Alligator soup and bbq shrimps

The Mexican restaurant at the resort does good Mexican.

Apps

Dinner (tacos, Mexico City style)

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For Grahame:

BLT brunch (with a pound of bacon)

Dang Shelly.

Prosciutto, fried egg, manchego, arugula, and mama lil's pepper aioli biscuit sandwich.

Did it get rid of the rimming taste in your mouth?

Pork tenderloin sous vide at 137F and then seared on the Weber and a salad of grilled radicchio and Belgian endive with a lemon juice, Dijon and olive oil vinaigrette.

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Flautas

Looks like you're already getting better at rimming, but be aware of color. Rimming is always an optional activity. 

Edited May 2, 201610 yr by swt61

^I knew we could count on Steve to comment on this.

Okra chips, they are the best. 

I saw those at Whole Foods and thought they might be good. I will have to try. 

I don't understand Southerners and Okra. It's the nastiest, slimiest stuff ever. Even other squash don't like Okra, as you never see it in the squash section of the produce department. Thank goodness it has stunted growth, or it would be even worse!

Have you had Okra chips Steve, it's not slimy at all (they are dried). 

I can deduce that they wouldn't be slimy, but I'm sure they still taste like old gym socks.

I love most vegetables, and even recently turned a corner on Brussel Sprouts (once Mike and Deb showed me they're good when not boiled).

But Okra, Lima beans & Hominy are nasty. I've explained Okra, Lima beans (and Butter beans) are not slimy, but taste no better than Okra, and Hominy is like someone covered corn in wax.

I still think you should try them, they are really good. 

3 hours ago, swt61 said:

I can deduce that they wouldn't be slimy, but I'm sure they still taste like old gym socks.

I love most vegetables, and even recently turned a corner on Brussel Sprouts (once Mike and Deb showed me they're good when not boiled).

But Okra, Lima beans & Hominy are nasty. I've explained Okra, Lima beans (and Butter beans) are not slimy, but taste no better than Okra, and Hominy is like someone covered corn in wax.

What?  That's not what okra's texture is like at all.  I'm curious what preparation this is coming from.  I mean, don't get me wrong -- Interstellar (in which okra is the last plant food source on earth) is an apocalypse scenario, but by no means the worst.

I've used canned okra in my chili-esque thing, and it was just fine.

Even olives are slimier than okra.  And I love olives.  But I'll admit that they're slimy.

I need to revisit okra.

Yeah, I'm with Steve. That seems immediately repulsive to me. Yet, I will say that I've had pickled okra from a farmers market that surprisingly was pretty good. I'd be willing to give it a shot. Maybe.

okra can be good or bad depending on how it's prepared

Crab nachos for cinco de mayo

Eww

Yum, not eww

I'm with Al and Colin and the margaritas of which I have had two celebrating CdM though I had empanadas which were very good but did not have any crab or even lobster in them which was Ok but I would have preferred lobster in my empanada even though I have never heard of any lobster empanada so there is that.

Cheers!

So let me get this straight Shelly...Snotty, slimy, disgusting Okra gets high praise, but mouth watering, cheesy, gooey, delicious Crab Nachos elicit disdain?

Not a fan of crab so that just ruins the nachos.  I also don't like okra when it is all slimy.  Like Dan said, it all about how it is prepared.