@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: My favorite part is "onion seeds vinaigrette." My grandma had onion beds in her garden, so I do know what "onion seeds" are. Onions bloom in the springtime and unless you snip their tops for salad purposes, they subsequently bear seeds in a tumescent-looking pod. The idea of using onion seeds as opposed to the proper onion bulbs or green tops is crazy.
Oh I'm bad at this joke business. honey's dead above figured it out... it's an episode of curb your enthusiasm where Larry's friend lies about his grandfather inventing the Cobb salad.
@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I think I'm the one that's bad at this joke thing. I'm a cultural ignoramus. And the other funny thing is that I think it was the Caeser Salad that was invented in Mexico, not the Cobb.
@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Yeah. I'm pretty lame when it comes to sewing confusion, too. I'm sorry. I just had to say that 'cause I read "Seabiscuit" and it's mentioned in there. TJ in the '30s and '40s. What an era!
@Mike Jahn: A small and anal point: that's Indy 500. The Indie 500 would be a very long film festival at the IFC. Since I know this, I wonder if I am still one of the elites.
@JPisme: Entertainment would also include a nail-driving contest. A row of large nails are driven slightly into a 2/4. You are given a big hammer and he who drives a nail in using the fewest strokes wins.
I'm sorry, is whipped cream and caramel sauce a separate dessert?
I can't imagine it not on ice cream, poundcake, or something with "a la mode." But I'd be more than willing to sample it and make a final determination. This would be served in some sort of dish, correct, and not standing in front of the refrigerator, canned whipped cream in one hand, squeeze bottle of caramel in the other, preparing for the two-handed "double-shot" diabetic coma?
"A salsify, or goatsbeard, is a flowering plant in the genus Tragopogon. Tragopogon is in the family Asteraceae and has about 45 species, including the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as weeds."
@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Now I want to be invited to the White House just to say, "Sorry, I can't eat your food, but don't worry--I brought my own PB&J."
@snugbug: Jesus, that's awful. And I'm embarrassed. Seriously, you'd think a state-dinner menu would be spell-checked. And the wines? Couldn't they have, you know, looked at the bottles and copied the labels?
@Claire Buoyant: As a recovering copy editor, I would say that menus are the absolute worst offenders when it comes to typos and poor spelling. The Post had a cute article about it last year:
@snugbug: This is why I always put a red pen in my purse when I'm going out to a restaurant. I've been known to copy edit menus, programs, and also the Sky Mall catalog.
Other Jon Favreau... the one that *wasn't* dating Aly Campoverdi (who, come to think of it, might be the one who penned the menu... ass't to the deputy chief of staff... who better? Plus if she's Obama's or Rahm's mistress, she could even risk a few typos)
@clochary001: "Restaurant people are not writers. For a chef, doing a menu is like writing a term paper," says Gregg Rapp, a California menu engineer for large restaurant chains.
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There. I did it, you fucks.
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That's how things like the Cobb Salad are created. I should know... my grandfather invented the cobb salad at the Rosarito Beach hotel in 1943.
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We've learned a lot tonight. So I guess "chocolate-dipped fruit" isn't banana vindaloo??
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Goofy mood :<
We were experimenting with whisky sours and things went a little wry.
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Oh I'm bad at this joke business. honey's dead above figured it out... it's an episode of curb your enthusiasm where Larry's friend lies about his grandfather inventing the Cobb salad.
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You are interfering with my campaign to sew confusion in the food history wars!
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Al Capone used to hang out down there with his cronies. Hollywood types running all over the place... now it's just a big mess.
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If you "sew confusion," then I "Je seam Ă tout vent."
(Best publisher's motto ever.)
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I am truely biased about this sewing confusion thing.
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1. Budweiser
2. Doritos
3. Jack Daniels
4. Cheetos
5. Budweiser
6. Mashed potatos with butter
7. Pork chops or beef barbeque
8. Corn on the cob
9. Budweiser
10. Vanilla ice cream or Jello
Entertainment
Indie 500 hightlights reel.
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11. Elk jerky
12. Moose tidbits
13. Polar bear milk
14. Whale blubber
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1. Moose
2. Chocolate Mousse
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I can't imagine it not on ice cream, poundcake, or something with "a la mode." But I'd be more than willing to sample it and make a final determination. This would be served in some sort of dish, correct, and not standing in front of the refrigerator, canned whipped cream in one hand, squeeze bottle of caramel in the other, preparing for the two-handed "double-shot" diabetic coma?
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Also, nice redemption, Brian.
(Did someone take Biden's Slinky OR his pot?)
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"A salsify, or goatsbeard, is a flowering plant in the genus Tragopogon. Tragopogon is in the family Asteraceae and has about 45 species, including the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as weeds."
Director of protocol!
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How does one create an international incident if you can't attack the menu?
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Yes. They could have served something traditionally American, like burritos with a nice pico de gallo (what all the rubes call salsa).
Now, let's talk practical... does the white house have a kosher kitchen for special occasions?
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"Who do you have to kill around here to get a Buckler?"
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"Chickpeas," not "Chick Peas"
"Grenache," not "Granache"
"Pumpkin Pie Tart" is hideously redundant
"Pear Tarte Tatin," not "Pear Tatin"
"Thibaut-Janisson" is spelled with a dash
"Vanilla Gelées" not "Vanilla Gelees"
Etc.
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[www.washingtonpost.com]
You'd think the WH would do it better, but apparently not.
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Other Jon Favreau... the one that *wasn't* dating Aly Campoverdi (who, come to think of it, might be the one who penned the menu... ass't to the deputy chief of staff... who better? Plus if she's Obama's or Rahm's mistress, she could even risk a few typos)
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Say what? What the hell is a menu engineer?