Goddamnit y'all! I try not to eat before noon, but all this pie, pizza, chilli cheese fries, and meat pies has my gastric juices flowing!

BobGeorge909 said:

Goddamnit y'all! I try not to eat before noon, but all this pie, pizza, chilli cheese fries, and meat pies has my gastric juices flowing!

in honour of this thread make sure u dont use utensils

ThisOne said:

Fuck that! U eat a bowl if gritz w/ no utensils! Wait....I have done that....but only after they were cold as Eskimo nipples.

BobGeorge909 said:

ThisOne said:

in honour of this thread make sure u dont use utensils

Fuck that! U eat a bowl if gritz w/ no utensils! Wait....I have done that....but only after they were cold as Eskimo nipples.

whats gritz???

its winter here and yes i got cold.......

ThisOne said:

It's a hot cereal....like a cross between oatmeal and malt-o-meal. It made out of ground corn, but not as fine as cornmeam. Simmer it for 20(5 for the instant variety which is taking over the market) mins to let it soak up some water, butter, salt, eat...or put whatever u want on it. U ever seen "my cousin vinny"?


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BobGeorge909 said:

ThisOne said:

whats gritz???

its winter here and yes i got cold.......

It's a hot cereal....like a cross between oatmeal and malt-o-meal. It made out of ground corn, but not as fine as cornmeam. Simmer it for 20(5 for the instant variety which is taking over the market) mins to let it soak up some water, butter, salt, eat...or put whatever u want on it. U ever seen "my cousin vinny"?

i say my cuz vinny ~ but that was years ago.... i dont remember it properly

whats maly - o - meal????

what happend to eating weat bix and corn flakes? i could neber b bothered cooking a breakfast cereal

My god child! Where u been! U never had malt-o-meal! chocolate malt-o-meal is the best!

My mamma made that mess for me all the time, till I could cook, then I made it. Oatmeal, malt-o-meal, gritz..I eat all that...its awesome in a cold morning!...keep your ice cold milk to your muthafuckin self
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Ooooohhbhhhh.....ure from Australia!

BobGeorge909 said:

Ooooohhbhhhh.....ure from Australia!

it fineally hit u like thunder from down under

Tittypants said:

I used to laugh @ my uncle eating pizza with a knife & fork [a few times] trying to impress some lay...I mean, lady. I myself use a fork on pie though...depending on the pie type. When you say "hot chips" I'm guessing you're referring to "french fries" or "Home Fries" [because if I saw someone eating potato chips with a fork, I'm laughing @ them in their face ]. I only use a fork to eat french fries if they are of the "chili cheese" kind .

I'm with you on that one

tinaz said:

artist76 said:

Well, some foods are not supposed to be eaten with a knife and fork according to its culture of origin. Many cultures do not have forks, and very many do not have knives at the dining table.

I can't believe how many white folks wanted a knife and fork to eat Korean BBQ ribs, and they were all mad when there weren't any. Don't people eat regular American style BBQ ribs with their hands? Why expect utensils for ribs in an ethnic cuisine that 1) uses chop sticks, and 2) don't have knives in place setting at all, and 3) all the Koreans are eating it with their hands (pick it up at the bone - it's not very messy)?

Unless you are sitting in Korea right now, its PROBABLY because we are in America... If your going to move here to make money in someone else's country, then you should cater to ALL kinds of people's way's of eating.. Its just polite to take into consideration other peoples cultures if you are feeding people who have a different way than you do... In public, its gross to me to see people licking all over their fingers and touching shit after their stubby fingers have been in their mouths.. Use a damn fork!

And I have no idea wtf being white has to do with any of this...

But then why go to an ethnic restaurant if you do not want the attendant cultural experience of eating it the way it's supposed to be eaten? Do you expect ketchup on it too? If you go to an ethiopian restaurant, expect to sit on the floor and use your hands from common dishes; eat the damn tacos with your hands too; at a churrascaria, expect your meat to be portioned to you off a skewer that's going around.

Anyway, lots of concessions are made for doing business in "someone else's country" (btw, many of these restauranteurs are AMERICAN CITIZENS - we're all immigrants here at some point in our history, tinaz ). The food tastes differently than in its country of origin, to cater to American tastes. But when you start setting out forks and knives, the restaurant is basically SCREAMING inauthentic, which is negative for business too. Do you want your Mexican food from Annie Smith's Mexican-like Restaurant? Some people do; many prefer Pepe's Taqueria. Many want an authentic ethnic food experience. Otherwise, go to Applebees.

artist76 said:

tinaz said:

Unless you are sitting in Korea right now, its PROBABLY because we are in America... If your going to move here to make money in someone else's country, then you should cater to ALL kinds of people's way's of eating.. Its just polite to take into consideration other peoples cultures if you are feeding people who have a different way than you do... In public, its gross to me to see people licking all over their fingers and touching shit after their stubby fingers have been in their mouths.. Use a damn fork!

And I have no idea wtf being white has to do with any of this...

But then why go to an ethnic restaurant if you do not want the attendant cultural experience of eating it the way it's supposed to be eaten? Do you expect ketchup on it too? If you go to an ethiopian restaurant, expect to sit on the floor and use your hands from common dishes; eat the damn tacos with your hands too; at a churrascaria, expect your meat to be portioned to you off a skewer that's going around.

Anyway, lots of concessions are made for doing business in "someone else's country" (btw, many of these restauranteurs are AMERICAN CITIZENS - we're all immigrants here at some point in our history, tinaz ). The food tastes differently than in its country of origin, to cater to American tastes. But when you start setting out forks and knives, the restaurant is basically SCREAMING inauthentic, which is negative for business too. Do you want your Mexican food from Annie Smith's Mexican-like Restaurant? Some people do; many prefer Pepe's Taqueria. Many want an authentic ethnic food experience. Otherwise, go to Applebees.

Because most times, I just want to enjoy some damn good food!! I dont know how to use chopsticks... I dont live in an asian country, so why would I?? I totally understand what you are saying though... But "normally" I dont go to these types of restaurants for the "experience", I do go for the "authenticity" but that doesnt mean I shouldnt expect them to have silverware... If I want that I will actually go to the country of the restaurant, and then yes, I would know I had to use their way of eating...

They dont have to set them out on the table, but they should have them because lets face it.. they are in America, and we use silverware...

tinaz said:

Fuck chopstix and all that mess. Silverwear is a dime a dozen. I had to sit in a floor and eat one time....it was bullshit. I can't even remember what the food tasted like cuz I couldn't get comfortable.
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BobGeorge909 said:

tinaz said:

Because most times, I just want to enjoy some damn good food!! I dont know how to use chopsticks... I dont live in an asian country, so why would I?? I totally understand what you are saying though... But "normally" I dont go to these types of restaurants for the "experience", I do go for the "authenticity" but that doesnt mean I shouldnt expect them to have silverware... If I want that I will actually go to the country of the restaurant, and then yes, I would know I had to use their way of eating...

They dont have to set them out on the table, but they should have them because lets face it.. they are in America, and we use silverware...

Fuck chopstix and all that mess. Silverwear is a dime a dozen. I had to sit in a floor and eat one time....it was bullshit. I can't even remember what the food tasted like cuz I couldn't get comfortable. [Edited 5/27/12 7:03am]

Nobody's talking about chopsticks.

Talking about eating ribs. You eat American-style ribs with a fork & knife?

Anyway, this topic ain't that serious. I'm out.

artist76 said:

BobGeorge909 said:

tinaz said: Fuck chopstix and all that mess. Silverwear is a dime a dozen. I had to sit in a floor and eat one time....it was bullshit. I can't even remember what the food tasted like cuz I couldn't get comfortable. [Edited 5/27/12 7:03am]

Nobody's talking about chopsticks.

Talking about eating ribs. You eat American-style ribs with a fork & knife?

Anyway, this topic ain't that serious. I'm out.

Yes I do.. Just because something has bones in it doesnt mean its fair game to eat like a caveman! Eating messy food with just your fingers is best reserved for at home, not in public...Do you pick up your T-bone steak and start gnawing on it, no.. you use a knife and a fork...The only thing I MAY pick up and eat is a chicken leg, and thats only if it has no sauce... To each his own, and your right, its not that serious, but you were the one to point out how ridiculous is was for white people to eat this way, sooooooooo

tinaz said:

artist76 said:

But then why go to an ethnic restaurant if you do not want the attendant cultural experience of eating it the way it's supposed to be eaten? Do you expect ketchup on it too? If you go to an ethiopian restaurant, expect to sit on the floor and use your hands from common dishes; eat the damn tacos with your hands too; at a churrascaria, expect your meat to be portioned to you off a skewer that's going around.

Anyway, lots of concessions are made for doing business in "someone else's country" (btw, many of these restauranteurs are AMERICAN CITIZENS - we're all immigrants here at some point in our history, tinaz ). The food tastes differently than in its country of origin, to cater to American tastes. But when you start setting out forks and knives, the restaurant is basically SCREAMING inauthentic, which is negative for business too. Do you want your Mexican food from Annie Smith's Mexican-like Restaurant? Some people do; many prefer Pepe's Taqueria. Many want an authentic ethnic food experience. Otherwise, go to Applebees.

Because most times, I just want to enjoy some damn good food!! I dont know how to use chopsticks... I dont live in an asian country, so why would I?? I totally understand what you are saying though... But "normally" I dont go to these types of restaurants for the "experience", I do go for the "authenticity" but that doesnt mean I shouldnt expect them to have silverware... If I want that I will actually go to the country of the restaurant, and then yes, I would know I had to use their way of eating...

They dont have to set them out on the table, but they should have them because lets face it.. they are in America, and we use silverware...

when I lived in Miami beach in the late 80's early 90's we had a ton of Japanese immigrants and sushi restaurants springing up: while a knife and fork would be available if you requested one, they weren't laid out on the table. It's just not the Japanese way of eating. I simply had my dinner companions teach me how to use chopsticks, and one thing I liked is that most restaurants actually provided chopsticks with I guess what you would call "training wheels" on them; they were tied together in such a way to train your hands to pick up your food with great ease, essentially the training chopsticks used for teaching small children how to hold and eat correctly.

I remember taking my visitingsouthern-come- midwestern mother to one of these restaurants some years later, I think she may have been in her early 50's. I was actually pretty proud of her for buckling up and not only trying something exotic, but being brave and open enough to try to eat the food in the way that it was meant to be eaten; she proudly took her training wheeled chopsticks and tore the hell into California rolls like an old pro.

I can understand wanting ethnic restaurants to provide knives and forks for one's own comfort to a degree, but there are some instances where I just feel it's a bastardization of other's food culture: for example, living here in western Europe we too are pretty big on the knife and fork, but in Germany there seems to be more of an acceptance and embracing of different culinary traditions from around the globe. Here it would be pretty disrespectful and close minded to think that we would go into a Ghanian restaurant and not expect to eat Foo Foo with the hands, or anEthiopian restaurant and not eat with hands from a common family style plate, or a Turkish restaurant & not eat those yummy filled Turkish pizzas with the hand. Here I guess it's slightly opposite to the States in that people make strides to step out of the box a little and eat foods from other cultures they way they were originally intended.

I generally try to adapt my way of eating according to the culinary heritage and custom of the restaurant or dish, but I do also understand how that's not of interest to everybody. Hey, when you're hungry, you're hungry and you just want to get it in!