What did you eat last night for dinner?

[Rambo]



Pains me that I know what the Kirkland brand is.
I was staying at a hotel in Beverly Hills and went to the gift shop to buy a white tshirt. $30. I was SO happy with the quality and kept saying to my friend how nice it was and how I needed a whole closet of them. He took a look at the label and said... "Kirkland. That **** is from Costco and probably costs $4"
So yeah...subjective

6 pack for $15 actually.

 

[CouttsClient]



6 pack for $15 actually.

Damn

 

[foodguy]



"But if we cannot decide which of two mountains whose peaks are hidden by clouds is higher than the other, cannot we decide that a mountain is higher than a molehill?"

hopefully, in most cases, yes. but talk to a frenchman about cilantro. or talk to most Asians about cheese. I'm not sure what would be a standard of quality that could be agreed on across cultures.

 

[itsstillmatt]



hopefully, in most cases, yes. but talk to a frenchman about cilantro. or talk to most Asians about cheese. I'm not sure what would be a standard of quality that could be agreed on across cultures.

It's pretty easy to distinguish things that suck, though.

 

[mgm9128]



sorry dude. give either of you a mandoline and trouble will ensue.

I will toss my own salad here by pointing out that everything on that plate was cut by hand.

 

[sonick]



I will toss my own salad

That would be an impressive feat.

 

[Fuuma]



It's pretty easy to distinguish things that suck, though.

I love eating sow's vulva, oh wait!!! It's easy to determine things that suck within an appropriate framework IF you have a good knowledge of that framework and display the taste of those at the top of the divisions existing within that very same framework. Food is especially that way. Of course I'm a foodie hater and food essentialism is even worse. With that said I'll have to side with those who oppose food as spectacle, I'd rather eat mash and potatoes in a bad pub than that ****.

Do we have a thread/post about great mash potatoes (not kidding), I think I'll prepare some pub fare in a few days...

 

[mordecai]



hopefully, in most cases, yes. but talk to a frenchman about cilantro. or talk to most Asians about cheese. I'm not sure what would be a standard of quality that could be agreed on across cultures.

Mashed potatoes don't need a thread, although one for potatoes in general could not be bad.

 

[foodguy]

anything worth doing is worth fetishizing. it's really funny that guys who can go on for hours on the differences between good and bad "stacks" on jeans would object to anything in this thread.

 

[itsstillmatt]



I love eating sow's vulva, oh wait!!! It's easy to determine things that suck within an appropriate framework IF you have a good knowledge of that framework and display the taste of those at the top of the divisions existing within that very same framework. Food is especially that way. Of course I'm a foodie hater and food essentialism is even worse. With that said I'll have to side with those who oppose food as spectacle, I'd rather eat mash and potatoes in a bad pub than that ****.
Do we have a thread/post about great mash potatoes (not kidding), I think I'll prepare some pub fare in a few days...

I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing w/r/t suckiness. There is three week old fish and pieces of shell and sand in your food, and there is fish gut stew cow vulvas. Against what you may believe, I don't like spectacles either.

 

[Fuuma]



anything worth doing is worth fetishizing. it's really funny that guys who can go on for hours on the differences between good and bad "stacks" on jeans would object to anything in this thread.

I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing w/r/t suckiness. There is three week old fish and pieces of shell and sand in your food, and there is fish gut stew cow vulvas. Against what you may believe, I don't like spectacles either.

Traditional french presentation stops short of spectacle or at least in its proper context it isn't spectacle. Plates with two radishes that look like they just had pink diarrea though...

 

[foodguy]



Traditional french presentation stops short of spectacle or at least in its proper context it isn't spectacle. Plates with two radishes that look like they just had pink diarrea though...

not to beat a dead horse, but jeans were originally designed as work pants. i think we have to make some room for progress, no? and artistic expression?

 

[mordecai]

Last night the bulk of my dinner was essentially three small beets. Cut into sections and with a little grapeseed oil and honey they felt much more substantial. The effect is not only one of visual presenation.

 

[itsstillmatt]



not to beat a dead horse, but jeans were originally designed as work pants. i think we have to make some room for progress, no? and artistic expression?

I don't think he is leaving out that room. I am having trouble putting words to what he is saying, but I think he is drawing the distinction between the fetishization/fascination of/with food (which he doesn't condone but knows exists inside the historical framework of our society) and the fetishization not of food but of pomp, which he sees as more related to greater societal problems. It is where the spectacle exceeds everything. Maybe I am wrong, but that is what I read. Maybe I read it that way because the increase in spectacle is what makes me eat less in fine dining restaurants now than at any other time (see comments on wine pairings in wine thread.) In all honesty, while I might not agree with his personal lines of demarcation, I do agree with the sentiment.

tldr version: he is complaining about silk sweatpants silkscreened with faux-denim texture and not about stacking obsessions.

 

[foodguy]

hmmm, how do you draw the line between fetishization and "pomp"? i mean, for some people, those plates that you put up are pure pomp ... i think they're beautiful, but i think you have to admit that it's beauty for beauty's sake. or am i completely misunderstanding your use of "pomp"?