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Jessica - Apr 11, 2006 9:33:19 am PDT #263 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Why the fuck would anybody buy a Kobe beef burger?

My mom had one of those in Vegas. (Client's expense account + pushy waiter = Kobe beef burger!) She said it was disappointing, but the bite she had of her co-worker's Kobe steak was phenomenal.

(American Waygu, not real Kobe, obviously.)


Nora Deirdre - Apr 11, 2006 9:35:20 am PDT #264 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

On a purely technical level, the fat in Kobe beef would be ideal for both, since ultra-lean beef in burgers=dry, un-juicy burgers.

Yeah, but you can get the same effect with ground chuck at like $2-3 a pound.

MMM, ground chuck.


Spidra Webster - Apr 11, 2006 9:36:24 am PDT #265 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

No, it's to pick the best ingredients irrespective of cost.

You'd have to make an argument to me as to why those are the "best" ingredients. As I said, Chez Panisse is one of the best restaurants in the world and they don't have $160 sandwiches.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2006 9:37:34 am PDT #266 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

No, it's to pick the best ingredients irrespective of cost. There's a difference.

And, upon reflection, they would go together because it's essentially deconstructed Beef Wellington with added veggies and truffles instead of mushroom duxelles. I'm personally not a fan of foie gras, but the ingredients have precedence together.


Jesse - Apr 11, 2006 9:39:10 am PDT #267 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Point being, I suppose, that I've had practice not swallowing things at the bottom of martinis, so someone should buy me the $10k one. As a present.

Excellent!

I have to warn you guys, from now on, I'm going to post about it every time I'm afraid someone's not calling me back. I'm two for two over the past couple of weeks with posting and having the phone ring shortly thereafter.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2006 9:39:20 am PDT #268 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Yeah, but you can get the same effect with ground chuck at like $2-3 a pound.

Oh, I know, I was just thinking about it from an Alton Brown-ish perspective.


Gudanov - Apr 11, 2006 9:40:53 am PDT #269 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

Great, now I want to grill up burgers for dinner, but I won't be able to do that tonight.


Jessica - Apr 11, 2006 9:41:56 am PDT #270 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I was just thinking about it from an Alton Brown-ish perspective.

Alton would never grind up a Kobe steak! Perish the thought!

Spidra, I honestly don't know what answer you're expecting to hear. If you disapprove of the sandwich, don't buy it.


Nora Deirdre - Apr 11, 2006 9:46:07 am PDT #271 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Alton would never grind up a Kobe steak! Perish the thought!

I was just about to say something similar...


Trudy Booth - Apr 11, 2006 9:46:53 am PDT #272 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

On an unrelated tack, the point of the sandwich is clearly to pick ingredients by their high cost

No, it's to pick the best ingredients irrespective of cost. There's a difference.

It really could go either way, right? If the idea is "let's make the most expensive _____ EVAH and get a bunch of write-ups" its probably the former.