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You can also use chili garlic sauce - similar to sriracha but without all the sugar.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 07-23-17 8:23 PM
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Fresh coriander, finely minced, with a bit of lime juice, never hurt anyone.


Posted by: Just Plain Jane | Link to this comment | 07-23-17 9:34 PM
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I never heard of any of this stuff. I mean, I've heard of limes and mango and chili, but not mixing them. I would think the ground beef would really clash with the mango, but then I don't like mango.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 4:52 AM
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What's with all the mango hate? They're clearly the best tasting fruit after pears, with the advantage of being much more user friendly.


Posted by: Ginger Yellow | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 5:03 AM
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It's possible that Nebraska and Ohio and Pennsylvania don't get the best of them?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 5:04 AM
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They're clearly the best tasting fruit after pears, with the advantage of being much more user friendly.

More user friendly? I think not. JBS Haldane's advice that the only way to eat a properly ripe mango is in the bath, because then it doesn't matter if the juice goes everywhere, remains true. And they have that enormous stone in the middle.


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 5:31 AM
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I like mangos because they're cheap and plentiful, and that yearly foods list claims you don't need to bother buying them organic, and the kids all love them.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 5:41 AM
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I mean, I also like the way they taste.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 5:41 AM
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6: Cut it into pieces, put pieces in a bowl, eat with a fork?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:05 AM
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In the last month I've seen a number of mango beers appearing in stores or offered by caterers at company events. They're drinkable but not my first choice.


Posted by: SP | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:43 AM
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4 Apricots, and then cherries, head the list.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:44 AM
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I don't like it when people put fruit in my beer. Cherries are the worst. Citrus is drinkable, but really I wish they wouldn't bother.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:45 AM
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Also, 11 is right. Best cherries I ever had were in Montana. We were passing through and a stopped to visit a guy my dad knew. He raised cherries but the crop had ripened too fast for him to ship as many of them as he had. We got all we could eat and then some.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:46 AM
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Actually, I'd put grapes first. Unless it is cheating to count wine.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:47 AM
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Anyway, pears are fine, but unlike cherries and apricots, they are in the store all year and they're really only more than passable for a small part of the year.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:49 AM
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I've had some good cherry porter! Brewed by Short's, I think.


Posted by: snarkout | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:54 AM
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Pineapples because they make the best houses.


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:55 AM
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similar to sriracha but without all the sugar.

Siracha has a lot of sugar?!


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 6:56 AM
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Chili lime (no mango) has been a chicken wing seasoning for decades, though in the years I've looked for it it hasn't always been in stock in frozen foods sections.


Posted by: fake accent | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:20 AM
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The deep fryer is still out at my usual bar. The staff is getting restless, I think because they keep having to tell people there are no wing or fries. However, the air is still noticeably cleaner, which is not easy to do in a bar that allows (sometimes appears to require) smoking.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:22 AM
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1g per 5g serving, says the label.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:35 AM
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That's much less sugar than spray-can frosting (4g per 6g serving), the closest substitute.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:44 AM
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21: the funny thing is that my mom has/had/claims-to-have a sugar intolerance to the point where she can't eat tomatoes or fruit. She would not touch ketchup, for example. She eats tons of that stuff.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:52 AM
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Ketchup is objectively horrible.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:53 AM
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According to google, ketchup is also about 20% sugar by weight.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:54 AM
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Honestly, spray can frosting is pretty horrible too. The kind you have to pull out of the can with a spoon tastes better.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:56 AM
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I like ketchup in moderation.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:58 AM
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I've never eaten moderation.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:00 AM
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Heebiemom prefers to source her sugar in pre-concentrated pre-flavored form. Much better than stupid tomatoes.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:04 AM
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I think you eat a lot less siracha than ketchup by weight -- it's runny, so you kind of just get things wet with it. The percentage of sugar in the sauce may be high, but you're not absolutely adding that much sugar to your food.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:07 AM
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The smell of ketchup makes me slightly queasy, which is unfortunate as children eat a great of ketchup.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:08 AM
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I don't think I've ever encountered spray can frosting. Are we talking like a whipped cream can, or more like a deodorant can?


Posted by: Ginger Yellow | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:36 AM
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Also my mom's cat used to lick her deoderant off when she was trying to sleep.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:42 AM
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Well your mom shouldn't have put deoderant on a cat in the first place. It isn't good for them and they don't smell too bad au naturel.


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:46 AM
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I'm now almost able to sleep through having a cat clean out my ear it happens so often.


Posted by: Eggplant | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:57 AM
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/humblebrag


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:58 AM
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MIA sings "I salt and pepper my mango" on Sunshowers and you know she means red pepper.

I love mangos-- for a while, I peeled them using a glass, much easier. However, in the middle of a movement-preventing snowstorm, a glass I was using that way broke and left big shards in my fingers. Since then, I have gone back to peeling with a knife.


Posted by: lw | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 8:59 AM
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Mango is easiest to eat grenade-style.

Ketchup is the food of the gods.


Posted by: jms | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:01 AM
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A true samurai would use a sword, in a single elegant motion. SWWOOOOOOSSH.
[performs elegant orange-coloured chiburi]
"Smoothie, anyone?"


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:02 AM
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34 beat me to it. That's what I get for taking a walk.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:08 AM
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32: It's more similar to an aerosol cheese can.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:09 AM
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Molecular gastronomy idea: edible silly string in either anchovy or passionfruit flavors, with the textures of macaron or cheeto respectively.


Posted by: lw | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:15 AM
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Is there some reason, besides history and culture, that a Cheeto isn't considered molecular gastronomy? It tastes great and is clearly the product of unnatural sciencey bit of culinary wonkery.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:30 AM
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Do Americans standardly wash wash chickens in chlorine dioxide and then eat them?

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Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:36 AM
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It tastes better than ketchup.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:37 AM
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That I can believe, but it's a low bar.


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:42 AM
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At home, we usually buy the organic chicken to avoid that kind of problem.

Bell and Evans Have a Blog Chicken Farm.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 9:45 AM
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It looks like EFSA agrees the chlorine wash is not a chemical hazard in itself, rather it's banned in the EU because it can make the meat look fresher than it is and be used to cover for worse hygienic practices upstream.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 10:11 AM
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Chicken slaughter hygiene is supposed to be pretty bad in the U.S. Which is why I never have tried medium rare chicken cutlets.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 10:15 AM
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God no! Chickens are basically salmonella colonies with feathers.

48 doesn't comfort me much. I'm not going to eat that shit anyway, but there are a lot of people in food poverty...


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 10:26 AM
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I'm going to be pooping sooner or later regardless.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 10:36 AM
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The old Unfogged would have made a dozen "cock sauce" jokes by now.


Posted by: Todd | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 10:54 AM
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If it's red, you might want to see a doctor, ASAP.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 11:12 AM
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50.2: Indeed, it should be banned in the US too. But not simply because it's chemicals (not that you suggested that). I want my eggs irradiated!


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 11:15 AM
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If the irradiate the chicken, then can I have it medium rare?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 11:21 AM
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Which is why I never have tried medium rare chicken cutlets

You can (and should) do it with sous vide. 60 C chicken is so juicy and tender.


Posted by: Ginger Yellow | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 12:58 PM
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60C sounds like the temperature for an incubator.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 1:44 PM
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61C is how I commute.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 1:46 PM
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Rare chicken is foul.


Posted by: Opinionated My Dad | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 1:59 PM
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Common chicken is fowl.


Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn | Link to this comment | 07-24-17 7:23 PM
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That's much less sugar than spray-can frosting (4g per 6g serving), the closest substitute.

Now I'm wondering what the Nebraska version of chili lime mango would be. Spray can frosting, and... corn?


Posted by: Buttercup | Link to this comment | 07-25-17 3:28 AM
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I think that's kettle corn.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-25-17 4:58 AM
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Spray corn.


Posted by: Ginger Yellow | Link to this comment | 07-25-17 5:08 AM
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Spray frosting is probably mostly HFCS.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-25-17 5:18 AM
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Corn two ways.


Posted by: Buttercup | Link to this comment | 07-25-17 6:16 AM
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