This post originally ran ... a different time! But now it is for the Fourth of July, so that you may eat the corn dogs that spring forth from it. Corn dogs. It has come to this, and the devil is dancing tonight! Corn dogs are the terribleness. I was up on Faceborg, drunk, and Trix found me out. I have been dispatched to bring this special summertime delight to Yr Wonket, because this is an urgent, necessary evil. If we are to bear the miseries of this world, we need to be able to tell our poor hearts to live a little now and then.
... what is "American cuisine" anyway? Unless you mean a bastardized version of ethnic dishes they've claimed as their own. Italian pasta --> Chef Boy-ar-Dee. Real cheese --> cheese food product (often in a can or wrapped in plastic). Mexican --> Taco Bell. German sausage --> hot dogs. Chinese --> Americanized to the point of being unrecognizable. Etc., etc. etc. - yes, there are some unique regional recipes that borrow and improve on the original, but they don't even enter the running of what is considered American Food. If it ain't distilled to the lowest common denominator, it ain't Murican.
... I don't travel much, but when I do, I have a rule - do NOT eat at any 'familiar' popular chain businesses. Don't know where to go and you don't have wi-fi (or the time) to check? Ask a local - the cab-driver, the bartender, or the cutie you met at a park. I can eat at McD's anytime (not that I would ever want to - blecch!), but I'm not about to waste my time or money when abroad. I have memories of family-operated restaurants in Europe (whose names I can't recall ATM) that I treasure. The food, the ambiance, the meeting the owners... this is why I travel when I can. And when I can't... I still stay away from Fast Pseudo-Food Emporiums.
I find the most interesting places to eat when I am a bit stoned and wander a city, wonderful steak place in Amsterdam with the creamiest pepper sauce, a small dark place in Paris with the best roast chicken i have ever had, a bar in London with bangers and mash actually fit to eat! Wander and discover my friends...it will enrich your life!
... also, too ketchup is for bologna sammiches, over-cooked scrambled eggs, and if you're really poor, making soup with it, hot water and crackers. It has uses - it's just that they're limited. Consider it the band-aid of condiments. And only if you have nothing else on hand. Once I had nothing in the house but white bread and ketchup so I made "tomato toast points" - calling them that made it seem oh-so-elegant. Of course, I was high at the time...
... frites, done properly, should be served with real mayo. Any Frenchman, Belgian, German (or other Europeans) will tell you that. Even flavoured-mayo is acceptable. But ketchup? No, that's a North American concept - like gravy, or, in Canada - poutine. Nothing wrong with those of course, just not authentic.
... I can understand mixing ketchup into the meat before cooking, even topping the loaf with that sugary,chemically-red paste, but when it's served, it should have a side of sliced tomatoes tossed in olive oil and garlic. Squirting more ketchup on a meatloaf is... just wrong. Somehow. JMO, y'unnderstan'.
... Trump and Palin libelz!
Any bets on whether Sanders will eat something gross at the Iowa fair this year?
... Pro-Tip: Do NOT use this as a pick-up line. At least, not in your more genteel establishments. Trust me, personal experience and all.
... what is "American cuisine" anyway? Unless you mean a bastardized version of ethnic dishes they've claimed as their own. Italian pasta --> Chef Boy-ar-Dee. Real cheese --> cheese food product (often in a can or wrapped in plastic). Mexican --> Taco Bell. German sausage --> hot dogs. Chinese --> Americanized to the point of being unrecognizable. Etc., etc. etc. - yes, there are some unique regional recipes that borrow and improve on the original, but they don't even enter the running of what is considered American Food. If it ain't distilled to the lowest common denominator, it ain't Murican.
... I don't travel much, but when I do, I have a rule - do NOT eat at any 'familiar' popular chain businesses. Don't know where to go and you don't have wi-fi (or the time) to check? Ask a local - the cab-driver, the bartender, or the cutie you met at a park. I can eat at McD's anytime (not that I would ever want to - blecch!), but I'm not about to waste my time or money when abroad. I have memories of family-operated restaurants in Europe (whose names I can't recall ATM) that I treasure. The food, the ambiance, the meeting the owners... this is why I travel when I can. And when I can't... I still stay away from Fast Pseudo-Food Emporiums.
I find the most interesting places to eat when I am a bit stoned and wander a city, wonderful steak place in Amsterdam with the creamiest pepper sauce, a small dark place in Paris with the best roast chicken i have ever had, a bar in London with bangers and mash actually fit to eat! Wander and discover my friends...it will enrich your life!
... also, too ketchup is for bologna sammiches, over-cooked scrambled eggs, and if you're really poor, making soup with it, hot water and crackers. It has uses - it's just that they're limited. Consider it the band-aid of condiments. And only if you have nothing else on hand. Once I had nothing in the house but white bread and ketchup so I made "tomato toast points" - calling them that made it seem oh-so-elegant. Of course, I was high at the time...
... stick a fork in it. If it moo's... it's done.
... sous-vide FTW! Yes, it takes a little more work, but it's worth it. As great as a 'marinade' is, sous-vide ramps it up to 11.
... frites, done properly, should be served with real mayo. Any Frenchman, Belgian, German (or other Europeans) will tell you that. Even flavoured-mayo is acceptable. But ketchup? No, that's a North American concept - like gravy, or, in Canada - poutine. Nothing wrong with those of course, just not authentic.
... I can understand mixing ketchup into the meat before cooking, even topping the loaf with that sugary,chemically-red paste, but when it's served, it should have a side of sliced tomatoes tossed in olive oil and garlic. Squirting more ketchup on a meatloaf is... just wrong. Somehow. JMO, y'unnderstan'.
... are you sure that wasn't a puffy?
It does sound tasty, but it's meatloaf. I figure anything but ketchup (GOOD ketchup, mind) counts as gentrification. *grins*
Yea! Michelle Bachmann gets the hot dog!
To consume them any other way can lead only to abominations like the cronut, or the veggie dog.
Pro tip to GOP hopefuls: Eat the damn thing sideways, like an ear of corn, or a flute.