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10403. wonkers2 - 7/19/2004 5:50:12 AM Taking home leftovers is not quaint in the United States. It's quite common in many types of fine restaurants, especially Chinese or other Asian restaurants where servings tend to be large. Also true in Lebanese and other Middle Eastern restaurants. Not taking home the left-overs is wasteful. Why throw away half a serving of strip sirloin? Some take the leftovers home to feed to their dogs. 10404. arkymalarky - 7/19/2004 10:37:38 AM Hell, half the fun of eating out is taking home an extra meal for the next day. It's the only way I feel I got my money's worth.
We talked to a woman in a Chinese restaurant in Boulder about Americans and the size of portions in American restaurants, and she said they had to adjust their menu portions upward to that. If we ate American portions at any restaurant around here--no matter what the ethnicity--we'd have to be carted out of the place.
10405. jayackroyd - 7/19/2004 1:51:45 PM Dinner for me tonight was doggie-bagged vegetable biranyi from the relatively new Indian restaurant a block from here. Their portions are huge. 10406. arkymalarky - 7/19/2004 3:46:49 PM I went to Western Sizzlin, which I'm not that fond of, but we had a meeting there. They overcooked my steak, the waitress noticed it herself and offered to get me another, which I requested to go. It was overdone too, though not as bad as the other. I'm still going to have it for lunch tomorrow.
Trivia:
Jim McDougal used to eat at that particular Western Sizzlin every Saturday before he died. It was better then. 10407. PelleNilsson - 7/19/2004 4:55:34 PM No we don't bring home leftovers here. I don't think it's done anywhere in Europe. I must say that the idea of bringing home a half-eaten steak and some soggy french fries strikes as less than appetizing. 10408. Macnas - 7/19/2004 4:57:53 PM Meal portions in Yurp are generally a good deal smaller than in the 'States. There is very little left at the end of the meal if it was a good one.
10409. alistairconnor - 7/19/2004 5:32:44 PM Jay :
at first glance I read that as
"doggie-based vegetable biranyi"
... raised my eyebrows. 10410. Magoseph - 7/19/2004 7:46:14 PM The custom of bringing home leftovers is one that I welcomed gladly when the kids were small, especially from the Pizza Hut. The boys and their father relish cold refrigerated pizza and I did not have to cook breakfast. I don’t know if any of you have ever eaten cold slices of Pizza Hut pizza, but if you haven’t—don’t knock the idea until you try it. 10411. alistairconnor - 7/19/2004 9:06:33 PM Hey, I never met a pizza I didn't like.
I count this as a vice, or at least as a character weakness. 10412. Macnas - 7/19/2004 9:37:03 PM Except the pizzas with fish on, fish do not belong on pizza. 10413. alistairconnor - 7/19/2004 9:42:19 PM Anchovies, yes. Salmon, yes, in certain circumstances. Tuna, in a pinch.
My philosophy is libertarian, or even libertine : anything goes on a pizza. 10414. Macnas - 7/19/2004 9:44:24 PM I thought you were vegetarian? 10415. alistairconnor - 7/19/2004 10:03:20 PM Currently a non-practising vegetarian. The cycling trip did me in. I would have eaten anything, generally a kilo of pasta or potatoes per meal, along with any bits of cheese, dead animals, or even greenery that got in my way.
But even as a practising vegetarian, I was a fish-eating apostate. 10416. Magoseph - 7/19/2004 10:18:11 PM I am now ready to go gallivanting in beautiful downtown Lake Geneva with my daughter-in-law. We will have haircuts and we will act as Chicago tourists--we will take a boat excursion to see the beautiful lake homes, have lunch, and see the gift and clothes shops. 10417. Macnas - 7/19/2004 10:57:42 PM Sounds cool Mago.
10418. Macnas - 7/19/2004 10:59:20 PM Fish, the only fish I'll eat is trout, wild river trout. Nice mild taste, and all the better when you've caught it yourself. 10419. judithathome - 7/19/2004 11:57:54 PM I love cold pizza. My favorite pizza is from a local place we go...it's called a Chaobella. He puts ricotta cheese, basil, proscuitto, and paper-thin sliced Roma tomatoes on it and sprinkles just a little bit of mozzerella over it all. 10420. Macnas - 7/20/2004 12:03:11 AM That sounds good. Proscuitto is a kind of parma type ham, or am I wrong? 10421. judithathome - 7/20/2004 12:09:32 AM Right...it's wonderful.
I guess you could use regular smoked ham...it's just a nice touch that he uses the proscuitto.
I have even dreamed about that pizza! I only have it about once every six months. I'm sure I could eat it every day but that wouldn't be wise. 10422. Macnas - 7/20/2004 12:17:11 AM I don't eat pizza much myself. Nice when I do through.
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