Food Fight: Mayo Discourse

Discussion in 'General Chatter' started by budgie, Jan 10, 2017.

  1. budgie

    budgie not actually a bird

    I took a quick trip down google lane and learned the difference between red beans and rice and what I think of when I hear beans and rice. The former makes a lot more sense as a full meal, but even a 'meal-sized' portion of just the latter wouldn't feel like a proper meal to me. I think it's the presence of a sauce/gravy that makes the difference to me.
     
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  2. TheOwlet

    TheOwlet A feathered pillow filled with salt and science

    gdi now i want a whole bowl of the giant white beans in tomato sauce the greek restaurant across from my parents does.
     
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  3. Okay. If you eat [food] by itself and a drink, is that a complete meal? If yes, it can be a main dish. If not, it’s a side.

    Fries and a drink isn’t a meal, but a good burger and a drink can be.
     
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  4. theambernerd

    theambernerd dead to all sense of shame

    my extremely sad working-at-a-childrens-attraction lunch breaks disagreed with you
    (we had 75% discount on food, I could get fries and a lemonade for a dollar, so that was my lunch. every day. for months)
     
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  5. sirsparklepants

    sirsparklepants feral mom energies

    Disagree, anything can be a complete meal if there's enough food to satisfy you
     
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  6. Everett

    Everett local rats so small, so tiny

    I feel like anything can be had AS a side, like a side salad versus a salad thats a meal bc its made with One Whole Romaine Heart For Me, Specifically
     
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  7. KingStarscream

    KingStarscream watch_dogs walking advertisement

    Counterpoint: fries with Stuff On is still very much a meal. Chili-cheese fries in vast enough quantities is a meal for many.
     
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  8. chthonicfatigue

    chthonicfatigue Bitten by a radioactive trickster god

    I feel like the interplay of flavour has something to do with it too; one-note dishes aren't a meal. Steamed cauliflower is a side, steamed cauliflower in bechamel and black pepper could be a meal. Similarly, plain chips are not a meal, but a poke of chips drenched in salt, vinegar and sauce of choice is (brown sauce, or for proper nostalgia, a mix of brown and red sauce).

    Edit to add: Proper British chippy chips, not those limp strings of French fries.
     
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  9. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    A poke?
     
  10. Saro

    Saro Where is wizard hut

    From my understanding, a cone
     
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  11. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    :psyduck:
     
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  12. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    Like a paper cone??? I've literally never heard of fries in a cone
     
  13. Loq

    Loq rotating like a rotisserie chicknen

    paper cone what you can carry, kinda like fair food?
     
  14. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    Ime fair food usually comes in these:

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    Edit: and fries too, they're called fry baskets
     
    Last edited: Jan 25, 2019
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  15. Bunny

    Bunny aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    Poke of chips can be a cone or like, a little folded paper baggy. Made of newspaper for preference.
     
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  16. Queer Disaster

    Queer Disaster existing

    I had to get yogurt today and it brought this to mind but

    does anyone else go through a period where like. Normal yogurt has an abominable mouthfeel? like I like yogurt but once in a while i will put it in my mouth and immediately feel like 'this is not something that should be in my mouth at all'

    like i was so 'mmh don't need to go through that today' that i bought the whipped yogurt cause i need to know i will eat it.
     
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  17. vuatson

    vuatson [delurks]

    That's why I only get whole milk yogurt, the creaminess makes the texture less weird. Doesn't work with the cream on top stuff tho
     
    Last edited: Jan 28, 2019
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  18. Saro

    Saro Where is wizard hut

    I don't like the texture of non-greek yogurt... too gloopy (unless it's those whipped yogurts)
     
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  19. Queer Disaster

    Queer Disaster existing

    i'll have to try some! it's not an always thing but better to know what is always a food compared to 'this is only sometimes actually edible.'
     
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  20. All I know is true Greek yogurt is disgusting and I don't like it.
     
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