The Interesting Foods Thread

[Iowa Dave]

Top few percent baking takes a combination of a lot of things. I'm not a cinnamon roll or sticky bun expert but have had some good ones. However, my pick for a top muffin is a cranberry muffin from Wheat Montana bakery near Three Forks MT. While there this year we bought a bag of their buttermilk pancake mix. It is excellent too as is their bread. Also I will drive quite a few miles out of my way for Ice cream from the Delphos Creamery in Delphos Ohio. Jenny's in Columbus is good but 4 times the price and in the rear view mirror as you drive into Delphoson on the Historic Lincoln Highway.
Dave

[cpaharley2008]

I suggest those attending the Mississippi Rally to bring their favorite batter and then have a cook off. I know mine is from a local grist mill here in Pennsylvania Burnt Cabins Grist Mill

[emers382]

As I type we are enjoying what we've found to be the best cinnamon bun, from Tall Grass Prairie in Winnipeg, they grind their own organic flour behind the store, make these buns with white and whole wheat flour, and have a huge tray of them sits right by the cash. They are so popular, people sitting at tables outside the bakery enjoying them, yum!

Adrian

[escape artist]

Originally Posted by Iowa Dave

Loren
We used to make kraut in Red Wing Crocks every summer. We had a kraut cutter that was co owned by my dad and a friend. A few years after my dad passed we gave the cutter to the friend. It was old but not really an heirloom as my dad got it from someone else . As I remember it was not in perfect condition and I've seen better ones at auctions in recent years. We would hold the kraut down with a wooden disc, weighted with a 10 lb Rock brought into Iowa by the Wisconsin. I still have the crocks and the rock, we made pickles too.
Dave

Hi: Iowa Dave... My M-i-L used the rim of her Red Wing to sharpen her knives. I steered clear at that point!!! LoL Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

[float5]

Originally Posted by dfandrews

Oh, now you brought back a memory. My grandma would make the best pickles; multiple kinds. At Thanksgiving dinner, my cousin and I would try to park grandma's veggie tray between us. The pickles never made it through dinner. When my grandfather retired, they moved from the finger lakes region of NY to So.Calif. My grandma was overjoyed that she could have a garden with 3-4 crops of stuff per year. They would can all sorts of things, make pickles and other veggies that my cousin & I wouldn't otherwise want to eat.
And the spiced peaches; yum!

I'll take grandma's pickles. I am pretty sure that some of the stuff on this thread is for greasing axles!

[gbaglo]

This one is in the oven, warming, as I post.

[Bobbie54]

I'm going to have to make a list of cinnamon roll places and visit them all. First I have to lose 50 lbs to make room for them, though.

In the meantime, I can't camp from Thurs-Mon in July or August as that's crabbing time. Yum! Just had crab pizza for lunch. Crab Louie for dinner is coming up. And if I hadn't been heading out to pull the pots at 9, could have had crab omelet for breakfast. Long about mid August I start craving a steak.

[gbaglo]

Family is spending two weeks in the Maritimes at the end of August. I'll be sitting down in the seafood restaurants and asking, "do you have any crab; no?, just lobster"? "I guess, I'll have the beef dip".

[dfandrews]

Originally Posted by float5

I'll take grandma's pickles. I am pretty sure that some of the stuff on this thread is for greasing axles!

Agreed. That "some" stuff sure does grease the insides!

[P&L]

We stayed at Sunset Bay State Park, Coos Bay Oregon. We stopped at a small fish market to purchase our meal. The husband worked at sea and the wife managed the shop. We wandered into Bandon and on the way back picked up our cracked crab and soup. Wonderful clam chowder, excellent crab and gorgeous views!