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Why do you continue shopping at CostCo? I am underwhelmed. What do you appreciate about the warehouse store?
One of these days, I will....in fact, I think I submitted an online request a little while ago.
Why do you continue shopping at CostCo? I am underwhelmed. What do you appreciate about the warehouse store?
Something tells me I shouldn't hold my breath....
Ya know, I'm in San Diego a couple of times a year...?
Why do you continue shopping at CostCo? I am underwhelmed. What do you appreciate about the warehouse store?
So when can I expect to receive your American Express rebate? ;o)
Seeing Someone Touch Your Food
Thanks. This point was driven home to me several years ago when I was sitting in a coffee/pastry/sandwich shop. I watched one of the kitchen staff come out of the kitchen carrying a tub of what looked like garlic spread. He put it in the microwave that was in the sitting area (really small place...it was the only microwave in the joint), and started to warm it up. Periodically, he'd open the microwave and stick his gloved finger into the spread to check the temperature. In the meantime, he was using the same gloved hands to sort and stack the newspapers left by/for customers, move the trash can over a few inches, and return tables and chairs to their original positions. Then stick the same gloved finger back into the spread. Those gloves didn't keep the spread clean, they kept his hands clean.
Why do you continue shopping at CostCo? I am underwhelmed. What do you appreciate about the warehouse store?
The Lodi CA Costco does not carry organic milk, but the Stockton CA Costco (about seven miles away) does. I haven't figured this one out. Since we live about equidistant from either one, we know which one to hit when we want milk.
Seeing Someone Touch Your Food
Let's be real: gloves don't keep the food clean, they keep hands clean. And I've never seen an itamae wearing gloves, either. Bare hands in and of themselves don't bother me. Poor hygiene bothers me, but use of gloves does not by any stretch of the imagination equate with good hygiene. In my observation, there's no relationship between the two. I wouldn't be surprised, in fact, if the use of gloves resulted in poorer hygiene as a general rule.
Jam with what crackers?
It may be a bit pedestrian for your purposes, but I prefer a basic saltine for slathering jams.
"Great" Restaurant Names
The new location for the Squeeze Inn (around the corner from the original) is pretty freakin' small, too.
Shredding Cabbage This Fine
You can do it with a knife if you practice a lot. A LOT.
What are your FAVORITE meals or dishes to enjoy when it's HOT outside?
Yes, absolutely. And tenzaru soba if somebody else makes the tempura ('cause it's too hot for me to want to do it!)
In N Out Burger question for a newbie
I know what a 4x4 is, and if I'm really hungry, I'll order two double doubles instead of one 4x4. Preserves the ratios of meat to cheese to toppings to bun. But I usually can't eat that much without feeling bloated and overstuffed.
Say what?? Cooking comments that baffle you
When I was an itamae, I saw that every night. Those tended to be the same folks that made the shoyu/wasabi slurry.
Boston Butt / Pork Roast , Roasted Low and Slow @ 200* for 8.5 Hours ( Pictures )
True, pork will be fully cooked at 160F. It won't be pullable until it hits 190F, but if you're going to slice and not pull, 160F is fine.
"THE BEST AND ORIGINAL MOJO POTATOS"
I won't argue with you, but it's next to impossible for me to eat at a Shakey's these days. There used to be Shakey's up and down the Central Valley (CA), but the closest one to me is in Oroville. The Mojo potatoes are good, but not good enough for me to drive 2 hours to get 'em!
In N Out Burger question for a newbie
If you know you may only have the opportunity to eat at an In-N-Out one time, go with the flagship burger, the double double.
My standard order is a double double with onions both ways (grilled and raw) and fries. I much prefer McD's fries, because In-N-Out fries are limp and undercooked. Well done fries, however, remind me of canned shoestring potatoes, and I'm not big on those, either. I've tried cheeseburgers and 3x3s, and I think the double double is the perfect ratio of meat to cheese to bun to lettuce and tomato. A cheeseburger isn't enough, and a 3x3 is too much. Of course, my son, who is 20 and has the metabolism of a hamster (sleep habits, too), likes 3x3s, and if I'm paying for it, will try to talk me into letting him order a 4x4. If I so much as look at a 4x4, my cholesterol count goes up 10 points.
Condiments That Do and Do Not Need Refrigeration
Something that lasts forever outside the fridge will last for two forevers inside the fridge?
When they get your takeout order wrong yet again...
Remember the words of the inimitable Leo Getz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWfaiTLPUKQ
What would Emily Post do? [moved from New Orleans]
Am I the only one who thinks you must have been channeling Boon from "Animal House"?
Catfish?
What, you wanted to say something but had to stretch to say THIS?? And what makes you think those pellets are entirely plant-based? Catfish WILL eat anything they can get into their mouths. In concrete lined ponds, that may mean only pellets, but that's not all they're willing to eat, given the chance. While nearly all the catfish SOLD in the US is farmed, there's a lot of catfish CONSUMED that wasn't farmed.
Catfish?
Like FoodTrippin, I see catfish filets at Costco. And FYI, cats are not vegetarian. They'll eat just about anything they can get into their ugly mouths. They've been known to eat ducklings, for instance.
Saturday Morning Stockton Certified Farmers Market
Sadly, there are no more live poultry vendors at the Stockton Farmer's Market, thanks to legislation (new for this year) that sharply curtails the sale of live animals. IIRC, the original focus of the statute was people who would pile their dog's or cat's latest litter in a box and sell them outside Target/Walmart/Home Depot, but live poultry vendors at farmers' markets were collateral damage.
Finger lickin' good? [moved from General topics]
I have an uncle who holds fried chicken in his hand, almost as if he's afraid it might try to get away. Then he licks his fingers/hands almost lovingly. It's like a train wreck...you don't want to watch, but it's hard not to!
"Poor Man's" $1 Big Mac -- save $$$ at Mickey D's
J. Kenji Alt is (or at least WAS) part of the Cooks Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen staff, so analytical is nothing new to him.
Finger lickin' good? [moved from General topics]
Yes, finger licking is ok! The only technique is to handle the ribs with the tips of my fingers to minimize the mess, which, in turn, means I only have to lick the tips of my fingers.
Is finger licking ok with your SO in private? Is he finicky/fussy about anything else?
"Poor Man's" $1 Big Mac -- save $$$ at Mickey D's
Gotta agree on the McGangbang. I haven't had the nerve to order it by name, tho...not yet, at least. And since I only go to McD's once or twice year, it may be a while.
