Culinary Hot Takes
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Homemade hamburgers are always disappointing. I can't remember the last time I've even finished one when it was the only choice as the main entree.
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Tend to agree but I started making mine with a combo of brisket and short rib and season the hell out of it and they've been pretty good.
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We only have beer & wine...
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Don't hear what I'm not saying...I'm happy to be proven wrong here!
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That sounds great.
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Yelp's Top 100 restaurants.
No idea there were so many fucking hot spots in AZ, and Giff have you had the burger from Burger-Chan? (#27)
No idea there were so many fucking hot spots in AZ, and Giff have you had the burger from Burger-Chan? (#27)
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I haven’t and it’s like a 5-minute walk from my office.
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On ice? In boots?
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If it’s ice down here probably a 30-minute walk at best.
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Yelp scores are pretty easy to game I’ve heard. That said I’ve been to the Reno pizza place on the list and it’s legit.
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Paid or tremendously tilted toward the places that draw the archtypical Yelp reviewers.
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Well the first one is a chia bowl shop. Second is really close to me and I've never heard of it.
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Yeah uelp a good way to get disappointed
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Not sure I’ve ever gone to a place based on yelp. I’d rather ask you guys or other locals.
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Never heard of Sabores which is not too far from my house. But that part of Arlington is not in my rotation since I moved to the Western part.od the county.
Never heard of the ramen place in DC or the exotic pizza place in Bethesda..but that is nonlinear's area.
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The snickerdoodle pancake at Baja Cafe would fucking anyone.
So glad that place got named to a national list. Their breakfasts are amazing. And, for a time, they had a "military member returning from a deployment" free breakfast. So, so good.
So glad that place got named to a national list. Their breakfasts are amazing. And, for a time, they had a "military member returning from a deployment" free breakfast. So, so good.
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It can obviously be very good, but it's frequently-enough not good that I'm ready to say get the potatoes out of my breakfast wrap
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Same as fries in burritos/sandwiches. Just meaningless chewing on filler.
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Agreed again, although fries tend to be crispier than just potatoes, and IMO it's more likely that the addition of fries "can obviously be very good" per Ryan's original phrasing.
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Yeah I had undercooked potatoes nearly ruin an amazing breakfast taco last weekend.
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Right on. The eggs are all the mush I can handle. Super-crispy home fries could work and I don't mind the sandwich friesgovmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:25 am Agreed again, although fries tend to be crispier than just potatoes, and IMO it's more likely that the addition of fries "can obviously be very good" per Ryan's original phrasing.
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Having said that. I don’t often do it, but putting a line of potato chips in a hoagie gives a good crunch. I may need to consider experimenting which chips with which meat moving forward.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:52 am Same as fries in burritos/sandwiches. Just meaningless chewing on filler.
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Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.
This will draw some ire ... I feel the same way about beans on burritos. If its a veggie one, fine and good, but if you already have a protein in there, the beans are just some mush at best and a clashing flavor at worst. I'm sorry.
This will draw some ire ... I feel the same way about beans on burritos. If its a veggie one, fine and good, but if you already have a protein in there, the beans are just some mush at best and a clashing flavor at worst. I'm sorry.
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Yep. I feel like when added to a burrito or other Mexican hand held item, otherwise tasty beans just lose all flavor in comparison to the protein. It ends up just being mouth filler.mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:43 am Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.
This will draw some ire ... I feel the same way about beans on burritos. If its a veggie one, fine and good, but if you already have a protein in there, the beans are just some mush at best and a clashing flavor at worst. I'm sorry.
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Roasted potatoes add a good texture in lieu of meat.
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I have not ... that's one of those places we just tend to not think about. Our go-to breakfast place, which I think has come up before because they rank on NJ.com lists, is here. Kids ask for it every other weekend.rass wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:50 amHave you tried a breakfast sandwich here and did you have them add the potato rosti?
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We have a local breakfast burrito place that used to have pretty cheap and fantastic burritos. I haven't been for a while, the burritos are now 4-5$ more (9-10$) and are almost all egg, like basically a sausage omelet in a tortilla. Gross.Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:32 amRight on. The eggs are all the mush I can handle. Super-crispy home fries could work and I don't mind the sandwich friesgovmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:25 am Agreed again, although fries tend to be crispier than just potatoes, and IMO it's more likely that the addition of fries "can obviously be very good" per Ryan's original phrasing.
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I assume the only reason potatoes are added generally is because they are a lot cheaper than meat.
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govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:45 amYep. I feel like when added to a burrito or other Mexican hand held item, otherwise tasty beans just lose all flavor in comparison to the protein. It ends up just being mouth filler.mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:43 am Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.
This will draw some ire ... I feel the same way about beans on burritos. If its a veggie one, fine and good, but if you already have a protein in there, the beans are just some mush at best and a clashing flavor at worst. I'm sorry.
I mean, this is almost the mission/vision statement for Chipotle. I tell those folks to chill with the beans whenever I go there (and it's been well over a year, at least.)
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Ha. I've only been to the place I linked to once* and I ended up there because TS was too backed up and couldn't make me a sandwich in less than 45 minutes.mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:55 amI have not ... that's one of those places we just tend to not think about. Our go-to breakfast place, which I think has come up before because they rank on NJ.com lists, is here. Kids ask for it every other weekend.rass wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:50 amHave you tried a breakfast sandwich here and did you have them add the potato rosti?
*it was after a 5K and I was treating myself to a TH/PREC sandwich - I liked it I just don't go beyond bagels too often for my weekend breakfast and I certainly wouldn't get one while on a run and carry it the 4 or 5+ miles home
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Hot take: Horseradish is a very underrated condiment!
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I really like it, too. There are certain sandwich situations where its absence is unacceptable.
So I'm thinking this might have been a bad take?
So I'm thinking this might have been a bad take?
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I agree. It’s a must in roast beef sandwiches.
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Great on gefilte fish.
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Have you tried mayonnaise though?
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Not a big fan. Mustard, horseradish, cheese, lettuce and tomato.Jerloma wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:57 amHave you tried mayonnaise though?
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