Let's introduce ourselves and get to know one another better

junglechef51 · July 17, 2019, 1:21am

Thank you!! Just starting to figure out how to get around on the Onion site!!

junglechef51 · July 17, 2019, 1:21am

Where are you in France?

junglechef51 · July 17, 2019, 1:23am

Gracias Marko…
I was in Oregon for six years before I moved back here so I can empathize with your “just getting started”.
David

naf · July 17, 2019, 3:11pm

I guess the question is addressed to me. In the Parisian region. I don’t live in Paris, just in the outskirts. We go to Paris very often.

meatn3 · July 17, 2019, 4:04pm

A post was merged into an existing topic: What’s for Dinner #47 - the Halfway Through The Year Edition - July 2019

bbqboy · July 17, 2019, 3:58pm

I’m all alone here in the Rogue Valley these days, at least as far as HO goes. Feel free to comment on any PNW posts because the participation is thin at this point.
Welcome!

junglechef51 · July 17, 2019, 5:12pm

bbq…
I spent six years in Oregon–four in Scotts Mills (near Silverton) looking for some kind of work that would fit my lifetime of professional cooking experience–and the last two in The Dalles (god forsaken place, it runs on alcohol, petroleum, and meth) working as a Corporate Exec Chef and Food Service Manager for Google. I found that if I really wanted to work at something I wasn’t overqualified for I had to go farther and farther from home.
I have a good friend in Grants Pass who is one of the biggest foodies I know. He grew up in the heart of the Napa Valley and split when he felt the corporate world pushing in. I’ll be seeing him for two days in September and I’m hoping the catch the tail end of summer’s bounty.
David

sck · July 18, 2019, 12:01am

Welcome! You should invite your pal to join you here!

ChefBoyardee · July 26, 2019, 1:34am

Boise, Id
Technique, learning new skills, creating a dinner where everything tastes great.
Learning to make fish and chips, and having it turn out beautifully.
Got more serious about cooking after walking away from a bad motorcycle crash. Forced to rethink life, I began cooking more and more and haven’t looked back. My wife calls me Chef Boyardee because I used to not eat very well, and have now become somewhat of a snob

NotJrvedivici · July 26, 2019, 2:11am

Welcome chef! Nice to have you join us! I used to live on Chef Boyardee when I was in my teens. Straight out of the can at room temp! I will never forget I was laying on my couch eating a can of it when I noticed the label said: “family size”, I then went on to read it was supposed to serve 4! (I think that was how many) I was shocked!!! Lol

Anyway welcome again if you have any questions let us know!

ChefBoyardee · July 26, 2019, 2:18am

Thank you NotJrvedivici! Yes, eating it straight out of the can does bring back memories

emglow101 · July 26, 2019, 2:20am

Don’t forget those pizza in a box kits . My mom let me cook one at 8 yrs old . Even bought the pizza pan they were selling. Never looked back . Thank you chef boyardee.

ChefBoyardee · July 26, 2019, 2:22am

haha! yes, the pizza box kits were the best! this is how I got the nickname. when I tried to tell my wife that it was pretty good… next to her handed down from generation to generation pizza recipe from Argentina!

LindaWhit · July 26, 2019, 2:45am

GAH!!! My first boyfriend used to make those when he got home from work around 3:30. It was about the only thing he cooked. And then he’d have the dinner I made. I hated him. j/k

winecountrygirl · July 26, 2019, 11:34am

Welcome to HO!!! Hope you enjoy it here!

ChefBoyardee · July 26, 2019, 1:40pm

Thank you! Looks like a good group!

ernie_in_berkeley · July 26, 2019, 5:10pm

Mom used to make the pizzas when we were little, but she topped them with mozzarella and used olive oil, so they were decent enough. When we were older, and a great pizzeria opened in town, that was the end of it. Nowadays, I think you can get pizza dough at lots of stores, including Trader Joe’s.

Welcome!

bbqboy · July 26, 2019, 5:44pm

Are you in Boise currently?
I can’t remember the questions you’re answering.

ChefBoyardee · July 26, 2019, 5:55pm

Yup, live just west of the North End. How bout you?

bbqboy · July 26, 2019, 6:31pm

I’m in the Rogue Valley, but my nephew and
Niece in law lived there and he started his journalism career there on the alternative paper. Their Rock & Roll puppet theatre troupe was just there on Tuesday.

My food and real life friend Ed moved to Boise to be closer to his kids once he retired.
(Sound guy in Hollywood.)
http://theboisebeat.com/

He now writes an internet blog titled the Boise Beat.

He loves it after being a life long SoCal guy.
Nonetheless, for our purposes, we’re claiming you for the PNW board!