thebin
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Post by thebin on Apr 12, 2013 12:01:18 GMT -5
"What about chicken madness without mayo?"
Can't do it. I think the Madness sandwiches are a take it or leave it proposition. I'm not sure they are customizable. I'll make an exception only for "extra spicy" which is, you will not be surprised to learn, the way thebin likes his Madness.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 12, 2013 12:29:26 GMT -5
"What about chicken madness without mayo?" The sandwich didn't exist back in the day--come to think of it, they didn't even sell sandwiches at all until 1985 or 1986. It's all what you're familiar with, I guess. Kind of like people discussing whether Gunchers, the Market House, or the Pub had better pizza, or whether a late night meal was better at Little Tavern or Trincus.
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Post by Filo on Apr 12, 2013 13:24:17 GMT -5
"What about chicken madness without mayo?" The sandwich didn't exist back in the day--come to think of it, they didn't even sell sandwiches at all until 1985 or 1986. It's all what you're familiar with, I guess. Kind of like people discussing... whether a late night meal was better at Little Tavern or Trincus. Was that even up for debate? Gyro, extra sauce. Make that two. Nothing ever came close. Man, I miss that place.
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Post by WilsonBlvdHoya on Apr 12, 2013 14:15:06 GMT -5
The sandwich didn't exist back in the day--come to think of it, they didn't even sell sandwiches at all until 1985 or 1986. It's all what you're familiar with, I guess. Kind of like people discussing... whether a late night meal was better at Little Tavern or Trincus. Was that even up for debate? Gyro, extra sauce. Make that two. Nothing ever came close. Man, I miss that place. YESSSSSSSSSSSS! The other day Mrs. WBH told me, "the one thing that I miss the most about old Georgetown is Trincus!" No wonder I married her......
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Post by CTHoya08 on Apr 12, 2013 15:39:33 GMT -5
To build on thebin's pizza complaint earlier: vegetable pizza does not need to have every vegetable available on one pie.
The thing that bothers me even more than the over-ordering of vegetable pies out of fear of offending vegetarians is that, invariably, the result is a pie with onions, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, and black olives (if not additional ingredients). If you're going to order six non-meat pizzas, mix it up. Get one with mushrooms and onions. Get another with eggplant. Spinach and tomato. But not everything at once.
I'll spare you all of my strongly-held, not-necessarily-logical views on pizza, because I don't want to derail the thread entirely, but I'll add one more pet peeve: pizza places that don't have hot cherry peppers available as a topping, but do have jalepenos or banana peppers. Does this look like a f---ing Mexican restaurant to you? It doesn't? Then why are there Mexican peppers on my pizza? Either buy the right kind of hot peppers, or don't offer them as a topping.
One of my Georgetown roommates never ordered "no tomatoes" on his Chicken Madness. Instead, he picked them off before eating the sandwich. I never understood why he didn't just ask for no tomatoes.
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Post by thebin on Apr 12, 2013 16:01:30 GMT -5
Mushroom pie is a keeper- as long as they are not canned mushrooms which should be illegal. Green peppers and onions (not red onions) works quite well too. Broccoli and chicken are two things that should NEVER be on a pizza.
Biggest pet peeve w/ cherry peppers: who decided it was acceptable to throw the stems in there? If whoever is canning and selling you your cherry peppers can't be bothered to remove the stems and you keep buying from them than you do it before you serve me my food. Nothing ruins a sandwich faster than a huge inedible pepper stem, which seems to be about every third piece of cherry pepper.
I'm not sure banana peppers are any more Mexican than they are Italian or American frankly. And lets be clear, 99% of the pizza served in this country is American food, not something you would see in Naples. But for my money I don't want any vinegar on my pie- which leaves crushed red pepper as the only sane topping to spice it up for me.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 12, 2013 16:45:52 GMT -5
pizza places that don't have hot cherry peppers available as a topping, but do have jalepenos or banana peppers. Does this look like a f---ing Mexican restaurant to you? It doesn't? Then why are there Mexican peppers on my pizza? Because not everyone is a pansy who lives life on the lower end of the Scoville scale. Cherry peppers are spicy like thebin is low-intensity. Fight the bland American diet, order jalapeƱos on your pie.
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Post by Boz on Apr 12, 2013 17:40:37 GMT -5
Jalapenos are high on the Scoville scale? Since when?
(OK, they're a little higher than cherry peppers, but not by a whole lot. Cherry peppers also have great flavor to go with some mild heat.)
My pet peeve for today is whiny, bitchy little babies as staff members.
Sorry, little brat, but sometimes the answer just is, "Because I am your boss, so f-ing deal with it."
And if you don't like it, there's the door. I can replace you within a week.
Also, people who are late. I mean, not once or twice (always understandable on occasion), but chronically late. If you can't be somewhere at a scheduled time, don't say you can. Just don't. And DEFINITELY do not say, "I'm almost there," when you are actually still 20-30 minutes away. Because then I will just plain hate you.
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 12, 2013 19:07:16 GMT -5
People who don't take their backpacks off in crowded subways during rush hour. People checking their blackberry/iphone AT ALL while walking through rush hour subway stations. Women who go up to the subway turnstile, block it, then start rummaging through their huge bag for their metro card. jgalt blowing my chance to go left on yellow because he is busy leaving people messages from 1988 telling them not to call him back because email would just be too convenient for all parties and leave too much of a paper trail. People who put ketchup on eggs. People who order chicken madness without tomatoes. A chicken madness has tomatoes. Period. Motorcycles that I can hear from 10 blocks away. Leafblowers. Ketchup is essential on eggs!
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Post by JohnJacquesLayup on Apr 12, 2013 19:09:30 GMT -5
People that say "irregardless."
Drivers that are so spatially unaware that they can never gather the nerve to safely pass a bicyclist.
Reduced fat movie theater butter microwave popcorn. Go full fat or don't make it, because it tastes like cardboard.
Little kids using gym equipment during peak hours.
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Post by Filo on Apr 12, 2013 19:51:06 GMT -5
People that say "irregardless." That and the lose / loose misuse are my two biggest grammar-related pet peeves. Drives me crazy.
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Post by Boz on Apr 12, 2013 20:17:18 GMT -5
Ketchup is essential on nothing whatsoever.
But we've had this conversation..... ;D
Eggs without sriracha, on the other hand, are really not eggs at all.
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Post by thebin on Apr 12, 2013 21:23:31 GMT -5
If you like ketchup on your eggs you don't like the taste of eggs to begin with because you will never taste them through all of that sugar and vinegar. Mmmmm , sugar and vinegar on nice fluffy eggs. Sounds delish.
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Post by whatmaroon on Apr 13, 2013 1:02:39 GMT -5
Mayo. About the only thing it's good for is making guacamole seem something other than unhealthy.
That benches, state benches in particular, are chock full of former litigators, too many of whom decide that anything beyond a certain, rather low level of complexity is best decided by their highly honed (in their opinion) sense of fairness.
People unable to shut up about politics and/or unable to have a civil discussion on an entirely unrelated topic with people with whom they disagree politically.
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Post by thebin on Apr 13, 2013 8:44:21 GMT -5
Mayo belongs in guacamole like melted velveeta belongs on a nice fresh piece of fish. Mayo sucks generally as a dip filler. Sour cream does not. But honestly adding anything to avocados other than cilantro, onions, lime and salt means it isnt guac anymore.
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Post by jgalt on Apr 13, 2013 9:34:46 GMT -5
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Post by EasyEd on Apr 13, 2013 18:58:21 GMT -5
A pet peeve: anyone with too many pet peeves.
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 13, 2013 19:41:35 GMT -5
A pet peeve: anyone with too many pet peeves. You should probably just back away from this thread, and close the door behind you on the way out. We'll be yelling in here for some time, I imagine.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 14, 2013 0:03:07 GMT -5
Mayo belongs in guacamole like melted velveeta belongs on a nice fresh piece of fish. Mayo sucks generally as a dip filler. Sour cream does not. But honestly adding anything to avocados other than cilantro, onions, lime and salt means it isnt guac anymore. I did not expect a New Yorker to get this so right. Bravo.
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Post by thebin on Apr 14, 2013 5:20:52 GMT -5
Mayo belongs in guacamole like melted velveeta belongs on a nice fresh piece of fish. Mayo sucks generally as a dip filler. Sour cream does not. But honestly adding anything to avocados other than cilantro, onions, lime and salt means it isnt guac anymore. I did not expect a New Yorker to get this so right. Bravo. Born and raised in San Diego truth be told. And i inadvertently left out jalapenos. Need those.
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