I thought you were avoiding TJs.

I do and my spouse sometimes has a need to go there. I’ve started a list for future whims. I continue to not go there, the way I’m avoiding WF despite having AMZN CC!

Why don't you just order through Amazon and have it delivered as WF is one of their brands.

My wife has been supporting a Filipina friend who lost her restaurant due to Covid-19. She cooks from home and sells the meals. Tuesday, she ordered Kare' Kare' and a separate order of Beef w/Onions that she wanted me to try. I do like some Filipino foods especially the way they make Spaghetti with a sweet Meat Sauce that actually contains pieces of hot dogs as well, but this was so salty, I could not eat it. She then tried it, and said the same, but would not call her friend to let her know. We wasted some money that we don't really have as to me it's inedible.

Ugh sorry about the sodium. Not fun.
did I mention about finding and fetching fresca at a target? I’ve shared your insights about coke not being able to produce the fresca and people know that this is info from “teddy bear on flyertalk” even though your real name is teddybear99!!

Always bring it to their attention, otherwise how can they fix it? No need to be mean, just say it was too salty. Personally, I’d mix in some bottled sauce that wasn’t salty to “even” the salt level out.

I’ve run into problems with my wife’s cooking with similar things. You don’t want go criticize, but you don’t want them to waste their effort on something that’s not right.

I would bet money that his real name is not teddybear99.

I would tell her that it was too salty so she can dial it back for others.

I wonder if adding the salty beef to a neutral starch or vegetable (eg rice, bok choy, sautéed cabbage, etc) could help make the beef more edible to enjoy.

I definitely have mentioned LapLap to my family often because of our joy of the bunny buns.

Tonight:
Chopping up some leftover burgers and mixing with caramelized onions for homemade empanadas. Roasted broccoli romanesco.

You'd be surprised to find how easy it is to make enchiladas!

Very...a bit messy IMO but certainly easy to whip up a baking dish full. The problem might be that there is no point in making one or 2 enchiladas and everyone in the gao household has something different for dinner....so he would have to make them in individual portions.

He could make a bunch and freeze them.

yes but much easier to freeze a tray. I would just buy at tj like he does. I live alone and do takeout for enchiladas

My spouse asked a friend for their enchilada recipe and decided that the $6.99/pack at Trader Joe’s was too enjoyable. I don’t have a preference because I never have ever chosen to order enchiladas at any restaurant. I love Mexican and Central American food. In geberal, baked tortilla dishes and baked Italian pasta dishes aren’t a huge joy; I’ll gladly eat lasagne and moussaka and enchiladas when they’re served to me. I used to order different dishes at restaurants.

I feel the same way about enchiladas. I have ordered them at a restaurant exactly once, about a year ago, because I wondered if I was missing out on something wonderful. They were fine, but I like other things on the menu better. My wife makes excellent enchiladas, and I've also had really good ones at my friend's house...his mom, who is from Mexico, made them. Both are better than what I had at that restaurant, which is a very good Mexican restaurant we've gone to several times. Some things are just better homemade I guess.

So you didn't have the enchiladas listed above? What did you have--just the ice cream part? :eek:
And I don't recall you ever mentioning your wife cooking...was the recipe for her or for you to make?

I ate the enchiladas and they’re delicious and I will either cook them if they’re bought at Trader Joe’s, or I’ll just cook something we have :-)
I’m uninterested in cooking enchiladas, unless it becomes a request.

I love enchiladas and order them out often as well as make them from scratch at home even more often. Good corn tortillas are one of my absolute favorite foods. Almost impossible to go wrong,
I have never had pre-made enchiladas at home in my life.

Spaghetti & meatballs with Rao’s marinara
fusilli with Parm and meatballs with Rao’s marinara
spaghetti with blistered cherry tomatoes and some Rao’s marinara

i can’t decide if I’m having dessert... maybe later? Tempted to finish my cannabis cookie from February. It’s probably lost most potency by now.

Homemade shrimp scampi at the beach with fresh NC shrimp. Pretty straightforward to make but delicious especially with fresh shrimp

Midnight - pumpkin hummus and crackers. Very good pumpkin hummus.
I’m next getting kettle chips
maybe a bowl of fruit loops.

I guess you decided to finish the cookie!

:D :D

The pumpkin pie hummus really tastes like pumpkin pie. It has chickpeas. So whacky.

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I am going to have to try that as I LOVE pumpkin pie. Funny that it is called a dessert hummus...maybe lots of sugar in it?

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Honey and Soy glazed chicken thighs

Panic pizza - cheese
panic pizza - ricotta, tomato chunks, black olive, banana peppers, and red onion
Caesar salad - new best recipe

most likely Jaimito ice cream but always tbd

it tastes like pumpkin pie so I assume sugar and cinnamon and boars head chemicals :-)
it sounds disturbing and it’s good when not sober. I’ll report back on it when I am sober and I eat it. I’m mostly sober. I think I woke this morning not fully sober. That’s a powerful $2 worth of effects!!

Romaine with slivered almonds, cilantro and sesame dressing
baby potatoes roasted greek style (olive oil, lemon, kalamata olives, red onion, garlic, oregano & dill) topped with feta
grilled halibut with basil/cilantro butter
The Palm rose.
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Glad you were able to find Fresca, but as I said before, to me the taste has changed since I used to drink it in the 70's as it was my grandfather's favorite drink. It was readily available as he would take care of my brother and me after school until my parents came home. The change of taste could be that instead of using real sugar to sweeten the soda, they now use high fructose corn syrup as it is cheaper to do so. I also believe high fructose corn syrup is why we have way more diabetics in this country than back then as our bodies don't process it very well. I will drink sodas made using real sugar when I can get them, which is very rarely during this pandemic.

Actually that is not my name, but my handle. My wife calls me her big teddy bear as we love to cuddle. My usual handle was taken by someone when I joined Flyertalk, so I use this as my secondary handle on websites, blogs and boards like this.


For those who haven't eaten Filipino food, it tends to either be salty or sweet. Some things I like that way as mentioned before the sweet sauce of spaghetti Filipino style. The beef was mixed with sliced onions which were sautéed, but not very soft. I don't like onions that much so I only had a few pieces of the beef. My wife suggested to rinse the beef to get rid of some of the saltiness, but being the cook I am, it would not have helped.

I do like how you like to make up different funny names for some of the foods you are now making for your family based on recipes or ideas here.
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I assumed Jarritos and Mexico Coke were made with cane sugar. I don’t know for sure but I enjoy those sodas. I don’t drink soda often but it’s a joy to drink when i have them.

You've probably seen chocolate hummus in the store too. I can not and will not bring myself to ever buy either of these. If I'm going to have dessert, then I'll have it, not some weird mash up. Not judging anyone else, but I just find it all weird.

I just refuse to eat hummus.

But it's delish! And a great dip for pita chips or carrots. I do love me some garlic or lemon hummus. Though every time I have it I have a flashback to college when a friend was talking about his roommate's hummus and said "it smells like feet."

In any case, last night I made a Green Chef - we had blackened tilapia tacos with slaw and cumin-scented rice. It was good.

I love garlic hummus. Besides dipping, it makes a great condiment on a sandwich too. I'll toast some bread or baguette and spread it on while it's warm. Then pile on turkey, chicken, or even beef, and a bunch of vegetables. I've also made a veggie and cheese sub with it as a spread (thickly applied here) and it's one of the best subs I've had. Nice change or pace to mustard, mayo, and the other standard stuff.

I assume olive hummus or some other flavor would work well too, but as Homer would say, mmmmmm...garlic.

It just seems so weird.

I had quesadillas last night. Tonight's dinner is probably going to be BBQ of some sort.

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Indonesian Coca-Cola 330ml can.
Soft drinks in most countries outside the US are made with cane sugar. Mostly, you can only find it here as a special edition drink, or a religious holiday version. Or at your favorite Mexican restaurant for $2 or so a bottle.

Costco in my location sells it by the case. I do enjoy the real sugar versions more, but kind of hate to toss or recycle the glass bottles. Seems like such a waste.

Although I am going to make a low carb crustless pumpkin pie today (thanks to reading about this "weird mash up" :D). LIke Corky, I do love pumpkin pie. :)

ive not seen chocolate hummus but I think there’s a difference between chocolate and pumpkin. We can eat chocolate on its own. It’s less fun to eat pumpkin or squash on its own and it’s better when cooked or blended with other things.

Is it a shock that a person who despises avocados and children also dislikes hummus?

Does it have sugar or a sugar sub?

are you using the pumpkin pie hummus or just regular pumpkin pie mix?

I'm still firmly against any kind of dessert hummus. Not judging anyone else, but it won't enter my house.
If there was cooked pumpkin blended in, without all the spices and sugar, then it's just hummus with squash. I could probably live with that. But not pumpkin pie.

I took the picture of the ingredient label for a reason...

I couldn’t tell because it all looked like a language I don’t comprehend