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re: Anyone think some people take food maybe a little too seriously here?
Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:34 pm to Powerman
Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:34 pm to Powerman
I glanced at this thread yesterday and have only decided to wade in now. I take food as a passion( my SIL told me it would take years to learn how to make pastry/icing roses, it took 15 minutes) that I have been blessed with knowledge and skills about over my life. The capacity to share that knowledge with others on this site is another blessing and I love it. If the above is serious I ask forgiveness.
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Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:37 pm to SlowFlowPro
Am I to assume that Sysco is an evil, racist, anti-Semitic organization bent on slowly killing Americans via trans fats and other non-organic food additives?
Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:38 pm to CITWTT
No
You provide the type of input that is wanted on the board
It's all good
You provide the type of input that is wanted on the board
It's all good
Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:43 pm to CITWTT
quote:
I have been blessed with knowledge and skills about over my life. The capacity to share that knowledge with others on this site is another blessing and I love it. If the above is serious I ask forgiveness.
that's not what people are talking about, i don't believe. sharing information is typically good, especially if that information is objective
Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:45 pm to Rickety Cricket
quote:
Am I to assume that Sysco is an evil, racist, anti-Semitic organization bent on slowly killing Americans via trans fats and other non-organic food additives?
we're always at terror alert blue and white due to sysco
sysco has removed the red from red, white, and blue...it must be a communist trick
Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
I'll be one of the survivors, I only purchase my foodstuffs from Whole Foods or restaurants that have close relationships with farmers. I prefer animals that were named prior to slaughter.
Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:47 pm to Rickety Cricket
quote:
Am I to assume that Sysco is an evil, racist, anti-Semitic organization bent on slowly killing Americans via trans fats and other non-organic food additives?
They're colluding with the healthcare industry
Posted on 4/13/12 at 1:49 pm to Powerman
This thread=the heat.
Posted on 4/13/12 at 2:08 pm to Mike da Tigah
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Explain the local mom and pops putting out kick arse food for generations
subjective, completely and totally subjective. Newsflash assclown, not everybody thinks N.O. is chock full of "Kick-arse" food.
But, if you require an explanation, here it is - there are enough people and money and tourists that frequent N.O. to drive enough $$ into the economy to keep all of these places open. You are foolishly attempting to defy the theory of economics by trying to affect change on the demand curve by blindly increasing the supply. And even worse, you chastise those who dont agree with you.
quote:wrong...you need both. People who (a)want those things & (b)have enough disposable income to support them financially. Your "utopia" is unsustainable.
It's not money that drives values and food, arts, music etc. It's people that place a high value on those things
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I actually do Stu.
really - so who was that at the closing party of Mezz, opened Ruth's Chris, opened Habana, opened the Mansion Judges Hill, Seven, Emilia's? Was that you that worked alongside Will Packwood and John Maxwell. Was that you involved in the last 10 years of the Austin Food & Wine fest? ohhh....no wait, that was me. You know jack shite about this city and its food scene
quote:that aint paint- it's a fact. And I would absolutely tell you all of this to your face
painting me as some evil clueless snob,
quote:The only person I'm speaking towards is you.
what do you think you're doing but delivering a sermon?
I am in no way shape or form telling anyone here how they should live their life, or where they should spend their money. You however are judging with impunity every last one of your neighbors that dont align with your ridiculous notion of community.
quote:
Pretense regarding what?
pre·tense/'pre?tens/
Noun:
An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true
the ire's of B.R. are in no way whatsoever based in the restaurant offerings. Market forces outside of your control dictate such things no matter how much you want them to change. Condemning those who don't adhere to your insane beliefs is pompous and pretentious.
quote:yet you're the one that wants to take Pappy's horse and buggy to market to trade for corn and beans
You are so unplugged it's sad.
quote:The chief reason restaurants go out of business is because less money comes in than goes out.
A chief reason most restaurants go out of business when they have a good following and people are puzzled as to why that happened, is because of their astronomical food cost
This is due to the fact that:
1. most restaurant owners cant balance a check book
2. most chefs are worse at it
3. many spend an arm and leg on build-out unnecessarily, and could never recoup their initial investment in a reasonable amount of time
4. If you build it, they will not come, no matter how "good" your food is. You have to market your business beyond word of mouth
5. Food costs should be around 31% - 33%. If your raw materials cost more and you need to charge more to sustain a very particular parameter of COGS, that is a direct relationship to the local economy, and NOTHING to do with the "want" or "need" of the public. Either they can afford it, or they cant
anybody who opens up a restaurant and finds themselves shocked at the "astronomical" costs of food is a fool and didnt do his/her research.
Posted on 4/13/12 at 2:23 pm to Uncle Stu
Uncle Stu putting the motherfricking smack down
Posted on 4/13/12 at 2:30 pm to Powerman
Hopefully that d-bag Mike will leave again. Or open a food truck out of spite.
Posted on 4/13/12 at 2:33 pm to Uncle Stu
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yet you're the one that wants to take Pappy's horse and buggy to market to trade for corn and beans
Posted on 4/13/12 at 2:45 pm to Rickety Cricket
That may be the best line in food and drink board history
Posted on 4/13/12 at 3:27 pm to Jibbajabba
quote:
I forgot the thread but somebody called him out for it and i laughed for 10 minutes
You're welcome.
Posted on 4/13/12 at 8:12 pm to Motorboat
quote:
Or open a food truck.
Enjoyed.
Mike's arguments may carry more water with me if they were about 8000 less words per post. And not condescending. Or not completely douchy.
Posted on 4/13/12 at 10:42 pm to Deactived
quote:
any particular thread/post bring this up?
my gd crawfish thread....last time i bring insight to the fd board
they can eat their mediocre crawfish like everyone else, all the same
Posted on 4/14/12 at 10:21 am to IndependentGeorge
Once upon a time, I was obsessed with food.
I was miserable at my current job as an engineer and wanted something different. Food was an escape. I had always been brought up eating in fine restaurants and with two parents who knew how to cook. So I decided one day i would quit work, enroll in culinary school, and become a chef. Luckily I got cold feet and didn't do it.
Anyone who takes the time to post on this board is obsessed with food to a degree. It's a fun subject to discuss and one that's brought up often in Louisiana. For a short time I had a food blog going (mostly just to scratch my itch with writing as I flip-flopped back and forth with horror writing).
Like all things on TD, people take shite overboard and many assume a personality unlike their real selves, since they are hidden by the anominity of the Internet. I haven't posted here in a little while, mostly due to work and deadlines with writing, but I plan on doing it more. I miss the F/D board.
tl;dr
I was miserable at my current job as an engineer and wanted something different. Food was an escape. I had always been brought up eating in fine restaurants and with two parents who knew how to cook. So I decided one day i would quit work, enroll in culinary school, and become a chef. Luckily I got cold feet and didn't do it.
Anyone who takes the time to post on this board is obsessed with food to a degree. It's a fun subject to discuss and one that's brought up often in Louisiana. For a short time I had a food blog going (mostly just to scratch my itch with writing as I flip-flopped back and forth with horror writing).
Like all things on TD, people take shite overboard and many assume a personality unlike their real selves, since they are hidden by the anominity of the Internet. I haven't posted here in a little while, mostly due to work and deadlines with writing, but I plan on doing it more. I miss the F/D board.
tl;dr
Posted on 4/14/12 at 10:30 am to Powerman
You guys need to let up on Mike. He may go overboard but he does raise some good points, imo. You're letting personality and politics get in the way.
Posted on 4/14/12 at 3:21 pm to Mike da Tigah
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Mike da Tigah
I understand exactly what you're trying to say but I don't appreciate you throwing Dempsey's name around like you know what goes on in the kitchen. I know you had a bad experience with green beans there, but there are a lot of people who put a lot of sweat and effort to make rouxs, roast & gravy, salad dressings, etc. in house every day. I'm no longer affiliated with the restaurant but what you're accusing Dempsey's of (based on green beans) is insulting to my father whose principles are to put out higher quality food than the Sysco pre-made and packaged shite. The man has a garden behind each restaurant and grows his own herbs for God sake. Who else in the state does that?
This post was edited on 4/14/12 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 4/14/12 at 3:29 pm to Gugich22
yeah, and that too
well said buddy
well said buddy
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