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Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Chemmy posted:

Is there some where to buy those scalped tables?

http://gigabiting.com/the-procrastinators-guide-to-restaurant-reservations/

http://www.blogher.com/booking-bots-create-black-market-restaurant-reservations

Those articles are from Feb 2014 and Oct 2013 so I dunno if anyone's cracked down on the scalper services

# ? Jul 15, 2014 20:06

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# ? May 27, 2024 03:53

MAKE NO BABBYS: Jan 28, 2010

GrAviTy84 posted:

PCH is fun, if you have the time, do it.

~~Check out Manresa in Los Gatos. TFL alumni David Kinch's resto and it's baller.~~ Manresa had a fire a week ago and is closed

Atelier Crenn for spergy autistic modernist food. I haven't been yet but I hear it's great.

incanto is a pretty standard rec for SF, too.

Chez Panisse is Alice Water's resto and is also very recommended.

Bouchon is always good, there's a location in LA, too if you dont have time to hit it in Nor Cal.

Hit up Burma Superstar with DnF and get margaritas and argue about cointreau.

Incanto closed months ago and reopened as a more casual Cosentino project.

Manresa is pretty outdated and is a far drive from SF. Lost most of my respect for Kinch when he started to/continues to date that batshit psycho Pim. Alice Waters is also a hack who treats her long-time employees like garbage.

Burma Superstar is exceedingly mediocre and very overpriced.

Hit Rich Table, Saison, Bergerac, Tosca, Alchemist/Woodbury, State Bird Provisions, Hapa Ramen, or Cotogna instead.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 20:22

Flash Gordon Ramsay: Sep 28, 2004; Grimey Drawer

For those of you who don't read the charcuterie thread, you're missing out on what appears to be a rotting human leg that icehwk is turning into a ham or something, but will probably kill anyone who eats it. It may be the most disturbing picture I've seen on GWS, and I remember the meatships of yore.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:07

GrAviTy84: Nov 25, 2004

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

For those of you who don't read the charcuterie thread, you're missing out on what appears to be a rotting human leg that icehwk is turning into a ham or something, but will probably kill anyone who eats it. It may be the most disturbing picture I've seen on GWS, and I remember the meatships of yore.

hmmm, don't know if I should ruin his fun or not.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:10

Flash Gordon Ramsay: Sep 28, 2004; Grimey Drawer

I'm telling you, icehwk killed a hobo and is trying to charcuterize it. And failing.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:12

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

GrAviTy84 posted:

hmmm, don't know if I should ruin his fun or not.

I think you just did?

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:12

FishBulb: Mar 29, 2003; Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment.

Are you going to eat it?

...yes...

He hasn't posted again since so maybe its just a joke?

Or he died from handling it. Probably that.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:18

GrAviTy84: Nov 25, 2004

it's from a charcuterie facebook group

http://i.imgur.com/vAnpstB.png

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:18

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

GrAviTy84 posted:

it's from a charcuterie facebook group

http://i.imgur.com/vAnpstB.png

LOL at comments:

"you should probably reconsider your charcuterie hobby if you're seriously considering eating maggot ham"

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:22

GrAviTy84: Nov 25, 2004

prosciutto marzu

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:25

Doh004: Apr 22, 2007; Mmmmm Donuts...

Holy poo poo they actually ate the ham.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:27

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

I'm curious if there's a :science:

reason why maggot cheese is okay but maggot meat isn't. Surely the waste products of a maggot aren't as bad as mold, otherwise casu marzu wouldn't be edible, eh?

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:29

SubG: Aug 19, 2004; It's a hard world for little things.

Steve Yun posted:

I'm curious if there's a reason why maggot cheese is okay but maggot meat isn't. Surely the waste products of a maggot aren't as bad as mold, otherwise casu marzu wouldn't be edible, eh?

The maggots are actually edible. The problem is that they only eat poo poo that is rotting. So if you're eating meat that has maggots in it, you're eating rotting meat.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 21:31

Test Pattern: Dec 20, 2007; Keep scrolling, clod!

Yeah, if maggots can eat it, tiny little friends can also eat it, and the tiny little friends poop truly distressing toxins. And, if they survive, can also set up camp inside you.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 22:25

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

So cheese also passes the is-it-rotten test for maggots?

# ? Jul 15, 2014 22:30

SubG: Aug 19, 2004; It's a hard world for little things.

Steve Yun posted:

So cheese also passes the is-it-rotten test for maggots?

Depends on the maggot. The maggots in casu marzu are the larvae of a fly called, get this, the cheese fly.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 22:36

Flash Gordon Ramsay: Sep 28, 2004; Grimey Drawer

What a coincidence!

# ? Jul 15, 2014 22:44

GrAviTy84: Nov 25, 2004

Well to be fair cheese is already rotten milk. So casu marzu is doubly rotten.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 22:55

SubG: Aug 19, 2004; It's a hard world for little things.

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

What a coincidence!

It's probably worth noting that maggots are intentionally introduced into casu marzu (e.g. by leaving the bare cheese in a room with a bunch of cheese flies). When you've got some blob of charcuterie that's crawling with maggots that's presumably not what happened, so it's got to have gotten wiffy enough to have attracted a bunch of flies.

GrAviTy84 posted:

Well to be fair cheese is already rotten milk. So casu marzu is doubly rotten.

Yeah. I don't know what marker(s) the cheese flies are interested in, but they are known to lay eggs on a lot of things that e.g. common house flies will not, like salted meat. They'll also lay eggs on rotting meat, but not as aggressively. House flies will lay eggs on something that's been dead and out in the sun for just a couple hours, but cheese flies will wait for several months.

# ? Jul 15, 2014 23:04

Force de Fappe: Nov 7, 2008

Presuttu marzu :v:

Force de Fappe fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Jul 15, 2014

# ? Jul 15, 2014 23:55

Casu Marzu: Oct 20, 2008

GrAviTy84 posted:

prosciutto marzu

that's my cousin

# ? Jul 16, 2014 00:23

mindphlux: Jan 8, 2004; by R. Guyovich

SubG posted:

It's probably worth noting that maggots are intentionally introduced into casu marzu (e.g. by leaving the bare cheese in a room with a bunch of cheese flies). When you've got some blob of charcuterie that's crawling with maggots that's presumably not what happened, so it's got to have gotten wiffy enough to have attracted a bunch of flies.

dude maybe they are just larvae of a fly called, get this, the meat fly.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 09:03

SubG: Aug 19, 2004; It's a hard world for little things.

mindphlux posted:

dude maybe they are just larvae of a fly called, get this, the meat fly.

Blowfly, most commonly, actually. Blow here being a centuries-old but now moderately uncommon English usage meaning specifically to be spoiled by maggots. Shakespeare's Cleopatra makes it sound all rather saucy: Rather on Nilus' mud/Lay me stark naked and let the waterflies/Blow me into abhorring. Something something Pr0k's Mom.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 11:33

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

mindphlux posted:

dude maybe they are just larvae of a fly called, get this, the meat fly.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s35puUhqQJc

# ? Jul 16, 2014 15:22

FishBulb: Mar 29, 2003; Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment.

Are you going to eat it?

...yes...

Target by my house has a repackaged Vitamix for 300 bucks. That's really good right?

# ? Jul 16, 2014 22:46

GrAviTy84: Nov 25, 2004

FishBulb posted:

Target by my house has a repackaged Vitamix for 300 bucks. That's really good right?

you can get refurb vitamixes direct for $330 so that deal is pretty good.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 22:51

SubG: Aug 19, 2004; It's a hard world for little things.

FishBulb posted:

Target by my house has a repackaged Vitamix for 300 bucks. That's really good right?

What model? The factory refurb 5200 is US$329 direct from Vitamix any day of the week, for comparison.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 22:53

OBAMNA PHONE: Aug 7, 2002

You can get a better price on factory direct refurbs right now. mine arrives tomorrow!

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1374572/

# ? Jul 16, 2014 22:56

GrAviTy84: Nov 25, 2004

BraveUlysses posted:

You can get a better price on factory direct refurbs right now. mine arrives tomorrow!

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1374572/

vitamix army

# ? Jul 16, 2014 22:57

FishBulb: Mar 29, 2003; Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment.

Are you going to eat it?

...yes...

SubG posted:

What model? The factory refurb 5200 is US$329 direct from Vitamix any day of the week, for comparison.

It's that model.

I think id almost rather have a refurb unit. Thanks for the info.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 22:57

GrAviTy84: Nov 25, 2004

FishBulb posted:

I think id almost rather have a refurb unit. Thanks for the info.

I asked a vitarep about refurbs and he said that you pretty much don't want a refurb if you can help it. They're still vitas, and they still have a warranty, but like, they are used on those food and home show tours and the costco circuits and see work like 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, for months.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 22:59

Wroughtirony: May 14, 2007

FishBulb posted:

Target by my house has a repackaged Vitamix for 300 bucks. That's really good right?

If it's a repackage at target it's a new item someone bought and returned- target doesn't do refurbs. If guest service did their job right they made sure it hadn't been used. Either way, it's still returnable if for some reason it doesn't work out.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 23:04

FishBulb: Mar 29, 2003; Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment.

Are you going to eat it?

...yes...

Okay thanks for the additional info.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 23:05

OBAMNA PHONE: Aug 7, 2002

GrAviTy84 posted:

I asked a vitarep about refurbs and he said that you pretty much don't want a refurb if you can help it. They're still vitas, and they still have a warranty, but like, they are used on those food and home show tours and the costco circuits and see work like 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, for months.

Or a refurb of a normal model--I have a hard time believing they could have enough to bother refurbishing them if they were just the ones they use for marketing.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 23:09

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Okay so serious question and not because I'm being all back to the land luddite or anything - what do you use a vitamix for? Like, in what ways am I possibly missing out in life by not having this device?

# ? Jul 16, 2014 23:53

FishBulb: Mar 29, 2003; Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment.

Are you going to eat it?

...yes...

Mr. Wiggles posted:

Okay so serious question and not because I'm being all back to the land luddite or anything - what do you use a vitamix for? Like, in what ways am I possibly missing out in life by not having this device?

You aren't. It's just a good blender.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 23:55

SubG: Aug 19, 2004; It's a hard world for little things.

Mr. Wiggles posted:

Okay so serious question and not because I'm being all back to the land luddite or anything - what do you use a vitamix for? Like, in what ways am I possibly missing out in life by not having this device?

Ability to brag about owning consumer electronics on the internet.

I actually use an immersion blender way the gently caress more than a regular blender. Also, food mill > food processor.

# ? Jul 17, 2014 00:02

Daeren: Aug 18, 2009; YER MUSTACHE IS CROOKED

Mr. Wiggles posted:

Okay so serious question and not because I'm being all back to the land luddite or anything - what do you use a vitamix for? Like, in what ways am I possibly missing out in life by not having this device?

My mother has one, and it loving obliterates whatever you put into it. A lot of stuff made in cheap blenders still have little chunks and bits in them, or take forever to process a large batch, but the smoothies she makes are done quickly and practically emulsions. Is it worth several hundred bucks? For my money, not really, unless you've got money to burn, drink a fuckton of smoothies, or really, really want a consistent product.

# ? Jul 17, 2014 00:02

GrAviTy84: Nov 25, 2004

It can make nut butters, flours, it can make cooked emulsions like custards and curds, it can pulverize frozen fruit into sorbets in seconds, the sheer friction of the blades can heat food so you can make vegetable soups just by throwing the veg into the container. It's all continuously variable in speed, too, so you can do a lot of other things as well. I use mine a poo poo ton

# ? Jul 17, 2014 00:07

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# ? May 27, 2024 03:53

Flash Gordon Ramsay: Sep 28, 2004; Grimey Drawer

Mr. Wiggles posted:

Okay so serious question and not because I'm being all back to the land luddite or anything - what do you use a vitamix for? Like, in what ways am I possibly missing out in life by not having this device?

I have only used mine for smoothies so far, but I'm looking forward to winter time soups. Also, mine came with a separate hopper for grinding grain, which might be something you'd like. I haven't done that yet either because I haven't had the need.

But yeah it totally obliterates whatever you throw at it.

# ? Jul 17, 2014 00:08

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