Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[MNblockhead]

As time goes by, I find myself going for comfortable food food over the chance of great food. There's a real Jersey diner we really like, most of the menu items are good. The French Onion Soup is great, and I don't even like onions but I get it all the time. The steak is good, too; it's no Flo's Filet (from Longhorn) but if we don't want to make a separate trip, it's good enough.

I prefer that over trying dozens of different restaurants; that's a young man's game. I'm old and tired of making decisions.

There is also something to be said about being a regular. I like going regularly to a place where the staff and I know each other and where I know that I'm going to like what I order. Familiarity is nice. But I also try to go to one new place each month and budget for this. I keep a checklist of places to check out based on recommendations and reviews.

My parents stopped by yesterday on their way back to Minnesota from a road trip and I just learned that folks in Milwaukee apparently never go out to eat on Sunday evening. NOTHING on my list was open. By family vote we went to a local Italian place I drive past to/from work every day but never tried. Disappointing. One of these places that seems to be popular because of the portion size more than the quality. Now I have a week's worth of bland leftovers in my fridge.

 

[payn]

What are your views and practices regarding editing your own posts, after you post them, on EN World?

If I don’t correct in the first 5-10min of posting I probably never will.

 

[Scribe]

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I'm not going to yuck your yum but...

Yuck.

 

[overgeeked]

As time goes by, I find myself going for comfortable food food over the chance of great food. There's a real Jersey diner we really like, most of the menu items are good. The French Onion Soup is great, and I don't even like onions but I get it all the time. The steak is good, too; it's no Flo's Filet (from Longhorn) but if we don't want to make a separate trip, it's good enough.

I prefer that over trying dozens of different restaurants; that's a young man's game. I'm old and tired of making decisions.

I'm kind of between those points. I'll try new places but once I have I tend to stick with what I like. So if the first thing I try at a place is great, that's about all I'm ever going to order there. I'll try a bite of someone else's order if offered, and if it blows me away I might try it myself in future. But I'd rather have food I know will be good rather than roll the dice on something. This is also why I cook. Much easier to make a pot of something we like, portion it out, and freeze it for later.

 

[overgeeked]

Mostly this, but sometimes I get an esprit d'escalier moment right after posting and edit the post to add additional stuff. I pretty much always mark that though. Something like "Edit: Just thought of bla bla bla"

With how quick most conversations are on here I think it would get lost so I'd just make a new post.

 

[Thomas Shey]

There's a land of difference between a proper chicken-fried steak and a poor cut of meat kissed with flour and then fried and cried.

Eh. Matter of degree in my experience.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Not really worth a separate thread, but I'm curious, and figure I'll post my idle question to the fine people riding the Pineapple Express.

What are your views and practices regarding editing your own posts, after you post them, on EN World?

I will frequently correct typos if I discover them right after posting. I don't know why I seem unable to edit before I post. It feels weird, but I've edit posts I've made months or even years ago if I happen to come across them again and notice a typo. I don't bother making an end note that I've done so.

If I make a substantive change, especially if do to a change of mind on a particular topic, then I will make a note that I changed it.

I like how some other forum platforms will, when you edit a post, present you with a field explaining the reason for the edit. EN World doesn't do this and I always feel like I'm committing a venial sin when I edit after posting.

Mine's pretty similar to yours; I'll usually add the additional thought following an "Edit:" note.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

What are your views and practices regarding editing your own posts, after you post them, on EN World?

The day I am not going back and editing my typos or improving clarity in my old posts, you'll know I've died.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I have a hard time taking any place that calls it a Country Fried Steak seriously. And Brown Gravy?

As to the first part, you'd be astonished how often people get confused and/or argue about something called "chicken fried steak" not being chicken. So I get that part. The brown gravy is pretty odd though.

The brown gravy- which I personally the way I prefer it*- is a nod to its (probable) Germanic roots in the dish schnitzel. While brown and mushroom gravies aren’t the ONLY toppings you’d find on schnitzel, they’re among the more common.




* If I can’t get my chicken/country fried steak with brown or mushroom gravy, I’ll opt for no gravy + some lemon wedges.

 

[dbolack]

Eh. Matter of degree in my experience.

Nah, one is a lie. It is meatcake.