Comments on: Homemade Garbage Plates

By: spiffycookie

spiffycookie — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:08:37 +0000

In reply to Myk. Myk, I thought you'd like to know that the most recent time I made this sauce, I used shredded carrots instead of brown sugar and it tasted great! I cannot say if it tasted differently but it's nice to know I can omit processed sugar. I don't normally have lard on hand so I had to go without that. I also used a large instead of a medium yellow onion (all the yellow onions I use are Spanish).

By: spiffycookie

spiffycookie — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:08:11 +0000

In reply to Myk. Myk, no worries! Sometimes it's had to express passion over the internet without sounding assertive. Enjoy your week as well!

By: Myk

Myk — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 23:32:32 +0000

Oh, gee’s I was hoping my reply did’nt sound assertive, my bad. I had happen to be looking on the internet and I was seeing all these sites posting about the “hot sauce”, and I was like you gotta be kidding me, they got it wrong. So when I got to your site I had to post a comment, sorry if I came off rude. I just made plates today for my buddies, needless to say we are all stuck on the couch LOL. Thanks for the reply. I hope you have an OUTSTANDING week.

By: spiffycookie

spiffycookie — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:24:38 +0000

In reply to Myk. Myk, I definitely wasn't trying to say that this was the real hot sauce but it's what I found on the internet from someone who said it tasted close to the real thing and it is pretty good. I definitely believe you when you say they start with lard! Thanks for all the other tips, I will have to keep them in mind the next time I make it!

By: Myk

Myk — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 23:54:51 +0000

Spiffy cookie,,great site you have, good for you, I wish I had all the experience and knowledge you do to do this. I really do mean that, I dont want anyone thinking I am being condesending. Kid oh, the “hot sauce” here is 100% wrong, I promise. I am a food a holic and I LOVE COOKING AND BAKING. I fix cars for a living currently, BUT I used to work with the guys who where the cooks at Bay Hots and Empire Hots in Webster(Bay Hots is long gone). They are Bosnian, former Yugoslavia. Anyway, I just want to help put another perspective on it. These guys are real good dudes and they taught me how the REAL Trash Plates are made, which they learned from the former cook of Nick Tahoes. The meat sauce, use melted LARD to cook 1 LARGE Spanish or Mayan onion, NOT SWEET EVER, add the LEANEST hamburger you can get at Wegmans,I think its 15/85, add ABOUT a half cup MINCED carrots AFTER the hamburger just starts to brown and CONSTANTLY STIR the hamburger with a fork to keep it fine, and once the hamburger is cooked add Cayenne, some paprika and black pepper and salt to taste and keep at low after cooked. The trick is to use a HEAPING SCOOP of lard, it needs to be stupid greasy in the pot of meat sauce, and the “heat” comes from the cayenne, dont go crazy with it, start at 1 tsp and go up in 1/4 tsp incraments to taste if you want more heat. There is NO SUGAR OR BROWN SUGAR EVER in this, just what I listed is whats in the ” hot sauce” The mac salad is easier than you might think. Its the burgers that are a pain to get right.

I live in NC now and there is a place that actually thinks they can make these, needless to say they went out of business a while ago. I make these for my friends and they are hooked. I had to of my buddies that had to go to Rochester for business and I told them to stop at Empire Hots, and they came back and said that I was spot on and they LOVE Garbage Plates. I f I can be of help please let me know, and it is really AWESOME to see a rochester native posting this. Take care,,, Myk

By: Peabody

Peabody — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:28:15 +0000

I need like 80 of these.

By: Ashley Nevis

Ashley Nevis — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:06:20 +0000

Wow, what a crazy coincidence! It really is a small world!

By: spiffycookie

spiffycookie — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:49:34 +0000

In reply to Ashley Nevis. I love meeting fellow garbage plate lovers that have since moved away and have to make homemade versions in order to satisfy the craving until you can return to Rochester to get a real one. And btw, judging by your picture I think I actually know your husband, I'm pretty sure we graduated from Athena the same year! And if I'm correct, he's my boyfriend's cousin's cousin. What a small world we live in!

By: Ashley Nevis

Ashley Nevis — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:47:41 +0000

My husband is from Rochester (though we met and live in Raleigh, NC), and the first time he took me up there to meet his family, he insisted that we have a garbage plate for lunch. As someone who’s not a fan of my food touching and getting mixed together, I was skeptical to say the least, but I absolutely LOVED it! We regularly make a homemade version too, sometimes with mac salad, sometimes with mac and cheese, but we always make a point to get an authentic one when we’re back in town. Most people have never heard of them, so I always love coming across a fellow garbage plate fan! PS – hello from SRC, group C :)

By: spiffycookie

spiffycookie — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:17:38 +0000

In reply to Damian Lynch. What an interesting story! I can't believe you receive hate mail but you are right, that probably means your grandfather was on the right track! I also heard that the original location closes at 8pm now due to crime. Either way I miss it terribly and make sure I get one every time I visit my hometown!