• Can't get anymore retro than this...

    From Kaboom@VERT/DYNAMITE to All on Tue Apr 15 04:11:36 2025
    The late night choice back in the day of the underground is making a come back. Look for it at the stores soon, Jolt Cola!

    Redcon1 Unveils the return of legendary "First Energy Drink" of the 80s, Jolt Cola at Nacs.

    https://redcon1.com

    Look for it at the stores soon!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Kaboom on Tue Apr 15 09:37:17 2025
    Kaboom wrote to All <=-

    The late night choice back in the day of the underground is making a
    come back. Look for it at the stores soon, Jolt Cola!

    Redcon1 Unveils the return of legendary "First Energy Drink" of the
    80s, Jolt Cola at Nacs.

    When I was in college, the administration used to have a lottery system
    for which food vendors got to do breakfast, who'd do lunch, etc.

    There was a place called the "Bark n' Bun" which, miraculously got a
    breakfast slot. They hurriedly arranged for bagels, muffins, coffee and
    juice, but always had their "usual" special on the menu.

    Jolt and a hot dog.

    Breakfast of champions!



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 15 11:07:41 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro than this...
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Kaboom on Tue Apr 15 2025 09:37 am

    There was a place called the "Bark n' Bun" which, miraculously got a breakfast slot. They hurriedly arranged for bagels, muffins, coffee and juice, but always had their "usual" special on the menu.

    Jolt and a hot dog.

    Breakfast of champions!

    :)
    Normally I'm not big on a lot of bread at breakfast.. I used to often eat cereal for breakfast in the morning, though in recent years, I've been buying frozen breakfast items (such as egg/sausage/cheese breakfast sandwiches & such) and taking them to work to heat & eat. Also, the company I'm working at now has a cafe that makes breakfast & lunch for emploeyes for decent prices. They have breakfasts that cost between $3.50 and $5 that aren't bad - you can get a breakfast with 2 eggs, hash brown, and sausage (2 links or a patty) for $4.50, and I think it's not bad for the price.

    Nightfox

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  • From Kaboom@VERT/DYNAMITE to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 15 14:17:20 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro than this...
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Kaboom on Tue Apr 15 2025 09:37 am

    Jolt and a hot dog.

    Breakfast of champions!

    That's awesome friend, good memories from the past!

    Thanks for that! ~w00t!

    -Kaboom

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to KABOOM on Tue Apr 15 14:45:00 2025
    The late night choice back in the day of the underground is making a come back
    Look for it at the stores soon, Jolt Cola!

    Redcon1 Unveils the return of legendary "First Energy Drink" of the 80s, Jolt Cola at Nacs.

    I thought they outlawed Jolt after it made a bunch of hillbillies go blind.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Tue Apr 15 19:28:46 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro than this...
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 15 2025 11:07 am

    Normally I'm not big on a lot of bread at breakfast.. I used to often eat


    My wife and daughter are in NYC for her spring break, so I'm at home with work and the dog. That means, Hawaiian pizza (which I can never order when sharing with others) and cold pizza with a hot cuppa coffee for breakfast tomorrow.

    Now, that's a breakfast!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Dumas Walker on Tue Apr 15 19:31:58 2025
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    By: Dumas Walker to KABOOM on Tue Apr 15 2025 02:45 pm

    I thought they outlawed Jolt after it made a bunch of hillbillies go blind.

    Not sure how it'd make you go blind, it's just like drinking 2 cokes. Modern day energy drinks have more nowadays.

    My daughter now likes that brand of Yerba Mate that comes in a yellow can. Interesting, I thought - I drank a lot of Mate in the 2000s, steeped from loose leaves. Mateine is a stimulant in Mate that doesn't cause the same jitters that caffeine does.

    Then, I looked at the can. It's got tons of sugar and added caffeine! Makes no sense.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Wed Apr 16 08:54:00 2025
    I thought they outlawed Jolt after it made a bunch of hillbillies go
    lind.

    Not sure how it'd make you go blind, it's just like drinking 2 cokes. Modern day energy drinks have more nowadays.

    Simpsons reference. ;)

    My daughter now likes that brand of Yerba Mate that comes in a yellow can. Interesting, I thought - I drank a lot of Mate in the 2000s, steeped from
    oos
    leaves. Mateine is a stimulant in Mate that doesn't cause the same jitters
    ha
    caffeine does.

    Then, I looked at the can. It's got tons of sugar and added caffeine! Makes
    o
    sense.

    LOL, it doesn't unless it is not real mate/mateine.


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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Apr 16 13:18:17 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro than this...
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Apr 15 2025 07:28 pm

    Now, that's a breakfast!

    Favorite breakfasts:
    cold pizza
    sushi

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to phigan on Wed Apr 16 21:07:42 2025
    phigan wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro than this...
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Apr 15 2025 07:28 pm

    Now, that's a breakfast!

    Favorite breakfasts:
    cold pizza
    sushi

    I love both of those, but not for breakfast.

    I'd say my fav is probably an Egg McMuffin, or a close imitation of it
    made at home. And black coffee and OJ, of course.

    A close second would be a plate of white rice with scrambled eggs (w/
    diced tomatoes and onions in them) on top, and several slices of broiled
    Spam on the side. Little bit of black pepper on the eggs. YUUMMMMMM.



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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Thu Apr 17 10:46:16 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Apr 16 2025 01:18 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro than this...
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Apr 15 2025 07:28 pm

    Now, that's a breakfast!

    Favorite breakfasts:
    cold pizza
    sushi


    Cold pizza sounds disgusting, but the reality is far better. I often just add some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on the pizza, so its not quite as dry.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Boraxman on Thu Apr 17 08:18:23 2025
    Boraxman wrote to phigan <=-

    Cold pizza sounds disgusting, but the reality is far better. I often
    just add some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on
    the pizza, so its not quite as dry.

    There's something about cold pizza and piping hot coffee together that
    just works for me.



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Gamgee on Thu Apr 17 09:17:35 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Gamgee to phigan on Wed Apr 16 2025 09:07 pm

    Favorite breakfasts:
    cold pizza
    sushi

    I love both of those, but not for breakfast.

    I'd say my fav is probably an Egg McMuffin, or a close imitation of it made at home. And black coffee and OJ, of course.

    A close second would be a plate of white rice with scrambled eggs (w/ diced tomatoes and onions in them) on top, and several slices of broiled Spam on the side. Little bit of black pepper on the eggs. YUUMMMMMM.

    I'd probably eat anything for breakfast (and I have had things like pizza, leftover Thai food, and other leftovers for breakfast sometimes), but I do like more traditional things like eggs, sausage, and hash browns. And I do think McDonalds makes good breakfast food - I usually go for their sausage & egg McMuffin, hash brown, and vanilla iced coffee (the sugar-free version these days). At home, I have a toaster with a poacher so I can make similar breakfast sandwiches at home if I want (and I've found Wal-Mart's sausage patties taste very similar to McDonalds sausage patties), but I also like making omlettes and scrambled eggs at home.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Boraxman on Thu Apr 17 09:19:09 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Thu Apr 17 2025 10:46 am

    Cold pizza sounds disgusting, but the reality is far better. I often just add some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on the pizza, so its not quite as dry.

    IMO, ketchup on pizza sounds gross. And what we consider tomato sauce is not ketchup.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 10:28:16 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to Boraxman on Thu Apr 17 2025 09:19 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Thu Apr 17 2025 10:46 am

    Cold pizza sounds disgusting, but the reality is far better. I often j add some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on the pizza, so its not quite as dry.

    IMO, ketchup on pizza sounds gross. And what we consider tomato sauce is no ketchup.

    Nightfox

    It makes the leftover hawaian pizza more palatable. I don't get pineapple on pizza for myself, but the rest of the clan like it, and they don't eat the left overs. So a bit of sauce, bit of chilli, to mask the sweetness of the pineapple.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Boraxman on Fri Apr 18 08:09:40 2025
    Boraxman wrote to Nightfox <=-

    It makes the leftover hawaian pizza more palatable. I don't get
    pineapple on pizza for myself, but the rest of the clan like it, and
    they don't eat the left overs. So a bit of sauce, bit of chilli, to
    mask the sweetness of the pineapple.

    I'm the opposite - I need to wait until everyone's out of town to get a hawaiian pizza!



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Boraxman on Fri Apr 18 09:47:01 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 2025 10:28 am

    Cold pizza sounds disgusting, but the reality is far better. I often
    j add some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on the
    pizza, so its not quite as dry.

    IMO, ketchup on pizza sounds gross. And what we consider tomato sauce is
    no ketchup.

    It makes the leftover hawaian pizza more palatable. I don't get pineapple on pizza for myself, but the rest of the clan like it, and they don't eat the left overs. So a bit of sauce, bit of chilli, to mask the sweetness of the pineapple.

    If the tomato sauce is like ketchup, as you say, ketchup is also fairly sweet, with a vinegar flavor as well.. I just don't imagine that flavor would go well with pizza, and might not do much to mask sweetness.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 18 09:51:14 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Boraxman on Fri Apr 18 2025 08:09 am

    I'm the opposite - I need to wait until everyone's out of town to get a hawaiian pizza!

    Although I tend to like pizza with a lot of toppings (what some places call a 'combination', with things like salami, sausage, onion, green pepper, olives, etc.), Hawaiian is one of my favorite kinds of pizza.

    Years ago, at my first job (at a Dairy Queen), one time a co-worker was ordering pizza for us, and he was asking what kind we like. I said I tend to like combination pizza, and he said he didn't know what that is. I was a little surprised, since most pizza places I've been to have some kind of pizza they call 'combination'.

    Nightfox

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  • From Lonewolf@VERT/TELEGODZ to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 20:03:33 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 18 2025 09:51 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Boraxman on Fri Apr 18 2025 08:09 am

    I'm the opposite - I need to wait until everyone's out of town to get a hawaiian pizza!

    Although I tend to like pizza with a lot of toppings (what some places call a 'combination', with things like salami, sausage, onion, green pepper, olives, etc.), Hawaiian is one of my favorite kinds of pizza.

    Years ago, at my first job (at a Dairy Queen), one time a co-worker was ordering pizza for us, and he was asking what kind we like. I said I tend to like combination pizza, and he said he didn't know what that is. I was a little surprised, since most pizza places I've been to have some kind of pizza they call 'combination'.

    We call that a "supreme" pizza around my neck of the woods.

    Lonewolf

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NIGHTFOX on Fri Apr 18 10:01:00 2025
    Cold pizza sounds disgusting, but the reality is far better. I often jus
    add some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on the pizza, so its not quite as dry.

    IMO, ketchup on pizza sounds gross. And what we consider tomato sauce is not ketchup.

    I think it depends on what kind of pizza, and also what part. I have used ketchup on the crusts before and liked it.


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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 16:55:00 2025
    On 18 Apr 2025, Nightfox said the following...

    If the tomato sauce is like ketchup, as you say, ketchup is also fairly sweet, with a vinegar flavor as well.. I just don't imagine that flavor would go well with pizza, and might not do much to mask sweetness.

    ketchup does, however, go well with fried rice:

    cooked rice, ketchup, [onion, green pepper, corn, carrots, peas, chicken.. depends on what you're going for..], stir fried and then squeezed up a bit like you might the contents of a burrito and contained similarly with a thin, preferably runny omelette on top. then ketchup on top of the omelette.

    "omurice"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVgKccixIhQ

    certainly a dish that might be more popular with kids than adults.. which is why the fancy version often ends up with demi-glace sauce instead

    i make that and japanese style curry when i go on vacation, for no other real reason than i coincidentally kept thinking of it around that time a year and came to associate it with vacation :)

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Lonewolf on Fri Apr 18 14:52:28 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Lonewolf to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 2025 08:03 pm

    Although I tend to like pizza with a lot of toppings (what some places call
    a 'combination', with things like salami, sausage, onion, green pepper,
    olives, etc.), Hawaiian is one of my favorite kinds of pizza.

    We call that a "supreme" pizza around my neck of the woods.

    Interesting. Here, I sometimes see "combination" and "supreme" as 2 seprate pizzas (the supreme might have a couple more toppings).

    Nightfox

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 19 10:34:44 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Boraxman on Fri Apr 18 2025 08:09 am

    Boraxman wrote to Nightfox <=-

    It makes the leftover hawaian pizza more palatable. I don't get pineapple on pizza for myself, but the rest of the clan like it, and they don't eat the left overs. So a bit of sauce, bit of chilli, to mask the sweetness of the pineapple.

    I'm the opposite - I need to wait until everyone's out of town to get a hawaiian pizza!

    And the LORD did sayeth unto Japheth, "Why didst thou forsake the memory of the Romans and put pineapple on thy Pizza?". And Japheth did hide his face in shame, because he knew that fruit on Pizza was an abomination unto the LORD. For thy God has provided the bounty of the tropics and the grain for creating leavened bread, but in His holy wisdom has kept these apart. Let no man bringeth them together.

    Giuseppe 3:16

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 10:38:16 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to Boraxman on Fri Apr 18 2025 09:47 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 2025 10:28 am

    Cold pizza sounds disgusting, but the reality is far better. I oft
    j add some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on
    pizza, so its not quite as dry.

    IMO, ketchup on pizza sounds gross. And what we consider tomato sauce i
    no ketchup.

    It makes the leftover hawaian pizza more palatable. I don't get pineap on pizza for myself, but the rest of the clan like it, and they don't e the left overs. So a bit of sauce, bit of chilli, to mask the sweetnes of the pineapple.

    If the tomato sauce is like ketchup, as you say, ketchup is also fairly swee with a vinegar flavor as well.. I just don't imagine that flavor would go w with pizza, and might not do much to mask sweetness.

    Nightfox


    Sounds similar to what we call tomato sauce. We use it for chips and pies. I'm guessing there are subtle variations, and our version perhaps isn't as sweet. I find American versions of things to generally be sweeter and stronger (bread, sauces, etc)

    bread, sauces, etc).

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to fusion on Sat Apr 19 10:39:23 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: fusion to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 2025 04:55 pm

    On 18 Apr 2025, Nightfox said the following...

    If the tomato sauce is like ketchup, as you say, ketchup is also fairly sweet, with a vinegar flavor as well.. I just don't imagine that flavo would go well with pizza, and might not do much to mask sweetness.

    ketchup does, however, go well with fried rice:

    cooked rice, ketchup, [onion, green pepper, corn, carrots, peas, chicken.. depends on what you're going for..], stir fried and then squeezed up a bit l you might the contents of a burrito and contained similarly with a thin, preferably runny omelette on top. then ketchup on top of the omelette.

    "omurice"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVgKccixIhQ

    certainly a dish that might be more popular with kids than adults.. which is why the fancy version often ends up with demi-glace sauce instead

    i make that and japanese style curry when i go on vacation, for no other rea reason than i coincidentally kept thinking of it around that time a year and came to associate it with vacation :)

    I've used tomato sauce in fried rice. I thought I was the only one!

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 11:53:52 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Thu Apr 17 2025 10:46 am

    some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on the pizza, so i not quite as dry.

    Ever try adding sriracha instead? ;)

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 11:57:10 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to Boraxman on Thu Apr 17 2025 09:19 am

    IMO, ketchup on pizza sounds gross. And what we consider tomato sauce is no ketchup.

    Ketchup in Europe is so crazy different. It LOOKS like our crappiest ketchups, but it TASTES better than anything we have in the stores. My theory is the tomatoes there are a thousand times better and there isn't as much vinegar in it.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 11:58:35 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 2025 10:28 am

    overs. So a bit of sauce, bit of chilli, to mask the sweetness of the pineapple.

    Salty things are good with pineapple, like anchovies or spam or maybe salami.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 12:03:35 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 19 2025 10:34 am

    shame, because he knew that fruit on Pizza was an abomination unto the LORD. For thy God has provided the bounty of the tropics and the grain for creatin

    That's just absurd. The tomato is a fruit. There are tomatoes on pizza.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Sat Apr 19 13:30:34 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 12:03 pm

    shame, because he knew that fruit on Pizza was an abomination unto the
    LORD. For thy God has provided the bounty of the tropics and the grain for
    creatin

    That's just absurd. The tomato is a fruit. There are tomatoes on pizza.

    I've made a similar argument before (some people say they don't want fruit in salad), but people might say I'm being nitpicky. And there's apparently the botanical classification vs. culinary usage - A tomato is a fruit by botanical classification, but many people consider it a vegetable by culinary usage.

    Nightfox

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to BORAXMAN on Sat Apr 19 09:44:00 2025
    And the LORD did sayeth unto Japheth, "Why didst thou forsake the memory of
    h
    Romans and put pineapple on thy Pizza?". And Japheth did hide his face in shame, because he knew that fruit on Pizza was an abomination unto the LORD. For thy God has provided the bounty of the tropics and the grain for creating leavened bread, but in His holy wisdom has kept these apart. Let no man bringeth them together.

    Giuseppe 3:16

    AMEN!


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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 15:55:59 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Sat Apr 19 2025 01:30 pm

    botanical classification vs. culinary usage - A tomato is a fruit by botanic classification, but many people consider it a vegetable by culinary usage.

    Sure. I consider myself an Apache attack helicopter, but that doesn't make me one ;).

    A fruit is the thing that comes off of the plant, often times growing from a flower but I don't think necessarily. A vegetable is THE plant.

    People could change it to "no sweet stuff on pizza"...

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 18:18:55 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 19 2025 10:34 am


    And the LORD did sayeth unto Japheth, "Why didst thou forsake the memory of the Romans and put pineapple on thy Pizza?". And Japheth did hide his face in shame, because he knew that fruit on Pizza was an abomination unto the LORD. For thy God has provided the bounty of the tropics and the grain for creating leavened bread, but in His holy wisdom has kept these apart. Let no man bringeth them together.


    pineapple on pizza should be punishable by death.
    and i LOVE pineapple.
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  • From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to KABOOM on Sat Apr 19 17:42:00 2025
    KABOOM wrote to ALL <=-

    The late night choice back in the day of the underground is making a
    come back. Look for it at the stores soon, Jolt Cola!

    Redcon1 Unveils the return of legendary "First Energy Drink" of the
    80s, Jolt Cola at Nacs.

    https://redcon1.com

    Yay. Jolt cola sounds pretty good. But I am worried that some people may get medical issues after consuming it such as the Panera Bread lemonade issue.


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  • From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to PHIGAN on Sat Apr 19 17:47:00 2025
    PHIGAN wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to Boraxman on Thu Apr 17 2025 09:19 am

    IMO, ketchup on pizza sounds gross. And what we consider tomato sauce is no ketchup.

    Ketchup in Europe is so crazy different. It LOOKS like our crappiest ketchups, but it TASTES better than anything we have in the stores. My theory is the tomatoes there are a thousand times better and there
    isn't as much vinegar in it.

    I get to have week of eating food in Europe next month. I think the benefit is less high fluclose corn syrup and other garbage like red 40 in their food supply. I just have to avoid drinking stuff like Dr.Pepper in England. Dr.Pepper is garbage over there.


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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to phigan on Sat Apr 19 20:05:11 2025
    phigan wrote to Nightfox <=-

    botanical classification vs. culinary usage - A tomato is a fruit by botanic classification, but many people consider it a vegetable by culinary usage.

    Sure. I consider myself an Apache attack helicopter, but that doesn't
    make me one ;).

    A fruit is the thing that comes off of the plant, often times growing
    from a flower but I don't think necessarily. A vegetable is THE plant.

    Not always. You don't eat the "plant" part of a potato, or a carrot, or
    a radish, or a beet. Even green beans on a vine - you don't eat the
    vine.

    People could change it to "no sweet stuff on pizza"...

    That works for me.



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Sat Apr 19 18:04:44 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 03:55 pm

    botanical classification vs. culinary usage - A tomato is a fruit by
    botanic classification, but many people consider it a vegetable by culinary
    usage.

    Sure. I consider myself an Apache attack helicopter, but that doesn't make me one ;).

    A fruit is the thing that comes off of the plant, often times growing from a flower but I don't think necessarily. A vegetable is THE plant.

    I agree with you. I'm just saying botanical classification vs. culinary usage is a thing I've heard people talk about. :)

    Nightfox

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Gamgee on Sat Apr 19 19:51:21 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Gamgee to phigan on Sat Apr 19 2025 08:05 pm

    Not always. You don't eat the "plant" part of a potato, or a carrot, or
    a radish, or a beet. Even green beans on a vine - you don't eat the
    vine.

    You're correct: ptatoes, carrots, radishes, beets, tarot, etc are tubors. Green beans are legumes. All of those things are neither fruits nor vegetables.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Sun Apr 20 09:06:49 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 11:53 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Thu Apr 17 2025 10:46 am

    some extra tomato sauce (what you Americans call Ketchup) on the pizza, s not quite as dry.

    Ever try adding sriracha instead? ;)

    Chilli sauce yes, the masterfoods one. Sriracha, I'm sure I've tried that one.

    It's made differently now to how it was used to I think.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Sun Apr 20 09:09:08 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 11:58 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Fri Apr 18 2025 10:28 am

    overs. So a bit of sauce, bit of chilli, to mask the sweetness of the pineapple.

    Salty things are good with pineapple, like anchovies or spam or maybe salami


    I've heard people say that, but I find the contrast in flavours a bit jarring. One tastes like it "doesn't belong". Perhaps I have a simple palate, but I'm sensetive to taste, and to something that 'doesn't belong', whether it is something sweet in a savoury dish (I don't like pineapple in hamburgers either), or something salty in something sweet, like salted caramel.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Sun Apr 20 09:11:34 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 12:03 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 19 2025 10:34 am

    shame, because he knew that fruit on Pizza was an abomination unto the LO For thy God has provided the bounty of the tropics and the grain for crea

    That's just absurd. The tomato is a fruit. There are tomatoes on pizza.

    Botanically it is a fruit, but in the culinary world it is a vegetable because of its flavour profile. As we are using it in a culinary context, its flavour is a more appropriate way to classify it than due to it having seeds and coming from a flower.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 09:12:59 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Sat Apr 19 2025 01:30 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 12:03 pm

    shame, because he knew that fruit on Pizza was an abomination unto the
    LORD. For thy God has provided the bounty of the tropics and the grain f
    creatin

    That's just absurd. The tomato is a fruit. There are tomatoes on pizza.

    I've made a similar argument before (some people say they don't want fruit i salad), but people might say I'm being nitpicky. And there's apparently the botanical classification vs. culinary usage - A tomato is a fruit by botanic classification, but many people consider it a vegetable by culinary usage.

    Nightfox

    This kind of "technically..." argument doesn't make sense. When cooking, its all about the flavour/texture, so using the "botanical" classification isn't as useful.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Sun Apr 20 18:49:32 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 03:55 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Sat Apr 19 2025 01:30 pm

    botanical classification vs. culinary usage - A tomato is a fruit by bota classification, but many people consider it a vegetable by culinary usage

    Sure. I consider myself an Apache attack helicopter, but that doesn't make m one ;).

    A fruit is the thing that comes off of the plant, often times growing from a flower but I don't think necessarily. A vegetable is THE plant.

    People could change it to "no sweet stuff on pizza"...


    Very well,

    OK, I don't like *sweet* fruits on my pizza.

    Happy? :)

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to phigan on Sun Apr 20 02:38:06 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Apr 16 2025 01:18 pm

    Favorite breakfasts:
    cold pizza
    sushi

    I am also a fan of cold pizza for breakfast. In fact I will have some this morning in a little while...

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 07:07:52 2025
    Hey Boraxman!

    On Sun, Apr 20 2025 03:49:32 -0500, you wrote:

    OK, I don't like *sweet* fruits on my pizza.

    If you want to get /real/ technical. Tomatoes (and tomato sauce) can be sweet. ;)

    It's all preference. Put what you want on your pizza, and don't give others flak for putting what they want on theirs. You don't have to eat their pizza, they do.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 07:31:56 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:06 am

    It's made differently now to how it
    used to I think.

    There are many different brands of
    sriracha. Huy Fong brand, the popular
    one with the chicken logo, used to be
    made from jalapenos, but is now made
    from chilis instead.
    Maybe that's what you're thinking of. I
    think the change happened a long time
    ago.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 07:32:55 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:09 am

    Perhaps I have a simple palate, but
    sensetive to taste, and to something

    Maybe you're just British.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 07:35:26 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:11 am

    Botanically it is a fruit, but in th
    culinary world it is a vegetable
    because of its flavour profile. As

    I feel like that's an excuse for
    someone being incorrect. Propagating
    false information is ... well, you
    know.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 07:37:23 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:12 am

    doesn't make sense. When cooking, i
    all about the flavour/texture, so us
    the "botanical" classification isn't

    Not seeing how classifying something as
    a fruit or vegetable has any effect on
    its flavor or texture, or the
    interaction of that flavor/texture with
    other foods.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 07:40:32 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 06:49 pm

    OK, I don't like *sweet* fruits on m
    pizza.

    Totally understand that. I don't like
    those flatbreads with figs or dates or
    whatever hip sweet things they put on
    those. Maybe pineapple has just grown
    on me, though, since I started
    combining it with contrasting things
    (like anchovies or green peppers).

    Happy? :)

    In this context, yes :).

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Bf2k+ on Sun Apr 20 07:42:08 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Bf2k+ to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 02:38 am

    I am also a fan of cold pizza for
    breakfast. In fact I will have some
    this morning in a little while...

    Oh damn, I just realized... me too!
    It's Kirkland pizza, but whatever.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Sun Apr 20 07:43:10 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Accession to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:07 am

    flak for putting what they want on
    theirs. You don't have to eat their
    pizza, they do.

    Well OK fine, you can have ONE slice.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to phigan on Sun Apr 20 10:13:56 2025
    phigan wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Not always. You don't eat the "plant" part of a potato, or a carrot, or
    a radish, or a beet. Even green beans on a vine - you don't eat the
    vine.

    You're correct: ptatoes, carrots, radishes, beets, tarot, etc are
    tubors. Green beans are legumes. All of those things are neither fruits nor vegetables.

    Wrong. The tuber (note spelling) is just a *part* of a plant. All the
    things I mentioned ARE plants, and ARE vegetables. See below:

    https://gardening-abc.com/is-potato-a-root/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Sun Apr 20 12:45:21 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Accession to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:07 am

    It's all preference. Put what you want on your pizza, and don't give others flak for putting what they want on theirs. You don't have to eat their pizza, they do.

    Yeah, I've never really understood why pineapple on pizza is such a big debate for some people. Just let people eat what they like to eat.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Sun Apr 20 12:47:08 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Bf2k+ on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:42 am

    I am also a fan of cold pizza for
    breakfast. In fact I will have some
    this morning in a little while...

    Oh damn, I just realized... me too!
    It's Kirkland pizza, but whatever.

    I think Kirkland/Costco makes some great stuff. I've always enjoyed pretty much any food I've bought there.

    Nightfox

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 18:34:26 2025
    Nightfox wrote to Accession <=-

    It's all preference. Put what you want on your pizza, and don't give others flak for putting what they want on theirs. You don't have to eat their pizza, they do.

    Yeah, I've never really understood why pineapple on pizza is such a big debate for some people. Just let people eat what they like to eat.

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.



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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 18:04:13 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 12:47 pm

    I think Kirkland/Costco makes some great stuff. I've always enjoyed pretty much any food I've bought there.

    Agreed. Their tequila isn't too bad, either.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Mon Apr 21 09:58:24 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:31 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:06 am

    It's made differently now to how it used to I think.

    There are many different brands of sriracha. Huy Fong brand, the popular one with the chicken logo, used to be made from jalapenos, but is now made from chilis instead.
    Maybe that's what you're thinking of. I think the change happened a long tim ago.


    Yes, I read somewhere there was a change, but you could still get the original.
    But I didn't know more than that. What you stated was probably it, the well known brand no longer being "original"

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Mon Apr 21 10:00:30 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:32 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:09 am

    Perhaps I have a simple palate, but sensetive to taste, and to something

    Maybe you're just British.


    haha! nope.

    Actually I think its the opposite. I'm of Southern European heritage. Mixing sweet and savoury isn't done. We don't honey glaze our ham or put apricot with chicken. Kind of ironic that Hawaiian pizza was purportely invented by a Greek.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Mon Apr 21 10:02:09 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:37 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:12 am

    doesn't make sense. When cooking, i all about the flavour/texture, so us the "botanical" classification isn't

    Not seeing how classifying something as a fruit or vegetable has any effect its flavor or texture, or the interaction of that flavor/texture with other foods.


    The point is that many people use the taste rather than biology. Doesn't matter what is "correct" or not. Its just how people grouped them when cooking.

    Yes its technically wrong, but we all know what people mean when they say they don't like fruit on pizza.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 10:06:11 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Sun Apr 20 2025 12:45 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Accession to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:07 am

    It's all preference. Put what you want on your pizza, and don't give others flak for putting what they want on theirs. You don't have to eat their pizza, they do.

    Yeah, I've never really understood why pineapple on pizza is such a big deba for some people. Just let people eat what they like to eat.

    Nightfox


    Its about as controversial as to whether it is "correct" to call tomato a "Fruit" or "Vegetable" in this context.

    I couldn't care less what people put on thier pizza, or even if they don't consider the tomato a "Fruit" on pizza.

    I mean, I put tomato SAUCE on Hawaiian Pizza (Ketchup), so yeah, that is sacrilege too!

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Dumas Walker on Mon Apr 21 00:28:13 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Fri Apr 18 2025 10:01:00

    I have used ketchup on the crusts before and liked it.

    The only thing I put ketchup on is warmed over spaghetti.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 00:39:56 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 10:38:16

    I find American versions of things to generally be sweeter and
    stronger...

    Because that's just how we are. :D

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 01:00:44 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:09:08

    I've heard people say that, but I find the contrast in flavours a bit jarring. One tastes like it "doesn't belong".

    I'm the same way, except for chocolate covered pretzels. At first the idea of salt and chocolate was...ew, but I finally gave it a taste and liked it.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 01:02:33 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 18:49:32

    OK, I don't like *sweet* fruits on my pizza.

    So a lemon would be OK.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Mon Apr 21 01:10:39 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Bf2k+ to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 02:38:06

    I am also a fan of cold pizza for breakfast.

    I'm old-fashion, I like my breakfast food to be, well, breakfast food: Cereal, bacon & eggs, waffles, etc. As for pizza, room temperture is the coldest I'll eat it. But since I have this wonderful invention called "microwae oven", I can just pop it in for 30 sec. and I got a nice toasty slice of pizza.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to phigan on Mon Apr 21 01:18:07 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:40:32

    Maybe pineapple has just grown on me.

    Might want to have that looked at. :)

    JC, why are your lines so narrow?

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Gamgee on Mon Apr 21 01:23:51 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 2025 18:34:26

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I like Miracle Whip on wheat bread sandwhiches.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 07:06:00 2025
    I have used ketchup on the crusts before and liked it.

    The only thing I put ketchup on is warmed over spaghetti.

    I do that if there is not enough tomato sauce already included.


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NIGHTFOX on Mon Apr 21 07:19:00 2025
    It's all preference. Put what you want on your pizza, and don't give others flak for putting what they want on theirs. You don't have to eat their pizza, they do.

    Yeah, I've never really understood why pineapple on pizza is such a big
    ebate
    for some people. Just let people eat what they like to eat.

    I suspect the adversion to this comes from when people are younger and
    don't have as much of a choice as to what they eat... eat was is served or don't eat. When you have a younger sibling who insists on pineapple on
    pizza and usually gets their way, it makes you pretty dead set against it
    once you get out on your own. ;)


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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 07:57:01 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Mon Apr 21 2025 10:00 am

    Actually I think its the opposite. I'm of Southern European heritage. Mixi sweet and savoury isn't done. We don't honey glaze our ham or put apricot w chicken. Kind of ironic that Hawaiian pizza was purportely invented by a

    Yeah, I'm finding it hard to think of a Bulgarian thing that is sweet and savory... There's a red pepper spread/sauce called 'lyutenitza' that's a little bit sweet and gets put on meat (often for kids). Also, sugar gets put on egg bread. That's about as close as I can think of, though.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 08:02:14 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: Mortar to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:00 am

    I'm the same way, except for chocolate covered pretzels. At first the idea salt and chocolate was...ew, but I finally gave it a taste and liked it.

    Chocolate covered pretzels wasn't something I knew about until coming to the U, S, and A, but it was an instant win. Also chocolate covered sunflower seeds. I can't find them in the store anymore, but man those were fantastic.
    Good chocolate covered peanuts are hard to find, too. There are M&Ms, of course, but the ones with just a thin layer of chocolate like you get from the movie theater are the best. Goobers was one brand, but there was a better one I'm not remembering right now.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 08:03:47 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to phigan on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:18 am

    Might want to have that looked at. :)

    JC, why are your lines so narrow?

    Yeah, it's been really itchy lately. The narrow lines were because I was on a Commodore in 40 columns.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 21:59:38 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:02 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 18:49:32

    OK, I don't like *sweet* fruits on my pizza.

    So a lemon would be OK.


    Hmmm, you know, it could just work! But if lemon with onion, capsicum, mushrooms, a little bit of zest.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 22:02:02 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to All on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:10 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Bf2k+ to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 02:38:06

    I am also a fan of cold pizza for breakfast.

    I'm old-fashion, I like my breakfast food to be, well, breakfast food: Cereal, bacon & eggs, waffles, etc. As for pizza, room
    temperture is the coldest I'll eat it. But since I have this wonderful invention called "microwae oven", I can just pop it in f
    30 sec. and I got a nice toasty slice of pizza.


    Better to use a sandwich press! You can microwave a little to defrost, but I put it in a sandwich press (like a waffle iron, but
    flat) to heat it. It doesn't go soggy, and returns a crispness. Comes out really, really nice.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 22:03:12 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to Gamgee on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:23 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 2025 18:34:26

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I like Miracle Whip on wheat bread sandwhiches.


    I like tomato sauce, cheese and Doritos sandwiches with a touch of tabasco.

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 11:23:03 2025
    Quoting Mortar to Boraxman <=-
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 10:38:16

    I find American versions of things to generally be sweeter and
    stronger...

    Because that's just how we are. :D

    Reminds me of "Team America!"

    B'}

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to NIGHTFOX on Mon Apr 21 11:23:03 2025
    Quoting Nightfox to Accession <=-

    It's all preference. Put what you want on your pizza, and don't give others flak for putting what they want on theirs. You don't have to eat their pizza, they do.

    Yeah, I've never really understood why pineapple on pizza is such a
    big debate for some people. Just let people eat what they like to
    eat.

    I like Maraschino Cherries on my pizza.


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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to GAMGEE on Mon Apr 21 11:23:03 2025
    Quoting Gamgee to Nightfox <=-

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    Mmmmmn... Sounds like sugared ham to me! But better somehow...

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 11:23:03 2025
    Quoting Mortar to Gamgee <=-

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I like Miracle Whip on wheat bread sandwhiches.

    Sorry to interrupt, but peanut butter and Miracle Whip sandwiches are
    great!

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Mon Apr 21 09:12:03 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:57 am

    little bit sweet and gets put on meat (often for kids). Also, sugar gets put on egg bread. That's about as close as I can think of, though.

    What is 'egg bread'?

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Mon Apr 21 09:14:49 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: phigan to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 08:02 am

    were fantastic. Good chocolate covered peanuts are hard to find, too. There are M&Ms, of course, but the ones with just a thin layer of chocolate like you get from the movie theater are the best. Goobers was one brand, but there was a better one I'm not remembering right now.

    I've never seen chocolate covered peanuts at a movie theater. But I imagine theaters in different places probably serve different things. Movie theaters in my area do often sell boxed candy, and you could probably find some selling peanut M&Ms here. But theaters often sell that stuff at high prices. One thing people do sometimes is buy that stuff at a store before going to the theater. Some Wal-Mart stores and dollar stores here even have a section of the candy aisle called 'movie theater candy' or similar.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 09:18:45 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to Gamgee on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:23 am

    I like Miracle Whip on wheat bread sandwhiches.

    It seems Miracle Whip doesn't get the praise it deserves. Only within the last couple years or so, I've realized a lot of people seem to dislike Miracle Whip. My wife's family generally dislikes it (except for one of her sister's husbands), and I've seen comments online recently about people disliking Miracle Whip. I don't understand the hate, as I think it's good on certain sandwiches. I've made tuna salad with it (for sandwiches) before and I think that's pretty good too.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Dumas Walker on Mon Apr 21 12:43:27 2025
    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:06:00

    I do that if there is not enough tomato sauce already included.

    Funny thing is, when I first cook it and add the sause (usually Ragu), it's fine, but after it's been in the fridge, the flavor lessons, hense the ketchup.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Dumas Walker on Mon Apr 21 12:50:34 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:19:00

    When you have a younger sibling who insists on pineapple on pizza and usually gets their way, it makes you pretty dead set against it once you get out on your own. ;)

    <bad German voice>...Hmmmm, zouunds like you zuffer from deep-zeeded rezentment towards your zibling, manifezting in your dizlike for pineapple toppings.

    Zat will be $42.95. :)

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to phigan on Mon Apr 21 13:01:00 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: phigan to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 08:02:14

    ...chocolate covered sunflower seeds. I can't find them in the store anymore, but man those were fantastic.

    Well, turns out Amazone has those for sale. I think I'll order a tub myself.

    Good chocolate covered peanuts are hard to find, too. There are M&Ms, of course, but the ones with just a thin layer of chocolate like you get from the movie theater are the best. Goobers was one brand...

    Oh yeah. Goobers were a theater staple of mine. I'm also a fan of Peanut M&Ms. Ever try chocolate-covered ants? Mmmm, crunchy!

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 13:13:59 2025
    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Mortar to Dumas Walker on Mon Apr 21 2025 12:28 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Fri Apr 18 2025 10:01:00

    I have used ketchup on the crusts before and liked it.

    The only thing I put ketchup on is warmed over spaghetti.

    that's really gross.

    i only use ketchup with french fries if even that. i'm more a fan of frank's hot sauce.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 13:14:41 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: Mortar to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:00 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 09:09:08

    I've heard people say that, but I find the contrast in flavours a bit jarring. One tastes like it "doesn't belong".

    I'm the same way, except for chocolate covered pretzels. At first the idea of salt and chocolate was...ew, but I finally gave it a taste and liked it.

    did you ever make your own? just get some shortening and some chips and drip them and put in the freezer for 1 min to solidify.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 13:17:37 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to All on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:10 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Bf2k+ to phigan on Sun Apr 20 2025 02:38:06

    I am also a fan of cold pizza for breakfast.

    I'm old-fashion, I like my breakfast food to be, well, breakfast food: Cereal, bacon & eggs, waffles, etc. As for pizza, room temperture is the coldest I'll eat it. But since I have this wonderful invention called "microwae oven", I can just pop it in for 30 sec. and I got a nice toasty slice of pizza.

    cold pizza is drunk food. pizza is always better when it's hot.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 13:19:00 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 10:02 pm


    Better to use a sandwich press! You can microwave a little to defrost, but I put it in a sandwich press (like a waffle iron, but flat) to heat it. It doesn't go soggy, and returns a crispness. Comes out really, really nice.


    air fryers are good for heating up pizza. just have to keep and eye on it so you dont overdo it.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 13:20:16 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 10:03 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to Gamgee on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:23 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 2025 18:34:26

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I like Miracle Whip on wheat bread sandwhiches.


    I like tomato sauce, cheese and Doritos sandwiches with a touch of tabasco.

    just have a grilled cheese sandwhich with some tomato soup and some doritos on the side.

    and miracle whip! ick!
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Mon Apr 21 11:50:13 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: MRO to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:17 pm

    cold pizza is drunk food. pizza is always better when it's hot.

    I'm not sure about that.. I rarely drink, and I've had cold pizza plenty of times and I like it.

    Nightfox

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to phigan on Mon Apr 21 15:00:56 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 08:03:47

    Yeah, it's been really itchy lately. The narrow lines were because I was on

    Ah, I had a feeling.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 15:03:40 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 21:59:38

    Hmmm, you know, it could just work! But if lemon with onion, capsicum, mushrooms, a little bit of zest.

    Yeah, well don't blame me if you gert indigestion. ;p
    I'll just have a meat-lovers and call it a day.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 15:07:35 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 22:02:02

    I put it in a sandwich press (like a waffle iron, but flat) to heat it.

    I do have a small George Forman grill, which is like a SP. How long do you "press" it?

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 15:11:39 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 22:03:12

    I like tomato sauce, cheese and Doritos sandwiches with a touch of tabasco.

    Nix the tobasco and it sounds good, if it's hot. In place of Doritos, try using Chilli Flavored Fritos. I put this in my chili, along with shredded, sharp chedder. Adds textture and zip.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Cougar428 on Mon Apr 21 15:14:41 2025
    Re: America, F*** YEAH!
    By: Cougar428 to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 11:23:03

    Reminds me of "Team America!"

    Exactly!
    "We need a montage!"

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Cougar428 on Mon Apr 21 15:21:26 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 11:23:03

    Sorry to interrupt, but peanut butter and Miracle Whip sandwiches are great!

    Excuse me for barfing...<BLEEEECH!> :)

    I used to know someone who liked Miracle Whip and Open Pit. The thing is, I dared her to try it in the first place. Never thought she'd actually eat it.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 15:35:05 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Mon Apr 21 2025 09:14:49

    some selling peanut M&Ms here. But theaters often sell that stuff at high Prices.

    That's why I usually went to the dollar shows. The snacks were still more expensive than what stores charged, but at least you could afford to get some.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 13:51:15 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Cougar428 on Mon Apr 21 2025 03:21 pm

    I used to know someone who liked Miracle Whip and Open Pit. The thing is, I dared her to try it in the first place. Never thought she'd actually eat it.

    I like Miracle Whip (I don't understand why so many people don't). I don't know what Open Pit is though?

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 16:04:23 2025
    Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-

    I like Miracle Whip on wheat bread sandwhiches.

    It seems Miracle Whip doesn't get the praise it deserves. Only within
    the last couple years or so, I've realized a lot of people seem to
    dislike Miracle Whip. My wife's family generally dislikes it (except
    for one of her sister's husbands), and I've seen comments online
    recently about people disliking Miracle Whip. I don't understand the hate, as I think it's good on certain sandwiches. I've made tuna salad with it (for sandwiches) before and I think that's pretty good too.

    The only thing Miracle Whip is good for is lubricating the blades of a
    garbage disposal.



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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 16:52:53 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Sun, Apr 20 2025 14:45:21 -0500, you wrote:

    Yeah, I've never really understood why pineapple on pizza is such a
    big debate for some people. Just let people eat what they like to
    eat.

    It's probably on the same level as politics, where one sides puts the other down because their views are different.

    I've tried Hawaiian pizza, and it's not at all bad tasting.. but there's plenty of other options I'd choose before picking that. My preference, of course.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Gamgee on Mon Apr 21 14:40:03 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 2025 04:04 pm

    The only thing Miracle Whip is good for is lubricating the blades of a garbage disposal.

    False. ;)

    Nightfox

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Gamgee on Mon Apr 21 16:56:20 2025
    Hey Gamgee!

    On Sun, Apr 20 2025 18:34:26 -0500, you wrote:

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I'm having trouble even imagining that. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 17:19:53 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Mon, Apr 21 2025 15:51:15 -0500, you wrote:

    I like Miracle Whip (I don't understand why so many people don't).
    I don't know what Open Pit is though?

    Kinda wierd, but at home I completely prefer Miracle Whip over most jarred Mayonnaise brands. However, when going out to a sub/sandwich shop, I don't mind their mayonnaise at all. To me, there's a huge difference in the taste of jarred mayo, that even get me to the point of gagging.

    Open Pit is a barbecue sauce.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Mon Apr 21 16:26:11 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 2025 05:19 pm

    I like Miracle Whip (I don't understand why so many people don't).

    Kinda wierd, but at home I completely prefer Miracle Whip over most jarred Mayonnaise brands. However, when going out to a sub/sandwich shop, I don't mind their mayonnaise at all. To me, there's a huge difference in the taste of jarred mayo, that even get me to the point of gagging.

    Yeah, I feel like there's often a difference between sandwich shop mayo and jarred mayo you buy at the store.

    I think mayonnaise is one of those things that's not great by itself, and it needs to be in (or with) another food to be good.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 18:46:47 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Cougar428 on Mon Apr 21 2025 03:21 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 11:23:03

    Sorry to interrupt, but peanut butter and Miracle Whip sandwiches are great!

    Excuse me for barfing...<BLEEEECH!> :)

    I used to know someone who liked Miracle Whip and Open Pit. The thing is, I dared her to try it in the first place. Never thought she'd actually eat it.

    my mom used to make me eat that shitty mircacle whip. that shit is a crime against humanity. i hope whoever invented it gets colon cancer.
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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Accession on Mon Apr 21 20:06:40 2025
    Accession wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I'm having trouble even imagining that. ;)

    Stop imagining! Live the dream! Get some!

    It's actually true, and VERY good. Sweet and savory in one bite. An
    English muffin (w/ Kerrygold butter), with black coffee and OJ on the
    side for the ultimate experience.



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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 18:54:12 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Mon Apr 21 2025 09:12 am

    What is 'egg bread'?

    The Slavic/Balkan one is called
    "kozunak" or "cozonac". Kinda sweet-ish
    bread made with dry yeast, sugar, egg,
    and milk. There's a Jewish one called
    "challah", too, that's I think a little
    less sweet.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Gamgee on Mon Apr 21 21:46:53 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Mon Apr 21 2025 16:04:23

    The only thing Miracle Whip is good for is lubricating the blades of a garbage disposal.

    Huh. Who knew.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to MRO on Tue Apr 22 08:06:00 2025
    MRO wrote to Boraxman <=-

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    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on Mon Apr 21 2025 10:03 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to Gamgee on Mon Apr 21 2025 01:23 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sun Apr 20 2025 18:34:26

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I like Miracle Whip on wheat bread sandwhiches.


    I like tomato sauce, cheese and Doritos sandwiches with a touch of tabasco.

    just have a grilled cheese sandwhich with some tomato soup and some doritos on the side.

    and miracle whip! ick!

    I've got an induction stove top, so no grill unfortunately. One of the drawbacks of getting rid of gas cooking. But its not the same. The soft white bread with the cornchip crunch in the middle! Actually, I prefer CC's, which is
    an Australian brand of corn chip similar to Doritos, but I figure the Northern Hemisphere hasn't heard of them.


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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to phigan on Tue Apr 22 08:06:00 2025
    phigan wrote to Boraxman <=-

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    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to phigan on
    Mon Apr 21 2025 10:00 am

    Actually I think its the opposite. I'm of Southern European heritage. Mixi sweet and savoury isn't done. We don't honey glaze our ham or put apricot w chicken. Kind of ironic that Hawaiian pizza was purportely invented by a

    Yeah, I'm finding it hard to think of a Bulgarian thing that is sweet
    and savory... There's a red pepper spread/sauce called 'lyutenitza'
    that's a little bit sweet and gets put on meat (often for kids). Also, sugar gets put on egg bread. That's about as close as I can think of, though.
    ---

    I know some Asian dishes can be both. I've seen Filipinos at work eat pineappe with Chicken and rice, or meat with banana. Greek food tends not to mix fruit with savoury, but some meat dishes can have sweetish spices like cinnamon, which
    I don't mind. I suppose it all just a matter of what you're used to.


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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 08:10:00 2025
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    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on
    Mon Apr 21 2025 21:59:38

    Hmmm, you know, it could just work! But if lemon with onion, capsicum, mushrooms, a little bit of zest.

    Yeah, well don't blame me if you gert indigestion. ;p
    I'll just have a meat-lovers and call it a day.

    People that genuinely love and appreciate meat dishes would be appalled at the "meat" that is thrown on those pizza's. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind them eithe, but its more the "I want something greasy without vegetables" pizza ;)

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 08:13:00 2025
    Mortar wrote to Boraxman <=-

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    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on
    Mon Apr 21 2025 22:02:02

    I put it in a sandwich press (like a waffle iron, but flat) to heat it.

    I do have a small George Forman grill, which is like a SP. How long do you "press" it?

    Until its hot in the middle. Usually takes only a minute or so from a defrosted
    state, maybe an extra minute or so if already frozen. It will make the top and bottom crispier, and of course, flatten the pizza, but to me that a feature. Works well on pizza with a lot of toppings, like we have in Australia. Might not work well for a cheese and pepperoni pizza or other 'thin' pizzas. I usually get pizza with the lot, so its plenty thick and won't stick, but a margherita? The sandwich press might make a mess of that.


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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 08:17:00 2025
    Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-

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    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Mortar to Gamgee on
    Mon Apr 21 2025 01:23 am

    I like Miracle Whip on wheat bread sandwhiches.

    It seems Miracle Whip doesn't get the praise it deserves. Only within
    the last couple years or so, I've realized a lot of people seem to
    dislike Miracle Whip. My wife's family generally dislikes it (except
    for one of her sister's husbands), and I've seen comments online
    recently about people disliking Miracle Whip. I don't understand the hate, as I think it's good on certain sandwiches. I've made tuna salad with it (for sandwiches) before and I think that's pretty good too.

    Nightfox

    I was thinking "Miracle Whip" was whipped cream. No, its some type of weird mayo like margarine stuff. Makes more sense now. For a moment I thought you guys were just gross...


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 22:29:09 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Boraxman to MRO on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:06 am

    just have a grilled cheese sandwhich with some tomato soup and some doritos on the side.

    and miracle whip! ick!

    I've got an induction stove top, so no grill unfortunately. One of the drawbacks of getting rid of gas cooking. But its not the same. The soft white bread with the cornchip crunch in the middle! Actually, I prefer CC's, which is
    an Australian brand of corn chip similar to Doritos, but I figure the


    well it's called grilled cheese but it's not really grilled. you never had one? you butter bread on both sides and brown it in a skillet. with tomato soup it's the perfect comfort food.
    you dip it in the soup.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MORTAR on Tue Apr 22 08:25:00 2025
    <bad German voice>...Hmmmm, zouunds like you zuffer from deep-zeeded rezentmen
    towards your zibling, manifezting in your dizlike for pineapple toppings.

    That and I don't care for pineapple. ;)

    Zat will be $42.95. :)

    Considering today's prices for similar services, that is not a bad deal. :D


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NIGHTFOX on Tue Apr 22 08:41:00 2025
    were fantastic. Good chocolate covered peanuts are hard to find, too. There are M&Ms, of course, but the ones with just a thin layer of chocolate like you get from the movie theater are the best. Goobers was one brand, but there was a better one I'm not remembering right now.

    I've never seen chocolate covered peanuts at a movie theater.

    They are called Goobers and, along with Raisinettes, were a movie theatre stapple when I used to attend theatres. I don't know what they sell at the refreshment counters these days as I've not been to a movie since before COVID... I think the last time I went was in 2015.

    Getting a box of Goobers and a soda before the movie was a treat as a kid.

    But I imagine
    theaters in different places probably serve different things. Movie theaters in my area do often sell boxed candy, and you could probably find some selling
    peanut M&Ms here.

    They normally sold those, too. The difference is that Goobers don't have a candy coating on the outside, just chocolate.


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to GAMGEE on Tue Apr 22 08:44:00 2025
    Stop imagining! Live the dream! Get some!

    It's actually true, and VERY good. Sweet and savory in one bite. An
    English muffin (w/ Kerrygold butter), with black coffee and OJ on the
    side for the ultimate experience.

    How do you prepare the SPAM? Do you fry it first?


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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to MRO on Tue Apr 22 23:43:16 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 2025 10:29 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Boraxman to MRO on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:06 am

    just have a grilled cheese sandwhich with some tomato soup and some doritos on the side.

    and miracle whip! ick!

    I've got an induction stove top, so no grill unfortunately. One of the drawbacks of getting rid of gas cooking. But its not the same. The soft white bread with the cornchip crunch in the middle! Actually, I prefer CC's, which is
    an Australian brand of corn chip similar to Doritos, but I figure the


    well it's called grilled cheese but it's not really grilled. you never had o you butter bread on both sides and brown it in a skillet. with tomato soup it's the perfect comfort food.
    you dip it in the soup.

    Fried bread? I've had that in England. Grilled cheese here, is cheese on bread, perhaps the bread is already toasted, put into the grill. The grill cooks the cheese from above, it melts, and becomes heaven on leavened bread.
    Of course, you can put other things under the cheese, but its literally grilled.

    This discussion would be better served on the usenet group free.toast, the place to discuss all things toast and cooked bread. The stranger thing is, its one of the more active Usenet groups!

    Plenty of toast connosieurs there.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 08:00:22 2025
    Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-

    It seems Miracle Whip doesn't get the praise it deserves. Only within
    the last couple years or so, I've realized a lot of people seem to
    dislike Miracle Whip.

    It's an east coast/west coast thing, I think. MW is bigger in the East,
    Best Foods more well known in the West.

    The prices on mainstream mayo have risen to the point that the local
    organic mayo costs the same as Best Foods now. It's like night and day
    compared to the bigger brands.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 08:00:22 2025
    Mortar wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    <bad German voice>...Hmmmm, zouunds like you zuffer from deep-zeeded rezentment towards your zibling, manifezting in your dizlike for
    pineapple toppings.

    Zat will be $42.95. :)

    "Mortar, he's just ziss guy, you know?"



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 08:00:22 2025
    Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

    That's why I usually went to the dollar shows. The snacks were still
    more expensive than what stores charged, but at least you could afford
    to get some.

    The Meridian Quad 6 movie theater in San Jose, CA had $2 tuesdays. Lots
    of signs warning patrons not to hop theaters. So, as dumb, broke kids we
    found doing so to be a moral imperative. So much so, that "hopping the
    quad" became a term.

    I remember seeing "Hollywood Hot Tubs", "Night of the Comet", and an installment of Friday the 13th on a Tuesday.

    Not a hallmark of cinematic excellence, the Quad. But, it was a good
    time, nonetheless.

    https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4530



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 08:00:23 2025
    Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-

    I like Miracle Whip (I don't understand why so many people don't). I don't know what Open Pit is though?

    Sounds like a pit beef sandwich in Baltimore[1] - an open face brisket
    sandwich on toast?


    [1] I'm informed that the correct pronunciation is "Ballmur"




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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Boraxman on Tue Apr 22 10:47:06 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:13:00

    The sandwich press might make a mess of that.

    I thought about that. Probably need a deep-dish crust to make it work right. Unfortunately, the place I get my pizzas don't have that option, but they do load it up with meaty goodness; still worth a shot.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Boraxman on Tue Apr 22 10:51:43 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:17:00

    I was thinking "Miracle Whip" was whipped cream. No, its some type of weird mayo like margarine stuff. Makes more sense now. For a moment I thought you guys were just gross...

    Ha! Hey, can't be any grosser than jam on Spam, especially since it comes with it's own jelly.

    Maybe you were thinking of Cool Whip whipped cream?

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Dumas Walker on Tue Apr 22 11:05:04 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:41:00

    I've not been to a movie since before COVID... I think the last time I went was in 2015.

    Same here, except I stopped in 2019, only because they closed down the theater I went to. I had been a regular there since the '80s.

    Getting a box of Goobers and a soda before the movie was a treat as a kid.

    Wasn't bad as an adult either. I was there so often, I didn't even have to tell them what I wanted. They'd see me in line and have it ready to go when I got to the counter. They were a good buncb.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Dumas Walker on Tue Apr 22 09:40:54 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:41 am

    They are called Goobers and, along with Raisinettes, were a movie theatre stapple when I used to attend theatres. I don't know what they sell at the refreshment counters these days as I've not been to a movie since before COVID... I think the last time I went was in 2015.

    Getting a box of Goobers and a soda before the movie was a treat as a kid.

    I'd usually get popcorn and a soda at the theater. Sometimes I wouldn't get any snacks, as they tend to charge quite a bit (but they also have huge portion sizes). I last went to a theater last year or the year before with my wife. I don't really pay much attention what candy snacks they have.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 09:47:11 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Boraxman on Tue Apr 22 2025 10:51 am

    Ha! Hey, can't be any grosser than jam on Spam, especially since it comes with it's own jelly.

    I'm reminded of the Camelot scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.. "We dine well here in Camalot, we eat ham and jam and spam a lot"

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 10:26:04 2025
    Re: Pressed Pizza
    By: Mortar to Boraxman on Tue Apr 22 2025 10:47 am

    I thought about that. Probably need a deep-dish crust to make it work right Unfortunately, the place I get my pizzas don't have that option, but they do load it up with meaty goodness; still worth a shot.

    I zap it for 15 seconds to heat the toppings up, then put the slice in a cast-iron pan on medium-high heat for a minute. Hot toppings and a crispy, non-rubbery crust.

    Damn, now I'm hungry.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 10:28:02 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: Nightfox to Dumas Walker on Tue Apr 22 2025 09:40 am

    I'd usually get popcorn and a soda at the theater. Sometimes I wouldn't get any snacks, as they tend to charge quite a bit (but they also have huge portion sizes). I last went to a theater last year or the year before with my wife. I don't really pay much attention what candy snacks they have.

    The Parkway theater in Oakland, CA (now in El Cerrito) had couches, tables and movie dinner service. Good food, decent coffee, a beer and wine license and an eclectic choice of movies made for a fun time.

    They had a stage, I was surprised they didn't do Rocky Horror shows.

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to MORTAR on Tue Apr 22 15:33:25 2025
    Quoting Mortar to Cougar428 <=-

    Sorry to interrupt, but peanut butter and Miracle Whip sandwiches are great!

    Excuse me for barfing...<BLEEEECH!> :)

    I used to know someone who liked Miracle Whip and Open Pit. The thing
    is, I dared her to try it in the first place. Never thought she'd actually eat it.

    Wait! Wow, Miracle Whip and Open Pit? That sounds pretty good...

    I'll let you know after I try it.

    Thanks for the idea!

    B^)

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to MRO on Tue Apr 22 15:33:25 2025
    Quoting Mro to Mortar <=-

    i only use ketchup with french fries if even that. i'm more a fan of frank's hot sauce. -!-

    Tabasco Sauce... The good stuff (IMO anyway).


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 22 12:34:11 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 2025 10:28 am

    The Parkway theater in Oakland, CA (now in El Cerrito) had couches, tables and movie dinner service. Good food, decent coffee, a beer and wine license and an eclectic choice of movies made for a fun time.

    There are some theaters in my area like that too. I went to one of them a couple times, and I liked it, although I think the food & beer service at the tables could be a distraction if I really want to pay attention to the movie.

    Nightfox

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 22 15:03:40 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 2025 10:28:02

    They had a stage, I was surprised they didn't do Rocky Horror shows.

    Dammit, Janet, those were fun! it was a long-standing tradition at sci-fi cons I used to attend, we'd all "do the time warp" at the Saturday night dance at Midnight.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 17:04:28 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Mon, Apr 21 2025 18:26:11 -0500, you wrote:

    Yeah, I feel like there's often a difference between sandwich shop
    mayo and jarred mayo you buy at the store.

    Heck, there might not even be much of a difference, but for some reason, I can't stand the jarred stuff.

    I think mayonnaise is one of those things that's not great by
    itself, and it needs to be in (or with) another food to be good.

    My wife dips her fries in mayo, and gets extra mayo on burgers. Needless to say, I can't watch her do it. lol

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Gamgee on Tue Apr 22 17:06:21 2025
    Hey Gamgee!

    On Mon, Apr 21 2025 20:06:40 -0500, you wrote:

    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I'm having trouble even imagining that. ;)

    Stop imagining! Live the dream! Get some!

    I still have to bring myself to try spam, first.

    Baby steps... ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Tue Apr 22 16:23:45 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 2025 05:04 pm

    I think mayonnaise is one of those things that's not great by itself, and
    it needs to be in (or with) another food to be good.

    My wife dips her fries in mayo, and gets extra mayo on burgers. Needless to say, I can't watch her do it. lol

    I do think mayo can be good on some things. Sometimes I like to get a Whopper from Burger King, and I think the combination of mayo and ketchup on it (along with the condiments) gives it a good flavor.

    I've heard mayo with fries is particularly popular in some other countries, but it's not really my thing.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Boraxman on Tue Apr 22 18:45:57 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Boraxman to MRO on Tue Apr 22 2025 11:43 pm


    well it's called grilled cheese but it's not really grilled. you never had o you butter bread on both sides and brown it in a skillet. with tomato soup it's the perfect comfort food.
    you dip it in the soup.

    Fried bread? I've had that in England. Grilled cheese here, is cheese on bread, perhaps the bread is already toasted, put into the grill. The grill cooks the cheese from above, it melts, and becomes heaven on leavened bread. Of course, you can put other things under the cheese, but its literally grilled.

    grilled cheese
    https://i.imgur.com/j2IZo7i.jpeg

    This discussion would be better served on the usenet group free.toast, the

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Tue Apr 22 19:37:38 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Accession to Gamgee on Tue Apr 22 2025 17:06:21

    I still have to bring myself to try spam, first.

    Love Spam, especially the bacon flored. I like to make fried Spam & cheese sandwiches...Mmmmm!

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 19:43:09 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Tue Apr 22 2025 16:23:45

    Sometimes I like to get a Whopper from Burger King...

    Hey, whatever works for ya. ;)

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Dumas Walker on Tue Apr 22 19:52:43 2025
    Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

    It's actually true, and VERY good. Sweet and savory in one bite. An English muffin (w/ Kerrygold butter), with black coffee and OJ on the
    side for the ultimate experience.

    How do you prepare the SPAM? Do you fry it first?

    Sometimes, but not often. My preferred way is to broil it in a toaster
    oven. I cut the spam into 6-8 slices (roughly 1/4 to 5/16" thick) and
    broil them on a rack in a shallow pan, flipping over once to get both
    sides crispy. Then take out and put on a plate with a paper towel to
    soak the grease up a little. It's delicious. Goes well with eggs and
    rice, too.




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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Accession on Tue Apr 22 19:52:43 2025
    Accession wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I still have to bring myself to try spam, first.
    Baby steps... ;)

    See my post in this thread of a few minutes ago regarding prep method.
    If you like ham, you'll probably like this. It's surprisingly good.
    Have it with eggs and toast to ease into things... ;-)



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 22 19:52:43 2025
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Nightfox <=-

    It seems Miracle Whip doesn't get the praise it deserves. Only within
    the last couple years or so, I've realized a lot of people seem to
    dislike Miracle Whip.

    It's an east coast/west coast thing, I think. MW is bigger in the
    East, Best Foods more well known in the West.

    The prices on mainstream mayo have risen to the point that the local
    organic mayo costs the same as Best Foods now. It's like night and day
    compared to the bigger brands.

    Hellmann's for the win. Or Duke's, if you can find it.



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Accession on Tue Apr 22 19:52:43 2025
    Accession wrote to Nightfox <=-

    Yeah, I feel like there's often a difference between sandwich shop
    mayo and jarred mayo you buy at the store.

    Heck, there might not even be much of a difference, but for some
    reason, I can't stand the jarred stuff.

    I can assure you that sandwich shop mayo was in a jar before it was
    dumped into the tray/pan that they scoop it out of for the sandwich.
    Only difference is that it's sat in the open air at room temperature for
    a few hours before you eat it...... which isn't too good...

    I think mayonnaise is one of those things that's not great by
    itself, and it needs to be in (or with) another food to be good.

    My wife dips her fries in mayo, and gets extra mayo on burgers.
    Needless to say, I can't watch her do it. lol

    I love mayo on sandwiches, but yeah, that's a little extreme. ;-)



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 20:54:47 2025
    Re: Pressed Pizza
    By: Mortar to Boraxman on Tue Apr 22 2025 10:47 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Boraxman to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:13:00

    The sandwich press might make a mess of that.

    I thought about that. Probably need a deep-dish crust to make it work right. Unfortunately, the place I get my pizzas don't have that option, but they do load it up with meaty goodness; still worth a shot.

    they say if you put pizza in a pan and put an icecube in there and cover it , that's the best way to heat it up. it steams it all over.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 21:04:26 2025
    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: Mortar to Dumas Walker on Tue Apr 22 2025 11:05 am

    Re: Sweet & Salty
    By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:41:00

    I've not been to a movie since before COVID... I think the last time I went was in 2015.

    Same here, except I stopped in 2019, only because they closed down the theater I went to. I had been a regular there since the '80s.

    Getting a box of Goobers and a soda before the movie was a treat as a kid.

    Wasn't bad as an adult either. I was there so often, I didn't even have to tell them what I wanted. They'd see me in line and have it ready to go when I got to the counter. They were a good buncb.

    i think the last movie i went to was an avengers movie. i dont like going to the theaters because i'm by someone who smells bad or is making noise or on their phone
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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 20:10:18 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 2025 09:47 am

    dine well here in Camalot, we eat ha
    and jam and spam a lot"

    On second thought, let's not go to
    Camelot. 'Tis a silly place.

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Mortar on Wed Apr 23 07:53:22 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Boraxman on Tue Apr 22 2025 10:51 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Boraxman to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:17:00

    I was thinking "Miracle Whip" was whipped cream. No, its some type of weird mayo like margarine stuff. Mak
    more sense now. For a moment I thought you guys were just gross...

    Ha! Hey, can't be any grosser than jam on Spam, especially since it comes with it's own jelly.

    Maybe you were thinking of Cool Whip whipped cream?

    Yes, I must have been thinking of Cool Whip. PRobably thought this was something similar.

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to ACCESSION on Wed Apr 23 09:12:00 2025
    Quoting Accession to Nightfox <=-
    My wife dips her fries in mayo, and gets extra mayo on burgers.
    Needless to say, I can't watch her do it. lol

    When I lived in Germany, they offered mayo for fries, not just ketchup!
    I wasn't too sure about it - until I tried it. Maybe German mayo is
    different than that in the US (the ketchup is sweeter), but it was
    great!

    B^}

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to ACCESSION on Wed Apr 23 09:12:00 2025
    Quoting Accession to Gamgee <=-
    I sometimes put grape jelly on my Spam.

    I'm having trouble even imagining that. ;)

    Stop imagining! Live the dream! Get some!

    I still have to bring myself to try spam, first.

    Baby steps... ;)

    C'mon be 'adventurous'! You're gonna love it...

    Mmmmm...

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to GAMGEE on Wed Apr 23 09:12:00 2025
    Quoting Gamgee to Accession <=-

    I still have to bring myself to try spam, first.
    Baby steps... ;)

    See my post in this thread of a few minutes ago regarding prep method.
    If you like ham, you'll probably like this. It's surprisingly good.
    Have it with eggs and toast to ease into things... ;-)

    Mmmmm...`

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to GAMGEE on Wed Apr 23 08:14:00 2025
    How do you prepare the SPAM? Do you fry it first?

    Sometimes, but not often. My preferred way is to broil it in a toaster
    oven. I cut the spam into 6-8 slices (roughly 1/4 to 5/16" thick) and
    broil them on a rack in a shallow pan, flipping over once to get both
    sides crispy. Then take out and put on a plate with a paper towel to
    soak the grease up a little. It's delicious. Goes well with eggs and
    rice, too.

    I think the original post caused some of us to picture SPAM fresh out of
    the can being eaten with jelly. ;) After you elaborated some more, I
    figured you meant warmed or cooked somehow. I have used it cubed before in different dishes.

    Once it is warmed or cooked, it tastes a lot more like ham which, although
    I have never tried it, I can see going with jelly as part of a breakfast a
    lot more than the original impression. :D


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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Nightfox on Wed Apr 23 22:00:27 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Tue Apr 22 2025 04:23 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 2025 05:04 pm

    I think mayonnaise is one of those things that's not great by itself, an
    it needs to be in (or with) another food to be good.

    My wife dips her fries in mayo, and gets extra mayo on burgers. Needles to say, I can't watch her do it. lol

    I do think mayo can be good on some things. Sometimes I like to get a Whopp from Burger King, and I think the combination of mayo and ketchup on it (alo with the condiments) gives it a good flavor.

    I've heard mayo with fries is particularly popular in some other countries, it's not really my thing.

    Nightfox

    I never really tried mayo with chips (fries), until I went to Europe, where it is standard there. Once I tried it there, I was sold. As long as its a nice creamy mayo, I prefer that with chips than tomato sauce now. Kewpie mayo is the best, the closest to what the Europeans use.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Dumas Walker on Wed Apr 23 11:18:08 2025
    Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

    How do you prepare the SPAM? Do you fry it first?

    Sometimes, but not often. My preferred way is to broil it in a toaster oven. I cut the spam into 6-8 slices (roughly 1/4 to 5/16" thick) and
    broil them on a rack in a shallow pan, flipping over once to get both
    sides crispy. Then take out and put on a plate with a paper towel to
    soak the grease up a little. It's delicious. Goes well with eggs and
    rice, too.

    I think the original post caused some of us to picture SPAM fresh out
    of the can being eaten with jelly. ;) After you elaborated some more,
    I figured you meant warmed or cooked somehow. I have used it cubed
    before in different dishes.

    Once it is warmed or cooked, it tastes a lot more like ham which,
    although I have never tried it, I can see going with jelly as part of a breakfast a lot more than the original impression. :D

    Hahaha! Okay I see that now. It is pre-cooked, but I don't (and won't)
    eat it cold right out of the can... ;-)



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Cougar428 on Wed Apr 23 09:47:13 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to ACCESSION on Wed Apr 23 2025 09:12 am

    When I lived in Germany, they offered mayo for fries, not just ketchup! I wasn't too sure about it - until I tried it. Maybe German mayo is different than that in the US (the ketchup is sweeter), but it was great!

    I visited Germany in 1998, and I thought it was interesting that McDonald's serves beer in Germany.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Gamgee on Wed Apr 23 17:30:39 2025
    Hey Gamgee!

    On Tue, Apr 22 2025 19:52:43 -0500, you wrote:

    I can assure you that sandwich shop mayo was in a jar before it was
    dumped into the tray/pan that they scoop it out of for the sandwich.
    Only difference is that it's sat in the open air at room temperature
    for a few hours before you eat it...... which isn't too good...

    If the food industry is anything like it was when I was a teenager, they come in big (gallon or two) plastic jugs. But yeah, same difference, I suppose. I just wonder if it's something specific to Sysco or whatever food delivery service that it doesn't taste anything like Kraft, Hellmans, or any of the other store bought stuff.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mortar on Wed Apr 23 17:50:04 2025
    Hey Mortar!

    On Tue, Apr 22 2025 19:37:38 -0500, you wrote:

    Love Spam, especially the bacon flored. I like to make fried Spam &
    cheese sandwiches...Mmmmm!

    Just the look of it was never really appealing to me, I guess. That, and the fact that I wasn't raised on it, or really even ever offered it as a kid probably played a major part in never trying it.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Gamgee on Wed Apr 23 17:53:45 2025
    Hey Gamgee!

    On Tue, Apr 22 2025 19:52:43 -0500, you wrote:

    Sometimes, but not often. My preferred way is to broil it in a
    toaster oven. I cut the spam into 6-8 slices (roughly 1/4 to 5/16"
    thick) and broil them on a rack in a shallow pan, flipping over once
    to get both sides crispy. Then take out and put on a plate with a
    paper towel to soak the grease up a little. It's delicious. Goes
    well with eggs and rice, too.

    I imagine it probably has about the same texture (and maybe even somewhat taste) as smoked or grilled bologna logs?

    I may have to try it. Camping season is coming up soon, and we try to get as creative as possible when it comes to cooking outdoors.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Cougar428 on Wed Apr 23 18:19:36 2025
    Hey Cougar428!

    On Wed, Apr 23 2025 08:12:00 -0500, you wrote:

    When I lived in Germany, they offered mayo for fries, not just
    ketchup! I wasn't too sure about it - until I tried it. Maybe German
    mayo is different than that in the US (the ketchup is sweeter), but
    it was great!

    Mayo + Ketchup I could probably do, but not mayo by itself. There are so many other better options out there than making myself gag. ;)

    I hear Germany has some good mustard I wouldn't mind trying.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Accession on Wed Apr 23 18:40:42 2025
    Accession wrote to Mortar <=-

    Love Spam, especially the bacon flored. I like to make fried Spam &
    cheese sandwiches...Mmmmm!

    Just the look of it was never really appealing to me, I guess. That,
    and the fact that I wasn't raised on it, or really even ever offered it
    as a kid probably played a major part in never trying it.

    It does look better when cooked than when it's right out of the can.
    :-)

    I wasn't raised on it either, but have come to like it. Not something
    you want to eat every day, for sure, but it's darn good once in a while.



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wed Apr 23 19:08:14 2025
    Re: Re: Spam Spam Spam Spam...
    By: Accession to Mortar on Wed Apr 23 2025 05:50 pm

    Hey Mortar!

    On Tue, Apr 22 2025 19:37:38 -0500, you wrote:

    Love Spam, especially the bacon flored. I like to make fried Spam & cheese sandwiches...Mmmmm!

    Just the look of it was never really appealing to me, I guess. That, and the fact that I wasn't raised on it, or really even ever offered it as a kid probably played a major part in never trying it.


    spam just looks like some ham that is like a spongey fat glob.
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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Gamgee on Wed Apr 23 20:31:58 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Gamgee to Dumas Walker on Wed Apr 23 2025 11:18:08

    ...I don't (and won't) eat it cold right out of the can.

    Course not. Ya gotta scrape the jelly-ish stuff off first. Then it makes great sandwhiches, especially the bacon flavored version.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Wed Apr 23 20:39:49 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Cougar428 on Wed Apr 23 2025 09:47:13

    ...I thought it was interesting that McDonald's serves beer in Germany.

    Pffft...It's Germany. They'd probably serve beer at Chuck-e-Cheese. Yes, I can see it now...the CeC animatronic band, each holding a stein, singing pub songs, slurring the words. Good times.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Wed Apr 23 20:43:07 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Gamgee on Wed Apr 23 2025 17:53:45

    Camping season is coming up soon, and we try to get as creative as possible when it comes to cooking outdoors.

    I hear bugs are high in protein.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Wed Apr 23 20:46:12 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Cougar428 on Wed Apr 23 2025 18:19:36

    I hear Germany has some good mustard I wouldn't mind trying.

    Haben Sie Grey Poupon? :D

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Accession on Wed Apr 23 21:39:38 2025
    Accession wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Sometimes, but not often. My preferred way is to broil it in a
    toaster oven. I cut the spam into 6-8 slices (roughly 1/4 to 5/16"
    thick) and broil them on a rack in a shallow pan, flipping over once
    to get both sides crispy. Then take out and put on a plate with a
    paper towel to soak the grease up a little. It's delicious. Goes
    well with eggs and rice, too.

    I imagine it probably has about the same texture (and maybe even
    somewhat taste) as smoked or grilled bologna logs?

    Probably similar, maybe a little more firm, depending on how long you
    cook it.

    I may have to try it. Camping season is coming up soon, and we try to
    get as creative as possible when it comes to cooking outdoors.

    It's perfect for camping. Another way I like it is to cube it up fairly small, brown that up pretty well, and mix in with Mac-n-Cheese, or even spaghetti/elbows in spaghetti sauce.



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Mortar on Wed Apr 23 21:39:38 2025
    Mortar wrote to Gamgee <=-

    ...I don't (and won't) eat it cold right out of the can.

    Course not. Ya gotta scrape the jelly-ish stuff off first. Then it
    makes great sandwhiches, especially the bacon flavored version.

    I usually just rinse the block off under hot water and the jelly goes
    away. I haven't ever had it in a sandwich actually, not sure I'd want
    it cold. Got to be browned up a little crispy for me.



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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Thu Apr 24 10:21:19 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Cougar428 on Wed Apr 23 2025 06:19 pm

    I hear Germany has some good mustard
    wouldn't mind trying.

    Holy crap, Germany has the best
    mustard. When I have a layover at the
    Frankfurt airport, I love going around
    to all the food places and getting a
    packet of their mustard(s). Then I just
    eat it right out of the packet :D.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Gamgee on Thu Apr 24 14:16:50 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Gamgee to Mortar on Wed Apr 23 2025 21:39:38

    I usually just rinse the block off under hot water and the jelly goes
    away.

    I wouldn't recommend that as, over time, can clog up your drain. Best to wipe if off with paper towels, then pitch the towels.

    I haven't ever had it in a sandwich actually, not sure I'd want
    it cold. Got to be browned up a little crispy for me.

    Yeah, sliced and fried is my normal mode of consumption. That and a slice of cheese makes a yummy sandwich.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Mortar on Thu Apr 24 16:55:35 2025
    Mortar wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I usually just rinse the block off under hot water and the jelly goes
    away.

    I wouldn't recommend that as, over time, can clog up your drain. Best
    to wipe if off with paper towels, then pitch the towels.

    Good idea.

    I haven't ever had it in a sandwich actually, not sure I'd want
    it cold. Got to be browned up a little crispy for me.

    Yeah, sliced and fried is my normal mode of consumption. That and a
    slice of cheese makes a yummy sandwich.

    Yep I need to try that. Mayo or mustard? Or maybe nothing?



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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Phigan on Thu Apr 24 17:33:38 2025
    Hey Phigan!

    On Thu, Apr 24 2025 12:21:19 -0500, you wrote:

    Holy crap, Germany has the best mustard. When I have a layover at
    the Frankfurt airport, I love going around to all the food places
    and getting a packet of their mustard(s). Then I just eat it right
    out of the packet :D.

    I'm not sure I'd go so far as to eat it right out of the packets, but a side of fries (or chips, depending on what Germans call them) to test all of the different mustard would be fine by me!

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mortar on Thu Apr 24 17:35:28 2025
    Hey Mortar!

    On Thu, Apr 24 2025 14:16:50 -0500, you wrote:

    I wouldn't recommend that as, over time, can clog up your drain.
    Best to wipe if off with paper towels, then pitch the towels.

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where you live? You'd be amazed what you can put down the sink with one of those. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Thu Apr 24 16:27:43 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to Accession on Thu Apr 24 2025 10:21 am

    Holy crap, Germany has the best
    mustard. When I have a layover at the
    Frankfurt airport, I love going around
    to all the food places and getting a
    packet of their mustard(s). Then I just
    eat it right out of the packet :D.

    I've seen German-style mustards sold in grocery stores in the US. I wonder how similar it is to the mustard they have in Germany though..

    Some examples: https://www.fredmeyer.com/p/inglehoffer-original-stone-ground-mustard/000718280 1102

    https://www.fredmeyer.com/p/alstertor-dusseldorf-style-mustard/0008846812800

    https://mustardmuseum.com/collections/german-mustard

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Gamgee on Thu Apr 24 19:35:51 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Gamgee to Mortar on Thu Apr 24 2025 16:55:35

    Yep I need to try that. Mayo or mustard? Or maybe nothing?

    Well, as I like neither, "nothing" would be my call.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Thu Apr 24 19:56:04 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Phigan on Thu Apr 24 2025 17:33:38

    ...but a side of fries (or chips, depending on what Germans call them)...

    Frylein? :D

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Thu Apr 24 19:58:05 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Mortar on Thu Apr 24 2025 17:35:28

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where you live?

    Next time I dod a door-to-door survey, I'll let you know.

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to NIGHTFOX on Thu Apr 24 22:33:15 2025
    Quoting Nightfox to Cougar428 <=-

    I visited Germany in 1998, and I thought it was interesting that McDonald's serves beer in Germany.
    Nightfox

    In Germany, people drink 1 or 2 beers with lunch! But they don't overdue
    it...

    My favorites while I was there (7 years) were Wheat (Weizen) pils and Doppelbock (double strong - I think).

    Weizen beer is brewed with more wheat than barley and it's very bubbly,
    and sort of light tasting.

    Doppelbock on the other hand is very dark and strong. Watch out if you
    drink this type (doesn't matter what brand).

    And of course there is a brewery in every town!

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to ACCESSION on Thu Apr 24 22:33:15 2025
    Quoting Accession to Cougar428 <=-

    Mayo + Ketchup I could probably do, but not mayo by itself. There are
    so many other better options out there than making myself gag. ;)
    I hear Germany has some good mustard I wouldn't mind trying.

    The mayo there tastes much different than in the US (IMO). Like I said,
    I wasn't sure until I tried it. I will occasionally use mayo with my
    fries but not often.

    The mustards in Germany are great! There are so many types of sausage
    with brotchen (hard rolls) that you can find a different type of mustard
    on every corner. At least that's the way it was when I was there.

    Cheers AC!

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to MRO on Thu Apr 24 22:33:15 2025
    Quoting Mro to Accession <=-

    spam just looks like some ham that is like a spongey fat glob.

    Your powers of description are awesome! Mmmm...
    :}

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Thu Apr 24 20:19:39 2025
    Mortar wrote to Accession <=-

    I still have to bring myself to try spam, first.

    Love Spam, especially the bacon flored. I like to make fried Spam & cheese sandwiches...Mmmmm!

    My local hawaiian joint has spam musubi now. Spam, rice, sriracha,
    wrapped in seaweed like sushi.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Boraxman on Thu Apr 24 20:19:39 2025
    Boraxman wrote to Mortar <=-

    Yes, I must have been thinking of Cool Whip. PRobably thought this was something similar.

    You said "Cool HWHIP". It's "Cool Whip".



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Thu Apr 24 20:19:39 2025
    Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

    Pffft...It's Germany. They'd probably serve beer at Chuck-e-Cheese.
    Yes, I can see it now...the CeC animatronic band, each holding a stein, singing pub songs, slurring the words. Good times.

    They *do* serve beer at Chuck-E-Cheese. Bud, and Bud Light - both kinds.
    And all 3 kinds of wine, white, red and rose. I laughed when I saw the
    wall taps arranged White/Rose/Red and assumed Rose was just a plumbing
    blend.

    There was a CEC in Tennessee that had to stop selling alcohol because of
    a parents brawl a few years back.



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Apr 25 00:34:30 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Mortar on Thu Apr 24 2025 05:35 pm

    Hey Mortar!

    On Thu, Apr 24 2025 14:16:50 -0500, you wrote:

    I wouldn't recommend that as, over time, can clog up your drain.
    Best to wipe if off with paper towels, then pitch the towels.

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where you live? You'd be amazed what you can put down the sink with one of those. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    they're not really as popular as you might think. i think it's more of an 80s thing. i worked by insinkerator and i know they aren't doing so well.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Cougar428 on Fri Apr 25 00:35:08 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to ACCESSION on Thu Apr 24 2025 10:33 pm

    Quoting Accession to Cougar428 <=-

    Mayo + Ketchup I could probably do, but not mayo by itself. There are so many other better options out there than making myself gag. ;)
    I hear Germany has some good mustard I wouldn't mind trying.

    The mayo there tastes much different than in the US (IMO). Like I said,
    I wasn't sure until I tried it. I will occasionally use mayo with my
    fries but not often.

    isn't mayo just egg and oil whipped?
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Cougar428 on Fri Apr 25 00:35:29 2025
    Re: Re: Spam Spam Spam Spam..
    By: Cougar428 to MRO on Thu Apr 24 2025 10:33 pm

    Quoting Mro to Accession <=-

    spam just looks like some ham that is like a spongey fat glob.

    Your powers of description are awesome! Mmmm...

    but is that what it tastes like. a greasy slimy spongey fat glob
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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Accession on Thu Apr 24 22:36:00 2025
    Hello Accession!

    ** On Wednesday 23.04.25 - 17:53, Accession wrote to Gamgee:

    [...] Camping season is coming up soon, and we try to get
    as creative as possible when it comes to cooking outdoors.

    Check this out:

    The Campout Cookbook: Inspired Recipes for Cooking Around the
    Fire and Under the Stars | Hardcover

    Marnie Hanel | Jen Stevenson

    Workman Publishing Company | Artisan

    Cooking / Methods - Outdoor / Entertaining / Sports & Recreation / Camping

    Published May 29, 2018

    9781579657994


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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to MRO on Fri Apr 25 08:13:56 2025
    MRO wrote to Accession <=-

    I wouldn't recommend that as, over time, can clog up your drain.
    Best to wipe if off with paper towels, then pitch the towels.

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where you live? You'd be amazed what you can put down the sink with one of those. ;)

    they're not really as popular as you might think. i think it's more of
    an 80s thing. i worked by insinkerator and i know they aren't doing so well.

    Hogwash. There's one in every house where I live.

    Pull yer head out of your ..... insinkerator.



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 08:38:32 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Boraxman on Thu Apr 24 2025 08:19 pm

    You said "Cool HWHIP". It's "Cool Whip".

    I tell you hwhat..

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Fri Apr 25 08:41:08 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Accession on Fri Apr 25 2025 12:34 am

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where you
    live? You'd be amazed what you can put down the sink with one of those. ;)

    they're not really as popular as you might think. i think it's more of an 80s thing. i worked by insinkerator and i know they aren't doing so well.

    I've heard garbage disposals are very rare in Europe.. I don't know about other countries, but maybe it's mainly a North American thing that a garbage disposal is pretty much a standard kitchen item.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Fri Apr 25 15:35:55 2025
    Accession wrote to Mortar <=-

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where
    you live? You'd be amazed what you can put down the sink with one of those. ;)

    With a single sink, yes. If you have a double sink with a disposal on
    one side and regular drain on the other, they seem to clog all the
    time at the trap. Luckily, mine had a screw-in cleanout so I didn't
    need to take the plumbing apart.




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Fri Apr 25 15:35:55 2025
    Mortar wrote to Accession <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Phigan on Thu Apr 24 2025 17:33:38

    ...but a side of fries (or chips, depending on what Germans call them)...

    Frylein? :D

    With the German language and their frequent use of compound nouns, it'd probably be something like Scheibengeschnittenebrakartoffeln.



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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Cougar428 on Fri Apr 25 18:01:27 2025
    Hey Cougar428!

    On Thu, Apr 24 2025 21:33:15 -0500, you wrote:

    The mayo there tastes much different than in the US (IMO). Like I
    said, I wasn't sure until I tried it. I will occasionally use mayo
    with my fries but not often.

    Much different as in how? I mean, how much different can mayo actually taste?

    The mustards in Germany are great! There are so many types of
    sausage with brotchen (hard rolls) that you can find a different
    type of mustard on every corner. At least that's the way it was when
    I was there.

    I bet, and I imagine "sausage with brotchen" is basically like a brat like here in the midwest? That's definitely something mustard is great on!

    To be honest, my bucket list contains going to Germany for an Oktoberfest. I love brats and beer. What more could you ask for? ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 18:05:09 2025
    Hey Poindexter!

    On Thu, Apr 24 2025 22:19:39 -0500, you wrote:

    There was a CEC in Tennessee that had to stop selling alcohol
    because of a parents brawl a few years back.

    Most of the Chuck E Cheese's around here have shut down, probably because of the same kinds of baffoonery.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Fri Apr 25 18:07:01 2025
    Hey Mro!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 00:34:30 -0500, you wrote:

    they're not really as popular as you might think. i think it's more
    of an 80s thing. i worked by insinkerator and i know they aren't
    doing so well.

    Might be. Or it could be that they still make a great product that lasts, so they're not selling enough of them. I replaced mine about 10 years ago, and it's still running just fine.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 19:30:47 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Fri Apr 25 2025 15:35:55

    With the German language and their frequent use of compound nouns, it'd probably be something like Scheibengeschnittenebrakartoffeln.

    LOL! Tim allen did a short bit about the German language:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA2wsc-P7-g

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Fri Apr 25 19:32:53 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Cougar428 on Fri Apr 25 2025 18:01:27

    I love brats and beer. What more could you ask for? ;)

    World peace?

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Fri Apr 25 19:40:23 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 2025 18:05:09

    Most of the Chuck E Cheese's around here have shut down, probably because of the same kinds of baffoonery.

    That wouldn't make good business sense. Better to simply cut out the sale of alchohol than close down an entire business.

    According to various articles, the main reasons CEC has less outlets is COVID, large debt to creditors and shift in customer preferences, in that order.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 19:12:16 2025
    Hey Poindexter!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 17:35:55 -0500, you wrote:

    With a single sink, yes. If you have a double sink with a disposal on
    one side and regular drain on the other, they seem to clog all the
    time at the trap. Luckily, mine had a screw-in cleanout so I didn't
    need to take the plumbing apart.

    10+ years with a double sided sink and only one side a disposal, and still running smooth. If something seems like it's jammed up or clogged, run a tray of ice cubes down the disposal, and voila!

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Apr 25 19:51:26 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 2025 06:05 pm

    Hey Poindexter!

    On Thu, Apr 24 2025 22:19:39 -0500, you wrote:

    There was a CEC in Tennessee that had to stop selling alcohol
    because of a parents brawl a few years back.

    Most of the Chuck E Cheese's around here have shut down, probably because of the same kinds of baffoonery.

    Regards,
    Nick


    i think it's because of covid hurting them real bad but yeah, people don't know how to act. i used to take my step daughter to chuck e cheese and i was pleasantly surprised by the beer. the pizza wasn't bad either.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Apr 25 19:55:47 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Fri Apr 25 2025 06:07 pm


    Might be. Or it could be that they still make a great product that lasts, so they're not selling enough of them. I replaced mine about 10 years ago, and it's still running just fine.


    well they are building tons new homes every year. i'm not so sure they're being put in new homes. i'm not really a supporter of shredding up solid food and putting it down the pipes. i'm more of a fan of compost or throwing it in a landfill.

    insinkerator was owned by emerson which is a huge company. whirlpool owns it now. not sure how they are doing now.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Fri Apr 25 19:59:50 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Accession on Fri Apr 25 2025 07:40 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 2025 18:05:09

    Most of the Chuck E Cheese's around here have shut down, probably because of the same kinds of baffoonery.

    That wouldn't make good business sense. Better to simply cut out the sale of alchohol than close down an entire business.

    yeah it's not because of alcohol. people are keeping their kids at home.
    also times are hard.

    According to various articles, the main reasons CEC has less outlets is COVID, large debt to creditors and shift in customer preferences, in that order.

    yeah that sounds about right. in my old city they are also a ghost kitchen on doordash.
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mortar on Fri Apr 25 19:56:00 2025
    Hey Mortar!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 19:32:53 -0500, you wrote:

    I love brats and beer. What more could you ask for? ;)

    World peace?

    Let's be realistic, here.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mortar on Fri Apr 25 20:05:50 2025
    Hey Mortar!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 19:40:23 -0500, you wrote:

    That wouldn't make good business sense. Better to simply cut out
    the sale of alchohol than close down an entire business.

    The ones around me turned into dumps. They never updated or cleaned their facilities and it brought in the likes of trouble makers, whether there was alcohol (beer, IIRC.. I don't think they served any booze) served there or not.

    According to various articles, the main reasons CEC has less outlets
    is COVID, large debt to creditors and shift in customer preferences,
    in that order.

    They took a dive long before COVID. At least what I've witnessed first-hand, and not from some article.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to MRO on Fri Apr 25 18:55:18 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Accession on Fri Apr 25 2025 12:34 am

    they're not really as popular as you might think. i think it's more of an 80s thing. i worked by insinkerator and i know they aren't doing so well.

    I just replaced mine last year... I think it was an Insinkerator IIRC.

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 18:59:18 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Accession on Fri Apr 25 2025 03:35 pm

    With a single sink, yes. If you have a double sink with a disposal on
    one side and regular drain on the other, they seem to clog all the
    time at the trap. Luckily, mine had a screw-in cleanout so I didn't
    need to take the plumbing apart.

    I have this same setup... dual sinks with 1 insinkerator. In 20 years it has never clogged up although the motor finally died last year and I had to replace it. I always run LOTS of water when I use it though.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Fri Apr 25 21:14:29 2025
    Hey MRO!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 19:51:26 -0500, you wrote:

    i think it's because of covid hurting them real bad but yeah, people
    don't know how to act. i used to take my step daughter to chuck e
    cheese and i was pleasantly surprised by the beer. the pizza wasn't
    bad either.

    While covid may have been the final nail in the coffin.. CEC turned into a shithole long before that. They never updated their interiors to keep up with the changing times. There was probably 20 year old gum stuck under some of the tables, etc. That tends to lead to attracting less people in general. At least we stopped taking our kids there because of things like that, probably over a decade ago.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Fri Apr 25 21:20:43 2025
    Hey MRO!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 19:55:47 -0500, you wrote:

    well they are building tons new homes every year. i'm not so sure
    they're being put in new homes. i'm not really a supporter of
    shredding up solid food and putting it down the pipes. i'm more of a
    fan of compost or throwing it in a landfill.

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and take a '25 years in construction educated guess' that probably around 90% or more of new homes being built have garbage disposals in them. $300,000+ homes (which is probably close to the new 'average' price these days due to the ridiculous housing market) probably don't go without a simple and common ammenity like that. They aren't all that expensive ($100-$200).

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Apr 25 23:22:20 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Mortar on Fri Apr 25 2025 08:05 pm

    They took a dive long before COVID. At least what I've witnessed first-hand, and not from some article.

    Regards,
    Nick

    well i never went to any of them around pewaukee but i've seen the other ones in se wisconsin do fine.

    I went there and i saw a lot of hot young moms playing those games like they were addicted. i also took my god daughter to monkey joes which is like chuck e cheese but it has inflatable play areas too.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bf2k+ on Fri Apr 25 23:23:09 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Bf2k+ to MRO on Fri Apr 25 2025 06:55 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Accession on Fri Apr 25 2025 12:34 am

    they're not really as popular as you might think. i think it's more of an 80s thing. i worked by insinkerator and i know they aren't doing so well.

    I just replaced mine last year... I think it was an Insinkerator IIRC.

    i dont know why people like them. i've had them before but dont like them. i'm always dropping a fucking fork down the hole too.
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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Fri Apr 25 23:31:34 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Mortar on Fri Apr 25 2025 19:56:00

    World peace?
    Let's be realistic, here.

    Doesn't mean I can't ask. :)

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bf2k+ on Fri Apr 25 23:24:34 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Bf2k+ to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 2025 06:59 pm

    I have this same setup... dual sinks with 1 insinkerator. In 20 years it has never clogged up although the motor finally died last year and I had to replace it. I always run LOTS of water when I use it though.

    basically everyone that has on has 2 sinks. i dont know of anybody who has one sink and has one. it comes from the city that was the big innovator of the electric motor so i'm not surprised it lasted so long.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Apr 25 23:27:48 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Fri Apr 25 2025 09:14 pm


    While covid may have been the final nail in the coffin.. CEC turned into a shithole long before that. They never updated their interiors to keep up with the changing times. There was probably 20 year old gum stuck under some of the tables, etc. That tends to lead to attracting less people in general. At least we stopped taking our kids there because of things like that, probably over a decade ago.

    maybe the person who franchised it in your area was just done.
    i think they screwed up by removing tokens and animatronics.
    it stopped being a magical place for kids.

    the ones i went to were pretty clean but i don't think i've been to one in a long time.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Apr 25 23:31:50 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Fri Apr 25 2025 09:20 pm

    Hey MRO!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 19:55:47 -0500, you wrote:

    well they are building tons new homes every year. i'm not so sure
    they're being put in new homes. i'm not really a supporter of
    shredding up solid food and putting it down the pipes. i'm more of a
    fan of compost or throwing it in a landfill.

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and take a '25 years in construction educated guess' that probably around 90% or more of new homes being built have garbage disposals in them. $300,000+ homes (which is probably close to the new 'average' price these days due to the ridiculous housing market) probably don't go without a simple and common ammenity like that. They aren't all that expensive ($100-$200).


    maybe it's a regional thing. are they putting them in new homes in every state? i knew people who worked there and they said insinkerator wasn't doing great. but now they're owned by whirlpool.

    When i was a kid i worked in the place that did the fiberglass bases for it and it wasn't a hot account back then. now they look like plastic junk.

    I don't see why people want them. I barely used mine in 2 of my apartments. ---
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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to MRO on Sat Apr 26 08:17:56 2025
    Quoting Mro to Cougar428 <=-

    isn't mayo just egg and oil whipped?

    I think it is, but they either may use a different proportion or add
    spices or sugar. It definitely tasted different than the regular
    Hellman's or whatever brand locally in the US.

    It's kind of eye opening to see how many different preservatives and
    chemicals are added to US foodstuffs in comparison to the same items in
    other countries.

    I wonder if US vegemite is any different than that in Australia? B)

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to MRO on Sat Apr 26 08:17:56 2025
    Quoting Mro to Cougar428 <=-

    spam just looks like some ham that is like a spongey fat glob.

    Your powers of description are awesome! Mmmm...

    but is that what it tastes like. a greasy slimy spongey fat glob

    IMO - it has a taste somewhere between bacon and hot dogs. It's salty
    and savory with a texture that is soft (and course at the same time).
    The fat globby stuff just rinses or wipes off.

    Fried or baked up, it's really tasty! It's good cubed with potatoes and
    onions like potatoes o'brien. Mmmm...

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to GAMGEE on Sat Apr 26 08:17:56 2025
    Quoting Gamgee to Mortar <=-

    I haven't ever had it in a sandwich actually, not sure I'd want
    it cold. Got to be browned up a little crispy for me.

    Yeah, sliced and fried is my normal mode of consumption. That and a
    slice of cheese makes a yummy sandwich.

    Diced up and fried with diced potatos, onions and green peppers...

    Mmmm...

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to ACCESSION on Sat Apr 26 08:17:56 2025
    Quoting Accession to Mortar <=-

    Hey Mortar!

    On Thu, Apr 24 2025 14:16:50 -0500, you wrote:

    I wouldn't recommend that as, over time, can clog up your drain.
    Best to wipe if off with paper towels, then pitch the towels.

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where
    you live? You'd be amazed what you can put down the sink with one of those. ;)

    I live in a rural area. All of my waste water goes into a septic tank.
    So I don't have a garbage disposal simply because I don't think it's a
    good idea (jmo). I haven't ever had a garbage disposal in my sink. Maybe
    I'm just a hick? Or not the usual domesticate.

    Just wondering, if that stuff would clog up your drain - what would it do
    to your arteries? Just like Andy Rooney. Didja ever wonder why...

    Have a great day!

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to MORTAR on Sat Apr 26 08:17:56 2025
    Quoting Mortar to Accession <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Phigan on Thu Apr 24 2025 17:33:38

    ...but a side of fries (or chips, depending on what Germans call them)...

    Frylein? :D

    When I was there they just called them pomme frites. Just like the
    french (I think).

    Pomme frites and mayo - Mmmmm... B}

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sat Apr 26 08:17:56 2025
    Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Boraxman <=-

    Boraxman wrote to Mortar <=-

    Yes, I must have been thinking of Cool Whip. PRobably thought this was something similar.

    You said "Cool HWHIP". It's "Cool Whip".

    Hey Beavis...

    He said woody....




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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to GAMGEE on Sat Apr 26 08:17:56 2025
    Quoting Gamgee to Mro <=-

    I wouldn't recommend that as, over time, can clog up your drain.
    Best to wipe if off with paper towels, then pitch the towels.

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where you live? You'd be amazed what you can put down the sink with one of those. ;)

    they're not really as popular as you might think. i think it's more of
    an 80s thing. i worked by insinkerator and i know they aren't doing so well.

    Hogwash. There's one in every house where I live.

    Pull yer head out of your ..... insinkerator.

    And that brings us full circle! Back to wiping off the gloopy stuff or
    'hogwash' if you will.

    Pardon the pun.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Sat Apr 26 07:01:12 2025
    Hey MRO!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 23:23:09 -0500, you wrote:

    I just replaced mine last year... I think it was an Insinkerator
    IIRC.

    i dont know why people like them. i've had them before but dont like
    them. i'm always dropping a fucking fork down the hole too. ---

    That's a good reason to have two sink basins. The one without the disposal has a screen (or something similar) in it so your silverware and/or food don't go down the hole. Don't put your silverware on the side with the disposal, if possible. If only one basin, put your silverware to the side of the sink or in some kind of rack or basket.

    People like them just like they like anything that makes things/life easier, when used properly.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Sat Apr 26 07:10:02 2025
    Hey MRO!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 23:27:48 -0500, you wrote:

    maybe the person who franchised it in your area was just done.

    Could very well be.

    i think they screwed up by removing tokens and animatronics.

    Basically everywhere has done that by now. Most are some pre-paid card that you swipe at every game, and if you actually break it down, you're now paying upwards of $5 to play a single game, whereas it used to be a quarter.

    it stopped being a magical place for kids.

    I'd imagine kids will still have fun at these places, but when a parent goes through $20 for the kid to play only a few games, the fun is over and it's time to leave. When I was a kid, I could go hours at an arcade with only $5. Now, you need to basically take out a second mortgage on your house in order for your kids to have fun for a little while.

    I think it stopped being a magical place 'to take your kids'.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Sat Apr 26 07:30:50 2025
    Hey MRO!

    On Fri, Apr 25 2025 23:31:50 -0500, you wrote:

    maybe it's a regional thing. are they putting them in new homes in
    every state?

    I don't know. But I would imagine most 'new' homes being built likely have them. It's probably almost as common as having a toilet paper dispenser mounted in the bathroom these days.

    i knew people who worked there and they said insinkerator wasn't
    doing great. but now they're owned by whirlpool.

    That could very well be because now they're owned by Whirlpool. That seems to happen quite a bit.

    Local homegrown company does real good, owners/boards sell it off for huge profit to a big umbrella company that doesn't give a shit about their product or their people, etc. Company takes a dive.. ;)

    When i was a kid i worked in the place that did the fiberglass bases
    for it and it wasn't a hot account back then. now they look like
    plastic junk.

    Doesn't matter what they look like, they work if used properly. Dropping a fork in the hole will never be good for it, though. ;)

    I don't see why people want them. I barely used mine in 2 of my apartments.

    Makes dishes and cleanup easier for the people that do use it. Not using them is always a choice, too.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 08:58:58 2025
    Hey Cougar428!

    On Sat, Apr 26 2025 07:17:56 -0500, you wrote:

    I live in a rural area. All of my waste water goes into a septic
    tank. So I don't have a garbage disposal simply because I don't think
    it's a good idea (jmo). I haven't ever had a garbage disposal in my
    sink. Maybe I'm just a hick? Or not the usual domesticate.

    Ok then. I definitely wouldn't recommend using a garbage disposal with a septic tank. ;)

    Just wondering, if that stuff would clog up your drain - what would
    it do to your arteries? Just like Andy Rooney. Didja ever wonder
    why...

    Yeah, it's tough to think about how bad the FDA, USDA, and whatever alphabet soup food administrations have slowly been trying to kill us all over the years. It would definitely be nice if that changed, and soon!

    I've caught a bunch of foodie videos and whatnot over recent years where they go to other countries and taste their foods, etc. It's crazy to see how different (and healthier) other countries are compared to the US. Even places like McDonalds and random gas stations have 10x better ingredients than ours do.

    It really opens up your eyes.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Nightfox on Sat Apr 26 20:20:00 2025
    Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-

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    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Accession on
    Fri Apr 25 2025 12:34 am

    Do you not have garbage disposals in just about every household where you
    live? You'd be amazed what you can put down the sink with one of those. ;)

    they're not really as popular as you might think. i think it's more of an 80s thing. i worked by insinkerator and i know they aren't doing so well.

    I've heard garbage disposals are very rare in Europe.. I don't know
    about other countries, but maybe it's mainly a North American thing
    that a garbage disposal is pretty much a standard kitchen item.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Sat Apr 26 11:40:38 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Phigan on Thu Apr 24 2025 05:33 pm

    right out of the packets, but a side
    fries (or chips, depending on what
    Germans call them) to test all of th

    Well, because Germany, it should be
    some kinda *wurst/sausage.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Sat Apr 26 11:46:57 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Thu Apr 24 2025 04:27 pm

    grocery stores in the US. I wonder
    similar it is to the mustard they ha
    in Germany though..

    They're decent and they come close, but
    the ones over there are still better.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Sat Apr 26 11:57:55 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 25 2025 08:38 am

    You said "Cool HWHIP". It's "Co
    Whip".

    I tell you hwhat..

    I need some hwine for my chil'ren!

    no?

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 12:04:47 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to MORTAR on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17 am

    Pomme frites and mayo - Mmmmm... B}

    Pomme frites and Bulgarian cheese.
    The only thing missing is gravy.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Sat Apr 26 12:28:20 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Cougar428 on Fri Apr 25 2025 06:01 pm

    To be honest, my bucket list contains going to Germany for an Oktoberfest. I love brats and beer. What more could you ask for? ;)

    That's something I've thought about doing too. I actually live near a town that puts on a pretty good Oktoberfest each year (Mt. Angel, OR, which I heard was settled by German immigrants), but from what I've heard and seen, it seems like the Oktoberfest events in Germany are pretty epic.

    Nightfox

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 15:56:54 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to GAMGEE on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17:56

    ... Where does the fire go when the fire goes out?

    Hot date?
    Visiting his Sun and his dog Spot?
    Picking up some Coronas?
    Solar sailing?

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 16:01:30 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to GAMGEE on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17:56

    Diced up and fried with diced potatos, onions and green peppers...

    Now I'm hungry. I think a good white sause would go well with that.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to phigan on Sat Apr 26 16:28:00 2025
    Hey phigan!

    On Sat, Apr 26 2025 13:40:38 -0500, you wrote:

    Well, because Germany, it should be some kinda *wurst/sausage.

    I am genuinely okay with that. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 18:12:16 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to MRO on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17 am

    Quoting Mro to Cougar428 <=-

    isn't mayo just egg and oil whipped?

    I think it is, but they either may use a different proportion or add
    spices or sugar. It definitely tasted different than the regular
    Hellman's or whatever brand locally in the US.

    It's kind of eye opening to see how many different preservatives and chemicals are added to US foodstuffs in comparison to the same items in other countries.

    if we didn't have preservatives people would cry about the higher prices and how their food would spoil.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 18:16:33 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to ACCESSION on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17 am


    I live in a rural area. All of my waste water goes into a septic tank.
    So I don't have a garbage disposal simply because I don't think it's a
    good idea (jmo). I haven't ever had a garbage disposal in my sink. Maybe
    I'm just a hick? Or not the usual domesticate.

    Just wondering, if that stuff would clog up your drain - what would it do
    to your arteries? Just like Andy Rooney. Didja ever wonder why...


    i wonder if it causes a lot of problems with wastewater treatment systems.
    from what i looked up, it's no bueno for septic systems or even city waste treatment plants.

    it's just better to compost and composting can be fun. just go in the back yard and make a compost pile.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Sat Apr 26 18:17:25 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Sat Apr 26 2025 07:01 am

    disposal, if possible. If only one basin, put your silverware to the side of the sink or in some kind of rack or basket.

    People like them just like they like anything that makes things/life easier, when used properly.

    Regards,

    if you have a yard just do composting. it's fun.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Sat Apr 26 18:20:39 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Sat Apr 26 2025 07:30 am

    That could very well be because now they're owned by Whirlpool. That seems to happen quite a bit.

    Local homegrown company does real good, owners/boards sell it off for huge profit to a big umbrella company that doesn't give a shit about their product or their people, etc. Company takes a dive.. ;)


    well it was owned by emmerson for quite a while. emmerson does tons of stuff.
    i worked pt at a foundry on the weekends for an emmerson plant in s milwaukee. they made castings for electrical boxes,etc.

    Makes dishes and cleanup easier for the people that do use it. Not using them is always a choice, too.


    i just scrape it in the trash. for doing dishes i put some orange zepp in and let it soak and that gets my plates super squeaky clean.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Bf2k+ on Sat Apr 26 20:53:44 2025
    Bf2k+ wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I have this same setup... dual sinks with 1 insinkerator. In 20 years
    it has never clogged up although the motor finally died last year and I had to replace it. I always run LOTS of water when I use it though.

    My mom's plumbing must have been janky, maybe it had just enough bends
    to slow the works down...

    Insinkerator. heh - I replaced my disposal recently and looked around for the identical Insinkerator so I didn't have to change the sink collar.

    I'm lazy that way, I'll spend an hour looking for an identical smoke
    detector if I can re-use the mounting bracket. :)



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Sat Apr 26 20:53:44 2025
    Mortar wrote to Accession <=-

    I love brats and beer. What more could you ask for? ;)

    World peace?

    I feel like there's a scenario where we could get all three.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Sat Apr 26 20:53:44 2025
    Mortar wrote to Accession <=-

    According to various articles, the main reasons CEC has less outlets is COVID, large debt to creditors and shift in customer preferences, in
    that order.

    We all realized the viral cesspools of death that are BALL PITS.

    In all seriousness, it sounds like they got dragged down by private
    equity - buying the company and leveraging debt.

    And, for a 4-7 year old kid, being able to play games for a token a
    piece and eat cheesy pizza while your dad watches from the sidelines was a pretty good way of spending a weekend afternoon - I found a couple of
    games I was good at that I could supplant his coupon winnings, and he'd
    be so excited getting to pick a prize at the end.


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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to MRO on Sun Apr 27 03:59:21 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Bf2k+ on Fri Apr 25 2025 11:23 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Bf2k+ to MRO on Fri Apr 25 2025 06:55 pm
    I just replaced mine last year... I think it was an Insinkerator IIRC.

    i dont know why people like them. i've had them before but dont like them. i'm always dropping a fucking fork down the hole too.

    heheh... I've never done that but I am waiting for my 14 yr old grandson to do it... that's right up his alley.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Sun Apr 27 09:11:17 2025
    Accession wrote to Cougar428 <=-

    Yeah, it's tough to think about how bad the FDA, USDA, and whatever alphabet soup food administrations have slowly been trying to kill us
    all over the years. It would definitely be nice if that changed, and
    soon!

    They're not trying to kill us, the companies that lobby against them
    are. Sure, they could sell healthier food, but where's the profit
    margin in that?




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Sun Apr 27 09:11:17 2025
    Mortar wrote to Cougar428 <=-

    Now I'm hungry. I think a good white sause would go well with that.

    I just had an egg white and spinach egg bite on wheat toast; now I want biscuits and gravy!



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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to MRO on Sun Apr 27 17:13:09 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 2025 06:12 pm

    if we didn't have preservatives people would cry about the higher prices and how their food would spoil.

    A lot of the drama regarding food preservation is done because of security concerns.

    To be honest, most food can be canned using plain water, salt and a high preasure environment, but typically some regulatory body will demand your canned cucumbers get preserved in an acid environment at X PH and with Y concentration of salt - in order to prevent pathogens from growing in the food. At that point you pretty much need to add acidity correctors and other extras to the food because it would taste like lightning otherwise.

    A whole lot of chemo in food does not make much sense, on the other hand.

    You could have food distributed without preservatives in many cases, but people would need to switch their mentality regarding canned and vaccuum sealed food. We'd have to go back to the late 19th century days, in which you had to actually boil your canned food before it was remotely safe to eat. That's just not going to happen.


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Sun Apr 27 17:28:46 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 2025 12:04 pm

    Pomme frites and mayo - Mmmmm... B}

    Pomme frites and Bulgarian cheese.
    The only thing missing is gravy.

    Sounds similar to poutine..

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Apr 27 17:31:43 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bf2k+ on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:53 pm

    Insinkerator. heh - I replaced my disposal recently and looked around for the identical Insinkerator so I didn't have to change the sink collar.

    It took me way too long before I realized "In-sink-erator" was a pun..

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Apr 27 17:35:05 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:53 pm

    We all realized the viral cesspools of death that are BALL PITS.

    Funny how we sometimes have or do something for so long (such as ball pits) and then suddenly a lot of people complain about it and they end up gone. Recently I've been seeing a good number of people saying they think cruse ships are similar cesspools of death due to germs/viruses. That may have started with covid though.. Around early 2020, I seem to remember hearing in the news that cruise ships were being quarantined in case anyone on the ships had covid.

    I've been on a couple cruises, and I doubt there would be much significant increased risk of getting sick. I'd think jet airplanes are worse, since they're a closed and sealed environment.

    Nightfox

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Apr 27 18:59:01 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:53 pm

    I love brats and beer. What more
    could you ask for? ;)

    World peace?

    I feel like there's a scenario where
    could get all three.

    What if to get an unlimited amount of
    TWO of those things, you had to
    entirely give up the third forever?
    Which would you choose to give up?

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Mon Apr 28 10:26:31 2025
    Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I've been on a couple cruises, and I doubt there would be much
    significant increased risk of getting sick. I'd think jet airplanes
    are worse, since they're a closed and sealed environment.

    People say the filtration systems in planes are pretty good these days,
    but when I turn the air up and a blast of air hits me square in the
    face, it gives me pause... :(

    Cruises were notorious for norovirus and other transmittable nasties
    long before covid. Trump not wanting a ship with COVID cases dock in
    2020 because it might "mess with the numbers" didn't help.





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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to phigan on Mon Apr 28 10:26:31 2025
    phigan wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    What if to get an unlimited amount of
    TWO of those things, you had to
    entirely give up the third forever?
    Which would you choose to give up?


    World Peace - no alternative
    Beer - no alternative
    Brats - well, there's hot dogs, chicken apple sausage...



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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Mon Apr 28 19:09:58 2025
    Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Accession <=-

    Accession wrote to Cougar428 <=-

    Yeah, it's tough to think about how bad the FDA, USDA, and whatever alphabet soup food administrations have slowly been trying to kill us
    all over the years. It would definitely be nice if that changed, and
    soon!

    They're not trying to kill us, the companies that lobby against them
    are. Sure, they could sell healthier food, but where's the profit
    margin in that?

    And here I was thinking it was the FDA! Thanks PF, who knew?

    ... If Corn Oil Is Made From Corn, What's Baby Oil Made From?

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to PHIGAN on Mon Apr 28 19:09:58 2025
    Quoting Phigan to Poindexter Fortran <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:53 pm

    I love brats and beer. What more
    could you ask for? ;)

    World peace?

    I feel like there's a scenario where
    could get all three.

    What if to get an unlimited amount of
    TWO of those things, you had to
    entirely give up the third forever?
    Which would you choose to give up?

    Wow - a deep thinker.

    If you could be a tree, what kind of tree would you be?

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Cougar428 on Mon Apr 28 23:52:47 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to PHIGAN on Mon Apr 28 2025 07:09 pm

    If you could be a tree, what kind o
    tree would you be?

    A phig tree.

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  • From Thumper@VERT/THEWASTE to phigan on Tue Apr 29 09:21:00 2025
    phigan wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    @VIA: VERT/TACOPRON
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro than this...
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Apr 15 2025 07:28 pm

    Now, that's a breakfast!

    Favorite breakfasts:
    cold pizza
    sushi

    Hair Pie is much better!! Starts my day off perfect! ;)



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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Tue Apr 29 14:24:37 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Apr 27 2025 17:31:43

    It took me way too long before I realized "In-sink-erator" was a
    pun..

    I had this image of a mini incinerator under the sink. Drop in a bread crust and flames shoot out of the drain.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Tue Apr 29 14:35:58 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Apr 27 2025 17:35:05

    I'd think jet airplanes are worse, since they're a closed and
    sealed environment.

    While they are pressurized, they still bring in fresh air through vents in the cabin.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Tue Apr 29 13:06:38 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Nightfox on Tue Apr 29 2025 02:35 pm

    I'd think jet airplanes are worse, since they're a closed and sealed
    environment.

    While they are pressurized, they still bring in fresh air through vents in the cabin.

    I guess that's true, they'd have to bring in fresh air somehow. I imagined that would be hard to do though, since jet airplanes fly at an altitude where the atmosphere is thin, and any opening would basically suck anything out.

    Nightfox

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to PHIGAN on Tue Apr 29 18:07:03 2025
    Quoting Phigan to Cougar428 <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Cougar428 to PHIGAN on Mon Apr 28 2025 07:09 pm

    If you could be a tree, what kind o
    tree would you be?

    A phig tree.

    OK - My fault, I shoulda seen that one coming...

    ... Not much is worse than being peerless in a peer-review system.

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Wed Apr 30 20:06:17 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Apr 27 2025 05:31 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bf2k+ on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:53 pm

    Insinkerator. heh - I replaced my disposal recently and looked around for the identical Insinkerator so I didn't have to change the sink collar.

    It took me way too long before I realized "In-sink-erator" was a pun..

    Pun? What do you mean? It's a brand name. I have one under my sink right now.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Bf2k+ on Thu May 1 09:28:17 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Bf2k+ to Nightfox on Wed Apr 30 2025 08:06 pm

    It took me way too long before I realized "In-sink-erator" was a pun..

    Pun? What do you mean? It's a brand name. I have one under my sink right now.

    Yes, I know it's a brand name.. It's a play on the word "incinerator". It took me a long time to realize that.

    Nightfox

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  • From Kaboom@VERT/DYNAMITE to Mortar on Fri May 2 15:06:50 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Nightfox on Tue Apr 29 2025 02:35 pm

    I'd think jet airplanes are worse, since they're a closed and sealed
    environment.
    While they are pressurized, they still bring in fresh air through vents in the cabin.

    They use compressed air thru the engines intake what stages I can't remember also do the same with the auxillary power unit apu. The air is taken in the aircraft and fed thru a system called packs. There are redundant systems on a aircraft like two packs in case one fails.

    I was a aircraft mechanic a long time ago, well still am the license are for life.

    -Kaboom

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nightfox on Thu May 8 18:14:28 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Bf2k+ on Thu May 01 2025 09:28 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Bf2k+ to Nightfox on Wed Apr 30 2025 08:06 pm

    It took me way too long before I realized "In-sink-erator" was a pun..

    Pun? What do you mean? It's a brand name. I have one under my sink right now.

    Yes, I know it's a brand name.. It's a play on the word "incinerator". It took me a long time to realize that.

    Apparently Americans used to incinerate their food waste, so that makes sense: https://wasatchresourcerecovery.com/do-you-incinerate-the-food-waste-no/

    But never in my lifetime has my family regularly incinerated waste of any kind, so the pun while cute is probably lost on most people.
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  • From Whatdidyouexpect@VERT/ENETGTWY to Dumas Walker on Thu Jun 19 16:49:00 2025
    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:06:00

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against humanity.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Whatdidyouexpect on Thu Jun 19 16:09:32 2025
    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Whatdidyouexpect to Dumas Walker on Thu Jun 19 2025 04:49 pm

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against humanity.

    I feel like people can do what they want with their pizza, but personally I don't put condiments on my pizza. When I first noticed & heard about people dipping their pizza in things like ranch dressing, melted garlic butter, etc., I thought it was a little weird, since I'd never done that and hadn't heard about people doing that before..

    I like pineapple on pizza though, and some people say they think that's a crime against humanity..

    Nightfox

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to WHATDIDYOUEXPECT on Fri Jun 20 08:45:00 2025
    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against humanity.

    Which is why I only use ketchup, or honey-n-butter, on left-over crusts,
    and only if I don't have any garlic sauce or butter.


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NIGHTFOX on Fri Jun 20 08:42:00 2025
    I like pineapple on pizza though, and some people say they think that's a crime
    against humanity..

    A sign of a serious mental issue, for sure. :D


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Fri Jun 20 13:47:15 2025
    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to WHATDIDYOUEXPECT on Fri Jun 20 2025 08:45 am

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against humanity.

    Which is why I only use ketchup, or honey-n-butter, on left-over crusts,
    and only if I don't have any garlic sauce or butter.


    this explains a lot.
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  • From Utopian Galt@VERT to Whatdidyouexpect on Fri Jun 20 14:41:32 2025
    Whatdidyouexpect wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:06:00

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against
    humanity.

    In 2024 when I was in England, they also put salad cream on pizza.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Utopian Galt on Fri Jun 20 16:59:20 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Utopian Galt to Whatdidyouexpect on Fri Jun 20 2025 02:41 pm

    Whatdidyouexpect wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:06:00

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against humanity.

    In 2024 when I was in England, they also put salad cream on pizza.

    what is 'salad cream'?
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Fri Jun 20 18:44:32 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Thu, Jun 19 2025 18:09:32 -0500, you wrote:

    I feel like people can do what they want with their pizza, but
    personally I don't put condiments on my pizza. When I first noticed
    & heard about people dipping their pizza in things like ranch
    dressing, melted garlic butter, etc., I thought it was a little
    weird, since I'd never done that and hadn't heard about people doing
    that before..

    I've dipped my crust in ranch, garlic butter, or maranara before, once the toppings are gone. ;)

    I like pineapple on pizza though, and some people say they think
    that's a crime against humanity..

    I didn't think it was /bad/ when I tried it a couple of times, but it's definitely not something I'd order for myself. I tend to like just about anything that would normally come on a supreme pizza, minus the green peppers.

    To each their own.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Utopian Galt@VERT to MRO on Fri Jun 20 22:11:52 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: MRO to Utopian Galt on Fri Jun 20 2025 04:59 pm

    In 2024 when I was in England, they also put salad cream on pizza.
    Nothing too nefarious.
    Salad cream is a mixture of oil, eggs, vinegar, and a range of spices and herbs. Salad cream can be compared to mayo but it has a few key differences that set it apart from regular mayonnaise.
    I was too scared to try it, but next time I visit one of their grocery stores I'll bring a bottle home.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Fri Jun 20 22:41:39 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Fri Jun 20 2025 06:44 pm

    I've dipped my crust in ranch, garlic butter, or maranara before, once the toppings are gone. ;)

    I think that makes sense, and I've done that before too. :)

    I like pineapple on pizza though, and some people say they think that's a
    crime against humanity..

    I didn't think it was /bad/ when I tried it a couple of times, but it's definitely not something I'd order for myself. I tend to like just about anything that would normally come on a supreme pizza, minus the green peppers.

    I tend to prefer that type of pizza too, including green pepper. :) I also see a lot of pizza restaurants call it "combination" pizza.

    Years ago, at my first job, one of my co-workers was ordering pizza for us and he asked what kind I like, and I said combination. Apparently he had never heard of that though and he said "what does that mean?"

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Fri Jun 20 22:43:32 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: MRO to Utopian Galt on Fri Jun 20 2025 04:59 pm

    In 2024 when I was in England, they also put salad cream on pizza.

    what is 'salad cream'?

    I've heard it's something in the UK comparable to Miracle Whip in the US.

    And until recently, I didn't realize Miracle Whip is mainly just a North American thing..

    Nightfox

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Sat Jun 21 06:16:15 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Sat, Jun 21 2025 00:41:39 -0500, you wrote:

    I tend to prefer that type of pizza too, including green pepper. :) I
    also see a lot of pizza restaurants call it "combination" pizza.

    Years ago, at my first job, one of my co-workers was ordering pizza
    for us and he asked what kind I like, and I said combination.
    Apparently he had never heard of that though and he said "what does
    that mean?"

    I've seen it called that before, but it's not very common around here. Most of the time it's called supreme, unless restaurants try to put their own spin on whatever they want to name it to suit their menu better.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to WHATDIDYOUEXPECT on Sat Jun 21 09:23:49 2025
    Quoting Whatdidyouexpect to Dumas Walker <=-

    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:06:00

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against
    humanity.

    Even ranch? Or Garlic butter?

    Wow, you are strict!

    Have a great day!

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to UTOPIAN GALT on Sat Jun 21 09:23:49 2025
    Quoting Utopian Galt to Whatdidyouexpect <=-

    Whatdidyouexpect wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:06:00

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against
    humanity.

    In 2024 when I was in England, they also put salad cream on pizza.

    Salad cream? Not familiar with that...

    :)


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Utopian Galt on Sat Jun 21 12:54:46 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Fri Jun 20 2025 10:11 pm

    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: MRO to Utopian Galt on Fri Jun 20 2025 04:59 pm

    In 2024 when I was in England, they also put salad cream on pizza.
    Nothing too nefarious.
    Salad cream is a mixture of oil, eggs, vinegar, and a range of spices and herbs. Salad cream can be compared to mayo but it has a few key differences that set it apart from regular mayonnaise.
    I was too scared to try it, but next time I visit one of their grocery stores I'll bring a bottle home.

    don't you mean salad dressing?
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Cougar428 on Sat Jun 21 11:39:07 2025
    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Cougar428 to WHATDIDYOUEXPECT on Sat Jun 21 2025 09:23 am

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against
    humanity.

    Even ranch? Or Garlic butter?

    Wow, you are strict!

    I'd never really considered putting ranch or garlic butter on my pizza (and IMO that sounds unappetizing), but when eating a slice of pizza, once I'm down to the crust at the outer edge, I might dip that crust in something like ranch or garlic butter, or marinara sauce.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sat Jun 21 11:42:13 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: MRO to Utopian Galt on Sat Jun 21 2025 12:54 pm

    Salad cream is a mixture of oil, eggs, vinegar, and a range of spices and
    herbs. Salad cream can be compared to mayo but it has a few key differences
    that set it apart from regular mayonnaise. I was too scared to try it, but
    next time I visit one of their grocery stores I'll bring a bottle home.

    don't you mean salad dressing?

    Salad cream is an actual thing. It's a British condiment..

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_cream

    https://sporked.com/article/what-is-salad-cream/

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  • From Bob Worm@VERT/BEEBS2 to Utopian Galt on Sat Jun 21 22:06:04 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Fri Jun 20 2025 22:11:52

    Salad cream is a mixture of oil, eggs, vinegar, and a range of spices and herbs. Salad cream can be compared to mayo but it has a few key differences that set it apart from regular mayonnaise.

    The best way I can think to describe salad cream is this:

    You know how you have mayonnaise in a jar and it's good... then you have mayonnaise in the sachets which is a bit like real mayonnaise but tastes more vinegar-ey and nasty... well if you continue that trend a bit further you get salad cream.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 21 21:06:00 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bob Worm to Utopian Galt on Sat Jun 21 2025 10:06 pm

    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Fri Jun 20 2025 22:11:52

    Salad cream is a mixture of oil, eggs, vinegar, and a range of spices and herbs. Salad cream can be compared to mayo but it has a few key differences that set it apart from regular mayonnaise.

    The best way I can think to describe salad cream is this:

    You know how you have mayonnaise in a jar and it's good... then you have mayonnaise in the sachets which is a bit like real mayonnaise but tastes more vinegar-ey and nasty... well if you continue that trend a bit further you get salad cream.

    BobW

    are you talking about salad dressing or something else?
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sat Jun 21 20:06:33 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: MRO to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 21 2025 09:06 pm

    The best way I can think to describe salad cream is this:

    are you talking about salad dressing or something else?

    I've already replied to you regarding this, but in case you didn't see it, he's talking about salad cream, which is a thing in the UK..

    Nightfox

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  • From Bob Worm@VERT/BEEBS2 to MRO on Sun Jun 22 09:56:31 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: MRO to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 21 2025 21:06:00

    are you talking about salad dressing or something else?

    I'm talking about salad cream.

    BobW

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to COUGAR428 on Sun Jun 22 09:24:00 2025
    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against humanity.

    Even ranch? Or Garlic butter?

    Wow, you are strict!

    Garlic butter on the crust is the bee's knees. :D


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 22 14:50:52 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bob Worm to MRO on Sun Jun 22 2025 09:56 am

    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: MRO to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 21 2025 21:06:00

    are you talking about salad dressing or something else?

    I'm talking about salad cream.



    i never heard of it, i guess it's a UK thing. I'm not a big fan
    of salads anyways. I'd rather have meat and a green vegetable.
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  • From Utopian Galt@VERT to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 22 21:24:39 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bob Worm to Utopian Galt on Sat Jun 21 2025 10:06 pm

    You know how you have mayonnaise in a jar and it's good... then you h
    Next trip I will buy some store brand salad cream and maybe some Robinsons Relish.

    I bought me some Maramite in my luggage last month and a box of wheatabix.
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Sun Jun 22 22:18:06 2025
    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Nightfox to Whatdidyouexpect on Thu Jun 19 2025 04:09 pm

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against
    humanity.

    I feel like people can do what they want with their pizza, but personally I don't put condiments on my pizza. When I first noticed & heard about people dipping their pizza in things like ranch dressing, melted garlic butter, etc., I thought it was a little weird, since I'd never done that and hadn't heard about people doing that before..

    Dip the crust in some good ol' Blue Cheese dressing, damnit now I'm hungry.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Sun Jun 22 21:52:30 2025
    Dip the crust in some good ol' Blue Cheese dressing, damnit now I'm hungry.


    I'm not a fan of blue cheese.

    Nightfox

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  • From Bogomips@VERT to all on Mon Jun 23 06:34:27 2025
    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Sun Jun 22 2025 10:18 pm

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against
    humanity.

    Does cold feta cheese count?
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  • From Bob Worm@VERT/BEEBS2 to Utopian Galt on Mon Jun 23 14:43:04 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Utopian Galt to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 22 2025 21:24:39

    Hi, UG.

    Next trip I will buy some store brand salad cream and maybe some Robinsons Relish.

    I imagine off-brand salad cream is pretty variable - most people stick to Heinz for sauces (particularly ketchup) even if they aren't normally fussy about brands.

    I'm not sure I've ever seen Robinsons relish? Google seems to be struggling a bit too, it seems to rather point me at Robinson's squash (cordial type drink if that word doesn't travel well) or Henderson's relish which seems to be some kind of Worcestershire sauce. Both are fairly typical Brit food that I don't remember seeing anywhere outside the UK or holiday resorts with a lot of Brits.

    I bought me some Maramite in my luggage last month and a box of wheatabix.

    Heha - when you've lived in a country all your life you don't realise what weird things you have that are not universal across the world. I was vaguely aware that Marmite was mostly a UK thing, though the Australians have Vegemite which seems to be the same. I always assumed that Weetabix was a global thing, though.

    I guess your Weetabix were mostly dust by the time you got them home, no?

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Bob Worm on Mon Jun 23 13:05:20 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bob Worm to Utopian Galt on Mon Jun 23 2025 02:43 pm

    Heha - when you've lived in a country all your life you don't realise what weird things you have that are not universal across the world. I was vaguely aware that Marmite was mostly a UK thing, though the Australians have Vegemite which seems to be the same. I always assumed that Weetabix was a global thing, though.

    Yeah, I'm from the US, and until recently, I thought Miracle Whip was fairly common around the world, but it turns out it's mainly a North American (US & Canada) thing. I posted something about Miracle Whip online and some people from the UK said they thought it sounded like it could be whipped cream or something (with some commenting they thought it would be common for Americans to put whipped cream on anything, which isn't true)..

    For those unfamiliar, Miracle Whip is made by Kraft Foods and is very similar to mayonnaise, but it has a sweeter taste:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Whip

    I usually use it on sandwiches (like mayonnaise) and in tuna salad. And apparently there are a lot of people in the US who don't like Miracle Whip (which was also news to me; I didn't realize it was such a disliked condiment).

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Utopian Galt on Mon Jun 23 19:02:12 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Utopian Galt to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 22 2025 09:24 pm

    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bob Worm to Utopian Galt on Sat Jun 21 2025 10:06 pm

    You know how you have mayonnaise in a jar and it's good... then you h
    Next trip I will buy some store brand salad cream and maybe some Robinsons Relish.

    I bought me some Maramite in my luggage last month and a box of wheatabix.

    don't forget the brown sauce!
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  • From Bob Worm@VERT/BEEBS2 to Nightfox on Tue Jun 24 12:36:10 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Nightfox to Bob Worm on Mon Jun 23 2025 13:05:20

    Hi, Nightfox.

    apparently there are a lot of people in the US who don't like Miracle Whip (which was also news to me; I didn't realize it was such a disliked condiment).

    I have to admit, the idea of (even slightly) sweeter mayonnaise would not appeal to me!

    On a related note, our friend was telling us on the weekend that her son had gone to Subway and bought some cookies that came with a caramel dip. They informed him they'd run out of caramel and asked if he'd like some mayonnaise instead.

    An offer so bad that even a kid wouldn't take it!

    BobW

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Bob Worm on Tue Jun 24 07:34:06 2025
    Bob Worm wrote to Nightfox <=-

    On a related note, our friend was telling us on the weekend that her
    son had gone to Subway and bought some cookies that came with a caramel dip. They informed him they'd run out of caramel and asked if he'd like some mayonnaise instead.

    Does that mean that there's some godforsaken backwoods part of this
    country where people marry their cousins from the holler down yonder and
    dunk their cookies in mayonnaise?



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Bob Worm on Tue Jun 24 09:18:21 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bob Worm to Nightfox on Tue Jun 24 2025 12:36 pm

    On a related note, our friend was telling us on the weekend that her son had gone to Subway and bought some cookies that came with a caramel dip. They informed him they'd run out of caramel and asked if he'd like some mayonnaise instead.

    That's weird.. I wonder what their thought process was about that.

    Nightfox

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to NIGHTFOX on Wed Jun 25 10:21:50 2025
    Quoting Nightfox to Cougar428 <=-

    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Cougar428 to WHATDIDYOUEXPECT on Sat Jun 21 2025 09:23 am

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against
    humanity.

    Even ranch? Or Garlic butter?

    Wow, you are strict!

    I'd never really considered putting ranch or garlic butter on my pizza (and IMO that sounds unappetizing), but when eating a slice of pizza,
    once I'm down to the crust at the outer edge, I might dip that crust
    in something like ranch or garlic butter, or marinara sauce.
    Nightfox

    You've restored my faith in humanity!

    :) - Have a gread day!

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to NIGHTFOX on Wed Jun 25 10:21:50 2025
    Quoting Nightfox to Bob Worm <=-

    I usually use it on sandwiches (like mayonnaise) and in tuna salad.
    And apparently there are a lot of people in the US who don't like
    Miracle Whip (which was also news to me; I didn't realize it was such
    a disliked condiment).

    Mmmmmmiracle whip and peanut butter sandwiches! Mmmmm...

    Seriously...

    Have a wonderful day!


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  • From Bogomips@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Jun 25 08:37:57 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bob Worm on Tue Jun 24 2025 07:34 am

    dunk their cookies in mayonnaise?

    When I came home from Germany, I would dunk my french fries in mayonnaise and it freaked people out, until they tried it.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Wed Jun 25 08:58:00 2025
    Bob Worm wrote to Nightfox <=-

    On a related note, our friend was telling us on the weekend that her
    son had gone to Subway and bought some cookies that came with a caramel dip. They informed him they'd run out of caramel and asked if he'd like some mayonnaise instead.

    Does that mean that there's some godforsaken backwoods part of this
    country where people marry their cousins from the holler down yonder and
    dunk their cookies in mayonnaise?

    IIRC, Bob is in the UK so it would be the backwoods of *that* country, not ours. :D

    If I had to guess, mayo and other sandwich condiments were probably all
    they had available.


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  • From Bob Worm@VERT/BEEBS2 to Dumas Walker on Thu Jun 26 09:01:29 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Wed Jun 25 2025 08:58:00

    Hi, Dumas.

    IIRC, Bob is in the UK so it would be the backwoods of *that* country, not ours. :D

    You RC :) They do live "oop North" so, don't tell my friend, but pretty much.

    If I had to guess, mayo and other sandwich condiments were probably all
    they had available.

    That's what I thought, too. I'd never heard of any sweet sauces in Subway before so probably it was savoury or nothing.

    My friend was a bit narked off, though, since the whole schtick was that they were "dipping cookies", so without the dip they might just as well have picked up a whole bag of bakery cookies from a supermarket for the same money or less.

    BobW

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bob Worm on Thu Jun 26 15:19:28 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bob Worm to Dumas Walker on Thu Jun 26 2025 09:01 am

    You RC :) They do live "oop North" so, don't tell my friend, but pretty much.

    If I had to guess, mayo and other sandwich condiments were probably
    all they had available.

    That's what I thought, too. I'd never heard of any sweet sauces in Subway before so probably it was savoury or nothing.

    they have that sweet onion sauce which is pretty good.

    i dont go to subway anymore. the quality is horrible and the prices went up.
    i hope they go out of business.
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  • From Whatdidyouexpect@VERT/ENETGTWY to Utopian Galt on Thu Jun 26 17:18:40 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Utopian Galt to Whatdidyouexpect on Fri Jun 20 2025 14:41:32


    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:06:00

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against humanity.

    In 2024 when I was in England, they also put salad cream on pizza.

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    im sorry but thats just actually disgusting thats just horrendous salad cream??? seriously??

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Whatdidyouexpect on Thu Jun 26 16:25:14 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Whatdidyouexpect to Utopian Galt on Thu Jun 26 2025 05:18 pm

    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Utopian Galt to Whatdidyouexpect on Fri Jun 20 2025 14:41:32


    Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Mon Apr 21 2025 07:06:00

    Putting ANY type of condiment on pizza should be a crime against
    humanity.

    In 2024 when I was in England, they also put salad cream on pizza.

    ... Computer Hacker wanted. Must have own axe.
    im sorry but thats just actually disgusting thats just horrendous salad cream??? seriously??

    they're british.
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Bogomips on Thu Jun 26 23:04:22 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bogomips to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Jun 25 2025 08:37 am

    When I came home from Germany, I would dunk my french fries in mayonnaise and it freaked people out, until they tried it.


    I live in Utah, We mix ketchup and Mayo to make our version of fry sauce.
    Many of our fast food restraunt's have this fry sauce.
    Even McDonalds used to carry it for Utah and Idaho customers, they no longer carry it :( .

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to BOB WORM on Fri Jun 27 10:29:00 2025
    If I had to guess, mayo and other sandwich condiments were probably all they had available.

    That's what I thought, too. I'd never heard of any sweet sauces in Subway before so probably it was savoury or nothing.

    Aside from maybe some sort of sweet-and-sour vinegrette they might put on
    some specialty sandwiches, I couldn't think of any sweet sauces they'd
    have, either.

    My friend was a bit narked off, though, since the whole schtick was that they were "dipping cookies", so without the dip they might just as well have picked
    up a whole bag of bakery cookies from a supermarket for the same money or less

    I can understand their frustration. If it were me, I would have been
    looking forward to that carmel dip and would have been quite disappointed
    not to get it while paying full price for the cookies.


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  • From Bob Worm@VERT/BEEBS2 to Dumas Walker on Sun Jun 29 22:10:07 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Dumas Walker to BOB WORM on Fri Jun 27 2025 10:29:00

    Hi, Dumas.

    I can understand their frustration. If it were me, I would have been looking forward to that carmel dip and would have been quite disappointed not to get it while paying full price for the cookies.

    If I'd asked for dipping cookies and they told me they didn't have any dip then I'd have told them to keep the damn cookies as well :)

    BobW

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 29 22:19:59 2025
    Re: Re: The Red Stuff
    By: Bob Worm to Dumas Walker on Sun Jun 29 2025 10:10 pm

    If I'd asked for dipping cookies and they told me they didn't have any dip then I'd have told them to keep the damn cookies as well :)

    BobW

    if you were to ask for dipping cookies I would hope you would punch your own self in the face because men do not dip cookies.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to BOB WORM on Mon Jun 30 08:01:00 2025
    If I'd asked for dipping cookies and they told me they didn't have any dip the
    I'd have told them to keep the damn cookies as well :)

    Same! :D I was actually surprised the person you told the story on didn't
    do just that.


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  • From Elmer Quinn@VERT/RICKSBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jul 28 09:15:35 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Tue Apr 15 2025 07:31 pm

    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: Dumas Walker to KABOOM on Tue Apr 15 2025 02:45 pm

    I thought they outlawed Jolt after it made a bunch of hillbillies go blin

    Not sure how it'd make you go blind, it's just like drinking 2 cokes. Modern day energy drinks have more nowadays.

    My daughter now likes that brand of Yerba Mate that comes in a yellow can. Interesting, I thought - I drank a lot of Mate in the 2000s, steeped from lo leaves. Mateine is a stimulant in Mate that doesn't cause the same jitters t caffeine does.

    Then, I looked at the can. It's got tons of sugar and added caffeine! Makes sense.

    I remember Jolt Cola. I tried one and about 10 minutes later I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital! The effects lasted almost 2 hours on me. Whew what a bad ride.

    Elmer
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Elmer Quinn on Mon Jul 28 13:43:23 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: Elmer Quinn to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jul 28 2025 09:15 am

    Then, I looked at the can. It's got tons of sugar and added caffeine! Makes sense.

    I remember Jolt Cola. I tried one and about 10 minutes later I
    thought I was going to have to go to the hospital! The effects
    lasted almost 2 hours on me. Whew what a bad ride.


    did you freebase before your can of jolt?
    it has the same sugar as a can of pepsi in today's age
    and less caffeine than a monster.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Elmer Quinn on Mon Jul 28 14:43:55 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: Elmer Quinn to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jul 28 2025 09:15 am


    I remember Jolt Cola. I tried one and about 10 minutes later I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital! The effects lasted almost 2 hours on me Whew what a bad ride.

    In college, they held a lottery system for the food court venues to get breakfast and lunch slots. One year, the Barn N' Bun, a hot dog place, got a breakfast slot. They had the tankard of bad coffee, shrink-wrapped muffins, and as a call back to their roots, a "Breakfast Special" - A Hot Dog and a Jolt cola.

    The nitrates, caffeine and sugar could knock you out of any late-night coding induced stupor.

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  • From Elmer Quinn@VERT/RICKSBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Jul 29 07:17:29 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Elmer Quinn on Mon Jul 28 2025 02:43 pm

    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: Elmer Quinn to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jul 28 2025 09:15 am


    I remember Jolt Cola. I tried one and about 10 minutes later I thought I going to have to go to the hospital! The effects lasted almost 2 hours on Whew what a bad ride.

    In college, they held a lottery system for the food court venues to get breakfast and lunch slots. One year, the Barn N' Bun, a hot dog place, got a breakfast slot. They had the tankard of bad coffee, shrink-wrapped muffins, as a call back to their roots, a "Breakfast Special" - A Hot Dog and a Jolt cola.

    The nitrates, caffeine and sugar could knock you out of any late-night codin induced stupor.

    That sounds like a lethal combination! LOL
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  • From Elmer Quinn@VERT/RICKSBBS to MRO on Tue Jul 29 07:18:46 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: MRO to Elmer Quinn on Mon Jul 28 2025 01:43 pm

    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: Elmer Quinn to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jul 28 2025 09:15 am

    Then, I looked at the can. It's got tons of sugar and added caffeine! Makes sense.

    I remember Jolt Cola. I tried one and about 10 minutes later I
    thought I was going to have to go to the hospital! The effects
    lasted almost 2 hours on me. Whew what a bad ride.


    did you freebase before your can of jolt?
    it has the same sugar as a can of pepsi in today's age
    and less caffeine than a monster.
    Thanks for the chemical analysis. I never freebased. LOL.
    Elmer
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Elmer Quinn on Tue Jul 29 14:21:39 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: Elmer Quinn to MRO on Tue Jul 29 2025 07:18 am


    did you freebase before your can of jolt? it has the same sugar as a
    can of pepsi in today's age and less caffeine than a monster.

    Thanks for the chemical analysis. I never freebased. LOL. Elmer

    maybe someone slipped you a micky
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  • From Elmer Quinn@VERT/RICKSBBS to MRO on Sat Aug 9 07:52:45 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: MRO to Boraxman on Sat Apr 19 2025 06:18 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Boraxman to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 19 2025 10:34 am


    And the LORD did sayeth unto Japheth, "Why didst thou forsake the memory the Romans and put pineapple on thy Pizza?". And Japheth did hide his fac in shame, because he knew that fruit on Pizza was an abomination unto the LORD. For thy God has provided the bounty of the tropics and the grain fo creating leavened bread, but in His holy wisdom has kept these apart. Let man bringeth them together.


    pineapple on pizza should be punishable by death.
    and i LOVE pineapple.
    I have almost tried the pineapple on pizza a few years back. I just could not bring myself to do it. I have had anchovies on a pizza once and decided too salty and I don't like fuzzy fish on my pizza. :)
    Elmer
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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Elmer Quinn on Sat Aug 9 11:47:14 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: Elmer Quinn to MRO on Sat Aug 09 2025 07:52 am

    bring myself to do it. I have had anchovies on a pizza once and decided too salty and I don't like fuzzy fish on my pizza. :)

    Exactly (re: salty), that's what the pineapple is for.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Elmer Quinn on Sat Aug 9 11:48:28 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Elmer Quinn on Sat Aug 09 2025 11:47 am

    There is a balance, between two worlds. One with a nail and a cross...

    Oops, that's arrow and a cross.

    I'd damn my ears, but I guess they already are!

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to phigan on Sat Aug 9 18:36:51 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore retro th
    By: phigan to Elmer Quinn on Sat Aug 09 2025 11:47 am


    Exactly (re: salty), that's what the pineapple is for.

    There is a balance, between two worlds. One with a nail and a
    cross...


    sounds like 2 worlds of shit.
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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Elmer Quinn on Tue Sep 2 17:30:43 2025
    Elmer,

    I remember Jolt Cola. I tried one and about 10 minutes later I
    thought I was going to have to go to the hospital! The effects
    lasted almost 2 hours on me. Whew what a bad ride.

    A few years ago, I was drinking a half gallon of diet green tea
    citrus a day...as a thirst quencher and a diuretic, to prevent
    kidney stones. Unfortunately, the caffeine in it shot my heart
    rate to 160, and put me in the hospital twice in 2 months. I ended
    up with atrial flutter, and ended up having to have a cardiac
    ablation done, but now I have congestive heart failure. However,
    I don't get short of breath when moving around, and my oxygen
    level ranges from 95 to 100%.

    When I went to the Shreveport, Louisiana area in early August
    for a ham radio event, the two fellow ham radio operators that
    I rode with, took us to David Beard's Catfish King in Bossier
    City. I must've swigged at least a pitcher of their freshly
    brewed sweetened iced tea...and I was glad I didn't check my
    heart rate or blood sugar after that!! <G>.

    The thing is, if I only splurge on that once or twice a month,
    it's not going to hurt me too badly. My main beverage of choice
    is the low sugar powdered drink mix fruit punch flavor that I get
    from the local Kroger grocery store. Each box contains 6 packets
    that I mix with 2 quarts of water, and that's my beverage. They
    have low calories and no sugar, and it tastes better than just
    plain water (too bland for my taste). Or as the late W.C. Fields
    noted, "I don't drink water. Fish [have sex] in it". <G>

    Daryl

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 3 16:57:07 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore retro t
    By: Daryl Stout to Elmer Quinn on Tue Sep 02 2025 05:30 pm

    with 2 quarts of water, and that's my beverage. They have low
    calories and no sugar, and it tastes better than just plain water
    (too bland for my taste). Or as the late W.C. Fields noted, "I don't
    drink water. Fish [have sex] in it". <G>

    try drinking ice cold water.
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  • From Lee Sessor@VERT/RICKSBBS to Nightfox on Fri Dec 19 10:31:06 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Tue Apr 22 2025 04:23 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Apr 22 2025 05:04 pm

    I think mayonnaise is one of those things that's not great by itself, an
    it needs to be in (or with) another food to be good.

    My wife dips her fries in mayo, and gets extra mayo on burgers. Needles to say, I can't watch her do it. lol

    I do think mayo can be good on some things. Sometimes I like to get a Whopp from Burger King, and I think the combination of mayo and ketchup on it (alo with the condiments) gives it a good flavor.

    I've heard mayo with fries is particularly popular in some other countries, it's not really my thing.

    Nightfox

    We enjoy housefries with nacho cheese dip here.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Lee Sessor on Fri Dec 19 10:18:33 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Lee Sessor to Nightfox on Fri Dec 19 2025 10:31 am

    I've heard mayo with fries is particularly popular in some other countries,
    it's not really my thing.

    We enjoy housefries with nacho cheese dip here.

    I once dipped my fries in mayonnaise in the college cafeteria. A friend of mine with a dismayed look on his face said "You know, that will be your undoing..."

    It relieves me to know I can pinpoint the exact date and time everything went south.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Lee Sessor on Fri Dec 19 13:13:43 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Lee Sessor to Nightfox on Fri Dec 19 2025 10:31 am

    We enjoy housefries with nacho cheese dip here.

    What are housefries?

    Nightfox

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Fri Dec 19 22:33:55 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Lee Sessor on Fri Dec 19 2025 01:13 pm

    We enjoy housefries with nacho cheese dip here.

    What are housefries?

    Fries that are made fresh at the restraunt or fast food chain, like In and Out, you can literally watch them make the fries at In and Out.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Sat Dec 20 09:12:40 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Fri Dec 19 2025 10:33 pm

    What are housefries?

    Fries that are made fresh at the restraunt or fast food chain, like In and Out, you can literally watch them make the fries at In and Out.

    Interesting, I'd just call those fresh French fries.. I can't say I've heard the term "housefries".

    Nightfox

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Sat Dec 20 17:07:40 2025
    Nightfox wrote to Denn <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Fri Dec 19 2025 10:33 pm

    What are housefries?

    Fries that are made fresh at the restraunt or fast food chain, like In and Out, you can literally watch them make the fries at In and Out.

    Interesting, I'd just call those fresh French fries.. I can't say I've heard the term "housefries".

    Neither have I. Seems like a strange thing to call them, since *ALL*
    fast food places make the fries on the premises. <BOGGLE>




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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Gamgee on Sat Dec 20 21:34:47 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sat Dec 20 2025 05:07 pm

    What are housefries?

    Fries that are made fresh at the restraunt or fast food chain, like
    In and Out, you can literally watch them make the fries at In and
    Out.

    Interesting, I'd just call those fresh French fries.. I can't say
    I've
    heard the term "housefries".

    Neither have I. Seems like a strange thing to call them, since *ALL*
    fast food places make the fries on the premises. <BOGGLE>

    House fries, House Beer, House burgers, any thing made as a specialty in house.
    Here in Utah we have restraunts that brew their own special Beer recipes.
    Also other restraunts that serve their own specialty Hamburgers.
    Not sure where you and Nightfox are from, But yes House fries are also a thing.




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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Gamgee on Sun Dec 21 08:26:56 2025
    Hey Gamgee!

    On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:07:40 -0600, you wrote:

    Neither have I. Seems like a strange thing to call them, since *ALL*
    fast food places make the fries on the premises. <BOGGLE>

    Example: McDonald's fries are frozen /before/ they are shipped to the restaurants. I imagine quite a few other fast food chains, as well as probably a good percentage of actual restaurants do the same.

    I think what the OP was referring to was actually cutting, blanching, and cooking the fries (without freezing) in-house, hence why they call them 'house fries'. For the record, I have also heard of this, but it's not nearly as often as it used to be. More fancier restaurants, like steak houses, will still use the term, though.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Sun Dec 21 09:05:37 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Gamgee on Sat Dec 20 2025 09:34 pm

    heard the term "housefries".

    Neither have I. Seems like a strange thing to call them, since *ALL* fast
    food places make the fries on the premises. <BOGGLE>

    House fries, House Beer, House burgers, any thing made as a specialty in house. Here in Utah we have restraunts that brew their own special Beer recipes. Also other restraunts that serve their own specialty Hamburgers. Not sure where you and Nightfox are from, But yes House fries are also a thing.

    Ah, yes it's common for "house" to be used in that way. I guess I was thrown off by the single word "housefries".

    Nightfox

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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Nightfox on Sun Dec 21 12:10:00 2025
    Hello Nightfox!

    ** On Saturday 20.12.25 - 09:12, Nightfox wrote to Denn:

    What are housefries?

    Fries that are made fresh at the restraunt or fast food chain, like In
    and Out, you can literally watch them make the fries at In and Out.

    Interesting, I'd just call those fresh French fries.. I can't say I've heard the term "housefries".

    Yeah.. you gotta be careful asking for that one - you might end
    up with a seasoning of house flies with that! :D


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Gamgee on Sun Dec 21 13:04:58 2025
    Gamgee wrote to Nightfox <=-

    Neither have I. Seems like a strange thing to call them, since *ALL*
    fast food places make the fries on the premises. <BOGGLE>

    McDonalds has a very complex potato supply chain, centrally sourcing
    french fries made from a couple of different variety of potatoes to try
    and get a consistent flavor regardless of where you are or what's in
    season.



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Accession on Sun Dec 21 17:37:54 2025
    Accession wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Neither have I. Seems like a strange thing to call them, since *ALL*
    fast food places make the fries on the premises. <BOGGLE>

    Example: McDonald's fries are frozen /before/ they are shipped to the restaurants. I imagine quite a few other fast food chains, as well as probably a good percentage of actual restaurants do the same.

    I think what the OP was referring to was actually cutting, blanching,
    and cooking the fries (without freezing) in-house, hence why they call them 'house fries'. For the record, I have also heard of this, but it's not nearly as often as it used to be. More fancier restaurants, like
    steak houses, will still use the term, though.

    Ahhh, yes, I'm sure this is what was meant originally. Hadn't thought
    of it that way. But yeah, I've generally seen this only in a more
    "upscale" restaurant. Thanks for clarification.




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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Accession on Mon Dec 22 17:17:11 2025
    Example: McDonald's fries are frozen /before/ they are shipped
    to the restaurants. I imagine quite a few other fast food
    chains, as well as probably a good percentage of actual
    restaurants do the same.

    As I recall, Burger King's were the same way. I remember moving
    36 pound cases of french fries (all in separate bags) around in
    the walk-in freezer. We had other stuff in the walk-in cooler. That
    was in the late 70s and early 80s.

    As for french fry taste, I think McDonald's fries are the best.
    One way to ensure of "hot fries" is to ask for "no salt", and have
    salt packets at the ready.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Ogg on Mon Dec 22 17:17:11 2025
    Yeah.. you gotta be careful asking for that one - you might end
    up with a seasoning of house flies with that! :D

    That's what I thought of first!!

    Daryl

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Tue Dec 23 13:41:25 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Accession on Mon Dec 22 2025 05:17 pm

    Example: McDonald's fries are frozen /before/ they are shipped
    to the restaurants. I imagine quite a few other fast food chains, as well
    as probably a good percentage of actual restaurants do the same.

    As I recall, Burger King's were the same way. I remember moving 36 pound cases of french fries (all in separate bags) around in the walk-in freezer. We had other stuff in the walk-in cooler. That was in the late 70s and early 80s.

    My first job (years ago) was at a Dairy Queen, and their french fries were also frozen before being shipped to the restaurant. And I think Dairy Queen's fries are some of the most bland fries out there.. I'm not sure if they're still using pre-frozen fries. They've changed their menu significantly since I left.

    As for french fry taste, I think McDonald's fries are the best.

    I really like their fries too.

    Nightfox

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Daryl Stout on Tue Dec 23 18:35:10 2025
    Hey Daryl!

    On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:17:10 -0600, you wrote:

    As I recall, Burger King's were the same way. I remember moving
    36 pound cases of french fries (all in separate bags) around in
    the walk-in freezer. We had other stuff in the walk-in cooler. That
    was in the late 70s and early 80s.

    Surely. The term "house fries" probably became more common in order to separate restaurants from the norm, by offering a fresher product.

    As for french fry taste, I think McDonald's fries are the best.
    One way to ensure of "hot fries" is to ask for "no salt", and have
    salt packets at the ready.

    If we're only talking fast food places, then I would tend to agree. Burger King also has some pretty good fries.

    But as for asking for "no salt," I couldn't do that. They're so much better when they're salted right out of the fryer, since the grease is still on them to act as a binder. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Tue Dec 23 18:17:50 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Tue Dec 23 2025 01:41 pm

    Example: McDonald's fries are frozen /before/ they are shipped
    to the restaurants. I imagine quite a few other fast food chains,
    as well as probably a good percentage of actual restaurants do the
    same.

    As I recall, Burger King's were the same way. I remember moving 36

    My first job (years ago) was at a Dairy Queen, and their french fries were also frozen before being shipped to the restaurant. And I think Dairy Queen's fries are some of the most bland fries out there.. I'm not sure if they're still using pre-frozen fries. They've changed their menu significantly since I left.

    At In and Out you can watch them peel, cut, then deepfry the fries right there.


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Tue Dec 23 18:10:31 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Tue Dec 23 2025 06:17 pm

    At In and Out you can watch them peel, cut, then deepfry the fries right there.

    I like In-N-Out. They don't have many locations in my area - They just built one about a 45-minute drive from me about 4 years ago, and I've been there a couple times now. It is still fairly busy a lot of the time. The first time I went there (4 years ago), I went inside rather than using the drive-thru, and I waited about 40 minutes for my food. I went again about a month ago and got through the drive-thru in about 10-15 minutes.. A lot of the time though, their drive-thru still has a fairly long line when I drive by there. They're building another location now about a 10-minute drive from me - I look forward to going there, but I'm sure there will be a lot of traffic there for a while..

    Nightfox

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Daryl Stout on Tue Dec 23 20:28:51 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Accession on Mon Dec 22 2025 05:17 pm

    As for french fry taste, I think McDonald's fries are the best.

    Agreed, but I hear that now all McDonald's fries come from potato fields owned by Bill Gates... and Bill Gates is one of those people that wants to jab the entire world with his immunizations. I think he also wants us all to eat bugs. Kinda creepy.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Tue Dec 23 20:33:40 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Tue Dec 23 2025 06:10 pm

    I like In-N-Out. They don't have many locations in my area - They just buil

    Here in Tempe, AZ, the fries are always dry and the burgers are just OK. In California, they are amazing. Sometimes I forget that when I'm in CA and friends want to go to In N Out.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Tue Dec 23 22:44:00 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Tue Dec 23 2025 06:10 pm

    At In and Out you can watch them peel, cut, then deepfry the fries
    right there.

    I like In-N-Out. They don't have many locations in my area - They just built one about a 45-minute drive from me about 4 years ago, and I've been there a couple times now. It is still fairly busy a lot of the time. The first time I went there (4 years ago), I went inside rather than using the drive-thru, and I waited about 40 minutes for my food. I went again about a month ago and got through the drive-thru in about 10-15 minutes.. A lot of the time though, their drive-thru still has a fairly long line when I drive by there. They're building another location now about a 10-minute drive from me - I look forward to going there, but I'm sure there will be a lot of traffic there for a while..

    Yes the drive-thru is generally faster than going inside, I have one 5 minutes from me.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wed Dec 24 10:46:01 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Daryl Stout on Tue Dec 23 2025 06:35 pm

    Surely. The term "house fries" probably became more common in order
    to separate restaurants from the norm, by offering a fresher
    product.


    you sure the term isnt 'home fries'? i havent seen 'house fries' on a menu. home fries arent really french fries. i've been in like half the states in the usa and dont think i've seen a 'house fries' alternative.

    If we're only talking fast food places, then I would tend to agree.
    Burger King also has some pretty good fries.

    i think burgerking and hardees have the best fries.
    i wont eat at burgerking anymore. one year i got so sick from the food i was sick for 2 weeks and couldn't eat the whole time.


    But as for asking for "no salt," I couldn't do that. They're so much
    better when they're salted right out of the fryer, since the grease
    is still on them to act as a binder. ;)

    the food moves so fast at mcdonalds you are going to get fresh fries all the time. they also have to toss them after a certain time.

    the no salt thing is a wive's tale.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Wed Dec 24 10:22:04 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Accession on Wed Dec 24 2025 10:46 am

    i think burgerking and hardees have the best fries.

    I think Burger King's fries are fairly bland, but I'd still eat them. There aren't any Hardees locations where I am, but there's Carl's Jr., which is owned by the same company, so their fries are probably the same. I think they're pretty good. However, Carl's Jr. is one of the more expensive ones (even with all of them being fairly expensive these days), and they don't offer any deals, so I don't go there very often.

    Some of the other fast food chains offer deals in their smartphone apps, and I try to take advantage of those when ordering fast food to lower the prices when I can. With fast food being so expensive these days, I try to save money when I can.

    i wont eat at
    burgerking anymore. one year i got so sick from the food i was sick for 2 weeks and couldn't eat the whole time.

    I haven't had a problem getting sick from Burger King. But I don't go there very often anymore due to the cost (and a lot fewer good deals with their app now).

    Nightfox

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Wed Dec 24 12:37:03 2025
    Hey Mro!

    On Wed, Dec 24 2025 10:46:01 -0600, you wrote:

    you sure the term isnt 'home fries'? i havent seen 'house fries' on
    a menu. home fries arent really french fries. i've been in like
    half the states in the usa and dont think i've seen a 'house fries' alternative.

    From what I remember, there is a difference. Home fries, if I remember
    right, are more of a breakfast item where they cut the potatoes into
    squares or rectangles and serve them with your eggs and bacon, etc.

    House fries are simply fries that are "made in house," as in not
    delivered to the place frozen. You usually only see that on menus at
    fancier places, like steak houses, or places that want to sound fancy.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to MRO on Wed Dec 24 14:21:12 2025
    MRO wrote to Accession <=-

    i wont eat at burgerking anymore. one year i got so sick from the food
    i was sick for 2 weeks and couldn't eat the whole time.

    Did that help to solve your morbidly obese issues at all?




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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wed Dec 24 15:16:34 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Wed Dec 24 2025 12:37 pm


    House fries are simply fries that are "made in house," as in not
    delivered to the place frozen. You usually only see that on menus
    at fancier places, like steak houses, or places that want to sound
    fancy.


    oh i've never seen it or noticed it.
    i'm sure they come out of a sysco bag.

    i wonder why 5 guys are not calling them 'house fries' since they
    are probably one of the few who cut them in house.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Wed Dec 24 14:59:20 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Wed Dec 24 2025 12:37 pm

    you sure the term isnt 'home fries'? i havent seen 'house fries' on a menu.
    home fries arent really french fries. i've been in like half the states in
    the usa and dont think i've seen a 'house fries' alternative.

    From what I remember, there is a difference. Home fries, if I remember right, are more of a breakfast item where they cut the potatoes into squares or rectangles and serve them with your eggs and bacon, etc.

    I've seen a breakfast dish with potatoes cut into squares/rectangles, along with things like onions & bell pepper, called Potatoes O'Brien:

    https://www.simplyrecipes.com/potatoes-obrien-recipe-8687783

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 19:04:02 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Wed, Dec 24 2025 12:22:04 -0600, you wrote:

    I haven't had a problem getting sick from Burger King. But I don't
    go there very often anymore due to the cost (and a lot fewer good
    deals with their app now).

    Fast food prices are WAY more than they should be. Everything about
    "fast food" and their pricing went way out the window between covid and
    the latest inflation.

    I would rather just not buy from these shitholes. If more people did
    that, these places would go out of business.

    The REAL problem is, people are getting lazier and lazier. A blackstone
    or even a cheap flat top grill can make anything a fast food chain can
    make, and better.

    People would rather take the crap ingredients the CDC allows (which
    includes human parts and crazy ass ingredients that shouldn't be
    consumed), because they're fucking lazy.

    *rant* I hate you McDonalds, and Taco Bell, and Burger King, and <insert
    fast food restaurants here> for being so delicious. :(

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Wed Dec 24 19:10:15 2025
    Hey Mro!

    On Wed, Dec 24 2025 15:16:34 -0600, you wrote:

    oh i've never seen it or noticed it. i'm sure they come out of a
    sysco bag.

    Uhh, no. Again, "HOUSE FRIES" are a place that takes potatoes, cuts them
    into fries, and fries them (this means FRESH AND NOT FROM SYSCO).
    Anywhere else, gets them delivered to them frozen, already cut (PROBABLY
    FROM SYSCO).

    Huge difference.

    i wonder why 5 guys are not calling them 'house fries' since they
    are probably one of the few who cut them in house.

    Every 5 guys by me have closed down. Not sure if it's because of dirty establishments, or lack of customers because of high prices. I can say
    that I /loved/ the fact that they overloaded the bag with fries. Nobody
    else has ever had that business model.

    But, as many times as I've been there, I don't have any evidence that
    they CUT THEIR FRIES in house. They could have been delivered frozen
    there, too.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 19:18:53 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Wed, Dec 24 2025 16:59:20 -0600, you wrote:

    I've seen a breakfast dish with potatoes cut into squares/
    rectangles, along with things like onions & bell pepper, called
    Potatoes O'Brien:

    Sure. Everyone can make up their own version of anything.

    This is why we are in this conversation.

    Fries - Anywhere and anything
    House fries - Made in house from a potato, NOT FROZEN
    Home fries - Sliced or chopped potatoes that are pan fried
    The Rest - ALL YOU FUCKS THAT STILL THINK THAT FAST FOOD IS THE BEES KNEES.

    Fast food is going to kill you. The meat they use is not even meat.
    Please stop and think about that.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wed Dec 24 20:09:48 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Wed Dec 24 2025 07:10 pm

    oh i've never seen it or noticed it. i'm sure they come out of a
    sysco bag.

    Uhh, no. Again, "HOUSE FRIES" are a place that takes potatoes, cuts
    them into fries, and fries them (this means FRESH AND NOT FROM
    SYSCO). Anywhere else, gets them delivered to them frozen, already
    cut (PROBABLY FROM SYSCO).


    oh i'm not confused. i think most places get their stuff from sysco.
    sysco has all kinds of fries in a bag.
    even stuff that will fool you into thinking they cut it right there
    at the restaurant. they dont. it's too much time, too much work.

    i wonder why 5 guys are not calling them 'house fries' since they are probably one of the few who cut them in house.

    Every 5 guys by me have closed down. Not sure if it's because of
    dirty establishments, or lack of customers because of high prices. I
    can say that I /loved/ the fact that they overloaded the bag with
    fries. Nobody else has ever had that business model.

    But, as many times as I've been there, I don't have any evidence

    5 guys seems to have mediocre food but it's 2x the price. looks like it has
    18 stores right now in wisconsin. i've had them in kenosha, milwaukee area, and by the minn boarder. i'm not going back again.

    the greasy fries in the bag never gave them points for me.
    I think they have very clean establishments but people aren't happy about the prices.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 16:47:28 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Wed Dec 24 2025 02:59 pm

    I've seen a breakfast dish with potatoes cut into squares/rectangles, along with things like onions & bell pepper, called Potatoes O'Brien:

    I thought that "Potatoes O'Brien" was the chief engineer of the USS Enterprise?

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Wed Dec 24 16:51:30 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 07:04 pm

    Fast food prices are WAY more than they should be. Everything about "fast food" and their pricing went way out the window between covid and the latest inflation.

    Greedflation - when McDonalds reported their financial performance, they called out to their investors that arbitrary price increases were starting to impact their overall revenues and that they would need to scale back prices -- not to where they used to be, of course.

    We're almost at the point where fast food costs as much as eating at a diner somewhere.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Wed Dec 24 21:17:32 2025
    Hey Mro!

    On Wed, Dec 24 2025 20:09:48 -0600, you wrote:

    oh i'm not confused. i think most places get their stuff from sysco.
    sysco has all kinds of fries in a bag. even stuff that will fool you
    into thinking they cut it right there at the restaurant. they dont.
    it's too much time, too much work.

    Yes. Most places get their stuff from Sysco. That includes frozen fries
    and just about 90% of all establishments.

    5 guys seems to have mediocre food but it's 2x the price. looks
    like it has 18 stores right now in wisconsin. i've had them in
    kenosha, milwaukee area, and by the minn boarder. i'm not going
    back again.

    They used to actually be good. You could build your own burger however
    you wanted, do whatever you want, and then they would stuff your to-go
    bag with as many fries as you could handle. THAT was what they were
    known for. THAT is what I would be a consistent customer for.

    the greasfries in the bag never gave them points for me. I think >
    they have very clean establishments but people aren't happy about
    the prices.

    It was something that set themselves from the others. No other places
    were trying to fill your to-go bag with fries at the time. It worked.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to MRO on Wed Dec 24 20:19:38 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Accession on Wed Dec 24 2025 08:09 pm

    Uhh, no. Again, "HOUSE FRIES" are a place that takes potatoes, cuts
    them into fries, and fries them (this means FRESH AND NOT FROM
    SYSCO). Anywhere else, gets them delivered to them frozen, already
    cut (PROBABLY FROM SYSCO).

    oh i'm not confused. i think most places get their stuff from sysco.
    sysco has all kinds of fries in a bag.
    even stuff that will fool you into thinking they cut it right there
    at the restaurant. they dont. it's too much time, too much work.

    at In and you can watch them peel, slice, put in a wash bath then to the deep fryer.

    So maybe you're confused?

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Wed Dec 24 20:51:18 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 07:04 pm

    People would rather take the crap ingredients the CDC allows (which includes human parts and crazy ass ingredients that shouldn't be consumed), because they're fucking lazy.

    *rant* I hate you McDonalds, and Taco Bell, and Burger King, and <insert fast food restaurants here> for being so delicious. :(

    I like to cook, so I'm not sure I'd consider myself lazy, but I think their food does taste pretty good. No matter how I cook a burger at home, I don't think it would be quite the same as a Burger King Whopper, for instance.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Wed Dec 24 20:51:59 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 07:18 pm

    Fast food is going to kill you. The meat they use is not even meat. Please stop and think about that.

    It's not?

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Thu Dec 25 07:29:29 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Wed Dec 24 2025 08:51 pm

    I like to cook, so I'm not sure I'd consider myself lazy, but I think their food does taste pretty good. No matter how I cook a burger at home, I don't think it would be quite the same as a Burger King Whopper, for instance.

    Everyone should check out the book "Why we Eat (too much)", that talks about the science of food craving and flavor - and keep in mind that fast food has food scientists who study how to make fast food hook into your cravings by layering salt, fat and sugar.

    There's no way someone trying to make food that tastes good could replicate the efforts they go through to hook you on their offerings.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 25 09:08:30 2025
    Hey poindexter!

    On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:51:30 -0800, you wrote:

    Greedflation - when McDonalds reported their financial performance, they called out to their investors that arbitrary price increases were
    starting to impact their overall revenues and that they would need to
    scale back prices -- not to where they used to be, of course.

    Good! I don't feel the least bit sorry for them, and hope that it continues to affect their revenues.

    We're almost at the point where fast food costs as much as eating at a
    diner somewhere.

    Yep. I've noticed that as well. What they used to (and maybe even still do) call "value meals" are now costing upwards of $10-$15, when they used to be (and not even that long ago) around $4-$6.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Thu Dec 25 09:02:04 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Wed Dec 24 2025 02:59 pm

    with things like onions & bell pepper, called Potatoes O'Brien:

    Am I the only one that can't help but to picture Miles O'Brien holding or

    eating potatoes every time someone brings up this dish?

    He's usually smiling, too, which is uncharacteristic.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Thu Dec 25 09:07:22 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 07:04 pm

    Fast food prices are WAY more than they should be. Everything about

    IKR? Look at Taco Bell.. Is there even anything under a dollar anymore? A bean burrito that used to be less than 50 cents in my lifetime is now over $2. Umm.. Btw, look at the JITB tacos.. They've been 99c forever, and haven't changed. Have they just been ripping people off the whole time, or is there really no actual need for these price hikes?

    *rant* I hate you McDonalds, and Taco Bell, and Burger King, and <insert fast food restaurants here> for being so delicious. :(

    They're not even that good. It's probably mostly a nostalgia thing.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 25 10:16:25 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Accession on Wed Dec 24 2025 04:51 pm

    Greedflation - when McDonalds reported their financial performance,
    they called out to their investors that arbitrary price increases
    were starting to impact their overall revenues and that they would


    i can get a huge double quarter pounder deluxe for 4.60 with the mcdonalds app. that's a great deal.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Thu Dec 25 10:35:52 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Wed Dec 24 2025 09:17 pm


    oh i'm not confused. i think most places get their stuff from sysco.
    sysco has all kinds of fries in a bag. even stuff that will fool you
    into thinking they cut it right there at the restaurant. they dont.
    it's too much time, too much work.

    Yes. Most places get their stuff from Sysco. That includes frozen
    fries and just about 90% of all establishments.


    Here's a great short video about it. What's messed up is sysco almost merged with usfoods. I can't eat any place without eating sysco junk. Even local pizza places use some premade pizza dough and their sauces.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXXQTzQXRFc


    They used to actually be good. You could build your own burger
    however you wanted, do whatever you want, and then they would stuff

    Well on the site it says you can add anything for free. I dont think that includes bacon,etc.

    I had 5 guys this year and it was very very bland.

    i'm looking at the prices and they are:
    Hamburger
    $9.49

    Little Hamburger
    $6.99

    Cheeseburger
    $10.39

    Little Cheeseburger
    $8.09


    Bacon Burger
    $10.99


    Little Bacon Burger
    $8.49


    Bacon Cheeseburger
    $12.09


    Little Bacon Cheeseburger
    $9.59

    so it doesnt seem THAT expensive but i think their meals are expensive.
    i just remember going in there when i was doordashing and i was like what the hell.

    your to-go bag with as many fries as you could handle. THAT was what
    they were known for. THAT is what I would be a consistent customer
    for.

    i would just think about getting that grease on my car seats.
    it's good that they use peanut oil.

    i think with their burgers they have poor ingredients. You have a milwaukee burger co ~20 miles away from you so i'd suggest going there if you havent.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Thu Dec 25 10:37:15 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 25 2025 09:08 am

    Yep. I've noticed that as well. What they used to (and maybe even
    still do) call "value meals" are now costing upwards of $10-$15,
    when they used to be (and not even that long ago) around $4-$6.

    Regards, Nick

    i always use the app. you can get a daily double value meal for like 6
    bucks. they have other ones around that price.
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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Thu Dec 25 10:48:37 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 07:18 pm

    Fast food is going to kill you. The meat they use is not even meat.
    Please stop and think about that.

    Preach!

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 25 10:49:51 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 04:47 pm

    I thought that "Potatoes O'Brien" was the chief engineer of the USS Enterpri

    Word, I'm not the only one.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Thu Dec 25 10:55:24 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Wed Dec 24 2025 08:51 pm

    food does taste pretty good. No matter how I cook a burger at home, I don't think it would be quite the same as a Burger King Whopper, for instance.

    Are you talking about just the meat patty part? Cause, no. The meat patty at a fast food place can/will never be as good as one you grill at home. The sauces and other things is another story. The lettuce and tomatoes and onions you get at the store might be 'too' fresh ;).

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Thu Dec 25 10:57:05 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 25 2025 09:08 am

    call "value meals" are now costing upwards of $10-$15, when they used to be (and not even that long ago) around $4-$6.

    Exactly, and that's like Denny's prices!

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Thu Dec 25 10:23:03 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to Accession on Thu Dec 25 2025 09:07 am

    *rant* I hate you McDonalds, and Taco Bell, and Burger King, and <insert
    fast food restaurants here> for being so delicious. :(

    They're not even that good. It's probably mostly a nostalgia thing.

    I'm not sure.. I get fast food sometimes, and I do enjoy it. I don't feel like it's just because of nostalgia.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Thu Dec 25 11:00:41 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to Nightfox on Thu Dec 25 2025 10:55 am

    food does taste pretty good. No matter how I cook a burger at home, I
    don't think it would be quite the same as a Burger King Whopper, for
    instance.

    Are you talking about just the meat patty part? Cause, no. The meat patty at a fast food place can/will never be as good as one you grill at home. The sauces and other things is another story. The lettuce and tomatoes and onions you get at the store might be 'too' fresh ;).

    What constitutes a good meat patty? Fat content (or lack thereof)? Frozen vs. fresh? I think fresh is always good, but I think there's still just something about getting the actual thing from the fast food place, probably because that's what I'm used to (sometimes it just hits the spot). If I make my own Whopper-style burger at home, it would definitely be good, just different.

    Nightfox

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Accession on Thu Dec 25 12:17:33 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 25 2025 09:08 am

    Greedflation - when McDonalds reported their financial performance,
    they called out to their investors that arbitrary price increases were
    starting to impact their overall revenues and that they would need to
    scale back prices -- not to where they used to be, of course.

    Good! I don't feel the least bit sorry for them, and hope that it continues to affect their revenues.

    We're almost at the point where fast food costs as much as eating at a
    diner somewhere.

    Yep. I've noticed that as well. What they used to (and maybe even still do) call "value meals" are now costing upwards of $10-$15, when they used to be (and not even that long ago) around $4-$6.

    McDonalds has several value menu deals in my area, for $5 and $6 dollar's.
    I can get a Big Mac, med drink and med fries for $5.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Thu Dec 25 14:01:02 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Thu Dec 25 2025 11:00 am

    What constitutes a good meat patty? Fat content (or lack thereof)? Frozen fresh? I think fresh is always good, but I think there's still just somethi

    Flavor and 'juicyness' (or lack of dryness?) are top two characteristics :). Fast food patties are dry like cardboard and sometimes taste like cardboard.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to phigan on Fri Dec 26 07:07:18 2025
    Hey phigan!

    On Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:07:22 -0700, you wrote:

    IKR? Look at Taco Bell.. Is there even anything under a dollar anymore?
    A bean burrito that used to be less than 50 cents in my lifetime is now
    over $2. Umm.. Btw, look at the JITB tacos.. They've been 99c forever,
    and haven't changed. Have they just been ripping people off the whole
    time, or is there really no actual need for these price hikes?

    Most of these places that used to have something named a "dollar menu" have since changed it to "value menu" because nothing is a dollar any more.

    The only need for the price hikes is inflation, and corporate greed. If the yearly revenue in these big corporations aren't where they projected them to be, they fire people in top positions and replace them with people that promise better profits.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Fri Dec 26 07:11:26 2025
    Hey MRO!

    On Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:37:14 -0600, you wrote:

    i always use the app. you can get a daily double value meal for like 6 bucks. they have other ones around that price.

    I can't even say that I go to any of these places enough to use an app. If I want a $10 burger, I'd much rather go to the small family owned frozen custard/burger joint, or even a local bar by me. At least I'm getting a better (and fresher) cooked meal that way.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Denn on Fri Dec 26 07:22:54 2025
    Hey Denn!

    On Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:17:32 -0700, you wrote:

    McDonalds has several value menu deals in my area, for $5 and $6
    dollar's. I can get a Big Mac, med drink and med fries for $5.

    Tried to have my wife look up the price of this, but it's morning so the focus is breakfast right now. However, even she took a guess that it's probably about $11-13 for this "value meal" at any given time. However, there is the once in awhile offers where you might be able to get it for much cheaper, and sometimes even free with collected points or whatever.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Accession on Fri Dec 26 10:02:58 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Denn on Fri Dec 26 2025 07:22 am

    McDonalds has several value menu deals in my area, for $5 and $6
    dollar's. I can get a Big Mac, med drink and med fries for $5.

    Tried to have my wife look up the price of this, but it's morning so the focus is breakfast right now. However, even she took a guess that it's probably about $11-13 for this "value meal" at any given time. However, there is the once in awhile offers where you might be able to get it for much cheaper, and sometimes even free with collected points or whatever.

    The Big Mac deal isn't part of the value menu, it's a limited time deal from the mobile app.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Dec 26 14:31:37 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Fri Dec 26 2025 07:11 am

    Hey MRO!

    On Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:37:14 -0600, you wrote:

    i always use the app. you can get a daily double value meal for like
    6 bucks. they have other ones around that price.

    I can't even say that I go to any of these places enough to use an
    app. If I want a $10 burger, I'd much rather go to the small family
    owned frozen custard/burger joint, or even a local bar by me. At

    i'm not paying 10 bucks. i'm paying like 4.60 for a huge double.
    and the quarter pounders are pretty good at mcdonalds. they are cooked
    to order.

    i use the apps at these places because they have deals and rewards. even if you go once a month you are saving money.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to phigan on Fri Dec 26 08:52:26 2025
    phigan wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

    Agreed, but I hear that now all McDonald's fries come from potato
    fields owned by Bill Gates... and Bill Gates is one of those people
    that wants to jab the entire world with his immunizations. I think he
    also wants us all to eat bugs. Kinda creepy.

    I think you need better sources of information. They have sources around
    the world. They, like all of us, are in bed with Big Spud.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Fri Dec 26 08:52:26 2025
    Denn wrote to Accession <=-

    McDonalds has several value menu deals in my area, for $5 and $6
    dollar's. I can get a Big Mac, med drink and med fries for $5.

    In California, the cheapest meal is the triple cheeseburger combo for
    $7.99.



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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 26 20:07:57 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to phigan on Fri Dec 26 2025 08:52 am

    I think you need better sources of information. They have sources around
    the world. They, like all of us, are in bed with Big Spud.

    Yeah, it wasn't actually "all" of their fries. Just a large majority of the ones in the U, S, and A. Like the UK McD's I think get all theirs from UK farms.. but something like 80% (I forget where I got that number) of the US fries come from Gates's huge farm in Washington.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nightfox on Sun Dec 28 16:44:13 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Wed Dec 24 2025 08:51 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 07:18 pm

    Fast food is going to kill you. The meat they use is not even meat. Please stop and think about that.

    It's not?

    It's meat, just not high quality meat. And might in cases be the *kind* of meat that was advertised (e.g. hamburgers made of kangaroo).
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Digital Man on Sun Dec 28 19:44:56 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Dec 28 2025 04:44 pm

    Fast food is going to kill you. The meat they use is not even
    meat. Please stop and think about that.

    It's not?

    It's meat, just not high quality meat. And might in cases be the *kind* of meat that was advertised (e.g. hamburgers made of kangaroo).

    We have a local burger place called Burger Bar, every month they feature a new
    exotic meat like, Kangaroo, Buffalo, elk, Croc, Deer, and more.
    But they also alway's have high quality burger for their hamburgers.
    It's the place the wife and I go if we want to splurg a little.



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Sun Dec 28 19:55:22 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Dec 28 2025 04:44 pm

    Fast food is going to kill you. The meat they use is not even meat.
    Please stop and think about that.

    It's not?

    It's meat, just not high quality meat. And might in cases be the *kind* of meat that was advertised (e.g. hamburgers made of kangaroo).

    Yeah, I figured they probably don't use (or don't always use) high quality meats, but I still thought they were meat. I think it's illegal to advertise something saying it's something if it's not (at least, in the US).

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Mon Dec 29 07:40:30 2025
    Nightfox wrote to Digital Man <=-

    Yeah, I figured they probably don't use (or don't always use) high
    quality meats, but I still thought they were meat. I think it's
    illegal to advertise something saying it's something if it's not (at least, in the US).

    Advertising regulations are good. I remember when McDonalds stopped
    selling "Milk Shakes" and started advertising "Shakes" in the '80s. If
    you ordered a Milk Shake, they'd correct you.

    I suppose there are ingredients worse for you than carageenan and
    chicken tallow...



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Dec 29 09:52:42 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon Dec 29 2025 07:40 am

    Yeah, I figured they probably don't use (or don't always use) high
    quality meats, but I still thought they were meat. I think it's illegal
    to advertise something saying it's something if it's not (at least, in
    the US).

    Advertising regulations are good. I remember when McDonalds stopped selling "Milk Shakes" and started advertising "Shakes" in the '80s. If you ordered a Milk Shake, they'd correct you.

    Yep. Similarly, I've seen some meat-free chicken substitute products in the store that are labeled as "Chick'n" - They can't legally say "chicken" because it isn't, so they have to come up with something else to call it.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Digital Man on Tue Dec 30 11:15:27 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Dec 28 2025 04:44 pm

    It's meat, just not high quality meat. And might in cases be the *kind* of m that was advertised (e.g. hamburgers made of kangaroo).

    Often times it probably has soy (or other things) for filler.. and sometimes the percentage of filler is significant.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Denn on Tue Dec 30 11:16:53 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Digital Man on Sun Dec 28 2025 07:44 pm

    We have a local burger place called Burger Bar, every month they feature a
    exotic meat like, Kangaroo, Buffalo, elk, Croc, Deer, and more.

    Wow, that sounds like something to travel for, depending ;). Where is this Burger Bar (city) ?

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Tue Dec 30 12:17:06 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to Digital Man on Tue Dec 30 2025 11:15 am

    It's meat, just not high quality meat. And might in cases be the *kind* of
    m that was advertised (e.g. hamburgers made of kangaroo).

    Often times it probably has soy (or other things) for filler.. and sometimes the percentage of filler is significant.

    I've heard a rumor that McDonald's uses sawdust as filler, and another about McDonald's using "pink slime", but I've always thought those are just myths. I think the pink slime one in particular has been debunked as false. Also, Google sez the sawdust rumor comes from the use of cellulose as a filler.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 16:28:10 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:17:06 -0800, you wrote:

    I've heard a rumor that McDonald's uses sawdust as filler, and another
    about McDonald's using "pink slime", but I've always thought those are
    just myths. I think the pink slime one in particular has been debunked
    as false. Also, Google sez the sawdust rumor comes from the use of cellulose as a filler.

    The McDonalds website now (and maybe for awhile now, I never paid attention until this conversation started) specifically states "100% beef". So maybe it was a thing in the past, but I'd still go with DM's comment that it's probably not very high quality/grade beef. I'm also not sure if you could even have "fillers" of pork or turkey when you specifically state "100% beef".

    However, if the gubmint can lie to you, I'm sure McDonalds can, too. Money talks, and bullshit walks.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Tue Dec 30 16:11:35 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 2025 04:28 pm

    The McDonalds website now (and maybe for awhile now, I never paid attention until this conversation started) specifically states "100% beef". So maybe it was a thing in the past, but I'd still go with DM's comment that it's probably not very high quality/grade beef. I'm also not sure if you could even have "fillers" of pork or turkey when you specifically state "100% beef".

    Yeah, I recall reading that McDonald's was aware of the spreading rumor that they were using "pink slime", and they wanted to reiterate that those rumors are false and they're using real beef.

    And I agree, "100% beef" sounds like there shouldn't be any filler.

    Nightfox

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to phigan on Tue Dec 30 17:17:25 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to Denn on Tue Dec 30 2025 11:16 am

    We have a local burger place called Burger Bar, every month they
    feature a exotic meat like, Kangaroo, Buffalo, elk, Croc, Deer, and
    more.

    Wow, that sounds like something to travel for, depending ;). Where is this Burger Bar (city) ?

    It's in a city a few miles north of me, less than 10 miles, the City is called Roy, Utah.
    Guy Fieri actully featured Burger bar in an episode of Diners Drive ins and Dives, aka triple D.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 17:21:50 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Tue Dec 30 2025 12:17 pm

    It's meat, just not high quality meat. And might in cases be the
    *kind* of m that was advertised (e.g. hamburgers made of kangaroo).

    Often times it probably has soy (or other things) for filler.. and
    sometimes the percentage of filler is significant.

    I've heard a rumor that McDonald's uses sawdust as filler, and another about McDonald's using "pink slime", but I've always thought those are just myths. I think the pink slime one in particular has been debunked as false. Also, Google sez the sawdust rumor comes from the use of cellulose as a filler.

    McDonalds, claims 100% beef, I wonder though.
    I'm sure the big chains buy from sources that use plant and grain fillers.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 19:42:52 2025
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Tue, Dec 30 2025 18:11:35 -0600, you wrote:

    And I agree, "100% beef" sounds like there shouldn't be any filler.

    "100% beef" could still include beef lips, intestines and assholes, too. Much like the probability of what most hot dogs are made of (the leftovers of the animal that the butcher can't sell). ;)

    Regards,
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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to phigan on Tue Dec 30 20:29:52 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 25 2025 10:49:51

    I thought that "Potatoes O'Brien" was the chief engineer of the USS Enterpri

    Word, I'm not the only one.

    O'Brian was Chief Transporter Officer, but could also take the helm when needed. He become Chief Engineer when he transferred to DS9.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Dec 30 20:44:46 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to phigan on Fri Dec 26 2025 08:52:26

    They, like all of us, are in bed with Big Spud.

    And he has eyes everywhere.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to phigan on Tue Dec 30 21:01:36 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 26 2025 20:07:57

    ...something like 80% (I forget where I got that number) of the US
    fries come from Gates's huge farm in Washington.

    I wonder if they come with TOS,

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Tue Dec 30 21:10:05 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Dec 28 2025 16:44:13

    And might in cases be the *kind* of meat that was advertised (e.g. hamburgers made of kangaroo).

    Wait 'til you see what it does to you "down under". ;)

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 21:13:11 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Dec 28 2025 19:55:22

    I think it's illegal to advertise something saying it's something if it's not (at least, in the US).

    It is, but that doen't mean it isn't donw.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Tue Dec 30 21:33:37 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Tue Dec 30 2025 12:17:06

    I've heard a rumor that McDonald's uses sawdust as filler, and another about McDonald's using "pink slime", but I've always thought those are just myths. I think the pink slime one in particular has been debunked as false. Also, Google sez the sawdust rumor comes from the use of cellulose as a filler.

    Reminds me of a bit from Steve Martin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4u9dv-YPzA

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 21:36:55 2025
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Tue Dec 30 2025 16:11:35

    Yeah, I recall reading that McDonald's was aware of the spreading rumor that they were using "pink slime", and they wanted to reiterate that those rumors are false and they're using real beef.

    At least they didn't say Soylent Green.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 03:27:51 2025
    My first job (years ago) was at a Dairy Queen, and their french
    fries were also frozen before being shipped to the restaurant.
    And I think Dairy Queen's fries are some of the most bland
    fries out there.. I'm not sure if they're still using
    pre-frozen fries. They've changed their menu significantly
    since I left.

    I'm still wanting to try their Blizzard...that's the ONLY good
    "Blizzard Warning"...when the Dairy Queen Employee tells you that
    your confectionary treat is ready. <G>

    As for french fry taste, I think McDonald's fries are the best.

    I really like their fries too.

    I love the Burger King original flavor chicken nuggets and the sandwich...plus their onion rings. But, their onion rings tend to
    give really stinky farts...I thought I had a skunk in the room. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Accession on Tue Dec 30 03:27:51 2025
    Nick,

    If we're only talking fast food places, then I would tend to
    agree. Burger King also has some pretty good fries.

    As I told Nightfox, I prefer their chicken nuggets and onion rings.
    However, the latter produce rather stinky farts, that I thought a
    skunk had entered the room. <G>

    But as for asking for "no salt," I couldn't do that. They're so
    much better when they're salted right out of the fryer, since
    the grease is still on them to act as a binder. ;)

    I rarely season my food, but I know that the processed foods are
    loaded with sodium...which isn't good if you have a heart condition
    (as I do, with congestive heart failure). However, I drink plenty of
    no sugar, low calorie fruit punch drink I make from packets I get
    from Kroger), and the Lasix keeps my kidneys in high gear.

    I saw a meme on Facebook that noted "If you see a light on here
    at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, it means I have to go
    pee. <G>

    Before my wife died nearly 19 years ago now, when we'd fry up
    hamburgers, we'd use salt, pepper, and minced onion on them. Now,
    if I want burgers, I order from DoorDash, or get them from Kroger.
    Also, whenever we'd order out for pizza, she told them "I want every
    anchovy you have in the place!!". I told her "You can have those nasty things!!". To me, those are a massive salt lick!! When her parents
    asked me why I didn't stop her, I replied "Every time I said something,
    she just gave me the stink eye. So, I felt it better to shut up".

    However, I still have plenty of the Kroger 3 minute microwave pizzas,
    along with several loaves of bread, and several varieties of tuna salad...including Deli Style, Ranch, Bacon Ranch, Hickory Smoke, Honey
    Barbecue (my favorite), Lemon Pepper, and Herb N Garlic. There are
    other "hot and spicy varieties" that I don't care for. But, I add some
    Kraft Sweet Honey Barbecue Sauce to enhance the flavor on wheat bread,
    and it makes for a tasty meal. One packet can prepare 2 sandwiches.

    I do like to have Funions or Lays Dill Pickle Potato Chips with them.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to phigan on Tue Dec 30 03:27:52 2025
    Agreed, but I hear that now all McDonald's fries come from
    potato fields owned by Bill Gates... and Bill Gates is one of
    those people that wants to jab the entire world with his
    immunizations. I think he also wants us all to eat bugs. Kinda
    creepy.

    That's true. Of course, the elitist globalists will live high on
    the hog, while the rest of us starve to death.

    The late Margaret Thatcher was right..."free things are fine...
    until you run out of everyone else's money".

    If there's no one around to pay into the system, where are they
    going to get their "free stuff", never mind tax payments??

    Daryl

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  • From Ultralaser@VERT/DUNGEON to Accession on Wed Dec 31 23:18:20 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 2025 19:42:52

    And I agree, "100% beef" sounds like there shouldn't be any filler.

    "100% beef" could still include beef lips, intestines and assholes, too. Much like the probability of what most hot dogs are made of (the leftovers of the animal that the butcher can't sell). ;)

    You've heard the other rumour, right? McDonalds started a shell company literally named "100% beef" to supply their own restaurants. They could then give the restaurants whatever they liked to put in the patties without it being false advertising. The contents are truly "100% beef" brand! Any misunderstanding is the fault of the customer :D

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 10:12:01 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 2025 03:27 am

    My first job (years ago) was at a Dairy Queen

    I'm still wanting to try their Blizzard...that's the ONLY good "Blizzard Warning"...when the Dairy Queen Employee tells you that your confectionary treat is ready. <G>

    :)
    You've never had a Dairy Queen Blizzard?

    I love the Burger King original flavor chicken nuggets and the sandwich...plus their onion rings. But, their onion rings tend to give really stinky farts...I thought I had a skunk in the room. <G>

    The Whopper is my favorite thing from Burger King. I like their onion rings too, but I agree about the gasious side-effect.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 10:14:11 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Accession on Tue Dec 30 2025 03:27 am

    As I told Nightfox, I prefer their chicken nuggets and onion rings.

    As far as chicken nuggets, I actually like McDonald's chicken nuggets. KFC also has some chicken nuggets that I think are pretty good (I do like KFC's seasoning).

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Ultralaser on Wed Dec 31 10:17:01 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Ultralaser to Accession on Wed Dec 31 2025 11:18 pm

    You've heard the other rumour, right? McDonalds started a shell company literally named "100% beef" to supply their own restaurants. They could then give the restaurants whatever they liked to put in the patties without it being false advertising. The contents are truly "100% beef" brand! Any misunderstanding is the fault of the customer :D

    hah.. :P I hadn't heard that, but that reminds me of the movie "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" - there was an electronics store called Going Out Of Business, which was named that so they'd get a lot of customers.

    Nightfox

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 12:58:36 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 2025 03:27:51

    I'm still wanting to try their Blizzard...that's the ONLY good
    "Blizzard Warning"...

    Ooo, I love those. Before the price almost doubled, I use to hit the DQ near me on a weekly basis during warm weather. Downing a couple of chili-cheese doge and a small blizzard out on their patio, made for a nice time.

    As for french fry taste, I think McDonald's fries are the best.

    I'm a curly-fry fan, myself. Mickey-D's are good, but a little thing; I like my fries on the thick side, with ridges.

    ...their onion rings tend to give really stinky farts...

    Really? I didn't know they could do that.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 13:27:10 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Accession on Tue Dec 30 2025 03:27:51

    ...the Lasix keeps my kidneys in high gear.

    There's an image, though admittedly, it did me LOL.

    I do like to have Funions or Lays Dill Pickle Potato Chips with them.

    Ew. Might want to keep some Tic-Tacs standing by. :p

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to phigan on Wed Dec 31 13:46:11 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to phigan on Tue Dec 30 2025 03:27:52

    I think he also wants us all to eat bugs. Kinda creepy.

    Various bugs are actually high in protein. If you were to take survivalist courses, "living off the land" is one thing you'd need to learn, and that would include eating bugs. Besides, havn't you heard of chocolate-covered ants?

    Back in the '70s, there was a naturalist named Euell Gibbins who promoted getting back to more natural foods like nuts, berries, plants, etc. He even sprinkled a little dirt on his salads. He was also a spokeman for Grape Nuts Cereal.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Wed Dec 31 13:54:41 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 2025 10:12:01

    The Whopper is my favorite thing from Burger King.

    BK was my favorite back in the '70s when their burgers were really flame broiled, and you could taste it. Later, they still claimed they were flame broiled, but that tast was gone and it just tasted like every other burger joint. Whendy's became my new go-to, fast food place. The burgers are still good and I love their chocolate Frosty.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Wed Dec 31 11:50:48 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 2025 12:58 pm

    Ooo, I love those. Before the price almost doubled, I use to hit the DQ near me on a weekly basis during warm weather. Downing a couple of chili-cheese doge and a small blizzard out on their patio, made for a nice time.

    Dairy Queen has changed their menu significantly over the years. I preferred the items they used to have. One thing they used to have was a grilled chicken sandwich, which I liked, and they don't have that anymore..

    ...their onion rings tend to give really stinky farts...

    Really? I didn't know they could do that.

    Onions in general is a food that often gives me gas.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Ultralaser on Wed Dec 31 16:03:10 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Ultralaser to Accession on Wed Dec 31 2025 11:18 pm


    And I agree, "100% beef" sounds like there shouldn't be any filler.

    "100% beef" could still include beef lips, intestines and assholes,
    too. Much like the probability of what most hot dogs are made of
    (the leftovers of the animal that the butcher can't sell). ;)

    You've heard the other rumour, right? McDonalds started a shell
    company literally named "100% beef" to supply their own restaurants.
    They could then give the restaurants whatever they liked to put in
    the patties without it being false advertising. The contents
    are truly "100% beef" brand! Any misunderstanding is the fault of
    the customer :D

    all those things are lies.
    you know there would be huge lawsuits.
    mcdonalds, burgerking, arbys get their meat from the same place we
    get it from.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Wed Dec 31 13:45:03 2025
    Re: King of the Burgers
    By: Mortar to Nightfox on Wed Dec 31 2025 01:54 pm

    BK was my favorite back in the '70s when their burgers were really flame broiled, and you could taste it. Later, they still claimed they were flame broiled, but that tast was gone and it just tasted like every other burger joint.

    They aren't flame broiled anymore? I suspect they legally shouldn't be able to claim they are if they aren't. And I'd think they'd still be able to use kitchen equipment that would cook them that way. I still think Burger King's burgers have a unique taste that I don't notice from other burger places.

    Whendy's became my new go-to, fast food place. The burgers
    are still good and I love their chocolate Frosty.

    I really like Wendy's too - They're one of my favorites now for burgers. They also claim that their burger patties are never frozen, which would contribute to their quality (if true). I think their prices are a bit high though, like many other fast food places these days, and they don't offer many deals in their app, so I don't go there often. But Wendy's is a place I go to often if I want a fast food burger.

    Nightfox

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Ultralaser on Wed Dec 31 17:09:57 2025
    Hey Ultralaser!

    On Wed, Dec 31 2025 06:18:20 -0600, you wrote:

    You've heard the other rumour, right? McDonalds started a shell
    company literally named "100% beef" to supply their own restaurants.
    They could then give the restaurants whatever they liked to put in
    the patties without it being false advertising. The contents are
    truly "100% beef" brand! Any misunderstanding is the fault of the
    customer :D

    HAH! No, I hadn't heard of that. To be honest, I had /just/ recently saw the 100% beef while in this conversation when I decided to go to McDonalds' website to check prices on their "value meals" (which I don't think were there, anyway).

    So what you're saying is, wherever they have "100% beef" they're really just advertising for their other company? Diabolical. :D

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 17:19:00 2025
    Hey Daryl!

    On Tue, Dec 30 2025 03:27:51 -0600, you wrote:

    As I told Nightfox, I prefer their chicken nuggets and onion rings.

    Speaking of which, one thing that recently disappointed me, was trying
    the steak nuggets at Arbys. They promoted the heck out of those things
    (and I thought they were doing a good job of it, even).

    Ended up being almost jerky when I tried it. It was overcooked and tough. :(

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Wed Dec 31 19:42:56 2025
    Re: King of the Burgers
    By: Nightfox to Mortar on Wed Dec 31 2025 01:45 pm

    BK was my favorite back in the '70s when their burgers were really
    flame broiled, and you could taste it. Later, they still claimed

    They aren't flame broiled anymore? I suspect they legally shouldn't be able to claim they are if they aren't. And I'd think they'd still be able to use kitchen equipment that would cook them that way. I still think Burger King's burgers have a unique taste that I don't notice from other burger places.

    Whendy's became my new go-to, fast food place. The burgers
    are still good and I love their chocolate Frosty.


    I really like Wendy's too - They're one of my favorites now for burgers. They also claim that their burger patties are never frozen, which would contribute to their quality (if true). I think their prices are a bit high though, like many other fast food places these days, and they don't offer many deals in their app, so I don't go there often. But Wendy's is a place I go to often if I want a fast food burger.

    Wendy's used to have great deals in their app, they also used to have great coupons.
    They also used to have weekly deals, I rarely goto Wendy's these days, My favorite is a Wendy's double with cheese.
    Burger King used to be good, the Whaler fish sandwich was great, but like the other guy said the flame broiled taste is gone.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Wed Dec 31 21:38:28 2025
    Re: King of the Burgers
    By: Nightfox to Mortar on Wed Dec 31 2025 13:45:03

    I think their prices are a bit high though, like many other fast food places these days...

    Mone than "a bit" IMO. When DQ reopened after COVID, their prices nearly doubled on everything. What used to cost ~$7, was now $13.xx. I haven't been back since, or any other restaurant, unless someone else is paying. :)

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wed Dec 31 23:15:13 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Ultralaser on Wed Dec 31 2025 05:09 pm

    HAH! No, I hadn't heard of that. To be honest, I had /just/ recently
    saw the 100% beef while in this conversation when I decided to go to McDonalds' website to check prices on their "value meals" (which
    I don't think were there, anyway).

    with all these places you gotta use the apps.

    So what you're saying is, wherever they have "100% beef" they're
    really just advertising for their other company? Diabolical.
    :D


    you'd have to be retarded to believe that.
    mcdonalds uses lopez and keystone and cargill.
    just like every other place.

    tacobell is the one that fucks with the meat. they use that modified
    vegetable protein in their meat to skimp.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wed Dec 31 23:17:29 2025
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 2025 05:19 pm

    Hey Daryl!

    On Tue, Dec 30 2025 03:27:51 -0600, you wrote:

    As I told Nightfox, I prefer their chicken nuggets and onion rings.

    Speaking of which, one thing that recently disappointed me, was
    trying the steak nuggets at Arbys. They promoted the heck out of
    those things (and I thought they were doing a good job of it, even).

    Ended up being almost jerky when I tried it. It was overcooked
    and tough. :(



    i've never been a big arbys fan. their parent company owns all the other disappointing restaurants.

    i saw one review where they said it was good burnt ends, and i saw another
    guy giving it a bad review.
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  • From Rixter@VERT/RICKSBBS to MRO on Thu Jan 1 08:11:50 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to Accession on Wed Dec 31 2025 11:17 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 2025 05:19 pm

    Hey Daryl!

    On Tue, Dec 30 2025 03:27:51 -0600, you wrote:

    As I told Nightfox, I prefer their chicken nuggets and onion rings.

    Speaking of which, one thing that recently disappointed me, was
    trying the steak nuggets at Arbys. They promoted the heck out of
    those things (and I thought they were doing a good job of it, even).

    Ended up being almost jerky when I tried it. It was overcooked
    and tough. :(



    i've never been a big arbys fan. their parent company owns all the other disappointing restaurants.

    i saw one review where they said it was good burnt ends, and i saw another guy giving it a bad review.
    I was once a big fan of Arby's. I can remember watching them carve the meat behind the counter. Lately I am not sure what they do to it, but it is NOT as good as it once was. I barely visit them more than 2 or three times a year now. I was once a weekly visitor.
    How are you MRO?
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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Thu Jan 1 08:56:58 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to phigan on Tue Dec 30 2025 12:17 pm

    think the pink slime one in particular has been debunked as false. Also, Google sez the sawdust rumor comes from the use of cellulose as a filler.

    See if you can figure out how much and what kind of "meat" is in Jack In The Box tacos.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Thu Jan 1 09:00:28 2026
    Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 2025 04:28 pm

    not very high quality/grade beef. I'm also not sure if you could even have "fillers" of pork or turkey when you specifically state "100% beef".

    Not sure if Subway claims 100% anything anywhere, but I heard that their meats (salami? roast beef? ham?) is all actually turkey. No idea how true that is.

    Also, I bet the FDA allows for some percentage of random crap even when you state "100%" anything. That's just a guess/skepticism though :).

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Denn on Thu Jan 1 09:03:03 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to phigan on Tue Dec 30 2025 05:17 pm

    It's in a city a few miles north of me, less than 10 miles, the City is call Roy, Utah.

    Nice, I found burgerbarutah.com and will have to ask my UT friends about going there ;)

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Thu Jan 1 09:05:05 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Dec 30 2025 07:42 pm

    like the probability of what most hot dogs are made of (the leftovers of the animal that the butcher can't sell). ;)

    This could be wrong, but I thought there was a law listing exactly what you were allowed to put into hot dogs. The rumor was that what's left over after /that/ was sold to PepsiCo (aka Pizza Hut and Taco Bell).

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Daryl Stout on Thu Jan 1 09:14:49 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to phigan on Tue Dec 30 2025 03:27 am

    If there's no one around to pay into the system, where are they
    going to get their "free stuff", never mind tax payments??

    If no one else is around, they definitely won't be paying any taxes ;).

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Thu Jan 1 09:18:57 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Wed Dec 31 2025 10:14 am

    also has some chicken nuggets that I think are pretty good (I do like KFC's seasoning).

    Btw I have a PDF that claims to be all their recipes. We've made the "extra tasty crispy" chicken, and it's pretty great. It will always be slightly different from KFC because of the chicken itself and the fry oil, but the seasoning flavor was all there. Gotta do twice-battered, of course.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Thu Jan 1 09:49:20 2026
    Hey Mro!

    On Wed, Dec 31 2025 23:15:13 -0600, you wrote:

    with all these places you gotta use the apps.

    Or just choose not to go to them. ;)

    you'd have to be retarded to believe that. mcdonalds uses lopez and
    keystone and cargill. just like every other place.

    I definitely don't, and the original poster had mentioned it was just a rumor. It was a pretty funny rumor, though.

    tacobell is the one that fucks with the meat. they use that modified vegetable protein in their meat to skimp.
    Yeah, that's not the first time I've heard of this, either.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Thu Jan 1 09:54:49 2026
    Hey Mro!

    On Wed, Dec 31 2025 23:17:29 -0600, you wrote:

    i've never been a big arbys fan. their parent company owns all the
    other disappointing restaurants.

    I don't mind their roast beef sandwiches and curly fries, but that's as far as I go with them, usually.

    i saw one review where they said it was good burnt ends, and i saw
    another guy giving it a bad review.

    It's not, by any means, "good burnt ends". Burnt ends should be crust on the outside, and juicy and fall/pull apart on the inside. While there wasn't any grizzle in them, they were super tough.

    Although, I would imagine if when I had them they were cooked quite a bit less, they may not have been nearly as bad. With all that said, I'll most likely never try them again. I'd much rather make my own burnt ends on the smoker, since we don't have many good /real/ BBQ joints around here.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Thu Jan 1 08:35:30 2026
    Re: King of the Burgers
    By: Mortar to Nightfox on Wed Dec 31 2025 09:38 pm

    I think their prices are a bit high though, like many other fast food
    places these days...

    Mone than "a bit" IMO. When DQ reopened after COVID, their prices nearly doubled on everything. What used to cost ~$7, was now $13.xx. I haven't been back since, or any other restaurant, unless someone else is paying. :)

    I tried a DQ burger & fries a couple years ago, and I thought it wasn't bad, but nothing special. I liked their old menu from years ago, which had their "deluxe" burgers and the "ultimate" burger, grilled chicken sandwich, fish strips, etc.. I like that they still make their Blizzards, but with the prices so high these days, I rarely go there.

    Nightfox

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Mortar on Thu Jan 1 09:25:35 2026
    Re: He Must be Buggin'
    By: Mortar to phigan on Wed Dec 31 2025 01:46 pm

    Various bugs are actually high in protein. If you were to take survivalist courses, "living off the land" is one thing you'd need to learn, and that wo

    Of course, we know all of this, but there's a reason we don't already make
    all kinds of food out of bugs... nobody would buy it! I think the rich elite want us all to just get on that wagon now rather than later when there's no other choice.

    Back in the '70s, there was a naturalist named Euell Gibbins who promoted getting back to more natural foods like nuts, berries, plants, etc. He even

    Personally, I'm not against that. I like eating raw broccoli and carrots and such. Not sure what the big deal would be about it ;).

    Every holiday I'm reminded about how much I dislike warm fruit.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Denn on Thu Jan 1 09:42:42 2026
    Re: King of the Burgers
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Wed Dec 31 2025 07:42 pm

    Wendy's used to have great deals in their app, they also used to have great
    They also used to have weekly deals, I rarely goto Wendy's these days, My

    They also used to have the best fish sandwich, crispy and not soggy like everyone else's... then they got rid of it for some reason... then brought back some nowhere near as good replacement... <meh meh meh complain>... Ah, who cares now, I'm no longer a customer anyway ;).

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Rixter on Thu Jan 1 08:48:27 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Rixter to MRO on Thu Jan 01 2026 08:11 am

    I was once a big fan of Arby's. I can remember watching them carve the meat behind the counter. Lately I am not sure what they do to it, but it is NOT as good as it once was. I barely visit them more than 2 or three times a year now. I was once a weekly visitor.

    Recently I've noticed it seems to be a popular thing to joke about Arby's and their food quality.. I've never really gone to Arby's very often, but I do like them occasionally and still go there sometimes. I like their roast beef sandwiches (and I like their Horsey Sauce & Arby's Sauce), though I feel like without any vegetables on them, they're probably nutritionally even worse than other fast food sandwiches. I know they have other sandwiches though - They have a roast turkey sandwich that I like.

    Also, Arby's has a couple of seasonal fish sandwiches that I actually think are some of the best fish sandwiches in the industry - One of them is the King's Hawaiian Deluxe fish sandwich, which has a King's Hawaiian bun, tartar sauce, lettuce, tomato, and cheese, and I think the fish fillet they use is pretty good. I think their curly fries are pretty good too.

    Nightfox

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to phigan on Thu Jan 1 10:39:32 2026
    Hey Phigan!

    On Thu, Jan 01 2026 10:00:28 -0600, you wrote:

    Not sure if Subway claims 100% anything anywhere, but I heard that
    their meats (salami? roast beef? ham?) is all actually turkey. No
    idea how true that is.

    Seems doubtful, but I haven't had Subway in many years now since there are way better alternatives now. I used to like Subway better than Cousins, which has since changed, and Jersey Mike's is by far better than both of those.

    Also, I bet the FDA allows for some percentage of random crap even
    when you state "100%" anything. That's just a guess/skepticism
    though :).

    I can't help but think this way also. Food, in general, has gone way downhill over the years, especially in the fast food industry.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to phigan on Thu Jan 1 10:42:29 2026
    Hey Phigan!

    On Thu, Jan 01 2026 10:05:05 -0600, you wrote:

    This could be wrong, but I thought there was a law listing exactly
    what you were allowed to put into hot dogs. The rumor was that
    what's left over after /that/ was sold to PepsiCo (aka Pizza Hut and
    Taco Bell).

    As far as I've witnessed, hot dog packages only seem to tell you what kind of meat it contains (ie: turkey, pork, beef, etc), not what actual parts of said animals are used. But, I haven't looked any further into that. As long as I don't get sick from it, I can still enjoy a grilled hot dog once in awhile, even knowing that all of this is possible. :)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Thu Jan 1 11:01:00 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to phigan on Thu Jan 01 2026 10:42 am

    don't get sick from it, I can still enjoy a grilled hot dog once in awhile, even knowing that all of this is possible. :)

    "You're never too rich to enjoy a free hot dog!" -Rich guy in Futurama.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Thu Jan 1 09:39:25 2026
    Mortar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to phigan on Fri Dec 26 2025 08:52:26

    They, like all of us, are in bed with Big Spud.

    And he has eyes everywhere.

    Well played, Sir!, Well played!



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to phigan on Thu Jan 1 09:39:26 2026
    phigan wrote to Digital Man <=-

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Dec 28 2025 04:44 pm

    It's meat, just not high quality meat. And might in cases be the *kind* of m that was advertised (e.g. hamburgers made of kangaroo).

    Often times it probably has soy (or other things) for filler.. and sometimes the percentage of filler is significant.

    In the '70s, a rumor started that McDonalds used worm meat for filler.
    The CEO at the time shut it down smartly by reminding people that worm
    meat cost more than ground beef at the time.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Thu Jan 1 09:39:26 2026
    Nightfox wrote to phigan <=-

    I've heard a rumor that McDonald's uses sawdust as filler, and another about McDonald's using "pink slime", but I've always thought those are just myths. I think the pink slime one in particular has been debunked
    as false. Also, Google sez the sawdust rumor comes from the use of cellulose as a filler.

    The pink slime is machine-extruded chicken, and it's true. Comes out of
    a nozzle with the texture of soft-serve ice cream.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Thu Jan 1 09:39:26 2026
    Denn wrote to Nightfox <=-

    McDonalds, claims 100% beef, I wonder though.

    b33f! It's what's for dinner.

    (*tastes just like beef*)

    I'm sure the big chains buy from sources that use plant and grain fillers.

    I just made a killer meatloaf that was beef with plant and grain
    fillers... :)




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Thu Jan 1 09:39:26 2026
    Accession wrote to Nightfox <=-

    "100% beef" could still include beef lips, intestines and assholes,
    too. Much like the probability of what most hot dogs are made of (the leftovers of the animal that the butcher can't sell). ;)

    There was a simpson's episode when Lisa decides to go vegetarian for humanitarian reasons. She imagines food, then the animal it came from -
    chicken breast from a chicken, lamb chop from a lamb, a rat, a boot,
    headless pigeon and a raccoon make a hot dog...

    I could have sworn there was a broom in that vision.





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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Thu Jan 1 09:39:26 2026
    Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

    I think it's illegal to advertise something saying it's something if it's not (at least, in the US).

    It is, but that doen't mean it isn't donw.

    As long as the penalty doesn't hurt, it's the cost of doing business.
    Besides, people will forget about it in 2 weeks and keep ordering your
    ground beef with jellyfish burgers with a prize in the bag.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Thu Jan 1 09:39:26 2026
    Accession wrote to Ultralaser <=-

    So what you're saying is, wherever they have "100% beef" they're really just advertising for their other company? Diabolical. :D

    My company, FatFree LLC, has filed a cease-and-desist order against 100%
    beef, and we expect the courts to rule in our favor.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Thu Jan 1 09:39:26 2026
    Accession wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

    Speaking of which, one thing that recently disappointed me, was trying
    the steak nuggets at Arbys. They promoted the heck out of those things (and I thought they were doing a good job of it, even).

    Ended up being almost jerky when I tried it. It was overcooked and
    tough. :(

    A local restaurant does a fettucine alfredo with "steak tips", and the combination of alfredo sauce and flame-broiled steak with the pasta is wonderful.



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Thu Jan 1 10:30:12 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to phigan on Thu Jan 01 2026 10:42 am

    As far as I've witnessed, hot dog packages only seem to tell you what kind of meat it contains (ie: turkey, pork, beef, etc), not what actual parts of said animals are used. But, I haven't looked any further into that. As long as I don't get sick from it, I can still enjoy a grilled hot dog once in awhile, even knowing that all of this is possible. :)

    In the US, food companies are legally required to list ingredients on food packages sold in stores (at least, for most foods). For instance, this package of Bar S Franks:

    https://tinyurl.com/39hmkvn8

    Full URL:

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bar-S-Classic-Fully-Cooked-Franks-8-Count-12oz-Refri gerated/10290749

    The package says "made with chicken, pork added", but if you zoom in closer, it lists ingredients on the bottom.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 1 10:49:27 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:39 am

    I've heard a rumor that McDonald's uses sawdust as filler, and another
    about McDonald's using "pink slime", but I've always thought those are
    just myths. I think the pink slime one in particular has been debunked

    The pink slime is machine-extruded chicken, and it's true. Comes out of a nozzle with the texture of soft-serve ice cream.

    Where did you find verification that it's true? McDonalds had released some information (including a video to show how their McNuggets are made) to specifically show that they don't use that pink slime:

    https://tinyurl.com/mtffbwz3

    Full URL:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/mcdonalds-shows-how-its-mcnuggets-are -made-no-pink-slime-n23706

    Nightfox

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to phigan on Thu Jan 1 12:26:49 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to Denn on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:03 am

    It's in a city a few miles north of me, less than 10 miles, the City
    is call Roy, Utah.

    Nice, I found burgerbarutah.com and will have to ask my UT friends about going there ;)

    There used to be 2 locations for Burger Bar, The 2nd location was in layton, Utah, the Layton location was actually closer to me, they closed that one down years ago.


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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Thu Jan 1 12:52:28 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Rixter on Thu Jan 01 2026 08:48 am

    Also, Arby's has a couple of seasonal fish sandwiches that I actually think are some of the best fish sandwiches in the industry - One of them is the King's Hawaiian Deluxe fish sandwich, which has a King's Hawaiian bun, tartar sauce, lettuce, tomato, and cheese, and I think the fish fillet they use is pretty good. I think their curly fries are pretty good

    Yes I always look forward to the fish sandwiches, the usually have them here at the 1st of the year until around March.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Thu Jan 1 15:40:46 2026
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Thu, Jan 01 2026 12:30:12 -0600, you wrote:

    In the US, food companies are legally required to list ingredients
    on food packages sold in stores (at least, for most foods). For
    instance, this package of Bar S Franks:

    Right. However, the ingredients are listed as "pork," chicken," turkey," or "beef." Doesn't look like they have to be specific to what parts of those animals are used.

    https://tinyurl.com/39hmkvn8

    The package says "made with chicken, pork added", but if you zoom in
    closer, it lists ingredients on the bottom.

    Yep, and "lips" and "assholes" aren't mentioned. Neither is any other body part of the animal.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Rixter on Thu Jan 1 17:42:28 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Rixter to MRO on Thu Jan 01 2026 08:11 am

    i saw one review where they said it was good burnt ends, and i saw another guy giving it a bad review.
    I was once a big fan of Arby's. I can remember watching them carve
    the meat behind the counter. Lately I am not sure what they do to
    it, but it is NOT as good as it once was. I barely visit them more
    than 2 or three times a year now. I was once a weekly visitor. How


    arby's is sous-vide aka cooked in a bag and then sliced on a deli
    slicer. it was good when they had 5 for 5. i just go there and they have
    bland food. so i'm not into it.

    popeyes(i think for the sides), those noodle places and other places use this bag method.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Thu Jan 1 17:44:45 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:49 am


    you'd have to be retarded to believe that. mcdonalds uses lopez and keystone and cargill. just like every other place.

    I definitely don't, and the original poster had mentioned it was just
    a rumor. It was a pretty funny rumor, though.


    there's a lot of hate for mcdonalds but if you notice they are always busy.
    i think these haters are regular customers.


    tacobell is the one that fucks with the meat. they use that modified vegetable protein in their meat to skimp.

    Yeah, that's not the first time I've heard of this, either.

    but it does taste decent.their prices would probably be super high if they used all beef.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Thu Jan 1 17:48:10 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:54 am


    i saw one review where they said it was good burnt ends, and i saw
    another guy giving it a bad review.

    It's not, by any means, "good burnt ends". Burnt ends should be crust
    on the outside, and juicy and fall/pull apart on the inside. While
    there wasn't any grizzle in them, they were super tough.

    Although, I would imagine if when I had them they were cooked quite
    a bit less, they may not have been nearly as bad. With all that
    said, I'll most likely never try them again. I'd much rather make
    my own burnt ends on the smoker, since we don't have many good
    /real/ BBQ joints around here.

    maybe they goofed it up. i've seen reviews say they are super tender like stew meat or they are like jerky. maybe arbys should cook them in a bag like the other meat.
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  • From Rixter@VERT/NGMBBS to Nightfox on Thu Jan 1 21:21:35 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Rixter on Thu Jan 01 2026 08:48:27

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Rixter to MRO on Thu Jan 01 2026 08:11 am

    I was once a big fan of Arby's. I can remember watching them carve the meat behind the counter. Lately I am not sure what they do to it, but i > Ri> is NOT as good as it once was. I barely visit them more than 2 or three > Ri> times a year now. I was once a weekly visitor.

    Recently I've noticed it seems to be a popular thing to joke about Arby's an > their Horsey Sauce & Arby's Sauce), though I feel like without any vegetable >
    Also, Arby's has a couple of seasonal fish sandwiches that I actually think > cheese, and I think the fish fillet they use is pretty good. I think their >
    Nightfox

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    I will have to try that sandwich sometime. I remember 5 for 5. I am think that was the late 90s. I would have lunch and dinner!

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to phigan on Fri Jan 2 00:02:01 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 08:56:58

    See if you can figure out how much and what kind of "meat" is in Jack In The Box tacos.

    They're still around? They died out decades ago in my area.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 2 01:06:01 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:39:26

    Besides, people will forget about it in 2 weeks and keep ordering your ground beef with jellyfish burgers with a prize in the bag.

    Have you been eating at the Chum Bucket again?

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Rixter on Fri Jan 2 01:49:10 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Rixter to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 21:21:35

    I will have to try that sandwich sometime. I remember 5 for 5.

    Loved the 5 for $5. I used to get 20 at a time and freeze them for future use. Then it became 4 for $5, then 5 for $6.xx. No idea what it is now, if anything. My normal order was usually a Giant with a small Curly Fries and a Jamocha shake...Mmmmm Jamocha.

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  • From Rixter@VERT/CJSPLACE to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 08:38:35 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Rixter on Fri Jan 02 2026 01:49 am

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Rixter to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 21:21:35

    I will have to try that sandwich sometime. I remember 5 for 5.

    Loved the 5 for $5. I used to get 20 at a time and freeze them for future u > Then it became 4 for $5, then 5 for $6.xx. No idea what it is now, if
    anything. My normal order was usually a Giant with a small Curly Fries and > Jamocha shake...Mmmmm Jamocha.

    I like those curly fries!
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 08:07:00 2026
    Hey Mortar!

    On Fri, Jan 02 2026 01:49:10 -0600, you wrote:

    My normal order was usually a Giant with a small Curly Fries and a
    Jamocha shake...Mmmmm Jamocha.

    Same! Except I'm not sure I'd specify a small curly fries, so whatever came with the 1/2lb roast beef sandwich meal (maybe medium?). Jamocha shake is definitely my go-to though.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 07:53:11 2026
    Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Mortar to phigan on Fri Jan 02 2026 12:02 am

    See if you can figure out how much and what kind of "meat" is in Jack
    In The Box tacos.

    They're still around? They died out decades ago in my area.

    As far as Taco's go, they're the bottom of the pile to me.
    The shells are soggy.
    Not a fan of Jack taco's, Some of the guys at work like them because they're cheap.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 08:01:13 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Rixter on Fri Jan 02 2026 01:49 am

    I will have to try that sandwich sometime. I remember 5 for 5.

    Loved the 5 for $5. I used to get 20 at a time and freeze them for future use. Then it became 4 for $5, then 5 for $6.xx. No idea what it is now, if anything. My normal order was usually a Giant with a small Curly Fries and a Jamocha shake...Mmmmm Jamocha.

    Here in Utah, the giant roast beef was called a Montana, that with fries and a shake was a great combo.
    I remember the 5 for $5 also, now they're 5 for $10 when they go on sale.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Rixter on Fri Jan 2 10:18:47 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Rixter to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:21 pm

    Recently I've noticed it seems to be a popular thing to joke about Arby's

    I will have to try that sandwich sometime. I remember 5 for 5. I am think that was the late 90s. I would have lunch and dinner!

    Yeah, I like it when you can get good deals and stretch your dollar like that. Sometimes, fast food places have some pretty good deals.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 10:44:17 2026
    Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Mortar to phigan on Fri Jan 02 2026 12:02 am

    See if you can figure out how much and what kind of "meat" is in Jack In
    The Box tacos.

    They're still around? They died out decades ago in my area.

    Yeah, there are a number of Jack In The Box loactions where I am. I like to get fast food breakfast sometimes - I prefer McDonald's breakfast items, but McDonald's stops serving their breakfast stuff at 10:30AM; if I'm in the mood for a breakfast item after that, I might go to Jack In The Box and get one of their "Extreme Sausage" sandwiches.

    I do like McDonald's coffee though. I tend to prefer iced coffee, and McDonald's has a sugar-free vanilla iced coffee, which is a good option for me since I need to limit my sugar intake.

    Nightfox

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 13:10:09 2026
    Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Mortar to phigan on Fri Jan 02 2026 12:02 am

    See if you can figure out how much and what kind of "meat" is in Jack In Box tacos.

    They're still around? They died out decades ago in my area.

    Crazy! We just got some for lunch on Wednesday!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Fri Jan 2 12:18:12 2026
    Denn wrote to Mortar <=-

    Not a fan of Jack taco's, Some of the guys at work like them because they're cheap.

    Back in my college days, Jack in the Boxes weren't open 24 hours - but
    the drive-thru was. As long as they had food left and were closing
    up, the drive-thru window light was on.

    Most college post-party after-action reports were accomplished over stale supertacos, 32 oz. sodas, and whatever was left in the fryer.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Fri Jan 2 12:18:12 2026
    Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Where did you find verification that it's true? McDonalds had released some information (including a video to show how their McNuggets are
    made) to specifically show that they don't use that pink slime:

    https://tinyurl.com/mtffbwz3

    They did, at one point - judging by the links on google, it looks like
    sometime after 2014 McDonalds made a concerted PR effort.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 12:18:12 2026
    Mortar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Have you been eating at the Chum Bucket again?

    CRABBY PATTIES ARE MADE OF PLANKTON! PLANKTON!





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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Fri Jan 2 13:31:56 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Rixter on Fri Jan 02 2026 10:18 am

    I will have to try that sandwich sometime. I remember 5 for 5. I am
    think that was the late 90s. I would have lunch and dinner!

    Yeah, I like it when you can get good deals and stretch your dollar like that. Sometimes, fast food places have some pretty good deals.

    Wendy's for awhile had the Son of Baconator for $3, now it's over $7.
    Best deals we get right now are from habit Burger.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Fri Jan 2 13:36:26 2026
    Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Nightfox to Mortar on Fri Jan 02 2026 10:44 am

    They're still around? They died out decades ago in my area.

    Yeah, there are a number of Jack In The Box loactions where I am. I like to get fast food breakfast sometimes - I prefer McDonald's breakfast

    I have 2 Jack in the boxes near me, one just east and the other just west.
    I don't go there to often as their drive thru is slower than molasses running up hill, going inside is about the same.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Fri Jan 2 15:06:58 2026
    Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Nightfox to Mortar on Fri Jan 02 2026 10:44:17

    I prefer McDonald's breakfast items, but McDonald's stops serving their breakfast stuff at 10:30AM..

    Yeah 10:30 seems to be the standard time, at least the places 'round here. Love Mickey-D's breakfast. I usually got either a couple sausage, egg and cheese McMuffins or their pancake breakfast. I also liked BK's French Toast Sticks...Yum!

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Denn on Fri Jan 2 15:17:54 2026
    Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Fri Jan 02 2026 13:36:26

    I don't go there to often as their drive thru is slower than molasses running up hill, going inside is about the same.

    On the bright side, if you go in, you'll have a better chance of thme getting your order right.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 2 14:40:49 2026
    Re: Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Fri Jan 02 2026 12:18 pm

    Not a fan of Jack taco's, Some of the guys at work like them because
    they're cheap.

    Back in my college days, Jack in the Boxes weren't open 24 hours - but
    the drive-thru was. As long as they had food left and were closing
    up, the drive-thru window light was on.

    Not sure about them being stale or not, I want taco's with a crunchy shell. Jack has soggy shells and no where near as good as tacotime or del-taco.
    The breakfast menu is pretty good, although I prefer a suasage egg McMuffin from McDonalds.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Fri Jan 2 14:12:18 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Fri Jan 02 2026 01:31 pm

    Wendy's for awhile had the Son of Baconator for $3, now it's over $7. Best deals we get right now are from habit Burger.

    Fast food prices have increased so much, even over just the last 3 years or so.
    I don't think there are any Habit Burger locations near me, as I've never seen them.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 14:15:06 2026
    Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Mortar to Nightfox on Fri Jan 02 2026 03:06 pm

    I prefer McDonald's breakfast items, but McDonald's stops serving their
    breakfast stuff at 10:30AM..

    Yeah 10:30 seems to be the standard time, at least the places 'round here. Love Mickey-D's breakfast. I usually got either a couple sausage, egg and cheese McMuffins or their pancake breakfast.

    My favorite breakfast items from McDonald's are their sausage & egg McMuffin and hash brown, as well as their iced coffees. I like their pancakes too, though sometimes I feel like it's a bit too much carbs & sugar for me.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 14:24:09 2026
    Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Mortar to Denn on Fri Jan 02 2026 03:17 pm

    I don't go there to often as their drive thru is slower than molasses
    running up hill, going inside is about the same.

    On the bright side, if you go in, you'll have a better chance of thme getting your order right.

    Occasionally lately I've been getting food delivery, but sometimes I still prefer to go pick it up myself. Sometimes, my delivered food order is missing an item (which could be the fault of either the delivery service or restaurant employees). Food delivery also adds fees.. So going there to pick it up myself is less expensive, and I can ensure the order is correct (especially if I go inside).

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Fri Jan 2 14:26:49 2026
    Re: Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Denn to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 02 2026 02:40 pm

    Not sure about them being stale or not, I want taco's with a crunchy shell. Jack has soggy shells and no where near as good as tacotime or del-taco.

    I think Jack In The Box is a popular choice for people who like to make snack runs when they have the munchies, and the quality might not be as important as filling up on snacks (and some people might prefer it). If I'm getting hard-shell tacos, I generally like a crunchy taco shell too, though sometimes I don't mind if it's not as crunchy. Soft-shell corn tortillas are a thing too.

    The breakfast menu is pretty good, although I prefer a suasage
    egg McMuffin from McDonalds.

    The sausage & egg McMuffin is one of my favorite fast food breakfast items.

    Nightfox

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Fri Jan 2 21:24:21 2026
    Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Mortar on Fri Jan 02 2026 14:15:06

    My favorite breakfast items from McDonald's are their sausage & egg McMuffin and hash browns...

    Forgot about the hash browns; those are great. Too bad they only serve those for breakfast. I'd get those instead of fries.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Fri Jan 2 04:15:39 2026
    You've never had a Dairy Queen Blizzard?

    Nope. I'm not sure if I'm lactose intolerant or not, as after recently
    eating ice cream sandwiches, you would've thought I had eaten a pallet
    of Bush's Baked Beans instead (that's another item I haven't tried).

    The Whopper is my favorite thing from Burger King. I like
    their onion rings too, but I agree about the gasious
    side-effect.

    I recall several items over the years that they no longer have.

    1) Yumbo - Hot Ham And Cheese Sandwich
    2) Veal Parmigean (sp?). A veal patty, with mozarella cheese, and
    marinara sauce.
    3) Hoagie - a cold ham and cheese sandwich with mayonnaise, lettuce,
    and tomato.
    4) Hot Apple Pie.

    They have a fish sandwich, but it used to be called "The Whaler".

    I love their chicken nuggets (original flavor) and the original
    chicken sandwich.

    The best part of the burgers is that they are flame broiled, and
    not swimming in grease, like at Wendy's, McDonald's, and other
    places. However, they can aggravate my acid reflux.

    I worked for 2 different franchises in the central Arkansas area
    from 1978 to 1984.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Fri Jan 2 04:15:39 2026
    As far as chicken nuggets, I actually like McDonald's chicken
    nuggets. KFC also has some chicken nuggets that I think are
    pretty good (I do like KFC's seasoning).

    I liked KFC when they had the boneless deals. I especially love
    their cole slaw.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 04:15:39 2026
    Ooo, I love those. Before the price almost doubled, I use to
    hit the DQ near me on a weekly basis during warm weather.
    Downing a couple of chili-cheese doge and a small blizzard out
    on their patio, made for a nice time.

    A fellow ham radio operator notes that his girlfriend loves to eat
    there. Lately though, he and I have been going to the Golden Corral
    in North Little Rock. Their catfish filets have been delicious!!
    Down in southwest Arkansas, in the community of Glenwood, 35 miles
    northwest of Arkadelphia, is "The Fish Nest". Friday afternoon through
    Sunday is "an all you can eat catfish buffet". Myself and two other
    ham radio operators went there after a "hamfest", and we over-exploited
    the meaning of H.A.M. (Have Another Meal). We waddled back to the van,
    and were thankful that the tires didn't go flat as we got inside!!

    I'm a curly-fry fan, myself. Mickey-D's are good, but a little
    thing; I like my fries on the thick side, with ridges.

    I like the crinkle fries at Arby's and McDonald's fries.

    ...their onion rings tend to give really stinky farts...

    Really? I didn't know they could do that.

    It depends on your digestive tract, and what you eat.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Mortar on Fri Jan 2 04:15:39 2026
    ...the Lasix keeps my kidneys in high gear.

    There's an image, though admittedly, it did me LOL.

    Well, you don't need all that fluid around your heart...whether you
    are diabetic (I'm borderline type 2) or have congestive heart failure.

    I do like to have Funions or Lays Dill Pickle Potato Chips with them.

    Ew. Might want to keep some Tic-Tacs standing by. :p

    The Funions aren't as hot as eating fresh onion slices. The Vidalia
    onions are sweet, and I prefer them. I don't care for the hot ones.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Accession on Fri Jan 2 04:15:39 2026
    Nick,

    Speaking of which, one thing that recently disappointed me, was
    trying the steak nuggets at Arbys. They promoted the heck out
    of those things (and I thought they were doing a good job of
    it, even).

    Years ago, there was a restaurant chain called "Steak Out" in
    central Arkansas. Their sirloin steak tips were absolutely delicious!!
    My late wife and I would order them on a regular basis...went real
    good with A1 Steak Sauce.

    Daryl

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Sat Jan 3 00:25:48 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Mortar on Fri Jan 02 2026 04:15:39

    Really? I didn't know they could do that.

    It depends on your digestive tract, and what you eat.

    Well, that's twice that joke failed. :/

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 3 01:39:19 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Accession on Fri Jan 02 2026 04:15 am

    Arkansas. Their sirloin steak tips were absolutely delicious!! My
    late wife and I would order them on a regular basis...went
    real good with A1 Steak Sauce.


    a1 is actually meant to cover up bad steak flavor.
    a good steak just needs a little bit of salt.
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 3 07:36:03 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Fri Jan 02 2026 04:15 am

    I liked KFC when they had the boneless deals. I especially love
    their cole slaw.

    KFC used to do a skinless chicken, I believe it was baked.



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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 09:34:11 2026
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Fri, Jan 02 2026 16:26:49 -0600, you wrote:

    The sausage & egg McMuffin is one of my favorite fast food breakfast
    items.

    While I do enjoy those, they've also (finally, as it seemed to take a bit) adapted from the steak, egg, and cheese bagel and made a McMuffin version of it. It's wonderful. I've never really been a fan of bagels, so while that was a thing I was always like "man, they should make this on a muffin," which they eventually did!

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 3 09:38:36 2026
    Hey Daryl!

    On Fri, Jan 02 2026 04:15:39 -0600, you wrote:

    Years ago, there was a restaurant chain called "Steak Out" in
    central Arkansas. Their sirloin steak tips were absolutely
    delicious!! My late wife and I would order them on a regular
    basis...went real good with A1 Steak Sauce.

    I could drink that stuff straight from the bottle, so in my opinion, /anything/ goes real good with A1. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 09:05:15 2026
    Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-

    Occasionally lately I've been getting food delivery, but sometimes I
    still prefer to go pick it up myself. Sometimes, my delivered food
    order is missing an item (which could be the fault of either the
    delivery service or restaurant employees). Food delivery also adds
    fees.. So going there to pick it up myself is less expensive, and I
    can ensure the order is correct (especially if I go inside).

    I miss the old days of having a drawer full of to-go menus, calling the restaurant and knowing there wasn't a middleman involved. Heard too
    many horror stories of delivery companies gouging customers and screwing restaurants.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 09:05:15 2026
    Nightfox wrote to Denn <=-

    I think Jack In The Box is a popular choice for people who like to make snack runs when they have the munchies, and the quality might not be as important as filling up on snacks (and some people might prefer it).


    "Pot smokers". He means to say "pot smokers". :)



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Sat Jan 3 09:05:15 2026
    Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

    Forgot about the hash browns; those are great. Too bad they only serve those for breakfast. I'd get those instead of fries.

    Peak breakfast fast food has to be the Carls Jr. Breakfast Burger. It's
    a burger with cheese, sausage, an egg and hash browns, somehow all
    barely contained in a bun. Then, to add to it, the combo includes MORE
    HASH BROWNS.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 3 09:05:15 2026
    Daryl Stout wrote to Accession <=-

    Years ago, there was a restaurant chain called "Steak Out" in
    central Arkansas. Their sirloin steak tips were absolutely delicious!!
    My late wife and I would order them on a regular basis...went real
    good with A1 Steak Sauce.

    I was researching a restaurant I remembered from my childhood, called
    Sirloin and Brew. There were a couple of them in the San Francisco bay
    area, and I loved it as a kid.

    Small, unspectacular curs of meat, similar to a Sizzler. Baked
    potatoes with Sour Cream, cheese, chives and butter. All you can eat
    salad bar. The part that dates it?

    Unlimited beer, wine and soda. As a kid, I could get a whole pitcher of
    coca-cola, but I remember my dad getting a pitcher of beer with his
    steak. Mom probably got a glass of wine.

    Imagine the liability nowadays!





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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Sat Jan 3 09:26:24 2026
    Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Mortar to Nightfox on Fri Jan 02 2026 09:24 pm

    My favorite breakfast items from McDonald's are their sausage & egg
    McMuffin and hash browns...

    Forgot about the hash browns; those are great. Too bad they only serve those for breakfast. I'd get those instead of fries.

    Yeah, I might do that too if they offered hash browns all day.

    McDonald's started offering all-day breakfast about 10 years ago. They stopped doing that after a short while, so apparently something about that must not have been working out well for them.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 3 09:35:06 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Fri Jan 02 2026 04:15 am

    You've never had a Dairy Queen Blizzard?

    Nope. I'm not sure if I'm lactose intolerant or not, as after recently eating ice cream sandwiches, you would've thought I had eaten a pallet of Bush's Baked Beans instead (that's another item I haven't tried).

    Ah, understandable.

    The Whopper is my favorite thing from Burger King. I like their onion
    rings too, but I agree about the gasious side-effect.

    I recall several items over the years that they no longer have.

    1) Yumbo - Hot Ham And Cheese Sandwich
    2) Veal Parmigean (sp?). A veal patty, with mozarella cheese, and marinara sauce.
    3) Hoagie - a cold ham and cheese sandwich with mayonnaise, lettuce, and tomato.
    4) Hot Apple Pie.

    They have a fish sandwich, but it used to be called "The Whaler".

    I don't recall Burger King having those.. Maybe I hadn't noticed, or they're regional items.

    I love their chicken nuggets (original flavor) and the original chicken sandwich.

    I think Burger King's chicken is okay. I'd prefer chicken nuggets from KFC or McDonald's though.

    The best part of the burgers is that they are flame broiled, and not swimming in grease, like at Wendy's, McDonald's, and other places. However, they can aggravate my acid reflux.

    I was having acid reflux fairly regularly (and possibly GERD). I started taking 20mg of Omeprazole daily, which has been helping a lot.

    I worked for 2 different franchises in the central Arkansas area from 1978 to 1984.

    What did you think of working there?

    My first job was at a Dairy Queen (1996 to 2003). Not too long ago I was thinking back about the people I worked with there, and particularly the people I really enjoyed working with. I had found one of them on Facebook and messaged him, but he didn't remember me. :(

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 3 09:35:44 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Fri Jan 02 2026 04:15 am

    I liked KFC when they had the boneless deals. I especially love their cole slaw.

    Yeah, I really like KFC's cole slaw, and I usually get some of that when I'm there.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Sat Jan 3 09:39:13 2026
    Re: Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:34 am

    The sausage & egg McMuffin is one of my favorite fast food breakfast items.

    While I do enjoy those, they've also (finally, as it seemed to take a bit) adapted from the steak, egg, and cheese bagel and made a McMuffin version of it. It's wonderful. I've never really been a fan of bagels, so while that was a thing I was always like "man, they should make this on a muffin," which they eventually did!

    Interesting.. I've tried McDonald's steak, egg & cheese bagel and I thought that was pretty good.

    For me, I think their sausage & egg McMuffin is hard to beat though. I think McDonald's sausage is seasoned really well.

    Nightfox

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Accession on Sat Jan 3 11:36:55 2026
    Accession wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

    Years ago, there was a restaurant chain called "Steak Out" in
    central Arkansas. Their sirloin steak tips were absolutely
    delicious!! My late wife and I would order them on a regular
    basis...went real good with A1 Steak Sauce.

    I could drink that stuff straight from the bottle, so in my opinion, /anything/ goes real good with A1. ;)

    Just because you said that, I just went and took a swig from my bottle
    of it. Really.

    Can confirm it goes perfectly with scrambled eggs and toast.



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Sat Jan 3 10:04:31 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:38 am

    I could drink that stuff straight from the bottle, so in my opinion, /anything/ goes real good with A1. ;)

    There's another sauce I've seen in some stores similar to A1 called HP Sauce (which I think is fairly good). For a long time, I thought it was just another steak sauce (since one of the stores that sold it here was a usual grocery store). But a few years ago I realized HP sauce is a British thing - and indeed, it actually seems to be relatively uncommon in the US. The store I had seen it sold here local to me was Fred Meyer - But they're owned by Kroger, so I wonder if Kroger might also carry it in other states. I've also seen it at Cost Plus World Market; it may also be available at other similar stores which import products from other countries.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 3 10:07:31 2026
    Re: Re: I Don't Know Jack
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:05 am

    I miss the old days of having a drawer full of to-go menus, calling the restaurant and knowing there wasn't a middleman involved. Heard too many horror stories of delivery companies gouging customers and screwing restaurants.

    I miss those times too. But I think one advantage to being able to order online is order accuracy - at least, if you go to pick it up yourself. When calling in to order food, sometimes they'd mis-hear me or something and might get part of the order wrong. There's one restaurant near me I sometimes liked to get take-out from though which would make mistakes very often, no matter if I called it in or ordered on their web site.. Their food was good though, which is why I liked going there.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 3 10:08:52 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:05 am

    Peak breakfast fast food has to be the Carls Jr. Breakfast Burger. It's a burger with cheese, sausage, an egg and hash browns, somehow all barely contained in a bun. Then, to add to it, the combo includes MORE HASH BROWNS.

    I like those kinds of things sometimes. But sometimes I feel like simplicity is good though.. Less is more, sometimes. :)

    Nightfox

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Denn on Sat Jan 3 13:01:36 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 03 2026 07:36:03

    KFC used to do a skinless chicken, I believe it was baked.

    many years ago, they also had rotisserie chicken which was outstanding. I used to get their #3 (two legs and theigh and two sides) with regular recipe, add an extra biscuit and a couple chocolate chip cookies. Mmmmm. Man, I miss eating out.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 15:31:11 2026
    Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-

    My favorite breakfast items from McDonald's are their sausage & egg
    McMuffin and hash browns...

    Forgot about the hash browns; those are great. Too bad they only serve those for breakfast. I'd get those instead of fries.

    Yeah, I might do that too if they offered hash browns all day.

    McDonald's started offering all-day breakfast about 10 years ago. They stopped doing that after a short while, so apparently something about
    that must not have been working out well for them.

    Waffle House for the win.




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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Gamgee on Sat Jan 3 15:00:41 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 03:31 pm

    McDonald's started offering all-day breakfast about 10 years ago. They
    stopped doing that after a short while, so apparently something about
    that must not have been working out well for them.

    Waffle House for the win.

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Sat Jan 3 15:44:28 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Daryl Stout on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:38 am

    I could drink that stuff straight from the bottle, so in my opinion, /anything/ goes real good with A1. ;)

    You should try HP sauce, I bet you'd like it.

    Especially on steak fries.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 18:39:46 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Gamgee on Sat Jan 03 2026 15:00:41

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Never been to one, but their reputation for bad food is well known.

    Interesting bit of lore, I've heard that you can judge the severety of the weather by whether a Waffle House closes or not. Ergo, if a WH closes, you're in deep doo-doo.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Gamgee on Sat Jan 3 19:46:06 2026
    Hey Gamgee!

    On Sat, Jan 03 2026 11:36:55 -0600, you wrote:

    Just because you said that, I just went and took a swig from my
    bottle of it. Really.

    When going out for a steak, I always ask for the house steak sauce, as well as A1. I'm still open for new things and comparison, but never once have I found anything better.

    Can confirm it goes perfectly with scrambled eggs and toast.

    .. and pork chops, burgers, meat and potatoes, pot roast, fries, and just about anything else one would put ketchup on! ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 19:51:06 2026
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Sat, Jan 03 2026 12:04:31 -0600, you wrote:

    There's another sauce I've seen in some stores similar to A1 called
    HP Sauce (which I think is fairly good).

    The only thing that has come remotely close for me, would be "W" sauce (not to be confused with Worchestershire sauce). However, I believe "W" sauce is used more during the cooking process, or even for marinading or as a binder to make seasoning stick before cooking. Great flavor, though.

    If a steak is really good, I don't need sauce at all. But, as I said previously, for me A1 goes great with just about anything one would also use ketchup, mustard, horseradish sauce, or mayonnaise (gross) with.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 3 19:56:41 2026
    Hey Poindexter!

    On Sat, Jan 03 2026 17:44:28 -0600, you wrote:

    You should try HP sauce, I bet you'd like it.

    Someone else also mentioned this. I'll have to grab a small bottle when I see it. Seems to be owned by Kraft/Heinz so I can't imagine it would be hard to find at most local grocery stores.

    Especially on steak fries.

    To be as good as A1, it needs to be able to be used on anything. There's levels to this shit, man! :D

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 20:08:11 2026
    Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 03:31 pm

    McDonald's started offering all-day breakfast about 10 years ago. They
    stopped doing that after a short while, so apparently something about
    that must not have been working out well for them.

    Waffle House for the win.

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Bummer. I love eating there. Not something you should do every day,
    though. ;-)



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Mortar on Sat Jan 3 20:08:11 2026
    Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Gamgee on Sat Jan 03 2026 15:00:41

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Never been to one, but their reputation for bad food is well known.

    You may be mis-informed. The food is excellent.



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  • From Codefenix@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 21:53:24 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Gamgee on Sat Jan 03 2026 03:00 pm

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Pretty sure this is the first time this sentence was ever typed.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Mortar on Sat Jan 3 20:19:32 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Denn on Sat Jan 03 2026 01:01 pm

    KFC used to do a skinless chicken, I believe it was baked.

    many years ago, they also had rotisserie chicken which was outstanding. I used to get their #3 (two legs and theigh and two sides) with regular recipe, add an extra biscuit and a couple chocolate chip cookies. Mmmmm. Man, I miss eating out.

    Also, Many years ago they (KFC) had a wing ding meal for $4, 4 wings, 2 sides + 1/2 cobb of corn.
    That used to be a favorite of mine.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 20:29:09 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Gamgee on Sat Jan 03 2026 03:00 pm

    McDonald's started offering all-day breakfast about 10 years ago.
    They stopped doing that after a short while, so apparently
    something about that must not have been working out well for them.

    Waffle House for the win.

    Here in Utah we have Ihop.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Accession on Sat Jan 3 21:13:58 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 07:51 pm

    If a steak is really good, I don't need sauce at all. But, as I said previously, for me A1 goes great with just about anything one would also use ketchup, mustard, horseradish sauce, or mayonnaise (gross) with.

    A good prime rib steak with some horseradish on the side, mmmm mm.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Sat Jan 3 19:58:53 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Mortar to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 06:39 pm

    Interesting bit of lore, I've heard that you can judge the severety of the weather by whether a Waffle House closes or not. Ergo, if a WH closes, you're in deep doo-doo.

    When FEMA looks at WH closure maps, you know it's serious.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

    They take their responsibility to feed and provice comfort for people displaced by disasters and first responders seriously. They have a "no water" menu, a "no power" menu, and an emergency menu. They stage logistics and supply vehicles to come in after a disaster clears.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Codefenix on Sat Jan 3 23:51:18 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 21:53:24

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Pretty sure this is the first time this sentence was ever typed.

    None in my area either, so I guess that's #2.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Denn on Sat Jan 3 23:53:37 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 20:29:09

    Here in Utah we have Ihop.

    Here in Michigan, too. Love the Grand Slam.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Sat Jan 3 02:19:54 2026
    Also, Arby's has a couple of seasonal fish sandwiches that I
    actually think are some of the best fish sandwiches in the
    industry - One of them is the King's Hawaiian Deluxe fish
    sandwich, which has a King's Hawaiian bun, tartar sauce,
    lettuce, tomato, and cheese, and I think the fish fillet they
    use is pretty good. I think their curly fries are pretty good
    too.

    During Lent, places that normally don't sell fish (Arby's, Wendy's,
    etc.) have it on their menu, so they can pick up the Catholic
    clientele.

    I have had that King's Hawaiian Deluxe Fish sandwich, and it's
    quite tasty.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Accession on Sat Jan 3 02:19:54 2026
    Nick,

    As far as I've witnessed, hot dog packages only seem to tell
    you what kind of meat it contains (ie: turkey, pork, beef,
    etc), not what actual parts of said animals are used. But, I
    haven't looked any further into that. As long as I don't get
    sick from it, I can still enjoy a grilled hot dog once in
    awhile, even knowing that all of this is possible. :)

    At least most of us aren't like Joey Chestnut, setting a record
    for the number of hot dogs eaten in a short period of time. I like
    to eat mine slow and easy...with cheese and either ketchup or
    mustard on it.

    Daryl

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Sun Jan 4 00:53:18 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Mortar to Codefenix on Sat Jan 03 2026 11:51 pm

    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 21:53:24

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Pretty sure this is the first time this sentence was ever typed.

    None in my area either, so I guess that's #2.



    waffle house is southern usa. i'm in wisconsin. no waffle houses here for like 2000 miles.
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 4 06:31:26 2026
    Hey Daryl!

    On Sat, Jan 03 2026 02:19:54 -0600, you wrote:

    At least most of us aren't like Joey Chestnut, setting a record for
    the number of hot dogs eaten in a short period of time. I like to
    eat mine slow and easy...with cheese and either ketchup or mustard
    on it.

    Yeah, I'm by no means a competitive eater, either. I tend to like Chicago dogs, which usually have mustard, onions, pickle, tomato, and some mildly spicy peppers on it.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 4 08:04:03 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Accession on Sat Jan 03 2026 02:19 am

    As far as I've witnessed, hot dog packages only seem to tell
    you what kind of meat it contains (ie: turkey, pork, beef,
    etc), not what actual parts of said animals are used. But, I
    haven't looked any further into that. As long as I don't get
    sick from it, I can still enjoy a grilled hot dog once in
    awhile, even knowing that all of this is possible. :)

    At least most of us aren't like Joey Chestnut, setting a record
    for the number of hot dogs eaten in a short period of time. I like
    to eat mine slow and easy...with cheese and either ketchup or
    mustard on it.

    We have Weinershcnitzel's here, the Chili Cheese dogs and Chili Cheese fries are pretty good.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 4 09:05:07 2026
    Daryl Stout wrote to Accession <=-

    As far as I've witnessed, hot dog packages only seem to tell
    you what kind of meat it contains (ie: turkey, pork, beef,
    etc), not what actual parts of said animals are used. But, I
    haven't looked any further into that. As long as I don't get
    sick from it, I can still enjoy a grilled hot dog once in
    awhile, even knowing that all of this is possible. :)

    At least most of us aren't like Joey Chestnut, setting a record
    for the number of hot dogs eaten in a short period of time. I like
    to eat mine slow and easy...with cheese and either ketchup or
    mustard on it.

    Ketchup has no place on a hotdog. All that is required is relish,
    mustard, and saurkraut. ;-)




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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Sun Jan 4 09:36:46 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 07:51 pm

    If a steak is really good, I don't need sauce at all. But, as I said previously, for me A1 goes great with just about anything one would also use ketchup, mustard, horseradish sauce, or mayonnaise (gross) with.

    I agree. I like a good steak sometimes, and a good steak doesn't need any sauce. I do like horseradish sometimes, but only with certain cuts/dishes, such as roast beef.

    I haven't seen anyone use ketchup, mustard, or mayo on steak..

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Codefenix on Sun Jan 4 09:37:38 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:53 pm

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Pretty sure this is the first time this sentence was ever typed.

    Are you referring to the "no locations" part or the "unfortunately" part? :P

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Sun Jan 4 09:41:59 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 08:29 pm

    Waffle House for the win.

    Here in Utah we have Ihop.

    We have IHOP here too. I like them, but I haven't been there in a while. We also have some of our own local restaurants & chains which I think are pretty good (Tom's Pancake House, Black Bear Diner, Elmer's).

    There's another restaurant chain in the western US called Shari's which closed all their locations in my state a couple years ago.. I miss them. They were similar to Denny's (and I'm disappointed to see they've closed a lot of locations too).

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 4 09:43:21 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 02:19 am

    During Lent, places that normally don't sell fish (Arby's, Wendy's, etc.) have it on their menu, so they can pick up the Catholic clientele.

    I have had that King's Hawaiian Deluxe Fish sandwich, and it's quite tasty.

    Yep. I like to get a fish sandwich sometimes when they have them available. And I wish they had them available all the time. I think McDonald's is the only one that permanently has a fish sandwich on their menu (or maybe I'm wrong?).

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Sun Jan 4 09:50:35 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 04 2026 08:04 am

    We have Weinershcnitzel's here, the Chili Cheese dogs and Chili Cheese fries are pretty good.

    Weinerschnitzel doesn't have locations here, but I think it's an odd name for a place selling hot dogs.. A schnitzel is a breaded & fried cutlet of veal, chicken, pork, or beef (and a Wiener schnizel specifically is one from (or based on one from) Vienna, Austria).

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Gamgee on Sun Jan 4 09:52:12 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Gamgee to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:05 am

    Ketchup has no place on a hotdog. All that is required is relish, mustard, and saurkraut. ;-)

    :) I actually like ketchup on a hot dog, though I don't really like relish on a hot dog. Often, I like to put ketchup & mustard on a hot dog.

    Also, I only really like sauerkraut if it's with a bratwurst, Polish dog, or similar. I don't really like sauerkraut on an American-style hot dog.

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Codefenix on Sun Jan 4 09:41:23 2026
    Codefenix wrote to Nightfox <=-

    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Gamgee on Sat Jan 03 2026 03:00 pm

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Pretty sure this is the first time this sentence was ever typed.

    There are no Waffle Houses on the West Coast, we have to get by with
    local diners. I have one in Moss Landing that serves fishermen heading
    out to the harbor that does a killer breakfast. Great chilaquiles, a
    fish and eggs breakfast, with a couple of fishes caught about 500 feet
    away, and a great eggs and carnitas breakfast with tortillas and beans.

    Ok, now I'm hungry.




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Sun Jan 4 09:41:23 2026
    Denn wrote to Mortar <=-

    Also, Many years ago they (KFC) had a wing ding meal for $4, 4 wings,
    2 sides + 1/2 cobb of corn.
    That used to be a favorite of mine.

    I get an urge for KFC once a year - the old-school mash and gravy, cole
    slaw and 3 piece extra crispy. That tides me over for another year.

    I do give them props for making finger food in car cups that fit in cup
    holders. Genius!



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Sun Jan 4 09:41:23 2026
    Denn wrote to Accession <=-

    A good prime rib steak with some horseradish on the side, mmmm mm.

    House of Prime Rib in San Francisco would suit you. Old school, been
    there since the early 50s.

    https://marga.org/foodblog/2024/06/a-foodie-in-san-francisco-house-of-prime-rib/

    Gotta love any place with 4 menu items - small, medium, large, and
    chicken.

    Martinis at the bar while waiting for your table are compulsory.



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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Gamgee on Sun Jan 4 13:21:49 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Gamgee to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:05:07

    Ketchup has no place on a hotdog. All that is required is relish,
    mustard, and saurkraut. ;-)

    And pineapple has no place on pizza, but there it is.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Nightfox on Sun Jan 4 13:24:48 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:36:46

    I haven't seen anyone use ketchup, mustard, or mayo on steak..

    I'll invite you to dinner some time and give you a thrill. :)

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jan 4 11:53:20 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:41 am

    I get an urge for KFC once a year - the old-school mash and gravy, cole slaw and 3 piece extra crispy. That tides me over for another year.

    I do like those sides. I'm not big on fried chicken due to dealing with the bones, but I do like it sometimes. For KFC, these days I tend to get their chicken strips or chicken nuggets since they don't have the bones. But now, I wouldn't mind eating a chicken breast and maybe a leg..

    Nightfox

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Sun Jan 4 14:26:29 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:41 am

    Here in Utah we have Ihop.

    We have IHOP here too. I like them, but I haven't been there in a while. We also have some of our own local restaurants & chains which I think are pretty good (Tom's Pancake House, Black Bear Diner, Elmer's).

    We do have a Black Bear Diner, they're good.
    Of coarse we have Denny's but Denny's really suck here in Utah.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jan 4 14:33:18 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:41 am

    Also, Many years ago they (KFC) had a wing ding meal for $4, 4
    wings, 2 sides + 1/2 cobb of corn.
    That used to be a favorite of mine.

    I get an urge for KFC once a year - the old-school mash and gravy, cole slaw and 3 piece extra crispy. That tides me over for another year.

    The wife and I hadn't been to KFC for years, then we got a good coupon for a bucket of chicken with a few sides.
    It was ok but not as good as it used to be.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jan 4 16:20:51 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Codefenix on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:41 am

    Pretty sure this is the first time this sentence was ever typed.

    There are no Waffle Houses on the West Coast, we have to get by with
    local diners. I have one in Moss Landing that serves fishermen
    heading out to the harbor that does a killer breakfast. Great
    chilaquiles, a fish and eggs breakfast, with a couple of fishes
    caught about 500 feet away, and a great eggs and carnitas breakfast
    with tortillas and beans.

    Ok, now I'm hungry.



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Mortar on Sun Jan 4 16:07:53 2026
    Mortar wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Ketchup has no place on a hotdog. All that is required is relish,
    mustard, and saurkraut. ;-)

    And pineapple has no place on pizza, but there it is.

    Concur!




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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to MORTAR on Sun Jan 4 10:06:00 2026
    Interesting bit of lore, I've heard that you can judge the severety of the weather by whether a Waffle House closes or not. Ergo, if a WH closes, you'r in deep doo-doo.

    I have also heard this said. If I knew winter weather was coming and saw
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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to CODEFENIX on Sun Jan 4 10:08:00 2026
    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Pretty sure this is the first time this sentence was ever typed.

    There actually was not one in my town (of ~30,000), either, until about
    10-15 yrs ago. I have never been to that particular one as there are some local joints with good breakfast food. It also had the misfortune of
    moving in back before there was a Cracker Barrel... which moved in just to
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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Ultralaser on Sun Jan 4 15:57:00 2026
    Hello Ultralaser!

    ** On Wednesday 31.12.25 - 23:18, Ultralaser wrote to Accession:

    You've heard the other rumour, right? McDonalds started a
    shell company literally named "100% beef" to supply their
    own restaurants. They could then give the restaurants
    whatever they liked to put in the patties without it being
    false advertising. The contents are truly "100% beef"
    brand! Any misunderstanding is the fault of the customer :D

    Urban legend. No such company "100% beef".




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Sun Jan 4 17:23:11 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:41 am

    They were similar to Denny's (and I'm disappointed to see they've closed a lot of locations too).

    Lyon's restaurants in the SF bay area competed with Denny's. There was a Lyon's near my college campus, we'd go there around midnight, get the breakfast deal - 2 eggs, hash browns and toast for $1.99, and drink endless cups of coffee while we did our homework. We were polite and quiet, we tipped as well as we could being poor college students, and the restaurant was empty, so they didn't mind us taking up a table for an hour or two.

    I was glad I was able to make my schedule so my first class was 11am!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Sun Jan 4 17:25:15 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:43 am

    Yep. I like to get a fish sandwich sometimes when they have them available. And I wish they had them available all the time. I think McDonald's is the only one that permanently has a fish sandwich on their menu (or maybe I'm wrong?).

    One thing I remember as a kid was going to McDonalds, and my mom would always get the filet-o-fish, fries and a coffee. I thought it was odd, since she wasn't a big fish fan, but when I grew up and did the same, it seemed to made sense. Go figure.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Sun Jan 4 17:26:47 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Mortar to Gamgee on Sun Jan 04 2026 01:21 pm

    And pineapple has no place on pizza, but there it is.

    Pineapple, canadian bacon and jalapeno. I'd do it.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Gamgee on Sun Jan 4 19:14:32 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Gamgee to Mortar on Sun Jan 04 2026 04:07 pm

    Ketchup has no place on a hotdog. All that is required is relish,
    mustard, and saurkraut. ;-)

    Saurkraut has no place on this planet IMHO>

    And pineapple has no place on pizza, but there it is.

    Concur!

    Ahhh the great Pinapple on Pizza debate, I for one like a slice of Hawiian pizza once in awhile.
    Some like it some don't, IMHO Pizza has not blueprint, you can make Pizza the any way you like and it will still be pizza.

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  • From KJ5EKH@VERT/HAMSHACK to Nightfox on Sun Jan 4 20:23:56 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Tue Dec 23 2025 18:10:31

    At In and Out you can watch them peel, cut, then deepfry the fries right there.

    What is your take on Five Guys?

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Sun Jan 4 21:50:00 2026
    Hey Nightfox!

    On Sun, Jan 04 2026 11:36:46 -0600, you wrote:

    If a steak is really good, I don't need sauce at all. But, as I
    said previously, for me A1 goes great with just about anything
    one would also use ketchup, mustard, horseradish sauce, or
    mayonnaise (gross) with.

    I haven't seen anyone use ketchup, mustard, or mayo on steak..

    My first sentence was about steak. The rest was referring to "just about anything" one would use those condiments on.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jan 4 19:58:14 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sun Jan 04 2026 05:23 pm

    They were similar to Denny's (and I'm disappointed to see they've
    closed a lot of locations too).

    Lyon's restaurants in the SF bay area competed with Denny's. There was a Lyon's near my college campus, we'd go there around midnight, get the breakfast deal - 2 eggs, hash browns and toast for $1.99, and drink endless cups of coffee while we did our homework. We were polite and quiet, we tipped as well as we could being poor college students, and the restaurant was empty, so they didn't mind us taking up a table for an hour or two.

    When I was a teenager, we had a restraunt called Sambo's on state street, in Salt Lake City.
    We could get a cup of coffee that was an endless cup for 10 cents, we used to spend a couple of hours BS'ing and drinking coffee.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Sun Jan 4 23:33:40 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to Gamgee on Sun Jan 04 2026 19:14:32

    ... Ever catch yourself replying to the tagline?

    All the time. :)

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to KJ5EKH on Sun Jan 4 23:36:20 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: KJ5EKH to Nightfox on Sun Jan 04 2026 20:23:56

    What is your take on Five Guys?

    I don't roll that way. ;)

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Sun Jan 4 19:17:08 2026
    I don't recall Burger King having those.. Maybe I hadn't
    noticed, or they're regional items.

    They were in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

    I think Burger King's chicken is okay. I'd prefer chicken
    nuggets from KFC or McDonald's though.

    I've bought the frozen ones from Tyson, that I could microwave.

    I was having acid reflux fairly regularly (and possibly GERD).
    I started taking 20mg of Omeprazole daily, which has been
    helping a lot.

    I take 40 mg of that twice a day.

    What did you think of working there?

    Not bad. I still remember the instructions from "The Manual Of
    Operating Data" on the proper way to make a Whopper (R).

    My first job was at a Dairy Queen (1996 to 2003). Not too long
    ago I was thinking back about the people I worked with there,
    and particularly the people I really enjoyed working with. I
    had found one of them on Facebook and messaged him, but he
    didn't remember me. :(

    I ordered a deal from Burger King this morning via DoorDash...buy
    one double sausage egg and cheese croissant, and get one free. I added
    an order of tater tots, and a large Dr Pepper.

    I have enough food and drink now to last until March. As long as I
    can keep power, I'll be in good shape, and won't have to order out
    or eat out until spring.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Sun Jan 4 19:17:08 2026
    Yeah, I really like KFC's cole slaw, and I usually get some of
    that when I'm there.

    One time, I ordered a pan of it to take home. All that fiber messed
    up the digestive tract for a time.

    But when I do order from KFC, I make sure to get some.

    They used to have buffets in their restaurants, but they don't anymore.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Accession on Sun Jan 4 19:17:08 2026
    Nick...

    .. and pork chops, burgers, meat and potatoes, pot roast,
    fries, and just about anything else one would put ketchup on!

    Just not scrambled eggs, although I've known folks that did it.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Mortar on Sun Jan 4 19:17:08 2026
    Interesting bit of lore, I've heard that you can judge the
    severety of the weather by whether a Waffle House closes or
    not. Ergo, if a WH closes, you're in deep doo-doo.

    The Waffle House Index...featured on The Weather Channel. <G>

    Would you like your weather scattered, smothered, or covered?? <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to KJ5EKH on Sun Jan 4 21:56:52 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: KJ5EKH to Nightfox on Sun Jan 04 2026 08:23 pm

    At In and Out you can watch them peel, cut, then deepfry the fries
    right
    there.

    What is your take on Five Guys?

    5 guys has good burgers but pretty pricy.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Daryl Stout on Mon Jan 5 01:04:31 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Accession on Sun Jan 04 2026 07:17 pm

    Nick...

    .. and pork chops, burgers, meat and potatoes, pot roast, fries,
    and just about anything else one would put ketchup on!

    Just not scrambled eggs, although I've known folks that did it.

    Daryl


    i always use franks
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  • From Codefenix@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Mon Jan 5 08:08:21 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Nightfox to Codefenix on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:37 am

    Unfortunately, there aren't any Waffle House locations in my area..

    Pretty sure this is the first time this sentence was ever typed.

    Are you referring to the "no locations" part or the "unfortunately" part?

    Yeah, the "unfortunately" part. :P

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to KJ5EKH on Mon Jan 5 08:39:40 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: KJ5EKH to Nightfox on Sun Jan 04 2026 08:23 pm

    At In and Out you can watch them peel, cut, then deepfry the fries right
    there.

    What is your take on Five Guys?

    You replied to me, but you quoted someone else - Were you intending to ask me?

    I like Five Guys, and I like that they'll just make it any way you want. However, they've become one of the most expensive burger places recently, so I don't go there anymore (or if I do, it's not often).

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Accession on Mon Jan 5 08:42:22 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:50 pm

    If a steak is really good, I don't need sauce at all. But, as I said
    previously, for me A1 goes great with just about anything one would also
    use ketchup, mustard, horseradish sauce, or mayonnaise (gross) with.

    I haven't seen anyone use ketchup, mustard, or mayo on steak..

    My first sentence was about steak. The rest was referring to "just about anything" one would use those condiments on.

    My misunderstanding when reading it previously.. I understand now after re-reading it.

    Nightfox

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jan 5 11:21:24 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Sat Jan 03 2026 07:58 pm

    They take their responsibility to feed and provice comfort for people displaced by disasters and first responders seriously.

    Unless you happened to be living in NC during the last hurricane disaster that hit in the mountains there.

    They are going to have to pay for that one...

    The quote in the lawsuit is "They placed unlawful restrictions on emergency management grants."

    Or truthfully, the Fema workers were told not to help anyone with Trump sign in their yard. I understand that employee was fired. I wonder where he/she got their instructions from?

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Mon Jan 5 11:35:41 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to KJ5EKH on Mon Jan 05 2026 08:39 am

    I like Five Guys, and I like that they'll just make it any way you want.

    I like them too but my wife doesn't so we don't eat there...

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bf2k+ on Mon Jan 5 16:57:24 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Bf2k+ to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jan 05 2026 11:21 am

    The quote in the lawsuit is "They placed unlawful restrictions
    on emergency management grants."

    Or truthfully, the Fema workers were told not to help anyone with
    Trump sign in their yard. I understand that employee was fired.
    I wonder where he/she got their instructions from?


    i hope all those people are put in prison, including the ones following the order. nothing will happen.

    All these liberals think alike, whether they admit to it or not.
    that's why i don't think people should befriend or do business with them. you're better off trusting a snake.

    i'm just adopting their methods on intollerance.
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Daryl Stout on Mon Jan 5 17:34:52 2026
    Hey Daryl!

    On Sun, Jan 04 2026 19:17:08 -0600, you wrote:

    Just not scrambled eggs, although I've known folks that did it.

    I could definitely do it, although I choose salsa for scrambled eggs instead. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From KJ5EKH@VERT/HAMSHACK to Nightfox on Tue Jan 6 09:29:11 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Mon Jan 05 2026 08:42:22

    If a steak is really good, I don't need sauce at all. But, as I said previously, for me A1 goes great with just about anything one would also
    use ketchup, mustard, horseradish sauce, or mayonnaise (gross) with.

    Absolutely right. Want to pis* a chef off rapidly? Ask for steak sauce.

    You will receive a black eye instead, and chef will end up in therapy!

    ...Chuck Norris doesn't wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Jan 6 10:24:42 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Sun Jan 04 2026 05:26 pm

    Pineapple, canadian bacon and jalapeno. I'd do it.

    Mix it up and replace the canadian bacon with spam or anchovies some time. I probably said this before.

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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to BF2K+ on Tue Jan 6 10:03:00 2026
    They take their responsibility to feed and provice comfort for people displaced by disasters and first responders seriously.

    Unless you happened to be living in NC during the last hurricane disaster that
    hit in the mountains there.

    They are going to have to pay for that one...

    The quote in the lawsuit is "They placed unlawful restrictions on emergency management grants."

    The apparent lack of response to that one completely amazed me, but then I remembered the response to Sandy for the NE vs. the response for places
    like WVa (which also got hit hard by a derecho during that same time frame).

    I was not quite as surprised then, but still surprised as NC is usually considered "purple."


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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to MRO on Tue Jan 6 21:50:18 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: MRO to Bf2k+ on Mon Jan 05 2026 04:57 pm

    Or truthfully, the Fema workers were told not to help anyone with
    Trump sign in their yard. I understand that employee was fired.
    I wonder where he/she got their instructions from?


    i hope all those people are put in prison, including the ones following the order. nothing will happen.

    You're right. Business as usual.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Accession on Tue Jan 6 17:26:21 2026
    Nick,

    Yeah, I'm by no means a competitive eater, either. I tend to
    like Chicago dogs, which usually have mustard, onions, pickle,
    tomato, and some mildly spicy peppers on it.

    Never thought of tomato on a hot dog...but I do enjoy them.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Gamgee on Tue Jan 6 17:26:21 2026
    Ketchup has no place on a hotdog. All that is required is
    relish, mustard, and saurkraut. ;-)

    Forget the saurkraut and relish...only ketchup or mustard for me.
    To each his own, though.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Tue Jan 6 17:26:21 2026
    Yep. I like to get a fish sandwich sometimes when they have
    them available. And I wish they had them available all the
    time. I think McDonald's is the only one that permanently has
    a fish sandwich on their menu (or maybe I'm wrong?).

    I believe Burger King has one year round. Arby's and Wendy's only
    have them during Lent.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Tue Jan 6 17:26:21 2026
    Also, I only really like sauerkraut if it's with a bratwurst,
    Polish dog, or similar. I don't really like sauerkraut on an American-style hot dog.

    I tried sauerkraut way back in elementary school nearly 60 years
    ago...and I didn't care for it. I guess one has to acquire a taste
    for it.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Mortar on Tue Jan 6 17:26:21 2026
    And pineapple has no place on pizza, but there it is.

    That's how you torture an Italian. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Denn on Tue Jan 6 17:26:21 2026
    Saurkraut has no place on this planet IMHO>

    You got that right...although I know a ham radio family in Ohio...
    parents and their daughter...that absolutely love it. They can have
    my portion.

    Ahhh the great Pinapple on Pizza debate, I for one like a
    slice of Hawiian pizza once in awhile.

    Same here.

    Some like it some don't, IMHO Pizza has not blueprint, you can
    make Pizza the any way you like and it will still be pizza.

    Exactly.

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    Guilty. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Jan 6 17:26:21 2026
    Ok, now I'm hungry.

    We need to have bibs while we're at our computers, to catch the
    drooling when we read "delicious food posts". :P

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Tue Jan 6 17:26:21 2026
    There's another restaurant chain in the western US called
    Shari's which closed all their locations in my state a couple
    years ago.. I miss them. They were similar to Denny's (and
    I'm disappointed to see they've closed a lot of locations too).

    All the Denny's in the Little Rock, Arkansas Metro area have been
    closed down as well. I'm not sure if there are any left. It's like
    Shoney's Big Boy and Krystal...they're gone from Arkansas as well.

    As for Krystal, you can buy the White Castle burgers in the frozen
    food section at many grocery stores. Those are affectionately known
    as "gut grenades"...but, I personally love sauteed onions.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to KJ5EKH on Tue Jan 6 17:26:22 2026
    ...After two days in hospital, I took a turn for the nurse.

    Then, she gave you the sleeping pill and purgative at the same time. <G>

    Or like the meme where the old man and his elderly wife are on this
    couch. He growls "My butt is asleep from sitting here so long", and she
    replies "I can hear it snoring". <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Denn on Tue Jan 6 17:26:22 2026
    When I was a teenager, we had a restraunt called Sambo's on
    state street, in Salt Lake City.

    There was a Sambo's in southwest Little Rock 50 years ago.

    Daryl

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to phigan on Tue Jan 6 22:52:29 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: phigan to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Jan 06 2026 10:24 am

    Pineapple, canadian bacon and jalapeno. I'd do it.

    Mix it up and replace the canadian bacon with spam or anchovies some time. I probably said this before.


    Spam? on Pizza? My wife likes spam, I think it's about the worst meat
    I've ever tried.

    Spam:

    Nutritional Downsides:

    High Sodium: A single serving can contain a significant portion (around 33%) of your daily recommended sodium, contributing to hypertension.

    High Fat & Saturated Fat: It's rich in fat and saturated fat, which are linked to chronic diseases.
    Sodium Nitrite: A preservative linked to cancer risk, especially colorectal cancer.
    Ultra-Processed: Classified as ultra-processed, which is associated with various health problems.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 7 01:46:45 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Accession on Tue Jan 06 2026 05:26 pm

    Nick,

    Yeah, I'm by no means a competitive eater, either. I tend to like Chicago dogs, which usually have mustard, onions, pickle, tomato,
    and some mildly spicy peppers on it.

    Never thought of tomato on a hot dog...but I do enjoy them.



    i'm not a big hot dog lover but chicago dogs and chili dogs are
    awesome.
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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 7 10:51:20 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Tue Jan 06 2026 17:26:21

    White Castle burgers...are affectionately known as "gut grenades".

    I've also heard them called gut or butt bombs. I love 'em. Unfortunately, since the prices have shot up, I get them much; six bacon-cheeseburgers for $13.xx? Fuggetaboutit!

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 7 09:36:29 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Tue Jan 06 2026 05:26 pm

    I believe Burger King has one year round. Arby's and Wendy's only have them during Lent.

    A couple years ago, I noticed Popeye's has a fish sandwich during Lent too.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 7 09:37:53 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Tue Jan 06 2026 05:26 pm

    Also, I only really like sauerkraut if it's with a bratwurst,
    Polish dog, or similar. I don't really like sauerkraut on an
    American-style hot dog.

    I tried sauerkraut way back in elementary school nearly 60 years ago...and I didn't care for it. I guess one has to acquire a taste for it.

    I think sauerkraut is only really good with certain things. A bratwurst or Polish dog is probably the only thing I like sauerkraut with.

    Nightfox

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  • From Codefenix@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Wed Jan 7 14:53:49 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 07 2026 09:36 am

    A couple years ago, I noticed Popeye's has a fish sandwich during Lent too.

    Ooh, that sounds like it'd be good. Wonder if it'll make a comeback.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Denn on Wed Jan 7 18:02:22 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Denn to phigan on Tue Jan 06 2026 10:52 pm

    Nutritional Downsides:

    Don't ruin food with facts! ;) You
    think pepperoni is that much better for
    you? Spam is just a salty meat, like
    pepperoni or other things people put on
    pizza. And you don't put a lot, just a
    bit. Like sausage.
    You'd probably want to pan-fry it up a
    a little bit first.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Wed Jan 7 18:06:31 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 07 2026 09:37 am

    Polish dog is probably the only thin
    like sauerkraut with.

    I like it with... more cabbage!

    Squeeze out all the vinegar from the
    sauerkraut, mix it up 50/50 with
    regular cabbage, cook together with a
    bunch of butter and paprika in the
    oven.. mmmmmmm.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Wed Jan 7 21:26:54 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Mortar to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 07 2026 10:51 am

    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Tue Jan 06 2026 17:26:21

    White Castle burgers...are affectionately known as "gut grenades".

    I've also heard them called gut or butt bombs. I love 'em.
    Unfortunately, since the prices have shot up, I get them much; six bacon-cheeseburgers for $13.xx? Fuggetaboutit!


    i have had them before and they didnt have that effect.

    there's one in in minnesota by me but i dont trust it enough to go to it.
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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Thu Jan 8 08:50:23 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 07 2026 09:37 am


    I think sauerkraut is only really good with certain things. A bratwurst or Polish dog is probably the only thing I like sauerkraut with.

    I produce a whole lot of cabbage at home, therefore I produce a lot of sauerkraut as a cheap way of preserving it. I remember watching a video review for a fermentation tank and the guy running the review said "I don't know who would need a tank as big as this one". I have 6 which are about the same size as that one.

    Sauerkraut is "really good" with most basic meats. You roast a chicken in the fireplace, sauerkraut will work fine with it. You roast ribs, same thing. It is a classic with sausages or burgers.

    Sauerkraut is "fine" with a lot of stuff. There are lots of combinations I would not be doing but I end up doing because I have so much of it. I have lots of eggs, pumpkins and cabagge, therefore if I need to clear the storage shed to make room for the next batches I end up eating grilled zuccini with sauerkraut and a fried egg on top. No high class cooking and not an A class combination but it works.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Bf2k+ on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    Bf2k+ wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Sat Jan 03 2026 07:58 pm

    They take their responsibility to feed and provice comfort for people displaced by disasters and first responders seriously.

    Unless you happened to be living in NC during the last hurricane
    disaster that hit in the mountains there.

    We're talking about Waffle House, not the federal government.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to phigan on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    phigan wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Mix it up and replace the canadian bacon with spam or anchovies some
    time. I probably said this before.

    Spam and pineapple sounds good. I'm surprised I haven't seen that on a
    menu in Hawaii...



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Daryl Stout on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    Daryl Stout wrote to Accession <=-

    Never thought of tomato on a hot dog...but I do enjoy them.

    I think that's a Chicago thing - pepperoncinis, chopped onion and tomato slices.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Daryl Stout on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    Daryl Stout wrote to Nightfox <=-

    As for Krystal, you can buy the White Castle burgers in the frozen
    food section at many grocery stores. Those are affectionately known
    as "gut grenades"...but, I personally love sauteed onions.

    Sautee onions on a skillet, make a burger patty next to them. Smash the
    patty down, and when you flip it, put it on top of the onions. You get
    all of the hamburger grease cooking with the onions.

    Slice of american cheese on top a few moments before taking it off, and
    don't forget to grill the bun. Perfection.




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    Mortar wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Tue Jan 06 2026 17:26:21

    White Castle burgers...are affectionately known as "gut grenades".

    I've also heard them called gut or butt bombs. I love 'em.
    Unfortunately, since the prices have shot up, I get them much; six bacon-cheeseburgers for $13.xx? Fuggetaboutit!

    I've seen people take those sheets of dinner rolls, slice the whole
    "brick" of them in two, spread sauteed ground beef and onions on it, top
    with cheese, put the top bun on and bake - instant sliders!



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    Nightfox wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

    I think sauerkraut is only really good with certain things. A
    bratwurst or Polish dog is probably the only thing I like sauerkraut
    with.

    Polish sausage, with a french roll, sauerkraut, good stone-ground mustard
    and a lager - wonderful!

    There's a meat market that does a lunch menu - when they have 3
    different grinds of polish sausage on the menu, you know they take it seriously!



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to phigan on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    phigan wrote to Nightfox <=-

    I like it with... more cabbage!

    Squeeze out all the vinegar from the
    sauerkraut, mix it up 50/50 with
    regular cabbage, cook together with a
    bunch of butter and paprika in the
    oven.. mmmmmmm.

    I should try that. I've been trying to cut down on bread in lunches and
    been frying a half a cabbage, shredded, in a tablespoon or two of olive
    oil with some kind of protein - chicken breast, bratwurst, beans,
    anything left over...



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Arelor on Thu Jan 8 08:32:05 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Arelor to Nightfox on Thu Jan 08 2026 08:50 am

    Sauerkraut is "really good" with most basic meats. You roast a chicken in the fireplace, sauerkraut will work fine with it. You roast ribs, same thing. It is a classic with sausages or burgers.

    I could see sauerkraut being good with meats like that. And as a side note, I've never seen or heard of anyone using their fireplace to cook food. :P

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Thu Jan 8 11:38:08 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Nightfox to Arelor on Thu Jan 08 2026 08:32 am


    I could see sauerkraut being good with meats like that. And as a side note, I've never seen or heard of anyone using their fireplace to cook food. :P

    I am a cheap bastard. The fireplace is already lit up in order to warm the house, I might as well take advantage of the fact the fire is going to get stuff cooked.


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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 8 16:46:08 2026
    Hey Poindexter!

    On Thu, Jan 08 2026 09:51:22 -0600, you wrote:

    I think that's a Chicago thing - pepperoncinis, chopped onion and
    tomato slices.

    Not pepperoncinis, but pickled sport peppers. Then mustard, chopped onion, tomato slices (or wedges), relish, pickle spear, and a dash of celery salt on a poppy seed bun.

    IMO, the best way to eat a hot dog!

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 8 19:39:41 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bf2k+ on Thu Jan 08 2026 07:51 am


    Unless you happened to be living in NC during the last hurricane disaster that hit in the mountains there.

    We're talking about Waffle House, not the federal government.


    oh you're finally trying to police dovenet for being off topic all the time 'eh?

    you're talking about gas prices in viper bbses' ad in dove-ads https://i.imgur.com/WC0FvLK.png
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 8 19:43:00 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Daryl Stout on Thu Jan 08 2026 07:51 am

    Daryl Stout wrote to Accession <=-

    Never thought of tomato on a hot dog...but I do enjoy them.

    I think that's a Chicago thing - pepperoncinis, chopped onion and
    tomato slices.



    chicago dogs dont have pepperoncinis.
    it has what accession said.

    i hate ai but it got it right this time:

    "Here's a breakdown of the classic toppings:
    All-Beef Hot Dog: A natural casing, all-beef frankfurter is traditional,
    often from Vienna Beef.

    Poppy Seed Bun: A steamed poppy seed bun holds everything together.

    Yellow Mustard: Squeezed on top of the dog.

    Bright Green Relish: A sweet, neon-green pickle relish.

    Chopped White Onions: Fresh, diced white onions.

    Dill Pickle Spear: A whole dill pickle spear tucked alongside the dog.

    Tomato Wedges: Slices or wedges of fresh tomato.

    Sport Peppers: A few pickled sport peppers for a bit of heat.

    Celery Salt: A final sprinkle of celery salt."
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 8 19:45:23 2026
    Re: Re: The Breakfast Club
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Daryl Stout on Thu Jan 08 2026 07:51 am

    Daryl Stout wrote to Nightfox <=-

    As for Krystal, you can buy the White Castle burgers in the frozen
    food section at many grocery stores. Those are affectionately
    known as "gut grenades"...but, I personally love sauteed onions.

    Sautee onions on a skillet, make a burger patty next to them. Smash
    the patty down, and when you flip it, put it on top of the onions.
    You get all of the hamburger grease cooking with the onions.

    Slice of american cheese on top a few moments before taking it off,
    and don't forget to grill the bun. Perfection.


    that's wrong. that's not how you do an onion burger/ white castle style burger. the onions steam the meat and the bun.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dpYS6Pd1uU4
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Thu Jan 8 19:46:50 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 08 2026 04:46 pm

    Not pepperoncinis, but pickled sport peppers. Then mustard, chopped
    onion, tomato slices (or wedges), relish, pickle spear, and a dash
    of celery salt on a poppy seed bun.

    IMO, the best way to eat a hot dog!

    Regards, Nick

    i knew a guy who ran a legit chicago hotdog place and it was awesome.
    sadly he had a horrible location.

    the chilidogs are awesome and i'd go with one of each.
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  • From Colorfones@VERT/HOVAL to Accession on Thu Jan 8 18:15:45 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 08 2026 04:46 pm

    one of my favorite foods ever is a good quality mustard dog with onions.. simple perfection
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Colorfones on Thu Jan 8 23:08:40 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Colorfones to Accession on Thu Jan 08 2026 06:15 pm

    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to poindexter
    FORTRAN on Thu Jan 08 2026 04:46 pm

    one of my favorite foods ever is a good quality mustard dog with
    onions.. simple perfection


    yup i love raw chopped onions on everything. i dont like them cooked.
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Arelor on Thu Jan 8 22:41:08 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Arelor to Nightfox on Thu Jan 08 2026 08:50 am

    I produce a whole lot of cabbage at home, therefore I produce a lot of sauerkraut as a cheap way of preserving it. I remember watching a video review for a fermentation tank and the guy running the review said "I don't know who would need a tank as big as this one". I have 6 which are about the same size as that one.

    Sauerkraut is "really good" with most basic meats. You roast a chicken in the fireplace, sauerkraut will work fine with it. You roast ribs, same thing. It is a classic with sausages or burgers.

    No Sauerkraut is an abomination, IMHO.
    My wife loves it, I hate it, I love Blue Cheese dressing with lots of Blue cheese chunks, she hates blue cheese period.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 8 22:46:10 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Jan 08 2026 07:51 am

    Polish sausage, with a french roll, sauerkraut, good stone-ground mustard and a lager - wonderful!

    The Lager sounds wonerful, Would need at least 6 of them to get the Sauerkraut taste out of my mouth tho.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 8 22:49:55 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to phigan on Thu Jan 08 2026 07:51 am

    I should try that. I've been trying to cut down on bread in lunches and

    My wife has been baking up some "out of this world" sour dough bread.
    this week she made a batch half white half wheat, we had ham eggs and sour dough bread for breakfeast, it was great.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Arelor on Thu Jan 8 22:52:28 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Arelor to Nightfox on Thu Jan 08 2026 11:38 am

    I am a cheap bastard. The fireplace is already lit up in order to warm the house, I might as well take advantage of the fact the fire is going to get stuff cooked.

    and it makes a house smell good as well, unless you're cooking something that has sauerkraut in it, lol.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Fri Jan 9 07:30:25 2026
    Accession wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Not pepperoncinis, but pickled sport peppers. Then mustard, chopped
    onion, tomato slices (or wedges), relish, pickle spear, and a dash of celery salt on a poppy seed bun.

    Years ago, I worked in downtown San Francisco - we had a food truck that
    took their hot dogs very seriously. I remember those Chicago dogs
    fondly.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Colorfones on Fri Jan 9 07:30:25 2026
    Colorfones wrote to Accession <=-

    one of my favorite foods ever is a good quality mustard dog with
    onions.. simple perfection

    There's an art to nailing a dish with 3 or 4 perfect ingredients.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Fri Jan 9 07:30:25 2026
    Denn wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    My wife has been baking up some "out of this world" sour dough bread.
    this week she made a batch half white half wheat, we had ham eggs and
    sour dough bread for breakfeast, it was great.

    fresh sourdough, sliced thin and fried in a bit of olive oil with an
    over-medium egg on top. Perfect!



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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Colorfones on Fri Jan 9 12:52:14 2026
    Hey Colorfones!

    On Thu, Jan 08 2026 20:15:45 -0600, you wrote:

    one of my favorite foods ever is a good quality mustard dog with
    onions.. simple perfection

    Grilling the hot dogs to have a nice little char on the outside even adds to the greatness.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Fri Jan 9 12:53:06 2026
    Hey Mro!

    On Thu, Jan 08 2026 23:08:40 -0600, you wrote:

    yup i love raw chopped onions on everything. i dont like them
    cooked.

    Except when it comes to a well made french onion soup. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 9 12:59:42 2026
    Hey Poindexter!

    On Fri, Jan 09 2026 09:30:25 -0600, you wrote:

    Years ago, I worked in downtown San Francisco - we had a food truck
    that took their hot dogs very seriously. I remember those Chicago
    dogs fondly.

    Being from Wisconsin, as much as I don't like giving Chicago credit for anything, that's one thing (maybe the only thing, lol) they definitely got right. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 9 13:03:14 2026
    Hey Poindexter!

    On Fri, Jan 09 2026 09:30:25 -0600, you wrote:

    fresh sourdough, sliced thin and fried in a bit of olive oil with an over-medium egg on top. Perfect!

    You don't hear "over-medium" very often, but that's the way I like my eggs, too. Not so much a thin runny yolk, but just a bit thicker and not yet solid is perfect, IMO.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 9 13:36:21 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Accession on Fri Jan 09 2026 07:3


    Not pepperoncinis, but pickled sport peppers. Then mustard, chopped onion, tomato slices (or wedges), relish, pickle spear, and a dash of celery salt on a poppy seed bun.

    Years ago, I worked in downtown San Francisco - we had a food truck
    that took their hot dogs very seriously. I remember those Chicago
    dogs fondly.

    except they werent chicago dogs. they had different ingredients.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Jan 9 13:45:53 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to MRO on Fri Jan 09 2026 12:53 pm

    Hey Mro!

    On Thu, Jan 08 2026 23:08:40 -0600, you wrote:

    yup i love raw chopped onions on everything. i dont like them cooked.

    Except when it comes to a well made french onion soup. ;)

    Regards, Nick


    yeah that kicks ass. i'm just saying i dont like mushy cooked onions on regular food.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Fri Jan 9 12:20:52 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: MRO to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 08 2026 07:43 pm

    Sport Peppers: A few pickled sport peppers for a bit of heat.

    I'd never heard of a "sport pepper" before..

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 9 12:24:36 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Fri Jan 09 2026 07:30 am

    fresh sourdough, sliced thin and fried in a bit of olive oil with an over-medium egg on top. Perfect!

    I've never really liked sourdough bread that much.. But I think that would sound good with a slice of French bread/baguette.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 9 17:03:45 2026
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Colorfones <=-

    one of my favorite foods ever is a good quality mustard dog with
    onions.. simple perfection

    There's an art to nailing a dish with 3 or 4 perfect ingredients.

    On the plate: White rice, scrambled eggs (on the rice), black pepper on
    both, broiled Spam slices beside the rice. Four ingredients. Superb.

    (Bonus) - makes an equally good Breakfast, or Dinner.



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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Fri Jan 9 09:12:00 2026
    They take their responsibility to feed and provice comfort for people displaced by disasters and first responders seriously.

    Unless you happened to be living in NC during the last hurricane disaster that hit in the mountains there.

    We're talking about Waffle House, not the federal government.

    Thanks for bringing us back on topic. I am sure that Waffle House did
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Fri Jan 9 20:44:55 2026
    Re: Re: Can't get anymore ret
    By: Accession to Colorfones on Fri Jan 09 2026 12:52 pm

    Hey Colorfones!

    On Thu, Jan 08 2026 20:15:45 -0600, you wrote:

    one of my favorite foods ever is a good quality mustard dog with
    onions.. simple perfection

    Grilling the hot dogs to have a nice little char on the outside
    even adds to th

    Regards,


    What about the kwik trip wizard fingers?
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