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What the Fark???
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JF_Gophers
2147483647
isn't tomato a fruit?
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: What the Fark???
I dunno, but the Reagan administration got the USDA to reclassify ketchup as a vegetable as a quid pro quo to Agribusiness donors.
I dunno, but the Reagan administration got the USDA to reclassify ketchup as a vegetable as a quid pro quo to Agribusiness donors.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: What the Fark???
The only worthwhile new thing I saw while at Stanford was Hawaiian pizza. I started out hating the concept as much an any salt of the earth New Yorker, but the fact of the matter is when done right it's great. It shouldn't be -- it violates every natural law known to god and man -- but it is.
Now sprouts, OTOH, which are as ubiquitous in NoCal, are just pure crap. You might as well just grab a handful of weeds and shove them on every dish.
The only worthwhile new thing I saw while at Stanford was Hawaiian pizza. I started out hating the concept as much an any salt of the earth New Yorker, but the fact of the matter is when done right it's great. It shouldn't be -- it violates every natural law known to god and man -- but it is.
Now sprouts, OTOH, which are as ubiquitous in NoCal, are just pure crap. You might as well just grab a handful of weeds and shove them on every dish.
Re: What the Fark???
I'll rephrase, your honor: If you ask for anything sweet on a pizza (instead of savory), you deserve the berries.
Edit: Next time I am in Palo Alto, let me know where to try to find this abomination "well done" and I am willing to try it one more time.
I'll rephrase, your honor: If you ask for anything sweet on a pizza (instead of savory), you deserve the berries.
Edit: Next time I am in Palo Alto, let me know where to try to find this abomination "well done" and I am willing to try it one more time.
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: What the Fark???
I think pineapple actually counts as a sweet, but to be honest there are foods where that line gets really fuzzy (what are glazed vegetables or sweet corn?)
I think pineapple actually counts as a sweet, but to be honest there are foods where that line gets really fuzzy (what are glazed vegetables or sweet corn?)
JF_Gophers
2147483647
Re: What the Fark???
I blame being bored at work for being pedantic on the internet.
I blame being bored at work for being pedantic on the internet.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: What the Fark???
Hawaiian pizza is great stuff.
Hawaiian pizza is great stuff.
JF_Gophers
2147483647
Re: What the Fark???
I prefer pepperoni and pineapple over the use of ham or Canadian bacon.
I prefer pepperoni and pineapple over the use of ham or Canadian bacon.
St. Clown
Ideas Posted are Likely Not My Own
Re: What the Fark???
Any time you're eating the reproductive organs of the plant it's a fruit. Any time you're eating the stalk, leaf or root you're eating a vegetable.
You know what Canadians call Canadian bacon? Ham.
MinnesotaNorthStar
Minding the gap
Re: What the Fark???
Non-seafood meat and cheese are the only things that should top a pizza.
Yes, and it doesn't belong on a pizza.
Non-seafood meat and cheese are the only things that should top a pizza.
French Rage
NICKERSON HAS [CENSORED]
Re: What the Fark???
He's lying. There's no good Hawaiian pizza up here. Because there is no good Hawaiian pizza anywhere. But all the native Californians think so, and he gave in to them. I, however, continue to stand for what I know to be true.
He's lying. There's no good Hawaiian pizza up here. Because there is no good Hawaiian pizza anywhere. But all the native Californians think so, and he gave in to them. I, however, continue to stand for what I know to be true.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: What the Fark???
I like all kinds of pizza. Disliking some of it just seems like I'm not living a full life.
I like all kinds of pizza. Disliking some of it just seems like I'm not living a full life.
RaceBoarder
Waiting for the Snow to fly...
Re: What the Fark???
I'm the same way... I love the reaction I get when I bring up getting a "veggie" pizza without any meat... Pizza is a food where it's fully customizable to what you like... Run with that however you want to....
I'm the same way... I love the reaction I get when I bring up getting a "veggie" pizza without any meat... Pizza is a food where it's fully customizable to what you like... Run with that however you want to....
Re: What the Fark???
To me, there is a large category of "meh" ingredients that I neither like nor dislike. I can understand how others might like them. While i don't "like" them, I don't really "dislike" them either.
Like chicken. Some people like it, I'd never request it, but I wouldn't refuse it either. While I like anchovies, I can easily understand why someone else would not, and so I rarely request them either.
Once, someone offered me a slice of broccoli, walnut, and black olive pizza. Given the setting (ahem.
) I acted as if I'd be interested in trying it. To my surprise, that particular pizza actually was pretty good, although in retrospect there was sauce and seasoning and cheese selection that complemented those flavors as well. I've tried that combination again and it wasn't nearly as good (in fact, it tasted just about as good as it sounds.)
Sometimes I like sausage, sometimes I don't. It really depends upon the quality of the sausage. Bad sausage is awful. Most of the time, if I'm ordering pizza, I'll include pepperoni but I'll exclude sausage -- too risky unless I've had their sausage pizza safely before. On the other hand, nowadays I make pizza far more often than I buy it, and so we'll have sausage pizza every time, since I know I'm buying the good stuff.
At some point, it's hard for me to resist an aside to someone who says a fruit like tomato doesn't belong on his pizza, me, I like marinara sauce. It's really fun when I use garden-grown tomatoes, cayenne pepper, green pepper and oregano in making the sauce (along with garlic, black pepper, and onions). We have a deep dish pizza tray and sometimes if the spouse is away I can even have pepperoni!
We used to have a local place that made a great white pizza with spinach. Another surprise combination from someone else that I'd never have thought of but really enjoyed. It's gone now though.
Ordering the same pizza from a different place, again, it's "meh" because there was something special about the way the first place made it that no one else seems to replicate.
To me, there is a large category of "meh" ingredients that I neither like nor dislike. I can understand how others might like them. While i don't "like" them, I don't really "dislike" them either.
Like chicken. Some people like it, I'd never request it, but I wouldn't refuse it either. While I like anchovies, I can easily understand why someone else would not, and so I rarely request them either.
Once, someone offered me a slice of broccoli, walnut, and black olive pizza. Given the setting (ahem.
) I acted as if I'd be interested in trying it. To my surprise, that particular pizza actually was pretty good, although in retrospect there was sauce and seasoning and cheese selection that complemented those flavors as well. I've tried that combination again and it wasn't nearly as good (in fact, it tasted just about as good as it sounds.)Sometimes I like sausage, sometimes I don't. It really depends upon the quality of the sausage. Bad sausage is awful. Most of the time, if I'm ordering pizza, I'll include pepperoni but I'll exclude sausage -- too risky unless I've had their sausage pizza safely before. On the other hand, nowadays I make pizza far more often than I buy it, and so we'll have sausage pizza every time, since I know I'm buying the good stuff.
At some point, it's hard for me to resist an aside to someone who says a fruit like tomato doesn't belong on his pizza, me, I like marinara sauce. It's really fun when I use garden-grown tomatoes, cayenne pepper, green pepper and oregano in making the sauce (along with garlic, black pepper, and onions). We have a deep dish pizza tray and sometimes if the spouse is away I can even have pepperoni!
We used to have a local place that made a great white pizza with spinach. Another surprise combination from someone else that I'd never have thought of but really enjoyed. It's gone now though.
Ordering the same pizza from a different place, again, it's "meh" because there was something special about the way the first place made it that no one else seems to replicate.
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bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: What the Fark???
One of my all time favorite pizzas is the Lobster pizza at, of all places, a little bar in Houghton. About as far from lobster as you can imagine, but there is just something good about that pizza that I love, and I would have never thought I would have liked it until someone else ordered it and told me to try a piece.
To me, there is a large category of "meh" ingredients that I neither like nor dislike. I can understand how others might like them. While i don't "like" them, I don't really "dislike" them either.
Like chicken. Some people like it, I'd never request it, but I wouldn't refuse it either. While I like anchovies, I can easily understand why someone else would not, and so I rarely request them either.
Once, someone offered me a slice of broccoli, walnut, and black olive pizza. Given the setting (ahem.
Sometimes I like sausage, sometimes I don't. It really depends upon the quality of the sausage. Bad sausage is awful. Most of the time, if I'm ordering pizza, I'll include pepperoni but I'll exclude sausage -- too risky unless I've had their sausage pizza safely before. On the other hand, nowadays I make pizza far more often than I buy it, and so we'll have sausage pizza every time, since I know I'm buying the good stuff.
At some point, it's hard for me to resist an aside to someone who says a fruit like tomato doesn't belong on his pizza, me, I like marinara sauce. It's really fun when I use garden-grown tomatoes, cayenne pepper, green pepper and oregano in making the sauce (along with garlic, black pepper, and onions). We have a deep dish pizza tray and sometimes if the spouse is away I can even have pepperoni!
We used to have a local place that made a great white pizza with spinach. Another surprise combination from someone else that I'd never have thought of but really enjoyed. It's gone now though.
One of my all time favorite pizzas is the Lobster pizza at, of all places, a little bar in Houghton. About as far from lobster as you can imagine, but there is just something good about that pizza that I love, and I would have never thought I would have liked it until someone else ordered it and told me to try a piece.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: What the Fark???
IIRC, it's white colby, lobster, tomatoes, parsley, and garlic olive oil, served with lemon on the side.
IIRC, it's white colby, lobster, tomatoes, parsley, and garlic olive oil, served with lemon on the side.
Re: What the Fark???
So today is the big vote in Scotland about independence from Great Britain.
Two W - T - F elements:
1) How did they come up with a 50% threshhold for the vote?
for a matter this important, the typical standard is more like a 2/3 majority. if 50.01% vote 'yes' and 49.99% vote 'no' that is not a very strong gauge of sentiment one way or the other.
2) I saw a news report about the Shetland Islands, which is currently part of Scotland. The story said that if the Scotland vote succeeds, the Shetland Islands would then petition to have a vote to make them independent of Scotland.
So today is the big vote in Scotland about independence from Great Britain.
Two W - T - F elements:
1) How did they come up with a 50% threshhold for the vote?
for a matter this important, the typical standard is more like a 2/3 majority. if 50.01% vote 'yes' and 49.99% vote 'no' that is not a very strong gauge of sentiment one way or the other.2) I saw a news report about the Shetland Islands, which is currently part of Scotland. The story said that if the Scotland vote succeeds, the Shetland Islands would then petition to have a vote to make them independent of Scotland.
St. Clown
Ideas Posted are Likely Not My Own
Re: What the Fark???
In purely democratic systems, I'm not so certain that super-majorities are really all that common a requirement for anything.So today is the big vote in Scotland about independence from Great Britain.
Two W - T - F elements:
1) How did they come up with a 50% threshhold for the vote?
2) I saw a news report about the Shetland Islands, which is currently part of Scotland. The story said that if the Scotland vote succeeds, the Shetland Islands would then petition to have a vote to make them independent of Scotland.
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