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

[Cadence]

When I was a child, I was a picky eater, then I went to college, and it was you get what you get and I learned to just eat things and not be a baby about it. Others in the dorm just ate cereal all the time, I guess, they may be never grew up and still bitch about food. Since college I’ve gone through periods of wealth and poverty and culinary elitism and prison, lived in a few different countries, and well, let’s see if I can feed myself for a week with 20 bucks. And all I can say is, a normal ass adult should be able to eat whatever is served for a meal, in whatever country they’re in. I don’t much care for bean sprouts, but somehow manage to have a Pad Thai every now and then and not tweet about the ordeal.

I dunno, maybe I’m weird,oh, I know I’m weird, but man, just eat it. Sometimes it’s fantastic, sometimes you might want to say maybe no pineapples next time but anything intended to be edible usually is.

Food is one example. But I assume a similar thing about not really being in to certain kinds works for type of music, movies, and literature. ("I don't like sci-fi", "I'm not a fan of country", "I don't do graphic novels", etc...). Food is something we often need right now and can't be too picky (without being annoyingly hungry or starving), whereas we can go without on the others for at least a while.

 

[prabe]

There is, I think, a pretty clear difference between "There are just things (foods, music, art, games, fiction, whatever) that I cannot abide" and "The things I do not like are garbage." There are some foods I simply will not eat, but I don't consider that to mean they're inedible or that someone is a Philistine for eating them (or for not eating the things I do). I have some pretty specific tastes in music and fiction and games, but I don't think someone with different tastes is having wrongbadfun.

 

[payn]

I have never had good poutine. Not sure it actually exists.

 

[eyeheartawk]

I have never had good poutine. Not sure it actually exists.

I'm partial to gravy on fries, having grown up in Europe. But cheese curds?

Here's the thing, I'm fat, but I'm not so fat that I can't wait for cheese to be done being made into cheese to eat it.

 

[Ryujin]

I have never had good poutine. Not sure it actually exists.

You would probably need to go to Quebec then, to get something that you liked. Thick cut fries with gravy and fresh cheese curd is just the beginning of poutine there, not the final result. For example:

Menus - Poutineville

poutineville.com

 

[Cadence]

I'm partial to gravy on fries, having grown up in Europe. But cheese curds?

Here's the thing, I'm fat, but I'm not so fat that I can't wait for cheese to be done being made into cheese to eat it.

I think mashed potatoes and gravy are one of the best things to dip fries in.

Cheese curds are a great side to get on our annual trip to Wisconsin.

Not everything that's good is good mixed together (like psionics and d&d, or pineapple and pizza ;-) ).

 

[Cadence]

"It is a totally different stir fry depending on how you do it. At restaurant A I actually get to scoop the ingredients in the bowl myself and then they charge me based on the weight and cook it for me, at restaurant B I at least get to point at it as they scoop it, at yours I only get to put check marks on paper, and I have to use the form you gave me! Totally different!"

 

[payn]

I think mashed potatoes and gravy are one of the best things to dip fries in.

Better than ketchup at least...

Cheese curds are a great side to get on our annual trip to Wisconsin.

The midwest rocks the cheese curd.

Not everything that's good is good mixed together (like psionics and d&d, or pineapple and pizza ;-) ).

True, but they gave it a name. If something is common enough to be named, it has to be good at least somewhere. Thats my working theory. I thought grits were junk based on my experiences as a Yankee. Then, I had some in a southern restaurant and they were pretty good. You just have to find the spot they make it well. Again, in theory.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

True, but they gave it a name. If something is common enough to be named, it has to be good at least somewhere.

Counterpoint- vodka martini.

There is no place that makes a vodka martini so good that it shouldn't be made with gin.

 

[payn]

Counterpoint- vodka martini.

There is no place that makes a vodka martini so good that it shouldn't be made with gin.

Well, I did say in theory.