would prepare Blood Sausage which we found and bought, I will be fixing it this week.
But our big find was Kolozsvari szalonna double smoke Bacon w/ garlic that needs no refrigeration, can eaten raw or fried up in a skillet.
Do you prefer heating it in a skillet or eating it cold?
Sep 29, 2015 4:42pm
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Sep 29, 2015 5:47 PM
Rotinaj;1753960 wrote:Do you prefer heating it in a skillet or eating it cold?
as a kid we ate it cold
I prefer it cold because of the thick smokey bark, when I grill it I keep the bark on but in a skillet bark is cut off
Sep 29, 2015 5:47pm
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Sep 29, 2015 6:00 PM
Is "ethic food" food that has integrity?
Sep 29, 2015 6:00pm
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Sep 29, 2015 6:13 PM
I remember "integrity" from JJ.

He was a good guy.
Sep 29, 2015 6:13pm
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Sep 29, 2015 6:59 PM
German heritage and grandparents also had blood pudding when I was a kid, would not try it. Loved Twebuck(sp?) which was homemade bread that was dried in oven until it was hard as a rock. a little butter, dip in coffee...very good. Grandmother also used to make a stew from pork, don't remember what it was called but she had cabbage, pork, taters etc in it and it was awesome
Sep 29, 2015 6:59pm
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Sep 29, 2015 7:29 PM
BRF;1753980 wrote:I remember "integrity" from JJ.

He was a good guy.
Very good guy.
Sep 29, 2015 7:29pm
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Sep 30, 2015 1:56 PM
My paternal granddad was Slovakian. So, my grandma made some nice meals -- the family's favorite was a dish similar to pierogis (different name though).

She also made GREAT potato pancakes. Had some backbone that wasn't bad. I wasn't a big fan of cabbage, but the seasoning and noodles in my grandma's "cabbage and noodles" dish was good.
Sep 30, 2015 1:56pm
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Sep 30, 2015 3:49 PM
OSH;1754159 wrote:My paternal granddad was Slovakian. So, my grandma made some nice meals -- the family's favorite was a dish similar to pierogis (different name though).

She also made GREAT potato pancakes. Had some backbone that wasn't bad. I wasn't a big fan of cabbage, but the seasoning and noodles in my grandma's "cabbage and noodles" dish was good.
haluski (sp?) in Croation is fried cabbage and noddles..... Simple dish but a great comfort food type dish...

Potato pancakes is a art ... I've been cooking ( self taught ) 40 years an can't make a potato pancake worth eating.
Sep 30, 2015 3:49pm