jhlurie

I love those ladies! It was my favorite part too, except maybe for the big banging rice cake thing. So what's with the blonde wife? :)

OK. So who out there is going the tradional route and eating wings, chips, hoagies, etc.? And if not (assuming you are watching the game) what are you eating?

Steven gives the examples of France, Spain and Japan. But thinking even beyond that I have trouble contemplating most major cuisines (OTHER than Indian, of course) without benefit of animal-derived ingredients. Chinese food, for example, has a great tradition of vegetarian dishes. But SO many of it's greatest dishes involve meat. And if you've been following the rest of this board, we've been speaking a lot about how the Chinese literally don't waste ANY part of the animal. Mexican food, oh my, I've had a good deal of vegetarian mexican food. But to never experience Chicken Mole again? I shudder. Korean food. Let's just say that a Korean without meat is like an Oreo without cream. You might find one, but don't count on it. (Okay, this isn't a major cuisine--I threw it in as the one cuisine I couldn't possibly imagine without meat). Italian? Maybe a case could be made for Italian being sustainable as a meatless cuisine. (Edited by jhlurie at 8:39 pm on Feb. 3, 2002)

Would it be accurate to guess that your parents are vegetarians, perhaps from India, but were enlightened enough to not force their beliefs on you? Your username suggests that. Or you could just love Indian food. :) edit--I just read your response to Steven above (we were posting simultaneously). Never mind. We don't have to beat the moral angle to death. And the culinary angle has been covered pretty well by some of the others here. But would it also be part of your question whether or not your are missing anything nutritionally? Most people would say "no". I'd say "maybe", based on the fact that while most vegetarians go out of their way to make sure that they get necessary protiens and fatty acids, I can help but feel that inevitably some of them may be missing something. That said, most meat eaters eat far too much meat. Only the wackos who believe everything that Adkins guy tells them think otherwise. It's probably STILL healthier to be a vegetarian and try to compensate for the absense of meat, than to be a meat over-indulger. (Edited by jhlurie at 8:12 pm on Feb. 3, 2002)

No... eggs would ruin it! :) The point of fried salami on white bread is the elemental simplicity of it. Actually, it sound okay. But the fried Salami by itself works as well. My grandfather always used to insist that the Salami (especially the Hebrew National) worked better than bologna. Something about the fat being better. My only real innovation was to start toasting the bread.

My grandfather got me into Fried Salami sandwiches. Hebrew National Salami, cut fairly thick (1/4" or so), fried up in a simple frying pan in its own fat (with no oil) or any other coating or sauce. You know the Salami is "ready" when it's fairly well "cupped"--the edges turn up and the bottom of the cup is just starting to burn. Serve on simple white bread, or a hard roll--again with no sauce except its own drippings. ...wow, I haven't had one of those for about 10 years. (Edited by jhlurie at 2:04 pm on Feb. 1, 2002)

The way to get away with that is to say that the Internet connections on all of those PCs have to be verified.

Even worse, I'm the only person in my entire company who can vote for you Rosie! Firewalls are like that...

It's a shame you aren't going to the Big Island. Although it isn't as spectacularly beautiful as Maui or Kauai, I remember it as the best "compromise" between the isolation of these islands and the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Oahu. Then again its been a long time since I've been to Hawaii, maybe that's changed.

I suppose they could come as a group via the Port Imperial ferry, and share a cab from Port Imperial to China 46. The cab ride isn't cheap, but if it is split four of five ways I'd think it would be manageable. Total transportation would be, I dunno, maybe พ or ฟ bucks a piece then... (that is, providing that one or two of our NJ members could shuttle people back to the ferry terminal after dinner).

Ever go on a weekday afternoon? I've gone on days off from work, and its well worth it. I call it the McSoreley's technique. Go when everyone else is at work. :)

Actually I think Jay and I both share the philosophy that you can love a place for one (or two) items done to excellence. Variety is only a virtue when the restaurant can maintain the quality across the whole menu. White Manna is an equivalent example--in their case for Hamburgers instead of Short Ribs.

The language problem was 50-50. Half the staff spoke absolutely no English and the other half spoke it quite well. Nobody seemed "in between".

bad rachel. bad rachel. there... took care of that, tommy...

mac-n-cheese isn't so bad... unless its the kind where all you do is add water. Things to which you add only water definitely score high in the "shame" column. :)

If you really want to put the screws to Chowhound then I'd suggest voting for HollyEats.com--which is two positions ahead of CH.

Geez. What a shallow victory.

This could have gone in the American South forum... but I decided to try here instead. The Hurricane in some senses is kind of a throwaway drink--it's fruit juice and Rum, for pete's sake. But despite that, I've heard some strong opinions over the years about which bar in the Big Easy makes the best Hurricane. Next time I visit N.O. instead of drinking my way up and down Bourbon Street I'm going to pick and choose a bit more. So where, my fellow eGulleteers, should I focus my efforts?

Shudder. I have nightmares about "huge, oaky, tannic monsters". I'm serious.

actually it was his wife's. Jason: next eGullet dinner we have to get you a viking hat to wear. I'm sure we can find one if we look hard enough. (Edited by jhlurie at 10:33 am on Jan. 28, 2002)

So you want a picture of Milhouse on your nametag? :)

1 o'clock in the morning local time (acroding to the clock on the image) and the shop looks very busy... is it open all night?

What do they serve there? Bisque?

Okay... next time I'm definitely getting the ruby pork. Last time there I wasn't able to talk the group I was with into it (this was before the Times review).

Sin Goong Jun is "famous" for being not only good, but open to 3AM, by the way!