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makare
Tinwhistler's food look great the plate looked disgusting... I would never eat everything all together like that.
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makare
well then might as well drink the protein shake.
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makare
if it all ends up in the same place meaning it doesnt matter what it tastes like you might as well drink a protein shake since the taste experience isn't important.
It all ends up in the same place in no way means it doesn't matter what it tastes like.
The price difference is ridiculous and the amount I use is excessive. I don't mind the taste difference, I do mind the price... so.... *shrug*
is Parmesan that expensive in the States? I guess if it has to be imported all the way from Italy.
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makare
Then what is your point? I don't like my food to touch like that because it ends up changing the way it tastes usually in a negative way. The fact that it all ends up in the same place does not make it ok for it to not taste good before it gets there.
I have both the fine grated parm for spaghetti and a looser fresher grate for salads.
So what do you do in restaurants where food on a plate is usually meant to be eaten together because the flavors compliment eachother, rather than detract?
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I've never had the experience at a restaurant where all the food was served smooshed together so I don't know what I'd do.
Just got done eating a chicken steak I breaded myself. About a 50/50 mix of bread crumbs and french fried onions. I was surprised it came out as well as it did.
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makare
speaking of stuff that costs a lot for no intelligible reason.. french fried onions. What is that about?
That sounds totally yum AshburnerX
That sounds totally yum AshburnerX
They only cost a lot at certain times of the year, namely Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are used to make a famous and traditional string bean casserole recipe, which is very simple and easy to make so a lot of people do it when they need to bring a dish. French's knows this and raises their price during those time periods.
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exactly I love green bean casserole but I wasn't spending 4 bucks on french fried onions. Damn you French's also walmart who provided a generic version for like 3.50. oh the savings.
Honestly, you only need like a third of a can of FFOs to do the casserole, so we only buy them every once in a while. Considering the casserole only costs MAYBE 10 dollars to make and has like 10-15 servings, this doesn't upset me that much.
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Yeah it isn't that expensive it was more that I was by myself and on limited funds. With what I could afford it was an unreasonable purchase. But for christmas when the family is together it will be worth while.
So if you make the casserole what kind of beans do you like? I only eat it if it is made with the french cut green beans.
So if you make the casserole what kind of beans do you like? I only eat it if it is made with the french cut green beans.
Yeah, we only do the french cut too. The beans don't cook right if you leave them as is.
I was vastly amused this Thanksgiving because while my fiance and I usually go to her mom's for dinner, this year her grandmother is in a wheelchair so we had to go to her aunt and uncle's instead (their house is a lot more wheelchair accessible). Her mom and her partner are complete foody/gourmets who are constantly derisive of any food that doesn't measure up to their standards, no matter how free the food is. (What, you're feeding me for free, and all you bought was sandwich fixings, a salami and cheese plate, 3 types of olives and marinated vegetables, 2 different types of salad, and a cake? For shame...) Unfortunately, the two of them being catty, bitter, jaded old bitches (my fiance agrees with me on this point so I can say it out loud), who argue non-stop whenever they're in the kitchen together, their cooking tends to suck. And it's that special kind of crappy food where they've managed to take a very good recipe, get all of the techniques almost perfect, and use craptastically cheap ingredients so the entire dish is almost really good, but winds up sucking utterly instead. Or you know, they just over-cook the food to death. I don't think I've ever had brussels sprouts as bad as they manage to make every year, because they cook them down to a consistancy you could probably eat through a straw.
Her aunt and uncle, on the other hand, are very laid back, easy-going people, who don't act like teen girl frenemies in the kitchen. Also, while they appreciate a tasty meal, they both work long hours and have better things to do than spend all day in the kitchen trying to make the perfect chicken fried steak (The result they came up with was abysmal. While Ashburner's chicken steak with french fried onions sounds awesome, using onion powder to season the steak, onion powder to season the breading, and 3 or 4 whole onions in the gravy makes an onion fried steak, not a chicken fried steak.). So instead of having a "gourmet" dinner, we had stuffed turkey breasts, prime rib that had been pre-cooked by Costco (giant warehouse wholesale club), two different kinds of stuffing, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce with real berries instead of the canned stuff, mashed purple potatoes with gruyere cheese, and a green salad with warm bacon dressing (all of which were either bought pre-prepped or made from Rachel Ray and other Food Network stars' recipes), which were all awesome; and really horrible brussels sprouts which were made by the two gourmets. Plus, as an added bonus, any time her mothers tried to tell her aunt that she was doing something wrong, she just looked at them with a completely blissed out expression and said "Rachel says to do it this way, and this is how I like it," and went right on doing it how she was doing it.
We laughed all the way home.
Her aunt and uncle, on the other hand, are very laid back, easy-going people, who don't act like teen girl frenemies in the kitchen. Also, while they appreciate a tasty meal, they both work long hours and have better things to do than spend all day in the kitchen trying to make the perfect chicken fried steak (The result they came up with was abysmal. While Ashburner's chicken steak with french fried onions sounds awesome, using onion powder to season the steak, onion powder to season the breading, and 3 or 4 whole onions in the gravy makes an onion fried steak, not a chicken fried steak.). So instead of having a "gourmet" dinner, we had stuffed turkey breasts, prime rib that had been pre-cooked by Costco (giant warehouse wholesale club), two different kinds of stuffing, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce with real berries instead of the canned stuff, mashed purple potatoes with gruyere cheese, and a green salad with warm bacon dressing (all of which were either bought pre-prepped or made from Rachel Ray and other Food Network stars' recipes), which were all awesome; and really horrible brussels sprouts which were made by the two gourmets. Plus, as an added bonus, any time her mothers tried to tell her aunt that she was doing something wrong, she just looked at them with a completely blissed out expression and said "Rachel says to do it this way, and this is how I like it," and went right on doing it how she was doing it.
We laughed all the way home.
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I am making garlic chicken with fettuccine and asparagus. I have also not eaten a damn thing all day so the garlic smell is killing me!
Cajungal
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To me, that's just a proper Thanksgiving plate... no negative space, challenging, a little scary. Chaotic saturated fat disc.
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Also, Tin and Jay, make me dinner.
Cajungal
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*grabs keys*If you ever think dinner's worth the 1500 mile drive, you just let me know when you're going to show up