The Food thread

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by Deadtigers, Jan 7, 2024.

  1. cliche_guevara

    cliche_guevara Member+

    Jun 1, 2004
    San Francisco, CA
    Did any of you work at a fast food place? Do you not think the staff knows? You're asking for a gob of spit with your unsalted fries. Some may have been applied by me 25 years ago.
     
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  2. YankHibee

    YankHibee Member+

    Mar 28, 2005
    indianapolis
    I saw way more food and drinks get ********ed with in fine dining than I did in cheap places, though I never really worked fast food.
     
  3. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    That's my experience, too. The customers can actually see you at many fast food places. Not so when there's a door between the kitchen and the dining room. And fast food places are pretty standardized and regulated to direct the chaos, whereas most actual restaurants have a lot of people trained to do their own thing without paying attention to what others are doing. Much easier to lugey someone's meal under those circumstances.

    Now, other fast food places might be different, but my two are McDonalds and Steak and Shake.
     
  4. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I tried to ignore this, but I could not. I'm sorry.

    I get salt-free fries for my mother, who does not need salt, every time I get her a burger.
    What the ******** kind of sadistic SOBs are these, to do that?

    They spit in people's food because they

    1) are told to make too many fries for the customers to get them fresh
    2) can't handle a simple request from a customer to drop some fries into the oil


    I've never worked in fast food. How much do we need to pay these freaks so they won't spit in my mother's food because they're too god-damned lazy/angry/proud to be the best fast food employee they can be, happily, until they find out what they're decent at that pays more?
     
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  5. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    That's the point I was trying to make: they're extremely unlikely to do so, ideally because they're decent human beings, but more likely, because it would be nearly impossible to do and get away with
     
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  6. cliche_guevara

    cliche_guevara Member+

    Jun 1, 2004
    San Francisco, CA
    I'm sorry. We should always remember our pettiest actions can hurt.

    Being paid more than $5/hr would help. I even chose to work at Target's "food avenue" because it was a quarter extra for an hour of hell. Parents walk in, kid smells popcorn, it's over. Brother, we all need to be better.
     
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  7. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  8. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Yeah...NYC is known more for it's many Pizza Hut's! :rolleyes:
     
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  9. bungadiri

    bungadiri Super Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jan 25, 2002
    Acnestia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I know someone who used to work in Starbucks. If someone got pissy about...well, whatever...they'd "decaf" them. There was an innocent sounding code phrase they'd use to let a colleague know when they wanted it done, along the lines of "can you make this for me?".
     
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  10. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
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  11. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    When I was on a job with my partner in Jessup Georgia we occasionally ate in a bldg with long tables. The food was decent and we even got to use metal utensils. The place was run by inmates at the nearby medium security prison. You hardly noticed the guards. :whistling:
     
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  12. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
  13. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Daughter off duty tonite so making my B'day dinner. Double stack blueberry pancakes, wine bkfst sausages and maple syrup. Life is good! :inlove:
     
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  14. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Mascarpone on the pancakes?
     
  15. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Lived here for decades and never even heard of egg cream. I skipped to the bottom of the article to look at the methodology, which lists just 3 criteria: local pride, tradition, or availability.

    haha... egg cream, which many have not heard of much less could find in NY ==> most available snack food.

    Obviously the most iconic snack food of NY based on those 3 criteria is (thin-crust) pizza. I guess stating the obvious doesn't make for interesting journalism. So better to lie than admit there is no story :unsure:
     
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  16. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    That's funny because as a Californian I have definitely heard of egg creams and recognize them as something from New York (without knowing exactly what it is). When I read that section of the article I felt "duh, that's pretty obvious".

    I've actually eaten the California one decades ago in my college days. I don't know why they picked something from such a small community and not something from SF or LA.
     
  17. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    I guess this is still "food," so appropriate for this thread.

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  18. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Utica calls it tomato pie which is technically correct,which is the best kind of correct.
     
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  19. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've had Ohio Valley style pizza once, and it was really tasty. The proportion of cheese was not so overwhelming as in some of those pictures, and it was small crumbled pieces not big-ass shredded pieces. The sauce is sweet and paired with pepperoni and sausage, it complimented the cold cheese well. If I ever find a place that makes it like that, I'd gladly eat it again.
     
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  20. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    Definitely my least favorite part of the holiday...

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  21. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    It's like you gave a 6 year old the ingredients and said "now make me a pizza. Anyway you like" :sick:

    If a Greek didn't invent this I'd be surprised

    Edit - it was an ITie! MARONE A MIA!

    Ohio Valley–style pizza was invented in Steubenville, Ohio, by Primo DiCarlo when he returned to the United States after serving in World War II.DiCarlo had eaten pizza in Italy during the war, and attempted to recreate it in the United States.
     
  22. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    PTSD was not well understood then.No one knew that getting kicked by the artillery horse would affect him so much.
     
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  23. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    From the BBC...

    The foods that make you smell more attractive
    2 days ago

    By Sofia Quaglia

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    :inlove:
     
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  24. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    There was something in the air that night...
     
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