tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43840579084979107672023-06-20T07:00:29.509-07:00tomas official blogTomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-41280129995765099462010-04-07T03:37:00.003-07:002010-04-07T03:37:49.456-07:00Pro TipPro Tip: Don't eat tempeh for lunch unless you keep Beano at your desk. I'm going to have to sneak out to the CVS down the street if I don't want to gas my co-workers out of the office.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-1842077703607999452010-04-07T03:37:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:37:22.362-07:00CanadaThe Blackjack Taco is in Canada now so I'll give one a try soon. That said, I didn't realize that the Cheesy Gordita Crunch was an LTO item in the US but I'm seeing ads talking about how "it's back for a limited time". It's a fixture of the menu in Canada and is usually what I order if I happen to go there. The last time I went to TB a few weeks ago I ordered a plain taco for the first time in ages... wow those things seem bland when you're used to some sort of sauce (sour cream, baja sauce, etc.) on a taco.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-68599783785217846242010-04-07T03:36:00.003-07:002010-04-07T03:36:59.472-07:00brilliantSee, I think that's bloody brilliant, because there are a lot of people in the world that have no clue what they're eating. Ever seen that Penn and Teller episode where they feed that one dipshit a fancy glass full of generic cool whip and he thinks it's some kind of very delicate dessert? Same deal.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-15000167000195621892010-04-07T03:36:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:36:27.088-07:00commercialsPizza Hut can fuck right off now. I'm way sick of these commercials where they're doing fake hidden camera deals and they're feeding people pasta and wings and they're all "oh by the way. This shit's totally from Pizza Hut. Did we just blow your fucking minds?" And the fake real people are going "say whaaaaaat." It really makes the company sound way too full of their own shit and it's obnoxious.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-40099271066646586542010-04-07T03:35:00.005-07:002010-04-07T03:35:59.531-07:00veggie/veganWe got some random "veggie/vegan" stuff sent out to our produce department. Chorizo was one of the things, so we tried it, it wasn't bad when mixed with some salsa and stuff. I'd avoid it simply because it had like a three month code date, when the tofu we get in is like three weeks. I don't trust things which have a code date that long out and is supposed to be "fresh".Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-59072803447859038132010-04-07T03:35:00.003-07:002010-04-07T03:35:44.843-07:00simplyI had a manager that did that so he could then borrow product from other stores so that way comps would go up due to making more money off of less inventory (since some people would simply forget to transfer the bullet bags over to our store)<br /><br />also had a manager when I was down in Brownsville that couldn't run the store for shit. Didn't know how to properly order anything and we'd always fall short of product come Saturday night / all-day Sunday. I hated being on DT as the closing manager going to people and saying "Yeah..sorry. We're out of Matcha. Yes...I know this is the third week in a row and I'm sorry we're out of pound cake and various other pastries..."Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-1493082409991344792010-04-07T03:35:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:35:27.483-07:00WhopperI was once denied a Whopper because BK was out of the proper buns. I asked if they could just do it up on a different bun but they explained they were not able to do that.<br /><br />I was told much later in life by a former manager that this was a trademark / quality control issue (meaning a Whopper is only allowed to be made with exact Whopper ingredients). I feel like I've told this story before on TOTSM though.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-10069858892665903902010-04-07T03:34:00.000-07:002010-04-07T03:35:03.664-07:00breadedTurned out good, although not as heavily breaded as ones I've had at restaurants. I don't have a mixer, so I couldn't get the egg whites all fluffy for the batter. Stuffed peppers with chipotle cheddar cheese, tomatoes, cilantro, onions, a refried black bean/sour cream mixture, and rice. Salsa and hot sauce on top.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-62728430736591539262010-04-07T03:33:00.004-07:002010-04-07T03:34:43.051-07:00nothingI might have to get in on that. Lemon shakeups are good and all too, but it's hard to say no to cornholing a vagrant.<br /><br />I was craving donuts this morning, which is bad, because once you have it in your mind that you're going to consume donuts, nothing is going to stop you other than not being physically able to procure them. So I went to the gas station, where the sign said "donuts 99 cents, or 89 cents for two or more." I got three, and was charged 89 cents, with no sales tax or donut tax or other such surcharge. Shouldn't I have paid $2.67 for my trio of donuts? Why would it cost less to buy two donuts than it would to buy one? Are they desperate to clear them out? They were stacked vertically and the cashier may've had extremely poor depth perception and only rang up one, but then that would've been 99 cents. Did I commit a crime?Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-63996123452013096382010-04-07T03:33:00.003-07:002010-04-07T03:33:38.338-07:00cabbageTurned out good, wife wanted to take leftovers to work for lunch today.<br /><br />Marinated the tempeh in soy sauce, vinegar, with some diced garlic.<br /><br />Cooked the tempeh in wok and then removed, then cooked some cabbage, a purple pepper, and a green pepper. Added some basil and cilantro. Then re-added tempeh. Stirred in some of this.<br /><br /><br /><br />Added some chopped green onions and cashews and served over brown rice.<br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br />-------------------------<br /><br />People will torture their children with battery acid from time to time anyway -- and who among us hasn't wanted to kill and eat an albino?Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-82402187172415106472010-04-07T03:33:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:33:22.446-07:00barefootI was just joking on that "womens oughta be in the kitchen barefoot 'n pregnit" thing. My wife just likes to cook, and is good at it, so, prior to now, we split the work--she cooked and I cleaned up. I was also kind of intimidated by her skill so I hesitated in attempting to share in the cooking duties. But I've decided to try.<br /><br />WRT the tempeh--we just like it. I'll let you know how it was.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-3901858833396672962010-04-07T03:32:00.000-07:002010-04-07T03:33:04.455-07:00sandwichesI find it amusing that you don't cook much and seem to have made the impression in the past that it's a woman's job in a sense, at home. My girlfriend can't cook to save her life (unless it's quesadillas and sandwiches) so I kind of have to take care of that duty, not like I'd like to give it up anyways.<br /><br />But anyways, why the tempeh and how did that turn out?Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-24534903758882763922010-04-07T03:31:00.000-07:002010-04-07T03:32:31.834-07:00academicOne of my resolutions for the new academic year was to start helping my wife with cooking. Since she's working this week and I'm not, I've made dinner. So far I've made a mango & avocado salad and black refried bean burritos. I'm gonna make a stir fry tonight with tempeh.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-58426791420754432032010-04-07T03:30:00.002-07:002010-04-07T03:31:10.501-07:00MorrisonOn May 21, 2009 Judge Morrison England, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased "Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries" because she believed "crunchberries" were real fruit. The plaintiff, Janine Sugawara, alleged that after four years of purchasing the product she had only recently discovered to her dismay that said "berries" were in fact simply brightly-colored cereal balls. The judge commented "In this case,... it is simply impossible for Plaintiff to file an amended complaint stating a claim based upon these facts. The survival of the instant claim would require this Court to ignore all concepts of personal responsibility and common sense. The Court has no intention of allowing that to happen."Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-5574051321876802512010-04-07T03:30:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:30:35.087-07:00hedonisticBacon is the Anna Nicole Smith of foods—hedonistic, superficial, and willfully ignorant. Arterial self-destruction wrapped around a shrill, desperate vacuum. Bacon is your pair of yellow H2s slouching beside your 7,000 sq ft McMansion, all of it mere minutes from being repossessed by the bank.<br /><br />Cilantro is Natalie Portman, Lily Allen, and Zooey Deschanel all rolled into one: responsible yet stylish, challenging and charming, intelligent without being pedantic. Recession-friendly in every way. Cilantro will make your modest meal a sensation before it goes out into the cooling dusk and mends your dilapidated gate with bailing wire and elbow grease.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-29159866841813568382010-04-07T03:29:00.003-07:002010-04-07T03:29:58.947-07:00InsertSmittyDeathPictureLet's see, there was that Fisherman's Friday at Golden Corrall and Applebee's all-u-can-eat riblet special...<br /><br />*InsertSmittyDeathPicture*<br /><br />I'll be the first to admit I have NO refined taste whatsoever. I don't care about the social aspect of eating out and trying new things. If I don't have to pay for the meal, I don't have to clean up afterward and I'm not throwing up the food an hour or so later I'm content. With that being said, my first thought was whenever I was a kid and would go over to my grandma's house she would make these kick-ass tuna cakes. I have no idea what she did to cook these things but goddamn were they great. Nowadays, I'd put my mother-in-law's homemade stuffing on this list (I mentioned this in the Thanksgiving thread), but not above those tuna cakes. They were greasy as sin, and she always cooked shit like this, but God bless her grandma made it to her 90s.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-76173996963368929982010-04-07T03:29:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:29:45.052-07:00London BroilOkay, this might sound a little gay, but w/e<br /><br />We just moved about a month ago after a lot of fuckin' problems which some of you know about. Just as an example, a few months back my parents had to buy London Broil for 9 out of every 12-15 nights and my dad had to fry it because the oven was broken. I'm talking about that kind of shit. <br /><br />Anyway, there's this place sort of around the block that we just simply haven't been able to afford a meal from in some time. It's not the best sandwich place, but some shit you just can't have. I still haven't went to a nice sit-down place in almost two years. We went there last week seeing as these sort of problems are done and dusted and I ordered a foot and a half long beef dip along with a shitload of onion rings. I finished the whole goddamn thing. Easily the best thing I've eaten, it represented some sort of closure that I can't see anything matching.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-17462587399829589962010-04-07T03:28:00.006-07:002010-04-07T03:29:12.492-07:00sweetbreadsAs for the absolute best thing I ever ate, I can't really pick one. I'd have to separate it all out by category probably (as in best French, best Mexican, best Cuban, etc.) but I'm going to have to go with the meal I had at local favorite Le Pigeon here in Portland. I ate some sweetbreads for an appetizer, a roasted pigeon, and foie gras profiteroles (!!!) for dessert. Definitely the best 3 course meal I ever had. But I really have a lot of love for the really simple pleasures and meals- I have a mouthgasm every time I get the opportunity to eat at Fatburger (which I adore and miss far more than In-n-Out) and pizza and sushi are my two favorite meals. Portland and Vegas are the only two places where I've really gone out to incredible restaurants (I was too young to appreciate anything in L.A. where I was a burger fanatic and in Miami where I killed it on all sorts of Hispanic foods to like anything else) and I can think of a zillion places here that all have their individual merits but no one meal at any one place that tops out everything, ever.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-12101625310289375462010-04-07T03:28:00.005-07:002010-04-07T03:28:47.678-07:00foodieYou know what, even as the board's pre-eminent foodie, I'll come to Mr. Dressup's defense here. I had this crappy pizza one late night when I was in Vegas last time with extra cheese and pepperoni and it was just so fucking good that when my girlfriend and I came back we ordered the same thing from all of our favorite local places for like a week and kept tripping about it until we got some with bacon and that was the only thing that topped it all off. I can totally understand the love for absolutely greasy, disgusting carnivorous fast food, especially if it's something you only have every so often and not something you eat all the time or anything.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-56859175037101468422010-04-07T03:28:00.003-07:002010-04-07T03:28:31.729-07:00cheeseburgerHow bad is it that my answer would in all honesty be a double cheeseburger with only ketchup from McDonalds or Pizza Hut with pepperoni and bacon?<br /><br />It's not that I haven't ever eaten "good food", I just really have never had the taste for it. I do enjoy a home cooked meal, or dinner at a nice restaurant but thinking of greasy fast food makes my mouth water.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-32259681645658514512010-04-07T03:28:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:28:17.131-07:00BrazilianFeijoda Carioca made by one of my Brazilian landlord's she made in celebration of my 21st birthday when I was down there. Feijoada is basically throwing chicken, sausage, and beef cuts into your pressure cooker with the beans, seasoning and some bay leaves, then letting them all cook together mixing their juices and being super freakin' awesome. Feijoada Carioca is done with black beans and is done more traditionally in Rio de Janeiro (people from Rio call themselves Cariocas).<br /><br />Topped off with some Pao de Queijo (literally Cheese Bread, but it's more like a baked cheese ball thing) and Bolinhas (chocolate balls made from cacau seeds directly) and it was a great day.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-23741034543489634492010-04-07T03:27:00.003-07:002010-04-07T03:27:55.835-07:00breastVery tough. It probably would be the duck breast I devoured back in June at Obelisk, an expensive-as-hell but extremely comfortable rowhouse restaurant in DC. The skin was crispy, the meat perfectly medium rare and melt-in-your-mouth good. The whole thing tasted like a rich, BUTTery dessert, except it was awesome-as-balls meat. I've never had a better prepared dish.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-68742580195287352872010-04-07T03:27:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:27:35.518-07:00cabbageGood thread!<br /><br />Difficult choice, though. I mean, we could literally be comparing apples and oranges here. So many different factors!<br /><br />I'm going to say fresh calf liver and onions, fried cabbage, and homemade bread as prepared by my grandmother. I'd take a bullet after that meal. The woman is an organ meat savant, and the vast majority of the things I cook are either blatantly stolen from her recipe box, or dishes she made for me as a kid that I've tweaked or re-worked.<br /><br />Runners up: <br /><br />Bacalaito off a streetcart in Puerto Rico, washed down with cold Medalla.<br />That foie gras I ate in Vegas.<br />Fresh sugarcane in JamaicaTomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-76989355102198114992010-04-07T03:26:00.002-07:002010-04-07T03:27:03.300-07:00foodA thread dedicated to the single most delicious piece of food you've ever put in your mouth.<br /><br />For me, it was a risotto at a restaurant out in the Hamptons called Oyster Pond, a wonderful little three-star sort of place that me and my family used to go to every year while out in the area on vacation. Bound together with a delicate French cheese and speckled with lovely little bits of bacon, it easily managed to outshine the pork chop it had been served with (which was terrific in and of itself).<br /><br />Honorable mention goes to the spider roll I had at a local Japanese restaurant. Perfect. Best sushi I've ever had, bar none.Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384057908497910767.post-71443995840715354212010-04-07T03:26:00.001-07:002010-04-07T03:26:37.046-07:00Wilkes-BarreEh, don't go to any trouble<br /><br />It's brewed in Wilkes-Barre, that's why I asked. Supposedly it's real popular with college kids down there. Saw it in a liquor store up north here for the first time the other day, I guess they're expanding their distribution.<br /><br />What do you drink, btw?Tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351708392763168946noreply@blogger.com0