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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 15, 2014 12:50:27 GMT -5
In fact I think only white sauce that escapes my wrath is blue cheese dressing. Which is one of the few things I make a point of avoiding. Reminds me too much of penicillin, maybe, which I think is the only thing in the world I'm allergic to. Of course, too, they're both basically mold, & I can't say I'm a big fan of mold. People eat fungus. Some people rave about fungus. I personally have nothing against the flavor of mushrooms, but to eat an actual mushroom, like take a bite out of it like it were an apple, no. The texture of a mushroom kicks my gag reflex into full gear. I honestly don't think I could eat one ... it'd just come right back up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 12:59:12 GMT -5
I've never conducted the experiment, but AFAIK if I leave a piece of cheese (or certain other food products, with bread the most obvious) out for a few days, it'll grow mold, but probably not mushrooms. Which is a good thing, because I like mushrooms just fine.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 15, 2014 13:36:00 GMT -5
I'm SO picky about gravy. I trust Mom's, my mother-in-law's, and mine. That's about it, and I hate white gravy unless it's heavily peppered, otherwise why would I eat wallpaper paste ? Yeah I can't stand the stuff. And the only reason that I had it was because at some restaurant here in my first year in Oklahoma, I ordered mash potatoes and the waitress, didn't ask (or they didn't serve brown gravy) and my plate came back with this horrible and gelatinous white stuff on potatoes. I tried to like it. But I couldn't do it. And to finish out my white sauce prejudice, I also do not like alfredo sauce or ranch dressing. In fact I think only white sauce that escapes my wrath is blue cheese dressing. Edit: I even go so far as to buy golden mushroom soup. Well there are only two kinds of dressing...Blue Cheese and Roquefort.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 15, 2014 13:37:58 GMT -5
I'm SO picky about gravy. I trust Mom's, my mother-in-law's, and mine. That's about it, and I hate white gravy unless it's heavily peppered, otherwise why would I eat wallpaper paste ? Yeah I can't stand the stuff. And the only reason that I had it was because at some restaurant here in my first year in Oklahoma, I ordered mash potatoes and the waitress, didn't ask (or they didn't serve brown gravy) and my plate came back with this horrible and gelatinous white stuff on potatoes. I tried to like it. But I couldn't do it. And to finish out my white sauce prejudice, I also do not like alfredo sauce or ranch dressing. In fact I think only white sauce that escapes my wrath is blue cheese dressing. Edit: I even go so far as to buy golden mushroom soup. Which is one of the few things I make a point of avoiding. Reminds me too much of penicillin, maybe, which I think is the only thing in the world I'm allergic to. Of course, too, they're both basically mold, & I can't say I'm a big fan of mold. People eat fungus. Some people rave about fungus. I personally have nothing against the flavor of mushrooms, but to eat an actual mushroom, like take a bite out of it like it were an apple, no. The texture of a mushroom kicks my gag reflex into full gear. I honestly don't think I could eat one ... it'd just come right back up. OK, I could defend the mayo thing, but now you've viciously maligned several of my favorite foods. Alfredo is clearly the food of the gods, due in no small part that the tremendous fat content helps to return you to them that much quicker. Ranch dressing we also consume in my household with wild abandon. Mold and fungus are, of course, two very different things, though both can be tasty. The unique moldy funk of blue cheese is unparalleled, and mushrooms are delicious as well. I can't see anyone eating one like an apple, they're much better cooked and added to other dishes, or just sauteed in butter on their own. But I will agree that golden mushroom soup is far superior to plain cream of mushroom. And if you add some cooked diced beef steak (something cheap like round or chuck) it's excellent over rice.
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 15, 2014 15:15:55 GMT -5
This has me wondering if we should resurrect the food porn thread over here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 15:16:33 GMT -5
In a fitting end to a legendary stadium, Paul McCartney played the final show at Candlestick Park last night.
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Post by Pharozonk on Aug 15, 2014 16:14:50 GMT -5
This has me wondering if we should resurrect the food porn thread over here. I second the creation of one.
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 15, 2014 18:42:50 GMT -5
Regarding cornbread, I've recently discovered the Venezuelan/Colombian variant, "arepas". They're delicious, and checking some recipes online they seem to be made without sugar. There is definitely a genetic component to taste; some people have a gene that makes cilantro smell like soap, and others have genes that make Brussels sprouts taste bitter. See io9.com/are-there-some-vegetables-you-cant-stand-it-may-be-gen-1532668567I've never lived in a place where white gravy was common, and I've never been offered it on potatoes. Mushrooms are fine with me as long as they aren't the primary flavor, but hold the moldy cheese, please. My doctor has told me that beer aggravates my hay fever, so when hay fever season arrived this year I switched to hard cider, which is increasingly popular around here. It seems to be difficult for cider to hit the right balance between sweet and dry - too sweet and it's cloying, too dry and it's mouth-puckeringly astringent. Then I found my new favorite thirst-quencher - hopped cider. It's hard apple cider flavored with hops. My wife thinks the hops make it taste like beer but I don't - the hops just give the cider body and enough bitterness to offset the sweetness without having to go astringent. It goes down real easy.
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Post by Jesse on Aug 15, 2014 19:06:49 GMT -5
And yesterday when my boss took me to lunch I specifically asked for mustard and NOT mayo on my club sandwich ... Yes it had mayo on it. And since I know they would just throw it away if complained I tried to eat. Almost got it all down, with the mustard I asked for after the fact. I tasted that crap in my mouth no matter how much liquids I drank. Ugh. Horrible stuff. I can't stand mayo or Miracle Whip either. My mother abominated fish; so did H.P. Lovecraft. That's apparently a fairly common sentiment. I knew a guy who hated all seafood. I never understood it. Especially when there are so many different flavors to choose from. I have an intolerance for strawberries (they make my dust and mold allergies so bad I cannot go near my comic books - or a bed or sofa or carpet), but I still crave them like crazy. I sometimes make that horrible strawberry-flavored pudding because there are no actual strawberries to set off my cross-allergies in that chemical hodgepodge. My grandma was allergic to strawberries and when I was a kid the strong smell would make me nauseous. Now I can enjoy them though. People eat fungus. Some people rave about fungus. Some people eat fungus and go to raves! This has me wondering if we should resurrect the food porn thread over here. I was thinking about making an ode to junk food thread. Sounds like a good idea.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Aug 15, 2014 19:12:20 GMT -5
In a fitting end to a legendary stadium, Paul McCartney played the final show at Candlestick Park last night. It's going to suck seeing that stadium go. I drive back and forth to San Francisco on the 101 every so often for whatever reason and always see Candlestick. Won't be much longer until it just isn't there anymore.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 15, 2014 19:54:16 GMT -5
That's not a real question. One of those is corn bread, the other is cake. This man gets it. Maternal grandfather was full-blooded Cajun from the bayou country of Louisiana, maternal grandmother was born, raised and lived 82 of her 84 years in Memphis, TN. Spent a lot of summers with them eating real Southern food like gumbo, crawfish and shrimp boils, black-eyed peas, greens, grits, and actual corn bread, not the abomination that folks in the North try to pass off as the genuine article.
And as for those who are talking down on white gravy, what is wrong with you people? I can only get brown gravy here in Pittsburgh, and that makes me sad.
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 15, 2014 21:09:16 GMT -5
Regarding cornbread, I've recently discovered the Venezuelan/Colombian variant, "arepas". They're delicious, and checking some recipes online they seem to be made without sugar. There is definitely a genetic component to taste; some people have a gene that makes cilantro smell like soap, and others have genes that make Brussels sprouts taste bitter. See io9.com/are-there-some-vegetables-you-cant-stand-it-may-be-gen-1532668567I've never lived in a place where white gravy was common, and I've never been offered it on potatoes. Mushrooms are fine with me as long as they aren't the primary flavor, but hold the moldy cheese, please. My doctor has told me that beer aggravates my hay fever, so when hay fever season arrived this year I switched to hard cider, which is increasingly popular around here. It seems to be difficult for cider to hit the right balance between sweet and dry - too sweet and it's cloying, too dry and it's mouth-puckeringly astringent. Then I found my new favorite thirst-quencher - hopped cider. It's hard apple cider flavored with hops. My wife thinks the hops make it taste like beer but I don't - the hops just give the cider body and enough bitterness to offset the sweetness without having to go astringent. It goes down real easy. Very interesting. My family used to be in the beverage business. It's interesting. I've never heard of a hoppy hard cider, but the balance sounds interesting. The beer allergy link I hadn't heard of either but I could see it. Food porn thread. I used to get a food nutrition newsletter and they had a dedicated column to food porn showing the product and the truth about it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2014 0:09:21 GMT -5
My doctor has told me that beer aggravates my hay fever, so when hay fever season arrived this year I switched to hard cider, which is increasingly popular around here. It seems to be difficult for cider to hit the right balance between sweet and dry - too sweet and it's cloying, too dry and it's mouth-puckeringly astringent. Then I found my new favorite thirst-quencher - hopped cider. It's hard apple cider flavored with hops. My wife thinks the hops make it taste like beer but I don't - the hops just give the cider body and enough bitterness to offset the sweetness without having to go astringent. It goes down real easy. I can't drink anymore, of course, but back when I could I never managed to develop any sort of tolerance for beer at all. Hard cider, though, was a different matter. I miss that stuff, especially the pear variety. So it goes.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 16, 2014 6:13:19 GMT -5
I think the book keeping aspect of comic collecting is wearing me down. I just can't get it up to keep moving boxes around.
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 16, 2014 7:45:17 GMT -5
I think the book keeping aspect of comic collecting is wearing me down. I just can't get it up to keep moving boxes around. Just send all your comics to me, 'bone. Problem solved! Cei-U! Looka me, I'm helping!
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