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because I'm hungry, and will probably order Chinese soon.

Few weeks ago, a group of friends and I stopped by a restaurant called The Melting Pot. The premise of the place is fondue. There are two metal pots on the table, each set on a heater activated by switches underneath. A waiter comes by and mixes cheese with specific ingredients in (we asked for a mild and spicy type), and then gives you cauliflower, carrots, apples, celery, bread, and chips to dip.
After, there's a salad. Mine was a caesar with parmesan encrusted pine nuts, and it was probably the best salad I ever had.
Following that is the main course. Broth is boiled in the pots, and a certain platter is brought to you, according to which variety you ordered. So, a friend and I received lobster tail, sirloin, chicken, shrimp, ravioli, mushrooms, and a few other things. All the items are raw, and you pierce them with a skewer and soak them in the broth for about two or three minutes.
We were going to have dessert, which would have been melted chocolate with whatever, but the movie was going to start. The meal in total ended up being close to $300 (lol), but it was worth it.

Then, on St. Patrick's day, a Reuben sandwich. For those of you who don't know, take two slices of rye bread, butter them, and place them on a pan at half heat. Add swiss cheese onto the bread, putting five or so slices of corned beef on the side to cook. It all should take around four minutes. A little bit of sauerkraut is usually included, though I don't like the stuff. Serve with a pickle and chips (preferable a good kind, like Terra). Heavens, it was tasty.

[PianoMap]

Lobster ravioli... mmmmmmmmmmmmm god that was good.
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[Ebrey]

Had a hamburger for lunch at Zuni's Cafe in San Francisco. It was a big, juicy burger with gorgonzola between two pieces of foccacia. I don't always like fancy takes on burgers, but this was great (and not too expensive).

[Toto]

Not a good day today for food. Yesterday was though.
Chicken, lentil rice, yoghurt mm mmm.

[Mikey]

Sportsman's special at the local diner: Pancakes, bacon, eggs - side of cinnamon toast. Yum!

[GcDiaz]

Broiled lamb, with rice and mixed veggies.

I just season the meat with adobo and pepper, then wrap it in tin foil and bake at 350-400 for as long as needed. Towards the end I'll leave the foil open so it takes on some color.

The rice is easy as can be. Two cups of water for every cup of rice. Get the water boiling with a lil bit of oil and salt, put in the rice. When the top of the rice is above the water line, put the heat at its near-lowest and cover it. Check back periodically.

Veggies? Microwave, son. Or toss em in boiling salted water for a bit so they don't lose their crispness.
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[Churippu]

I recently had a nice steak. It had been a while since I had nice steak.

[Wilkes]

I had a large bowl of grits, a large croissant and three eggs over easy the other day. I encased the eggs in black pepper as I was cooking them and put one egg in the grits and two in the croissant. Only meal worth eating in days.

[Ebrey]

[GcDiaz]

You should've seen the voodoo magic I was doing to get a decent plate of it, before my aunt slapped me upside the head and told me, "THIS is how you make Dominican rice, chump!"

Anyways, most of you don't know that I moved to a new apartment this month, and none of you know that the prior occupant left his grill (with full propane tank, no less) behind for me. He also left me his sofa bed but that's another story. I get off early today, so I'm gonna get me some steaks and grill tools and maybe have myself a lil BBQ.

Grilling in an apartment? I'm on the first floor, and my back door leads to this little alcove facing the backyard, with grill and a bench. It's really...perfect for summer parties and such. Y'all should stop by.
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[tacotaskforce]

Best food in the world is in casino restaurants which aren't buffets.
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[taidan]

My friends have often gone to the Melting Pot in Towson. Never been myself, but now I kinda want to go!!

[diplo]

If you don't mind an expensive meal, it's a place I'd recommend without hesitation. It's also pretty fun to put the stuff in and watch it cook.

[Hot Stott Bot]

I had a meatball sub for lunch.

With black olives!

Damn gotta love a good meatball sub.

[Baron Patsy]

Jesus, how do you people eat so much?

I had two bags of Pretzel Poppers: Zesty Pizza Flavor! for lunch today. Those were good I guess?

[rabite gets whacked!]

Tonight I had a salad with asian pear, bleu cheese and some fruity vinaigrette. It was delicious!

You know what? I was a vegan for 4 years through college, and once I lapsed back into vegetarianism (close to half my life now, yikes!) I never went all the way back. I still avoid dairy when soy is available, I tend not to eat most normal cheese, and no plain eggs or anything. But I'm really glad I get to eat interesting cheese. A bleu or a four year gouda* has a flavour that's just shocking, as compared to most food. My palate thanks me every time it touches the stuff.

And the only time I've ever missed meat at all is in sushi situations; I know (and remember pretty well) what regular steak/pork/poultry (including ostrich; my uncle was an ostrich farmer) tastes like, and probably one of the things that's always made vegetarianism easy for me is that none of it tasted all that interesting. Yeah, you can cook your sausage specifically and spice it and whatever and make it mighty fine, but you can play exactly the same tricks on tofu to marvellous results as well. But every time I'm in a sushi restaurant, I find myself wondering if all that crazy stuff tastes and interesting as it looks. I'll probably never know, and it may be that the mystery and self denial of the thing is more interesting than its actuality.

*Seriously, I know it's expensive, but you don't need much at all. A quarter pound of the stuff will take you a long way, and you owe it to yourself to try. It's the gouda caterpillar gone through the gouda cocoon and come out the gouda butterfly, I swear to god.
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I wonder why some people aren't into the taste of meat. A friend of mine has made the same choice for the same reason.

baron i really don't eat that much. ;___; actually i should probably eat more often than i do.

Went to Steak and Shake a couple nights ago and had a turkey melt with chili.
Speaking of relatively "fast" food joints, Wendy's chili is surprisingly good. If you chill/freeze it overnight and reheat it the next day, the flavor is better, too.

[exodus]

food is for the weak.
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[Ebrey]

[rabite gets whacked!]

And malnourished to boot. Pasta's got no protein.

My point being that meat makes American cuisine lazy. It forgets all else in favor of presenting captial MEAT. Vegetables, grains, fruits are all an afterthought or garnish in the face of steak, while vegetarion foods tend to highlight the flavors found elsewhere.
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[haircute]

I just had the best plate of carnitas at my favorite restaurant in town. It is also the friendliest (it says that on the sign!).
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[diplo]

[another god]

I went to this Nepalese place on my campus and ordered something with chicken in it and the waitress looked at me like I killed her mother.

She was way too hot to be hatched from an egg.

A lot of people will claim to "not like the taste of meat", and I think that's perfectly acceptable. But the other half of vegans do it because they don't want to consume animal products. And a ton of those have this harsh militarism towards those of us who say fuck it and would slay Rudolph if Santa said it was ok.

By the way, there is not enough Anthony Bourdain in this thread.

http://www.bloomsbury.com/media/nucobra.mpg
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[GcDiaz]

So I couldn't do the grilling yesterday due to lacking the basic tools (lighter, grill brush, etc). Today I got it all, and grilled my first animal. The grill was in pretty bad shape, so I had to bring it inside for a good scrubbin'. Once that was done, the process started. I mentioned the little space my back door leads into. The plastic bench needs some cleaning of its own, but there's no place to connect a hose. Might have to drag it into the bathroom to rinse it off. Also, the backyard itself could use some TLC, so maybe I'll wait till Summer to host any shindigs. Anyway, I'm happy to announce that GcDiaz's First Innaugural Beef-Off and Vodka Tasting was a rousing success!


Absolutely delicious.
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[Mikey]

I just ate hot pockets off of those exact same paper platers. Cheers!

4 cheese pizza - one of the only good flavors of hot pockets.

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[GcDiaz]

OK, here's the latest:


This may just be the healthiest meal I've ever eaten. No oil, nothing besides the meat's own juices and hot fire. I don't think I'll ever broil, bake or fry again.

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