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    Restaurant/Bar Annoyances

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    And what's this glove law? For fast food establishments? Certainly not for fine dining or even any place that makes food to order in a restaurant establishment v. a fast food one. 

     

    I'd prefer NOT to see gloves as well. It reeks of ignorance of sanitation to me. 

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    Restaurant/Bar Annoyances

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    On 10/18/2017 at 2:34 AM, liuzhou said:

     

    Is it legal there to have no hand wash facilities in a food preparation situation? It would certainly have the place instantly shut down and the owners fined, or in extreme cases imprisoned,  in the UK.

     

     

    No no it isn't legal in NJ to not have a proper hand washing station. 

    All Things Mushroom

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    I'm not a particularly good home cook at all. That said, I love mushrooms. If I'm not eating them from a purchased marinated jar, I dry fry them them until almost all the water is extracted then pour a bit or more of sherry or Marsala wine, let that reduce and add as much butter as I want. simple and great alone or on a baked potato or a steak. Or in scrambled eggs. Or a hash! 

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    Dinner 2017 (Part 6)

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    An English muffin "pizza". English muffins drizzled with olive oil and garlic salt, with cheap Classico pizza sauce and Galbini mozzarella in my Breville toaster oven. I love that toaster oven. 

      In my defense we had nothing in the house after being away for two weeks and I hate seeing any NY team down except when those teams are playing my teams. 

     

       It was quick and dirty and worked. 

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    Restaurant/Bar Annoyances

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    4 hours ago, gfweb said:

    I'm with @JoNorvelleWalker I recall the whole deal. No automatic water due to conservation measures in NYC and NJ. 

     

    At that time I was working at both the ala carte and buffet at The Manor, as well as the Highlawn Pavilion and Rod's. None of them acknowledged such laws. And none of them have since. My husband proposed to me in the paulor cars at Rod's and we had our wedding at the Madison Hotel. Water was always a given. 

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    Restaurant/Bar Annoyances

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    1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

    Found it!  In New Jersey the restriction came into force 3/11/2002 by Administrative Order:

    http://www.njdrought.org/ao02-05.htm

     

    "The serving of water in restaurants, clubs or eating places is prohibited, unless specifically requested by the patron."

     

     

    I have never seen that enforced. I worked in restaurants at that time and they served water automatically. It wasn't even mentioned. 

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    Restaurant/Bar Annoyances

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    6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

    Do you specifically request your water?  I ask because it is (or at least used to be) illegal to serve water in a restaurant here unless water was specifically requested.

     

     

      In all the years I've waitresses or worked in restaurants in NJ it was never illegal to serve water unless requested. That law must have existed prior to 1999. High end restaurants generally ask your water preference and bring it immediately and refill regularly. 

     

      Yes, I specifically request water when I order a glass or bottle of wine or a cocktail. I've never found it to be an issue at home in NJ but here in southern Fl at more casual places, it's been an issue three times out of the four times we've dined out. I don't think it's really about tips- the more casual places assume people want their alcoholic beverages ASAP. I bring a Tervis of water wherever I go (I do leave it in the car) so suck down a lot of water prior to dining. 

    Home Grocery Delivery....

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    I use Drizly (it's an app) and can get alcohol delivered in less than an hour. Instacart is available to me and will delivery groceries from Wegman's, Whole Foods and even CVS in less than an hour. I've yet to try them as I already use Peapod for my home grocery deliveries and Amazon Pantry for my bulk items. 

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    Dinner 2017 (Part 6)

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    3 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

    This wasn't tonight...however a while back someone posted about marinated mushrooms from Time-Life's The Cooking of Italy (p47).  Many long years have I owned this book but never made them.

     

    Well I made them.  They were excellent.  Though somehow I recall I forgot to post about the mushrooms and thank the person.  (As inferred from the fact I left the book sitting out with a marker in that page.)

     

    And now I can't remember who to thank.

     

     

    Oh I bet that was good. Are they similar to pickled mushrooms? I tend to put an order of Victoria brand marinated mushrooms in my shopping orders and eat them like candy with a bit of sea salt. My latest jar though- some of the shrieks are a bit gray in color and I'm unsure if that's normal. 

    Cooking with "Deep Run Roots" by Vivian Howard

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    21 hours ago, Shelby said:

    You must be my twin.  I read like that, too.  I get lost in books.  Two hours feels like two minutes when I'm reading.

     

    You will not regret buying this book.  Like @rotuts said, it's the best cookbook I've ever read.

     

     Well, besides the White Trash cookbooks.......:P

     

     

    Me too. I always re-read my books too, often up to 10 times. I bought my husband all of Bourdain's books for Christmas but he hasn't touched them yet. Bummer. 

     

     Does anyone recommend easy recipes to start with for someone who isn't an intuitive cook? 

      The book just came and it is HEAVY! But gorgeous. 

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