Originally Posted by gaobest (Post 33456197)

ah, by caviar I meant more that Russian-inspired stuff and not Japanese style of caviar. It’s all good. Tobiko pop :-)

Originally Posted by JBord (Post 33457393)

I think I'd need more than one to wash down vegan cheese :).

Last night, we tried the first of our Sitka Salmon Shares delivery - signed up through the end of the year thanks to chgoeditor's good reviews. We made the sauteed sablefish over tomato-saffron broth, with mushrooms and blistered cherry tomatoes, from the Sitka website. Very good, and the sablefish was high quality. We have a few more sablefish fillets and some halibut from our first delivery. So far very pleased with our purchase! Seems like a good way to ensure we're eating a good quality fish once a week.

Originally Posted by BamaVol (Post 33457016)

My sister is down from Mass. for the week. She brought her husband, daughter and granddaughter. They are here to visit her daughter’s father’s family (long complicated story). She invited us to meet them this afternoon. We are gathering at Asheville Pizza and Brewing company, one of my favorite places. I will probably order a 12” with vegan cheese, bell peppers and sausage. There’s a hazy IPA on the menu I haven’t tried yet, so that’s probably gonna wash my pizza down.

Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero (Post 33458938)

Vegan cheese and sausage?

Originally Posted by JBord (Post 33457393)

I think I'd need more than one to wash down vegan cheese :).

Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero (Post 33458938)

Vegan cheese and sausage?

Originally Posted by Eastbay1K (Post 33458943)

I thought the same thing, and then thought dairy allergy.

Originally Posted by BamaVol (Post 33459050)

I was spared. ABC was closed so we gathered at the Wicked Weed Funkatorium up the street. I wasn’t really hungry anyway so just ate chips off Mrs BV’s plate. I had a flight of barrel aged sours.

I am lactose intolerant and don’t have 100% success with lactase pills. So I err on the side of caution ordering non-dairy cheese when I’m out. I’m no vegan. I love meat as well as aged cheeses. Daiya is not a favorite, but I didn’t have many choices I could live with. I would never eat the stuff at home.

Originally Posted by corky (Post 33459063)

You can have goat cheese which is excellent on pizza. In fact it is the one I use most and I have no dairy issues. Also aged parm or Pecorino. I think most sheep or goat milk cheeses are ok. Fake cheese sounds gross.

Originally Posted by BamaVol (Post 33459122)

I'm not a huge fan of plain goat cheese. I like it with add-ins that wouldn’t go on a pizza, like blueberries, cherries, orange peel.

All fake cheese is not the same. I eat the Follow Your Heart brand at home in sandwiches. It’s made from coconut oil, potato and corn starches. It’s not a bad smoked Gouda substitute. The big problem with all of it is it doesn’t easily melt. But the truth is I wouldn’t eat any of it if I didn’t have a problem with lactose.

Originally Posted by teddybear99 (Post 33452798)

I recognize the egg, tuna, and salmon, what is the pinkish white fish you have there?

I am taking a break from sushi/sashimi, and prefer to get it at my local restaurant when I have it as they are a better qualifier of raw fish than I would be.

Originally Posted by gaobest (Post 33453322)

Tamago isn’t easy to cook. The Jiro movie mentions 10 years to perfect tamago!

Originally Posted by EkekoBWI (Post 33453789)

And the first 2 years on eggs alone! Speaking of Jiro, I've learned that freezing then thawing an octopus will yield similar results as Jiro's multi-hour massaging.

Originally Posted by StuckInYYZ (Post 33453704)

Tamago is definitely a challenge. I have seen people attempt it... don't think it'll take 10 years to perfect it (at least not at a commercial level)... but I could see a few months worth of effort to be able to do it consistently.

Originally Posted by FlyerEC (Post 33461824)

Here is the customised tamago cooking lesson for yours truly at Amanemu

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Will leave it to the professional chefs , was quite an experience . Quite a time consuming process to make the beautiful and delicious omelette .
Should get some for dinner 😋 😎