Thanksgiving is tomorrow, a decidely non-burgercentric holiday.*
I have posted a link, which is from a decidely non-burgercentric blog.
It is not about Thanksgiving, but is timely nonetheless, as it discusses the destruction of the Spectrum (which began yesterday and will continue for some time).
http://the2-1-5.blogspot.com/2008/07/rip.html
*I have eaten, and enjoyed, both a veggie burger and a turkey burger in the past 6 months.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
The Condiment Station
Ketchup, yellow mustard, spicy mustard.
This is as bare bones as a condiment station should ever get.
Ideally, I would like some fix'ens involved. Pickles, onions, relish, sauerkraut. All good choices.
If you want to include mayo packets and/or BBQ sauce, that is fine by me.
But let's get one thing straight - if you are in charge of the condiment station, you need to man up and get both the yellow and spicy varieties of our favorite mustard-based sauce (mustard).
I bought a hot dog at a high school football game recently, and walked over to the condiment station to dress that puppy up, when I noticed the tubs of ketchup and yellow mustard were my only options.
Seriously, who would not factor in the spicy mustard when making plans for the day?
Did they just overlook it? If that is the case, why are they in charge of condiment stations in the first place? Get someone with a little passion!
Do they think everyone just uses yellow mustard, or that there is not much of a difference? If there is someone that distended from reality, I would certainly hope they are not employed by a high school, corrupting the minds of our youth.
Maybe it just wasn't in the budget. I would actually take this excuse the best.
If you can only choose one mustard, you have to go yellow over spicy. Sure, you and I know spicy is the superior mustard. But we can deal with it being excluded. It's that kind of hard-nosed, living-on-the-edge mentality that allows us to appreciate the bold and nuanced flavors of spicy mustard. But those yellow mustard eaters? Forget about it. They would absolutely freak out if yellow mustard were excluded. Because that shit is for pussies.
This is as bare bones as a condiment station should ever get.
Ideally, I would like some fix'ens involved. Pickles, onions, relish, sauerkraut. All good choices.
If you want to include mayo packets and/or BBQ sauce, that is fine by me.
But let's get one thing straight - if you are in charge of the condiment station, you need to man up and get both the yellow and spicy varieties of our favorite mustard-based sauce (mustard).
I bought a hot dog at a high school football game recently, and walked over to the condiment station to dress that puppy up, when I noticed the tubs of ketchup and yellow mustard were my only options.
Seriously, who would not factor in the spicy mustard when making plans for the day?
Did they just overlook it? If that is the case, why are they in charge of condiment stations in the first place? Get someone with a little passion!
Do they think everyone just uses yellow mustard, or that there is not much of a difference? If there is someone that distended from reality, I would certainly hope they are not employed by a high school, corrupting the minds of our youth.
Maybe it just wasn't in the budget. I would actually take this excuse the best.
If you can only choose one mustard, you have to go yellow over spicy. Sure, you and I know spicy is the superior mustard. But we can deal with it being excluded. It's that kind of hard-nosed, living-on-the-edge mentality that allows us to appreciate the bold and nuanced flavors of spicy mustard. But those yellow mustard eaters? Forget about it. They would absolutely freak out if yellow mustard were excluded. Because that shit is for pussies.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
A Big Win for the Good Guys
I order delivery online all the time.
It's the greatest- you just click on the item you want, and then a whole drop-down menu comes up with a million options: green peppers, red peppers, onions, salt, ketchup, pickles, whatever. Then you just click the box next to whatever add-ons you want.
There is no having to worry about the person on the phone writing your order down just right, and you can specify stuff like lite mayo, extra-cripsy fries, etc... The stuff you are sometimes too polite to ask for when putting in a big order on the phone.
There are plenty of other conveniences, like it saving your addres and credit card number, and a status bar that shows you how the order is coming along.
That last little feature was pretty cool, I thought. Sometimes I can be impatient, like when I order food when I'm already really hungry.
There was one problem with it, though. The status bar had three sections - ordered, made, and delivered.
Now, I already know when the food is ordered. I ordered it. And I will know when it is delivered, so those two options didn't really do much for me. The only useful one was 'Made.'
So I wrote an e-mail through the website and said something like, "I love ordering online, blah blah blah. One suggestion: change the status bar to ordered, being made, on the way, and delivered."
And they did.
I ordered online last night and it looked exactly like that.
Score one for the good guys!
It's the greatest- you just click on the item you want, and then a whole drop-down menu comes up with a million options: green peppers, red peppers, onions, salt, ketchup, pickles, whatever. Then you just click the box next to whatever add-ons you want.
There is no having to worry about the person on the phone writing your order down just right, and you can specify stuff like lite mayo, extra-cripsy fries, etc... The stuff you are sometimes too polite to ask for when putting in a big order on the phone.
There are plenty of other conveniences, like it saving your addres and credit card number, and a status bar that shows you how the order is coming along.
That last little feature was pretty cool, I thought. Sometimes I can be impatient, like when I order food when I'm already really hungry.
There was one problem with it, though. The status bar had three sections - ordered, made, and delivered.
Now, I already know when the food is ordered. I ordered it. And I will know when it is delivered, so those two options didn't really do much for me. The only useful one was 'Made.'
So I wrote an e-mail through the website and said something like, "I love ordering online, blah blah blah. One suggestion: change the status bar to ordered, being made, on the way, and delivered."
And they did.
I ordered online last night and it looked exactly like that.
Score one for the good guys!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Tomato Pie vs. Cheesy Bread
This doesn't have much to do with burgers, but I'm going to ask it anyway.
What do you like better on your pizza, the sauce or the cheese?
I personally like the sauce better. Sometimes I order pizza with extra sauce (as opposed to the ultimate tv show and movie pizza order: large, extra-cheese).
I like it when it is really dark and red, and sweet. I like that bite, down near the crust, when there is just a little bit of cheese, and a good portion of the sauce. That tastes great to me.
Whenever they show deep dish/Chicago style pizzas, the sauce always looks real good to me. I'm not sure why, though.
Lorenzo's on South St. has some very sweet tomato sauce, but just about everywhere it is pretty good, as long as there is enough of it.
Jimmy likes the cheese better. He would prefer an extra-cheese pizza to an extra-sauce pizza. I feel like that is the more common choice.
Something about real cheesy pizza doesn't work for me. It makes it salty and it makes me thirsty.
I am a sauce guy, though, as everyone knows. So I guess this shouldn't be surprising.
There is a pizza place in South Philly that does "upside-down" pizza, with the cheese on top of the crust and the sauce on top of the cheese.
I'm not going to provide a link though.
Oh, and as you may have guessed, I'll take the tomato pie over the cheesy bread (unless there is a really great dipping sauce for that cheesy bread).
What do you like better on your pizza, the sauce or the cheese?
I personally like the sauce better. Sometimes I order pizza with extra sauce (as opposed to the ultimate tv show and movie pizza order: large, extra-cheese).
I like it when it is really dark and red, and sweet. I like that bite, down near the crust, when there is just a little bit of cheese, and a good portion of the sauce. That tastes great to me.
Whenever they show deep dish/Chicago style pizzas, the sauce always looks real good to me. I'm not sure why, though.
Lorenzo's on South St. has some very sweet tomato sauce, but just about everywhere it is pretty good, as long as there is enough of it.
Jimmy likes the cheese better. He would prefer an extra-cheese pizza to an extra-sauce pizza. I feel like that is the more common choice.
Something about real cheesy pizza doesn't work for me. It makes it salty and it makes me thirsty.
I am a sauce guy, though, as everyone knows. So I guess this shouldn't be surprising.
There is a pizza place in South Philly that does "upside-down" pizza, with the cheese on top of the crust and the sauce on top of the cheese.
I'm not going to provide a link though.
Oh, and as you may have guessed, I'll take the tomato pie over the cheesy bread (unless there is a really great dipping sauce for that cheesy bread).
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