Bastardizations that work

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

Brisket does not need sauce. Every good Texan knows this. It is a basic fact of life. You can dab a little on the edges if you'd like, or, if you're putting it on a sandwich, you have a little more leeway, though, of course, not much. But the basic fact is, the meat speaks for itself. If it doesn't, it's not good barbecue.

In North Carolina, just finding a place that sells brisket to start with is a chore, so when you find a place like the Village Wayside Bar & Grille in Asheville that is actually run by a Texan, you think to yourself, holy hell, they just might do it right.

And then, you read the menu, and see that they only have one brisket offering. A sandwich. With a Cheerwine based sauce on it. That's a cherry soda, for y'all non-Southerners.

 

Thing is, it's actually a damned good sandwich. In spite of its heretical sauciness.

 

There's other bastardizations that seem to work -- Dr. Pepper is a pretty good marinade for stir fried chicken for example. Hmm... I'm sensing a carbonated beverage theme.

Anyway... what's your food combination or change-to-the-plan that in spite of violating God given food rules seems to work anyway?

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

Mayo on the outside of a grilled cheese instead of butter.

Candy corn and peanuts.

[elfenix 34235]

Texas BBQ doesn't need sauce because we have Dr Pepper and Big Red

[futureman 22454]

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Edited December 21, 2020 by futureman
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[Walden Ponderer 12639]

8 minutes ago, futureman said:

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[gsoda3 3256]

tortilla crust pizza.  

 

tortilla.

red sauce.

white cheese.

pepperoni. 

 

toaster oven for 3 minutes.

 

[TexasHooch 5122]

Beans in chili.  I still don't do it for my own, but my long held outrage over it has waned considerably over the years.  If it works for you- and it does for many- go for it.

Peanut butter in a burger. I don't get why I like it, but I do.

 

Edited December 21, 2020 by TexasHooch

[gsoda3 3256]

3 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

Peanut butter in a burger. I don't get why I like it, but I do.

 

how does that happen?  

[deadshank 24652]

Chicken Hanover at Island Grill in Houston (3 locations).  Cubed / grilled chicken, grilled mushrooms & red onion, hummus, tabouli, avacodo slices, a smatttering of raw walnuts and pita.  Tzatzki sauce on the side.  Add salt, pepper and Tabasco to your liking.

Very good and not particularly awful for you.

Do it.

Edited December 21, 2020 by deadshank

[TexasHooch 5122]

1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:

how does that happen?  

Sorry. On the burger.  I'm sure you could form two small patties around it before cooking (juicy lucy style) but that's not what I meant.

[gsoda3 3256]

2 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

Sorry. On the burger.  I'm sure you could form two small patties around it before cooking (juicy lucy style) but that's not what I meant.

i figured it was as a spread, but how did you even manage to try that in the first place?  just thought it might taste good and gave it a shot?

[TexasHooch 5122]

There's a couple restaurants here in the twin cities that do it.

Here's a pic and a review from my favorite:

Blue Door Pub's Jiffy Burger
Doesn't look too appetizing, does it? Well, wait till we tell you its secret ingredient and you'll think it's even worse: peanut butter. Yep, the stuff that toddlers eat with Wonder Bread and jelly or have worked into their hair by Mom trying to loosen a glob of chewing gum. Wrinkle your nose in disgust if you must, but hear us out, because Blue Door's Jiffy Burger is tasty enough to have captured last year's City Pages Best Burger prize. The improbable combination works in the same way Asian cuisine pairs beef with peanut sauce: nutty meets meaty, plus smoky bacon and pepper jack cheese means a rich, savory indulgence like no other among the Twin Cities burger scene. It'd probably also work as a gum-in-hair remover, though we wouldn't recommend it.

[luke duke 6413]

how does that happen?  

People do strange things when they’re high.

[Dutch 4465]

2 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

Candy corn and peanuts.

Yep. This combo makes absolutely no sense, yet it totally works.

[Js1 85316]

59 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

i figured it was as a spread, but how did you even manage to try that in the first place?  just thought it might taste good and gave it a shot?

Hubcap in Houston has a legit burger with crunchy peanut butter, bacon and cheese.  Or try the version with grilled bananas. 

[next2naus 439]

1 hour ago, TexasHooch said:

There's a couple restaurants here in the twin cities that do it.

Here's a pic and a review from my favorite:

Blue Door Pub's Jiffy Burger
Doesn't look too appetizing, does it? Well, wait till we tell you its secret ingredient and you'll think it's even worse: peanut butter. Yep, the stuff that toddlers eat with Wonder Bread and jelly or have worked into their hair by Mom trying to loosen a glob of chewing gum. Wrinkle your nose in disgust if you must, but hear us out, because Blue Door's Jiffy Burger is tasty enough to have captured last year's City Pages Best Burger prize. The improbable combination works in the same way Asian cuisine pairs beef with peanut sauce: nutty meets meaty, plus smoky bacon and pepper jack cheese means a rich, savory indulgence like no other among the Twin Cities burger scene. It'd probably also work as a gum-in-hair remover, though we wouldn't recommend it.

PB works very well on a burger. 

 

I also like Quality Meats App:

House-Cured Slab Bacon served with Peanut Butter & Jalapeno Jelly

[gsoda3 3256]

1 hour ago, TexasHooch said:

There's a couple restaurants here in the twin cities that do it.

Here's a pic and a review from my favorite:

 

i just ate lunch but now i'm hungry again.  

[Pato del Muerto 52490]

@Walden Ponderer you may not be Deep South enough for this, but have you tried putting salt or salted peanuts in a Coca Cola?

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

@Walden Ponderer you may not be Deep South enough for this, but have you tried putting salt or salted peanuts in a Coca Cola?

No, I haven't, but I saw that at an old gas station on the Blue Ridge Parkway a few months ago. Weirded me out, to be honest. But hey, at least they were drinking Coke instead of Pepsi.

[Sbbruin 21847]

3 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

Candy corn and peanuts.

[TexasHooch 5122]

13 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

@Walden Ponderer you may not be Deep South enough for this, but have you tried putting salt or salted peanuts in a Coca Cola?

My father in-law wakes up every morning and, instead of coffee, dumps about a 1/4 cup of dry roasted peanuts into a 12 oz bottle of diet pepsi.  I think it's a hick thing more than a southern thing though, cause if he grew up any farther north he'd be Canadian.

[HornOnTheBayou 8921]

17 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

@Walden Ponderer you may not be Deep South enough for this, but have you tried putting salt or salted peanuts in a Coca Cola?

I do that on road trips so I don't have to worry about eating while driving.

[BabaYaga 15290]

3 hours ago, TexasHooch said:

Peanut butter in a burger. I don't get why I like it, but I do.

PB&J with bacon sammiches.  Love 'em when I need calories.  Used to make them all the time on ski trips and early mountain hike in/hike out hunts.  

[BabaYaga 15290]

27 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

but have you tried putting salt or salted peanuts in a Coca Cola?

Grew up doing that.  Learned it playing dominoes with my uncle.  We'd both do it.  

[Spaulding Smails 1552]

4 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

Mayo on the outside of a grilled cheese instead of butter.

Candy corn and peanuts.

You're the third person that's mentioned the grilled cheese + mayo thing within the last month to me.  Sounds like I need to give it a shot.

[Spaulding Smails 1552]

Grape jelly and eggs.  I used to love it as a kid.  Started when some grape jelly spilled off a biscuit.  

I also love Sriracha on chicken salad.  Not sure if that counts, but it's the perfect mix for some reason.  

[DDD Dad 14335]

4 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

how does that happen?  

 

[Native Horn 3501]

Heard this one a couple of days ago, haven't tried it yet - dipping Oreos in peanut butter.  

[Js1 85316]

I hate Mayo but damn it makes the best crust. every time 

 

1 hour ago, Spaulding Smails said:

You're the third person that's mentioned the grilled cheese + mayo thing within the last month to me.  Sounds like I need to give it a shot.

 

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

Just a thin smear on the OUTSIDE of the sandwich.

If you go inside, your moving towards pimento cheese.  Also good, but were here for the crusty, melty option.

[Deej 76761]

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

Heard this one a couple of days ago, haven't tried it yet - dipping Oreos in peanut butter.  

They're better dipped in Nutella. 

[BHMCruiser 1813]

2 hours ago, Spaulding Smails said:

You're the third person that's mentioned the grilled cheese + mayo thing within the last month to me.  Sounds like I need to give it a shot.

It is excellent. Huge improvement over butter, and the outside of the grilled cheese is puffy and brown like perfect freedom toast.

[Sbbruin 21847]

2 hours ago, Spaulding Smails said:

You're the third person that's mentioned the grilled cheese + mayo thing within the last month to me.  Sounds like I need to give it a shot.

Works great.  Perfect browning.

[Sbbruin 21847]

2 hours ago, Spaulding Smails said:

Grape jelly and eggs. 

[Pato del Muerto 52490]

4 minutes ago, BHMCruiser said:

It is excellent. Huge improvement over butter, and the outside of the grilled cheese is puffy and brown like perfect freedom toast.

I was going to ask if it just made French toast with cheese in it. 

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

Heard this one a couple of days ago, haven't tried it yet - dipping Oreos in peanut butter.  

Thin mints too.

[Pato del Muerto 52490]

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

Heard this one a couple of days ago, haven't tried it yet - dipping Oreos in peanut butter.  

Chocolate and peanut butter?  That’s lunacy!

next you’ll be telling me to put peanut butter on brownies and Swiss cake rolls

[CooterBrown 18007]

You're the third person that's mentioned the grilled cheese + mayo thing within the last month to me.  Sounds like I need to give it a shot.

I finally did it for the first time a few weeks ago and it turns out perfect.

I started doing for just Texas toast. It’s so much better than butter.

[Jameslaw121 4448]

2 hours ago, Native Horn said:

Heard this one a couple of days ago, haven't tried it yet - dipping Oreos in peanut butter.  

When my wife was pregnant, she would dip the oreos in semi melted mint chocolate chip ice cream. 

[BurntOrange&White 39931]

5 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

@Walden Ponderer you may not be Deep South enough for this, but have you tried putting salt or salted peanuts in a Coca Cola?

Try it in big red 

[Mo Horn 8832]

9 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

Mayo on the outside of a grilled cheese instead of butter.

Candy corn and peanuts.

I prefer candy corn and cashews. 

[luke duke 6413]

Grape jelly and eggs.

I prefer syrup.

[4th_and_18 687]

Mayo on the outside of a grilled cheese instead of butter.
Candy corn and peanuts.

Mayo on outside of grilled cheese isn’t a bastardization. It’s just the better/correct way.

[elfenix 34235]

am i the only one that can taste the egg in the mayo when you use it instead of butter for toasting?

[Pato del Muerto 52490]

Tried the Mayo grilled cheese tonight. Like it. 
 

Eta: I was watching a baking show and they put mayo in the cake mix. 
i just looked around online, and there’s recipes where it replaces egg, some where it replaces oil, some both, and some you add like 2 tablespoons in addition to what the recipe calls for. 
but apparently mayonnaise is the key to a moist chocolate cake. 

Edited December 22, 2020 by Pato del Muerto

[Sam Lin 3556]

13 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

@Walden Ponderer you may not be Deep South enough for this, but have you tried putting salt or salted peanuts in a Coca Cola?

Salt in sarsaparilla is an old grandma cure for sore throat in Taiwan.

 

2 hours ago, 4th_and_18 said:

Mayo on outside of grilled cheese isn’t a bastardization. It’s just the better/correct way.

This.

And yes, it replaces both egg and oil in a baking recipe because...duh. But it is more oil than egg.

[Mo Horn 8832]

4 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Tried the Mayo grilled cheese tonight. Like it. 
 

Eta: I was watching a baking show and they put mayo in the cake mix. 
i just looked around online, and there’s recipes where it replaces egg, some where it replaces oil, some both, and some you add like 2 tablespoons in addition to what the recipe calls for. 
but apparently mayonnaise is the key to a moist chocolate cake. 

There are some recipes that call for an avocado. 

[SurlyORama 164]

21 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

Mayo on the outside of a grilled cheese instead of butter.

Candy corn and peanuts.

drop them peanuts and add cashews, and now you're talkin'

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

17 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

PB&J with bacon sammiches.  Love 'em when I need calories.  Used to make them all the time on ski trips and early mountain hike in/hike out hunts.  

Okay, this one actually has my attention. I'm gonna give it a whirl this weekend.

My wife does the mayo on grilled cheese thing. It's okay, I guess, but I still prefer the greasy "yes I'm coming for your arteries" honesty of a nice buttery outside on a grilled cheese. Purely aesthetic, though, because I do have to admit the mayo trick is certainly legit in terms of texture.

I ain't puttin' no damned nuts in my soda, though. Y'all are gross.

[BabaYaga 15290]

47 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

I ain't puttin' no damned nuts in my soda, though. Y'all are gross.

Only did this with glass bottles, and with Sprite.  Occasionally RC Cola.