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[Sirus]

Y'know, in some parts of the world, bugs are eaten and considered a delicacy. In other places, they are eaten as snackfood.

And properly-cooked shrimp are AMAZING.

[Tabbyman]

Bugs can be highly nutritious.

Warning: The following video may decrease appetite drastically and is only intended for educational purposes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj9CysSSsps

Not trying to gross people out on a food thread or otherwise be offensive, thus the warning. It's just bizarre and well... An epically nasty moment in the world of exotic food.

Edit: I just watched it again (it's been a while) and... Oh god I almost cried when I was laughing at how gross it was, because it's just so SAD that it's FUNNY. Or something...

[Osmosis Jones]

If you guys ever get the chance, try Balmain or Moreton Bay bugs (they aren't real bugs; according to wiki, they're known as flathead lobster in the states). They're delicious! Meat texture is a lot like that of lobster, but the ones I had had a much more delicate flavour. Om nom nom.

Also, golden kiwi fruits have just started appearing over here in Aus. Sooo good. Regular kiwi is tasty, but these are mind blowing!

[penguinofhonor]

Egg attempt #2 was a partial success. I'm making progress with this whole "cooking" thing and it's sort of sad.

Intent: Over Easy
Result: Fried, the yolk broke when attempting to flip the egg
Notes: Use a bigger pan next time. Bacon grease is painful and does not behave quite as much like butter as I want it to. Also use a different spatula.
It resembles a mangled over medium egg, so it's an improvement over last time. Still definitely tasty.

Penguin Rating: 6/10

[Sirus]

Dad chose to go to Chili's for Father's Day dinner. Everything was perfect. I mean everything. Soft drink mixed properly, tortilla chips hot and crunchy, salad fresh, main course cooked to perfection. Awesome time.

[G-Flex]

Dad chose to go to Chili's for Father's Day dinner. Everything was perfect. I mean everything. Soft drink mixed properly, tortilla chips hot and crunchy, salad fresh, main course cooked to perfection. Awesome time.

> American corporate chain restaurant
> "everything was perfect"

I think this must be The Twilight Zone.

[Sirus]

Dad chose to go to Chili's for Father's Day dinner. Everything was perfect. I mean everything. Soft drink mixed properly, tortilla chips hot and crunchy, salad fresh, main course cooked to perfection. Awesome time.

> American corporate chain restaurant
> "everything was perfect"

I think this must be The Twilight Zone.

Well, it helps that it was before the dinner rush and there weren't very many customers.

Unrelated food thread topic: We bought a container of "Himalayan red salt". We've never had this before, and don't know what to make with it. Suggestions or experiences with this stuff?

[Osmosis Jones]

Considering the brief googling I did suggests confusion over whether it's a table salt or a bath salt (though probably not a "bath salt")... take care?

More seriously, it's probably just a rock salt like most others. They have a *slight* difference in flavour from the standard pure table salt, but it's faint enough that you'll only really detect it if you're looking for it. At least, that's if it's anything like the pink rock salts I've tried. Mostly used to make a visually appealling garnish rather than altering flavour.

[Bauglir]

Indeed. Also, beware of people who try to sell you on its massively superior health benefits. Particularly if they're the ones selling it. They'd be fraudulent if we in the US didn't pass a law saying that people don't have to back up claims like that for "dietary supplements". [/minor rage]

EDIT: Though there are specific health claims that do have to be backed up, being "healthy" is not one of them.

[G-Flex]

They don't, but they also have to put pretty clear disclaimers on the packaging. If you want to rage, rage about homeopathics.

[Sirus]

I don't think anyone mentioned health benefits. It was on sale at the grocery store, the family went "red salt? what?" and brought it home.

Perhaps it could be put on rice or potatoes? It's in a grinder.

[G-Flex]

It's likely just rock salt with some fairly specific mineral content that makes it red. Beats me what, specifically, though. My suggestion is to just taste it or try it on something you'd normally put salt on, so you know what it's like.

[Bauglir]

Oh, awesome. Forget my raging. Enjoy your tasty seasoning. It'll work pretty much anywhere salt does, just don't waste it on seasoning soups or other things where it'll dissolve into invisibility.

[G-Flex]

Oh, here we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_salt

[Sirus]

Oh, here we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_salt

That's the stuff. Slightly more pinkish than the stuff in the first picture, but still.