The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[BookTenTiger]

Oh no.

Don't get me started on this. Malcolm Gladwell is the ranch dressing of modern writers.

I know he's been in some hot water lately, but I still love his little articles on little things. I'm separating the artist from the art here, Snarf!

 

[BookTenTiger]

Many people take their terrible, New Zealand-style pizzas and then choose to dip them in ranch.

Which is akin to going to a homicide scene, and instead of putting on a fresh pot of coffee to cover up the smell, you just start pooping everywhere.

Not to get personal here, but is your tongue broken??? Ketchup, ranch, pineapples on pizza... This is the ambrosia of the gods! If we brought Henry VIII into modern day and bought him a Little Caesars Hawaiian Pizza with Ranch dipping sauce, he'd think we were giving him food fit for a king. Then he'd marry us, create a new religion to justify our divorce, and have us executed.

But he'd still love the food!

 

[Mannahnin]

Malcolm Gladwell has an interesting article called the Ketchup Conundrum. Essentially, he asks why mustard has had such a revolution in textures and flavors, but ketchup just stays as ketchup.

It's been a while since I read it, but he basically argued that ketchup already had the revolution. It used to be a pretty basic watery bitter condiment, and then it transformed into the perfect blend of sweet-savory-sour that it is today.

I'm a ketchup fan and I don't care who knows! It is the perfect condiment. That, and avocado, go on everything (I am a Californian through and through).

Ketchup as such is at its best on fried potatoes. That being said, I've changed over to no sugar added ketchup and found that it's superior for most applications. I think the standard recipe appeals to people's sweet tooth too much.

I need to chug buffalo sauce just to read this thread now.

Buffalo pizza, as mentioned up-thread, is also excellent. Personally I like to add a bit of Frank's Red Hot to almost any pizza I have at home. Every once in a while I do the work to make a fresh batch of proper Buffalo sauce with Frank's, red wine vinegar, and melted butter.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I know he's been in some hot water lately, but I still love his little articles on little things. I'm separating the artist from the art here, Snarf!

Naw, it's not about that stuff. It's about his writing. If you love it, don't have me spoil it for you.

Once you see it, it's hard to unsee.

 

[Cadence]

Ketchup as such is at its best on fried potatoes. That being said, I've changed over to no sugar added ketchup and found that it's superior for most applications. I think the standard recipe appeals to people's sweet tooth too much.

My favorite dips for French fries are: mashed potatoes and gravy, buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, Arby's horsey sauce, or Sweet Baby Ray's Secret Sauce. BBQ sauce or mustard are in the next tier for me for the fries.



The best way to eat fries might be as Irish Nachos:



My son's favorite fry dips are apple sauce or marinara.

 

[BookTenTiger]

Naw, it's not about that stuff. It's about his writing. If you love it, don't have me spoil it for you.

Once you see it, it's hard to unsee.

You can only explain it if first you explain something else and then tell me how it relates to that first thing.

 

[payn]

My favorite dips for French fries are: mashed potatoes and gravy, buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, Arby's horsey sauce, or Sweet Baby Ray's Secret Sauce. BBQ sauce or mustard are in the next tier for me for the fries.

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The best way to eat fries ight be as Irish Nachos:

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My son's favorite fry dips are apple sauce or marinara.

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Where is the malt vinegar?

 

[Cadence]

Where is the malt vinegar?

One of the folks in our lunch group probably used it all if you can't find it.

 

[darjr]

I approve the new fashionable trend of peoples photos on their profiles.

A+

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

You can only explain it if first you explain something else and then tell me how it relates to that first thing.

I'd love to explain it to you, but the problem with his writing is really obvious. I'd spend a lot of time explaining to you, with a long story and lots of "just so" anecdotes, this really obvious problem.

Unfortunately, I'd explain it to you by simplifying the actual problem and then giving you a snappy, yet incorrect, understanding of what the problem with Gladwell's writing is.

But you'd feel good about yourself because you think you understand the problem with Gladwell's writing! And you'd go around and tell everybody about this understanding, because you feel smarter for having understood it. And it's really cool, because then you'd totally get this obvious thing, and be able to explain to other people (albeit incorrectly) the secrets behind the obvious thing.

Except that I didn't explain why Gladwell's writing is the ranch dressing of modern writing. I just kind of told you a story and strung you along and made you think that you understood the problem with his writing .... but I never really did, did I?

So I'll have to pass.