So I ate this food with my mouth the other day and hey listen to this:

[Augo]

I just bought a pound of free-range grass-fed ground bison.

I wanna make a nice organic meal.  Any suggestions?  I have fusilli and pasta sauce, so a thick dish of bison goulash might be what I'm after.  I also bought some apples, peppers, and tortilla chips.

[Maaik]

Make an awesome nacho dip and call the splendid, aromatic platter "Buffalo Chips."

[Greg Nog]

Honestly, whenever I get free-range grass-fed bison, I usually just add a bit of onion, salt, and pepper, grill it so it's realllly rare inside, melt a bit of strong cheese on top, and eat it with a side of veggies.  This is seldom my advice for anything, but I vote for simplicty here.

[Maaik]

What would Reese do?  Oh yeah: EAT IT RAW

[Augo]

Honestly, whenever I get free-range grass-fed bison, I usually just add a bit of onion, salt, and pepper, grill it so it's realllly rare inside, melt a bit of strong cheese on top, and eat it with a side of veggies.  This is seldom my advice for anything, but I vote for simplicty here.

It's ground bison, which is why I'm thinking something pasta-y. 

I imagine I'd be looking more at your method if it was an actual cut of bison meat.  Damn son does that sound good, though!

[Augo]

But I do agree that I should really embrace the flavor of the bison while I have it.  I don't treat myself to the stuff too often.

Perhaps some bison meatballs!

[milesofsparks]

What would Reese do?

a simple mantra for troubled times.

OT, I had an awesome (and free!) dinner of coq au vin tonight with genuine rooster.  and a lot of other stuff.  it was fancy.  one of the people was a chef from New Hampshire.  we asked him what the delicacies of New Hampshire are, but he drew a blank.  anyone around here have any idea?  hmmmm?

[coldforge]

i don't think we've got anyone here from new hampshire.

[Greg Nog]

Who was the chef?  Where in NH was he from?  What the eff was wrong with him, drawing blanks like that?

[DCDave]

Isn't the delicacy of New Hampshire the Lobster Roll?

Alternatively, J.B. Scoops.

[milesofsparks]

Who was the chef?  Where in NH was he from?  What the eff was wrong with him, drawing blanks like that?

he cooks at Egg, that place that used to be Sparky's.  he grew up from 5 minutes from the big college, whatever that means.  but so, hey, what are the delicacies of NH? 

[Maaik]

my boss has these flax seed cake bar things which have the same taste and consistency of corrogated cardboard.  Blech.

[Greg Nog]

Oh, okay.  I guess he means UNH, which means he's around the seacoast area.  Given that, it seems even weirder that he didn't mention lobster rolls or deep-fried whole-belly clams or chowdah.  Huh.

Were he from the Manchester area, I'd have expected him to mention poutine or eels or something.  Washed down with a frappe and a tall glass of Moxie.

[bethany_m]

Moxie is from Maine, thank you very much.

[Greg Nog]

Yes, but Moxie is also drunk in New Hampshire, much like most of my friends from high school.

Plus, NH's Pine Island amusement park used to have a big-ass wooden bottle like the one in Union!

[Wally]

Moxie is from Maine, thank you very much.

bethany, is it me or have you been away for little bit. How's it going?

[milesofsparks]

Oh, okay.  I guess he means UNH, which means he's around the seacoast area.  Given that, it seems even weirder that he didn't mention lobster rolls or deep-fried whole-belly clams or chowdah.  Huh.

Were he from the Manchester area, I'd have expected him to mention poutine or eels or something.  Washed down with a frappe and a tall glass of Moxie.

to be fair, he did mention fried clams, but I was hoping for something one couldn't get much outside of NH.  you know, something regional.  a reason to lure me there.

[girl]

. . . Washed down with a frappe

Oh man, nostalgia. I used to go to summer camp with twins from Hanover, MA (pronounced: Hanovah). It took me ages to figure out what they meant when they were talking about having a frappe.

[Greg Nog]

you know, something regional.

Dude, I just mentioned like five regional things.

[milesofsparks]

you know, something regional.

Dude, I just mentioned like five regional things.

dude, I mean like smaller region.  I can get lobster rolls from Montauk to Maine.  ditto fried clams.  I guess poutin and eels are harder to get.  are the eels made any special way?

[Ah_Pook]

today i bought some Promised Land Dairy Mooberry Blueberry milk

it tastes like if you took a huge bowl of Booberry cereal and let it soak in some milk for a while, and then strained out the cereal

[Greg Nog]

you know, something regional.

Dude, I just mentioned like five regional things.

dude, I mean like smaller region.  I can get lobster rolls from Montauk to Maine.  ditto fried clams.  I guess poutin and eels are harder to get.  are the eels made any special way?

They are, but I'm not sure how; that would require me talking to a bunch of French-Canadian immigrants.

If you're looking for "smaller region", I could name local Manchester restaurants and what their various specialties are, but I'm not sure what it is you're looking for, here.  Something that's exclusive to New Hampshire and New Hampshire only?  That doesn't appear anywhere outside the political borders of the state?

[milesofsparks]

oh, I'm sorry if I was sounding cranky or something--I just know RI has coffee milk, NJ deep fries their hotdogs, Vermont has that cheese thing going on, etc.  just wondered if there was something we should identify particularly with NH...

[RoyBiggins]

I believe the answer you're looking for is "Greg Nog."

[DCDave]

The Lobster Roll.  That's it.