Bosco-d-gama Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, WillyBob said: I put fennel in my spaghetti sauce. Simulated Italian sausage sauce. another taste you love or hate Clove Yup! Fennel is one of the key spices used in Italian sausage. If you wish to add more of this spice do this. Get fennel seeds and heat them dry in a frying pan..... do not burn them. Put the heated seeds in a mortar and pestle rig and grind them to a rough powder. Add this to the Italian sausage (or whatever) to suit your tastes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, dtel said: I do like anise, well in italian sausage anyway, don't remember it in anything else, for me Cilantro is ok if it is not overused. We do not get any kids knocking for halloween, not one in over 20 years, it's way to far between houses. Since were not prepared (no candy) we now turn off the front lights so it's just dark. Don't know what else to do I don't know any tricks. . Like mentioned, if it's Italian sausage it is probably fennel seeds. If you like the taste pick up some fresh at the store, cut the bulb lengthwise in slices, and saute or grill it. Drizzle with a little olive oil, served hot or room temp it's an Italian classic. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, WillyBob said: I'm good with licorice. The red stuff is not licorice to me, though. I saw an Aussie brand that did have licorice in the red. how about saladitos? They're an acquired taste. In 50 years, I haven't. I about tossed the first time I popped on in my mouth. Smarter now. there are some interesting items that are sold as "seeds" in HI. Oldtimer could elaborate better than me [I?}. Colloquially known as "crack seed" which encompasses all sorts of dried and cured fruit, sometimes with the seed in, sometimes seedless such as mango. It's got it all with sweet sour salty goodness. My favorite form is called licorice plum, which is the cured plum including the pit and rolled in flakes of licorice root. Li Hing is a favorite and easy to find in all kinds of varieties. Licorice plums are more rare. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted October 31, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2019 24 minutes ago, oldtimer said: Like mentioned, if it's Italian sausage it is probably fennel seeds. If you like the taste pick up some fresh at the store, cut the bulb lengthwise in slices, and saute or grill it. Drizzle with a little olive oil, served hot or room temp it's an Italian classic. Could be fennel, not sure, just thought it was anise. I love sausage just like you described, almost any kind of sausage. My wife says I am trying to kill myself, I cook hot sausage like you said and then put it on top of pasta, including the liquid from the pan. Not good for me for sure but it sure is good tasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_flht Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 hi, I live in France close to the Mediterranean in Provence, here we have a lot of fruits: apricots, peaches, melon, cherries, plums, figs, almonds ... so there is traditional confectionery with these fruits. For example the Calisson d'Aix (Aix-en-Provence: you know the landscapes thanks to the painter Paul Cézanne) made with Melon and crushed almonds, these treats are ancestral: There are also candied fruits: the Berlingot of Carpentras: Provençal pasta: There are many other traditional confectioneries in France, for example the Anis de Flavigny who come from Bourgogne (the great region of vine), they are monks who made these little candies since the 8th century. It is a seed of anise coated with sugar, it takes 15 days for the drageiste to coat the small seed of anise to make a candy of 1 gram. If you come to France, you can enjoy good confectionery 😎 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 6 hours ago, richieb said: being this a “child’s holiday” oh???? go in the bar. Child's holiday means all of us 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Man, this is All Saints Eve... apricots... good for men 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 6 hours ago, oldtimer said: Like mentioned, if it's Italian sausage it is probably fennel seeds. If you like the taste pick up some fresh at the store, cut the bulb lengthwise in slices, and saute or grill it. Drizzle with a little olive oil, served hot or room temp it's an Italian classic. Vermicelli sausage...it is not Italian without fennel seeds. Or else nothing to make my Muscatouli... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 favorite sausage ... i’ll have to go with the sausage of my people ... Linguica. I was raised on the stuff and it may be the best food item on the face of the Earth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 37 minutes ago, billybob said: Man, this is All Saints Eve... apricots... good for men All Hallows... Premature postulation ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 On 10/30/2019 at 2:06 PM, BigStewMan said: Candy Corn. For the life of me, i can’t figure out why anyone would consume it. I don’t eat candy (other than an occasional Chick-O-Stick) but when i wore a younger man’s shoes and ate candy regularly, i didn’t like candy corn then either. I was a Mounds, Junior Mints, or Three Musketeers guy. My vote: Halloween Kisses. My parents used to throw those filing pullers in the trash. I did the same thing for my girls when they went trick or treating. Of course, I ‘inspected’ everything in their bags for quality control purposes. 😇 Wb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 On 10/30/2019 at 2:48 PM, Edgar said: I can eat a whole bag of Candy Corn in one sitting. Followed by a second sitting on a porcelain throne? Wb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 7 hours ago, mustang_flht said: hi, I live in France close to the Mediterranean in Provence, here we have a lot of fruits: apricots, peaches, melon, cherries, plums, figs, almonds ... so there is traditional confectionery with these fruits. For example the Calisson d'Aix (Aix-en-Provence: you know the landscapes thanks to the painter Paul Cézanne) made with Melon and crushed almonds, these treats are ancestral: There are also candied fruits: the Berlingot of Carpentras: Provençal pasta: There are many other traditional confectioneries in France, for example the Anis de Flavigny who come from Bourgogne (the great region of vine), they are monks who made these little candies since the 8th century. It is a seed of anise coated with sugar, it takes 15 days for the drageiste to coat the small seed of anise to make a candy of 1 gram. If you come to France, you can enjoy good confectionery 😎 Partially explains why the German’s keep coming every 20 to 50 years for extended stays. Of course, Napoleon did not improve the mood. Especially WRT the contingent from the former Prussia. Wb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 i can remember my Mom telling us to wait until we got home so she could check the candy before we ate it (fear of drugs and razor blades, etc...). We agreed; but, were eating it all night long before we got home. we used to get a pillow case halfway full of goodies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Those popcorn balls home made were a trip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 2 hours ago, billybob said: Those popcorn balls home made were a trip. i’m sure they ended up in the middle of a street somewhere. i think back now and the person probably worked hard making a bunch of them and maybe it was cheaper than buying candy bars; but as a kid -- it was all about the good candy. I was a jerk kid for sure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 9 hours ago, billybob said: Those popcorn balls home made were a trip. So were candied apples. When I started going without my father on Halloween I used to make a mental note of which neighbors provided the homemade stuff and not having an X-ray machine handy decide what I felt safe eating and what didn’t. Some of it consumed between houses. Wb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 10 hours ago, BigStewMan said: i can remember my Mom telling us to wait until we got home so she could check the candy before we ate it (fear of drugs and razor blades, etc...). We agreed; but, were eating it all night long before we got home. we used to get a pillow case halfway full of goodies. We'd hit all the houses in our neighborhood, go home, change and hit them again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Allright @BigStewMan & @CECAA850 Our generation was the same where ever we were I guess. King sized pillowcases that were as big as us when filled, hide them at "the" creek (not the other creeks) get more and we covered a two mile radius with more towards the north of us. Most homes were on less than an acre lot so we hit hundreds of houses. Chex-mix, popcorn balls, hot apple cider, slim jims, candied apples.... kids today have no idea what Halloween trick-or-treating is really like. Literally half a dozen pieces every day, some got stale before the next summer came around and we'd still have candy we would throw out the next Halloween before going out. Funny none of us was chubby then, but couldn't eat that much now, "they" quit making the good stuff!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 19 hours ago, mustang_flht said: If you come to France, you can enjoy good confectionery I have had a lot of the les anis de flavigny. They are nice, mild and sweet unlike the sinus clearing Italian extra forte pellets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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