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mschlock

Fud = gud

  • Location: Sunnyvale, CA
  • Last bite on earth: I dunno, but it's gotta be fried

Shake Shack Coming to Las Vegas Next Year

Thought 1: I want to go to there.

Thought 2: "Outdoor park environment"? In Vegas? In the 110-degree desert? I can't see how this is at all conducive to a burger and fries pigout.

Taste Test: Every Flavor of Combos

I don't think I've ever had a Combo. Looking at them just reminds me inextricably of dog treats.

Valentine's Day Video: HeartBeet Pasta Filled with Goat Cheese

Scrolled down to make sure I was not the only immature person in the house. Thank you, Internets, for validating me.

Palo Alto, CA: Wishing for a Better Burger to Go with the Big Promises at LYFE Kitchen

Yikes. I am firmly in the camp of "eat traditionally prepared bad-for-you food on rare occasions" rather than "try to make bad food good for you."

When in Palo Alto, seek out the burger at the Peninsula Creamery, either the one on Emerson or the one in the mall.

Holiday Giveaway: The Amazing Thermapen Thermometer

Pork tenderloin!

Perfect Apple Pie

Usually I like to premake and freeze unbaked apple pies, which saves time on holidays (and when it's not a holiday, this lets me have a homemade pie stash).

If I'm freezing apples, with all that presumably does to the cell structure, is it worth doing the soak method?

A Pizza My Mind: The Best Frozen Pizza, PERIOD.

Celeste is my preferred shitty frozen dollar pizza. I think this falls well within the parameters above.

Back-to-School Packing List for College Students

Pro tip: You can make a lot of things in a rice cooker. I used to make pasta in mine in college. I believe Roger Ebert has a rice cooker cookbook if you want to get fancy...

San Francisco: We Try the Award-Winning Pizza at Bay Area Chain Pizza My Heart

Eh. I'd hit up Giovanni's in Sunnyvale for a slice anytime over PMH.

Pardon our Dust While We Upgrade

Since the upgrade the RSS feed seems to no longer update. Can we has RSS?

Serious Entertaining: Picnic Recipes for a Concert in the Park

I call shenanigans on 5-minute white bean dip: I do not have a head of roasted garlic in my house at all times, nor can it be produced in 5 minutes...

AHT Giveaway: Case of Pat LaFrieda Burgers

Squishy bun, griddled thin patties, American cheese. No produce!

The best fries in the world

@BitchinFixins It's been there for years, one of the "upscale" joints downtown near the festival. We have been known to go there twice some years (and we're usually only there three days).

The best fries in the world

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Poll: Cold Pizza - Way or No Way!?

To me, cold pizza is disgusting, though I respect that other people think this is a good thing. However, soggy microwaved pizza is also disgusting.

Leftover pizza gets 8 minutes in the toaster oven at 350, then it will be snarfed.

Participate in the Serious Eats Usability Study!

Highly suggest you put a "Where do you live" question on that questionnaire to verify local-ness. At my gig we have folks who volunteer for usability testing who live several states away...

Guacamole with Charred Corn, Black Beans, and Scallions

How much corn would you say is a cob's worth? (Because a bag of S&W Supersweet Petite is in our freezer at all times...)

Hickory Farms Warmest Wishes Gift Box, a Big Letdown

Christmas isn't Christmas
Without a Swiss Colony Beef Log
Without those cheeses and meats
I don't think I can get along

Dammit, now I'm gonna have that in my head all day.

Have You Ever Tried to Quit Diet Soda?

Do people get addicted to *sugar* soda the same way some folks are addicted to Diet Coke? I had no idea it got this bad for some people.

I suppose I've seen people mainline full-sugar soda on shows about overeating, but are diet drinks somehow worse for this?

I can't stand artificial sweeteners even in minuscule amounts, so I have no direct experience -- I don't drink a lot of soda either, just full-sugar Coke with certain meals (burgers).

How Do You Like Your Almonds: Slivered, Sliced, or Whole?

Blue Diamond makes a honey roasted almond that is pretty damn addictive. I am also a huge fan of See's dark chocolate almond clusters. They taste much better than your typical panned dark chocolate coated almonds with the shiny (wax) coating.

New McNugget Sauces from McDonald's

Just plain honey. None of this sauce bushwa. Note that not all the McD's stock their little plain honey containers -- it seems to be at the discretion of the franchisee.

Burger King used to offer "honey sauce" which was made with corn syrup, bleh. McD's at least has the real deal. Bonus: Dip your fries in it too! Who needs ketchup?

New to NYC Burger Chains: The Counter, SmashBurger, Go Burger, and Elevation Burger

The Counter in Palo Alto also suffers from similar issues -- I see that they have managed to duplicate their methods 3,000 miles away! (It's the same form factor of beef on the same damn grill...how come half the time it's bloody raw and the other half it's hockey puck?)

Trufax: When The Counter first opened, their fries were oddly familiar. It was because they were using the same distributor who provides fries to McDonald's. They've since changed to a skinnier fry, but actually, I preferred the McDonald's version better...

In-N-Out vs. Five Guys vs. Shake Shack: The First Bi-Coastal Side-By-Side Taste Test

What I remember most from our trip to Five Guys on our Medium-Crazy East Coast Road Trip was the Simpsonian moment with their fries in their brown paper bag: when the paper turns clear, that's your window to weight gain!

Seriously.

We weren't terribly impressed overall -- not horrified, but not understanding what the fuss is all about either. And now there's a Five Guys in the next town over and another one slated to open on my way home from work.

(I really wish we'd made a special trip to a Shake Shack instead...!)

A Sandwich a Day: King Koopa at Ike's Place in Stanford, CA

They have a couple of other locations in SF and Redwood City. Unfortunately I have still never managed to go to any of them, let alone this one (at my alma mater so I have no excuse).

A Guide to UK Chocolate Candy

That's as may be, but it's still a frog.

The best fries in the world

So these are pretty much my favorite fries in the world:

They are at Amuse in Ashland, OR. Now, we were at Bouchon in Yountville over the weekend and although some claim Bouchon's fries are the best ever, they honestly don't hold a candle to Amuse frites, which are fantastic both in craggy crispy texture and simple salty potato-ey flavor. When we go we do NOT share these, each of us gets our own order.

I am curious: Can anyone speculate, simply from looking at this picture, why these fries are so damn good? What kind of gizmo are they cutting them with that makes them curl up ever so slightly like that?

(Now I want more frites...)

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