TVCH FORUMS HOME . JOIN . FAN CLUBS . DONATE . CONTACT . CHAT  
                  Quick Links   TOPICS . TREE-VIEW . SEARCH . HELP! . NEWS . PROFILE
Archive through June 08, 2010

Reality TVClubHouse Discussions: Other Reality Shows ARCHIVES: Archives for 2010 - 2: Top Chef Masters: ARCHIVES: Archive through June 08, 2010 users admin

Author Message
Tntitanfan
Member

08-03-2001

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I know people who think Miracle Whip is the finest of the fine condiments. Hellmann's mayo for me -

Landileigh
Member

07-29-2002

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
TnTitanfan - Hellman's IS Best Foods. It is Hellman's EAST of the Rockies, and Best Foods WEST of the Rockies

Bluejaxrock
Member

04-23-2004

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Hellman's Mayo for everything except (and I'm really lettin' y'all know just how uneducated my palate really is lol) on a bologna, cheese, and tomato on wheat. yummm! Oh, and the bologna has to be Oscar Mayer, or else it's just tomato and mayo on wheat.

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
One of my all time fave sammies is lettuce and tomato, with mayo. On toasted sourdough bread. It's comfort food. My "normal" fave sammie is lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese, and avo. With mayo. On toasted sourdough bread.

Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Ooooh, Costa that sounds like Colossus' dream sandwich, I'll have to make it for him tomorrow. (I don't do Miracle Whip, either, I'm a Hellman's girl.)

Prisonerno6
Member

08-31-2002

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Favorite sandwich is XXX Cheddar Cheese from the local Amish dairy, on 5-grain sourdough from the local bakery, grilled in garlic butter from the dairy down the road (which sells the other two items!).

Hellman's and good mustard on any sandwich with meat on it (or a cheese sandwich that's not grilled).

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
GAL, it's essentially a gussied up BLT without the "B". (Can't tell you how often I order a BLT, ask them to replace the "B" with "C"!) My favorite sandwich, that I even ate 2 hours after having all four wisdom teeth pulled. Still dunno how I ate toasted sourdough after oral surgery, but when this girl is hungry... :-)

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
How sad is it that I can't stand mayo on or in anything?? I can handle the chipotle mayo on a po'boy, but that's as far as I'm willing to go. Plain mayo - blech! I think I OD'ed when I worked at a burger shop in HS - we'd dip our fries in mayo all the time. You couldn't pay me to do that now! LOL

Don't do bologna or chicken/tuna salad either, so I guess I'd best keep my day job to support my "lavish" food palate!

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I dunno... a lovely, vine ripened tomato. Artisan bread. Locally produced clothbound cheddar. A local perfectly ripe Haas avocado. A small wipe of mayo, a grind of black pepper, and I think there's almost no other sandwich that tastes as good. And believe me, I'm into all the fancy schmancy ones, too (pear, brie, and arugula panini being a particular favorite; fresh mozarella, goat cheese, tomato, and pesto another). Sometimes, just stripping things down to their very simple essence just works.

That tomato sandwich? It's like a bite of summertime heaven. Best ever sandwich? Slicing a still-warm-from-the-garden tomato onto the slightly toasted bread!

ETA: I'm probably really spoiled here, though. I can get local fresh vine-ripened tomatoes year-round. I guess that makes a diff...

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Costa - you take off the mayo, and I'm right there with ya! :-) And you're right, we can't get vine-ripened tomatoes that haven't traveled hundreds of miles in a truck except for about 3 months a year, here. However, I stock up on my tomato sauce when they're in season!

There's a challenge for our Top Chef Masters - make a yummy food in 5 ingredients or less!!

Lurknomore
Member

07-07-2001

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
FYI I'm a Helmann's girl all the way. Poverty made me break down and buy Kraft last time since it was nearly free and Helmann's was absurdly priced and never going on sale. I decided I'd rather skip food or driving and get a jar of Helmann's lol.

I do want to try homemade mayo. I keep hearing how wonderful it is, and saved a few recipes for it. Only problem is they say it doesn't keep very long and I don't use it too often.

Tntitanfan
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 4:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Good tomatoes make such a difference in any dish - panzanella, GA cracker salad, cornbread salad all rely on the luscious taste of home-grown tomatoes. A home-grown tomato in one hand and a salt shaker in the other - heaven! Ours come in here just in time to go on Fourth of July hamburgers - one of the few times a year I eat beef!!

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 4:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I am so totally spoiled. I can't imagine living somewhere where I can't get local fresh strawberries or tomatoes year-round. While the varieties that grow in the winter are different than the summer varieties, they are still local, vine-riped, and delish! Spoiled rotten, that's me.

Oh and I hate Hellman's/Best Foods. I'll stick to Kraft when I need mayo, thank you.

Mummy35332
Member

09-09-2005

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 7:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
Don't like Susur at all.
Was rooting for Waxman or Moonen.
O.K. with a Samuelsson win.

Love Helmans and grilled chesse with Wonder bread and American cheese----just not together. I prefer grilled sharp cheddar.

My kids won't touch anything with mayo or Miracle Whip. Of course they liked the deviled eggs until they learned mayo was included.

Palate? What palate? I can't afford to have a palate.

Anyone else catch Susan on Chef vs. City at her restaurant Street? The dish featured looked very similar to the dish she made when she was eliminated.

A five ingredient challenge sounds like it should be on the Next Food Netwood Star.

I want Sara Moulton back. I could learn from her.

Judyb
Member

09-18-2006

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Judyb a private message Print Post    
Mummy35332 - yes I saw that eppy of Chef vs. City and it was the same dish she mad. I just watched to rerun of the Top Chef Masters eppy and said they all love it at her restuarant. I loved seeing her and Street on Chef vs. City. I love her and was sad to see her go. FINALE TONIGHT....CAN'T WAIT.

Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Costa, I made your ALT sammie for Colossus on toasted sourdough (didn't have any cheddar so I used provolone instead), he said to tell "Costco" that her sandwich is a big hit LOL. PTL, Colossus hates bacon so any time I make myself a BLT I can make him an ALT and everyone's happy.

Thanks for the great tip, it will be in regular rotation for his lunches - very filling, healthy and tastes terrific.

Lexie_girl
Member

07-30-2004

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Costco... LOL

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL @ Colossus... Costco!! I guess that's my new name (second time in two days I've been Costco!)! :-)

At any rate, GAL, glad he liked it! I'm kinda craving thing now, but I don't have any bread in the house, darn it!

The lettuce and tomato sandwich... years ago when I worked in La Jolla, we used to always go to the liquor store slash deli next door for lunch. They didn't really offer vegetarian sandwiches. But I'd ask them to make me a lettuce and tomato sandwich. They'd charge me $1.50 for my sammie!! I thought it was the best deal ever!

Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
I'm all ears if you have any more meatless sandwich suggestions. When I worked in D.C. (many years ago) they introduced me to awesome sandwiches made with asparagus and whatnot, but I was too young to pay attention and learn to make the myself (or even remember the ingredients).

Southern_grits
Member

10-08-2009

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
Oh man, why did I come in this thread? Now I am hungry for BLT's. And I want to try them with the A, I love avocados! I need to do a quick food shop tomorrow anyway, guess what's coming to dinner?

Bluejaxrock
Member

04-23-2004

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 1:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
A tomato, straight off the vine-nothing compares, for me. And no to the salt shaker-salt's reserved for those rubber ball tomatos we get off-season.
Now I'm off to finish packing. I'm moving. btw, Costa, where do you live so I know just where I'm moving to?

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
GAL, do you have a panini grill or a George Foreman-type grill? If so, you can make awesome sandwiches with that. If I'm making a panini type sandwich, I'll try and use Ciabatta rolls (you can get 'em at Costco for pretty cheap).

Some options:

1. Pear and brie. Thinly slice brie and lay on one half of bread. Thinly slice pear (skin on), and layer on top of brie. Top with a handful of arugula (or other greens if they are too bitter). Top with another thin layer of brie and a little drizzle of honey. Place top layer of roll on and grill till warm and melty.

2. Cheese, tomato, basil, pesto. Any cheese, although my faves are goat cheese and/or mozzarella. Spread pesto on both sides of roll, then layer cheese, tomato, fresh basil. Grill till warm and melty.

3. Grilled portobello sammies. Sometimes I make 'em into burgers. Sometimes I slice the grilled portobellos and turn 'em into sammies that I grill open face with a slice of cheese on. Top with a warmed top roll and yum!

4. Mushroom sammies. Whenever I'm sauteeing mushrooms, I'll usually do extra. Save out enough to make sandwiches for the next day, topped with swiss cheese. If you warm the mushrooms, the cheese will melt just perfectly.

5. Veggie wraps. I use lahvosh bread cuz tortillas are too thick. Make 'em a day ahead if you can. Spread room temp cream cheese or goat cheese, then layer with whatever veggies you want. I usually julienne carrots, radishes, squash; halve grape tomatoes; slice cheeses. You can also make these with any leftover grilled veggies. If I'm gonna fire up the grill, I'll grill extra stuff for encore performances during the week.

How's that for starters? :-)

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL SG!! You're gonna be addicted!!

Bluejax, I totally agree. I don't salt 'em at all. I'll add pepper only when making a sammie. Otherwise, pure and natural. Oh, and I live in San Diego. Localvore whenever I can, and that's almost all year. The only thing I can't get year-round are the summertime stone fruits (peaches, plums, cherries). But anything else? All year round!

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
tomatoes? oh how I miss tomatoes! I used to like the Beefsteak, but I've noticed the last few years since going to the farmer's market and getting his heirloom tomatoes, I've now become a tomato snob!! IF only I could grow tomatoes!

Lurk, if you do make your own mayo - it tastes totally different from Hellman's - and it does depend on the kind of oil you use, and it can be a tricky mix.. and for me, it wasnt as good as Hellman's!

Sometimes only Miracle Whip will do for me - it has that sweet/vinegar taste - I like it on a tomato sandwich - with a hint of ham!

Costa that is starter - I cant believe you didnt mention the eggplants - so many varieties of eggplant are around - but I've not ventured into eggplant land...

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Oh yeah. Well, I include eggplant in the grilled veggies, cuz that's what I usually do with 'em! Grill 'em with peppers and onions. :-)