The Chuck Bucket
Sometimes we get a little homesick and need a familiar taste. For those who are from Rochester, NY, that taste is sometimes the Garbage Plate, made famous at Nick Tahou Hots.
There are several stupid variants of the plate, some including fish, baked beans, and other dumb, non-standard sides. But the real original, in my opinion, is a plate filled with half macaroni salad and half fried potato (deep fried hash browns are most authentic, but fries are okay too), topped with two grilled hot dogs split open lengthwise, smothered in meat hot sauce, covered with diced onions, then drizzled with mustard. Anything else is an abomination that is unworthy of the name Garbage Plate. Except sometimes two cheese burgers are acceptable instead of two hot dogs.
Since I can't replicate the exact hot meat sauce that Nick's has, I refer to my home made version of the Garbage Plate as The Chuck Bucket.
Since we usually eat on the couch, a bowl (bucket) works nicely for the serving platter. I usually use tater tots as the potato, and the meat sauce is really just 20/80 ground beef cooked, then reduced in 1/2 cup of Franks Red Hot.
Lemme tell you, The Chuck Bucket is one fine dining experience.
There are several stupid variants of the plate, some including fish, baked beans, and other dumb, non-standard sides. But the real original, in my opinion, is a plate filled with half macaroni salad and half fried potato (deep fried hash browns are most authentic, but fries are okay too), topped with two grilled hot dogs split open lengthwise, smothered in meat hot sauce, covered with diced onions, then drizzled with mustard. Anything else is an abomination that is unworthy of the name Garbage Plate. Except sometimes two cheese burgers are acceptable instead of two hot dogs.
Since I can't replicate the exact hot meat sauce that Nick's has, I refer to my home made version of the Garbage Plate as The Chuck Bucket.
Since we usually eat on the couch, a bowl (bucket) works nicely for the serving platter. I usually use tater tots as the potato, and the meat sauce is really just 20/80 ground beef cooked, then reduced in 1/2 cup of Franks Red Hot.
Lemme tell you, The Chuck Bucket is one fine dining experience.
So the manager of our catering department was just here and I showed him the Chuck Bucket. He'd like to have the photo sent to him so that he can show his head chef. He loved the presentation, but noted that you had mustard on the rim of the bowl. He also thought the hot dogs were a bit vulgar in their presentation. He has contacts in the Napa Valley and would like to talk about a Garbage Plate franchise...
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If it's going into a nice restaurant, I prefer the French pronunciation of Chuck Bucket, which is shoo Boo-QUAH
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And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! See Swiftly Along for a proper tribute!
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Happy Birthday little brother!!
Oh, and I recognized that the mustard was, in fact, strategically placed on the plate like drizzled chocolate on an expensive dessert.
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Only the best at our house.
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Not bad. Almost as good as the "Unemployment Platter" - cheese & crackers topped with mustard, hot sauce, and horseradish, served with Scotch (preferably single malt).
Next week I'll share my recipe for "Cereal Comas."
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