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#77 Apr 10 2015 at 8:23 AM Rating: Excellent
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Well, sometimes it's "common sense" and "examining the deltas".

I guess he stood, staring at a heap of sliced turkey and Provolone cheese, and common sense failed him while the deltas remained unknowable.
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#78 Apr 10 2015 at 9:09 AM Rating: Good
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Hey. It's possible your jumble of random meats and cheeses might be the next greatest sandwich in the universe and be listed among the classics. But probably not.


Yeah, I am completely divorced from the culinary history of the world and I have to make all taste combinations entirely from scratch, same as everyone else not in the Subway boardroom.
Kavekkk's Kitchen Nightmares?

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Knightmares.
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#80 Apr 10 2015 at 9:32 AM Rating: Good
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I get that reference dot jay peg.
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#81 Apr 10 2015 at 8:56 PM Rating: Decent
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Amazingly though, when I go out to eat I don't insist that the chef make his pasta sauce just like I make mine, or season the chicken like I do mine. There's a reason for that.

It's a fast food sandwich. There's no "chef", it's a 17 year old who needs gas money slapping cold cuts on bread.

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You realize that subways entire business model is that you choose your toppings with a set base right?

I realize it, I just don't care for it and thus don't go there. I only mentioned it because Chipolte has the same model and someone directly asked about that chain.

Edited, Apr 9th 2015 4:50pm by Jophiel


You.. You do not care about Chipotl!!!!?
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Serviceable pseudo-Mexican food? No, not especially. I don't hate it or anything (just the ordering technique) but, you know, it's corporate Mexican food. Sorta.
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#83 Apr 10 2015 at 10:17 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm amused that Gbaji has a whole manifesto about this. My reason is that I just find the process annoying and more time intensive than I care for given the food.


It's a PET PEEVE. Smiley: mad

Next topic: People who sit ramrod straight in the theater. Smiley: motz
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#84 Apr 11 2015 at 4:58 PM Rating: Good
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There is an optimal compromise I've seen employed by a chain called Which wich, though certainly they haven't invented it. The customer grabs their sandwich bag and writes on it what they want, then they submit it to the employee. All of the customization options and none of the delay of indecisiveness.
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Also, what's with mayo ever being a default option on any sandwich. I get that there are people who like eating flavorless goop with the texture of goblin cum, but who would in their right mind would give you the option of ever accidentally ending up with it on your sandwich? Urban areas have high murder rates and concentration of sandwich shops, coincidence?

Edited, Apr 11th 2015 6:04pm by Allegory
#86 Apr 11 2015 at 6:37 PM Rating: Decent
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Jophiel wrote:
Serviceable pseudo-Mexican food? No, not especially. I don't hate it or anything (just the ordering technique) but, you know, it's corporate Mexican food. Sorta.


I weep for you. Next thing you will tell me I Panda Express is corporate Chinese food. I mean, obviously it is, but as far as fast food goes, it is pretty awesome.

I get that good Mexican is hard to find ( Maria's in Rosemont is decent ), but Chipotl has everything I need whenever I need a quick fix.
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#87 Apr 11 2015 at 6:59 PM Rating: Good
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Chipotl has everything I need whenever I need a quick fix.


How often do you really need a reverse ass raping? (*)


(*)I've never had Chipotl, I'm not sure if they exist where I live or anywhere in the region. That's the one that makes Cartman's ass bleed though, right? The "Chipotl-away"?
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TirithRR wrote:
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Chipotl has everything I need whenever I need a quick fix.


How often do you really need a reverse ass raping? (*)


(*)I've never had Chipotl, I'm not sure if they exist where I live or anywhere in the region. That's the one that makes Cartman's ass bleed though, right? The "Chipotl-away"?
Correct.Smiley: lol
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angrymnk wrote:
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Serviceable pseudo-Mexican food? No, not especially. I don't hate it or anything (just the ordering technique) but, you know, it's corporate Mexican food. Sorta.

I get that good Mexican is hard to find ( Maria's in Rosemont is decent ), but Chipotl has everything I need whenever I need a quick fix.

Good Mexican isn't hard to find which is sort of the point of being unimpressed by Chipotle.
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Next topic: People who sit ramrod straight in the theater.


Yeah, or hats at the opera! Or ride their penny fatrhings too damn fast down the main thoroughfare frightening man and beast alike! They'll kill someone with those velocipedes!

Trying to figure out why anyone would be bothered by someone else sitting straight at a theater, when Nexa commented that you may be a tiny person who can't see over their heads. Is that it?
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Jophiel wrote:
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Serviceable pseudo-Mexican food? No, not especially. I don't hate it or anything (just the ordering technique) but, you know, it's corporate Mexican food. Sorta.

I get that good Mexican is hard to find ( Maria's in Rosemont is decent ), but Chipotl has everything I need whenever I need a quick fix.

Good Mexican isn't hard to find which is sort of the point of being unimpressed by Chipotle.


Pfft.. care to name some decent spots?
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Not really, no. If you can't find decent Mexican food in a region with over two million Hispanics, that's kind of your own problem. In fact, I'd suggest that if Chipolte is your go-to then you're not really going to enjoy authentic Mexican food anyway and should stick with the cilantro-burritos.
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Wouldn't really expect good authentic anything in places where the trees outnumber the people.
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Wouldn't really expect good authentic anything in places where the trees outnumber the people.

No danger of that in northeastern Illinois. You should have went with "cornstalks" Smiley: disappointed
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#95 Apr 13 2015 at 8:43 AM Rating: Good
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lolgaxe wrote:
Wouldn't really expect good authentic anything in places where the trees outnumber the people.


Really? Seems to me like that would be the most likely areas to find it. The more dense a populated area the more likely you'd have various franchises and places doing things to appease a wide range of customers, lowering "authenticity" in favor of mass appeal.
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#96 Apr 13 2015 at 8:44 AM Rating: Excellent
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What if you're trying to get authentic maple syrup?
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#97 Apr 13 2015 at 9:02 AM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
No danger of that in northeastern Illinois.
Probably because Chicago would be one of the places I'd expect for good authentic food. Smiley: tongue
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The more dense a populated area the more likely you'd have various franchises and places doing things to appease a wide range of customers, lowering "authenticity" in favor of mass appeal.
I'd say there's less people interested in authentic food in less populated places as opposed to higher populated cities. I'm sure if you explore long enough you might find an Ethiopian restaurant in Nowhere, Kansas, but I know there's at least three in NYC. Also tourism.
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No danger of that in northeastern Illinois.
Probably because Chicago would be one of the places I'd expect for good authentic food. Smiley: tongue

Well, you got me there. I let my cynicism get the best of me. Ummm... somethingsomething pizza.

I'd say that the problem with "authentic" cuisine in rural areas is that you need something of an immigrant community (past or present) to build the tradition. You find Ethiopian food in a city because you have enough Ethiopians there to make it worthwhile to open a restaurant without trying to support it purely on adventurous non-Ethiopians. It doesn't have to be a big city though -- I'm sure there's plenty of authentic Swedish and German eating to be had up in rural Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Edited, Apr 13th 2015 10:09am by Jophiel
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The more dense a populated area the more likely you'd have various franchises and places doing things to appease a wide range of customers, lowering "authenticity" in favor of mass appeal.
I'd say there's less people interested in authentic food in less populated places as opposed to higher populated cities. I'm sure if you explore long enough you might find an Ethiopian restaurant in Nowhere, Kansas, but I know there's at least three in NYC. Also tourism.

I guess if you are looking at it from the idea of other regions authentic foods moving to your region.

But, obviously discounting the general overpopulation and barren areas (the literal part of your statement rather than its actual meaning), you'd probably find a lot more authentic food in the region it came from than in a big city appealing to its population. Like Detroit for pasties vs. say... Seney, MI in the middle of the UP. (I drove through there a lot while in college but never actually stopped to eat, but people I knew had).

Edited, Apr 13th 2015 11:12am by TirithRR
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#100 Apr 13 2015 at 9:22 AM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
What if you're trying to get authentic maple syrup?


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Jophiel wrote:
I'm sure there's plenty of authentic Swedish and German eating to be had up in rural Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Might be, I just wouldn't expect it like I would should I go to Chicago or Vegas.
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