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Etiquette for Eating on Planes/Trains/Buses

These bigoted, mean and crude comments are inflammatory and tangentially related to "eats." Most have no legitimate value relative to food and serve only to display petty interference. It is not your fault if you are too young to remember when airlines served food and people only complained (have to have a complaint, yes?) about too small portions; then when no more food was available, complainers complained about portions of nuts. It is nobody's business to complain about the quality of food used by a traveler doing her best to compensate for anti-travel regulations. One proves only that one can complain like a selfish, prissy child. Prissy does not cut it and belongs at home or church. Perhaps one who does not like the public should stay out of public aircraft. Drive or fly private. Stay home.

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Baristas Test The Slayer, the New $18,000 Espresso Machine

@swagv. "more ubiquitous" is nonsensical. Something is either ubiquitous or not.

What do you mean with, "But I have yet to find a Slayer-pulled shot that truly improved the results in the cup over what was pulled before." Before what? Before a previous Slayer-pulled shot? If not improved, the machine is consistent, one shot being no more or less from another, a recommendation. If "truly improved" differs from "improved," the difference should be expressed to let readers understand your claim. Please fix the sentence to say something and come back.

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Maker's Mark Announces a New Bourbon

Experimentation is for experimenters. If you like Maker's Mark, drink it. Better yet, drink Jack Daniels or a great American rye. If you want to experiment you do not like whiskey. Have you any idea how aged you will be when your experiments are completed, by which time you might be disappointed. Whiskey is not vodka.

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I can't buy bottled water anymore. Just can't.

If you reside in NYC, you need bottled water as much as a traffic jam. NYC has the world's best tap water, better than any bottled water I know of.

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Etiquette for Eating on Planes/Trains/Buses

These bigoted, mean and crude comments are inflammatory and tangentially related to "eats." Most have no legitimate value relative to food and serve only to display petty interference. It is not your fault if you are too young to remember when airlines served food and people only complained (have to have a complaint, yes?) about too small portions; then when no more food was available, complainers complained about portions of nuts. It is nobody's business to complain about the quality of food used by a traveler doing her best to compensate for anti-travel regulations. One proves only that one can complain like a selfish, prissy child. Prissy does not cut it and belongs at home or church. Perhaps one who does not like the public should stay out of public aircraft. Drive or fly private. Stay home.

From Drinks

Baristas Test The Slayer, the New $18,000 Espresso Machine

@swagv. "more ubiquitous" is nonsensical. Something is either ubiquitous or not.

What do you mean with, "But I have yet to find a Slayer-pulled shot that truly improved the results in the cup over what was pulled before." Before what? Before a previous Slayer-pulled shot? If not improved, the machine is consistent, one shot being no more or less from another, a recommendation. If "truly improved" differs from "improved," the difference should be expressed to let readers understand your claim. Please fix the sentence to say something and come back.

From Drinks

Maker's Mark Announces a New Bourbon

Experimentation is for experimenters. If you like Maker's Mark, drink it. Better yet, drink Jack Daniels or a great American rye. If you want to experiment you do not like whiskey. Have you any idea how aged you will be when your experiments are completed, by which time you might be disappointed. Whiskey is not vodka.

From Talk

I can't buy bottled water anymore. Just can't.

If you reside in NYC, you need bottled water as much as a traffic jam. NYC has the world's best tap water, better than any bottled water I know of.

From Serious Eats

The Food Lab: How To Make The Best Chili Ever

This enjoyable article starts puzzlingly with, "But! to call something "The Best Chili Ever" implies that the recipe is perfect, and perfection implies that there is no room for improvement." No such thing. "The Best Chili Ever" implies that the recipe is better than prior recipes known to the author. Perfection has nothing to do with it. The topic is not "Perfect Chili." Plain English is valuable, and "The Best Chili Ever" speaks clearly.

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Serious Beer: Winter Warmers and Christmas Beers

This is not a bad list. It would have been better to have excluded all New England beers, and the exclusion of Harpoon is excellent.

From Serious Eats: New York

Raising the Bar: Excellent Small Bites in the Tavern of Gramercy Tavern

where y'at, with this short article, what have you in mind to prevent informing people about the peppered mistakes? Except maybe your exaggeration.

From Serious Eats: New York

Bklyn Larder's Fior di Latte Gelato: Best Ice Cream In Brooklyn?

They rock? Kindergartners please stay at The Weekly Reader. Defend "single source" ice cream.

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Pineapple Muffins at Ciao for Now

The damn thing is so tiny you needed a macro-lens to photograph it. How can one taste it without buying a dozen? Or is that necessary?

From Talk

May is National BBQ Month: Who serves it up best?

reger60, you ought to be ashamed of yourself for omitting names from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Austin, Texas, Memphis and St. Louis. By the way, what time should we arrive at your place? All the best.

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May is National BBQ Month: Who serves it up best?

Ascolta, sillies arguing about what month it is. Everybody knows May is Eat On the Curb Month, and in New Jersey National Street Paving Month.

From Sweets

Best Ice Cream in New England: Roadfood's Search

Great food places smell good. If they do not, walk out. I walked out of Herrell's without ordering. If there had been no other ice cream in Cambridge, I would have ordered, but I'm not a masochist.

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Hershey's to Close Scharffen Berger Plant in Berkeley; Robert Steinberg Spinning in Grave

It would have suited to have identified a date for the closure. I on April 24, 2009 am about to buy Scharffenberger chocolate, actually would have except I read this first, and would be more inclined to do so if the factor were not closed yet. Now I am uncertain. I agree with anti-Hershey comments. Hershey chocolate is not made in Pennsylvania. It is made in Mexico. That Milton Hershey Foundation is a success "story" is b.s. One does not eat success "stories" in my neighborhood or books either. Mr. Levine probably complained because his history professor asked for dates on examinations. Dates do matter. They even help one buy chocolate.

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