Um.....we need to make this a regular thing every year.
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Here's my biggest grievance to air on Festivus .......
unplanned remodels!Comment
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How about planning for two days, getting all the food done at the same time two minutes before the agreed upon time, then everyone not ready and have to wait for everything to get cold before eating.Comment
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Cream of mushroom or anything similar in a can soup as an ingredient, tater tots, green bean casseroles…Comment
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Oh I do love me a good Cream of mushroom, tater tot hot dish. Especially when the snow is flying. Dr. Pepper Richard Chrz -
About 30 years ago we went to a Loe family reunion, to celebrate my wife's grandparents' 65th wedding anniversary (they lived to past their 75th anniversary). Stayed in the Lakota Inn just west of Grand Forks. At the potluck, I swear every Garrison Keillor casserole dish and Jello mold was on the folding tables. Uffdah! Oy vey! -
Dr. Pepper my parents were good at lot’s of different things, cooking was not one of them. I did not even know how much food I actually liked until I moved out. Lol our meals were filled with lot’s of casseroles / hot dishes, I just can’t.. cream of something soup, shillings taco seasoning, bad vegetables, etc.. if it were not for hot dogs and burgers, order pizza occasionally. Never ate bbq growing up.
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Ketchup.
As mentioned above, a recipe review that states they subbed paprika for garlic; lime juice for soy sauce; apples for onions; vinegar for white wine and then state the recipe sucked.
If you are a blogger/website writer/etc and leave the comments open, F-ING RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS!!! If you are not going to respond, close the comments.
When I am seated in an upscale restaurant, do not and I repeat, do not call me/us "guys". "Hi, guys" "can I get you guys a cocktail while you look at the menu"
When I know more than the "butcher" behind the meat counter.
I’m sure I can think of more… stay tuned!Comment
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ComfortablyNumbNever really bothered me none ,growin up...And here I am just happy if they don't call me A$$hole!
Least, nowadays, they'n's all call me Mr. A$$HOLE...
Been teachin that there lesson, fer many decades.
That, right there, is an Free Upgrade!!!
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When I’m on dish cleaning detail, somebody better be on clearing detail! I don’t clear and clean! If my dish station is empty, I’m done! If dishes are still on the table, let the mice clean them!Comment
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When people say "Oh, you can't even taste that ingredient"...
I have a very intense dislike for coffee and it seems like more and more people are using it in barbecue sauce, rubs, brownies, chocolate desserts, etc. and they always say "you can't even taste the coffee". Well, you know what??? I can almost always taste the coffee. If you can't taste it you don't need to put it in there.
Another pet peeve (not sure if I will be able to properly articulate this one) is when people take too many short cuts or make substitutions with a recipe and then complain it isn't as good as it should be. You know why that recipe calls for high quality chocolate? Because it makes a big difference!!! You can't just use a bar of Hersheys and expect it to be the same as a $4 or $5 bar of chocolate. Want to cook your pulled pork in a crock pot? Go ahead but don't complain that it isn't as good as a properly seasoned and smoked pork butt.Comment
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JoeSousa I completely agree with the coffee thing. I am not a coffee drinker (tea is my daily driver). And YES you can always taste the coffee! I especially hate it when place will brew the tea THROUGH the same basket as coffee. What do you get? Coffee favor! -
WillTravelForFood I love Hershey's bars for eating. But for baking I tend to lean towards Endangered Species 72% dark chocolate. And it makes a huge difference.
Adam Ragusea did a great video on Hershey's chocolate which is probably somewhat similar to the Food that Built America episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J44svaQc5WY
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I have two ingredients that I can't even stand the smell of, let alone the taste. I'll know if bananas or coconut are in an item before the fork reaches my mouth. Don't tell me I can't taste it in there. Maybe your palette is dead from years of eating that junk, but mine still works fine.Comment
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Well, Dr. Pepper, we do both seem to have the barbecue gene.
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Mise. en. place.
With apologies to French speakers everywhere:- Don't mess with my Mise.
- Don't move my Mise around.
- Don't "help" me place my Mise.
- Don't make suggestions about what to include ento or exclude from my Mise.
- Don't add anything en to my Mise.
- Don't remove anything from my Mise.
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Not as bad as what @MBMorgan describes above (the horror 😱), but my wife puts away, or puts in the dishwasher, implements that I am actively using while preparing meals in the kitchen. Of course, she would explain that if she wasn't cleaning up after me, including socks, sweaters, etc., I would end up living in a ceiling high jumble of piles.Comment
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My favorite is ya got everthing all divied up in its proper receptacle & position & sumbidy comes along & dumps it all in one bowl.Comment
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BTW (and I include myself in this accusation/confession) what an exhibit of Type A OCD Control Freaks! No wonder my wife is pissed at me most of the time.Comment
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Ok, so guilty confession. If I baked a loaf of baguette just for me, I would cut it in the middle, maybe in half horizontally, just to get the answers. Lol. But, out of the oven is what my wife would want, and I would require it to rest at least an hour, maybe a bit more based on hydration and crumb expectation. That is where my wife and I have our bread war. Lol -
Richard, let’s all just go and sign up for some therapy. Our spouses will be relieved and grateful. (nb: I avoided saying our ‘wives’, since SheilaAnn & fzxdoc might want to join us.Last edited by Dr. Pepper; December 29, 2021, 10:44 PM. -
I think I've become OCD as I've grown older. Or maybe I've always been that way, and noticing it now. Another possibility is OGM (Old Grumpy Man) syndrome.
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KNOCK-KNOCK!Originally posted by Dr. Pepper View Post
who's there?
CONTROL FREAK. THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY "CONTROL FREAK WHO?"
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