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Pet Peeves When Dining Out

Waiters who address the whole table as "guys", as in "Are you guys all set for drinks?" and "Would you guys care for dessert?" Don't call me anything, and remember your tip depends on my happiness, I tell them.

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That fake bear is no substitute for the soulful, sweet Yuba dog.

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Not to be picky or overly defensive of our language, but "cow" refers to a mature female bovine, the bearer of calves. Cows are not generally slaughtered for meat until their useful lives are over. Neutered males, or steers, are the poor buggers whose heads roll for our benefit. Bulls are intact males used only for breeding; their meat tastes slightly of urine. Freemartins are infertile females also slaughtered for meat because if they can't produce a calf, there's no milk and no other value. I would suggest using the terms cattle or steers when describing bovines raised for meat.

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In Bakersfield, where the waiter wrote "mile sauce" for mild sauce.

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fried rice with lots of oyster sauce

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fried spaghetti

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Whatever the Swedish chef on the Muppets chops

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The recipe should specify more than new or fingerling, which are vague, because russets fry up much better than boiling potatoes. When in doubt, try Yukon Golds, a mid sort of spud.

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lovingly fried with artichoke hearts

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hand chopped from grass fed beef

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semi-frozen beef chuck chopped for burgers

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all over bacon and brussell sprouts

Are there metallic off-flavors from a pizza steel?

Last night's pizza, cooked on a well-seasoned slab of steel, tasted to my wife like metal. The topping had tomato, onion and cheese and the steel was hot enough to char the underside. There was a bit of a strange flavor, not metallic exactly, but not bad. Has anyone else noticed off-flavors from a pizza steel?

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