OT In Defense of Tofu

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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We were talking about church basement potlucks and four star restaurants,
but only one of us has actually been to both. But hey, if you want to send
me an advance copy of "Wolfgang's Guide to Gourmet Cheese Curds and
Baptist
Church Soup Kitchens" I will gladly peruse it.

--
Ken Fortenberry


Spoken like a graduate of the Charlie the Tuna School of Good Taste!

"Lennie Richardson" wrote in message
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Spoken like a graduate of the Charlie the Tuna School of Good Taste!



....or a bigmouth frog...

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
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You HAVE eaten in at least one of those
restaurants, right ?

Nope.

And the meal was utter crap, right ? So, which
restaurant was it ?

See above.

You really don't have a clue as to what this discussion is about, do
you?

We were talking about church basement potlucks and four star restaurants,

No, we weren't talking about any such thing. I was talking about good food.
Church basements and popular restaurants are merely two of the places where,
with a bit of luck, one can find it. You, on the other hand, were engaged
in your all too familiar practice of trying to demonstrate some sort of
cultural superiority and, as always, failing miserably.

but only one of us has actually been to both.

Well, you should go to a good restaurant some time when you can afford it.
It is often a memorable experience.

But hey, if you want to send
me an advance copy of "Wolfgang's Guide to Gourmet Cheese Curds and
Baptist
Church Soup Kitchens" I will gladly peruse it.

No such tome extant or forthcoming. You're on your own. Good
luck.....you'll need it.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:
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Well, you should go to a good restaurant some time when you can afford it.
It is often a memorable experience. ...

Went to Heaven on Seven yesterday for lunch right before we drove home.
Small place on the, you guessed it, 7th floor of the Garland Building
in Chicago's Loop. The owner/chefs are third generation Greek coffee
shop owners turned Cajun fanatics. I had the Mardi Gras Etouffee which
was the Etouffee of the Day yesterday. It came with the Gumbo.

And yes, it WAS memorable and even with two Dixie Blackened Voodoos
I could afford it.

Excellent food, no stars. You're just unclear on the concept. I mean,
if you ever showed up at a four star restaurant they'd slap a red vest
on you and put you to work parking cars. (Not that there's anything
wrong with parking cars ;-).

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Wolfgang" wrote
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
Wolfgang wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
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As one who has thinned his wallet in more than one of those restaurants, I
will say that the very best meal I ever had was a couple of wild fish
wrapped in foil and baked under a fire.

Seems like cabin fever is settling in in the northern Midwest . . .
Bob

"Bob Patton" rwpmailatcharterdotnet wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in
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Wolfgang wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
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As one who has thinned his wallet in more than one of those restaurants, I
will say that the very best meal I ever had was a couple of wild fish
wrapped in foil and baked under a fire.

SOUNDS good, but how many stars did it have......it DOES matter, you know.

Seems like cabin fever is settling in in the northern Midwest . . .

I never get cabin fever. Winter, with it's short days, is the time to
frolic in the kitchen....what could be more delightful? Ken, on the other
hand, still doesn't seem to have gotten over making a fool of himself over
that bruschetta thingy. Not sure what makes this one rankle so much more
than all the others, but there it is.

Wolfgang
um......got any good recipes for power bars?

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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wrapped in foil and baked under a fire.

SOUNDS good, but how many stars did it have......it DOES matter, you know.

More than five. Some might have been planets.


Wolfgang
um......got any good recipes for power bars?

Cleaning out the trunk of my car a month or so ago I found a power bar left
over from the death march. It was still delicious! All I needed was some
yellow water as an aperitif.

Bob

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Not sure what makes this one rankle so much more
than all the others, but there it is.

In a word: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY!!!

Wolfgang wrote:

I never get cabin fever. Winter, with it's short days, is the time to
frolic in the kitchen....what could be more delightful? Ken, on the other
hand, still doesn't seem to have gotten over making a fool of himself over
that bruschetta thingy.

Here at work, the half dozen or so Italians I asked about the two
"recipes" that started the thingy off found both equally amusing. One
point almost everyone made was that neither recipe included one of what
Italians consider the three "basic" ingredients. Nobody thought any of
it was worth getting heated about, though; as one woman said, "Folks put
all sorts of stuff on bruschetta these days.....". Supermarkets here
have scads of highly imaginative ready-made bruschetta toppings in
jars. OTOH, kids (students) pour tomato sauce from a jar on their
bruschetta, more for the sake of convenience than to save money.

JR

Wolfgang wrote:

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:

That is doubtless because you've eaten more meals in church basements
than in four star restaurants.

Actually, it's only in part because I've eaten more meals in church
basements than I have in four star restaurants. I've had fine meals and
utter crap in both. ...

Let's cut through the sanctimonious "everyman" blather because we both
know it's utter bull****.


No blather. As every man with an appreciation for good food knows, it is
where you find it.


Good anything is where you find it.

Ken pulls this elitist bull**** out of ass every now and again. I always
wondered if he picked it up from TV, some Men's magazine or a urinal
wall, but now we know he gets it from Mobil!


I'd jump at an invite to a 5 star restaurant, but I'd jump just as fast
at an invite to someone's favorite "hole in the wall" place or to a meal
featuring someone's home cooked specialty.

Willi