Kombucha anyone?

[Carolla]

Well, yogurt is full of bacteria - and there are yogurt drinks. But...I am used to consuming yogurt...since I was young, way before I ever knew what it is or how it is made. So, the kombacha thing...maaaybee not for me. there are lots of other good drinks to choose from. I don't feel I have run out of options.

So true - what we're used to influences us a lot. If I was to give you some to try, without telling you how it's made, you'd likely really enjoy it So it's a stretch out of the box for me too ... my husband says he'll keep an eye on me & make sure I don't keel over!!

 

[Carolla]

Case in point - as I was waiting in line at the local natural/health foods store - you know all the little things they have to tempt you by the check out? Well, there it was ... a bag of dried crickets! Seriously! Apparently a great source of protein ... available as flour now too ... consuming insects is said by some to the next food revolution. I'm not there yet ...

 

[ChemGal]

Case in point - as I was waiting in line at the local natural/health foods store - you know all the little things they have to tempt you by the check out? Well, there it was ... a bag of dried crickets! Seriously! Apparently a great source of protein ... available as flour now too ... consuming insects is said by some to the next food revolution. I'm not there yet ...

Someone posted about it on facebook and I also took a survey about this. I would be extremely hesitant to eat someone like insects purposefully. There are so many insects in our food as it is and there is cross reactivity between some insects and shellfish. Becoming sensitized could extremely limit one's diet.

 

[ChemGal]

As for the kombucha, the SCOBY itself doesn't disgust me, although I might not want to look at the strained stuff while consuming the drink, especially since working with fungus and basically having to manipulate it like playdoh.
Many vinegars would be made with something similar, and sometimes it's present in the bottle - aka the 'mother'.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

Case in point - as I was waiting in line at the local natural/health foods store - you know all the little things they have to tempt you by the check out? Well, there it was ... a bag of dried crickets! Seriously! Apparently a great source of protein ... available as flour now too ... consuming insects is said by some to the next food revolution. I'm not there yet ...

Eww. Well if it gains popularity I will be careful to read ingredients before buying an expensive (I would imagine) package of "protein flour" - I can just imagine it being called that at some point....maybe it's just a lazy way of not needing to separate the wheat from the chaffe...er...I mean, the wheat from the crickets!

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

They were selling cockroach pizza at the Calgary Stampede, I read....


In the 90s sometime I remember seeing chocolate covered bugs someone had - either imported or brought back from Mexico - and a couple of friends eating bug lollipops at a party - Regular lollipops but you could see the bugs through them - show offs! Went well with the worm in the tequila I guess - I never actually tried that either! but I do know that other cultures consider different things to be specialty food - or even commonplace, and eating bugs is supposedly good for us and the ecosystem, I read, anyway... But I am squeamish about it.

I eat shrimp - those are like sea-bugs! I prefer eating them already shelled, though. I went to a Chinese restaurant a few months ago and had some prawns that unexpectedly still had all the legs and antennai on them, we had to peel - tasted good but was a little bit yucky to get through that dish.

 

[Luce NDs]

When lob stir NG consider the cru station that turns off the judi'an law on eating things turned inside out .. reciprocations of invertebrate thought disposition ... when you difficult parts are exposed?

Ever see a humanoid like that? Possibly the beginning of statutes ... men can't resist since they remember very little ... thus such things are jotted or struck down ... jo 'ed in the cross ... with much ruminating ... to deal with the bones 've ID ... the ID being less understood ... try thinking about it as a primal crank ... from then on things turn ... and you'll get the weal ...

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

When lob stir NG consider the cru station that turns off the judi'an law on eating things turned inside out .. reciprocations of invertebrate thought disposition ... when you difficult parts are exposed?

Ever see a humanoid like that? Possibly the beginning of statutes ... men can't resist since they remember very little ... thus such things are jotted or struck down ... jo 'ed in the cross ... with much ruminating ... to deal with the bones 've ID ... the ID being less understood ... try thinking about it as a primal crank ... from then on things turn ... and you'll get the weal ...

Out here on this coast - it's more common to eat crab, than lobster. I don't eat crab much either, except in sushi rolls. I like it if I don't have to shell it. It oozes gross stuff. Same with lobster - only had it a few times. Once, when I was 19 and on a road trip - stopped in and had dinner with friends of my dads. They served me whole "baby" lobster as a special guest - baby lobster in the prairies, no less. They had to show me how to eat it. Lol! I felt so stupid. But, in a can or package, no problem. That's pretty spoiled, isn't it? I'd rather eat a can of beans, or some toast and peanut butter, than shell a lobster.

 

[Jaebius]

Milk, sugar, or bacteria-laden slime disk?​

 

[Mendalla]

Out here on this coast - it's more common to eat crab, than lobster.

We used to buy fresh lobster when Mrs. M lived Down East but the Chinese actually eat mostly crab. When I was there for the first time in 1995, I think I ate 4 or 5 different species of crab at various family members' homes. And, of course, no dipping it in butter. They make crab dips using various mixtures of soy sauce, ginger, rice vinegar (darker and more flavourful than white vinegar), and other ingredients. We use them for lobster, too, the rare times that we have it at home.

 

[Jaebius]

We used to buy fresh lobster when Mrs. M lived Down East but the Chinese actually eat mostly crab. When I was there for the first time in 1995, I think I ate 4 or 5 different species of crab at various family members' homes. And, of course, no dipping it in butter. They make crab dips using various mixtures of soy sauce, ginger, rice vinegar (darker and more flavourful than white vinegar), and other ingredients. We use them for lobster, too, the rare times that we have it at home.

My family's always loved eating both lobster and crab. We always get some whenever we go down to New Brunswick in the summer (which is most years). We buy it fresh from a nice little fish market in Petit Rocher - then eat it at our cottage on the cliff of the Bay Chaleur. A beautiful - simple meal of shellfish - melted butter - homestyle dinner rolls - and cola. Now that's living.

 

[Mendalla]

My family's always loved eating both lobster and crab. We always get some whenever we go down to New Brunswick in the summer (which is most years). We buy it fresh from a nice little fish market in Petit Rocher - then eat it at our cottage on the cliff of the Bay Chaleur. A beautiful - simple meal of shellfish - melted butter - homestyle dinner rolls - and cola. Now that's living.

Do Koreans eat a lot of seafood, @Pr. Jae ? Mrs. M's diet is heavy on it because Shanghai (where she's from) is a port but I know inland China leans more to red meats like pork, beef, goat, and, in Tibetan areas, yak.

 

[Jaebius]

Do Koreans eat a lot of seafood, @Pr. Jae ? Mrs. M's diet is heavy on it because Shanghai (where she's from) is a port but I know inland China leans more to red meats like pork, beef, goat, and, in Tibetan areas, yak.

From my experience dining with Koreans both here in Canada and in South Korea - there seems to be a slight regional difference in cuisines. Korea is a peninsula - but some of the people there live closer to the water than do others.

When I went to Korea a few years ago - my oldest son - his girlfriend (now his wife) - my yobo & I visited a huge fish market in Busan (a 4-hour drive southeast of Seoul) where we ate some nice live octopus.

My wife and middle son whom I live with here in Toronto don't eat a lot of seafood - though they do often eat little dried fishes and dried seaweed squares as side dishes. My yobo also sometimes a nice chew on dried squid. At home they primarily eat pork - beef - and chicken. Lots of pork.

In a couple of weeks we're going on a family trip to New Brunswick. My yobo's really looking forward to catching some mackerel. She's bringing along a couple of coolers so that we can load up.

Course - these days just about everyone's diet is varied. I've eaten all kinds of foods with my Korean family and friends - pizza - tacos - hotdogs - fried chicken - rotisserie chicken - barbequed ribs - etc. One of my wife's favorite dishes to make is spaghetti.

 

[Mendalla]

My yobo's really looking forward to catching some mackerel.

My wife used to cook a great mackerel Chinese-style but it is a very strong smelling fish so best cooked when you can do it outdoors or with everything open.

 

[Jaebius]

My wife used to cook a great mackerel Chinese-style but it is a very strong smelling fish so best cooked when you can do it outdoors or with everything open.

Mackerel - strong-smelling? Not as strong as some. My yobo just fillets them - adds a few spices - then frys them up in the pan. Then we enjoy them with brown rice - vegetables - and some kimchi. Now - if you want to talk about strong-smelling seafood - my Nana (Dad's mom) used to make some cod fishcakes at least once a year while she was visiting that many neighbors up and down our street used to complain to us about being able to smell.

 

[Carolla]

We had black Alaskan cod last night for dinner - it was fantastically tender & sweet - I would definitely get it again. A bit different from the cod we had in Newfoundland last year - which was also delicious! I've had smoked mackerel but I don't think we've ever had it fresh.

So right now ... I'm on my deck, enjoying some kombucha on ice - very refreshing drink for a hot day!

 

[Mendalla]

Mackerel - strong-smelling? Not as strong as some. My yobo just fillets them - adds a few spices - then frys them up in the pan. Then we enjoy them with brown rice - vegetables - and some kimchi.

Sounds delicious. Our favorite mixed Asian place just dropped kimchi from its menu for some reason. And they had pretty good kimchi, too.

Now - if you want to talk about strong-smelling seafood - my Nana (Dad's mom) used to make some cod fishcakes at least once a year while she was visiting that many neighbors up and down our street used to complain to us about being able to smell.

Sounds like our Indian neighbours. They have a tandoor or something in the garage and open the door for ventilation when they cook. The whole neighbourhood ends up smelling like an Indian restaurant. Not altogether a bad thing since I'm a big fan of Indian cuisine, but not really something you want to smell while relaxing on the deck either.

 

[Luce NDs]

Holy mackerel ... imagine a human goöte ... or gut infested with 80% bacterium ... hard shells couldn't take such inverse observations ... enough to make one generate le gace -E!

 

[Luce NDs]

Milk, sugar, or bacteria-laden slime disk?​

I there anything more crabby than a hard shell imposed with change?

Consider kahn de beans as inn the beginning to be something else again ... as inserted in void space ... Jinn Etics?

Is this beyond what is expected? Then don't have great expectations --- Charlie Dick NDs ... the other end from desire?

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

We had black Alaskan cod last night for dinner - it was fantastically tender & sweet - I would definitely get it again. A bit different from the cod we had in Newfoundland last year - which was also delicious! I've had smoked mackerel but I don't think we've ever had it fresh.

So right now ... I'm on my deck, enjoying some kombucha on ice - very refreshing drink for a hot day!

Alaskan cod is good! My favourite fish, I am biased, is BC salmon on the BBQ - cooked with some butter, dill, and pepper - wrap it in tin foil and BBQ it - then squeeze some fresh lemon on it - yum!. And I love smoked salmon too!

I love Indian curry - delicious - but like any spicey foods the smell is strong. After awhile, like garlic or cumin or ginger anything strong if you use it often, I guess you just get used to it. Same with seafood. Seafood restaurants smell decidedly fishy.