I actually have something nice to say!

[CreamyGoodness]

So, we all talk a lot about sugar here. When we were little we loved sugar because it could be used to make candy and baked goods. Then we hit about 16 and we loved sugar because it could be used to make the beer and wine we were sneaking at Easter (and the stuff our Jewish friends were drinking at Passover with their parents's sanction... I'm still just a little bitter about that). And now I have discovered two more awesome uses for sugars... masserating and curing.

1) Whilst making jam for my wedding favors I was instructed by the recipes to use what seemed to be an inordinate amount of sugar and to allow the fruit to sit in it overnight. Imagine my surprise when I found the fruit the next morning literally bathing in their own juice. The sugar had drew out juice, and pectin, and allowed the fruit to achieve spiritual creaminess.

2) Gravlax. Yes, salt plays a role here too, but sugar is the unsung hero. When you mix a 2:1 mixture of sugar and salt and then apply liberally to a filet of salmon, seasoning heavily with cracked pepper and dill, over time you will have a cured salmon that is, in my opinion, superior to smoke cured salmon. You will impress your inlaws and much will be right with the world.

So yeah, go sugar. :rockin:

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I'd never use sugar for that.

I'd be afraid the sugar would exfoliate too deeply and despite being candied at that point having her "kiss it to make it feel better" would likely be too painful.

I think you'd be better to stick with lotion for masserating yourself.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Don't be such a judger, Gila, we do things a little differently here in New York. :fro:

 

[KayaBrew]

Don't be such a judger, Gila, we do things a little differently here in New York. :fro:

Not here in Northern New York!

 

[DregAddict]

I prefer syrup!!

 

[Wus67]

Not here in Northern New York!

Not here in Western New York either

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Bring on the gravlax!
Regards, GF.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Bring on the gravlax!
Regards, GF.

Sounds like a stool softener.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Certainly can be if taken in high quantities...

Sounds like a stool softener.

 

[KayaBrew]

Not here in Western New York either

WNYer born and raised! I grew up about 20 miles west of Rochester, and I spent some of the drunkest and best years of my life playing hockey and getting into trouble in Buffalo!!!

 

[Wus67]

WNYer born and raised! I grew up about 20 miles west of Rochester, and I spent some of the drunkest and best years of my life playing hockey and getting into trouble in Buffalo!!!

Where abouts? I grew up in Batavia, ended up going to college up your way in Canton. Out in the Buffalo suburbs now.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

What's that famous roast beef sandwich in Buffalo called again? Friend of mine has to travel out there for work from time to time.

 

[Wus67]

Beef on Weck, damn tasty too, but it's gotta be doused with lots of fresh horseradish.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Looked pretty killer on No Reservations. Is on Weck the official dish of Buffalo? Seems to be the only place where anyone has even heard of it.

 

[KayaBrew]

Where abouts? I grew up in Batavia, ended up going to college up your way in Canton. Out in the Buffalo suburbs now.

We lived in North Greece growing up, on the lake. I went to HS in Hilton and college at MCC/SUNY Brockport.

 

[KayaBrew]

Looked pretty killer on No Reservations. Is on Weck the official dish of Buffalo? Seems to be the only place where anyone has even heard of it.

Beef on a Weck is more of a CNY thing I thought. Buffalo is famous for wings more than anything (and sh*tty NHL teams that constantly break my heart). The Anchor Bar in Buffalo claims to have invented the Buffalo wing.

 

[b-boy]

Best wings in WNY are at Elmo's on Millersport Hwy in Getzville.. I'm not originally from Buffalo. I grew up in White Plains NY, but I never had a Beef On Weck anywhere but Buffalo. Good stuff.

I spent a lot of time at SUNY Brockport. In the 80's that was a wild place. I don't remember too much about those visits, but based on my hangovers I had fun.

 

[Wus67]

Looked pretty killer on No Reservations. Is on Weck the official dish of Buffalo? Seems to be the only place where anyone has even heard of it.

Not the official dish, pretty sure,that goes to chicken wings. Beef on Weck is a close second. Never had a beef outside of WNY either. The best in Buffalo is at Schwabels, the same place Tony Bourdain ate at. As for wings the Anchor Bar did invent them, but they are no where near the best, rubbery and overpriced IMO. For really good ones you gotta,hit up Duff's, true to what a stellar wing should be, plump, crispy and HOT. Just a little help to find good wings 1. Get to Buffalo/WNY, all other wings suck 2. If #1 isn't possible, look for a place that actually calls them CHICKEN wings, buffalo wings are always terrible knock offs. 3. Hole in wall bars always have better wings than pizza places.