"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Headwinds said:
That reminds me of the time I brought home a can of smoked oysters and opened them while waiting for supper to be ready. My younger daughter (about 12 at the time) asked if she could have some. She proceeded to eat half the oysters. I asked her if she wanted me to buy her some more. She said “No”. I asked “Didn’t you like them?” “Not really.” “You ate half the can.” “I was hungry.”
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My dad loved fried oysters and my mom used to fry up a big plate of breaded oysters once in awhile.
He wasn't real happy when I discovered I liked them as much as he did!
 
Peregrin said:
My dad loved fried oysters and my mom used to fry up a big plate of breaded oysters once in awhile.
He wasn't real happy when I discovered I liked them as much as he did!
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Sounds like my dad Gary! :D I was in my twenties before I first had an oyster though, for an island nation, surrounded by sea, we don't eat a lot of fish or seafood :rolleyes: :thumbsup:
 
btb01 said:
Jack Black Jack Black thanks for sharing those photos, I enjoyed them. :thumbsup:

I scrolled through all the photos I’ve taken this year and quickly realized that I didn’t have many like yours that really captured how unusual the year has been. We’ve spent a lot of time at home, and most of the pictures I’ve taken (that aren’t knife pics ;)) have just been of the kids, stuff around the house, etc. If anything, what stands out when I look through my photos from this year is the absence of “interesting” photos. No travel, no taking the kids to fun places, no dining out or drinking at local breweries.

I did come across this photo from a few months back that feels very 2020.

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(I had noticed the jar of pickled eggs on the shelf and jokingly asked Eleanor if we should buy them. That backfired when she became adamant that we actually get them. :rolleyes: :D)
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Ah!! Pickled Eggs!!:p:rolleyes:
I love them!! Safeway was taking the eggs out of the display, 40-some years ago!! After asking why, I was told they were to be out-of-date the next day!! Back then, they gave them to me!! I boiled them all and made three gallon jars of pickled eggs!! Yum!!:D
 
A bar we would frequent in college had jalapeno pickled eggs, they were delicious :D Pickled eggs are part of the culture where I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In fact I just found the recipe to THE bar we would frequent by Michigan Tech, the B&B Bar. See below :

"From what I understand, this recipe is pretty close to the eggs served at the famous B&B Bar in Houghton, Michigan. And I can pretty confidently rely on my Dad’s opinion that the B&B egg is the egg by which all others are judged. I know a lot of people eat the ubiquitous pink eggs that are pickled in beet juice, but these babies are the bees knees of pickled eggs. They have a spicy, salty bite to them that is really amazing.

Yooper Pickled Hot Pepper Eggs
Ingredients:
  • 2 dozen hard-boiled eggs, peeled
  • 4 cups cider vinegar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 jar (13.5 ounces) pepperoncini, with liquid
  • 1 jar or can (about 16 ounces) pickled hot peppers (I used pickled Thai peppers for some serious HEAT, you can use pickled jalapenos or habaneros if you prefer)
  • 1 Tablespoon salt
Place eggs in a large clean glass jar that has a tight fitting lid. If you need to, divide eggs among a couple smaller jars, just be sure to leave about 3 inches of headspace in the jar to accomodate the hot peppers.

Add cider vinegar, water, pepperoncini and their liquid, pickled peppers and their liquid and salt to a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Pour boiling brine and peppers carefully over the eggs. Tightly fix the lid on the jar and place in the fridge for at least a week before eating. If you remember to, give the eggs a little shake once a day during the week. These eggs are good for three months in the fridge."
 
JB in SC said:
@peregrine

I remember the huge jars of pickled eggs in beer joints from fifty years ago too. I drank a river of beer, but never enough to try one....

The pigs feet were safe as well.
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Never tried pigs feet, but those eggs - with some saltines, were awesome at 2 am after about the 12th beer.
 
veitsi_poika said:
Yooper Pickled Hot Pepper Eggs
Ingredients:
  • 2 dozen hard-boiled eggs, peeled
  • 4 cups cider vinegar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 jar (13.5 ounces) pepperoncini, with liquid
  • 1 jar or can (about 16 ounces) pickled hot peppers (I used pickled Thai peppers for some serious HEAT, you can use pickled jalapenos or habaneros if you prefer)
  • 1 Tablespoon salt
Place eggs in a large clean glass jar that has a tight fitting lid. If you need to, divide eggs among a couple smaller jars, just be sure to leave about 3 inches of headspace in the jar to accomodate the hot peppers.

Add cider vinegar, water, pepperoncini and their liquid, pickled peppers and their liquid and salt to a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Pour boiling brine and peppers carefully over the eggs. Tightly fix the lid on the jar and place in the fridge for at least a week before eating. If you remember to, give the eggs a little shake once a day during the week. These eggs are good for three months in the fridge."
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Copied that.
 
PICKLED EGGS :confused: makes me think of this every time. Not everyone will think Old Timmay is funny but I get a big laugh out of it. Some Maine Humah for ya -


Starts out with the general store - about 40 seconds to the eggs :)
 
Pickled pigs feet are a treat for me. I share them with my dog. I eat the meat, he eats the bones. Happy dog, happy Man.
Pickled eggs ? No thanks.

Dan.
 
Modoc ED said:
Jer screened porch screened porch - After I had my surgery for a new jaw last February, they put me on the 13th floor:eek: in room 13:eek: of the hospital for my recovery. I'm still alive and recovered nicely so, I just take whatever comes along now without worry of black cats, walking under a ladder, or spilled salt influencing what I do.:rolleyes::)
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I don't pay much attention to omens. I ate black-eyed peas on New Year's but didn't get rich; a black cat ran away rather than crossing my path, but I still failed the exam; I found a silver bat floating face-down in a bucket of rainwater just before my flight, but my plane didn't crash in the Atlantic...
Still, knocking on wood is cheap and easy.
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scrteened porch said:
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Note that the original B&B bar recipe used jalapenos... I don't think the owner at the time knew what Thai or Habanero peppers were LoL. This bar was one that was sort of sheltered from the college kids so it was for the local older guys. But they didn't mind my buddy and I there because all we did was mind our own business, play pool, drink 50 cent per glass Leinenkugel tap beer and buy everyone a shot of whiskey. :D

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RayseM said:
PICKLED EGGS :confused: makes me think of this every time. Not everyone will think Old Timmay is funny but I get a big laugh out of it. Some Maine Humah for ya -


Starts out with the general store - about 40 seconds to the eggs :)
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Speakin' of Maine humah, what do they call a fella who moves down Maine, marries a nice girl, upstanding member of the community, and lives there for thirty years... a nice fellah, but he's "from away".
 
veitsi_poika said:
Note that the original B&B bar recipe used jalapenos... I don't think the owner at the time knew what Thai or Habanero peppers were LoL. This bar was one that was sort of sheltered from the college kids so it was for the local older guys. But they didn't mind my buddy and I there because all we did was mind our own business, play pool, drink 50 cent per glass Leinenkugel tap beer and buy everyone a shot of whiskey. :D

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If they have Leinie on tap, I am staying long enough for a couple of eggs.
 
sitflyer said:
Speakin' of Maine humah, what do they call a fella who moves down Maine, marries a nice girl, upstanding member of the community, and lives there for thirty years... a nice fellah, but he's "from away".
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I don't get the "humah" part. What's the joke. :confused:



See - ^ that's Maine humah :D :) There are some excessively territorial people around here. That attitude seems to be spreading. :(

Just because your cat has her kittens in the oven you don't call them biscuits do ya?
 
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