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What is your stance on "tipping"?
The free online dictionary defined gratuity as "a favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service." If it's required then it isn't a favor or a gift, it's a fee. So @mongoose is correct.
As for the article... A 18% gratuity on their $73.87 tab would have been $13.29, not the $16.35 they were charged so that's unfair to the customers. The article I first read about the incident mentioned that the group waited over an hour for salads and wings, that their waitress went out for a cigarette break instead of bringing their napkins/silverware/etc, and that they had to go to the bar to get their drinks because no one was around to wait on them.
Yes waitstaff deserve a break but leaving a group of people for an hour without any service is irresponsible. Not bringing your table the items they require like drinks or silverware or their food is irresponsible. The restaurant barely did what they were supposed to do. The customers should not be required to pay. I think they should have complained to a manager and pointed out the math error in the bill and explained why they were refusing to tip instead of just walking out.
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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
People that fall under this pejorative term eat the same food as anyone else so take whatever you'd like.
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What is your stance on "tipping"?
The free online dictionary defined gratuity as "a favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service." If it's required then it isn't a favor or a gift, it's a fee. So @mongoose is correct.
As for the article... A 18% gratuity on their $73.87 tab would have been $13.29, not the $16.35 they were charged so that's unfair to the customers. The article I first read about the incident mentioned that the group waited over an hour for salads and wings, that their waitress went out for a cigarette break instead of bringing their napkins/silverware/etc, and that they had to go to the bar to get their drinks because no one was around to wait on them.
Yes waitstaff deserve a break but leaving a group of people for an hour without any service is irresponsible. Not bringing your table the items they require like drinks or silverware or their food is irresponsible. The restaurant barely did what they were supposed to do. The customers should not be required to pay. I think they should have complained to a manager and pointed out the math error in the bill and explained why they were refusing to tip instead of just walking out.
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Cooks illustrated pumpkin pie
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
People that fall under this pejorative term eat the same food as anyone else so take whatever you'd like.
Eating a Fried Fish that's Still Alive
That's beyond killing an animal for food, it's torture. I eat meat, but I don't think I could eat meat that was treated cruelly while alive (like veal, foie gras, etc). I don't even see why this would be done... it can't possibly taste better.
Favorite Pizza Condiment??
condiments? ew.
spices? some garlic powder or fresh pepper.
Oh, what a dud!
I once made the most delicious and perfect looking omelette in the history of omelettes. I beat up the last eggs we had and sauteed some onions and mushrooms and sprinkled some cheese. They looked and smelled amazing. I served it up and bit into it and realize that the mushrooms in the omelette were rancid.
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Cooks illustrated pumpkin pie.
Where Does Your Thanksgiving Loyalty Lie?
Is dessert a side? Because holidays meals are all about the pies and cakes and cookies. But if I had to choose between normal sides and turkey, the sides win by a landslide.
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Cooks illustrated pumpkin pie.
What can I do with a quince?
There was just a post on The Kitchn for quince.
I've never had the fruit, just membrillo wich is excellent with cheese.
SE Contests - If you don't win it, how often do you buy it?
I enter all the contests, but I never win anything. If I like enough I'll get it for myself anyway.
10lbs of onions in a two person house! What to do?
Empanada Gallega!
Here's a recipe. We always sweated the onions in lots of olive oil. We'd use the leftover oil to make a dough with flour, baking powder and some salt. We'd cover an oven rack with foil and use it as a pan. You spread half the dough on the rack and layer onions, soaked bacalao and roasted red peppers. Then cover with the rest of the dough, roll the edges and brush with some egg. Bake until golden.
It's great at room temp as a sandwich and you can replace the bacalao with canned tuna or any other meat you want.
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Cook's Illustrated Pumpkin Pie. I bought most of the ingredients today.
Thanksgiving Menu what is yours?
Roasted duck (we don't like turkey)
Mashed yukon golds with roasted garlic and buttermilk
Cornbread stuffing with sausage
Brussel sprouts
Mushroom and green bean casserole with stone ground mustard
My first ever pumpkin pie
and possibly a chocolate dessert in case my pie is a failure
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Cook's Illustrated's Pumpkin Pie. I love pumpkin pie but I've never made one before.
Mashed Potatoes for Thanksgiving - 3 questions
I always use Yukon Gold potatoes for mashed. I think about 1/3 # per person since there'll probably be other side dishes. You could always reheat them in a casserole dish with a bit of grated cheese on top for a yummy crust.
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There are too many great options.
I'm looking forward to trying the Cook's Illustrated Pumpkin Pie (I've never made a pumpkin pie!).
The Varying Food Preferences of Conservatives and Liberals
My brother is a raw foodie conservative and I'm a bacon cheeseburger eating liberal. I think studies like this are crap. People eat what they want to eat, I don't understand how your political ideologies will affect whether or not you like cilatro.
First Home! What Should I Make First??
I agree with the above posts that it should fill your home with great smells!
Of course with all of the moving and painting you'll want the least amount of cleanup...
Apple Pie, banana bread, chocolate chip cookies, pot roast...
Brussels Sprouts
I like to blanch them and then toss them in some chunks of bacon and a touch of brown sugar or a splash of soy sauce.
I loved them as a kid. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to like them. Or broccoli or spinach for that matter. My dad always cooked them with brown sugar so they were like candy.
Calling All Foodies
1. Everyday. I have it set up in Google Reader so I just get a steady feed.
2. See #1.
3. There's a variety of types of recipes. I like the forum so that I can ask questions without feeling like a complete doofus.
4. I use cookbooks, I don't read them the same way I would read a book. I like blogs because people will usually post their process shots and step by step descriptions along with feedback or what they would/did change.
5. Great photos. I think end product pictures are great, but it's the process shots that are super helpful. I also like the product testing that sites do (SE has done it a few times, ATK and Cooks have product comparisons).
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the wild mushroom stuffing for me indeed as well
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The Vegetarian Wild Mushroom Stuffing. Our Thanksgiving bunch for the past 40-some years includes a couple of vegetarians, who break the fast annually for the Big Bird. No sausage stuffing, though.
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mushroom stuffing
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brussel sprouts with bacon
10lbs of onions in a two person house! What to do?
Ok, after all of this I'm dying to know what you finally did with all those onions..
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Pumpkin cheesecake.. mmm
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Pumpkin Cheesecake
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Brussels sprouts with bacon. Mmmm.
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sautéed brussels sprouts with bacon
100 (okay, 50) Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do
lemonfair - totally agree
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Wild mushroom stuffing....now all I need is a free turkey!
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i can haz chocolate passion fruit bread pudding?
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Cider-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
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James Beard's Roast turkey!!! First off, the older folks will know who James Beard is, Secondly, It has Bacon and Cognac. Those are Great Thanksgiving staples.
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
Frito boats - a must
Li'l Smokies with BBQ sauce and grape jelly
Li'l Smokies wrapped in crescent roll dough for mini pigs-in-a-blanket
Ho-Hos, Ding Dongs, Twinkies
Cheese in a can with Chicken-in-a-Biscuit crackers
A Velveeta-based dip
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roasted sweet potato - very nostalgic, my mom used to give them to us first thing to stave off our appetites
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Pumpkin pie brulee!
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Potato leek au gratin sounds delicious. I think I'll give that a try some day after our already over-stocked Thanksgiving dinner.
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bacon brussel sprouts
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brussel sprouts and bacon!
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pumpkin cheesecake :)
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need to add cranberry sauce, pumpkin and apple pies and turkey cupcakes for the grands. think maybe that should do it with the M&M cookies my daughter is baking.
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Maple walnut cornbread!
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I think I'm going to try the Potato Leek Au Gratin. Such a nice combination and it would look beautiful on the table.
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Pumpkin cheesecake!
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Pumpkin pie.