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As I get older, food is more for sustenance than enjoyment, and I'm okay with that. I eat because I'm hungry, and I'll eat pretty much whatever is there.
It may be odd because I'm a pretty good cook myself, my mother was Cordon Bleu trained, and I've eaten all over the world. I'd think that I'd be more discerning.
I break it down this way: for every genre of food, there's the top 1% that makes my mouth water, 94% that's in the middle and I'll eat, and 5% that I won't touch.
The reality is, I'm not in close proximity to most of that top 1%. There are some okay cheesesteaks around, but nothing like in Philly or Southern Jersey. No pizza around here touches Pepe's, or even the Colony Grill. All pastrami around here falls into that bottom 5%. There's good dim sum in Boston, but it isn't that top 1% that you get in San Francisco.
Every place in London makes a British breakfast. Most were good and greasy, but nothing beat the place in Hammersmith. 30 years later and the thought makes my mouth water.
What makes your mouth water?
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i like food
i like food
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cb
I like food too.
I like food too.
I once worked with a guy who didn't like food at all. He told me he was looking forward to the day when you could just take a nourishment pill and not have to eat food anymore.
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^^^^^^ My wife is all for a
^^^^^^ My wife is all for a food pill too. More because she does not like to cook and she does not like to shop at a grocery store.
I am a complete opposite, I love going to the grocery store and love a good cooking a Sunday meal with family and friends stopping by.
Properly cooked sea scallops makes me excited.
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>As I get older, food is
>As I get older, food is more for sustenance than enjoyment
I don't remember the last meal I really enjoyed. I eat because it is necessary
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: smiley
Never enjoyed food until I
Never enjoyed food until I started puffing in college.
But I'm coming up on BKs food attitude the last few years.
Mostly utilitarian and with a focus on high quality. That's not to say I dont enjoy a fancy spread once in a while. I live in a "foodie" town and mostly appreciate the efforts. I do think "beer" as a concept is pretty saturated at this point.
I generally despise people that take pictures of food served to them. If you made it and want snap a shot for posterity, that's your prerogative, but food porn as social media fodder to display our advanced palates and tastes is a pet peeve of mine.
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Cooking relaxes me and lets
Cooking relaxes me and lets me serve others. These are two things I really enjoy about food.
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I am getting lazy when it
I am getting lazy when it comes to cooking, when I used to spend hours making a meal for my family, I will often just eat out or go out just to make it quick. That said, I made a dinner lentil soup last night with random stuff from my fridge that was surprisingly good
In regard to eating for just sustenance... I am not there yet. Ny favorite chicken wing joint "Fire on the Mountain" in Portland, was sold out of wings during lunch on Monday and we had to get the "boneless wings", aka chicken nuggets. They sucked compared to the real thing so I guess I still appreciate quality.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Every once in a while I make
Every once in a while I make something that I consider to be "restaurant quality," something I'd be psyched to pay for.
Last night I made a stir fry. All the veggies were fresh out of the garden, which is automatically going to make it better. I thought it was okay, but my other half loved it.
Which brings me to Six's point: As Sri Chinmoy said, "To serve is to love."
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I make better than restaurant
I make better than restaurant food every time I cook. That's about 4 times a week.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
If you cooked for me 4x a
If you cooked for me 4x a week, and it was consistently better than restaurant food, I'd give you BJs on your birthday.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
I do a lot of home cooking
I do a lot of home cooking and, by and large, its as good as most stuff I get at restaurants. I think its because after many years of cooking your own meals, you are able dial in exactly how you like it. The one big exception for me is Middle Eastern. I have never been able to make a decent falafel or baba ganoush.
My ex-wife's family was Mexican-American and they rarely ever were satisfied with Mexican restaurants, even authentic ones owned and operated by Mexicans. It was just that they had their home cooking down and they knew what they liked and restaurants couldn't get it just how they had come to expect certain dishes.
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For some reason a lot of
For some reason a lot of restaurants I used to like have gotten worse.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Lower middle class income, so
Lower middle class income, so we do not eat out much.
Eat very well though. Love food.
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An old friend once told me to
An old friend once told me to order a burger at a restaurant. If it's good, everything else on the menu will be decent. If they fuck it up, all their food is probably shit.
He was 100% correct.
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I've ever sent a meal back or
I've ever sent a meal back or complained.
We don't eat healthy. We just eat.
We once spent $200 on a meal for two. No complaints.
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I was motivated and made
I was motivated and made Pastelitos yesterday from scratch. Lean ground pork ones (with my special fresh batch of Sofrito), and a few cheese ones.
I like them with soup, but started too late.
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I started cooking our family
I started cooking our family dinners when I was 8. My older brother was too lazy to cook, or eat for that matter.
My mothers only concern -- 'I took those cube steaks out of the freezer, when I get home from work they better be cooking!'
I don't trust people that need to be told to eat?? Really -- you need to be forced to stay alive??!!
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My favorite resturaunt in SF
My favorite resturaunt in SF burned down, so I'm not spending as much.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: smiley
Hatch Chile season.
Hatch Chile season.
Using some fire roasted hatchs and slow grilled pork shoulder to make some delicious Colorado green chili.
Sorry, no photos.
Probably will make some elotes too, as long as the grill is fired up.
Anyone have a good white bean recipe?
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Who needs to be told to eat,
Who needs to be told to eat, Jonas?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jonaspond
People that don't like food,
People that don't like food, BK.
HL - you talking cannellini beans?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
You are mistaken, Jonas. I
You are mistaken, Jonas. I don't need to be told to eat, I just don't enjoy it, and would rather not have to do it.
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I can always be bothered to
I can always be bothered to eat, and I sure as hell ain't calling a box of Cheez Its dinner!
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Was I referring to you?
Was I referring to you?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
HL, do you have a recipe for
HL, do you have a recipe for that green chili? If so, please post it so we can all watch pandemonium ensue!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
I get it, Jonas. I don't
I get it, Jonas. I don't trust people who have never dosed.
My ex wife never dosed, and she could eat a few Triscuts and call it dinner.
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Why would a recipe incite
Why would a recipe incite pandemonium?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Beats me, but Colorado Green
Beats me, but Colorado Green Chili has been known to be a touchy subject around these parts.
It's the friggin' Zone. What can't incite pandemonium?
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I super love cooking
I super love cooking
Our dream is a bed and breakfast
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
>>Was I referring to you?
>>Was I referring to you?
>>>>Who needs to be told to eat, Jonas?
People that don't like food, BK.<<<
I am one of those "People who don't like food"
And I do not need to be told to eat.
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Rock on truck.
Rock on truck.
I'm better at expressing my love of food w a meal at my house. We're always open.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
I cook all my meals when I am
I cook all my meals when I am at home. All organic and healthy, no processed sugar. No packaged food from the supermarket, nothing frozen except organic grass fed beef and chicken, and wild caught fish(Never farmed). I like shopping and I love to cook. Hate the cleanup part. I spend hours each day just cleaning up. But i love good healthy food and am learning many new methods and dishes.
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Bluelight, what is your
Bluelight, what is your sofrito recipe?