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beevod's Profile

Seeing Someone Touch Your Food

In a word, no.

Can you oven roast frozen leeks?

Be bold.

your favorite food movie..

La Grande Bouffe.

Favorite Paper Towel?

The kind that come in rolls.

Refills To Go at Sit Down Restaurants

Look up the word, schnorrer.

What would Emily Post do? [moved from New Orleans]

Next time, forget it and move on (unless you carry a concealed weapon).

Finger lickin' good? [moved from General topics]

I believe it's a man's job to do the finger-licking.

Wait staff and hand washing

Forget it, move on.

What foods do you refuse to eat?

Immigrants.

When do you tip low (10% or less)

Never. It's tacky and demeans you.

Do you blow on your containers before closing them?

I use a bicycle pump. Far more efficient.

Should I tip?

If in doubt, tip.

I'm being gifted expired food.

Next, you get his expired drugs.

Cigarette smoke gets in your food

Don't inhale, you'll be fine.

"Hitting" on the Waitress (server) Is it OK?

Don't get me started on waitresses who hit on their customers.

New Gary Taubes Article: "Is Sugar Toxic?"

More nonsense. In sufficient quantities, sugar can be as toxic as, well, eating 1,000 florets of broccoli. Take responsibility.

What tasks do you excel at in the kitchen?

Supervising

How long can I leave frozen cooked broccoli out?

3.6 hours.

The "Bad Food" Joust!

Tofu crab claws

Does promising a higher tip get better service?

It's tacky.

downfall of chow

Decline of Chow? Never. Where else would I learn how to recycle jeans into a garden apron?

Exotic Menu at Explorer's Club Annual Dinner

A doosy can be quite delicious.

Dining Alone at Home - Plating

What's a "plate?"

So WHY were we forced to sit at the table till the food was gone??

Key is picking the right parents. We were permitted to leave the table when we were full, not when we had stuffed ourselves.

When do ethics come to play in your dining decision?

I won't eat in any restaurant that displays a swastika.

Pickiness: The Secret Eating Disorder

Picky drinkers are the worst.

How to (and should I) raise poor chef skills to a restaurant owner?

Would it not be possible to find a different restaurant?

What's your favorite bedtime snack?

A voice of reason.

Total absurdity

Read George Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London." You may never again eat in a restaurant, inspected or un-inspected.

What do you do in a restaurant that you never do..... [moved from General Chowhounding board]

Eat.