Cicchetti and Tapas w/French Bread

[Sqwertz]

I took my private jet to Europe for a midnight snack last night.

https://i.postimg.cc/fLbG1tcY/Chichetti-and-Tapas.jpg

'nduja is like a spreadable pepperoni.

-sw

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I think it's wonderful that Europe has the Kirkland brand there.

:o))

[Taxed and Spent]

Looks very uninspired. You usually do better.

[Sqwertz]

On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 14:09:45 -0700 (PDT), itsjoan...@webtv.net
wrote:

> On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 4:04:49 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> I took my private jet to Europe for a midnight snack last night.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/fLbG1tcY/Chichetti-and-Tapas.jpg
>>
>> 'nduja is like a spreadable pepperoni.
>>

> I think it's wonderful that Europe has the Kirkland brand there.

They do! I got that at the grand opening of the Costco in Las Rozas,
Spain. They opened just this morning at 8:AM - which is midnight in
the U.S. And I was there for it!

https://www.costco.es/especial-apertura-las-rozas-2020

So THERE! Thought you caught me in a lie, eh? <tsk, tsk>.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

The jars:

https://i.postimg.cc/Y9MtyC0H/Nduja-HEB.jpg

-sw

[Hank Rogers]

But the poor bastards will never get the "Popeye's Best" brand from
Top market.

[Bruce]

Ah, you're missing a dead animal!

[Bruce]

On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 16:51:34 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

Ah, there's the dead animal.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 5:11:05 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> >On 7/18/2020 2:04 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> >> I took my private jet to Europe for a midnight snack last night.
> >>
> >> https://i.postimg.cc/fLbG1tcY/Chichetti-and-Tapas.jpg
> >>
> >> 'nduja is like a spreadable pepperoni.
> >>
> >> -sw
> >>

> Ah, you're missing a dead animal!
>

He quickly flew back this morning and had a fried egg and scrapple
sandwich for breakfast. He was there for the grand opening of a
Costco store in Spain.*

*Yes, I'm pulling your leg about the flight.

[Bruce]

I had to look up scrapple. If my dictionary's correct, it's
American-English and means meatloaf.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 5:51:09 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> I had to look up scrapple. If my dictionary's correct, it's
> American-English and means meatloaf.
>

I dunno, I've never eaten it nor actually seen it other than pictures on
the internet.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Had some for breakfast this morning. It is more cornmeal mush than
meatloaf.

This is my favorite brand
https://www.habbersettscrapple.com/collections/frontpage/products/scrapple-original

Fry until both sides are crispy, dab of ketchup. If you don't crisp the
outside it is a mushy texture.

[Bruce]

Well, I see 10 ingredients and numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 are pork :)

[Sqwertz]

The protein in the Nutritional Info indicates that it's about 45%
pork [parts]. The cornmeal rehydrates to probably 50% of the
product by weight.

[Bruce]

lol

[Leo]

On 2020 Jul 18, , Sqwertz wrote
(in article <dtsswvmg...@sqwertz.com>):

> I took my private jet to Europe for a midnight snack last night.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/fLbG1tcY/Chichetti-and-Tapas.jpg
>
> 'nduja is like a spreadable pepperoni.

I really never knew what tapas were. Your photo looks kind of like a Spanish
antipasto. It’s a beautiful photo and tasty looking as always.

leo

[Leo]

On 2020 Jul 18, , Sqwertz wrote

(in article <1ckgm8j3...@sqwertz.com>):

> The protein in the Nutritional Info indicates that it's about 45%
> pork [parts]. The cornmeal rehydrates to probably 50% of the
> product by weight.

My dad used to fry up slices of Vogt’s Scrapple from a can. It was all his.
Mom and I wouldn’t touch it. I made the mistake of reading the ingredient
list. There was lots of pork “stuff and such”. I didn’t mind the stuff,
but I couldn’t abide the such.

[Gary]

But not the meatloaf that we talk about here. Big difference.
Scrapple is more like a loaf form of breakfast sausage.

[Gary]

I do love scrapple but have always joked about it and the name.

Once you butcher a pig, all the scraps leftover on the table
and on the floor are collected to make "SCRAPple"
Hence, the name. Might be about right too but it sure is tasty.

Somewhat sad that you're not allowed to at least taste it, Bruce

[Sqwertz]

Nowadays the commercial stuff is much more civilized.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

Tapas and cicchetti are just "small plates", nibbles, snacks,
whoredervs, etc... The American equivalent would be peanuts and
pretzels at the bar.

-sw

[Bruce]

No, my conscience won't let me.

[Bruce]

I remember breakfast sausage from 45 years ago or so. Imagine eating a
dead pig for breakfast. Fred Flintstone, here we come!

[Hank Rogers]

You still get the essence though, when you sniff someone's butt who
has eaten scrapple.

[Hank Rogers]

You just eat the pig's shit. Saves your conscience and your money.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 2:45:49 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> I remember breakfast sausage from 45 years ago or so. Imagine eating a
> dead pig for breakfast. Fred Flintstone, here we come!
>

I had pork breakfast sausage this morning! It was a homemade McDonald's
sausage, egg, McMuffin with scrambled egg rather than their version with
a fried egg. I don't have those rings to make perfectly round fried eggs
and besides, my eggs are the jumbo size. Scrambled is just easier, faster,
and as tasty.

Yummy, yummy, yummy.

[Hank Rogers]

I like dead pig. Also dead cow, dead poultry and dead fish.
And eggs from live chickens.

All with a large bucket of supersweet iced tea to wash it down.

[Bruce]

Sure, Wilma.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 3:57:00 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> I like dead pig. Also dead cow, dead poultry and dead fish.
> And eggs from live chickens.
>
> All with a large bucket of supersweet iced tea to wash it down.
>

Depending on the meal I'll take milk or coffee but iced tea, by the gallon,
is dang good, too. Should we tell Goose that gallon jugs can be bought at
grocery and convenience stores? Should we inform him many fast food joints
sell this elixer by the gallon as well??

He'd be shocked to learn it can be bought sweetened or unsweetened.

[Hank Rogers]

Go ahead and tell him. Milo's is pretty good and they have several
different types.

[Rachel Phillips]

made from scraps, but meatloaf tend to be ground meats , spices and minced veg/olive.
the scaps are marinaded then put in refigrator to make solid(due to the fats), they slice then fry. meatloaf typically oven baked

[Bruce]

On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 16:23:49 -0700 (PDT), Rachel Phillips
<rmani...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 6:51:09 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 15:35:03 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>> >On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 5:11:05 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On 7/18/2020 2:04 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I took my private jet to Europe for a midnight snack last night.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> https://i.postimg.cc/fLbG1tcY/Chichetti-and-Tapas.jpg
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 'nduja is like a spreadable pepperoni.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -sw
>> >> >>
>> >> Ah, you're missing a dead animal!
>> >>
>> >He quickly flew back this morning and had a fried egg and scrapple
>> >sandwich for breakfast. He was there for the grand opening of a
>> >Costco store in Spain.*
>>
>> I had to look up scrapple. If my dictionary's correct, it's
>> American-English and means meatloaf.

>made from scraps, but meatloaf tend to be ground meats , spices and minced veg/olive.
>the scaps are marinaded then put in refigrator to make solid(due to the fats), they slice then fry. meatloaf typically oven baked

Ok, so it's meat and it has the shape of a loaf, but it's not a
meatloaf. It's a fried loaf of scrap meat.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Still top-posting, I see.

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:
> I remember breakfast sausage from 45 years ago or so. Imagine eating a
> dead pig for breakfast. Fred Flintstone, here we come!

On the other hand, you eat live fertilized eggs for breakfast.
The eggs I eat are laid unfertilized. And you have no problem
eating dead seafood either.

No one should ever critize what others like to eat. Just do
your own thing and stop preaching.

[Hank Rogers]

Don't worry, he'll do his thing <sniff>

[Bruce]

When you see your neighbour beat up his little daughter, you won't say
anything because that would be preaching. Do I understand that
correctly?

[Hank Rogers]

Exactly Fruce! No need to report unless he eats a dead animal.
Remember, these are deplorables ... americans too.

<sniff>

[Gary]

That's not preaching about what others eat, Bruce.
Bad example.

[Bruce]

It's preaching about abuse, Gary.
Good example.

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 10:24:24 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

A better example would be the hard boiled eggs, cubes of cheese and
whole pickles served at the bars back in the day in Wisconsin. Do
they do that anymore?
Janet US

[Sqwertz]

On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:49:46 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 10:24:24 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 02:16:18 -0700, Leo wrote:
>>
>>> On 2020 Jul 18, , Sqwertz wrote
>>> (in article <dtsswvmg...@sqwertz.com>):
>>>
>>>> I took my private jet to Europe for a midnight snack last night.
>>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/fLbG1tcY/Chichetti-and-Tapas.jpg
>>>>
>>>> 'nduja is like a spreadable pepperoni.
>>>
>>> I really never knew what tapas were. Your photo looks kind of like a Spanish
>>> antipasto. It’s a beautiful photo and tasty looking as always.
>>
>>Tapas and cicchetti are just "small plates", nibbles, snacks,
>>whoredervs, etc... The American equivalent would be peanuts and
>>pretzels at the bar.
>

> A better example would be the hard boiled eggs, cubes of cheese and
> whole pickles served at the bars back in the day in Wisconsin. Do
> they do that anymore?
> Janet US

Yeah, I was trying to think of a bvetter analogy. They used give
away some stuff for free but now it's pretty limited to salty
mass-produced bagged junk food. I guess a better analogy would be a
typical "bar menu" of appetizers and small "entrees"

The difference being that here you pay for them individually,
whereas in Spain and Italy they're free with drinks. But the cost
of drinks is pretty hefty. A friend of mine came back from Italy
last year and she said, "When a guy offers to buy you a drink, it's
a Big Deal. Because drinks ain't cheap!" (meaning sex is expected
if you accept).

-sw

[Dave Smith]

I hope she enjoyed her meal ;-)


European prices vary by country, city and neighbourhood. Anything near a
major tourist attraction will boost the menu prices way up. A similar
meal a few blocks further from the site might be less than half as
expensive.

I was surprised at breakfast prices when I was in California a few years
ago. At the time I could get bacon and eggs with home fries and coffee
for $7-8... CDN. Down there I was looking at $12 or more, and coffee
was an extra $2.50... American. When we were in Monterry my wife's
friend had generously paid for our hotel room, so meals were on me.
When the Mastercard bill came in I shocked at the cost of those meals.
Breakfast for three was running $75-80. .... and before you ask....
no sex for that.

[bruce2...@gmail.com]

On Tue, July 21, 2020 09:49AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 10:24:24 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 02:16:18 -0700, Leo wrote:
>>
>>> On 2020 Jul 18, , Sqwertz wrote

>>> (in article <dtsswvm...@sqwertz.com>):

>>>
>>>> I took my private jet to Europe for a midnight snack last night.
>>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/fLbG1tcY/Chichetti-and-Tapas.jpg
>>>>
>>>> 'nduja is like a spreadable pepperoni.
>>>
>>> I really never knew what tapas were. Your photo looks kind of like a Spanish
>>> antipasto. It’s a beautiful photo and tasty looking as always.
>>
>>Tapas and cicchetti are just "small plates", nibbles, snacks,
>>whoredervs, etc... The American equivalent would be peanuts and
>>pretzels at the bar.
>

> A better example would be the hard boiled eggs, cubes of cheese and
> whole pickles served at the bars back in the day in Wisconsin. Do
> they do that anymore?

I always thought that that and bringing wine, brie, an apple and a basket to put everything in and a blanket to sit on on the ridge would make me feel a little Cromagnon.