Truisms Too Obvious to Mention... until now of course...

[GrogNerd]

Ever seen Fight Club? remember the quote "He was the guerilla terrorist of the food industry" Its just not worth it to anger those who handle your food.

I agree

Well, you don't have to be a dink about it. If I'm hungry, though, I don't really WANT to have the $20 taken off my bill, I want to eat!

hungry enough to eat a loogie and some dandruff?

and the trailer only shows ½ of what's in the movie

 

[Golddiggie]

Grog’s Rules for Food (which can count as truisms)

#1 – NO FOOD in my food. which means leave out the BERRIES NUTS and TWIGS

#2 – tomatoes are the only fruit that should be cooked

#3 – it’s Carolina-style for pulled pork, Texas for brisket, Memphis for chicken and Kansas City for ribs

#4 – Ketchup is for potatoes, except for mashed or baked

#5 – do NOT get between the fat man and the buffet table. (more of a safety tip than a rule)

#6 – Cheese

#7 – if you’re eating at a restaurant, you can complain about any problems with your food &/or service, but NEVER EVER send YOUR FOOD back to the kitchen

#8 – Arby’s sucks ass

First, with #2, are you also talking about applesauce??? With a properly cooked pork chop (or roast, depending on how it's cooked) it can be great. Hell, even by itself.

100% behind the comment about store bought crust making a pie NOT home-made. That was done (by a family member) with an apple pie on Turkey Day... Crust was nasty and somehow the pie filling was like soup. Worst pie EVER made at home. Can't call it 'home made' since it wasn't.

#4, applies to fried spuds, except for potato skins (if they are fried). Also, home made ketchup trumps the stuff in a bottle. Chili sauce is also far better than ketchup for almost everything.

Can't agree with #7. If I order something cooked to a level, and they miss it by more than a bit, it's going BACK. Luckily, I've only needed to send stuff back a couple of times. One was where the steak was actually COLD. Excuse me, I ordered medium rare, not medium rare and left sitting for 30 minutes. Plus, they didn't even trim it right (tenderloin and it had the silver skin still on it).

I did have a nice steak when on vacation (up to Bar Harbor, ME) that had a really nice red wine reduction sauce under it. Not poured all over it, but more a 'use as much as you like' deal. Damned fine eating there. Tactful use of a sauce can be a good thing. Bathing your food in it, no. Personally, I almost never use a gravy with meat/meals. I make gravy for turkey and beef that everyone raves about and lusts after, but I almost never use it. IMO, you shouldn't NEED to use it. If the food was cooked/prepared properly, it won't need it. If you want the flavors it brings to the meal, fine. Just don't bath everything with it.

Truism:
Everything is better with butter.
The only thing that is better than butter is BACON!!

8) If you handle a hot pepper with your hands, DONT DO ANYTHING WITH YOUR HANDS OTHER THAN HANDLE THE HOT PEPPER!

IF you're smart, you'll wear latex gloves when cutting/handling hot peppers. I keep a package of them in stock for such use, as well as a few others (not for THAT, keep your minds out of the gutter).

 

[DrunkleJon]

Yeah, that is what I am saying. I know of many an occasion where food tampering has happened. Its not worth the risk IMO. Sorry if what I typed came out wrong. You just never know what kind of day they are having and even the best intentioned comment can be misconstrued.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I fear reprisal to such a degree that I am overly polite and kind to wait staff. So much so, that one time, years ago, the waitress came home with me.

Totally true story.

 

[the_bird]

hungry enough to eat a loogie and some dandruff?

and the trailer only shows ½ of what's in the movie

I guess I don't go to restaurants where I'm all that worried about this.

Besides, having young children reminds me that I've probably eaten plenty of boogers in my life and survived perfectly well.

And if my steak isn't buried in some ******* sauce, I can tell if there's a loogey on there!

 

[GrogNerd]

I really don't go out that often to NOT be worried that someone is gonna dick with my food.

There is only one restaurant we go out to enough that we know the manager and if SHE takes my food back, I trust her enough to make it right without any Shenanigans (haha... the name of the restaurant in Waiting)

but they're MY rules, meaning they're rules that I follow and I'm only sharing them. They're not LAWS.

 

[arturo7]

Never eat anything larger than your head.

 

[the_bird]

I think I've had to send back one thing - fish that was severely undercooked. Can't even remember which restaurant it was. We don't go out that often anymore (kids), but when we do it's places that I pretty much trust are respectful of the food and of their clientele. When we stop at a place like Applebee's (out with the kids and famished and need SOMETHING), the food usually sucks but in a way that it's EXPECTED to suck, so no point in returning anything.

And those may be *your* rules, but this is a thread about "truisms," which should - by definition - be applicable to everybody.

 

[the_bird]

... Shenanigans (haha... the name of the restaurant in Waiting)

Heh. The place called "Shenanigans" I know is a ***** bar out Albany-way, haven't been there in 10+ years. I wouldn't eat ANYTHING in that place, food or otherwise.

 

[GrogNerd]

Grog’s Rules for Food (which can count as truisms)

I would count #5 as the only true truism. the others can count, maybe you don't think they do; makes no nevermind to me.

 

[jerrodm]

Can't help it.

 

[Randar]

Grog’s Rules for Food (which can count as truisms)

#1 – NO FOOD in my food. which means leave out the BERRIES NUTS and TWIGS

#2 – tomatoes are the only fruit that should be cooked

#3 – it’s Carolina-style for pulled pork, Texas for brisket, Memphis for chicken and Kansas City for ribs

#4 – Ketchup is for potatoes, except for mashed or baked

#5 – do NOT get between the fat man and the buffet table. (more of a safety tip than a rule)

#6 – Cheese

#7 – if you’re eating at a restaurant, you can complain about any problems with your food &/or service, but NEVER EVER send YOUR FOOD back to the kitchen

#8 – Arby’s sucks ass

So Grog does not believe in pie.

 

[Randar]

Besides, having young children reminds me that I've probably eaten plenty of boogers in my life and survived perfectly well.

boogers, dirt, cat/dog poo, a crusty cooch or 2, and probably many other known pathogens...

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

#1 is absolutely true.

I am a sweater, and I'd look good on any woman. No matter what my wife says about cheating.

 

[Randar]

#1 is absolutely true.

I am a sweater, and I'd look good on any woman. No matter what my wife says about cheating.

ewwwww.

NOT

 

[the_bird]

:fro:1) Sweaters look great on almost 100% of women.

I'm glad you put in the "almost"...

 

[GrogNerd]

So Grog does not believe in pie. This Grog dude is a 'tard.

that is really un-called for. care to rephrase?

Grog does not believe in FRUIT pie

Pumpkin and chocolate creme pies are fine.

 

[Golddiggie]

that is really un-called for. care to rephrase?

Grog does not believe in FRUIT pie

Pumpkin and chocolate creme pies are fine.

Not believing in apple pie is just un-American.

 

[KayaBrew]

Bearnaise is a but different. It uses egg yolks, shallots, chervil, and peppercorns.

I like to make a stick of salted butter into a nice compound butter with garlic and parsley and then put a nice pat atop my warm steak. I promise no steak can be ruined in this manner.

That's interesting. When I worked in the kitchen at the Alta Lodge in Utah, I had to make bearnaise sauce on Prime Rib night, and all I used was egg yolk, butter, tarragon and a tarragon vinegar reduction.

Bearnaise isn't all that different than hollandaise. All that traditionally is is egg yolk and butter.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Not believing in apple pie is just un-American.

and blueberry. and strawberry rhubarb.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Its ok to order lobster at a steak place, but never order steak at a lobster place.

 

[gauvinej]

Its ok to order lobster at a steak place, but never order steak at a lobster place.

I would say the opposite here. If i can't see the ocean I won't order anything seafood.

Once out in St Louis our boss took us out for to a seafood place. My first choice was steak.

 

[Golddiggie]

I would say the opposite here. If i can't see the ocean I won't order anything seafood.

Once out in St Louis our boss took us out for to a seafood place. My first choice was steak.

Being either in a state that has oceanic coastlines, or is within a short drive of the ocean is important there, IMO. Since they can often get the seafood the day it comes off the boat, and not pay insane shipping costs. I can only imagine what a Maine lobster costs in the mid-west or out in CA. Especially when I can drive a reasonable distance and buy right off the boats. :rockin:

 

[Randar]

I would say the opposite here. If i can't see the ocean I won't order anything seafood.

Once out in St Louis our boss took us out for to a seafood place. My first choice was steak.

Yes, because all that lobster, salmon, swordfish, and tuna is from the Chesapeake

These days I can get fresher seafood from just about anywhere in the world being near O'Hare airport than the vast majority of coastal areas of the US (except maybe one or 2 local seasonal catches). The truism is still "How fast did it go from water to plate?", and that is almost always a function related less to your ocean front proximity than it is major international airport proximity

 

[Randar]

that is really un-called for. care to rephrase?

Grog does not believe in FRUIT pie

Pumpkin and chocolate creme pies are fine.

You're right. "This Grog dude doesn't understand the meaning of a truism versus a terribly misguided opinion against fruit pies that was probably born from a lack of a good motherly influence in his childhood"

Better?

 

[gauvinej]

Yes, because all that lobster, salmon, swordfish, and tuna is from the Chesapeake

These days I can get fresher seafood from just about anywhere in the world being near O'Hare airport than the vast majority of coastal areas of the US (except maybe one or 2 local seasonal catches). The truism is still "How fast did it go from water to plate?", and that is almost always a function related less to your ocean front proximity than it is major international airport proximity

Yes because I've always lived in VA...but i agree its about freshness of the catch. I still wouldn't order seafood in the middle of the country though. Just like I won't order fish that is not from the area I am eating the fish in.
I'm used to going fishing out of different harbors or river mouths in MA and also going to the seafood places right near the ocean on the coast in new england to the Lobster shacks. Living in VA I usually get CPeake oysters or crabs.

 

[Randar]

Yes because I've always lived in VA...but i agree its about freshness of the catch. I still wouldn't order seafood in the middle of the country though. Just like I won't order fish that is not from the area I am eating the fish in.
I'm used to going fishing out of different harbors or river mouths in MA and also going to the seafood places right near the ocean on the coast in new england to the Lobster shacks. Living in VA I usually get CPeake oysters or crabs.

And the best sushi restaurants in the world use fish not sourced locally. Doesn't do much for classifying your preference as a truism. Stop ordering seafood at Hooter's and classifying "Joe's Crab Shack" as a seafood place and you may find something you like that doesn't require an oceanfront view. And if you can't tell, I am teasing you a bit, so lighten up, francis.

 

[GrogNerd]

You're right. "This Grog dude doesn't understand the meaning of a truism versus a terribly misguided opinion against fruit pies that was probably born from a lack of a good motherly influence in his childhood"

Better?

yes, I make a joke about pies, then you call me a retard and say "your momma". then go on and defecate on other postings

and you say I'M the one with a lack of good motherly influence?

are you sure you're even OLD enough to be on these forums? much less drink and brew beer?

admit it, you're just a little monkey banging on a keyboard, sitting in your soiled underwear, stinking up YOUR mom's basement, making inappropriate remarks to your sister and waiting for your 'nads to drop.

and you can't edit my quoting you, trying to make this look like I'm going off for no reason

 

[Pappers_]

and we're done