Food and other such holidays

[Squirrel]

 

Baklava Day?

Well, off to Acropolis for lunch, suits me.

Heh ... Chicago boasts a large Greek/Greek-American population ... not too difficult to find quality baklava here. LOVE it!

[Squirrel]

 

 

Going out for work dinner tonight.....we'll see if the place has baklava or not.

 

Frankly, the upcoming days look pretty lame for the most part.....

On the days that are lame, you just invent your own national food day ... or ... turn it around and make it 'anything but <whatever lame food day> day.' Er, or something like that.

[Craig Arko]

On the days that are lame, you just invent your own national food day ... or ... turn it around and make it 'anything but <whatever lame food day> day.' Er, or something like that.

Or have a beer and a brat and pretend there's a game on.

[USAFChief]

Or have a beer and a brat and pretend there's a game on.

Both the 87 and 91 WS are on (DVD) whenever I feel the need.

 

We win every freekin time, too!

[jimmer]

DVDs didn't even exist when the Twins last won a W Series.  That's how long it's been.  Those VHS recordings of our W Series wins had to be re-released on DVD :-)

[twinsnorth49]

I thought this thread was about food? I liked it when it was just about food.

[Craig Arko]

I thought this thread was about food? I liked it when it was just about food.

Let me know the next time you come down this way and we'll visit here.

 

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[Mike Sixel]

I'm 51. I do look a bit younger than that......but somehow I got carded last night at Redstone (that's sort of about food). First time in a decade I'd guess.

[ashbury]

We win every freekin time, too!

Hey, come on! No spoiler alerts for the n00bs?

[twinsnorth49]

Let me know the next time you come down this way and we'll visit here.

 

http://www.pho79.net

Deal!

[Vanimal46]

Today is Mickey Mouse's birthday. Oh boy! 

It's also National Vichyssoise Day, which I have never heard of until 30 seconds ago. Apparently it's a kind of soup that's traditionally served cold. What's the point of having soup if it's served cold?

[Mike Sixel]

Lots of good soups are served cold......gazpacho, for example.

[Vanimal46]

Maybe I need to open up my world a little more on soups.. I've always had them to warm up on a chilly day. 

By the way, it's finally starting to be soup weather down here in Austin. Temps in the 60's now. I've turned into such a wuss since moving to TX..... 

[Craig Arko]

 

Today is Mickey Mouse's birthday. Oh boy! 

It's also National Vichyssoise Day, which I have never heard of until 30 seconds ago. Apparently it's a kind of soup that's traditionally served cold. What's the point of having soup if it's served cold?

Revenge.

[twinsnorth49]

I'll pass on the cold soups as well, never been a fan.

[Squirrel]

 

I'll pass on the cold soups as well, never been a fan.

On a hot summer day ... I don't mind ... depending on the soup. A nice, chilled cucumber soup is really quite good.

 

To get my dad to try a green smoothie, I served it in a bowl and told him it was a 'chilled soup.' He ate it AND liked it.

[Squirrel]

Okay ... soup question ... are stews and chilis part of a broader, more generic soup category?

[ashbury]

Okay ... soup question ... are stews and chilis part of a broader, more generic soup category?

Noup.

[Craig Arko]

 

Okay ... soup question ... are stews and chilis part of a broader, more generic soup category?

No, but tater-tot hot dish is.

[Mike Sixel]

They are on a continuum of things that are broadly the same....but not the same. Like chimps and gorillas.

[Willihammer]

 

Okay ... soup question ... are stews and chilis part of a broader, more generic soup category?

Interesting question. My first thought is yes but then, what about chili dogs? Isn't chili more of a sauce in that case? Does chili fit both categories of sauce and soup?

[Craig Arko]

 

They are on a continuum of things that are broadly the same....but not the same. Like chimps and gorillas.

And us.

[Squirrel]

 

No, but tater-tot hot dish is.

Ish.

[Squirrel]

I'm hungry now. Time for lunch. Hmm ... maybe I'll have soup!

[Vanimal46]

Sorry I missed this hot debate. I would certainly consider chili a soup. Just a more hearty soup compared to say a tomato basil. 

Also, is a hot dog a sandwich? Let's get real controversial today. 

[Willihammer]

 

Sorry I missed this hot debate. I would certainly consider chili a soup. Just a more hearty soup compared to say a tomato basil. 

Also, is a hot dog a sandwich? Let's get real controversial today. 

Another good one.

 

What if there is no break in the hot dog bun, thereby limiting the hot dog to a single slice of bread? Does the bun have to break in order to be called a sandwich?

 

If the bun doesn't break, is it a wrap?

[twinsnorth49]

Intense stuff here, a good break from the Paris thread. 

 

Chili, i think the fact you eat it with a spoon makes it a soup. The hot dog question is valid but I could also put soup on my hot dog but it's still soup. 

 

 

Winner,

 

Soup

 

 

Hot Dog, sandwich or wrap .....I consider it more of a roll, like a lobster roll, also not a sandwich. A sandwich requires two separate pieces of bread, at least according to courts in Boston.

 

The National Hot Dog Council has declared it "not a sandwich", although they failed to declare what it was other than being a hot dog, apparently an entity of it's own.

 

Winner

 

Not a sandwich.

[formerly33]

Pfft...you guys have it all wrong. A hotdog is either a sandwich, a hotdog, neither, or both. Easy, right?

 

And as for soups...yes, TN, you're damn right. Chili's a soup since you eat it with a spoon. You know, kind of like ice cream.

[Mike Sixel]

Of course a hot dog served on a bun is a sandwich......but this is one area where people argue with KLAW online, I'll have to re-check his answer someday.

[twinsnorth49]

Pfft...you guys have it all wrong. A hotdog is either a sandwich, a hotdog, neither, or both. Easy, right?

 

And as for soups...yes, TN, you're damn right. Chili's a soup since you eat it with a spoon. You know, kind of like ice cream.

But I don't eat ice cream with a spoon.

 

And come to think of it, Japanese people don't eat Miso soup with a spoon, where does that leave us now?

 

Back to the drawing board.