[el mechanico]

Here you go thedude..

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010...dzone.html

Those dudes are no strangers to going out futher

[Veloce]

Only on RVF would you see a social and political debate because of goddamn pancakes.

[Veloce]

^^^I know that hypoxia changes annually (and is getting better), people adapt, etc...I don't wanna get into a whole debate about Gulf fishing industry. My initial point was that those "giant fields of corn" are nothing but an agricultural and environmental nightmare.

[porscheguy]

(07-31-2014 02:53 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

One thing these marketing geniuses didn't consider. Women only eat expensive food when they are not paying for it themselves. I hope there's lots of "options" on the menu for our thrifty little friends.

Let me think..

As someone who spent time in college working as a waiter in a restaurant with a salad bar, all of el mech's comments are spot on.

1. women only buy expensive food when someone else pays.
2. women only groups tend to be shitty tippers.
3. When women eat out together, they're all competing in an unspoken race to the bottom to order the cheapest shit on the menu.
4. Separate checks anyone?

[The Lizard of Oz]

(08-02-2014 03:37 PM)thedude3737 Wrote:  

Only on RVF would you see a social and political debate because of goddamn pancakes.

You brought it upon yourself when you heaped scorn upon these gloriously sleazy and innocent American pancakes. But they have found an unlikely champion!

All these things are not disconnected from each other. The way a man looks at a giant pancake and how it makes him feel has everything to do with how he feels about the world and its energies and possibilities. It is all of a piece.

[Deuce Anna Half]

[el mechanico]

(08-02-2014 03:38 PM)thedude3737 Wrote:  

^^^I know that hypoxia changes annually (and is getting better), people adapt, etc...I don't wanna get into a whole debate about Gulf fishing industry. My initial point was that those "giant fields of corn" are nothing but an agricultural and environmental nightmare.

I live in a fishing village. This thread made me go buy some gulf shrimp and corn. Thinking about a spicy shrimp and rice dish? Ideas?

Anyway the Chinese bastards are killing our fishing with cheap import farm raised crap. Thedude did you know all areas of gulf shrimp have different markings? Yet most of our resturants serve the Chinese shit. I just bought 1.5 lbs for 25 dollars. But it's the real shit. Shrimp is like weed or booze and key- gulf is the best. Think about that next time you're out eating and maybe well fire our boats up.

[Veloce]

(08-02-2014 04:32 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(08-02-2014 03:38 PM)thedude3737 Wrote:  

^^^I know that hypoxia changes annually (and is getting better), people adapt, etc...I don't wanna get into a whole debate about Gulf fishing industry. My initial point was that those "giant fields of corn" are nothing but an agricultural and environmental nightmare.

I live in a fishing village. This thread made me go buy some gulf shrimp and corn. Thinking about a spicy shrimp and rice dish? Ideas?

Anyway the Chinese bastards are killing our fishing with cheap import farm raised crap. Thedude did you know all areas of gulf shrimp have different markings? Yet most of our resturants serve the Chinese shit. I just bought 1.5 lbs for 25 dollars. But it's the real shit. Shrimp is like weed or booze and key- gulf is the best. Think about that next time you're out eating and maybe well fire our boats up.

On the west coast, I will only get Mexican shrimp. I get IQF frozen shrimp in the shell that are as sweet and flavorful as lobster. It's not cheap. We get live shrimp out here but they're a fortune and customers don't know the difference anyway so I only get those for home. There's nothing like live shrimp cooked live, suck out the guts from the head, shit is delicious.

But yeah, most places don't bother. They get pre-cooked pre-shelled frozen shrimp from some shady operation out of southeast asia or china and most people don't know any better.

For seafood and rice, I always do a fried rice Thai style. It's better with day old rice, best to use jasmine rice but any medium grain will do.

This is the recipe I use for crab fried rice (Kao Pad Boo) but you could definitely substitute some chopped up good shrimp:

2 1/2 tablespoons oil
2 garlic, finely minced
2 cups tightly packed overnight rice
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 eggs, lightly beaten
4 – 6 oz freshly picked crab meat (preferred) or frozen crab meat
3 dashes white pepper
3 scallions, cut into small rounds
Cilantro leaves, for garnishing
Lime wedges
Cucumber slices
Tomato wedges
Nam Pla Prik:
3 bird’s eye chilies (Thai chilies), cut into small pieces
1 tablespoon fish sauce
Method:
Loosen the day old rice with your hand or a spoon so there are no lumps. Combine the cut chilies and fish sauce in a small saucer. Set aside.
Heat up a wok on high heat. When the wok is fully heated, add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is fully heated, add the garlic and stir-fry until light brown or aromatic. Add the rice into the wok and use the spatula to toss and stir the rice around. Add the light soy sauce and fish sauce, continue to stir and combine well with the rice.
Use your spatula and push all the rice to one side of the wok. Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil in the wok and add in the beaten eggs. Leave the eggs to cook and set a little bit. Use the spatula to fold the rice on top of the eggs. Wait for about 1 minute, and then continue to stir and break the eggs into smaller pieces and make sure that they are nicely distributed in the rice.
Stir-in the crab meat and continue to stir-fry. The crab meat might make the fried rice slightly wet. Continue to stir-fry the fried rice until the rice is slightly toasted and fluffy. Add the white pepper powder and scallions, stir a few times, dish out and garnish the crab fried rice with cilantro leaves, and serve with lime wedges, cucumber slices, tomato wedges, and the cut chilies in fish sauce.

It's important to get a good high heat with this recipe, so the rice browns/fries just slightly. But I've made this a bunch and it's solid.

[el mechanico]

Mang I don't have all that here!! I'm stuffed though and my ears burn with the peppers I got. Don't know the names I just threw them in a bag at the grocery.

What are the chances of being related to bob Marley ? He's half white

[Veloce]

Aight here I got one for you:

Take all the shrimp shells and heads (if you have em). Sautee them in a pot until brown, and add some carrot, onion, celery, or whatever vegetable scraps you have. Cover it with 4C water and boil it to make a shrimp stock.

In a separate pot dice up some onion, garlic, celery, and bell pepper. Sweat that on medium heat for 15 min, then add a cup or two of rice. Start adding your shrimp stock, just enough to cover the rice, and start stirring to make risotto. Depending on the type of rice you have it'll take 20-30 minutes to cook it, but towards the end it should start getting creamy from the rice starch. For the last 2 minutes of cooking, add the cleaned shrimp and a big knob of butter to the rice and continue to simmer to cook the shrimp through. Finish with some frozen peas and a dash of Old Bay or cajun seasoning. Top with chopped parsley

[The Beast1]

I'd spit in the face of the hostess who said i wasn't allowed to eat there. Pretty sure someone could sue for discrimination. I wish i had a lot of money to sue just for the sake of sueing. Fixing injustice and then make the loser pay court costs.

[Handsome Creepy Eel]

Couldn't someone get a big payout out of this shit by going in there and suing them when they refuse to serve you? Similar to Rosa Parks - just a peaceful protest.

[aphelion]

Why make a big protest? Let them implode naturally. The wait staff will be disgruntled and irritated with all the hens coming in and ordering $3 a plate, the place will go out of business. The fewer excuses they have to rely on other than their clientele, the better.