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More cheap eats: Peasant recipes {Slashfood}
Apr 25th 2008 1:36PM as beautiful as they look, and I'm sure they taste quite delicious, I don't think I'm going to find sumac very easily, and what was once considered a "peasant" dish rarely fits into the category of "affordable" these days.
Recently though, I've been playing with lentils, barley, and other grains that still come in 1lb. bags and cost less than a dollar.
It's easy to cook up a pot of lentils, grill a few spiced up boneless pork ribs, and serve with rice and whatever vegetables I might have on hand, (though it's a bit early to start "collecting" what my gardening friends might have too much of...)
I suppose in some ways, it could be considered peasant food in its essence, because it's made with what i have on hand that's incredibly cheap, but it doesn't call for exotics like the sumac called for in the recipe you linked to, or the rack of lamb in prior article.
His column seems somewhat hit and or miss on what's really inexpensive and readily available.
One of the last single arch McDonald's signs is coming down {Slashfood}
Apr 25th 2008 1:20PM heh. Read my mind Jon. When I saw this I IMMEDIATELY thought of the single arch one in southside Bethlehem. it's kind of funky to go in...
Food shopping with an iPhone {Slashfood}
Mar 26th 2008 4:43PM I think it wa extremely rude, but typical of this day and age. Working retail for many years, i can honestly say, people just don't "shop" these days for anything. People want to heck things out at the store, then go home and google for best prices, quality, etc. Now the iPhone just lets them do that right on the spot.
Personally I prefer, whether grocery shopping or otherwise, to just buy what appeals to me, and what suits my needs. I'm not going to haggle over 30 cents, and I'm not going to get into an in depth discussion on where the eggs i buy were hatched, by which particular chickens, whether or not the farm was "Smoke free" and what their parents ate just before they were laid.
I just want my damned eggs.
Kids Roaming Free in Restaurants: Mas Tequila Please! {Slashfood}
Feb 25th 2008 10:28AM In addition to gobo's questions, let me add a few of my own:
In the original post, The parents are in a place sipping down margaritas in the establishment as well as others.
If your children are so precious to you, why do you think parents, like you, are bringing them to places with open bars? Why are parents drinking and then settling into their cars with their two year old children, and driving home under the influence? Why are they even at a place where the adults around them are intoxicated to various degrees?
Not only is it socially irresponsible, it's parentally irresponsible too.
Kids Roaming Free in Restaurants: Mas Tequila Please! {Slashfood}
Feb 24th 2008 5:50PM I don't hae children, but have younger siblings. One is of the age you describe, and my sister has one that 4. On occasions I've taken my younger brother to restaurants where he is extremely well behaved, and in some cases better behaved than adults I've dined with. My sister's son isn't as well behaved, but gets reprimanded when we're out. In some cases I'm embarrassed by it, and would rather not have made a scene, however, I honestly believe that discipline and teaching children how to behave is more important than public appearance.
This is not to say I hate children or believe in the ill treatment of children. What I'm saying is that it's imperative that the parents do something about bad behavior.
I've seen on way too numerous occasions where the scene you describe has played out. My theory is simply that the majority of parents that are involved in this situation simply do nothing out of apathy, and probably are there because they themselves do not grasp that certain situations are NOT MEANT FOR CHILDREN. Or Perhaps even worse: they don't care.
As for the first commentator, I must disagree. How can someone be an "enabler" by not speaking up when there's too many cases of fanatical parents defending their children's right to be present,(and often in places where children aren't welcome, nor are ideal situations for children to be present, such as bars, auction houses, and stores with a lot of very obviously breakable high-priced merchandise) If you don't get your own ass chewed out for mentioning that their child is ill behaved, then the second most likely course of events is that the parent won't do anything about the situation regardless.
"There's simply no point in talking to those who do not listen."
Dried Black Currants hit US market {Slashfood}
Feb 18th 2008 5:26PM Ungh.... sugar added? is there a simply dried version you can recommend?
It's 2008, why are we still using staples in tea bags? {Slashfood}
Jan 21st 2008 8:44PM Ouch...
Ummm... ok.
I've use tea bags and almost never have an issue with staples coming undone and leaves floating in my tea. Instead, the few times I had an issue with a bag leaking leaves has been when I've squeezed the bag and it burst, (I no longer do this).
Now, i prefer just loose tea in a porcelain teapot with a strainer built into the spout. I thought you might complain that the staples give the tea a slightly metallic taste, which, if you feel that an itty bitty staple did that, I would definitely steer clear of a metal tea ball.
Also if a tea comes in a bag, it's usually not the greatest tea i find. Of course I'm not a fan of breakfast teas, preferring a nice Jasmine or Earl Grey (loose, where I can see the florals).
Five thrifty gift ideas you can pick up second-hand {WalletPop}
Jan 20th 2008 4:07AM "For the new mother: books on babies and children. These can often be picked up mint - either because the mother already had it, received three copies, or didn't have time to read."
Umm.. Isn't that a good indication as to what NOT to get?
11 annoying restaurant trends {Slashfood}
Jan 15th 2008 8:00PM I can't remember the last time I was in a restaurant with a TV honestly. Screaming children are irritating. My parents never took babies nor toddlers to restaurants. I, myself, have refrained from attending restaurants with small children. Wait until they're old enough to know how to behave in public settings. I often feel that parents these days are so fanatical about their children that they forget that some settings simply AREN'T for young children, including bars, fine dining, movie theaters, performing arts, and certain retail shops.
The list is pretty apt however. I never want pepper, thank you, and leaving a pepper mill on the table will suffice. Don't expect me to remember all the specials you rattle off, nor ask me if I would like something I haven't already ordered. I'm not interested in gimmicky entrees either
Sometimes I feel more comfortable sitting in a diner relaxing, eating what I ordered, undisturbed, with the waiter or waitress only asking me, on occasion, if I'd like my coffee refilled.
Big in Japan: Japan's maglev train will be the world's fastest {Gadling}
Jan 15th 2008 6:10PM The first thing I thought of when reading this was, "It would be damned nice to see the US consider something like this to connect all of its major cities together and FINALLY give its environmentally conscious citizens the railways they've been asking for!"
Great article
