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contrapants posted:It really is so drat good acceptable excellent exceptional favorable great marvelous positive satisfactory satisfying superb valuable wonderful ace boss bully capital choice crack nice pleasing prime rad sound spanking sterling super superior welcome worthy admirable agreeable commendable congenial deluxe first-class first-rate gnarly gratifying honorable neat precious recherché reputable select shipshape splendid stupendous super-eminent super-excellent tip-top up to snuff Men have died for less.
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why do i post stupid things
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Mar 26, 2014 05:42
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pr0k posted:why do i post stupid things Genetics? It's not like you've got a family history of making good choices. How is your mom, BTW?
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Mar 26, 2014 09:07
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franco posted:If you pinky-swear that you didn't look before you made your guesses, that's loving hilarious! ~*~My girlfriend~*~ uses Pinterest too loving much. I see lists like that every drat day. This one, surprisingly, had stuff I've never heard of (Hooters pickles, that hash brown thing).
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Mar 26, 2014 11:48
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SubG posted:twice-lacquered pork.  Me in Reverse posted:~*~My girlfriend~*~ uses Pinterest too loving much. I see lists like that every drat day. This one, surprisingly, had stuff I've never heard of (Hooters pickles, that hash brown thing). Not gonna lie, those fried pickles looked pretty drat good.
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Mar 26, 2014 13:28
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Fried pickles are just great in general. I'll come out and say that I love the stupid Red Lobster biscuits. Over salted nonsense that they are and everything. So much that my mom bought the box mix of it that they have for sale at Sam's Club (which aren't as good).
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Mar 26, 2014 13:40
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http://www.gq.com/life/food/201403/alan-richman-dude-food
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Mar 26, 2014 15:51
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esperantinc posted:Fried pickles are just great in general. I'm not a fan of the Hooters or BWW ones, they are soft pickles in onion ring batter. I like a Claussen-style crispy pickle in a tempura batter. And chunks, not slices. You want the pickle to stand out.
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Mar 26, 2014 15:58
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Interesting. I've eaten well at all the New York spots he mentions, but I'm one of Ladner's 1%: a foodie, in the business, in the city. I'll schlep to Greenpoint to eat hand pulled noodles in the basement of a bar with no name that are only served after midnight. The new weird food thing is fun, and it's not for everyone. The quote about the economics about sums it up, but I think that despite the media attention this new weird thing is getting, it's not designed to be for everyone, and that's okay. It'll filter it's influences into something new that the next kid who just wants to open a neighborhood grill, but to smoke her (I hope) oysters with black tea, and the world keeps turning.
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Mar 26, 2014 16:11
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I don't know how much I agree with the concepts presented (nor do I think I want to get into a debate over them), but I was absolutely shocked by the thoughtfulness and contemplative attitude, and good writing, from the Man Vs. Food guy. EDIT: Oh Jesus loving christ, Alan Richman, not Adam. I'm leaving this here as self-flagellation.  
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Mar 26, 2014 16:15
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Me in Reverse posted:I don't know how much I agree with the concepts presented (nor do I think I want to get into a debate over them), but I was absolutely shocked by the thoughtfulness and contemplative attitude, and good writing, from the Man Vs. Food guy. Edit: HAHAHAHA
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Whether he's right or not, I don't give a poo poo. I'm not reading it because he's a oval office.quote:Bourdain is, as you’d expect, noticeably softer on Emeril and his ilk, but he devotes an entire chapter to one Alan Richman. In fact, the name of the chapter is “Alan Richman Is a Douchebag.” Back when Richman slammed Les Halles, Bourdain told Grub Street, “It was like being mauled by Gumby. Afterwards, you’re not sure it even happened.” But he’s much more vociferous here, reprimanding Richman for failing to mention “the most cogent point” that, weeks before the review, Bourdain had nominated him for “Douchebag of the Year” at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival (before that, Richman had put down the New Orleans restaurant scene in GQ).
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Mar 26, 2014 16:23
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I agree with the article but Richman misses out on the clientele of young professionals in New York that is at least as interested in having something to talk about as they are in having good food. Many people would rather have a good plate of food that they've never had before than an excellent plate of food that they have had before. These restaurants serve that desire very well.
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Mar 26, 2014 16:33
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I'm pretty sure some guy back in 50 B.C. complained that with all this newfangled chef-focused cuisine you just can't get a well executed version of jaguar's earlobes with a side of wolf nipple chips anymore.
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Mar 26, 2014 18:18
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The world's first hipster. Also a oval office.
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Mar 26, 2014 18:37
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So today is a good day for my coffee game: I found a gently used burr grinder for $5 at a Salvation Army in Florida. Can't wait to get a nice consistent coarse grind on my beans for my press. Might even bump up to a chemex, it's a whole new world.
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Mar 26, 2014 19:20
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I don't know where this belongs, preferably nowhere, but I need to share because it's so loving hilariously stupid: It's time to say goodbye to shameless amateur self-promotion; make way for the $3000 professionals with something "under their sleeve".
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Mar 26, 2014 20:26
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Serendipitaet posted:I'm pretty sure some guy back in 50 B.C. complained that with all this newfangled chef-focused cuisine you just can't get a well executed version of jaguar's earlobes with a side of wolf nipple chips anymore.
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Mar 26, 2014 21:42
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Dane posted:I don't know where this belongs, preferably nowhere, but I need to share because it's so loving hilariously stupid: You know what's sad? I bet this is a huge hit.
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Mar 26, 2014 21:52
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having recently negotiated the 'getting married' process, let me just say I am pretty sure they're making money hand over fist on that one.
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Mar 26, 2014 22:35
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seriously there is so much goddamn wedding crap out there. I'm just shuddering remembering all the hidden 'oh but we HAVEEE to have X' costs that piled up between suddenly insistent family members and just being taken advantage of by vendors due to initial miscommunication. loving expensive year.
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Mar 26, 2014 22:37
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Dane posted:I don't know where this belongs, preferably nowhere, but I need to share because it's so loving hilariously stupid: This is already a booming little business in cities like Shanghai and Hong Kong. Chinese modern weddings are incomprehensible affairs.
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Mar 26, 2014 22:48
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It just makes no loving sense to me. "Hey, people we didn't invite to our wedding, you can follow it live through the eyes of a hotel employee we spent $3000 on. Yeah, instead of inviting another 10-15 guests."
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Mar 26, 2014 23:27
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I worked in and around the wedding industry for years and it is huge racket second only to casinos in it's ability to separate suckers from their money. Fun fact, almost everyone in the event industry has a higher mark up for weddings. Call say a random florist or caterer and ask for a quote for a "business meeting" and then have someone call like a week later asking to quote the same thing for their wedding. Almost certain you get a higher quote with the second one.
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Mar 26, 2014 23:42
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Truth. I have a couple of friends that work in catering, and they've always said that they mark up wedding quotes by at least 25%, if not more.
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Mar 27, 2014 01:16
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That's (one of) the reasons I catered my own wedding.
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Mar 27, 2014 01:27
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My wedding buffets and plateds start at $55 and $68, same menus for business functions, about 10bux less per. But those businesses usually buy out a couple dozen rooms too e: I also use higher quality product for the weddings, so come do your wedding with me, imo.
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Mar 27, 2014 14:36
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Had a customer ask about "Scalia bread" the other day.
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Dane posted:I don't know where this belongs, preferably nowhere, but I need to share because it's so loving hilariously stupid: This is brilliant.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Had a customer ask about "Scalia bread" the other day. Made with real Supreme Court JusticeTM!
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Chef De Cuisinart posted:My wedding buffets and plateds start at $55 and $68, same menus for business functions, about 10bux less per. But those businesses usually buy out a couple dozen rooms too Yeah, but I mean even without a difference in scale wedding get a higher mark up usually. It makes sense, for most people their wedding is the only "event" they will ever produce so they have no idea what stuff should cost. I think most people also don't realize that every price you are ever given has some wiggle room.
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bunnielab posted:Yeah, but I mean even without a difference in scale wedding get a higher mark up usually. It makes sense, for most people their wedding is the only "event" they will ever produce so they have no idea what stuff should cost. I think most people also don't realize that every price you are ever given has some wiggle room. My girlfriend and I were pricing things up here in Denmark at one point. A wedding comparable to the one we'd just been to, with ~60 guests for snacks & champagne, sit down dinner, open bar (that would close at 2AM), dancing to a good band and breakfast the next day (people would pay for their own rooms) would end up somewhere around $20 grand at a hotel that does a lot of weddings. Or we could rent an entire old beach hotel for $5k for the whole weekend, 40 double rooms including cleaning before and after, and self cater things for another $5-6k including drinks, just by not buying a package wedding deal. They really do go "cha-ching!" as soon as you say the word wedding. Dane fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Mar 27, 2014 |
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Today my fiance graduated from her cosmetology program and then we ate celebratory subs from Ike's and I ate part of an old-fashioned glazed donut. Thus, today rules so far minus having to do homework. Being an adult and doing homework is a serious bummer. Hopefully we'll find somewhere awesome for dinner later, I feel like eating everything.
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Mar 30, 2014 00:19
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celebratory..... subs?
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Mar 30, 2014 06:14
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I feel like every time I re-read that post it fucks with my head more. 
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Mar 30, 2014 06:17
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mindphlux posted:celebratory..... subs? Sometimes people like to celebrate a notable event with food. It is not uncommon in many cultures, but it is not for everyone! In other news, I went to the grocery store today and spotted Velveeta brand "Cheesy Ranch". I will never stop vomiting.
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mindphlux posted:celebratory..... subs? Maybe they like them?
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mindphlux posted:celebratory..... subs? Maybe they like them and can't afford much more because they are students?
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