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Why do you all eat trash. I say that because, even though this is the anti-food thread, 65% of it is people, im guessing Americans, arguing about which lovely fast food is best and how it can only be made a certain lovely way. Maybe this thread is actually one massive post in the Schadenfreude thread. Rapman the Cook has a new favorite as of 05:48 on Feb 14, 2015 |
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Feb 14, 2015 18:27
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Rapman the Cook posted:I say that because, even though this is the anti-food thread, 65% of it is people, im guessing Americans, arguing about which lovely fast food is best and how it can only be made a certain lovely way. Cite your sources.
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Feb 14, 2015 19:05
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Yes, goons, take the bait every time and never learn to ignore it. That's how you show trolls!!!!! Have a video of a proto-goon doing awful things to skittles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytzZNiLKp-4
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Feb 14, 2015 21:06
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bathroomrage posted:Have a video of a proto-goon doing awful things to skittles. This would be right at home in the TCC Highideas thread (the guy too).
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Feb 14, 2015 21:29
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:After reading Anthony Bourdain's rant about it in one of his books (I think it was Kitchen Confidential) I avoid it at all restaurants. Bourdain's a guy who will eat just about anything and generally doesn't talk poo poo about food but goddrat does he hate hollandaise sauce. He was essentially like "yeah good idea let's slightly warm up some egg yolks and then just leave them in a bowl on a counter for an entire day." Yep, it was Kitchen Confidential and this exactly why it grosses me out. I was never that jazzed about it to begin with but it essentially turns into a giant Petri dish/bacteria incubator in any setting where it's not made fresh.
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Feb 14, 2015 21:49
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bathroomrage posted:Yes, goons, take the bait every time and never learn to ignore it. That's how you show trolls!!!!! You know, I like Skittles. Maybe not more than the average joe, but I do have a 4 lbs bag of Skittles I bought from Amazon, just sitting next to my bed. Some people may think that's too many Skittles, but hey they don't go bad, and it was a good price. but that video.... 
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Feb 14, 2015 22:33
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im pooping! posted:I do have a 4 lbs bag of Skittles I bought from Amazon, just sitting next to my bed. Some people may think that's too many Skittles, but hey they don't go bad, and it was a good price. Is that why you're pooping?
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Feb 15, 2015 05:27
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Yep, it was Kitchen Confidential and this exactly why it grosses me out. I was never that jazzed about it to begin with but it essentially turns into a giant Petri dish/bacteria incubator in any setting where it's not made fresh.   My favorite stories are the ones from early in his life, specifically the angry bride (I don't usually laugh out loud at books but goddamn) and how he burned his hand in the kitchen and asked for some ointment after spending all day talking himself up like he was some sort of badass.Goddamn, I love that book. Those of you interested in food and good storytelling who haven't already read it should pick it up--used copies on Amazon are available for under a dollar. He's a drat talented writer. It feels like you're right there with him, ankle-deep in pasta.
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Feb 15, 2015 20:00
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If you haven't read Medium Raw yet, I urge you to do so. I took it with me on a flight across the lower 48 and finished it within two hours; couldn't put it down. I loved his description of his first time eating ortolan. You eat it whole, under a napkin, to hide your face and shame from God. 
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Feb 15, 2015 21:23
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That looks completely uncomfortable and not worth it.
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Feb 15, 2015 21:37
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When you're already eating a bird whole with bones and guts in, you might as well.
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Feb 15, 2015 21:43
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Phlegmish posted:That looks completely uncomfortable and not worth it. You've never had ortolan.
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Feb 16, 2015 05:53
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Captain Monkey posted:You've never had ortolan. Have you? Is it any good? I feel like the thought of eating a bird whole, bones, organs, and all, would counteract the taste, no matter how good it is.
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Feb 16, 2015 07:55
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cowboythreespeech posted:Have you? Is it any good? I feel like the thought of eating a bird whole, bones, organs, and all, would counteract the taste, no matter how good it is. The taste of your blood from the bones jabbing your gums is part of the flavor. Not joking.
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Feb 16, 2015 08:03
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Sex Hobbit posted:The taste of your blood from the bones jabbing your gums is part of the flavor. ... that's obscenely hosed up. Is it worth it?
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Feb 16, 2015 08:27
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cowboythreespeech posted:... that's obscenely hosed up. Is it worth it? People are willing to eat it while hiding their face, and was nearly hunted into extinction. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/dining/the-ortolan-a-tiny-songbird-as-a-french-cause-celebre.html
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Feb 16, 2015 08:55
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It's poo poo like that that makes me not feel bad about eating store brand Mac and cheese once a week
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Feb 16, 2015 10:22
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rodbeard posted:It's poo poo like that that makes me not feel bad about eating store brand Mac and cheese once a week You should try eating it under a napkin. Maybe stab your gums with the fork to get that nice salty, iron-y flavour.
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Feb 16, 2015 10:32
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Pomp posted:People are willing to eat it while hiding their face, and was nearly hunted into extinction. That doesn't actually mean anything, they may have just been eating it because it was the "done thing". Remember, this is the same culture where women blacked their teeth because the queen had rotten teeth.
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Feb 16, 2015 13:24
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:
The best part was a lot of the "standard" things he talked about in the restaurant business, (fish on Mondays, recycling untouched bread) was completely unknown to the public and during press interviews with other chefs (like world class chefs) they actually backed him up on it. He really paints a picture of the catering business as loving brutal to 99% of the employees and taking advantage of consumers at every opportunity.
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Feb 16, 2015 14:03
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Gamma Nerd posted:Is that why you're pooping? A+ my goon sir...
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Feb 16, 2015 14:14
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kinmik posted:If you haven't read Medium Raw yet, I urge you to do so. I took it with me on a flight across the lower 48 and finished it within two hours; couldn't put it down. I loved his description of his first time eating ortolan. I've seen this 'hide your face and shame from God' thing pop up a few times in this thread but the most likely explanation for the tradition is that because the food is such a prized delicay and comes steaming, the napkin ensures you get as much flavour as possible from the aroma. The raw sensation of it all is so key to the appeal. As anyone who has worked in hospitality will tell you, top chefs trained in the French tradition are pretty much all psychopaths and are incapable of feeling shame.
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Feb 16, 2015 19:05
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The Grumbles posted:I've seen this 'hide your face and shame from God' thing pop up a few times in this thread but the most likely explanation for the tradition is that because the food is such a prized delicay and comes steaming, the napkin ensures you get as much flavour as possible from the aroma. The raw sensation of it all is so key to the appeal. As anyone who has worked in hospitality will tell you, top chefs trained in the French tradition are pretty much all psychopaths and are incapable of feeling shame. "What are jokes? I don't understand this 'humor' thing." And honestly, having read and kept up with Bourdain since Kitchen Confidential came out, I don't think I could stand to see french chefs who aren't crazy.
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Feb 16, 2015 19:20
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I'd imagine there's a lucrative market for God-proof napkins.
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Feb 16, 2015 21:14
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Yep, it was Kitchen Confidential and this exactly why it grosses me out. I was never that jazzed about it to begin with but it essentially turns into a giant Petri dish/bacteria incubator in any setting where it's not made fresh.
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Feb 16, 2015 21:47
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I dunno, Bourdain can definitely be a bit hyperbolic about things/practices he doesn't agree with, but the general idea and the way he describes it have just kinda put me off the stuff ever since. Like I said I was never really all that crazy about it to begin with.
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Feb 17, 2015 04:28
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CSM posted:Is it really that dangerous though? I mean you'd expect people to constantly become sick if true. Or authorities cracking down on it. It's really hard to track a food poisoning case to a specific food or incident, because of incubation times and poo poo like that. And considering that the FDA can't even force a recall or anything when they know for sure that there's, for instance, massive salmonella problems with a given company's chicken production line (if they can genetically match the salmonella strain that has gotten a person sick with some that's in a specific product, they are then able to request a callback for that specific product, if the producer feels like it), I'm not sure I'd put all that much faith in the authorities' ability to crack down on anything short of "a restaurant with video evidence of a rat taking a poo poo in the middle of the food right before they serve it"
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Feb 17, 2015 05:22
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kinmik posted:Same, but regarding seafood and fish in Hawaii. There's big hype over ahi poke, sushi, and the like, enough that if you wanna be the popular guy at a potluck or tailgate party, that's what you bring. I can't bring myself to eat any of it. However with the issue of sustainability growing over the past decade, I feel a little better about myself. My dad's from Hawaii and two things I will never understand are poi and their obsession with Spam. I used to think the Spam thing was a gross exaggeration but it really, really isn't.
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Feb 17, 2015 05:53
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The secret to making spam edible is to fry it. That's some tasty poo poo.
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Feb 17, 2015 08:51
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If you don't like spam musubi then I don't know what the hell.
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Feb 17, 2015 08:56
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Dillbag posted:The secret to making spam edible is to fry it. That's some tasty poo poo. If it's anything like fried fritz, you can feel yourself having a heart attack in the very first bite.
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Feb 17, 2015 09:07
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Creature posted:If it's anything like fried fritz, you can feel yourself having a heart attack in the very first bite. What is fried fritz? All I could find was sort of a chicken hash, which not only sounded good, but not all that fatty...
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Feb 17, 2015 09:21
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Dillbag posted:The secret to making spam edible is to fry it. That's some tasty poo poo. Also works with Devon. Which is otherwise pretty much inedible unless you're bogan as hell and like it on Coles dollar bead with tomato sauce.
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Feb 17, 2015 09:57
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Magic Hate Ball posted:If you don't like spam musubi then I don't know what the hell. Spam musubi is okay but that's mostly because the rice detracts from the ridiculous saltiness of the Spam. I know I'm shaming my ancestors right now but I'm not too keen on Spam.
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Feb 17, 2015 11:42
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Dillbag posted:The secret to making spam edible is to fry it. That's some tasty poo poo. Like with all pre-cooked and canned foods, simply cooking it for a few minutes is the difference between cold garbage and a decent flavor. All you need are spices, sauces, hot sauce, etc. and you can get actual flavor from it. Eating food straight from the can is literally the laziest thing imaginable, and even Campbells Chicken Soup can be vastly improved with some pepper and spices by a huge degree. Scrapple is also another "trash" food product that can easily be made into a meal with a little bit of work and will taste delicious with a bit of cooking. If you leave near a Hispanic grocery or local deli you can get meat byproducts for insanely cheap and make a meal for pennies. People living off frozen foods and pre-made meals don't realize that its at most 10-20 minutes of their day simply heating and stirring something to get far better food, and then whine and bitch about how hard it is to cook. You can bake chicken breasts in 30-40 minutes while you do something else then drop it on the plate with whatever else you have, and it''ll be much healthier then and fast-food meal you can imagine.
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pentyne posted:Like with all pre-cooked and canned foods, simply cooking it for a few minutes is the difference between cold garbage and a decent flavor. All you need are spices, sauces, hot sauce, etc. and you can get actual flavor from it. Eating food straight from the can is literally the laziest thing imaginable, and even Campbells Chicken Soup can be vastly improved with some pepper and spices by a huge degree. This is all true and good, but tinned spaghetti is best cold out of the can. It's my favourite too-lazy-to-cook food.
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pentyne posted:People living off frozen foods and pre-made meals don't realize that its at most 10-20 minutes of their day simply heating and stirring something to get far better food, and then whine and bitch about how hard it is to cook. You can bake chicken breasts in 30-40 minutes while you do something else then drop it on the plate with whatever else you have, and it''ll be much healthier then and fast-food meal you can imagine. People either whine and bitch or think cooking is straight-up magic. When my roommate asked me to teach him how to make a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (seriously), I agreed on the condition that he learn to cook things that don't come in a box, too. He and his girlfriend sat in awe as I showed them the dark arts of the vegetable steamer basket, the ancient mystic technique of making rice, and all the incantations necessary to bake chicken breasts. That's it. That was the "intro to cooking" meal. Baked chicken breast, steamed fresh veggies, and a side of white rice. When I put the plates in front of them, they acted like they'd just witnessed an alchemist turn lead into gold. "Ohmygod the carrots are so tender! It's like at a restaurant!" "That happens when you cook them." "Dude, this chicken is loving delicious! How'd you do it?" "I baked it. You watched every step of the process. You can now do all of this yourself!" "...really?"
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Feb 17, 2015 15:43
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I work with a middle-aged woman who straight-up brags about not being able to cook, as if it's a badge of honor or something. Congratulations on not having basic life skills, I guess?
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:People either whine and bitch or think cooking is straight-up magic. When my roommate asked me to teach him how to make a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (seriously), I agreed on the condition that he learn to cook things that don't come in a box, too. He and his girlfriend sat in awe as I showed them the dark arts of the vegetable steamer basket, the ancient mystic technique of making rice, and all the incantations necessary to bake chicken breasts. Seems Appropriate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NfWIaYed8
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