The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

Same here. MANY younger students here have a FLASHCard (college debit card) that mommy and daddy have loaded up with money so they themselves don't have to pay for anything. I never had that option. The restaurant I worked in gave us one free meal per shift otherwise I ate a lot of ramen noodles, popcorn and kool-aid.

Guilty for both of my kids while in college. Though they both did have jobs on campus but they did not include any meals.

 

[Cesar R M]

Oh, I forgot pizza! I also drank Cherry Coke like it was water. Ahh, college. Good times.

The good thing about being in college for a Culinary school.. is you almost never have to cook (you get your attempts and examples back home, and eat on that)
and 99% of the time, the food was tasty.

 

[Cesar R M]

Quick question: Would you go for a yellow or red magic band?

why not go between? aka orange! that what I did.
Plus I got some magicband covers for free with DVC rentals
Made some with TMNT images.
I'm such a nerd sometimes!

 

[donaldtoo]

I am old. I've seen gas much lower. But I'll take it.

It's as low as $1.55 here.

 

[Cesar R M]

When I was a kid... my mother used to give me tomatoes in my lunch box when I went to school. She would also include little shakers of salt and I would eat them like an apple. That was back in the days when they didn't taste like plastic. They were flavorful and sooooo good. Now they have spent so much time trying to make them last longer and tough enough to handle shipping... the flavor has gone away.

Agree on that, nowadays.. Tomatoes have way too much wax.

 

[JenniferS]

this is what carnitas looks like

and a delicious torta ahogada before being drowned in sauce.

carp.. I'm now hungry and crave a torta ahogada D:

Yes please.

 

[Gabe1]

Just think how they had to use lawyers to be able to call their "mixture" MEAT again.
because 70% of the "meat" in taco bell, isnt even meat.

*shivers*

 

[OSUgirl77]

The good thing about being in college for a Culinary school.. is you almost never have to cook (you get your attempts and examples back home, and eat on that)
and 99% of the time, the food was tasty.

Yummy! Maybe I should've gone to Culinary School!

 

[OSUgirl77]

When I was a kid... my mother used to give me tomatoes in my lunch box when I went to school. She would also include little shakers of salt and I would eat them like an apple. That was back in the days when they didn't taste like plastic. They were flavorful and sooooo good. Now they have spent so much time trying to make them last longer and tough enough to handle shipping... the flavor has gone away.

That's why you have to get them from a fruit and veggie stand, or farmer's market. I grew up eating them out of my grandparent's garden, so I don't like store bought tomatoes either.

 

[donaldtoo]

I've never been to Taco Bell.

Although nothing near authentic Mexican or Tex/Mex cuisine, there was a time, years ago, when it was cheap and decent. Now, sadly, it's just a recipe for a gastrointestinal conflict.

 

[Goofyernmost]

That's why you have to get them from a fruit and veggie stand, or farmer's market. I grew up eating them out of my grandparent's garden, so I don't like store bought tomatoes either.

Yea, I hesitate to even call them tomatoes. What they are is round things that are red and are called tomatoes. What they actually are is any body's guess. While we are on that subject, is it just me, but, have cucumbers also gone the same plastic tasting route. I used to love cucumbers, now I can barely tolerate their flavor.

 

[Gabe1]

When I was a kid... my mother used to give me tomatoes in my lunch box when I went to school. She would also include little shakers of salt and I would eat them like an apple. That was back in the days when they didn't taste like plastic. They were flavorful and sooooo good. Now they have spent so much time trying to make them last longer and tough enough to handle shipping... the flavor has gone away.

Yeah and most of them are picked green and ripened with gases. At one point I had about 3 dozen tomato plants in my yard now I am down to 11 plants. Got to hard at my age to keep up so many plants going. But fresh off the vine into my mouth, so freak'n good.

 

[JenniferS]

True story, without a word of exaggeration:

Two of the medications I take cause extreme dry mouth. Add to that, a stuffy nose, and central heating jacked up a few extra degrees ... and I ended up mouth-breathing for the past two nights.

This morning, my mouth was so dry that my tongue was literally stuck to the roof of my mouth. When the alarm woke me up at 6:30, did I think to take a swig of water first?
No, I did not. I just kind of wiggled my tongue around ... and ended up tearing most of the skin off the roof of my mouth.
Holy jumping it hurt. Still hurts! I'm going to have to put a bit of Oragel on it in order to fall asleep tonight.

Seriously hoping I'm a little smarter tomorrow morning. No guarantees though.
I'm seldom at my best after only 3 1/2 hours sleep.

 

[JenniferS]

Yeah and most of them are picked green and ripened with gases. At one point I had about 3 dozen tomato plants in my yard now I am down to 11 plants. Got to hard at my age to keep up so many plants going. But fresh off the vine into my mouth, so freak'n good.

Sorry, no like for this post. I just can't do it. I tried. I really did.

 

[donaldtoo]

Well, it's about time! I was beginning to worry about you, thinking maybe you had lost your lunch swiping talents in the new year!

No worries. It was only the first luncheon of the New Year. My skills are more finely honed than ever.

 

[Gabe1]

Yea, I hesitate to even call them tomatoes. What they are is round things that are red and are called tomatoes. What they actually are is any body's guess. While we are on that subject, is it just me, but, have cucumbers also gone the same plastic tasting route. I used to love cucumbers, now I can barely tolerate their flavor.

Grow them too. The longer they are refrigerated the more gross they taste.

 

[OSUgirl77]

Yea, I hesitate to even call them tomatoes. What they are is round things that are red and are called tomatoes. What they actually are is any body's guess. While we are on that subject, is it just me, but, have cucumbers also gone the same plastic tasting route. I used to love cucumbers, now I can barely tolerate their flavor.

I can eat them, but they aren't as good as from the garden either. I have a hard time buying any produce from the grocery store. Bananas and some other fruit are okay. A few veggies, but not many. I was spoiled growing up having a garden to eat out of.

 

[Cesar R M]

Although nothing near authentic Mexican or Tex/Mex cuisine, there was a time, years ago, when it was cheap and decent. Now, sadly, it's just a recipe for a gastrointestinal conflict.

Also, who the hell invented that DORITO taco? :|
Its food that really was designed for the movie IDIOCRACY.

 

[Cesar R M]

True story, without a word of exaggeration:

Two of the medications I take cause extreme dry mouth. Add to that, a stuffy nose, and central heating jacked up a few extra degrees ... and I ended up mouth-breathing for the past two nights.

This morning, my mouth was so dry that my tongue was literally stuck to the roof of my mouth. When the alarm woke me up at 6:30, did I think to take a swig of water first?
No, I did not. I just kind of wiggled my tongue around ... and ended up tearing most of the skin off the roof of my mouth.
Holy jumping it hurt. Still hurts! I'm going to have to put a bit of Oragel on it in order to fall asleep tonight.

Seriously hoping I'm a little smarter tomorrow morning. No guarantees though.
I'm seldom at my best after only 3 1/2 hours sleep.

sympathy like...
I still wonder why you didnt take the water first D:

 

[JenniferS]

sympathy like...
I still wonder why you didnt take the water first D:

Sleep deprived. I'm really quite dense for the first 30 seconds after my alarm goes off.