September HH at Falls Taproom Thursday the 27th

[eldondre]

Falls Taproom - Philadelphia, PA - Reviews - BeerAdvocate

[billy ross]

Falls Taproom - Philadelphia, PA - Reviews - BeerAdvocate

Should be fun. I'll be able to walk home.

[MarketStEl]

Anyone up for Quizo?

I seem to have misplaced that $25 credit slip.

[MarketStEl]

Actually, it now looks like I will get there on the later side.

I'm going to be covering a talk by former Mayor and Gov. Rendell early that evening. Think it's going to be on his new book, "A Nation of Wusses."

[JasonMcElroy]

Maybe after we all get drunk, we can head up to that "playground" on Calumet and smoke weed!

Jason

[billy ross]

Actually, it now looks like I will get there on the later side.

I'm going to be covering a talk by former Mayor and Gov. Rendell early that evening. Think it's going to be on his new book, "A Nation of Wusses."

Where's the talk gonna be?

[billy ross]

Actually, it now looks like I will get there on the later side.

I'm going to be covering a talk by former Mayor and Gov. Rendell early that evening. Think it's going to be on his new book, "A Nation of Wusses."

Where's the talk gonna be?

[eldondre]

should be around 8, what time are you showing geno?

[redpinstripes]

Maybe after we all get drunk, we can head up to that "playground" on Calumet and smoke weed!

Jason

Ok. Thats just funny. Dont forget some firecrackers and guns.

[MarketStEl]

Where's the talk gonna be?

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 15 minutes from now (5:30 p.m.)

Hope the Quizo guy or bartender remembers me, 'cause for the life of me I can't find that handwritten scrap of paper on which the guy wrote down the $25 prize.

Yes, I'm game again.

[billy ross]

Walking with my son to Franklin's for their sushi night. Then I'll head to FTR for open mike night, say around 7.

I'm sure Gary will honor your prize - he has a good memory.

[eldondre]

Is it loud outside?

[Geno]

should be around 8, what time are you showing geno?

about 715

[hammersklavier]

Lo, I am there now. Billy, I'm by the bar so you can find me when you come in.

[MarketStEl]

I enjoyed hanging out with all of you, and I guess we will have to do it again some Wednesday, when there's Quizo.

But I must remark on a rather unfortunate menu fail.

You all may recall that I ordered the Taproom's fried green tomatoes.

The description goes on to explain that they use tomatillos for this dish.

Oops.

I was in the Bottom Dollar Food at the Boulevard and Borbeck today and noted that their produce department carried tomatillos. (For a deep-discount, no-service, limited-selection supermarket, this store had a great selection of products, and their produce was of very good quality - and kept in a walk-in cooler!)

I was explaining to my friend Vince what tomatillos were when another shopper chimed in. "They're more bitter than tomatoes," she said. "They're common in a lot of Mexican dishes. When you combine them with <mumble>, it takes the bitter edge off."

Then I told her about the fried green tomatillos. "That was wrong," she said. And she's right.

Here's why: Fried green tomatoes work because green tomatoes are not ripe. That means they're firm and won't cause the breading to get soggy.

Tomatillos are green when ripe. And while ripe tomatillos are firmer than ripe tomatoes, they're still juicy, and those juices make the breading soggy.

Generally speaking, except in salsas, tomatillos can't be substituted for tomatoes.