Meals you've never forgotten! Tell me about it!
So today the topic of conversation is what is a meal that you've had in your lifetime that you've never forgotten, something that that you ate and something that basically gave you that raditouille moment like they had in the movie Ratatouille, where the guy was transferred back to his childhood. Or maybe you're transferred back to your teenage years or maybe even your early married years, or maybe to your midlife or maybe to when you were a baby and you had something to eat
So that was a really big tradition for us growing up, and I've tried to keep that going. I know my aunt does, and I try every year, but it's a lot of work. But that's my best food, memory
Todd Mitchell
@Todzilla · 4:43
It was cool to see Canada for a couple of days. And then we got on the cruise ship and headed up for Ketchikan, Alaska, one of these Alaskan cities that basically have no roads in. They come in by plane or by boat. And I was fascinated by this whole thing. So I was excited. We learned on the way up. Water is very choppy. Boat's kind of going crazy, not as smooth as, like the trip down to Mexico or something like that
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
It's something I used to watch my grandma do, along with making 12, 13, 14 dozen tortillas at a time. She would make gigantic pots of Damas too. And so that was always something that I enjoyed watching and seeing her work. And she did so many things by hand. It was just amazing to watch those things. And I sat at a table in her kitchen. Grandma's kitchen was very Spartan is what I like to call it
Being able to hear about you going to get that amazing seafood and the flavors and everything else. But the experience of getting there that is something else that I always find amazing when I go out on my barbecue crawls and I go out to talk to people at barbecue joints, because that's what I do for my YouTube channel, The Journey in getting there and getting to know people
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 1:18
So the Cuban was other essential sandwich, the components of a Cubano sandwich. The Philly was a Philly cheesesteak and the ash you dipped the cigar into. And it was amazing. And every dish was just like this. It looked like something else. But it was all edible. And it was not cheap. But it's a meal I'll never forget. And unfortunately, can't who committed suicide several years back. So there will be no more returns to Moto for me
Maybe it does sound interesting, but it's a little like going out of my comfort zone and so completely cool, though I find it intriguing, to say the least. I think it's really intriguing. Things like that seem to expand your mind. And I always find stuff like that eye opening. So I've watched so many competitions and just people cooking different things and techniques always astound me. And it's amazing
Hey, this is a great topic. Thanks for posting. Love to hear food stories. Mine's a pretty simple story. Back in 2014 and 2015, I used to have to drive all over Southern California for work and stopping for different places for lunch each day. And one day we stopped into a small shop in the middle of kind of an industrial area. It's called Home Pie Bakery and Cafe
And so Pearl and I were, like, super excited. My sister and I. And it turns out my mom had plans to adopt us a younger brother from Guatemala. And it was really great. We were excited. We didn't even know Guatemala existed until she told us about it. And he's a pretty good addition. Sort of a troublemaker. But that's all brothers. Right. So that's a powerful and memorable meal that I can recall
But as we get older, then we kind of get that. I really identify with what you said as far as the things that your grandmother had done and that she had passed down the traditions of your family all the way from Denmark. It's a beautiful story, and it resonates with me so much and very thankful for you and the previous gentleman that shared some information about your meal
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDee · 1:43
And we went to a little cafe in the middle of the town square, white washed walls, blue sky, flower boxes, cobbled, stone pavements. And we sat at this little table with some Tinto de Verando summer wine. And I ordered blood sausage because I grew up in England, and we used to eat black pudding. And I saw black. Even the white bits were black. But this dish, this dish, small town barbecue, was something else. It was a delicate wrapping
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDee · 0:22
Addendum. I forgot to mention that in Spain they call blood sausage Morse. Which means death. I like a bit of death
And the thing that I always remember is that she was always making something fresh, another thing that she made that to this day, I wish I could taste one more time because nobody has ever been able to duplicate it is something called Chile corncarne. And if I'm not mistaken, it was made out of a round roast or round steak. And while it was cooking, she would leave bones, the round bones that had marrow and everything else in them in the Cook
And to me, it's a travesty because both of them were great cooks, and I think that they miss out on those things, but I carry that stuff on in my own family, and I Cook on a regular basis because I love the memories, and I love being taken back. If I can recreate something. A couple of years ago, during Easter, I actually made some goat meat, and nobody in my family had cooked goat in years
Eman Harazin
@Eman · 1:35
So I asked my mother, why am my father didn't like it. And she said that your father loved it. But because of the smell, we couldn't make it at home. So he was eating it outside
Obviously, my grandmother, like I said at the top of the list, made a soup called manudo, and that's made out of beef tripe, which is the stomach lining in addition to that other people in our culture, part of my culture, at any rate, being descended from Spaniards and down through Mexicans and mestizos and things of that nature, some people would Cook up tripas, which is the Ward for tripe in Spanish, but it is also in English
Randall McKeown
@podpro63 · 1:02
Hi there. I just wanted to comment on a meal that you've never forgotten. Mine would have to be years ago at Tavern on the Green, New York City in Central Mark, visiting New York City as a tourist. But it's there with my inlaws. We wanted to take them to Tavern other green, which I've been to before. But this particular time, both my father in law in law and myself decided to order the King cut prime rib. This thing was massive
When we were kids, we'd have a whole animal that would be cooking on a smoker or on a grill or in an open fire pit in the ground. So, yeah, I can kind of relate to that. If you ever get an opportunity, there is a place here, if you'd like to try your hands at a contest in Amarillo, Texas, the Big Texan Steakhouse. And they've got a gigantic steak there
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDee · 2:31
You. Hey, Mac. Yes, that's Thai people talking. Listen, I've got to tell you a story about blood, because that story that you tell me about your grandma making a blood soup reminded me of a dish I had in Thailand, which I completely forgot about it. I've eaten a lot of strange food in my lifetime, traveled a lot with my family. I'm a little bit jealous of the history, the shared history that you have with your family
Mark Ward
@AskMarkWard · 3:35
And so we went out to celebrate, and we went to Charlie Trotter's, which is no longer open. Charlie Trotter has since passed away. But at the time, it was one of the most famous restaurants in the country and certainly in the world and one of the best in Chicago and anything but cheap. It was hundreds and hundreds of dollars, just under $1,000 for the two of us. But it was a phenomenal experience. I have never experienced anything like it in terms of culinary joy
Bernie Goldbach
@topgold · 1:18
Another person bring by the vegetable cart, the green leafy vegetables, colorful ones. And a third person brought by the potato cart. And you chose off the cart, which you were going to eat. Meal is excellent. Now, I wonder, is there a Morton in Chicago? Still, I wouldn't mind repricing that visit. It was elegant. Well, actually sumptuously elegant. Lots of food