Comments on: Pork Chocolate Bar??

Pork Chocolate Bar??

jonson — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:46:09 -0800

Chocolate dipped pork fat is now on the menu in one of the Ukraine's trendiest restaurants. Because regular pork fat isn't chocolately enough.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:54:27 -0800

Ketchup tastes tgood on pork, so sweet tastes do seem to make sense. /goes to get the bacon and the hershey sauce.

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:59:44 -0800

Paging jonmc. You now have an entree to go with your deep fried whatever bars as dessert.

By: boredomjockey

boredomjockey — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:02:30 -0800

You should page Homer Simpson, too.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:03:49 -0800

I have to try that, just once. Chocolate makes anything better.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:10:55 -0800

Why is it always the Ukraine and not just Ukraine?

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:11:00 -0800

Actually, sweet on pork chops does make a lot of sense. Usually I do pork chops with a sauce mix that's basically ketchip and brown sugar. Does the trick just fine.

By: bob sarabia

bob sarabia — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:12:54 -0800

don't people in some magical land somewhere eat applesauce with porkchops?

By: scody

scody — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:22:38 -0800

Ask Peter Brady.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:01:44 -0800

Good gravy -- has anyone alerted jonmc yet?

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:02:45 -0800

Young girl, come and try my tasty salo, it's super salo. Katya Feschenko, salo seller yes.

By: kenko

kenko — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:04:37 -0800

Is there some way to combine this with a stick of butter?

By: scottandrew

scottandrew — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:33:48 -0800

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By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:33:51 -0800

Why is it always the Ukraine and not just Ukraine? It's not any more -- the more official/respectable the publication, the more likely you are to see "in Ukraine," because that's what the Ukrainian government insists on. (I have a longstanding problem with allegedly free people obediently going along with what some foreign government tells them to say -- eg, "Myanmar" -- but that's a separate issue.) The reason the traditional name is "the Ukraine" is that "Ukraine" was originally a geographical description ('borderland') rather than the name of a country; there wasn't such a country (thus called) until a few years ago. Compare "the Netherlands," also a geographical description ('lowlands'). The reason the government wants the article dropped is exactly that: "real" countries don't have articles. Interestingly, there's a parallel debate in Russian, where the traditional phrase is na Ukraine 'on (the) Ukraine' and the Ukrainians want the Russians to say v Ukraine 'in (the) Ukraine' as for most other countries (na is used mainly with countries that are also islands: na Kube 'in/on Cuba'). Well, my work here is done; I'm heading out to dip pork fat in chocolate and swig vodka.

By: btwillig

btwillig — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:35:16 -0800

Ask Peter Brady. Oh, that's good. Hadn't thought about that one in years.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:43:32 -0800

*drools*

By: quasistoic

quasistoic — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:09:47 -0800

That would also go well with the Tempura Vegan Oreos I had last night. Pork fat is vegan, right?

By: donpardo

donpardo — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:32:49 -0800

It needs some crumbled caramelized bacon.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:37:41 -0800

ewwwww....I'll pass on this.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:23:14 -0800

MetaFilter: where you post something about chocolate dipped pork, and someone gives you the etymology of "Ukraine" before anyone can say "ewwwww."

By: TungstenChef

TungstenChef — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:03:08 -0800

Because regular pork fat isn't chocolately enough. Damn straight! Chocolate makes anything better. Pork fat makes everything better times infinity. Use pork or bacon fat to replace the cooking fat in any recipe and you'll see what I mean. The combination of these two godlike foods is staggering.

By: TungstenChef

TungstenChef — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:04:09 -0800

Oh yeah, it must be said... Move over eggs! Bacon just got a new best friend: fudge!

By: scarabic

scarabic — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:49:45 -0800

Is there anything stopping one from breading one of these things in batter, and then deep-frying that, coating it in ice cream, drizzling on butter, rolling it in popcorn, then brushing that with honey, sprinkling on bacon bits, dipping in whipped egg, powdering that with sugar, skewering with apple slices, applying caramel, and then waving the whole mess at a bucket of lard? Yum!

By: TungstenChef

TungstenChef — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:40:02 -0800

scarabic -will you marry me?

By: Witty

Witty — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:43:01 -0800

Mmmmm... now you're on to something scarabic, although I would consider sprinkles in there somewhere... or maybe some chocolate jimmies. Actually, it's funny you should even make such a post. My fellow culinary students and I, back in the day, used to play a similar "game"... more or less just making fun of ourselves. We would keep adding steps to the "recipe" just to see how absurd it could be and who would be left without being able to make the next contribution. Breading and deep-frying was damn near a given at some point - usually preceded by pureeing, adding a panade and forming into cakes. Imagine the fun. A friend of mine went to v Ukraine for some kind of school trip, back in '86ish. For some reason, the only thing I can remember him telling me about his experiences there was that, for breakfast, he was consistently served a bowl of hot water with a hunk of pork fat floating about. That's it... and sometimes a warm coke. FANTASTIC! I can't wait to go.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:21:33 -0800

Can this be put to use to deter young suicide bombers in the Mideast?

By: smcniven

smcniven — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:18:17 -0800

I see FreedomParamus has solved his posting problem. Too bad.

By: RustyBrooks

RustyBrooks — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:50:33 -0800

This is like an old cooking joke... if you want to improve any recipe, double the bacon and add chocolate.

By: Witty

Witty — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:50:53 -0800

What's too bad is that you just HAD to come in here and say that... Bravo! It'll never end.

By: Witty

Witty — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 06:04:42 -0800

Although PP's comment was hardly necessary either.

By: smcniven

smcniven — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 06:33:40 -0800

Piss off Witty. Have a look at my posting history. I rarely (if ever) sound off on the whole mid-east terror thing. But PP's post was so obnoxious and out of place in this thread that I felt compelled to retort. BTW, PP is a grownup. Why don't you let him fight his own battles (if he so chooses). He probably looked at my comment, snorted at it and started reading another thread. Too bad you just HAD to make a comment about my comment. But hey, let's let bygones be bygones. I'll even serve up a nice steaming plate of homemade Salo just for you.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 06:44:55 -0800

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the widely-available Grams Gourmet Sweet Cinnamon & Butter Pork Rind Crunchies. Take it from me: these are extremely nasty.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 06:46:11 -0800

Holy shit--pork rind pancakes. I <3 Google.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:39:51 -0800

"Move over eggs, ~~Bacon's~~ pork fat's got a new partner! Fudge!" - Homer Simpson

By: Witty

Witty — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:51:44 -0800

I rarely (if ever) sound off on the whole mid-east terror thing. And you didn't in this case either.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:46:22 -0800

jonmc eats deep fried Mars bars. I saw him do it. I've eaten worse things, some of which used to have legs too - not like Mars bars. Unless there are varieties of Mars bars I'm unaware of - Mars bars with legs. Who knows? Just saying.