HAY GUYS

Shorty · Local time: May 20, 2007, 06:35 PM

You know, I honestly don't understand why the concept of eating food off a stick isn't as popular as it should be.

Benefits:
1) You can essencially stab/stick through anything on a stick/skewer to eat it. (except maybe certain starch sources like rice where it would fall apart)
2) You can eat while walking
3) You don't have to worry about dishes!
4) You can keep one hand free while eating (no utensils)!

It's popular around festivals for food to be on a stick for this very purpose. Some popular staples include: barbecue kabobs, hot/corndogs, ice cream popsicles, hell, you can even find cheesecake on a stick nowadays.

Again, there are things that just aren't practical for preparing on a stick (all things liquid like soup, duh), but I think it'd be interesting to find something you'd normally not see it eaten in such fashion. What are some favorites you've come across? Any ideas for a new type of stick-food? What do you think about pizza on a stick? Steak?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Shorty · Local time: May 25, 2007, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Adara

Pizza on a stick sounds good, but I think it would be kind of hard to keep it from falling off of the stick since it's so thin.

You know what, what if it's like those elongated pizza pretzels on a stick? Except maybe the dough would wrap around the filling instead of being like toppings. Hmmm, I guess this would be more like pepperoni pizza-flavored hot pockets on a stick. Just cylindrical in shape, with a stick. Hmm, ideas are brewing.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Shorty · Local time: May 31, 2007, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Omi-Cron Kenobi

There really is NO food in Guatemala served on a stick. Fucking sucks.

I think the response I got from a friend with a similar dilemma (she's in Mexico) was "it's because everything's wrapped in a tortilla, you don't need sticks to make your meals utensil-free."

I don't know Guatemala cuisine all that well so I can't really say this is relative, but considering what my friend said and that she's in Mexico it was like "oh yeah, duh."

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Shorty · Local time: Jun 5, 2007, 12:48 PM

Oh, oh, oh, I got it guys: chinese DUMPLINGS on sticks! Already pre-flavored with mustard and soysauce in the filling so no drippings will occur! Imagine, your favorite dim sum entrees on neat combinations of skewered mini-items so that you can have them on the go or in the car while driving!!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Shorty · Local time: Oct 26, 2007, 12:27 PM

Sorry to revive an old thread, but I just found another cuisine that is enjoyed off of skewers. BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSES.

I went to Fogo de Chao Restaurant in Beverly Hills last night, and it was the most scrumptious steak on skewers I have ever tasted. You guys have to try it out if you can afford a trip to any Brazilian steakhouse nearby.

I was speaking idiomatically.