Category Archives: Eating

Here we celebrate the best kind of food enjoyment: eating somebody else’s cooking, whether it be in a fine dining establishment or a hole in the wall.

How to eat a Chicago red hot

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

3 ½ years ago we did a taste test of Chicago style hot dogs which was focused on which was better, steamed or grilled. Grilled won, but that experiment hopscotched over the basic idea of what is a Chicago red … Continue reading →

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Winning (eating) strategies for Saratoga Race Course

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

Today was opening day of the 2022 meet at the Saratoga Race Course, and it’s time to update this post from 2015 about where to eat in Saratoga during the racing season. Key strategy: bring a cooler to the track, … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Easy Thai Curry

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

We made this with shrimp, but you could use just about any protein. The key is the readily available Mesri Thai Green Curry Paste. Adapted from this recipe. Serves 4. Ingredients: 1 T coconut oil or neutral vegetable oil 1 … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Secret-sauce.net

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

Occasionally we see a new name in the referrals on our WordPress dashboard. It was such with secret-sauce.net so we clicked on the link to check it out. And indeed there are some juicy knockoffs of commercial recipes such as Wendy’s … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Pineapple Salsa

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

Pineapple salsa is purpose-built for tacos made with our Instant Pot Al Pastor. It’s also a good topping for any dish when you want a combination of sweet and hot, though a bit loose to use as a dipping salsa. … Continue reading →

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Smoking ribs with Aaron Franklin

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

UPDATE: we tried Franklin’s method with some St. Louis style ribs and were very happy with the result. Photo at the bottom of this post. Spare ribs were on sale over Father’s Day, so I decided to give them a … Continue reading →

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We’re all one nation at the Fancy Food Show.

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

At the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show a couple of weeks back, I was reunited with an old industry friend. Pierre Thiam is a native of Senegal whose Yolélé Foods was founded to import fonio, a couscous-like grain that is grown … Continue reading →

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Pickling milkweed buds

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

The milkweed plants near us are budding and I picked a pint or so to experiment with. My goal was to come up with something I could add to a pickle plate, which meant a cluster of buds with a … Continue reading →

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Ham eats ham: maker of Surryano acquired by Burger’s Smokehouse

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

Chuckeye Dave writes with some disturbing news: Edwards Virginia Smokehouse has been acquired by Burger Smokehouse. Like a celestial event we don’t know about till long after it happens, this transition actually happened nearly a year ago on August 31, … Continue reading →

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The Fancy Food Show is back.

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

We spent yesterday at the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show, which returned to Javits Convention Center for the first time since 2019. I estimate there were maybe half as many booths as the show had at its peak (the show … Continue reading →

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