Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 29, 2015 10:00am
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
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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?
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?
B
BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 29, 2015 10:18am
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!
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!
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 29, 2015 11:32am
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)
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)
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Sep 29, 2015 11:45am
Ramen Noodles.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 29, 2015 12:46pm
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 seatBRF;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)
Hey! does a memeber of your family have a apple orchard?
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Sep 29, 2015 12:53pm
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 actually prefer Greek, but we don't get it much. Greek stuffing during Thanksgiving, baklava, pastitsio, spannikopita. Love it.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 29, 2015 12:56pm
^^^^^^ Speaking of Greek: About a month ago, I had one of those great gyros at Steve's inside West Side Market.
Yes, many many years ago!Belly35;1753892 wrote: Hey! does a memeber of your family have a apple orchard?
Old Rider
Posts: 2,470
Sep 29, 2015 1:00pm
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 from the U.P. Michigan...tried it as a kid and hated it. I now enjoy the tasty treat as an adult!
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 29, 2015 1:34pm
Pickled Herring in wine sauce .... my Monday Night NFL go to food with Ritz Cracker and BeerOld 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!
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 29, 2015 1:38pm
I make the best Moussaka ... love cooking with egg plant ... if it got egg plant in it it good.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 just got hummus made with egg plant ... so good
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 29, 2015 2:07pm
Pretty fucking funny. How long did it take you to come up with that hilarity?sleeper;1753886 wrote:Ramen Noodles.
4cards
Posts: 2,551
Sep 29, 2015 3:05pm
...my wife is Lebanese and cooks ethnic food a couple times a month (kibbeh, tabbouleh, kofta, etc...all taste great!
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 29, 2015 3:13pm
poor people remember ramen noodlessleeper;1753886 wrote:Ramen Noodles.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 29, 2015 3:17pm
I love (raw hamburger) kibbeh .... One luck man.... Mofo4cards;1753934 wrote:...my wife is Lebanese and cooks ethnic food a couple times a month (kibbeh, tabbouleh, kofta, etc...all taste great!
4cards
Posts: 2,551
Sep 29, 2015 3:19pm
...I was one poor mother fucker when I was in college & ramen noodles kept me from starving.Belly35;1753938 wrote:poor people remember ramen noodles
4cards
Posts: 2,551
Sep 29, 2015 3:20pm
...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.Belly35;1753939 wrote:I love (raw hamburger) kibbeh .... One luck man.... Mofo
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Sep 29, 2015 3:21pm
Legit ramen is the shit though.Belly35;1753938 wrote:poor people remember ramen noodles
Another fav of mine. Hommade gnocchi, but with potato. Not that half ass ricotta gnocchi
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Sep 29, 2015 4:42pm
Do you prefer heating it in a skillet or eating it cold?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.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 29, 2015 5:47pm
as a kid we ate it coldRotinaj;1753960 wrote:Do you prefer heating it in a skillet or eating 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
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Sep 29, 2015 6:00pm
Is "ethic food" food that has integrity?
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 29, 2015 6:13pm
I remember "integrity" from JJ.
He was a good guy.
He was a good guy.
A
adog
Posts: 567
Sep 29, 2015 6:59pm
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
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Sep 29, 2015 7:29pm
Very good guy.BRF;1753980 wrote:I remember "integrity" from JJ.
He was a good guy.
OSH
Posts: 4,145
Sep 30, 2015 1:56pm
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.
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.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 30, 2015 3:49pm
haluski (sp?) in Croation is fried cabbage and noddles..... Simple dish but a great comfort food type dish...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.
Potato pancakes is a art ... I've been cooking ( self taught ) 40 years an can't make a potato pancake worth eating.