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Fried Jalapenos

So I ordered fried jalapenos from the good Mexican place near me last night. I was thinking I'd be getting slices of jalapeno that were breaded and deep-fried, like most things here in America with "fried" in the title. Instead, I got three whole peppers that were sauteed in a pan, and served atop a bed of onions, and shoved in a takeout container.

It was still good, and qualifies as what I ordered - just wasn't what I was expecting. What things have you ordered that weren't quite what you expected when they arrived?
Viper · M
The Mexican restaurant near me has different burrito dishes.

Some are normal burritos with lots of items stuffed inside, topped with absolutely delicious queso sauce.

The other... they literally just throw only a while bunch or meat into a wrap, topped it with extremely bland marinara sauce and topped with a dab of shredded cheese... which I feel like I could do better at home.


Once you realize there is a clear difference, you can read on the menu which one mentions stuff inside... but considering they're only like a $1 or $2 difference, I wasn't expecting to go from this is totally delicious, to I easily could of made better at home.


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Also, I don't think this counts... but I'm still gonna mention it...

Ordering a silverware meal (so sauces which will get your hands very messy) with shrimp in it... and having the shrimp all have their tails on.

I guess that's just a pet peeve of mine... if the dish is supposed to be eaten with silverware to keep your hands clean, then there should not be shrimp with shells on in the dish.

Either take the shells off before putting them in, or have the shrimp on the side and let the customer take off the shells before they place them in and mix it (or eat them straight).
Viper · M
@FaeLuna Hmm, you wouldn't grind through shrimp tails to have magical Larp powers of long life? 🤔

I'd argue that you might of already done more for less lol, just knowing you do help out preparing things and all.


@Vivaci oh yes, and which of these southern soups are you going to be making for us? ;) :D lol jk
@Viper Oh no not the shell. Just the tail. I mean it depends if I'm not in the mood I don't mind just dipping them in the seafood sauce holding it by the tail and then just pulling off the rest of the shrimp with my teeth but sometimes I just throw the whole thing in. Definitely they get shelled though.
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
@Viper If I could take the tails, dry them out, and grind them into a powder to be added to other things, sure. But I'm not going to chew on shrimp tails for like twenty minutes a piece. That's just not worth it to me.
Viper · M
Oh, I just thought of a couple...

In highschool I moved to an Italian area

They sometimes would offer "pizza" for this or that... the "pizza" didn't always have any cheese. A cheese-less, topping-less pizza. I'm sorry folks but I call the tomato pie at best... An actual pizza needs some toppings of some sort.


Also, some of the sports parents "garlic knots", which I had absolutely no idea what that's were, but teammates got all excited. Tried them, oh my they were absolutely addicting! We'd eat them until we got sick... and then get better and go right back to eating them. I've tried many commercial garlic knots since, and they completely suck compared to what these moms made.


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Now where I live, they sometimes offer "BBQ" for this or that... the "BBQ" is sometimes chicken bbq, which I find acceptable to call BBQ, but usually it seems to be what's more commonly known as sloppy joes. Don't get me wrong, sloppy joes are delicious, and I'm certainly not complaining about them being offered. But simply put, they're simply not Bone of the many styles of BBQ (imo). Still good, but we need to stop calling that BBQ...

And yes, I realize all over America they call different things called BBQ, but generally speaking, all of them involve meat that can go on a grill. Be and not ground up, liquidy meat.
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
@Viper The first one is definitely tomato pie. Good on its own, and best served cold or room temperature at most, it's somewhat popular around here. Definitely not a pizza though. Similar, but not the same.

I actually like the commercial garlic knots. Obviously I haven't these amazing ones, but the pizza shops in my town deep fry them for some reason, and they're just really greasy and soaked in garlic butter. Like, you pick one up and it drips out.

Totally agreed on BBQ. It's meat that has been grilled, or smoked, or slow-cooked to perfection, and the sauce is a compliment, not a defining feature. Sloppy Joe's are definitely not barbecue, and anyone who says it is, is wrong.
Viper · M
@FaeLuna Yes that's was probably my biggest problem (other than feeling mislead and missing the cheese which is amazing), but a tomato pie, I preferred cool (which is rare for me, I usually prefer things warm), where if it's pizza, I want it warm.


Commercial garlic knots aren't bad, but they're also not close to addictingly good status. Like my senior year I started seeing those things as evil, because it was hard to pace yourself lol. They were much much smaller knots,a lot less air in them than the commercial ones (like they were so different, I think one could argue they should have different names), but the ingredients were all the same, also they were loaded with salt and other stuff, but fit was like the perfect combo. And it wasn't just salt, I really wish I learned what other spices they had on that thing.
adorbz · 26-30, F
I used to trust Italians to choose good pizza toppings even though they sound weird and then I tried one with walnuts 📉
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@adorbz could be worse, if they were Sardinians, you'd get casu marzu on it.
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
@basilfawlty89 NO THANK YOU. I do not need that on my pizza!
adorbz · 26-30, F
@basilfawlty89 I had to google that 👀 and uh yes it can be worse 🤣😱
LunarOrbit · 56-60, M
I tried eel for the first time. My sister was cooking it and it looked so white and delicate in the frying pan. So I popped a piece in my mouth expecting a scallop texture and I gagged right there on the spot. It was full of cartlidge....YUK!!!
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
@LunarOrbit Never had eel here, and probably won't if that's what I have to look forward to!
Nayla · 56-60, F
Ordering shrimp in Mexico. It turns up on my plate with the head and eyeballs and long stringy tentacle things. I cannot eat that. I cannot eat anything that is looking at me.
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
@Nayla Yeah, that would take me by surprise! I'm also the kind of person that gets annoyed when restaurants leave the tails on shrimp, or the shells on crab, etc., so I feel I'd be even more annoyed there. I just want to eat; I don't want to have to do work first!
JesseInTX · 51-55, M
Just pop the head off and peel. The head gives extra flavor of boiled or grilled @Nayla
Well where I live we have drinks called Caesars, which is essentially Clamato juice with vodka. I guess it could qualify as the Canadian version of the Bloody Mary only instead of Tomato juice it uses Clamato juice. When i was in the States I asked for Ceasar and they brought me a Caesar Salad xD
@FaeLuna To be fair I just asked for a Caesar. I guess they thought I just wanted a Caesar salad to go along with my meal you think they would have asked me for a drink if they didn't think I ordered one though.
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@MrBlueGuy well at least you didn't order a Screwdriver and someone gave you an actual screwdriver.
@basilfawlty89 Yeah that would have been much less apetizing.
SW-User
I went out to lunch with some clients in Italy. They tried to describe what the daily special was. It sounded good but I was a bit disappointed when I just got a couple of sausages on a plate.
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
@SW-User Were they good sausages at least?
SW-User
@FaeLuna They were, but I think I expected better in Italy 😆
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
@SW-User That's fair!
KA9ha · 31-35, M
love to have jalapenos fried ,vege ,,pickled and even RAW whatever i can eat..
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SW-User
General Tso’s chicken that had tofu instead of chicken meat. 😑
Blasphemy!!!
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
@SW-User Well, that's just straight-up misleading if they call it chicken!
SW-User
@FaeLuna I agree!

 
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