# Controversial Culinary Comments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328 "2018-10-02T18:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/261 "2018-10-08T05:58:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You are never going to see it because you are wrong, wrong, wrong! šŸ˜› > > Juniper is a rather distinctive taste. It is going to change the nature of a cocktail much more than a garnish will. > > Subjectively, a vodka martini is junk (to me. The wife loves them.) But a properly-made gin martini (which will be disgustingly ā€œdampā€ by todayā€™s standards) can be sublime. With a twist, if you please. The lemon accents the botanicals so well. I agree with your assessment of a really good martini. I notice that yours has no onion. šŸ™‚ In your next ice cream cone, I challenge you to add an onion ā€œgarnishā€ that is SUNK INTO THE ICE CREAM, and say it doesnā€™t make much difference. You can even get juniper flavoured ice cream, if you want ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/262 "2018-10-08T08:39:14Z")
What ever dumb bastard that decided that pickles and fried chicken go together needs his male bits drawn and quartered Only time pickles and chicken needs to get near each other is chicken salad and even thatā€™s a maybe So kfc and anyone else that perpetuates that crap needs a never ending case of anal fleas ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/263 "2018-10-08T09:55:13Z")
Tequila gets a bad rap, but a flight of tequilas is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/264 "2018-10-08T13:12:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Tequila gets a bad rap, but a flight of tequilas is awesome. I kind of think itā€™s because bad tequila is SO bad, and mediocre tequila is pretty much ubiquitous. However, the best reposados or anejos are up there with high-end scotch or bourbon as far as drinking straight is concerned. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/265 "2018-10-08T13:46:10Z")
> [@bump](#): > > However, the best reposados or anejos are up there with high-end scotch or bourbon as far as drinking straight is concerned. Yep. a flight of repasados or anejos from several different distilleries is an eye opening experience. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/266 "2018-10-08T14:03:59Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > What ever dumb bastard that decided that pickles and fried chicken go together needs his male bits drawn and quartered Oh, man, I guess we gotta send my balls off into the chipper. Pickles and fried _anything_ go well together! (Itā€™s just been engrained with me, growing up with Eastern European parents and a fairly traditional culinariy household, that you always serve something pickled with fried or fatty foods. Itā€™s like bread and butter to me. But KFC doesnā€™t usually serve pickles with their fried chicken. Coleslaw is the standard side. Or do you mean on the sandwich? Iā€™m not sure Iā€™ve ever had one of their sandwiches, but just ask for it off, of course, and spare my manly bits! šŸ™‚ ) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/267 "2018-10-08T17:20:34Z")
KFC is just following Chik-fil-Aā€™s lead in putting pickles on their chicken sandwiches. I agree with **puly** - the fried demands the pickle. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/268 "2018-10-08T18:05:18Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Iā€™ll try Tanq vodka, but what do you think of Monopolowa? I actually like it better than Luksusowa, though thatā€™s mainly a price thing. > > I am a fan of Shevkoff, which Iā€™ve only seen at Specā€™s in Texas. Very smooth vodka, distilled from wheat. Not for Ketel One fans, but if youā€™re prizing absolute smoothness and next to no fusel funk, Iā€™d recommend you try it. The blue lettered bottle isnā€™t too badly priced. The all black bottle is a bit more, and a bit smoother still, but still cheaper than things like Stoli Elit, and I think things like Ciroc and the oft-mentioned Goose. > > EDIT: vodkaphiles review of it here: [Customer Review - Vodkaphiles](http://www.vodkaphiles.com/default/reviews/custrevsing/?Vodka=256) Monopolowa used to be the best kept cheap secret in town. Now when Twin Liquors has their dollar days, those handles are the first to run out. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/269 "2018-10-08T18:15:54Z")
I get the sandwiches I mean stuff like that "Nashville gold " which looked like pickle/relish all over normal fried chicken ā€¦ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/270 "2018-10-08T18:31:48Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Iā€™ll try Tanq vodka, but what do you think of Monopolowa? I actually like it better than Luksusowa, though thatā€™s mainly a price thing. Honestly, I wouldnā€™t know. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever had it. If I see it, Iā€™ll buy a bottle and see what the vodka drinkers of the family think. I personally am not well-versed enough on vodkas to have any strong opinions, other than some vodkas are gag-inducing; some go down nice; and some are way overpriced. Thatā€™s about the range I have. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/271 "2018-10-08T18:38:45Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > What ever dumb bastard that decided that pickles and fried chicken go together needs his male bits drawn and quartered > > Only time pickles and chicken needs to get near each other is chicken salad and even thatā€™s a maybe > > So kfc and anyone else that perpetuates that crap needs a never ending case of anal fleas ā€¦ No, they are right, since it really isnā€™t FRIED chicken so much as really hot spicy chicken, the pickles help cool it, same as the celery and blue cheese with buffalo wings. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/272 "2018-10-08T18:49:25Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > This reminds me of the story about the guy who was planning a solo trip to the Amazon rain forest. A friend advised him to bring a martini glass, some bottles of gin and vermouth, and some olives. The guy asked why, and the friend said, ā€œIf you get hopelessly lost, just take the glass, put an olive in it, and pour in some gin and vermouth. Someone is sure to step out of the forest and say, ā€˜Thatā€™s not how you make a martini!,ā€™ and youā€™ll be saved.ā€ According to Stephen Fry, thatā€™s the only joke he has ever heard Prince Charles tell. j ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/273 "2018-10-08T19:06:35Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I donā€™t know how people can stand the stench of hard-boiled eggs. > > Also, whatā€™s with this ā€œbowl foodā€ fad? > > Iā€™m kind of bummed that 3/4 of all recipes out there have onions in them, because I donā€™t like onions. Substitute leeks? j ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/274 "2018-10-08T19:15:54Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > According to Stephen Fry, thatā€™s the only joke he has ever heard Prince Charles tell. > > j My cover has been blown! ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/275 "2018-10-08T21:26:50Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > I suppose that last one is not really that controversialā€¦ > > We need a moratorium on french fries. Can we please try using our collective imaginations and come up with some alternatives for general consumption? No. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/276 "2018-10-08T21:27:44Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > Only time pickles and chicken. . I read this completely wrong. And now I canā€™t time anything but a pickle or a chicken! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/277 "2018-10-09T09:05:26Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Mushrooms clean up better and are perfectly fine if you rinse and wipe them rather than delicately flicking at tiny specks of growth medium with a twee little plastic brush shaped like a mushroom. 100% agree. A quick rinse is fine, does the trick nicely. Itā€™s the timeless soak that gets you in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/278 "2018-10-09T09:11:57Z")
[QUOTE=I have never heard of ā€˜charcuterieā€™. Itā€™s nothing but a fancy cheese and meat tray. Whatā€™s the big deal. I donā€™t feel so bad never hearing that word before. Ahh! Life in the woods. I ainā€™t missing much, it seems.[/QUOTE] You could probably even get away with pronouncing it 'charcuta_tree._ You know, being a woodsperson and all. Okay, that was lame . . . :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/279 "2018-10-09T09:20:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I like rare hamburgers. To do this, I pick out a nice steak or two totaling one pound weight. I trim off all fat, then grind the meat. I make two 1/2 pound patties which I then sous vide rare. I use my torch to sear the outside just a bit and have rare gourmet burgers! Can I come live with you? I donā€™t take up much room . . . maybe I could sleep in a garden shed, or the attic. Iā€™d wash your windows, even. ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328/280 "2018-10-09T09:25:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Lobster Mac & cheese is just stupid. Iā€™d not heard of this before. There can be no truth more quintessential. Iā€™m adopting this as my philosophy of life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-culinary-comments/822328.md?page=15)