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Is there anything you just can't make, no matter how hard you try? [Moved from General Topics board]
An over-easy egg. Pathetic, I know, but I always either overcook or break the yolk. Pisses me off – I love over-easy eggs. Also, my rice is nothing to write home about, and I make a lousy cup of coffee.
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Jeez, is everyone still recovering from the Westernathon?
ordered was Shirley aka The Sergeant of Arms’s pork chops. It is my opinion that this contributed to her Shirley ‘The Hammer’ demeanor throughout the day, culminating in her breaking a wine bottle over the head...
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Food prank -- pulled on you or by you
had sitting on the coffee table. We used water glasses for the wine. We were dressed to the nines. As my sister went around the room with the platter of appetizers, not one person said a word. We couldn’t believe it. They...
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Good eats from Midway to Evanston?
well with the cornmeal breaded fried foods. Now, I’ve had fried oysters at Casamento’s in New Orleans, but G&G’s was better. The oysters were plump, the batter was perfect in providing the crunch yet not...
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Alarm! Chowhounds fight back! Please!
than supermarkets. None of these markets are year-round to my knowledge, and if there were any (indoors) that were, they’d be selling coffee, soap, milk (but no cheese) and mustard in the winter. Probably storage cabbage,...
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overrated/over hyped?
. And I absolutely hate the Sugar Bean and Tea Leaf. Coffee with cheap Nestlé Quik in it. It’s diabetes in a cup, and it’s disgusting.
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MSP – Getting excited about overpriced mediocre food?
restaurant. http://www.ricepaperrestaurant.com/ Birchwood: Gourmet, fancy-pants food in a casual, coffee-house environment (Mondays are half-priced wine nights). This is my vote for the best dining value in the Twin Cities –...
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Chowhounds at the French Laundry
Coconut Financier Delice au Chocolate et Carmel with Passion Fruit Coulis, Chocolate Dentelle and Yogurt Foam Mignardises Coffee, Tea and Infusions Link:...
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What is Mexican Cuisine To You?
it all - Sampling the goods from Illegal tequila"micro-distilleries" - Morning coffee and pastries at Sanborn’s (and cafe de olla... still haven’t seen that in the States) - Fresh tamales cooked with dozens of different...
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chowhound formative influences?
for chicken fricasee; the Farberware coffee percolator; the old waffle iron; dented blackened cookie sheets that my mother will never replace; the knife that my grandmother brought over with her from Poland 70-odd years ago, worn...
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Food Obsession and Significant Other
in, be careful with that. It can really break trust. He still talks about when his dad gave him liver and said it was steak. He doesn’t eat shellfish or pork, and I snuck some Italian sausage into some meatballs I made. I...
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Is this food terrorism?
, pasta, candy and sweet coffee drinks they consume while on their “strict no carb” diet, I decided to make whatever the hell I wanted when they came over. So far, all I’ve heard is “this is...
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Northern Chinese breakfast, really.
't understand his speech enough to get the whole meaning. Two of them were breaking off pieces of the steamed Chinese roll (like the steamed buns but twirled and braided) into the soup(dunking) and then eating the soup with...
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Delivery man yelled at us for not tipping 20%
pizzerias(ordered around 50 bucks worth) many years ago when the delivery guy showed up without any change and demanded I go break a twenty somewhere. I refused the food and the charge and called the restaurant. They didn’t...
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How do you eat so well and control your weight?
Daisy, Walk around your neighborhood. Take in a block or two at a time. In the gym, use some other machine instead of the treadmill. Like a rowing machine (learn proper technique). Or break up your routine a bit. Add weights to...
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