So, I rarely order hot dogs from portillos when I visit chicago. Or italian beef.
What do I order? "Tamales". Portillos "Tamales". Note how I provided suitable quotes around "Tamales". That's because chicago "Tamales" are not Tamales. Still good. Kinda like Chicago Deep Dish Pizza is not Pizza. Still very yummy, but in a different category altogether. What I call tamales are hand rolled and as you stated : made by someone's Aunt. And what I call pizza is made without a pan in an oven which is helliously hot, and has red sauce and mozzarella and absolutely no weird 'healthy" vegetables. I discovered Chicago "tamales" by accident when attempting to find a italian beef sandwich somewhere other than downtown, and somewhere had tamales. Tamales at a beef & hotdog place? That's odd... gotta order some. Turned out better than the beef. Note to self: Mr Beef and Pizza on North Harlem: Great steamed mini Chicago "Tamales", not so great on the beef. After that, I have tried them various places, and they're almost always good. Not the same as a good Tamale, but still yummy. What else do I eat when I'm in Chicagoland? Chicago style hot dogs from numerous places - gotta have a Vienna beef hot dog, and everything else authentic. If the relish doesn't glow in the dark, I don't want it. Skip the sport peppers though. I get it, but I'm just not into the whole sport peppers thing. Definitely no ketchup. Italian beef ideally from Mr Beef on Orleans, but that's way down town. And last time I ended up down there it was on a weekend day when they were closed. :( A couple years back I flew into Midway, drove downtown, ate beef, then drove back out to Schaumberg where my hotel is. I've found acceptable substitutes elsewhere, but they're not as good. Oh, and in case anyone asks, I like 'em Sweet and Wet or even better, Sweet and Dipped, depending on how messy I want to be. Chili 4-way from steak-n-shake. Ok, it's really 5-way hold the onions, but still.... Wish I had discovered this whole dish when WISPAMERICA was in Covington before I was at the airport on the way out of town, as I would have tried it at a few different places. Oh, and back on "Tamales".... If I can find a box of original supreme-brand "tamales" in a freezer section somewhere on my way out of town (to the airport), often a box will end up stuck right in the middle of my checked bag. They seem to keep just fine on the flight home that way. These happen to be the same variety as the ones that Mr Beef on North Harlem sells, just a bit larger. The other brand of Chicago frozen tamales are spicier and I don't like them as well so they have to be supreme brand. Rumour has it that Portillos at least used to use the Supreme "tamales" as well, but I'm not so sure they still do (they taste a bit different). Wouldn't surprise me if they decided to "roll their own". What did I miss? Oh, deep dish pizza - I really like Lou's crust, and Giordano's filling - if I could get these together somewhere I'd be in heaven. Still need to do some research... Usually there's two deep dish pizza nights whenever I visit - one experimental, and one toss-up between the two I mentioned. Probably missed something else. Darn, now I'm hungry for a lot of stuff which is 2000 miles away. I had hoped that at least there would be a Steak n shake near downtown in Nashville since I've been having a chili 4-way craving for some time now, but no, they're like 20 miles out of town and I'm not going to have a rental car this time. Looks like there's a deep dish pizza place near the hotel that serves italian beef too.. maybe will give it a try in a couple of weeks. Oh, yeah, I'm also known to visit a white castle now and again. I shouldn't like the little nasty hamburgers, but I do. Looks like there's one in Nashville also... unfortunately my significant other despises them so maybe I'll have to sneak down when she's not looking. -forrest On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 12:00 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm < thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't understand this portillos craze. I like hot dogs, I like real ones > better, but I'm not going to go full under an overpass craziness over one > like everybody seems to be on portillos. Do these come with a handjob or > something nobody is talking about? > > On Feb 24, 2017 11:53 PM, "George Skorup" <george.sko...@cbcast.com> > wrote: > > I had Portillo's for dinner. Nanananabooboo. > > > On 2/24/2017 11:14 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Our local place gives you a choice of refried beans or black beans, I > always take the black beans. > > > > Refried beans seem like you should check them with a Geiger counter. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *That One Guy /sarcasm > *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 10:45 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling > > > > ...... Unless you're going to tell me what refried beans actually are and > what that refried beans with white cheese is, cause I'll tell you, it's not > great value brand refried beans with shredded mozzarella. If you tell me > this secret, well, Fuck Trump for 8 hours > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 10:41 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Holy shit dude, the first two " hate crimes" they reference were not hate > crimes, they were documented false flags...... I couldn't even read further > to see if they reference fbi stats .. problem is, the order is two weeks > old and fbi wouldn't have a data set release for that time period. Don't be > fed, don't be a sheep > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 10:34 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The hate crime increase rate by FBI is here in your states paper.... > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-madigan > -immigration-hate-crimes-summit-20170223-story.html > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 9:13 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is something about how they roll out of the corn husk ribs. (I'm not > supposed to be eating the husk too am I? Because that may end up in the raw > oysters lust of shit I won't make my kids try) > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 10:06 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I checked tamale reviews in Chicago....Wow...Banana leaves? Chocolate? > WTF....I know there are allot of mojaritas (Maybe Gino or Faisal will > unravel it for you) all over. There has to be a place to buy dried corn > husks and nixtamal Masa!! Ranch Pro carried decent Mexican > offerings....Wonder if Masa can be shipped safely... Husks is no > problem...Let me check.. > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 8:54 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > They were in a metal can, a little softer than Mexican aunt tamales, I > grew up on em. They were black and white label generic. > > > > > > I didn't have a real tamales til I was in 5th grade or so, my buddy lio > and me were at the park on a bridge, he dropped his recorder (the flute > thing) and I acted like I was gonna kick it off, it bounced and I kicked it > off into the river. He told me I had to tell his old man what happenned or > he'd get in trouble. They were getting ready to eat when we got there, we > told them, it was all good and they invited me to eat. I don't know if > you've ever been invited to eat in a Mexicans house or not, it's not a > question or option if there are any aunts there. You will eat before you > leave, and you will eat until you're full and then some. > > That's where I got exposed to tamales, and a bunch of other stuff I don't > recall what it was. So good, so freaking good. > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 9:37 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > In a can, or a glass jar? I remember Derby brand tamales in a jar, do > they still sell those? They lacked all the characteristics of good > tamales, but were strangely appealing. Like Pringles or candy corn. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *That One Guy > /sarcasm > *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 9:16 PM > > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling > > > > https://www.walmart.com/ip/Maseca-Instant-Masa-For-Tamales- > Corn-Mix-4.4-lb/10790738 > > > > I still haven't sourced any husks. Btw are we talking green or dried > brown? And don't send a Mexican aunt to murder me, but if I can't find > husks, will wax paper work? > > > > > > When I was a kid mom was getting these canned tamales. They're the closest > I remember eating to authentic Mexican aunt tamales. She doesn't remember, > there was no English on the label. We do have an authentic (ish) Mexican > joint here (they make margaritas in a slushy machine), maybe they'll hook > me up with husks > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 8:57 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What are ingredients? Brand? > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 7:19 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It sucks we had a bitch for 8 years, a man would have actually changed law > instead of limbo, like how he fucked the immigrants. > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 5:44 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > > I thought the top story was Spicer saying they will crackdown at the > Federal level more on rec marijuana? I mean, it's only funding schools, > creating jobs, and paying for roads in Colorado... No big deal. > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 5:39 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > Something is wrong when the top news story today is Spicey banning some > major news outlets from his WH press conference. Not that it isn’t > disturbing, but … > > > > Hello, does anybody care about the story that North Korea is believed to > have carried out an assassination in a Malaysian airport using VX? And it > is believed they purposely did it in a way to demonstrate to the world and > especially the U.S. their capability and willingness to use the banned > chemical weapon? Oh, and to piss off their only two friends in the world, > Malaysia and China. > > > > Kim Jong Un is probably wondering, what do I have to do to make the front > page? I launched a ballistic missile toward Japan while Trump was meeting > with the PM of Japan. Then I had my half brother assassinated in public in > a foreign airport using 2-part (battlefield weaponized) VX nerve agent. > And all the Americans care about is speeches at CPAC and who was disinvited > to Spicey’s press conference. And whether Dippin Dots are the ice cream of > the future. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 5:19 PM > *To:* af <af@afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling > > > > You've hit on a lot of my frustration with the R's and D's. > > > > Add to that the fact that they have convinced the american public that the > only viable option is either an 'R' or a 'D' and you pretty much sum it up. > > > > For the record, I didn't vote for either a 'R' or a 'D' the last election. > I hoped to be part of the solution where we consider other alternatives > as well. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > There was an episode of the Star Trek TV series titled “Let That Be Your > Last Battlefield” about two warring aliens that appeared identical except > one was black on one side and white on the other, while the other was the > reverse. The difference was all important to the aliens, but the > Enterprise crew could hardly tell them apart. > > > > I think of that when people immediately identify someone as left or right, > Democrat or Republican, Shia or Sunni. As if their faces were painted a > certain way so you can immediately tell. And once you know their political > party or religious sect, that’s all you need to know. TV is that way, if > they are interviewing someone, the most important thing is to have a > graphic that tells you if they are a D or R. It’s like a sporting event, > you need to know what team someone is on, and then can cheer or boo > accordingly. > > > > Our political parties take themselves way too seriously, they seem to > believe people are born either D or R and that party owns them. The > parties don’t seem capable of running capable candidates for office and > governing well in order to earn votes. But when they eek out an election > victory, they proclaim it a landslide and believe they have a mandate. > Rather than accept that voters hated the other guys a little more. This > time. > > > > It’s kind of ironic with Trump and Putin in the news, neither of whom > really care about ideology, it’s all about power and personality. Yet we > still want it to be a story about left vs right, my party vs your party. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com > *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 9:51 AM > > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling > > > > Yeahbut they are democrats so they are leftists so they are inherently > truthful and trustyworthy... > > > > *From:* Adam Moffett > > *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 7:45 AM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling > > > > The statements come from representatives of the "Sweden Democrats" party. > Skim the wikipedia article about who they are. > > > > Some choice quotes: > > "The party had its roots in Swedish fascism[15] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats#cite_note-r1089-15> and > was a part of the white supremacy > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy> movement;[16] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats#cite_note-telegraphboots-16> > " > > "The Sweden Democrats, however, remain isolated in the Riksdag because > the other parties are staunchly maintaining a policy of refusing > cooperation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire#In_politics> with > them.[25] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats#cite_note-25>" > > "The Sweden Democrats believe that the current Swedish immigration > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Sweden> and integration > policies have been a failure. They oppose integration because they believe > that integration involves "meeting in the middle" and do not think that the > indigenous > Swedish people <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedes> should have to bear > the burden " > > > > The section on ideologies is interesting too. They might as well have > "Make Sweden Great Again" hats. > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> > > To: af@afmug.com > > Sent: 2/23/2017 4:15:29 PM > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling > > > > My only point is, Trump made one of his typical off-the-cuff/out his ass > utterances, he was excoriated by the left press. > > Now it seems there was something of substance behind his comment. > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 2:12 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling > > > > Sweden has accepted something like 25 times as many refugees per capita > than the U.S. And they have been mostly men who can’t find work. Whereas > the U.S. accepts mostly women and children, who have been heavily screened, > and there are usually communities willing to help them integrate. I’m not > sure why we are wanting to point fingers at Sweden and make some political > issue of this. > > > > Why not instead look for a model of how to do this right? By all > accounts, Canada is very good at this, with families virtually adopting > refugees and helping them resettle and integrate into Canadian society. > > > > Just be happy we get some choice unlike Europe which doesn’t have > > ... > > > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
