What's for dinner?
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LOL. Like I said, I'm not judging, but I think if I ate like that I'd need a litre of prune juice washed down with some Metamucil just to get the pipes working again.
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this.
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Ooh this sounds like a fun truth or urban legend. I love Thai food but primarily spicier things and curries. I’m not a thai salad type of person. That said, even though my 1988 Bangkok visit was enough, I loved The Hangover movie with Zach saying Thighland and of course “Bangkok’s got him” pretty nonstop. I love that series.
That sounds like a tasty urban legend. I certainly never heard that happening in Australia. Ironically, the most famous Thai chef in Australia is a white Australian guy. His husband is Thai and he was taught by his husband's mother how to cook Thai. He ended up being the first chef to get a Michelin Star for Thai food.
Larb is a pretty damn spicy salad. Most of the time they detune the heat.
My cousin was visiting from overseas and I took him to Thaitown here in Sydney, which is much more "real" and he couldn't deal with the heat. But he had no problem in with the spice at a local Thai place just down the road.
Larb is a pretty damn spicy salad. Most of the time they detune the heat.
My cousin was visiting from overseas and I took him to Thaitown here in Sydney, which is much more "real" and he couldn't deal with the heat. But he had no problem in with the spice at a local Thai place just down the road.
When I was in Thailand I asked at one restaurant for the food to be as spicy as a Thai person would get it. The waitress gave me an amused look and, when they delivered my dinner (I think it was larb actually) the chef poked his head out to see the crazy (or daring) farang. I ate the whole thing, sweating bullets the entire time. At Thai places here I usually get it on a 3-4 out of 5 star spiciness level.
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Besides....3 different pastas all requiring different cooking times and same with 2 different pizza types.
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Remember, I’m that guy who spent $350 for 10 poker plaques just for the joy of playing poker with friends. Obviously those plaques weren’t necessary.
the Detroit pizza was yummy; the other olive & red onion pizza was yummy. The bucatini was yummy. I don’t want penne or fresh angel hair pasta so I’m better off cooking what I want.
big hint - penne and bucatini can cook same amount of time! I removed them and THEN put in the fresh angel hair pasta :-)
ditto - I input the picture “correctly” and it gets flipped. Ah well.
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I know that you can...I was just wondering why you did. I have just not ever heard of anyone's nightly dinners within one family all being different--like running a restaurant. Obviously not now but if you go to someone's house for dinner do you all eat the same thing? Or what about when you have company (pre covid) for dinner or lunch...do you fix everyone something different? This is fascinating.
What about on Thanksgiving...does one of you have turkey and someone else has a cheeseburger and someone else have lasagna?
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?? And I don't even know what poker plaques are or do.
I know that you can...I was just wondering why you did. I have just not ever heard of anyone's nightly dinners within one family all being different--like running a restaurant. Obviously not now but if you go to someone's house for dinner do you all eat the same thing? Or what about when you have company (pre covid) for dinner or lunch...do you fix everyone something different? This is fascinating.
What about on Thanksgiving...does one of you have turkey and someone else has a cheeseburger and someone else have lasagna?
I know that you can...I was just wondering why you did. I have just not ever heard of anyone's nightly dinners within one family all being different--like running a restaurant. Obviously not now but if you go to someone's house for dinner do you all eat the same thing? Or what about when you have company (pre covid) for dinner or lunch...do you fix everyone something different? This is fascinating.
What about on Thanksgiving...does one of you have turkey and someone else has a cheeseburger and someone else have lasagna?
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?? And I don't even know what poker plaques are or do.
I know that you can...I was just wondering why you did. I have just not ever heard of anyone's nightly dinners within one family all being different--like running a restaurant. Obviously not now but if you go to someone's house for dinner do you all eat the same thing? Or what about when you have company (pre covid) for dinner or lunch...do you fix everyone something different? This is fascinating.
What about on Thanksgiving...does one of you have turkey and someone else has a cheeseburger and someone else have lasagna?
I know that you can...I was just wondering why you did. I have just not ever heard of anyone's nightly dinners within one family all being different--like running a restaurant. Obviously not now but if you go to someone's house for dinner do you all eat the same thing? Or what about when you have company (pre covid) for dinner or lunch...do you fix everyone something different? This is fascinating.
What about on Thanksgiving...does one of you have turkey and someone else has a cheeseburger and someone else have lasagna?
for thanksgiving, since we KNOW that travel and a group meal will be ridiculous and unsafe, I will cook thanksgiving and our child will have pasta or a cheeseburger. I’ll probably have both rice and mashed potatoes, a few vegetables, and one or two kinds of cranberry relish. It’ll be yummy. If kipper and her then-husband can cook a turkey dinner, then it’ll be fine for me to make a thanksgiving turkey supper.
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poker plaques are like poker chips - they’re units of value in a casino. When casinos change their designs, their “old” inventory gets destroyed or sold to wholesalers and then people like me eventually buy them online. Most USA gamblers use casino chips but high stakes baccarat will still have $100,000 plaques and then some non-USA casinos use plaques for as low as 5,000 currency units. So if I can pay $35 for a single worthless poker (casino) plaque, then yes I can cook 3 kinds of pasta and 2 kinds of pizza for supper.
for thanksgiving, since we KNOW that travel and a group meal will be ridiculous and unsafe, I will cook thanksgiving and our child will have pasta or a cheeseburger. I’ll probably have both rice and mashed potatoes, a few vegetables, and one or two kinds of cranberry relish. It’ll be yummy. If kipper and her then-husband can cook a turkey dinner, then it’ll be fine for me to make a thanksgiving turkey supper.
for thanksgiving, since we KNOW that travel and a group meal will be ridiculous and unsafe, I will cook thanksgiving and our child will have pasta or a cheeseburger. I’ll probably have both rice and mashed potatoes, a few vegetables, and one or two kinds of cranberry relish. It’ll be yummy. If kipper and her then-husband can cook a turkey dinner, then it’ll be fine for me to make a thanksgiving turkey supper.
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Of course you can, I'm just curious how you put it all away. I used to cycle 300km-400km/week and would plough through pizza and pasta and would knock off a pack of Tim-Tams every second day, but that's 10-12 hours on a bike every week. If I ate like that now I'd be the size of a house. Are you training for an ironman?
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poker plaques are like poker chips - they’re units of value in a casino. When casinos change their designs, their “old” inventory gets destroyed or sold to wholesalers and then people like me eventually buy them online. Most USA gamblers use casino chips but high stakes baccarat will still have $100,000 plaques and then some non-USA casinos use plaques for as low as 5,000 currency units. So if I can pay $35 for a single worthless poker (casino) plaque, then yes I can cook 3 kinds of pasta and 2 kinds of pizza for supper.
for thanksgiving, since we KNOW that travel and a group meal will be ridiculous and unsafe, I will cook thanksgiving and our child will have pasta or a cheeseburger. I’ll probably have both rice and mashed potatoes, a few vegetables, and one or two kinds of cranberry relish. It’ll be yummy. If kipper and her then-husband can cook a turkey dinner, then it’ll be fine for me to make a thanksgiving turkey supper.
for thanksgiving, since we KNOW that travel and a group meal will be ridiculous and unsafe, I will cook thanksgiving and our child will have pasta or a cheeseburger. I’ll probably have both rice and mashed potatoes, a few vegetables, and one or two kinds of cranberry relish. It’ll be yummy. If kipper and her then-husband can cook a turkey dinner, then it’ll be fine for me to make a thanksgiving turkey supper.
And I am sure you can make a turkey---do you ever roast a chicken? It will be delicious and your house will smell wonderful.