I hate chicken breasts. They don't hold flavor, and they're only worth a damn stuffed or poached and then fork-pulled into chicken salad.

Otherwise, give me the thighs and legs.

ive seen some crazy out of you before Rushmore but thats manson-type talk imo

You could pretty much stuff anything with that, and it would taste great.

Yeah, I know.

You should hear my rant about green peppers.

Oh yeah, and paella.

WTF paella?!

Here is my new Worldwide Paella Council ad campaign catch phrase:

"Paella: Because veal, squid and mussels belong together."

Again...WTF paella?!

paella is very very high up on my favorite dishes list

I KNEW this would be the very first reply to my paella mini-rant.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....clams and lamb, together at last!

New ad campaigns for the Worldwide Paella Council:

"Paella: Because it's all going to the same place."

"Paella: Would you like some whipped topping with that?"

"Paella: Food for people who like Golden Corral."

"Paella: Not intended for consumption by Jews."

OK, I'm done for now.

I really do not care much for paella.

lol

i lol'd.

...and i still love Paella.



OK guys i need help tonight... im making some stir fry with some pork roast, snap peas, mushrooms, carrots and GREEN PEPPERS on rice.

i can only make one halfway decent asian sauce....and to me its just kinda meh....

so ...ITT tonight you help me make stirfry sauce!!!!

suggestions? ive got pretty mch whatever. I dont have any mirin or fish sauce though.

cornstarch, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, ground red pepper, chili paste (or chili sauce), soy sauce, vinegar, chicken broth, five spice, water

I suck at stir fry too, but it's really hard to screw it up too bad if you have these ingredients. Save the corn starch and water til the end, then just thicken it that way, and adjust flavors.

And if you have scallions to chop up and add at the end, you're golden.

dont forget the shrimps,mussels and such, ah yes and the saffron...

I agree. White chicken meat is bone-jarringly boring.
I think I read somewhere that the Chinese value dark chicken meat more and charge accordingly in their markets.

<yikes> How can anyone not love Paella??? <yikes>

Rush,
Are you eating Mexican or Spanish paella?
Mexican = bleh
Spanish = nomnomnom

My first response is:

"I ain't eatin' NONE of it."

The only paella I have had is Spanish paella. I really didn't even know there was such a thing as Mexican paella.

The original, Valencian paella sounds fine by me: chicken, duck, pork, snails, beans and rice. I would eat that all day long.

Seafood paella also sounds ok: shrimp, fish, clams, etc, hold the beans. OK.

But when you find a mussel and a piece of veal or lamb on your fork at the same time, I call timeout and huddle up, or call an audible and ask for the roast suckling pig Segovia style. The rest of the table can marvel at the wonders of the paella compost heap before them, washing it all down with fruit-laced red table wine.

Maybe I doth protest too much, but hey, there you have it.

It probably doesn't help that I really don't care much for rice.

I mean seriously, if you love food, doesn't paella seem about as unrefined a dish as you can find? What is your palate supposed to think when it is chewing a piece of calamari and a hunk of veal at the same time?

rush.... i made a killer sauce last night. I'll post pics a little later today of the stirfry.
thanks for the suggestion...definately a keeper.

Rushmore, sounds like you just don't like mixing seafood with red meat.

I LOVE surf and turf, done right.

I agree that it sounds as you describe, but I just think paella tends to be too indiscriminate in its pairings.

I mean, a hunk of fish and a piece of chicken? Sure. A piece of tenderloin and a lobster tail? Of course. A jumbo prawn and a piece of roasted pork? Close, but ok.

A piece of squid and a chicken thigh? Nah. A slice of veal and a mussell or even a clam or a shrimp? No way. A cow's heart and a whole conch? I'll pass.

You get the point.

What is your opinion on gumbo/jambalaya?

mmmm gumbo.

What is the pink/orange stuff?

1 onion, 140g tuna, 125g cottage cheese, 8g olive oil, siracha chili to taste.

All in the minichopper.

Voila

I like them both very much. I prefer Jambalaya to gumbo.

Meanwhile, the meat generally used in these dishes is sausage, and the seafood tends toward shrimp and crawfish. I see no issue whatsoever with these combinations, and I LOVE the spices. I don't really even mind the rice.

Go figure.

methinks you're unaturally racist towards mussels and saffron.

You sound like you're bi (valve)-curious and have the yellow fever.

Thank you very much, thanks. Tip your waiters and waitresses. Try the veal.

Just not with any shellfish.