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Thai food was the first Asian cuisine to become popular in the USA in (more or less) intact form... and every Thai restaurant I've ever eaten at here is fork and spoon, no sticks.
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bartolimu posted:For whatever reason, Thais picked up fork usage from the French while their other possessions didn't. Pho places around here generally don't provide forks unless you ask for them, but the clientele here is mostly Vietnamese people. Don't worry, Lotus of Siam keeps some chopsticks around for people who ask for them. They won't judge. That is interesting. Food as culture is so cool and the "fork v chopsticks" divide is super interesting to me. I am going to train myself to use both at the same time and through this achieve illumination.
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Feb 18, 2014 22:11
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bunnielab posted:That is interesting. Food as culture is so cool and the "fork v chopsticks" divide is super interesting to me. I am going to train myself to use both at the same time and through this achieve illumination. I've used two forks as chopsticks before. The novelty wears off pretty drat fast when your stomach growls mid-dinner as everyone else is finishing their plates.
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Feb 18, 2014 22:17
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contrapants posted:I've used two forks as chopsticks before. The novelty wears off pretty drat fast when your stomach growls mid-dinner as everyone else is finishing their plates. It's actually healthier to eat smaller portioned bits at a time.
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Feb 18, 2014 22:34
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bartolimu posted:For whatever reason, Thais picked up fork usage from the French while their other possessions didn't. And for whatever it's worth, Thais use a fork not the way it's used in the West, but more or less as a serving utensil to load up the spoon, which is what is (mostly) used to convey the food to the mouth. Chopsticks are essentially unknown. If anything you're less likely to find a random Thai home using chopsticks than you are to find them in the American Midwest, because there's a sort of Cultural Issue at stake there. Like you'll find chopsticks in Thailand in a Chinese restaurant, but that's about it. Ask for chopsticks at a Thai table and you're probably going to get some looks and a lecture a little more arch than the one above. Ask me how I know.
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Feb 18, 2014 22:57
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It's funny you mention the Indians. Thai culture and food seem to have really heavy Indian influences. The Thai names sound suspiciously Indian, with some of the names pulling directly from Indian names. The language itself seems to have a fair bit of borrowing from Sanskrit. It makes sense that the Thais would eat with their fingers, and then adopt forks later on.
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Feb 18, 2014 23:10
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bunnielab posted:That is interesting. Food as culture is so cool and the "fork v chopsticks" divide is super interesting to me. I am going to train myself to use both at the same time and through this achieve illumination. By Jove, I've got it! Use chopsticks in one hand and a spork in the other! Hey presto, using chopsticks and a spoon and fork simultaneously! 
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Feb 18, 2014 23:29
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I am eating a bowl of pho with chopsticks and a spoon. What now motherbitches?
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Feb 19, 2014 00:00
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SubG posted:I am eating a bowl of pho with chopsticks and a spoon. What now motherbitches? Is there some other way of eating a bowl of pho? Chopsticks in right hand, spoon in left, something something Sriracha joke here.
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Feb 19, 2014 00:02
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Twirling the noodles with a fork and spoon
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Feb 19, 2014 00:07
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bartolimu posted:Is there some other way of eating a bowl of pho? Chopsticks in right hand, spoon in left, something something Sriracha joke here. I swap hands because I'm a lefty.
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Feb 19, 2014 00:22
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SubG posted:I am eating a bowl of pho with chopsticks and a spoon. What now motherbitches? TBH, I never actually have eaten my pho any other way than with chopsticks and a spoon (and a crapton of the basil/sprouts and 2 lime wedges...) Have I been doing it wrong this whole time?? 
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Feb 19, 2014 00:43
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Sjurygg posted:Thais. Eat. Noodles. With. Chopsticks. Thai people eat street noodles with chopsticks. In a home, everything is eaten with a spoon. A fork is used to put stuff on the spoon.
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Feb 19, 2014 00:51
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Disco Salmon posted:TBH, I never actually have eaten my pho any other way than with chopsticks and a spoon (and a crapton of the basil/sprouts and 2 lime wedges...)
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Feb 19, 2014 00:57
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Sjurygg posted:Thais. Eat. Noodles. With. Chopsticks. Obviously actual Thai people know much less about what is authentic than we do.
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Feb 19, 2014 01:02
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Welp. I have to go here for a family meal next month. My grandmother chose this restaurant despite the... interesting website. Why is every steakhouse terrible and crazy overpriced? We could go to one of the best restaurants in the city, easily, for this price.
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Feb 19, 2014 03:19
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:Welp. That's assuming that their angus reserve thingy being "better than prime" isn't totally full of poo poo, which may be a tall order. Although grilled over an open flame - weird. (as an aside: I hosed up about four pounds of some really good ribeye a month and a half ago by hideously overcooking it. When does the shame go away?) No Wave fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Feb 19, 2014 |
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Feb 19, 2014 03:24
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No Wave posted:$32 for a pound of 35-day dry-aged ribeye is a very good deal, given that I haven't ever seen that sort of thing sold for less than $25 a pound.  oh yeah that sounds great.
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Feb 19, 2014 03:27
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:
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Feb 19, 2014 03:28
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It looks like they boiled that steak and draw lines on it with a soldering iron.
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Feb 19, 2014 03:29
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No Wave posted:barf. I take it back. Order blue new york strip, nothing to lose Like, theoretically, I love an awesome steak, but man. Chemmy posted:It looks like they boiled that steak and draw lines on it with a soldering iron. That's how you're supposed to finish a sous-vide steak, isn't it?
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Feb 19, 2014 03:30
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Chef confessed to me today he had been to an in-law wedding rehearsal at the yon Golden Corral. How should I respond? edit: besides with scorn i already did that! The Swamp Thing fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Feb 19, 2014 |
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Feb 19, 2014 03:46
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Since he's already been corn fattened I'd suggest getting him to slaughter right away.
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Feb 19, 2014 03:59
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HK5000 posted:Chef confessed to me today he had been to an in-law wedding rehearsal at the yon Golden Corral. How should I respond? Show him JonathonSpectre's Golden Corral stories.
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Feb 19, 2014 04:28
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Probably pretty good for fideua
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Feb 19, 2014 08:13
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Here in Sweden allt Thai places have chopsticks readily available, probably because Swedes lump all Asian cuisines together.
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Feb 19, 2014 09:27
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HK5000 posted:Chef confessed to me today he had been to an in-law wedding rehearsal at the yon Golden Corral. How should I respond? Just direct him to the Golden Corral thread in GBS.
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Feb 19, 2014 10:09
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Golden Corral is where I go when I want to feel thin and attractive. (hint: I am neither)
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Feb 19, 2014 13:35
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DekeThornton posted:Here in Sweden allt Thai places have chopsticks readily available, probably because Swedes lump all Asian cuisines together. Leading me to having the trigonometrically inversed conversation to this whenever I point out to my friends that they're making asses of themselves trying to eat soupy green curry with chopsticks because they think it's authentic. Also eating lentils and rice with your fingers is ridiculously difficult to accomplish in a somehow dignified manner, but I'll be damned if it doesn't somehow taste better.
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Feb 19, 2014 14:14
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You're supposed to twirl it with chopsticks you whittle yourself out of papadums you philistine.
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Feb 19, 2014 15:05
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:
The McRib of steaks
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Feb 19, 2014 15:43
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DekeThornton posted:Here in Sweden allt Thai places have chopsticks readily available, probably because Swedes lump all Asian cuisines together. In the Netherlands(/Holland), we eat Indonesian food and call it Chinese, because that's how we roll...
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Feb 19, 2014 16:26
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Unlike the "Americanization" of Chinese food, I really like the Dutch versions of various cuisines. Amsterdam is a great place to get some shwarma.
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Feb 19, 2014 16:41
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Squashy Nipples posted:Unlike the "Americanization" of Chinese food, I really like the Dutch versions of various cuisines. Amsterdam is a great place to get some shwarma. That's very true, but real shwarma (or shoarma) places are hard to find nowadays, as they're pretty much completely replaced by doners (not bad either, but I liked the bamboo bowls they served the shoarma pita's in, they made it really easy to let your meat swim in garlic sauce!) paraquat fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Feb 19, 2014 |
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Feb 19, 2014 16:49
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Gah, I just realized that it's been ten years since I've been there! Yeah, I guess I would have no idea what the grub is like now. Is the Rijks museum open again?
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Feb 19, 2014 16:59
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Squashy Nipples posted:Gah, I just realized that it's been ten years since I've been there! Yeah, I guess I would have no idea what the grub is like now. Yes, it finally opened up again (less then a year ago) and it's absolutely fantastic! :-) paraquat fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Feb 19, 2014 |
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Feb 19, 2014 17:01
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I'll eat anything with chopsticks that doesn't require a knife.
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Feb 19, 2014 22:12
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Vegetable Melange posted:I'll eat anything with chopsticks that doesn't require a knife. Be prepared. Use two knives as chopsticks.
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Feb 19, 2014 22:13
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contrapants posted:Be prepared. Use two knives as chopsticks.  Gonna go grill me a steak guys, call the hospital if I don't post back tonight.
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Feb 19, 2014 22:22
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Is this where we ask dumb-rear end questions? I have a dutch oven that I've let linger in a cabinet for over a dang year with an olive-oil coating. So naturally it smells horrible right now and is sticky as all get-out. I'd like to start using it again. Cleaning: Should I put some palmolive on the bitch and scrub the hell out of it with steel wool, or subject it to a hot oven for an hour, burn the poo poo out of it, and then subject it to the palmolive + steel wool? And then, I assume, re-season it with a fresh coat of olive oil in a 250-degree oven?
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