Gastronomical Banter

James wrote:
If we can blabber on about overpriced DC restaurants, we can blabber on about school cafeterias, can't we?

you're one to talk.. on the beer thread you don't want me talking about beer that doesn't meet your standards but on the "gastronomical" thread you want to talk about cafeteria food? please get yourself out of this one houdini

James wrote:
If we can blabber on about overpriced DC restaurants, we can blabber on about school cafeterias, can't we?

stevewizzle wrote:

James wrote:
My wife went to my kid's school today to have lunch with my daughter. (Parents are encouraged to come have lunch with their kids.) She brought vegetarian pad thai in a plain white styrofoam container purchased at our local Thai restaurant.

She was reprimanded by the school lunch lady for "bringing in outside food. This place is like a restaurant, you wouldn't bring McDonalds into Mike's" (Well actually I wouldn't be caught eating at either of them). So apparently you can bring your own homemade or store purchased pre-packaged corporate food into their "restaurant", but not food prepared by a third party. (?)

She also said that they have the kids washing the tables (isn't that the job of the custodian/lunch lady?), so when my wife took my daughter to stand away from the table while that was being done, she was further reprimanded by the lunch lady , "You're supposed to remain seated at the table at all times."

No wonder why my wife wants to home school our kid.

i got a good laugh finding this in gastronomical banter.

you brought up homeschooling, you should've kept it to the veggie tofu pad thai your wife brought into the café.

tastee freeze has the best fucking double cheeseburgers . . . ever.

I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

James wrote:
I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

I guess you should have realized it's not cool to bring up crappy schools in a thread re: food.

James wrote:
I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

Cafeteria food belongs on the "gastronomical" thread?

do you want people to start talking about the new spicy wings at mickey dees, asshat.

James wrote:
I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

you could of at least told us what the cafeteria was serving.

stevewizzle wrote:

James wrote:
I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

you could of at least told us what the cafeteria was serving.

BOOM

Per Wikipedia:

Gastronomy is the study of food and culture, with a particular focus on gourmet cuisine.

That must be one bomb-ass cafeteria to make the cut. Sloppy foie gras? Beluga loaf? Salisbury bottarga?

Pizza. My daughter refuses to eat it because "it has too much cheese on it." Figures, the girl has been going to Pizza Paradiso happy hours since she was a baby.  ;D

stevewizzle wrote:

James wrote:
I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

you could of at least told us what the cafeteria was serving.

hutch wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

James wrote:
I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

you could of at least told us what the cafeteria was serving.

BOOM

youre really liking that BOOM i gave you, arent you?

Top Chef New Orleans is killing me.  Can't wait to get back there and have dinner!  Going for one night to New Orleans sucks, but it's better than nothing!

walkonby wrote:

hutch wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

James wrote:
I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

you could of at least told us what the cafeteria was serving.

BOOM

youre really liking that BOOM i gave you, arent you?

LOVIN IT!    ;D

Making cassoulet today (well, and yesterday)…exhausted and I've still got 5 hours of cooking left!

James wrote:
Pizza. My daughter refuses to eat it because "it has too much cheese on it." Figures, the girl has been going to Pizza Paradiso happy hours since she was a baby.  ;D

stevewizzle wrote:

James wrote:
I guess I should have realized it's not cool to bring up gastronomical banter  pertaining to children in an audience of hipster doofuses.

you could of at least told us what the cafeteria was serving.

you know who serves a mean elementary-school style pizza?  that late night place, marios, in arlington.

also, i haven't had one good slice of pizza since i've moved to seattle and it's depressing. although i'm happy that pizza in the slice exists here (hi walkie).

now look what you did . . . all i can think about is freaking pizza by the slice, now.

Mario's….that place is still open? It is like school pizza! I remember there being no bathroom haha. My dad used to to there like 40 years ago.

Gimme The Broiler pizza anyday! My dad loved that place too, even though he refers to it as the "Gag and Vomit"

I revisited a pizza place I used to go to in college recently with a friend of mine and the owner was a total jerk and we both recalled why we stopped going there. Incidentally, my friend still had the high score on an arcade game in the restaurant and started a comic misadventure to attempt to purchase and transport said arcade game without it losing power and thus him losing his high score. It was a crazy weekend with several colorful characters.

Wasn't that a movie?  NO…it was a Seinfeld episode!

grateful wrote:
Making cassoulet today (well, and yesterday)…exhausted and I've still got 5 hours of cooking left!

An excellent first attempt, based on the reactions around the table.  I had to make some substitutions that compromised the quality a bit…number one being having to use butter instead of duck fat.  Also, I didn't use the quality/cuts of meat that would have blown this over the top…maybe I'll blow my next cash award to try it forealz.