# I Pit "Cafe Society" people **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051 "2025-02-08T15:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/461 "2025-03-30T19:08:27Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > You forgot the walnuts! You’re right. I did. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/462 "2025-03-30T19:09:22Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > You forgot the walnuts! > > Please. Toasted pecans. 😉 I like pecans, but I prefer walnuts in this particular salad. Oh, toasted, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/463 "2025-03-30T19:18:13Z")
Oh, thank Og! Pickles are a thing but peppers are a lifestyle. Granted, I can’t do the super hots anymore… but pickled peppers make the world go round. Tuna fish sandwich? They work. Burgers… beef or chicken… they work. Chili…? They work! Granted you have to play with the mix to get the temp just right or the next day your backside will burn like one of Elmo’s Space-X explosions… but if you know what you’re doing and what you can handle they are magic. That said, actual peppers really are (or can be) better than those tiny bottle hot sauces. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/464 "2025-03-30T19:27:53Z")
every time i try corned beef i wonder why someone intentionally ruined a nice piece of beef especially since you don’t have to dry out meat to store in the modern age… ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/465 "2025-03-30T19:36:50Z")
I love truffles, but you can keep most truffle oil nonsense to yourself (the general you). That stuff they put on fast food fries and chips and whatever tastes chemically to me. But, you’re right — they have a pronounced and distinct flavor that doesn’t taste like any other “earthiness” I’ve encountered. It just tastes like “truffle.” And I totally understand not being into that flavor (plus a wee bit goes a long way.) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/466 "2025-03-30T19:41:30Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > You forgot the walnuts! > > Please. Toasted pecans. 😉 I, too, vote for pecans. But walnuts are okay in that salad, too. Or pine nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/467 "2025-03-30T19:42:20Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > every time i try corned beef i wonder why someone intentionally ruined a nice piece of beef especially since you don’t have to dry out meat to store in the modern age… Heh. My brother is coming over in an hour to pick up the car he left in my garage while he and his wife were on vacation. He was going to stop in Costco on the way and asked if I needed anything and I said “no…oh, wait! It’s probably too late because St. Patrick’s Day is well past, but if you see any of that wagyu corned beef, pick me up a chunk. Not the regular stuff they carry, only the fancy one.” I looovvve corned beef 🙂. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/468 "2025-03-30T19:49:13Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I, too, vote for pecans. But walnuts are okay in that salad, too. Or pine nuts. No pine nuts for me in this salad. Pepitas, maybe. Pine nuts, no. Wrong flavor profile. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/469 "2025-03-30T19:50:09Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > every time i try corned beef i wonder why someone intentionally ruined a nice piece of beef especially since you don’t have to dry out meat to store in the modern age… I’m confused by your reference to “dry out”. Corned beef is not dry. Nor is it a cooking method to recover previously dried meat back to palatably hydrated. Color me mystified. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/470 "2025-03-30T19:56:46Z")
originally they salted “aka corned” the beef for preservation which i assumed meant dried ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/471 "2025-03-30T20:25:04Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I like pecans, but I prefer walnuts in this particular salad. Oh, toasted, of course. I won’t turn my nose up at walnuts, but I have a strong preference for pecans, if I get a choice! Agreed about pine nuts. > [@pulykamell](#): > > I love truffles, but you can keep most truffle oil nonsense to yourself (the general you). That stuff they put on fast food fries and chips and whatever tastes chemically to me. But, you’re right — they have a pronounced and distinct flavor that doesn’t taste like any other “earthiness” I’ve encountered. It just tastes like “truffle.” This, for sure. I love earthy-tasting foods of all sorts, despite how different they all are: Beets, goat cheese, arugula, truffles, love 'em all. I don’t know that I would love truffles quite so much if I had to pay for them, though. Lucky me: I live in a forest with the right trees at the right age to forage for them when the urge strikes. There are both white and black Oregon truffles in the loam beneath my trees. The black ones are more rare and always deeper than the whites. My first little dachshund found the first truffle on this property without prompting. Who’s a good boy? It didn’t take me long to figure out how to find them on my own after that. Their odor is so pungent and distinctive. You can always tell when you’ve hit a mother lode. No dog required. 😃 I don’t want a ton of them. A couple or three will do every year. They are a luxurious treat, if you like that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/472 "2025-03-30T20:30:37Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I love earthy-tasting foods of all sorts, despite how different they all are: Beets, goat cheese, arugula, truffles, love 'em all. I enjoy beets and goat cheese. Arugula is a little bitter for my tastes, but i didn’t think it’s the earthiness that puts me off. Who knows, maybe if i tried fresh real truffles i would like them. I’m not sure I’ve ever had anything other than k probably artificial) truffle oil. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/473 "2025-03-30T20:38:09Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Who knows, maybe if i tried fresh real truffles i would like them. You very likely might, especially if you enjoy other earthy-tasting foods. As @pulykamell points out, they’re nothing like the truffle oil offered commercially, though I’m sure there are some that are made with real truffles and not the artificial stuff, and those might be lovely. I tried to send one to someone once who really wanted to try them, but it didn’t work. I packed it in rice and shipped it quick, but it still deteriorated past a usable state. True truffle snobs don’t consider Oregon truffles to be on a par with the European ones, though, so maybe mine would still be sub-standard! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/474 "2025-03-30T21:22:08Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > I, too, vote for pecans. But walnuts are okay in that salad, too. Or pine nuts. > > No pine nuts for me in this salad. Pepitas, maybe. Pine nuts, no. Wrong flavor profile. …_stupid crossword puzzles, makin’ me think those were the same thing_… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/475 "2025-03-30T21:51:09Z")
Oh interesting, i didn’t know that “pepita” referred to pumpkin seeds, either. I like those. I made some super pepita-brittle early in the pandemic. But i didn’t think i want those in my yuppie salad. (Which is what that salad, generically, is known as in my circles.) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/476 "2025-03-30T22:07:44Z")
Since this was in the context of a corned beef discussion, when I read: > [@Tamerlane](#): > > Heh. My brother is coming over in an hour to pick up the car he left in my garage while he and his wife were on vacation. I thought you were going to say that your brother mistakenly forgot and left a corned beef in the back seat of the car when he parked it in the garage before going on vacation. Y’all don’t use the garage (which is why it was available), but this morning you went to open it up and encountered a smell… Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/477 "2025-03-30T23:05:03Z")
We’ell, years ago a group of friends and I wanted to go to Solvang and packed a picnic lunch for the trip. It was so cold and foggy on our drive that we nixed the picnic and stopped at Pea Soup Anderson’s in Buellton instead. Guess who forgot all those sandwiches in her trunk for weeks? No, not me. My sister. I dodged that bullet! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/478 "2025-03-30T23:18:30Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > foggy on our drive that we nixed the picnic and stopped at Pea Soup Anderson’s ISWYTD. 😁 FTR, it’s Anders **e** n’s. BTDT, got the shirt stains to prove it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/479 "2025-03-30T23:21:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I thought you were going to say that your brother mistakenly forgot and left a corned beef in the back seat of the car when he parked it in the garage before going on vacation. Y’all don’t use the garage (which is why it was available), but this morning you went to open it up and encountered a smell… > > Never mind. Is that a scene from “Delicious 2”…? /s ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/480 "2025-03-30T23:37:50Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > Damn. I need to put “food pilgrimage to Montreal” on my bucket list. > > My wife and I took a side trip to Montreal while visiting family in Vermont in 2019 (it was while we were there that we heard about this strange fever spreading in China). When we crossed the border the border patrol agent asked us what we planned to do while visiting. > > Our response was “eat”. > > “Just eat?” Two things. “Just eat” is a very valid reason for visiting Montreal! The combination of the French love of food and the multicultural ethnic authenticity is magic! BTW, the only time I heard the phrase “just eat”, it was directed at me in the rather wonderful context of being in a really fine sushi bar a great many years ago. I didn’t realize at the time that I was a classless boor with respect to sushi, and was dipping this wonderful stuff in far too much soy sauce. The Japanese chef came rushing over, waving his sharp sushi knife, and informed me that I was doing it wrong. That was when I also learned that in fine sushi bars, you can get the chef to just brush the right amount of soy sauce on the sushi (if and when soy is appropriate, which is not always). Which he proceeded to do for us, uttering those immortal two words, “just eat”! There is probably no greater contrast between the skill and effort required for the preparation and spectacular presentation of fine sushi and the ease with which it’s consumed, which basically requires the customer to just open their mouth. The practice of _omaksase_ makes it even more decadent – you don’t even have to order, the chef makes all the selections. You tend to feel that it was worth it even when you finally get the bill of around $600 for two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=25)