Just reading about it is hardening my arteries.
CraigM
1866
the other vile concoctions mentioned here are crimes against cuisine. But this? In my face hole now!
I WANT TOO.
Y’all have got me salivating and reminiscing about one of my favorite Peruvian take-out dishes, lomo saltado. French fries, steak, peppers, and tomatoes smothered in gravy, sometimes served on rice. YUM ASS.
See, I hate potato salad. I stand by my declaration that fries get ketchup, if you have to have a condiment, or maybe malt vinegar when you are having fish and chips. Or both. Anything else is a crime against, well, something!
And no, I don’t like Poutine either.
But of course, to each their own. I mean, I love broccoli, and many folks hate it, so eh.
schurem
1871
google “patat oorlog” [‘fries war’] or “patatje rotzooi” [‘fries mess’] }-)
RichVR
1872
Thread reminding me to restock malt vinegar.
Get in my belly! Like super poutine!
That’s what I was thinking too, high-end poutine! :)
See, if we had been able to convince the Taliban, the Afghan government, and the other players in Afghanistan to simply argue rock-paper-scissors style over which type of potatoes to eat, think of how much better the last twenty years might have gone!
Alstein
1876
That process has started. I think this in its core is what is the divide in American politics.\
The older folks mostly believe in American execeptionalism, the younger crowd , having seen how folks live in other parts of the world, knows it’s a crock of shit. The dividing line seems to be around my age- I feel like I live in both worlds sometimes.
I agree there is a good deal of generational difference at work. It isn’t a foolproof measure, though. There are plenty of folks of my generation who are sick and tired of this Team USA malarkey, and in my teaching I come across a not insignificant number of college-age people who have embraced exceptionalism hook, line, and sinker. Admittedly, in those cases it may well be a combination of doing what other folks aren’t, parental or other family conditioning, or something like that other than any serious belief, but it’s hard to tell.
aeneas
1878
We are a socialist workers paradise here in kiwiland we dont want any of your capitalism.
It’s all that fucking Longbottom Leaf.
I’m more fond of the beer they sell in Bree–it comes in pints!
