D and I are hosting a small "un-conference" at our house in a couple
of weeks. The plan is to think about the future of this little town.
I want the people in attendance to think about locally produced foods
as part of our un-agenda. So we'll serve them some locally produced
pork three ways:

1. Home-cured prosciutto from a ham we bought from a nearby hog
farmer. I'll wrap pieces of local melon with it.

2. Home-cured bacon. I'll crumble it in a salad with local pecans and
greens.

3. Pork chops from the same local producer. I'll brine them and
season them with mustard and rosemary before roasting them in the
propane smoker.

The dumb part for me was that we had to drive to the farmers' market
in Frisco to buy the chops. The hog farmer's wife was there selling
their meat, so that's where we bought it. This in spite of the fact
that their farm is 30 miles closer to Cow Hill than Frisco is. She
drove to Frisco, and we did, too. Call it a market inefficiency. But
it was nice to chat with the pork lady. She was interested in Michael
Ruhlman's "Charcuterie," which she hadn't heard of. Wrote his name
down. And I placed an order for ten pounds of belly to be delivered
in a couple of weeks..

Besides the pork, we also bought some ground lamb from another
producer (whose farm we drove past to get to Frisco), some tomatoes,
and some eggplant. I don't remember where they were grown. Probably
next door. We also picked up a tuna steak, which I'm almost certain
was not locally produced.

We got lunch at a place on Preston Road. I had a good time passing
judgment on the relative quality of the cosmetic surgery in evidence
on the faces of many of our co-diners. There certainly are a lot of
lifted faces in Frisco.

The car's thermometer read 104 on the way home. The meat was frozen,
and in a chill chest in the back.

It was get-in-front-of-Mike-and-drive-slow-and-stupid day on US
Highway 380, and the citizenry were having a ball with the
festivities. Nobody was not talking on a cell phone. Many were also
knitting. I think one young couple was starting a family. But the
long drive gave me a chance to think of something else to do with the
pork I have.

I've cut the meat from the ham bone, and we've pretty much picked the
bone clean. (I took it and a knife to a gathering at a bar last night
and my companions had at it between beers) The majority of the ham is
in the freezer for safe keeping. That bone will not go to waste. I'll
saw off a piece and use it to season some black eyed peas.

A time/temp sign near a traffic light here in town read 105, but the
car said it was down to 102.

Tonight, I'll slice the tuna into four rectangular segments, wrap them
in nori, and pan sear them. I'll serve them with a soy dipping sauce.
One vegetable will be a cabbage slaw made with soy sauce and sesame
oil. Not sure what else yet.

--
modom

I have long maintained that Texans are not easy to love: we are, like anchovies, an acquired taste.
-- Molly Ivins
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"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
>D and I are hosting a small "un-conference" at our house in a couple
> of weeks. The plan is to think about the future of this little town.
> I want the people in attendance to think about locally produced foods
> as part of our un-agenda. So we'll serve them some locally produced
> pork three ways:
>
> 1. Home-cured prosciutto from a ham we bought from a nearby hog
> farmer. I'll wrap pieces of local melon with it.
>
> 2. Home-cured bacon. I'll crumble it in a salad with local pecans and
> greens.
>
> 3. Pork chops from the same local producer. I'll brine them and
> season them with mustard and rosemary before roasting them in the
> propane smoker.
>
> The dumb part for me was that we had to drive to the farmers' market
> in Frisco to buy the chops. The hog farmer's wife was there selling
> their meat, so that's where we bought it. This in spite of the fact
> that their farm is 30 miles closer to Cow Hill than Frisco is. She
> drove to Frisco, and we did, too. Call it a market inefficiency. But
> it was nice to chat with the pork lady. She was interested in Michael
> Ruhlman's "Charcuterie," which she hadn't heard of. Wrote his name
> down. And I placed an order for ten pounds of belly to be delivered
> in a couple of weeks..


<snip>


> --
> modom

Frisco Texas?
or
Frisco Colorado?


--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> Tonight, I'll slice the tuna into four rectangular segments, wrap them
> in nori, and pan sear them. I'll serve them with a soy dipping sauce.


Do you have a recipe or detailed technique for the tuna. It sounds so
yummy. With the price of fresh tuna, I'd hate to attempt to make the
dish and screw it up.

TIA
--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 15:13:42 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>> The dumb part for me was that we had to drive to the farmers' market
>> in Frisco to buy the chops. The hog farmer's wife was there selling
>> their meat, so that's where we bought it. This in spite of the fact
>> that their farm is 30 miles closer to Cow Hill than Frisco is. She
>> drove to Frisco, and we did, too. Call it a market inefficiency. But
>> it was nice to chat with the pork lady. She was interested in Michael
>> Ruhlman's "Charcuterie," which she hadn't heard of. Wrote his name
>> down. And I placed an order for ten pounds of belly to be delivered
>> in a couple of weeks..
>
>Frisco Texas?
>or
>Frisco Colorado?

Texas. I haven't seen more recent figures, but a couple of years ago
it was distinguished by the fact that its water usage rose even fasted
than its population over the course of a year. I do not much care for
Frisco.

--
modom

I have long maintained that Texans are not easy to love: we are, like anchovies, an acquired taste.
-- Molly Ivins
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:24:22 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
>> Tonight, I'll slice the tuna into four rectangular segments, wrap them
>> in nori, and pan sear them. I'll serve them with a soy dipping sauce.
>
>
>Do you have a recipe or detailed technique for the tuna. It sounds so
>yummy. With the price of fresh tuna, I'd hate to attempt to make the
>dish and screw it up.
>
I sliced the tuna into rectangular solids about 3/4 x 3/4 x 5 inches.
They were just right to wrap in 1/4 of a standard sheet of nori, which
I did. There was a ragged end that I minced, mixed with wasabi and
soy sauce, and stuffed into hollowed-out pieces of cucumber. A
tartare of sorts. The wrapped pieces got a quick sear in oil in a
stainless steel pan. They stuck a bit, but the nori held together
enough that I was able to pry them whole off the steel.

I made a dipping sauce with soy sauce, a little powdered ginger (out
of fresh), some demerara sugar, and a splash of sesame oil. I wish I
had some yuzu juice or even just a lemon for the dipping sauce, but
no.

As you can see, it was no real trick.

--
modom

I have long maintained that Texans are not easy to love: we are, like anchovies, an acquired taste.
-- Molly Ivins
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:24:22 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>
>>> Tonight, I'll slice the tuna into four rectangular segments, wrap them
>>> in nori, and pan sear them. I'll serve them with a soy dipping sauce.
>>
>> Do you have a recipe or detailed technique for the tuna. It sounds so
>> yummy. With the price of fresh tuna, I'd hate to attempt to make the
>> dish and screw it up.
>>
> I sliced the tuna into rectangular solids about 3/4 x 3/4 x 5 inches.
> They were just right to wrap in 1/4 of a standard sheet of nori, which
> I did. There was a ragged end that I minced, mixed with wasabi and
> soy sauce, and stuffed into hollowed-out pieces of cucumber. A
> tartare of sorts. The wrapped pieces got a quick sear in oil in a
> stainless steel pan. They stuck a bit, but the nori held together
> enough that I was able to pry them whole off the steel.
>
> I made a dipping sauce with soy sauce, a little powdered ginger (out
> of fresh), some demerara sugar, and a splash of sesame oil. I wish I
> had some yuzu juice or even just a lemon for the dipping sauce, but
> no.
>
> As you can see, it was no real trick.
>

Thanks. It seems quite easy. Sometimes the least complicated dishes are
the best.


--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
..
>
> We got lunch at a place on Preston Road. I had a good time passing
> judgment on the relative quality of the cosmetic surgery in evidence
> on the faces of many of our co-diners. There certainly are a lot of
> lifted faces in Frisco.
>
> The car's thermometer read 104 on the way home. The meat was frozen,
> and in a chill chest in the back.
>
> It was get-in-front-of-Mike-and-drive-slow-and-stupid day on US
> Highway 380, and the citizenry were having a ball with the
> festivities. Nobody was not talking on a cell phone. Many were also
> knitting. I think one young couple was starting a family. But the
> long drive gave me a chance to think of something else to do with the
> pork I have.
>

> A time/temp sign near a traffic light here in town read 105, but the
> car said it was down to 102.
>
>et.
>
> --
> modom
>
> I have long maintained that Texans are not easy to love: we are, like anchovies, an acquired taste.
> -- Molly Ivins

back in the day when i was active in 24/7 franchise owner's events,
and used to attend a lott of events in beverly hills, and west elay, i
used to laugh and point out the bad, bad, facelifts of some of the
other guests. this was way before botox and the other lifter-uppers.

the temperatures sound like those we have here in the east end of the
san gabriel valley, and the drivers you mention have relatives out
here that use the 210 freeway.

harriet & critter (j j the world famoust jack russell terrior)

Dimitri wrote:
>
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message

>>
>> The dumb part for me was that we had to drive to the farmers' market
>> in Frisco to buy the chops. The hog farmer's wife was there selling
>> their meat, so that's where we bought it. This in spite of the fact
>> that their farm is 30 miles closer to Cow Hill than Frisco is. She
>> drove to Frisco, and we did, too. Call it a market inefficiency. But
>> it was nice to chat with the pork lady. She was interested in Michael
>> Ruhlman's "Charcuterie," which she hadn't heard of. Wrote his name
>> down. And I placed an order for ten pounds of belly to be delivered
>> in a couple of weeks..
>
>
> <snip>
>
>
>> --
>> modom
>
> Frisco Texas?
> or
> Frisco Colorado?
>
>

Come on, Dimitri, you're better at geography than that.
Frisco, Colorado is nowhere near Cow Hill, TX.

gloria p

On 2008-08-03, Gloria P > wrote:

> Frisco, Colorado is nowhere near Cow Hill, TX.

In both geography AND culture.

Went to Frisco CO for the 4th of July parade. Like a time machine back to
yuppyville CA, circa 1998. Only diff was the trappings and the extreme. If
today's kids ever learn to walk on their own, I'll be amazed.

We talk about how kids today are lazy and overweight. It might be because
most of todays kids never have to walk before the age of seven. I saw
parents dragging their offspring around in contraptions that boggled the
mind. Mercedes owners must be pounding on their dealers door asking for such
options. Even something so primative as a little red wagon has pnuematic
tires, side fences, and idividual seating with umbrella. This for 5 yr
olds. Kids are so jaded, now, they were picking and choosing the candy
thrown at them. Yes, half the candy tossed by floats and parade marchers
went ignored on the ground. Fortunately, they dislike tootsie rolls as much
as I like them, so I didn't starve. And the excess! Every single person in
that parade had acres of candy to toss. Even the horses tossed candy!

I could go on about the horrors of blatant disregard for others and outright
inconsideration, but it's too depressing. I'll go to no more parades forever.

nb

In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:


> Texas. I haven't seen more recent figures, but a couple of years ago
> it was distinguished by the fact that its water usage rose even fasted
> than its population over the course of a year. I do not much care for
> Frisco.
>
> --
> modom
>
> I have long maintained that Texans are not easy to love: we are, like
> anchovies, an acquired taste.
> -- Molly Ivins

Frisco is just far North North Dallas, from what you wrote. I used to
break out in hives if I had to travel too much north of Lovers Lane when
I lived in Dallas.

Many years ago Molly described women at the state Republican Convention
as of two types: the "Wandas" and the "Buffys". What you saw in Frisco
were definitely Buffys.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:11:39 -0700, Cindy Fuller
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
>> Texas. I haven't seen more recent figures, but a couple of years ago
>> it was distinguished by the fact that its water usage rose even fasted
>> than its population over the course of a year. I do not much care for
>> Frisco.
>
>Frisco is just far North North Dallas, from what you wrote. I used to
>break out in hives if I had to travel too much north of Lovers Lane when
>I lived in Dallas.
>
Your Oak Cliff bona fides are duly noted and affectionately
remembered. There truly is a certain "these are not my people"
character to the experience of Frisco.

Back when I was a callow youth, I had a job with a boxing and shipping
outfit based in Richardson. TI was a major client, though once we did
pack a sailboat for some geezer moving to Europe. One day I had to
make a pick up at their shop up in Frisco. The place didn't even have
walls. Frisco hardly existed at all. Maybe 300 people total. But
that was during the first Nixon administration. Now they have a minor
league baseball team and plenty of concrete.

The August heat was murder at the market. Folks were knocking down
their stands at noon. I can't help but think a tree or two would be a
help. There are perilous few trees up in those parts.

>Many years ago Molly described women at the state Republican Convention
>as of two types: the "Wandas" and the "Buffys". What you saw in Frisco
>were definitely Buffys.
>
Yup. Vampire slayers, each and every one. Coach handbags, botox,
pricey coifs, chemical peels, and the whole nine yards.

--
modom

I have long maintained that Texans are not easy to love: we are, like anchovies, an acquired taste.
-- Molly Ivins
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modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

>> Many years ago Molly described women at the state Republican Convention
>> as of two types: the "Wandas" and the "Buffys". What you saw in Frisco
>> were definitely Buffys.
>>
> Yup. Vampire slayers, each and every one. Coach handbags, botox,
> pricey coifs, chemical peels, and the whole nine yards.

LOL, reminds me of being a young child in the 60s there in Dallas. We
belonged to Brookhaven Country Club and I recall elegant women in little
pink mini dresses carrying small poodles died to match their pink hair.
They were probably the early "Buffy's", eh? Even as a young child I
recognized that dieing your dog to match your hair was a tad foo-foo.

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:46:17 -0500, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

>
> It was get-in-front-of-Mike-and-drive-slow-and-stupid day on US
> Highway 380, and the citizenry were having a ball with the
> festivities. Nobody was not talking on a cell phone. Many were also
> knitting. I think one young couple was starting a family.

<snort>

>But the
> long drive gave me a chance to think of something else to do with the
> pork I have.
>

i hope this isn't related to the previous sentence.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:

> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:46:17 -0500, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
>>
>> It was get-in-front-of-Mike-and-drive-slow-and-stupid day on US
>> Highway 380, and the citizenry were having a ball with the
>> festivities. Nobody was not talking on a cell phone. Many were also
>> knitting. I think one young couple was starting a family.
>
> <snort>
>
>>But the
>> long drive gave me a chance to think of something else to do with the
>> pork I have.
>>
>
> i hope this isn't related to the previous sentence.

http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.p...796d8/2207700a

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In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
> >> Many years ago Molly described women at the state Republican Convention
> >> as of two types: the "Wandas" and the "Buffys". What you saw in Frisco
> >> were definitely Buffys.
> >>
> > Yup. Vampire slayers, each and every one. Coach handbags, botox,
> > pricey coifs, chemical peels, and the whole nine yards.
>
> LOL, reminds me of being a young child in the 60s there in Dallas. We
> belonged to Brookhaven Country Club and I recall elegant women in little
> pink mini dresses carrying small poodles died to match their pink hair.
> They were probably the early "Buffy's", eh? Even as a young child I
> recognized that dieing your dog to match your hair was a tad foo-foo.

And the poor dogs had their nails polished and ribbons on each ear...

There were a few food-related things I remember fondly about Dallas.
Gloria's Salvadoran restaurant and La Calle Doce, both in my old hood of
Oak Cliff. The Simon David (Tom Thumb) grocery store on Inwood Road.
The long-ago Cafe Cancun. Mastering chopsticks at Uncle Tai's in the
Galleria. Anderson's and Sonny Bryan's BBQ joints, both of which were
near the med school where I worked.

Cindy

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Cindy Fuller wrote:

> There were a few food-related things I remember fondly about Dallas.
> Gloria's Salvadoran restaurant and La Calle Doce, both in my old hood of
> Oak Cliff. The Simon David (Tom Thumb) grocery store on Inwood Road.
> The long-ago Cafe Cancun. Mastering chopsticks at Uncle Tai's in the
> Galleria. Anderson's and Sonny Bryan's BBQ joints, both of which were
> near the med school where I worked.
>
> Cindy

Do you recall some pie place that served nothing but pies? My oldest
sister got her first job there and I recall my mother had one of their
tin pie pans for years after. I just can't recall the name? I think my
oldest brother worked at that Sonny Bryan's! Small world.

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:29:28 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:46:17 -0500, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It was get-in-front-of-Mike-and-drive-slow-and-stupid day on US
>>> Highway 380, and the citizenry were having a ball with the
>>> festivities. Nobody was not talking on a cell phone. Many were also
>>> knitting. I think one young couple was starting a family.
>>
>> <snort>
>>
>>>But the
>>> long drive gave me a chance to think of something else to do with the
>>> pork I have.
>>>
>>
>> i hope this isn't related to the previous sentence.
>
> http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.p...796d8/2207700a

words to live by.

your pal,
blake
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> Cindy Fuller wrote:
>
> > There were a few food-related things I remember fondly about Dallas.
> > Gloria's Salvadoran restaurant and La Calle Doce, both in my old hood of
> > Oak Cliff. The Simon David (Tom Thumb) grocery store on Inwood Road.
> > The long-ago Cafe Cancun. Mastering chopsticks at Uncle Tai's in the
> > Galleria. Anderson's and Sonny Bryan's BBQ joints, both of which were
> > near the med school where I worked.
> >
> > Cindy
>
> Do you recall some pie place that served nothing but pies? My oldest
> sister got her first job there and I recall my mother had one of their
> tin pie pans for years after. I just can't recall the name? I think my
> oldest brother worked at that Sonny Bryan's! Small world.

That might have been before my time (1980-6; 1992-5), although I used to
pass a little storefront called Mother's Pies on the way to the med
school when I lived in Oak Lawn. I think it was a wholesale operation
at the time.

The one non-food place near the med school that I remember the best is
Elliott's Hardware store. You could buy the usual tools and housewares,
along with your first year medical school anatomy kit. The salespeople
there were so sweet they made WalMart greeters look like surly punks.

Cindy

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