Andrew Fenton
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In that case the tare is set for the paper. It weighs 0 with that paper on it. Otherwise you are being cheated.You need to lift a roll of butchers paper. If I can get paid for that at say $5 a lb. on average that's a profit center. Don't forget that the scales weigh in the Hundredth's and rounds up.Every butcher or fishmonger I've ever been to has weighed the meat or fish on top of a piece of paper. That's not to cheat the customer; it's for hygiene.
Exactly. The weight of the paper is zeroed out; that's why it's so strange and paranoid to suppose that a butcher would try to cheat his customer through the magic of heavy, heavy paper...
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My 6 year old decided to go with a smoothie made with raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, and orange sherbet.
Yes, it was that big -- three of us shared it.
All I can say is holy crap! Is that a smoothie or a wading pool?
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The worst Taco Bells that I've seen, by the way, seem to be the ones which are combined with other chains into one location (most often KFC, from what I've seen). Those places don't do ANY of the food well.
And from the Mild Coincidences desk over at the Onion comes this report:
Food Court Taco Bell Not As Good, Area Man ReportsERIE, PA—Fast-food consumer Don Turnbee announced Monday that the Taco Bell in the Millcreek Mall food court is "not as good" as regular, full-service Taco Bell restaurants.
"It was so-so," Turnbee told reporters outside the mall. "It's not as nice as the one I usually go to. This one had tacos and burritos, but no Double Decker Tacos."
Click here for the full story...
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You need to lift a roll of butchers paper. If I can get paid for that at say $5 a lb. on average that's a profit center. Don't forget that the scales weigh in the Hundredth's and rounds up.
Every butcher or fishmonger I've ever been to has weighed the meat or fish on top of a piece of paper. That's not to cheat the customer; it's for hygiene.
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After reading the review, it seems to me that Yue Kee is one of those Chinese eateries where the proprietors have two menus: one for the clueless, full of Chinese-food cliches prepared effortlessly (and thoughtlessly), and one for those in the know, which is where the good stuff is hidden (and to find it, you need to know Mandarin or Cantonese or whatever dialect the owners speak and cook).
Really? I didn't get that at all. Rather, quotes like the below make me think that the good stuff is hidden in plain sight...
I found myself compelled to order and reorder so many of my favorites here that it took an extra dose of hunger and reportorial zeal to explore the farther reaches of Yue Kee's extensive menu. But it did bring some rewards, chief among them the dish that is alternately spelled (depending upon which menu you read) "pork billy" or "pork belly."... in English. Awkwardly spelled English, but English.
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Isn't the full recipe "Lark's Tonue in Aspic?"
And, according to this transcript of an investigation in England, lark's vomit was used by certain unscrupulous confectioners as a flavoring agent in their candies.
Good point. The same source elsewhere mentions the famous Roman delicacy, wolf nipple chips ("get 'em when they're hot!")
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I strongly suspect that the role of larks' tongues in the Roman diet is an example of culinary fakelore (like the myth of the vomitorium).[...]
They didn't have vomitoria? Then what about all those long bone things exhibited in museums as devices to draw vomit? Purely curative?
I don't know about the bone things; I've never seen one. But "vomitorium" meaning "a place to vomit" is a joke. A vomitorium was a passageway that spectators used to leave a theater (the term's still used sometimes). 19th century schoolboys intentionally misinterpreted the term, because, hey, vomit.
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I strongly suspect that the role of larks' tongues in the Roman diet is an example of culinary fakelore (like the myth of the vomitorium). Probably it's a conflation of a couple of phenomena. On the one hand, Romans definitely loved to chow down on songbirds: for example, there's a large section of book 3 of Varro's De Re Rustica ("All About Farming") that discusses how to build an aviary, what kind of birds to raise and how much money you can make, and Petronius' Satyricon has a famous scene where a roast pig is cut open, releasing songbirds that are caught and cooked.
On the other hand, there's the Vitellius anecdote you mention; it's from Suetonius' Life of Vitellius (chapter 13), which describes the short-ruling emperor's diet (you can read a translation here. And you should read it; it's awesome.) But even if it's true, it's clearly written as an example of Vitellius' crazy luxury; that is, it's not the sort of thing that Romans, even wealthy Romans, would eat. So I have my doubts about the larks' tongues...
(And yes, the "recipe" is a joke; it's written by Henry Beard, I think. Whoever typed it into that source doesn't know Latin very well, either. Sniff.)
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AAAAAGHH!!! You don't get the FROZEN ones at the Copa!!!Dude, no way has a fresh lime ever gone anywhere near a Copa margarita. They're okay, in an alcoholic-Slurpee kind of way, but nothing all that special.Yeah, I've had the margaritas on the rocks too: my verdict? Melted Slurpee.
Seriously, for the last year or two I've just been going to the Italian Market, buying 30 limes for like $3, and making my own margaritas. Way better than anything I've had at any bar or restaurant (even Lolita, and y'all know how much I like Lolita).
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Dude, no way has a fresh lime ever gone anywhere near a Copa margarita. They're okay, in an alcoholic-Slurpee kind of way, but nothing all that special.
edit to add: I suspect Katie's assessment is right on. Maybe if I'd been around back in the day, I'd have warm fuzzy feelings for Copa, but as it is, they rate a loud "meh".
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anyway, my favorite food truck back then was le anh, the big beige truck over by the franklin building. it wasn't that great, but they were nice and cheap and pretty OK.
What's funny about Le Anh is that there are at least three Le Anhs. On opposite sides of Spruce St there are the "Real Le Anh" and the "Original Le Anh" (I'd always go to the one on the north side: "original"? can't remember) and yeah, they were always super-nice and super-cheap. Then there's also a third Le Anh at like 36th and Market. I never ate there, though, just glimpsed it, as if it were a rare bird, from afar...
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Y'know, I really think I'm the only person in the world who can't stand the Magic Carpet.
nope.
Hooray!
well, 'can't stand' is too strong of a statement for my feelings about them. but i don't actively like them. when i was a vegetarian for a few years in college i did, though.A vegetarian? For a few years? Dude, the very foundations of my world are being rocked here...
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And Magic Carpet is a standby, of course.
Y'know, I really think I'm the only person in the world who can't stand the Magic Carpet. I don't know why. Their soups, and an occasional special, are okay. But the various fake meat/TVP dishes are bland (and all taste exactly the same), and their Middle Eastern/Greek products are just awful. But obviously I'm in the minority, as the long lines outside the cart indicate. (I will, however, grant them massive credit for their soft drink selection. Lots of good stuff in there.)
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Welcome, Hillary!
I'm really bad at recommending breakfast places, because I never go out to breakfast. That said, do your kids like Mexican food? If so, I'll recommend the brunch place I always recommend: La Lupe. There's huevos a-plenty for the grownups, and there's also a small American-style menu (pancakes, etc.)
Sabrina's is good, of course, and I've seen kids in the restaurant without there being a problem. If you get there early, you won't have to wait long.
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Well, we tried Szechuan Tasty House on Friday, and yep, it's not only Szechuan, and tasty, but also a house! Well, sort of.
Anyway, it's yet further proof that when you head to Chinatown, it's worthwhile to go armed with a plan. Without PAD's recommendation, I'd probably never had thought to try this place. If I had, I'd probably have been put off by the menu: it's not huge (maybe four pages) but is filled with lots of the boring ol' Chinatown dishes: beef with broccoli, et cetera. So it's worthwhile to seek out the treasures within.
Golden coins were juicy inside and crisp outside, the best fried Chinese dish I've had in ages. Ginger/scallion shredded duck was another highlight. Dumplings, I thought, were only so-so (for one thing, they're served in a way that maked them hard to eat), but I really liked the double-named dishes: dang dang! ban ban! zap! pow! boom! ... er, especially the ban ban chicken. Dang dang noodles were also kind of hard to eat: the sauce was sort of soupy. It's really a one-person dish, not so good for sharing.
Anyway, I'll second the recommendation: it's totally worth a visit.
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but if you aren't ingesting more calories, you can't gain weight*. Period.
*edited to add: pregnant women aside
Surely this principle applies to pregnant women also: first law of thermodynamics, "eating for two", and all that.
Not sure what you're getting at here... that pregnant women shouldn't gain weight? That if they do they are ingesting more calories than they need?
Of course I'm not saying that. Rather, I'm pointing out that a pregnant woman needs more calories than a non-pregnant woman. Unless there are metabolic changes that occur during pregnancy that allow more efficient digestion of food (which I might be possible, though I've never heard of that), she'll need extra calories in order to grow a healthy baby. That energy has to come from somewhere: as I said, first law of thermodynamics.
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we went by la lupe last night, and i had the especial de la lupe, which is the pork al pastor, topped with two fried eggs, some sauteed cactus and onion, and a little cheese and crema.
Yeah, that's an excellent dish, beloved by everybody other than your arteries. Try the La Lupe special sandwich sometime: it's basically the same thing, only on a bun, and with avocado thrown in. As obscenely filling as it is ridiculously delicious.
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when i was at temple, i imagined that penn was the promised land of food trucks, but now that i am at penn for law school i find them pretty dismal.
This is so true; I'm incredibly impressed by the variety of the Temple food trucks. The Korean one you mention is rockin' good; there are also a couple of Vietnamese trucks I like a lot.
There's also a Korean truck at 12th and Berks Mall that, in addition to some forgettable Japanese-style dishes and so-so kalbi, has every day a Korean lunchbox special. It ranges from the sublime (a beautiful piece of fried fish, seaweed salad, miso soup, vegetables and kimchi) to downright weird (bizarre thick noodles with a sort of ground pork and chili sauce). What I like about it is that it's defiantly full-on Korean: if it's not up your alley (and it's often not up mine), tough.
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but if you aren't ingesting more calories, you can't gain weight*. Period.
*edited to add: pregnant women aside
Surely this principle applies to pregnant women also: first law of thermodynamics, "eating for two", and all that.
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My problem is that the name "Crunchwrap" does nothing for me. I refuse to eat it until they further wrap it in a pseudo-Spanish name, e.g. "Crunchito", "Wrapichanga", "El Crunchador", or so forth.
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Are they listed as "soup dumplings" on the menu? I don't recall seeing them at sang kee before. Do they have another name?
I haven't tried the SK dumplings, so I'm not sure. I was hoping I had a Pagoda menu around to find a description-- same ownership as SK, I believe-- but I don't. But it's something like "juicy dumplings", a name that provides me no end of amusement.
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A search on "soup dumplings" reveals lamentation for New Joe Shanghai, as well as a couple of other recommendations: Sang Kee (so-so, according to Diann) and Chinatown Cafe in Langhorne. Anybody tried this place?
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So I appreciate the fact that I can get all sorts of foods here that I couldn't get 10 years ago, but after a long weekend in Chinatown NYC, I'm wondering, is there no restaurant here serving those mysterious soup dumplings, the kind where you cut into them and soup spills out?
The late New Joe Shanghai used to turn out respectable soup dumplings. They've gone bye-bye, alas. But Pagoda (on 2nd, by the Ritz) has soup dumplings which, though not first-rate (they're a little small, and not too soupy) are still pretty good. ( In the way that any soup dumpling is better than no soup dumpling.)
I believe the secret is in an aspic inside the dumpling which dissolves into "soup" when cooked.Nonsense. Everybody knows that it's elves who put the soup in there. Elves working black, black soupy magic.
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So Philly eGulleters, what's the WORST flavor of gelato or sorbet that you've tasted at Capogiro? C'mon, they all can't be incredibly delicious. (Don't hate me.)
Black fig. It just didn't pack much flavor. A generous person would have described it as "subtle", but I'm not generous: it was boring.
eating near I-84
in New England: Dining
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In a couple of days, we'll be driving from Philadelphia to Maine. We take I-84 through Connecticut, and depending on when we leave, dinner tends to fall when we hit the region of Danbury. So I'm looking for some good, quick eats in that region.
In the past we've gone to the Goulash Place, which ranges from the excellent (stuffed cabbage! Transylvanian pork goulash!) to the bizarre (beef stroganoff... with a Kraft Single melted on top!) This time around, we're looking for something different. I've read about Carminuccio's in Newtown: worth a stop? Anyplace else I should know about?