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post #106 of 2721
4/27/10 at 2:21pm
Restaurants that lie on their menus. I've seen Grana Padano, cheaper then Parmigianno, used and called parm. Sliced mozzarella used where the menu says provolone.

Also, working in a kitchen, and seeing risottos made incorrectly, cheese thrown all over fish risottos and cooks who don't know how to sear a scallop, just sautee them.
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post #107 of 2721
4/27/10 at 5:15pm
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Originally Posted by HORNS View Post
Would you guys find it a sign of professional ignorance if they asked you if you wanted the martini made with gin or vodka?
I'm enjoying the martini discussion because it makes me look like less of an idiot. I come from a family of of very old school restaurateurs and when I first started as a bartender at a local restaurant I was told by my father, "if anyone ever orders a martini it is by default gin, don't ask whether or not they want vodka or gin you will look like an idiot." So when I started bartending people were ordering "martinis." A couple of people who sipped them spit back into the glass, and were baffled by the fact that I had made their cocktails with gin. If you ask if they want gin or vodka you're an asshole. If you don't ask and assume it's supposed to be gin you're also an asshole. It's a shame that the cocktail has been so bastardized that most people don't even know how to make them anymore.
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post #108 of 2721
4/27/10 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by Mark from Plano View Post
--Responds to any martini order with the question "do you want that dirty?" .

What's wrong with this, I like my martini's dirty.
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post #109 of 2721
4/27/10 at 8:36pm
The raw food movement.
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post #110 of 2721
4/27/10 at 9:19pm
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Originally Posted by greekonomist View Post
The raw food movement.

the bowel movement is much more interesting and IMO much more satisfying.
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post #111 of 2721
4/28/10 at 1:05am
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Originally Posted by foodguy View Post
seriously, this is the WORST you can do? brush-etta. "Are you still working on that?" "How is your food tasting?" insalata caprese served as a sundowner special at some restaurant in the midwest made with out-of-season tomatoes and packaged mozzarella. what did they put on it? dried basil? jeez, man, you've only been out of cali for what, a week?

Actually, fresh basil and fresh mozz. But I won't try to change any misconceptions about the places I eat.

And I haven't really been "out" of Cali yet. I flew back to help my parents re-roof their house in exchange for my mom helping me move all my shit back to Indiana. So we left Indiana yesterday. Now we are stuck on the Nevada/Utah line on I-80 b/c of 125 mph wind gusts in the mountain passes above us (and an expected 6-12 inches of snow tonight above 7000 feet).
Now, foodguy, in case you have never had the pleasure of being stuck in West Wendover, Nevada for 36 hours, allow me the pleasure of telling you it isn't all it's cracked up to be. It is a town (technically, more like a mile long strip mall) that consists of nothing but casinos, whorehouses, gas stations, and motels. It sounds like it would be a blast, but when you're stuck in this Godforsaken place with your mom, it's no bueno.
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post #112 of 2721
4/28/10 at 1:59am
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Originally Posted by kwilkinson View Post
Actually, fresh basil and fresh mozz. But I won't try to change any misconceptions about the places I eat. And I haven't really been "out" of Cali yet. I flew back to help my parents re-roof their house in exchange for my mom helping me move all my shit back to Indiana. So we left Indiana yesterday. Now we are stuck on the Nevada/Utah line on I-80 b/c of 125 mph wind gusts in the mountain passes above us (and an expected 6-12 inches of snow tonight above 7000 feet). Now, foodguy, in case you have never had the pleasure of being stuck in West Wendover, Nevada for 36 hours, allow me the pleasure of telling you it isn't all it's cracked up to be. It is a town (technically, more like a mile long strip mall) that consists of nothing but casinos, whorehouses, gas stations, and motels. It sounds like it would be a blast, but when you're stuck in this Godforsaken place with your mom, it's no bueno.
Take your mom to the casino Slip her a $20 and park her at a penny slot Head over to the bar Ask a cocktail waitress which of the guys is most likely to roofie a drink... Secure one roofie Put it in a drink, give to mom Tell her you think you're feeling sick from the shit food you ate earlier Bring her back to motel room and let her pass out Stop at the gas station and buy some jimmy hats Go to whorehouse
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post #113 of 2721
4/28/10 at 2:11am
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It's so genius, but I'm already in my jammies!
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post #114 of 2721
4/28/10 at 5:34pm
Beef BBQ. NVM I just devoured some BBQ beef ribs and they were good but fuck me keep that bullshit ass form of "BBQ" in Texas where it can wallow around with whatever else bullshit roams that state.

FUCK.
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post #115 of 2721
4/28/10 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by edinatlanta View Post
Beef BBQ. NVM I just devoured some BBQ beef ribs and they were good but fuck me keep that bullshit ass form of "BBQ" in Texas where it can wallow around with whatever else bullshit roams that state.

FUCK.

LOLOLOLOL. There's a reason there are regional specialties. Stick to your pulled pork and slaw, Edina. Y'all do that pretty well.

Leave the big meat to the big state.
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post #116 of 2721
4/28/10 at 6:58pm
i do love my BBQ brisket, but i never did warm to beef ribs. just too heavy and greasy.
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post #117 of 2721
4/28/10 at 6:59pm
Oh, there's a topic. Boiled ribs. WTF?

Braise 'em, smoke 'em, bake 'em, etc., but boiled and then slathered in sauce?
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post #118 of 2721
4/28/10 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by foodguy View Post
i do love my BBQ brisket, but i never did warm to beef ribs. just too heavy and greasy.
My mother used to serve them boiled, then slathered in dijon mustard, topped with breadcrumbs and broiled. I don't know if I would like them now if I hadn't eaten them then, but the mustard cuts the fat really well, and the whole thing is very comforting.
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post #119 of 2721
4/28/10 at 7:03pm
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Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
Oh, there's a topic. Boiled ribs. WTF?

Braise 'em, smoke 'em, bake 'em, etc., but boiled and then slathered in sauce?

Christ, Pio - who on earth boils ribs?
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post #120 of 2721
4/28/10 at 7:05pm
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Originally Posted by Thomas View Post
Christ, Pio - who on earth boils ribs?

...actually, I know a guy who par-boils them and then broils them, but he's an impatient bastard.
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