Topic: I'm hungry. (Read 65141 times)

calenlass · « **Reply #100 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 17:55 »

Guys I might just be weird but has anyone else ever made a salad out of just toppings? Like, cherry tomatoes and shredded carrots and broccoli bits and some bacon bits and cheese and olives and croutons and salad dressing? Because seriously I am eating one right now and it is so good. Like I make them a lot (I like all the toppings, just not the lettuce), but this one is a honey-mustard dressing with black olives and some cheddar and some kind of garlic cheese and baby carrots I managed to snap in half and snooty Parmesan Croutons and it might be the best one I've ever had.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #101 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 17:57 »

I am so hungry for this right now.

black bean quesadilla....

pen · « **Reply #102 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 18:10 »

Katie, I've made salads like that before, except minus the dressing because I have yet to find a dressing I actually like.

calenlass · « **Reply #103 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 18:24 »

What kinds have you had?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #104 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 20:48 »

The concept of salad is pretty horrid to me.

thehollow · « **Reply #105 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 21:09 »

salads are pretty great. I like pretty much all kinds, from an overloaded caesar salad with tons of toppings and veggies to just bag lettuce with dressing on it. I like basically all dressings except ranch, although my favorite is probably just oil & vinegar. My host family when I studied in spain served really great salads at least once daily, exclusively with oil & vinegar as dressing. Since coming back to the states I can no longer eat ranch dressing on salads, it's just way too rich. Also, Newman's Own creamy caesar is probably the best pre-made dressing I've had.

BobJoeJim · « **Reply #106 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 21:11 »

The absolute best* salad dressing is a simple oil and vinegar mix (olive and balsamic, of course).

*Translation: My personal favorite, purely an opinion, and in no way a value judgment about those who may be foolish enough to incorrectly disagree with me.

Johnny C · « **Reply #107 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 21:23 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 13 Feb 2008, 20:48

The concept of salad is pretty horrid to me.

What concept of salad has been explained to you that it is horrid?

tania · « **Reply #108 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 21:31 »

today my housemate mashed up an onion, a potato, and tomato sauce in a bowl and called it a salad. he then ate it.

true story!

jhocking · « **Reply #109 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 21:34 »

So, anyone like tossing the salad?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #110 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 21:53 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 13 Feb 2008, 21:23

What concept of salad has been explained to you that it is horrid?

The one where you take some leaves and bits of onion and carrot and tomato and cucumber and such and then pour foul oily shit over it all and then eat them. Then sometimes people who are truly in league with utter evil add particularly vomit-inducing things like coleslaw or salad cream or something.

calenlass · « **Reply #111 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 22:08 »

Oily? Ew, no.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #112 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 22:10 »

Salad dressing is not, in fact, made of oil and vinegar?

calenlass · « **Reply #113 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 22:11 »

Not all of it, no. Ew.

Here.

ruyi · « **Reply #114 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 22:19 »

...pretty much all of those are oil-based, you know.

khar, do you just not like vinegar maybe?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #115 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 22:22 »

No, I do not enjoy supping on Satans own urine.

Johnny C · « **Reply #116 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 22:53 »

Quote from: ruyi on 13 Feb 2008, 22:19

...pretty much all of those are oil-based, you know.

Including the mayo/yoghurt-based ones?

Quote from: KharBevNor on 13 Feb 2008, 22:22

No, I do not enjoy supping on Satans own urine.

Shame, devil piss is great on fries.

Khar have you ever tried a Caesar salad?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #117 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 22:56 »

Doesn't look too bad. Maybe if you got rid of the lettuce, severely held back on the worcestershire sauce and used a nicer cheese.

ruyi · « **Reply #118 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 22:57 »

mayonnaise is essentially vegetable oil. i think i looked at the nutrition information for a packet of mayo once - virtually all of the calories come from fat.

Alex C · « **Reply #119 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:10 »

Yeah, it's all oil and egg yolks.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #120 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:11 »

Oil, egg yolks, and PURE HELL

KharBevNor · « **Reply #121 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:12 »

I support this girls opinion on mayonnaise.

Alex C · « **Reply #122 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:14 »

Same here. I already went on the record about my dislike of mayonaise on the Good Eats thread. I think I was ripping on Paula Dean and the freakish amounts of the stuff she uses at the time.

Oddly though, I don't mind a good hollandaise sauce, although it does have a considerably richer flavor even if they are related sauces.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #123 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:27 »

Mayonnaise is disgusting and probably created by somebody with a deep-seated hatred of mankind.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #124 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:28 »

Guys can we link hands?

Maybe dance in a circle a little?

thehollow · « **Reply #125 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:29 »

I like mayo in small amounts, but copious amounts of it are disgusting. Most places really glob it on whatever you order, so I usually have to tell them to go easy on the stuff. Subway's the worst. Even when I tell them to put less on my sub they add a shitload, so I generally just leave it off.

BobJoeJim · « **Reply #126 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:30 »

While plain mayonnaise is certainly disgusting, there are certain limited uses of it which are definitely worthwhile. Also, a well made aioli (which IS a word, Firefox, whether you put a red line under it or not) is a fantastic thing.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #127 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:30 »

I cannot even really stand to look at mayonnaise. I mean, it just looks so fucking nasty.

michaelicious · « **Reply #128 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:36 »

Quote from: Whipstitch on 13 Feb 2008, 23:14

I think I was ripping on Paula Dean

omg hdu

Johnny C · « **Reply #129 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:46 »

Mayonnaise straight-up is nasty, and in most situations is nasty. Turned into ranch dressing it's delicious.

Ranch dressing is the proverbial gold nugget in mayonnaise's giant pile of shit.

thehollow · « **Reply #130 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 23:56 »

Ranch is gross as a dressing, although I do like it as a dip for stuff like fries and wings and such.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #131 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 00:03 »

I wikied ranch dressing.

Why must you people put such foulness in your mouths whilst living on the same planet as me?

calenlass · « **Reply #132 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 00:23 »

Because it is tasty on wings and veggies!

KharBevNor · « **Reply #133 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 00:45 »

I googled and found this:

What the fuck people, what the fuck.

Johnny C · « **Reply #134 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 00:54 »

I do not condone ranch fountains.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #135 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 01:30 »

What the hell you people why do have such an irrational hatred of perfectly good foods (and in some cases truly excellent ones). Are you like, 5 years old or something?

Johnny C · « **Reply #136 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 01:32 »

Khar's British, they invented Blood Sausage. He's skewed to begin with.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #137 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 01:46 »

Oh that reminds me, Khar said this

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Bread sauce

in another thread.

What the hell, Britain, why do you punish yourselves? Are you really that guilty about colonialism that you have to make yourselves eat the blandest, most horrifying foods thinkable?

Bread.

Sauce.

Geez.

calenlass · « **Reply #138 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 01:53 »

what the fuck is bread sauce

i bet spaghetti sauce it betters

KharBevNor · « **Reply #139 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 02:01 »

Bread sauce is made from bread, milk, onion and cloves mainly I think. It is a traditional type accompaniement to roast chicken or turkey, to moisten and so forth, and it is fucking delicious.

I don't have any irrational hatreds of foods. I only dislike foods that taste like fucking shit.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #140 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 02:03 »

No Khar, you're stupid and your tastebuds are stupid.

Poo-head.

BobJoeJim · « **Reply #141 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 02:27 »

While I have some major disagreements with Khar as to what constitutes good food, I have to admit that bread sauce actually looks quite good, now that I've Googled it. Prior to that I thought it sounded incredibly stupid. Yay for learning new things! Especially new culinary things!

Doug S. Machina · « **Reply #142 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 03:26 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 14 Feb 2008, 01:46

Oh that reminds me, Khar said this

Quote
Bread sauce

in another thread.

What the hell, Britain, why do you punish yourselves? Are you really that guilty about colonialism that you have to make yourselves eat the blandest, most horrifying foods thinkable?

Bread.

Sauce.

Geez.

I won't stand for that, we take the blood of pigs and make black pudding!

Though this is less of a culinary delicacy than an efficient way to a heart attack.

Liz · « **Reply #143 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 07:00 »

Mayo = yuck.

Ranch = yum.

Also bread sauce does sound pretty good. Basically it seems like a more liquid form of stuffing, with the bread crumbs and such involved.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #144 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 07:07 »

You have it pretty much nailed!

jhocking · « **Reply #145 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 07:41 »

All this talk of bread sauce is reminding me of my latest lunchtime obsession: hearty soups in bread bowls. I don't know if they've always had 'em and I just never noticed, or if it's a new thing lately, but I've been finding that all of the sandwich places around where I work have soups in bread bowls. My favorite thus far is the cream of chicken from Panera; although I don't like their sandwiches, their soup is delicious.

Lines · « **Reply #146 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 08:17 »

Panera has some good breadbowls. Their broccoli cheese is awesome.

Though I don't hate mayo based things, like ranch dressing, mayo all by itself is nasty. Seriously. Egg whites, oil, and lemon juice/vinegar to bleach it out? Ew. And it looks nasty, especially when people put on too much and it oozes from their sandwich. Gross.

Personally my favorite dressing on salads is Italian. I'm really picky about what kinds, because I like them to have flavor and not just taste like oil and vinegar.

pen · « **Reply #147 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 08:29 »

Quote from: calenlass on 13 Feb 2008, 18:24

What kinds have you had?

Every kind people ever have on their salads? Italian, Ranch, Russian, Thousand Island, Greek, all sorts of light dressings, balsamic vinegrette, you name it. None of it is appealing to me, but it's okay because I actually enjoy the taste of vegetables.

As for mayonnaise, the only thing I'll put it on is tuna fish, and even at that, I prefer sunflower oil.

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #148 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 09:24 »

Quote from: Linds on 14 Feb 2008, 08:17

Personally my favorite dressing on salads is Italian. I'm really picky about what kinds, because I like them to have flavor and not just taste like oil and vinegar.

I'm with you, Linds. I like spiced Italian dressing, too. But when I was living in Italy, the absolute only salad dressing I saw was oil and vinegar, sans other condiments. I don't know if it's really a misnomer, or if Southern Italians are more creative with their salad fixings than the people I was living with. Needless to say, it's put me off the just-oil-and-vinegar type of Italian dressing for at least a couple of years.

Johnny C · « **Reply #149 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 10:00 »

My favourite part so far is this:

Quote from: KharBevNor on 13 Feb 2008, 22:56

Doesn't look too bad. Maybe if you got rid of the lettuce, severely held back on the worcestershire sauce and used a nicer cheese.

Khar suggests that a good salad would be croutons, cheese and dressing.

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