[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Critical culinary question inside (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/6/2014 7:19:06 PM EDT
Some back story, first. 
Some of the best memories of my life are from when my dad and I would go to some family property in Eastern KY. It used to be a subsistence farm, owned by my paternal great grandparents. It'd been handed down and split up starting out as a 20k acre grant for a war debt to one of my ancestors. The plot I knew was about 200 acres of woods, hills, creeks, springs, caves and other wonderful things a boy loves. It was called Rock Lick as that was the name of the creek that ran through the middle of it. I spent many weekends roaming those hills, shooting hundreds of pounds of lead into the hills and creek, building dams, traps, camps, shelters, etc. There was a cabin (shack really) that my great uncle had built in '33, still standing strong that we would stay in. Here's my dad standing in front of it. I was 21 and it was the last time he went down there.  " />
It had a little wood stove in it that we used to heat and cook on. Which brings me to the question. One of our favorite meals was soup and sandwich. I've since broadened my cooking ability considerably but this is what dad liked so...consequently it's what I liked.
Not just any soup, though. It was Campbell's Chunky Sirloin Burger with country vegetables and usually grilled ham&cheese. I remember one evening we were sitting at the table eating, looking forward to the after dinner entertainment of shooting the mice that over ran the cabin by baiting them into the middle of the floor, by a candle. 
I was enjoying my soup when dad pipes up with," What are you doing?". "What?" "You just ate two of the burgers in one bite" "So?" "You have to evenly ration the meat with the veggies" "What difference does it make? It all goes to the same place" "I've raised a barbarian.  "
So, arfcom, I put the question to you: If you're eating your Chunky Sirloin Burger with country vegetable soup and you accidentally scoop up two of the burgers, do you dump one of them off of your spoon and replace with veggies or do you just wolf it down like an uncivilized heathen? |
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The big question is, Why are you shooting holes through the cabin floor? Did you see the cabin? One summer, I had about a dozen of the little mouse hides tacked out on the side of the cabin. Probably contributed to my thirst for my livingroom airsoft mouse safaris I post about, here.
It was absolutely over run with them, despite there being a good quantity of very healthy black snakes around. It was rough sawn oak and there was plenty of lumber underneath if we ever compromised a board. Local hillbillies burned it down in about 93. 
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Did you see the cabin? One summer, I had about a dozen of the little mouse hides tacked out on the side of the cabin. Probably contributed to my thirst for my livingroom airsoft mouse safaris I post about, here.
It was absolutely over run with them, despite there being a good quantity of very healthy black snakes around. It was rough sawn oak and there was plenty of lumber underneath if we ever compromised a board. Local hillbillies burned it down in about 93.
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The big question is, Why are you shooting holes through the cabin floor? Did you see the cabin? One summer, I had about a dozen of the little mouse hides tacked out on the side of the cabin. Probably contributed to my thirst for my livingroom airsoft mouse safaris I post about, here.
It was absolutely over run with them, despite there being a good quantity of very healthy black snakes around. It was rough sawn oak and there was plenty of lumber underneath if we ever compromised a board. Local hillbillies burned it down in about 93.
http://<a href=http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u660/ridgerunner9876/cabin2_zpsa422aabe.jpg</a>" /> that sucks
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I'm going to do it like your dad said because he a big scary looking rascal and i don't want to piss him off.  He was pretty easy goin', really. Let me make enough mistakes to teach me responsibility. I had pretty wide latitude, growing up. I can't remember him ever layin' a hand on me. I just never wanted to disappoint him. |
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Your dad looks like Little John from Robin Hood Price of Thieves...
even distribution is preferrable....i'd dump and re-scoop....however it's trivial enough i'd not dump and re-scoop again should two burgers come on the second attempt.....that's just fate saying, "eat you barbarian." |
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Early in the bowl, I would re scoop. Toward the end, barbarian all the way. My folks had a place in Lee County. It was the forced labor camp of my youth. This is in Bloody Breathitt, right on the Lee county line. 
Interesting that you'd swap up technique have way through. |
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I voted barbarian. I also voted OPs dad looked scary. My father had the same look.  He was one of those guys who was mostly a big marshmallow. He loved little kids and it would hurt his feelings when they would be afraid of him. But once they warmed up to him, they wouldn't leave him alone and he'd horse around with them until whatever event or family gathering was over.
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Is the OP going to build another cabin there? I doubt it. The indigenous white trash have steadily gotten worse over the years. They'll steal anything even if it is nailed down. I was down a few years ago and had intended on bringing back a couple of those large sandstone blocks that the chimney was made of. They stole the damn rocks! Who the hell steals freakin' rocks? |
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Damn!! Stealing rocks is a new one on me.
Former boss has a cabin on a hundred acre tract of forest land... kinda off the beaten path. He just returned to tell me that the cabin was broken into and anything that wasn't too heavy to steal was taken, and everything else was on the floor. WTF is wrong with people these days? |
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This is why you save all of the Chef Boyardee meatballs for the last few bites. I ate so many spaghetios, beef-a-roni and ravioli out of a can as a kid that just the smell makes my belly wiggle, now. 
Some others are Dinty Moore beef stew, the jarred tamales, Sue Bee chicken and dumplings, La Choi chop suey. They were staples at our house. I don't think a can of any of it has hit my shelves since I moved out.
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Interesting, I could have checked several boxs in the poll. I chose the dump 1 and pick up a veggie. That soup is often my hunting camp soup of choice too If I saw someone do what you did, I would make them eat the chicken noodle soup the next time. Clearly they are not civilized enough for proper cabin/camp life. Also no way in hell would I ever let them near any of my cans of Campbells Chunky Bacon Potato Cheese soup
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Giving this more thought, your father was correct and was keen in spotting this. Little things like this could foreshadow things like: Lets say almost all the time I go hunting I take salami, cheese and crackers for a snack. You're the type of guy that would eat all the salami or cheese then Id be fucked without having a piece of cheese or salami on my cracker.
Your fathers assessment that you are fucking heathen was correct. I cant stand your types
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I've never eaten Campbell's Chundky Sirloin Burger soup.I make my own soups and put in enough "meat" so I don't have to ration it. So I suppose to answer the OP's question, I don't worry about what's on the spoon - I eat it uncivilized.
It's actually pretty decent for a canned soup. Some of the Chunky soups are very good. Some are not very good at all. I make a lot of soups and stews, too. I'm definitely a one-pot-meal sort of person especially when camping. This trait hasn't rubbed off on some of the scouts. They'll have 2-4 dutch ovens, pans, pots, plus personal gear to wash after the meal.
I can make bacon, eggs, biscuits and gravy in one cast iron pan.
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I doubt it. The indigenous white trash have steadily gotten worse over the years. They'll steal anything even if it is nailed down. I was down a few years ago and had intended on bringing back a couple of those large sandstone blocks that the chimney was made of. They stole the damn rocks! Who the hell steals freakin' rocks? Quoted:
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Is the OP going to build another cabin there? I doubt it. The indigenous white trash have steadily gotten worse over the years. They'll steal anything even if it is nailed down. I was down a few years ago and had intended on bringing back a couple of those large sandstone blocks that the chimney was made of. They stole the damn rocks! Who the hell steals freakin' rocks? Breathitt is so full of meth heads and pill poppers, there's no telling what they were doing with the rocks. Big hard marshmallows? |
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Breathitt is so full of meth heads and pill poppers, there's no telling what they were doing with the rocks. Big hard marshmallows? Quoted:
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Is the OP going to build another cabin there? I doubt it. The indigenous white trash have steadily gotten worse over the years. They'll steal anything even if it is nailed down. I was down a few years ago and had intended on bringing back a couple of those large sandstone blocks that the chimney was made of. They stole the damn rocks! Who the hell steals freakin' rocks? Breathitt is so full of meth heads and pill poppers, there's no telling what they were doing with the rocks. Big hard marshmallows? Everytime I'd go down by myself, some family members would warn me : Oh, you ought not do that. They may be growin' dope down there. blah blah blah. I'd reassure them that no hillbilly is gonna be as well armed or trained as me.
Only trouble I ever ran into was some squatters. They left without too much trouble. I was there with three other buddies. I always arm myself before heading up to the cabin (about 1/8 mile from the car). So, 4 guys with FALs and ARs strolling up to the cabin and explaining that if your name isn't Mr. Ridgerunner or you can't name a member of the Ridgerunner family, it'd probably be best if you left, peaceful like.
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Just yelled at my Daughter for eating her tomato soup and ritz cracker wrong in the soup
You're suppose to float the ritz cracker in the soup sink it with the spoon and hold it under for several seconds then put entire cracker on spoon and put in mouth
What she does, crumble up cracker into soup 
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Just yelled at my Daughter for eating her tomato soup and ritz cracker wrong in the soup You're suppose to float the ritz cracker in the soup sink it with the spoon and hold it under for several seconds then put entire cracker on spoon and put in mouth
What she does, crumble up cracker into soup Crackers in tomato soup is just wrong, anyway. Tomato soup is for dipping either peanut butter or grilled cheese sandwiches in. C'mon people.
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Quoted: Your dad looks like Little John from Robin Hood Price of Thieves... even distribution is preferrable....i'd dump and re-scoop....however it's trivial enough i'd not dump and re-scoop again should two burgers come on the second attempt.....that's just fate saying, "eat you barbarian." |
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Crackers in tomato soup is just wrong, anyway. Tomato soup is for dipping either peanut butter or grilled cheese sandwiches in. C'mon people. Quoted:
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Just yelled at my Daughter for eating her tomato soup and ritz cracker wrong in the soup You're suppose to float the ritz cracker in the soup sink it with the spoon and hold it under for several seconds then put entire cracker on spoon and put in mouth
What she does, crumble up cracker into soup Crackers in tomato soup is just wrong, anyway. Tomato soup is for dipping either peanut butter or grilled cheese sandwiches in. C'mon people. PB sandwiches as well as crumbled saltines. |
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Some back story, first.
Some of the best memories of my life are from when my dad and I would go to some family property in Eastern KY. It used to be a subsistence farm, owned by my paternal great grandparents. It'd been handed down and split up starting out as a 20k acre grant for a war debt to one of my ancestors. The plot I knew was about 200 acres of woods, hills, creeks, springs, caves and other wonderful things a boy loves. It was called Rock Lick as that was the name of the creek that ran through the middle of it. I spent many weekends roaming those hills, shooting hundreds of pounds of lead into the hills and creek, building dams, traps, camps, shelters, etc. There was a cabin (shack really) that my great uncle had built in '33, still standing strong that we would stay in. Here's my dad standing in front of it. I was 21 and it was the last time he went down there. http://<a href=http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u660/ridgerunner9876/cabin1_zpsf0248dc8.jpg</a>" /> It had a little wood stove in it that we used to heat and cook on. Which brings me to the question. One of our favorite meals was soup and sandwich. I've since broadened my cooking ability considerably but this is what dad liked so...consequently it's what I liked.
Not just any soup, though. It was Campbell's Chunky Sirloin Burger with country vegetables and usually grilled ham&cheese. I remember one evening we were sitting at the table eating, looking forward to the after dinner entertainment of shooting the mice that over ran the cabin by baiting them into the middle of the floor, by a candle.
I was enjoying my soup when dad pipes up with," What are you doing?". "What?" "You just ate two of the burgers in one bite" "So?" "You have to evenly ration the meat with the veggies" "What difference does it make? It all goes to the same place" "I've raised a barbarian. "
So, arfcom, I put the question to you: If you're eating your Chunky Sirloin Burger with country vegetable soup and you accidentally scoop up two of the burgers, do you dump one of them off of your spoon and replace with veggies or do you just wolf it down like an uncivilized heathen? Your dad is right. Rules are rules. |
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PB sandwiches as well as crumbled saltines. Quoted:
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Just yelled at my Daughter for eating her tomato soup and ritz cracker wrong in the soup You're suppose to float the ritz cracker in the soup sink it with the spoon and hold it under for several seconds then put entire cracker on spoon and put in mouth
What she does, crumble up cracker into soup Crackers in tomato soup is just wrong, anyway. Tomato soup is for dipping either peanut butter or grilled cheese sandwiches in. C'mon people. PB sandwiches as well as crumbled saltines. No. Just no. Nobody want's to dip a perfectly good PB sandwich in their velvety smooth tomato soup only to come up with a nasty, half crunchy/half squishy piece of toasted flour stuck to it. It's becoming evident who the real barbarians are around here. |
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Ha. I do the same thing. Drives my wife nuts. Quoted:
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The resemblance is crazy. Oddly enough, for plate meals I tend to eat one food group at a time. For soups or casseroles I like my bites to be balanced with a bit of everything. Cool cabin. Ha. I do the same thing. Drives my wife nuts. I say it's because I want to get the full experience of each food.
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I say it's because I want to get the full experience of each food.
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The resemblance is crazy. Oddly enough, for plate meals I tend to eat one food group at a time. For soups or casseroles I like my bites to be balanced with a bit of everything. Cool cabin. Ha. I do the same thing. Drives my wife nuts. I say it's because I want to get the full experience of each food.
I think it's the same for me. Particularly when there are stark contrasts in flavors on the plate. My taste buds get all confused if I mix them up. 
Bacon/sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy are the exception. Those get layered together with each bite carefully constructed to achieve the appropriate ratio of each item.  Pretty sure that's a state law.
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I think it's the same for me. Particularly when there are stark contrasts in flavors on the plate. My taste buds get all confused if I mix them up.
Bacon/sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy are the exception. Those get layered together with each bite carefully constructed to achieve the appropriate ratio of each item. Pretty sure that's a state law.Quoted:
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The resemblance is crazy. Oddly enough, for plate meals I tend to eat one food group at a time. For soups or casseroles I like my bites to be balanced with a bit of everything. Cool cabin. Ha. I do the same thing. Drives my wife nuts. I say it's because I want to get the full experience of each food.
I think it's the same for me. Particularly when there are stark contrasts in flavors on the plate. My taste buds get all confused if I mix them up.
Bacon/sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy are the exception. Those get layered together with each bite carefully constructed to achieve the appropriate ratio of each item. Pretty sure that's a state law.I believe that's why I don't like sushi. Too many flavors and textures all mashed together. I also do very few casseroles. I'm a food separatist. |