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I remember those ducks!
My previous comment wasn’t fully truthful; I have asked to take home steak bones (I know!) for my dog. But I still don’t think I said doggy bag. 🤣
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On 4/13/2023 at 2:37 PM, johnnyd said:
Opah doesn't come around very often. Here's a 1/3lb slab simmered in Siaoxing, soy sauce, garnished with thai basil, cilantro and togarashi.
I can’t stop looking at this picture and drooling!
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11 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:
I wish that were to case here. I don't know if most diners are embarrassed to ask for a "doggy bag" but just the fact that we call it that says something about how many Americans don't ask to take home their leftovers. I'm pretty sure it would be horrifying to see how much food gets tossed by a restaurant every day.
Of course it isn't just food. The apparel industry has some really wasteful traditions.
I’ve always brought home my leftovers. Even when I was young about 5 years old.
American serving sizes are generally obscenely oversized and dining out gave my mom two days to have a break.
I have never, ever asked for a “doggy bag”. I’m 43. I’ve always just asked for the rest of my meal to be packed up or could I pack it up.
I think that term is antiquated.
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29 minutes ago, Mjx said:
Perhaps restaurants and catering firms could begin building in the option of taking home leftovers by marketing it as a part of their sustainable/environmentally responsible stance; they could even make a profit on it, if it was carefully thought out ('Our portions/spread are/is generous, bring containers to prevent food waste, or we sell elegant, reusable containers for this purpose!'). It may sound cynical, but if the end result is reduced waste and an increased awareness of this problem, it'd be worth it. Besides, I know plenty of people would like to ask to take away leftovers, but feel too embarrassed to do this (I do). This would just mean making people feel a bit smug about it.
I will say when I worked at an establishment that had two restaurants and two ballrooms for banquets, that every night whatever couldn’t be easily repurposed was donated to the local soup kitchens. This was 20 years ago.
There is a law in NJ absolving restaurants, caterers, etc from being liable for food borne illnesses once the donations were tested to be at the correct temperature before leaving the donor establishment.
I worked for a very well known family of restaurants and banquet halls after the first one and they always refused to donate. It’s always bothered me.
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This type of steaming of burgers has an almost cult like following in northern NJ— google White Manna.
They’re like White Castle but 500x better.
They aren’t a grilled burger and don’t pretend to be. They’re excellent. They fill a niche and are great, just as a perfectly grilled burger is great.
Definitely worth a try IMO.
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On 11/1/2022 at 10:55 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:
My most recent Whole Foods order was delivered to the wrong address. And yes, the driver took a picture to verify delivery.
This happened to me during a small snow storm. I called the driver, messaged him and got zero response. He still got my 20% tip and I had to haul bags from my neighbors place to mine which made me extremely uncomfortable. I will never use Whole Foods via Amazon again.
The picture I was sent was of cement stairs.
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On 4/7/2023 at 2:54 PM, heidih said:
This is no place for politics/political correctness but if you google bud light controversy - it is likely why your dear could not find it,
I've never cooked or eaten salmon fried - and I like salmon and make it often. Glad your method hit his "moist meter" approval.
Bud light is still plentiful and easily available. With the baseball season just starting up and Budweiser having a stronghold in so many stadiums, they are reaching their peak right now.
I wonder how it would hold up in a batter for fish and chips.
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Well, I finally “cooked” in my apartment kitchen.
4lbs of baby bella mushrooms, cleaned, chopped, dry fried hot until most water is cooked down then hit with a knob of butter and large splashes of Marsala wine. Of course I don’t have a pan large enough to cook more than 1lb at a time properly, so it took me about 3 hours.
I could have made a from scratch sauce and lasagna in less time! Moving forward I’m going to consider what I can purchase that is already cooked or some type of charcuterie to contribute.
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On 3/21/2023 at 2:33 AM, liuzhou said:
Prawns with couscous.
The prawns were fried with garlic and culantro then garnished with Japanese chilli threads probably too many aesthetically. The couscous is carrying some salmon roe.
Plating could have been better but the flavours were great and it was only for me.
it’s my understanding prawns are much larger than shrimp. These look like baby shrimp, not prawns.
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I’ve ordered cheese steaks from Pat’s in Philadelphia via Goldbelly. They heated up fairly well.
But, to some that’s not a sandwich. So maybe be more specific about what you’re looking for?
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On 3/19/2023 at 2:36 PM, weinoo said:
Gimme a dozen or two Wellfleets (or similar) an hour out of the tide, properly shucked, maybe some mignonette and lemon, an icy Martini or crisp white, and I’m happy.
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15 hours ago, Shelby said:
Ditto on the oysters only raw for me
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I am seriously jealous. I’d be eating chargrilled oysters non stop.
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I really want to go. I also really am not interested in taking the train to Manhattan, it’s unreliable and exhausting.
If I could find an open reservation on Resy when nothing major is happening in Manhattan, I’d jump on it and take car service. Would even be fine dining solo.
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On 3/18/2023 at 8:23 AM, liamsaunt said:
I love carrots! The only vegetable I don't like is kohlrabi. I'm also not a huge fan of swiss chard but I will eat it without complaining.
Nobody in my house likes corned beef, so our St. Patrick's Day meal was fish and chips with homemade tartar sauce and cole slaw. The slaw has finally allowed me to declare victory over the cabbage glut we had in the house from my CSA. Over the past couple of weeks I've gotten the stash down from seven mixed red and green ones to one half of one small red cabbage. Now I have to start working on whittling down the three gallon sized ziplocks completely filled with carrots.
My birthday is St. Patrick’s day and I really can’t stand the typical corned beef and cabbage. This looks amazing— I’d just sub the tartar sauce for malt vinegar.
Having people try to push food for a holiday that happens to be your birthday is the worst when you don’t like it.
My parents got complaints for years because they didn’t name me Meghan. My name has Welsh origins close enough! 😂🙄
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So incredibly sad— her contributions were amazing. RIP.
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@Kim Shook Lipton’s noodle soup is an absolute comfort food for me. I remember when they made “giggle noodle soup”. I wish it wasn’t discontinued.
Now I want to make Lipton’s soup and it’s verging on Friday during lent.
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On 2/28/2023 at 1:16 PM, Kim Shook said:
This cannot be said enough. Jessica went to a dietician/nutritionist recently. She was asked to prepare a list of likes/dislikes. The woman never even so much as glanced at it and rattled off the “eat lots of fruits and vegetables” and “exercise more”. Good, if elementary, advice, but she was supposed to tailor her advice to Jessica.
I think in the US the quality of the food at hospitals probably depends on the surrounding area or the hospital system. At the two large groups that operate in the Richmond VA area (Bon Secours and HCA), the food is not great, but it’s perfectly fine. You order your meals and snacks from something similar to this every day. One of the locations has a weekly fried chicken day and it is so good that people who live in the neighborhood place orders for pick up (this particular campus specializes in cardiac rehab 🤪 – I know, what can I say? It’s the south.).
@Anna N and @Maison Rustique – I’m so sorry that y’all have been ill and so glad you are home now.
That has to be super frustrating! However Jessica is a great cook, no? She knows what is healthy and what isn’t. Zero offense meant because it is extremely frustrating to be dismissed.
My experience in the hospital, food-wise was great. I’d pick out my daily menu the night prior and if I didn’t like the meals they scheduled I could always order an omelet or grilled cheese or a burger or a pizza or Caesar salad. I also drank a ton of water, something I continue to do to this day.
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Ok fine I get it you all are conspiring to boast about beans. 🤣
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I guess I think a pizza is dough and marinara and mozzarella with a few seasonings.
A pizza with potatoes? Like can I have some carbs and some more carbs? How is that attractive?
Let’s just throw anything on pizza crust and call it a pizza. Fair enough I suppose but that wouldn’t fly in Northern NJ and with good reason.
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Can any spam fans compare it to Taylor Ham?
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9 minutes ago, gfweb said:
This whole thing gets sadder at every turn.
Agreed. Like leave the man his dignity, he’s passed away. I think anyone would hate this type of personal information brought forward. Have some respect.-
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Wait his wife contributed? I didn’t know that. They were still married but separated when he died.
Maybe his wife wanted to give her truth? All the information about HGH and prostitutes doesn’t sit well with me.
Apparently HGH is a thing with men who can’t accept aging. I dated a guy who tried to spin it as being healthy. I was like um, I’m a huge baseball fan, I know what HGH is and that’s fucked up.
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11 minutes ago, Annie_H said:
I think Wonder has potential. I downloaded the app and see a few meals I would order. Not many reviews or unboxing but I like the 'taco night'. taco meal ...and another restaurant has nice looking crab cakes and lobster rolls.
Our steak portions are 4 oz at home and burgers 3 oz. I always cook an extra third steak very rare for a next day noodle bowl or hot pot. Would like to see the full plating with an 'adult' steak. Some kids freak out with anything green on the plate or anything touching.
One Ytube video shows the truck interior with a slide out cast iron pan for searing.
Hard to find reviews. One town's website is 50/50, positive/negative. Those that actually order love the service. The negatives are those that probably complain about everything...especially the noise from the generator. Was it really that loud? Can't been any different than lawn service.
honestly the noise from the truck is minimal. I sort of get people complaining about the trucks, as they tend to loiter and are acting as adverisements. I only learned about the service because I kept seeing the trucks. But people will of course complain about anything.
I think my next order via Wonfer will be for a pizza from Di Fara.
What's wrong with eating raw flour?
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My gut reaction was “because it tastes like shit”.
But I learned a lot reading the responses!