Yeah that is a pittance. For it to take so little these guys had to have had absolutely nothing to go one. They probably spent more than that on court fees and like lunches for their lawyers. 

I high-key wish someone would buy me a smoking gun

I get that Cocktail Kingdom is fun. But most of what they sell can be found in identical format for a bit cheaper elsewhere. The popularity of Cocktail Kingdom’s stuff, and the Japanese brands they carry gives a lot of lay people the mistaken impression that these things are only available from them. Or are a recent…

That shaker looks like it’s just a cobbler with bells and whistles. With all the inherent issues of a cobbler.

“Purists”, nards and assorted professionals hate those things. Discerning know it alls are all about the 2 piece set of shaker tins. Basically a Boston with better ergonomics and function. Which suits me…

And pertinently you aren’t going to see what extent of the Americanized version of that food is eaten at home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejanos

I have had too much coffee. And i am feeling chatty.

“folklore” doesn’t mean it’s untrue or bad advice

develop in situ in pre-US Texas

Yis.

But to complicate things Acadians are not limited to Cajuns. A sizable chunk of Acadian speaking peoples landed in New England and even Upstate NY. Many later returned to the Canadian Maritimes. Others just kinda went further into Canada, and the largest group of Acadian speakers currently are the Metis, a…

I think it’s worth pointing out is that “Tejano” doesn’t neccisarily mean “Mexican-Americans who live in Texas”. I can’t really speak to casual use, because I’m not from or in Texas, nor ethnically Mexican.

But technically Tejano refers to the descendants of Hispanic residents of Texas from when it was Mexico.…

I don’t think he’s pointing much out that’s “folklore” or even claiming any of it is untrue or bad advice. Pretty much everything he mentions is legitimate technique.

I ended up with about 140 hours in Origins, with all it’s DLC. And it only took me a couple months to blow through.

Odyssey apparently took me about 200 hours with all it’s DLC packs. And it took me more than 6 months to push myself through it. Partway into the main plot it just felt more like a chore than anything.

As goes Cacti. From what I heard in the business it shit the bed on launch. Sold like Girl Scout Cookies for about week. No one ever went back for more. Had a little pop in the summer, but word on the street was AB distributors had to pickup mountains of the stuff.

That is sort of core to what mystifies me here. The “flame broiler” is pretty much nothing more than a routine conveyor belt oven or toaster. Apparently any or all flames don’t actually ever get exposed to the burger. If you see them they’re for show. The grill lines are applied to the burgers during processing. Many…

99% of the time when Gordon Ramsey yells at some one it’s because the producers constructed a situation that called for Gordon Ramsey yelling at some one.

There’s not much reality in reality TV. 

This is what I don’t get about Burger King. Their novelty sandwich game is on point, they had a chicken sandwich I liked for a really long while (since replaced with a slightly different chicken sandwich). They sell onion rings.

But there is something bizarrely depressing about their core menu items, especially the…

By reputation yes. The guide in general has an overall bias towards certain features, food types, service standards and ambiance. To point where there are consulting companies you can hire to almost guarantee you a star by conforming things to a certain formula.

The color of the napkins matters.

try that with gordon ramsey

And that’s particularly important with a tasting menu. Every time I’ve ever done one of those we were asked about dietary requirements and allergies both when it was booked and when we arrived. If a place can’t accommodate due to logistics (usually cross contamination in small facilities) they tell you and post it all…