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rubiksnoob wrote:Y'know, all our problems would be solved if the darn kids just ate coconuts. If it was good enough for t-rex it's good enough for the fatties.
See...that's a great idea...how many fat T-Rex's could have possiably existed?...and while were at at...look at Gilligan...a diet of Coconuts and Bananas an he was whip thin...didn't hurt Mary Ann's figure any either.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
Sir Pseudonymous wrote:Eh, tastes and textures are too subjective in their descriptions, and English doesn't have more specific words, as far as I'm aware. The semi-comparison to liver or tongue sums up my opinion on venison: it's not bad or unpleasant by any means, but it's also not something I'd go out of my way to have.
Yes, but venison is usually a very game and robust meat, and any meat in a chili should never be dry. I call fowl; we must have a dakka potluck to remedy this.
And the only reason that the food chains got in was for the "it's their choice, this is America, we can't decide for the kiddies, give them options" argument.
rubiksnoob wrote:Y'know, all our problems would be solved if the darn kids just ate coconuts. If it was good enough for t-rex it's good enough for the fatties.
See...that's a great idea...how many fat T-Rex's could have possiably existed?...and while were at at...look at Gilligan...a diet of Coconuts and Bananas an he was whip thin...didn't hurt Mary Ann's figure any either.
Exactly
Although there was the skipper... he was quite pudgy.... but also rather sedentary if I recall correctly.
rubiksnoob wrote:Y'know, all our problems would be solved if the darn kids just ate coconuts. If it was good enough for t-rex it's good enough for the fatties.
See...that's a great idea...how many fat T-Rex's could have possiably existed?...and while were at at...look at Gilligan...a diet of Coconuts and Bananas an he was whip thin...didn't hurt Mary Ann's figure any either.
Exactly
Although there was the skipper... he was quite pudgy.... but also rather sedentary if I recall correctly.
He was... he made poor Gilligan do all the grunt work,and I'd wager that if the Professor had been able to make an x-box or a PS3 out of bamboo and coconut shells the Skipper would have been laying back in his hammock playing it.
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I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
Sir Pseudonymous wrote:Eh, tastes and textures are too subjective in their descriptions, and English doesn't have more specific words, as far as I'm aware. The semi-comparison to liver or tongue sums up my opinion on venison: it's not bad or unpleasant by any means, but it's also not something I'd go out of my way to have.
Yes, but venison is usually a very game and robust meat, and any meat in a chili should never be dry. I call fowl; we must have a dakka potluck to remedy this.
Dry isn't quite the right word, it's just the one that comes to mind. Like how turkey is a fairly dry meat, even when it's not literally dry. Likewise, neither venison nor liver is literally "grainy", but it's the only term that comes to mind (though liver is decidedly more so than venison, just as ham is much blander than venison). More accurate words aren't described in English (to my knowledge; there may "technical" terms used by cooks or food critics or somesuch, if so I'm unaware of them), so trying to convey it falls onto subjective uses of other words that come to mind when thinking of the characteristic.
If by heaven you mean a messy... well, mess of non-tasty mush stuffed between two buns, yes.
feth sloppy joes, I want properly made and thick chili.
ooo chilli is good... I like beanless chili... I knew one place that actually had it on their menu.
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When I was in grade school we used to be able to order hot lunch once a week. You had to choose between a chili dog and a hot dog.... I always went for the chili dog... mmmm
And in highschool it was awesome! French Fries! For Lunch! Everyday! Just a dollar.... A DOLLAR!
College was all weird because it was one of those trade school type places so all they had were vending machines.
....LETS TALK ABOUT CHILI AGAIN!
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I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
Ahtman wrote:I'm drinking chocolate milk right now and there is nothing any of you can do to stop me.
Why would I? It's much better for you than soda, of god forbid and energy drink!
I don't drink much soda, but I must confess, if my school had had a Slurpee machine, I would have been a fat ass! I still have problems passing a 7-11 in the summer!
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"I don't have principles, and I consider any comment otherwise to be both threatening and insulting" - Dogma
"No, sorry, synonymous does not mean same".-Dogma
"If I say "I will hug you" I am threatening you" -Dogma
Ahtman wrote:I'm drinking chocolate milk right now and there is nothing any of you can do to stop me.
Even after you've seen the videos of Jamie Oliver dumping a truckload of sugar over a school bus??...you rebel you.
I liked the part when Jamie made an asian noodle dish full of veggies and the school admin told him it wasn't enough veggies.... then put french fries back on the menu "to make up the difference".
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Andrew1975 wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I'm drinking chocolate milk right now and there is nothing any of you can do to stop me.
Why would I? It's much better for you than soda, of god forbid and energy drink!
I don't drink much soda, but I must confess, if my school had had a Slurpee machine, I would have been a fat ass! I still have problems passing a 7-11 in the summer!
Ah Slurpees.... shame they dropped the coca cola ones... local 7-11s us pepsi and dew which comes out nasty.
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Ah Slurpees.... shame they dropped the coca cola ones... local 7-11s us pepsi and dew which comes out nasty.
No Coke. Then you can't mix cherry with the Coke to get cherry Coke? Heresy!
exactly!
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
A sloppy joe is just ground beef with a tomato sauce on a bun.
Chili con carne is different. Closer to a spicy stew or curry, with chili peppers, garlic, onions, cumin, along with ground meat (by tradition, beef), and other ingredients. Wolf Brand is generally the best non-homemade chili I think. Most commercial chili isn't thick enough.
Preferably without beans, as they're nothing more than cheap filler and distract from the taste and texture...
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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Melissia wrote:A sloppy joe is just ground beef with a tomato sauce on a bun.
Chili con carne is different. Closer to a spicy stew or curry, with chili peppers, garlic, onions, cumin, along with ground meat (by tradition, beef), and other ingredients. Wolf Brand is generally the best non-homemade chili I think. Most commercial chili isn't thick enough.
Preferably without beans, as they're nothing more than cheap filler and distract from the taste and texture...
And again chili itself has many different styles. There is chili as above all the way up to chili I've had in Arizona which is really just cooked chilis (so hot the sun gets scared).
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Emperors Faithful wrote:Is it really that hard to replace the current junk with something slightly healthier?
Yes, because it is more expensive to have trained kitchen staff preparing cooked meals in a real kitchen, than jockeys slamming industrial processed slabs in and out of microwave ovens.
This was the issue that Jamie Oliver raised in the UK in his "School Meals" programme in 2005.
The school my daughter attended at that time had no lunch service, so she had a lovingly prepared Japanese style bento every day.
We were shocked to find out the truth of school meals in the state system, where the spend used to be as low as 50p per child per day. No wonder that Turkey Twizzlers were a favourite on many school catering service.
We experienced the hideous reality for ourselves when our daughter had to spend 10 days in hospital. A lot of NHS food is about the same level as school food.
Emperors Faithful wrote:Is it really that hard to replace the current junk with something slightly healthier?
Yes, because it is more expensive to have trained kitchen staff preparing cooked meals in a real kitchen, than jockeys slamming industrial processed slabs in and out of microwave ovens.
This was the issue that Jamie Oliver raised in the UK in his "School Meals" programme in 2005.
The school my daughter attended at that time had no lunch service, so she had a lovingly prepared Japanese style bento every day.
We were shocked to find out the truth of school meals in the state system, where the spend used to be as low as 50p per child per day. No wonder that Turkey Twizzlers were a favourite on many school catering service.
We experienced the hideous reality for ourselves when our daughter had to spend 10 days in hospital. A lot of NHS food is about the same level as school food.
SWMBO still has fond memories of when the wife was growing up in the foreign country that is Illinois. Her school had its meals lovingly made by two old german grandma types and they had a plethora of Central European meals that all sounded like ambrosia. Then they were replaced with the normal food crap. Evidently a bunch of the students cried and all when they were replaced as they were like family.
Remember the lunch program is also an excellent way to slough off surplus USDA crap.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Army food is similarly dreadful. The messes get around £1 a day per soldier for food and it shows in some of the food that gets churned out. To be fair, the Army chefs do wonders with what they have but as the saying goes, 'you can polish a turd...'
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KingCracker wrote:AND deep fried to add "flavor" I mean, its bad when you can literally ring out your grilled cheese sandwich. Which by most accounts should be a fairly healthy food
When I went to school it was common practice among the kids to dab the grease off the top of their “pizza” before eating it.
It usually required two napkins…
Yep, same practice when I went to school. It was so gross that was the only time I would say no pizza. And I was a fat kid mind you
Ugh, yeah. This is why I liked to take my own lunch...
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Frazzled wrote:And again chili itself has many different styles. There is chili as above all the way up to chili I've had in Arizona which is really just cooked chilis (so hot the sun gets scared).
If all it has is cooked chili peppers, it's not chili con carne, because chili con carne is literally "chili with meat".
Damn uncultured Arizonans. They're worse than the New Yorkers sometimes.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
Melissia wrote:A sloppy joe is just ground beef with a tomato sauce on a bun.
Chili con carne is different. Closer to a spicy stew or curry, with chili peppers, garlic, onions, cumin, along with ground meat (by tradition, beef), and other ingredients. Wolf Brand is generally the best non-homemade chili I think. Most commercial chili isn't thick enough.
Preferably without beans, as they're nothing more than cheap filler and distract from the taste and texture...
Know what chili con carne is, lived off the stuff while in uni (we could make about 2kg for less than £10, freeze it in portions and bam! eat for a fortnight!)
I just though sloppy joes were chilli con carne shoved in a burger bun, your more accurate description of a sloppy joe has now made them much less interesting to me
btw, don't quote me but IIRC in Wales you are looking at less than 50p per head, perhaps 30-40p at the most, again don't quote me but I think people in prison get a better cost-per-head catering budget.
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And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
Leigen_Zero wrote:I just though sloppy joes were chilli con carne shoved in a burger bun, your more accurate description of a sloppy joe has now made them much less interesting to me
Not sure if you can get Manwich in the UK (probably not). This is your loss.
