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"a good meal at outback is like $25-$30 per person plus drinks you make it sound like a bargain"

Troll, troll, troll your boat. Outback doesn't even have $25-$30 entrees.

I mean sure, if you wanna be a fatass and get a personal bloomin' onion and potato skins before your entree you might have a point...

10/1/2014 9:47:57 PM

I hear shellsbbq has good food.

10/1/2014 9:51:12 PM

i like how if harvick gets a top 10 you get a free bloomin onion on mondays. this happens over half the mondays in a year

10/1/2014 9:54:13 PM

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"Being a locavore is nothing pretentious or gourmet at all. In fact, unless you live in california, locavores are giving up a lot of quality quality; all in the name of sustainability and moral high ground. In fact, I find it hard to believe that any educated person who isn't short on cash doesn't at least TRY to be a locavore and compost their organic waste."

I was just poking fun at the term locavore, because it sounds ridiculous. I do live in California and try to eat food that's local as much as possible, but I'm not calling myself a locavore. I don't refer to myself as an omnivore, either.

[Edited on October 1, 2014 at 10:21 PM. Reason : ]

10/1/2014 10:09:37 PM

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"Troll, troll, troll your boat. Outback doesn't even have $25-$30 entrees."

Do you really go to outback to get a chicken breast for $9.99? I like to get a steak. And toss in a couple extra dollars when you share an appetizer.

A 9-oz filet is $23.99

synapse must not pay tax, or tip

10/1/2014 10:23:28 PM

crazy because thats about what I pay for a dry aged steak at my "expensive ass" butcher

10/1/2014 10:31:53 PM

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" I don't refer to myself as an omnivore, either."

I laughed

10/1/2014 10:37:26 PM

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"a good meal at outback is like $25-$30 per person plus drinks you make it sound like a bargain"

Plus drinks? That's quite on the cheap end...

Also:

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"A 9-oz filet is $23.99"

9-oz? A 9-oz filet is $23.99? Lol.

10/2/2014 2:48:10 AM

Unless Outback has changed dramatically since I've been in Africa, a 9 oz filet at one of the ones in NC does not cost no damn $23.99.

I like how Applebee's became the standard for a chain restaurant almost instantly. I can't remember the last time I heard someone express a specific desire to eat there. The "time and place" to eat at Applebee's is only when it is extremely convenient for some reason.

neodata686 has a pretty reasonable position, in that it takes convenience into account: he doesn't live near chain restaurants, he lives near good locally-owned places. And convenience matters. I love a good meal, a unique one that I'll remember and savor. All sane people do. But most people don't have the time or the money to make every single meal a life-altering experience. Sometimes you just have to put fuel in the tank, and after an exhausting eight hour day of hauling sacks of manure for minimum wage (my last job in the states), my first thought was rarely "You know what I should do, is spend a few hours harvesting herbs, going to the farmer's market that doesn't exist, and making a meal from scratch."

So instead I went to Bojangles. And you know what? I like Bojangles. I savor it. When I land in America next month, my family is meeting me at the airport with Bojangles. It is possible to like food from a chain.

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" Consuming industrial chemicals on a regular basis is not a great idea...Use of chemical preservatives and fertilizers is avoided"

Why? Someone explain this to me. For all of the talk about how terrible fertilizers and preservatives are for people, I'm not seeing the evidence. As their use has shot up, so has the human life expectancy. They don't make us live longer but they don't seem to be doing a great job of killing us, either. It's just a gut reaction to the idea of consuming "chemicals."

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"10. keep yourself aware of current research."

Haha, and then just add number 11, "Radically change your diet every week as the research flops back and forth on the subject of what is healthy." Drink milk! Milk is bad for you! You need three glasses a day! Milk causes cancer! Eggs are good! Eggs will make you a fat fuck! Eggs are the best protein! Eggs give you AIDS! A glass of red wine a day is good for your heart! The CDC says that if you're a woman who drinks a glass of red wine a day, you're a "heavy drinker" at risk for alcohol dependency!

At this point I trust no food research unless it has been relatively uncontested for five years.

10/2/2014 3:31:36 AM

I'm a single guy with a salary in the top 4% of Americans and eat taco bell on a regular basis. I sometimes drive right by salsa fresh to get a burrito from taco bell.

10/2/2014 3:52:26 AM

[Edited on October 2, 2014 at 3:52 AM. Reason : ]

10/2/2014 3:52:26 AM

[Edited on October 2, 2014 at 3:52 AM. Reason : ]

10/2/2014 3:52:26 AM

South Asians love them some Taco Bell. I got a buddy, Indian guy, on his wedding day one of my groomsman duties was bringing a sack of bean burritos in for him and his brothers.

10/2/2014 4:15:07 AM

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"I was just poking fun at the term locavore, because it sounds ridiculous. I do live in California and try to eat food that's local as much as possible, but I'm not calling myself a locavore. I don't refer to myself as an omnivore, either."

Yeah the term "locavore" is stupid.

10/2/2014 8:18:19 AM

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"Do you really go to outback to get a chicken breast for $9.99? I like to get a steak. And toss in a couple extra dollars when you share an appetizer. A 9-oz filet is $23.99"

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"roll, troll, troll your boat."

They have a special where you can get a salad/sirloin/side/dessert for $12.
Normally you can get the 9oz sirloin for $15 which comes with two sides.

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"I like how Applebee's became the standard for a chain restaurant almost instantly. "

Yeah it's the easy target since it's so terrible.

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"I hear shellsbbq has good food."

Negative.

10/2/2014 8:58:55 AM

Yeah Applebees is probably the shittiest of all the restaurants of its ilk.

10/2/2014 9:30:18 AM

I can't remember the last time that I ate at an Applebees. I'm sure I have, but no recollection. Nothing in particular against chains, in a pinch, but I just can't eat there or Chili's or any of those type places.

10/2/2014 9:56:17 AM

what do you snobs have against applebees?

10/2/2014 10:01:37 AM

^^I ate there a year or so ago. A friend had a gift card to go there so we all went. And that was the first time I'd been in years. Shit's just not good. Same with Ruby Tuesdays...or at least last time I went there it was. Haven't been in a year or more. And I really don't consider myself all that picky or anything...even if it's not anything all the great, I can still find something on the menu and be somewhat satisfied with it. Not the case though.

10/2/2014 10:24:49 AM

I take all my okcupid dates to Applebee's

10/2/2014 10:35:20 AM

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"Unless Outback has changed dramatically since I've been in Africa, a 9 oz filet at one of the ones in NC does not cost no damn $23.99."

I looked up the price on their website last night. How much would you expect a filet to cost?

10/2/2014 10:40:37 AM

I guess it all depends on what a "foodie" is.

I like food. I like growing foods. I like cooking foods. I like eating most foods. I like trying new things, I like going to new restaurants. I like most fancy foods. I like most basic foods. I don't mind spending $20-$30 for an occasional entree, if it's good. And I don't mind grabbing dinner from Snoopy's every few weeks.

(but I do not like green eggs and ham)

10/2/2014 10:55:26 AM

foodie doesn't mean fine dining, foodies love small cheap local places if they serve good down to earth food. they especially love it if they can be the ones to discover it (and ignore that people have been going there for years or decades). it's been too long for me to remember the quality of snoopy's, but if they had the best hot dogs or something that would be an example.

10/2/2014 12:24:38 PM

foodies go to roast grill

10/2/2014 4:55:43 PM

Traveling for work all the time it's hard NOT to turn into a casual foodie. I get to eat where ever I want and never pay for it.

10/2/2014 5:00:03 PM

^The thing I miss most about not working near NCSU is that I have way less options on what to eat every day.

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

10/2/2014 5:08:07 PM

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"I'm a single guy with a salary in the top 4% of Americans"

why hello there...



Also, I haven't been there for years, but Ruby Tuesdays used to have a BOMB salad bar...everything was super cold, super fresh, and it was always really clean.

[Edited on October 2, 2014 at 5:13 PM. Reason : ,.]

10/2/2014 5:13:39 PM

If you make 100k or over you're in the top 6% for individual income. Not that hard with an engineering degree.

10/2/2014 5:26:46 PM

he said 4%

10/2/2014 5:27:11 PM

Yeah I know. Wikipedia only went up to ~6%.

Think 130k is the top 4%. I thought it would be a lot higher.

10/2/2014 5:30:39 PM

let's wait for Moron to weigh in on this until I decide if I'd like to pounce

10/2/2014 6:03:07 PM

she ain't messin with no broke da broke

10/2/2014 6:20:23 PM

of course a republican thought 4% would be a lot higher because they somehow think everyone can be rich. when you start to realize only 1% of people are rich you will stop appreciating the lack of income equality in this country.

10/2/2014 6:42:15 PM

Did you really just [try to] bring politics into this?


Come on. Don't salt my game

10/2/2014 6:50:27 PM

I'm not a republican and I think there's a huge income inequality problem in the United States. Doesn't mean I don't like making money.

10/2/2014 6:51:16 PM

I just like taco bell

^^^ it's pretty ridiculous, the top ~2% is considered middle class by some tax policy.

Without inheritances or being a business owner, you have to be the top 1% of earners to be able to live debt free.

Even when i first entered the working world, i was still better off than most of the country, and I would have considered myself poor. I can't really fathom what life is like for the bottom 50% of Americans, it's hard for me to even internalize that 22% of children live in poverty in the US, and our politicians live WAAAAYYYY more posh a life than I can hope to.

[Edited on October 2, 2014 at 7:11 PM. Reason : ]

10/2/2014 7:00:27 PM

I like Bojangles. Unfortanaly there's none in Colorado. I do however indulge in Chick-fil-a on occasion.

10/2/2014 7:07:57 PM

Nom nom nom. Dat Whole Foods Black Forest bacon.

10/2/2014 7:42:10 PM

you bought your silverware at target though

/fail

/poser

/dtownralketchupclub

10/2/2014 9:15:19 PM

Damn

This thread got stupid quick.

I place most of the blame on Earl.

[Edited on October 2, 2014 at 11:17 PM. Reason : and people who responded to him]

10/2/2014 11:16:25 PM

Self-identifying foodies:

dtownral
neodata686
The E Man

11/7/2014 2:52:23 PM

Got some delicious tapas at this Spanish place in Toronto last night. Was fantastic.

11/7/2014 3:11:46 PM

if you're in toronto and not eating indian food, something must be wrong with you. or are you indian?

11/7/2014 3:20:15 PM

I've had good Indian and really good Thai food in Toronto. Wanted to mix it up.

11/7/2014 7:10:54 PM

Add me to that list..

I

LOVE

FOOD

11/7/2014 9:10:04 PM

lets get a locavore list going.

11/8/2014 12:36:21 AM

how bout a cocksuckervore list: Earl

11/8/2014 8:34:58 AM

I guess I can call myself a foodie, but I have never actually said the word foodie outloud.

11/8/2014 1:43:31 PM

I guess having a consolidated list of dudes who suck cock would save you a lot of time.

11/8/2014 3:22:15 PM

TIL having an appreciation for food = sucking cock.

11/8/2014 3:33:18 PM