Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I am so going to look in to signing up for satellite radio. How much is it?

Looking into it myself. From what I understand the little receiver that you can move from place to place (home, car, office) is about $200 and you may need some adapters for it. The service itself is about $10-12 a month. I'm seriously thinking about getting it, and my only question was whether you can pick it up in these concrete and steel edifices we call office buildings...

If you can, I'm buying the service for sure.

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Pork gumbo? Why go through the trouble of making gumbo if it isn't seafood? My momma makes the best seafood gumbo ever.

Anyhow, I think we all probably have stories of meals we've had to suffer through that somehow contained our least favorite foods or foods that we couldn't eat for some reason (kosher, vegeterian, don't eat vegetibles). We politely pushed the food around, declined seconds, and drank a little more wine than the rest of the people at the dinner party. Sometimes there will be something that we can eat, but sometimes there won't be. The host/ess certainly has some duties to ensure that if a guest cannot eat something that there are alternatives, but sometimes alternatives simply aren't available for whatever reason. I remember a multi course meal that my mother served at an informal dinner party about a year ago. Every single thing that she served was on one of our friend's cannot/will not eat list. By the end of the night, we were all laughing about it, as yet another plate came out and there was another reason that he couldn't eat it. Eventually the cheese plate came out again so he could have at least something.

Especially with smaller parties, sometimes the meals prepared just don't work with all the guests, and sometimes it's impossible to know in advance what a guest can or can't eat.

I dunno if it was gumbo which is why I put a question mark. It was southern porky soupy food. And the issue wasnt whether there was anything for me to eat- there was side stuff, no other entree. the problem was that I felt bad after he made his ill informed effort but I wasnt gonna put pig meat into my body.

and PEPCO is fucked. 45 minute hold times and then rude bitches answer the phone and put you back on hold never to return. fucking utility monopolies. Its enough to make me go all Bilmore and shun civilization and electricity.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
And no, I don't care if it is "imitation" crab because not only do I not eat meat but I don't crave or even like the taste of it so I don't want a substitute.

I noticed the butcher counter at the supermarket sells imitation crab meat. What the hell is it if its not crab? Is imitation crab meat a term of art? An ingrediant unto itself like "artificial color"? Why get fake meat from a butcher?

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It remains that simple if you invite only your friends who like such stuff. The finicky eaters get invites only to the cookouts, where I can slap a chicken breats or tempeh puck on the grill for 'em.

What's the fun in cooking elaborately for people who don't really enjoy food because they're concerned as to whether it fits into their dietetic regimen?

So, no, Lance Armstrong won't be invited to dinner.

See, this is exactly what I would hope to avoid - people issue food demands, and therefore are cut off from hospitality by fed up hosts.

Hosts are already an endangered species after years of abuse and neglect; they should really be better protected and shouldn't have their available range further limited.

BR(even Lance should be able to show up, ooh and aah over the food, and sneak into the bathroom when it is time to eat whatever bizzare micro-meals he brought with him that he is supposed to consume every 30 minutes, or whatever it is he does)C

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I noticed the butcher counter at the supermarket sells imitation crab meat. What the hell is it if its not crab? Is imitation crab meat a term of art? An ingrediant unto itself like "artificial color"? Why get fake meat from a butcher?

It's fish, not crab.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I dunno if it was gumbo which is why I put a question mark. It was southern porky soupy food. And the issue wasnt whether there was anything for me to eat- there was side stuff, no other entree. the problem was that I felt bad after he made his ill informed effort but I wasnt gonna put pig meat into my body.

I'd be very careful at any but the most Americanized Mexican restaurants then, since lard is the primary ingredient in most Mexican dishes, including some vegeterian sounding dishes like bean burritos, where the beans and the tortilla are held together with lard.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by evenodds
It's fish, not crab.

Why not call it fish? Is "crabfish" taken?

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Are colleges teaching fundamental principles any more?

free music is fair because compact discs are overpriced.


CNN Article on downloading

I liked the law student who gave her name and said she would keep doing it because cds are over priced.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'd be very careful at any but the most Americanized Mexican restaurants then, since lard is the primary ingredient in most Mexican dishes, including some vegeterian sounding dishes like bean burritos, where the beans and the tortilla are held together with lard.

Putting refried beans aside, in Dallas pinto beans are often prepared using diced up ham or otherwise incorporating pork, while black beans are often the only vegetarian option. RT, do people prepare black beans with lard, etc. down there?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'd be very careful at any but the most Americanized Mexican restaurants then, since lard is the primary ingredient in most Mexican dishes, including some vegeterian sounding dishes like bean burritos, where the beans and the tortilla are held together with lard.

But lard is good for you because it has no transfat!

Seriously, Baja Fresh uses no lard, so their veggie meals should be veggie safe, if not heart healthier (probably use hydrogenated vegetable oils in place of the lard).

And on a sort of related note, Pa. Ag Wants Butter In Schools; Calls for Butter's Return to School Lunches, Saying It Was 'Needlessly Removed

P.S. Lard might actually have some transfat. It was a joke.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I noticed the butcher counter at the supermarket sells imitation crab meat. What the hell is it if its not crab? Is imitation crab meat a term of art? An ingrediant unto itself like "artificial color"? Why get fake meat from a butcher?

Imitation crab, or surimi, is a blend of crab meat and pollack or some other firm, relatively mild whitefish, like halibut or haddock. I'll tolerate it in "crab salad" at a buffet or something like that. However, when I'm cooking myself, I always use the real stuff. Yeah, it's a lot more expensive, but not outrageous, and a little goes a long way.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I noticed the butcher counter at the supermarket sells imitation crab meat. What the hell is it if its not crab? Is imitation crab meat a term of art? An ingrediant unto itself like "artificial color"? Why get fake meat from a butcher?

Yes: Surimi. Not at surimi.info, but here

It's minced fish, processed, and pressed into cakes, with some artificial color. Then used in California rolls all over the US. Unless you spring for the "real" crab meat version (which you should)

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Why not call it fish? Is "crabfish" taken?

It is technically referred to as Krab. Way catchier than crabfish. Learn it, love it.


RP'ed to change re: line. I heart tofu (when prepared correctly).

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by leagleaze
I liked the law student who gave her name and said she would keep doing it because cds are over priced.

I liked this one. Thanks, bro!

"I'm very worried about my brother at Johns Hopkins University. He's very involved in file-sharing and would have to get a lawyer if he gets into trouble," said one pre-law student at NYU.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Putting refried beans aside, in Dallas pinto beans are often prepared using diced up ham or otherwise incorporating pork, while black beans are often the only vegetarian option. RT, do people prepare black beans with lard, etc. down there?

I love charro beans (the ham or pork soupy beans). My momma also makes the best charro beans ever.

I'm not sure about black beans here, since the lard thing doesn't bother me that much so I never bother to ask. I'm going to guess that it probably depends on the restaruant and whether or not they care about vegetarians and how they prepare their beans.