/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>ruining your appetite before the main dish

lol, no.

Yeah stuff your face with cheese and fried bread dunked in tomato flavored sugar sauce before you meal

Rather than having a crisp refreshing salad and some soup

>not getting the sampler

what are you, gay?

>>5595712
>salad

>>5595712
>salad
Sounds goo
>soup
you fucked up son

>>5595719
sounds like you need to have a good and proper chicken noodle that doesn't come from can, bruh

>>5595723
>chicken noodle soup and a salad before dinner

>>5595730
not that guy, just an anon who loves a good chicken noodle soup

>>5595732
But having that plus a salad before dinner? Thats just stupid unless your a fucking landwhale.

>>5595712
I usually get a Caesar salad or cheese and broccoli soup

>>5595707
>being that white

>>5595738
Not a fan of salad either.

And to me, soup is a meal, not an appetizer. Could maybe eat it with a nice sandwich, though.

>not having some soup and salad with your meal, and taking the leftovers home.

>soup er salad?
>Yeah, I'll try the super salad, what's in it?
>no, soup OR salad

>>5595749
I... I've done this.

>>5595707
They usually are reliably good. I LOVE the frozen TGI friday ones with this amazing concentrated marinara for dipping but i wish they gave you more of it!!

>>5595712
Communist detected

>>/Russia/

You commie rat

>not requesting your appetizer and salad (yes that's right, appetizer AND salad) to be brought out with your meal for a delicious feast effect

>>5595712

soup is gonna fill you up to the brim, dumbass. especially with a salad. don't be a hypocrite

>>5595707
I love mozzarella sticks but hate having to pay $10+ for a handful of them.

>>5595840

i have never seen mozzarella sticks that are not on the cheap end of the appetizer menu. where in the world do you eat?

>>5595846

They're like $5.50 for a large (6-stick) at Arbys

>>5595852

so yeah that's still not $10+

not a fan, honestly, just tastes like a shitload of grease. mozzarella doesn't have that much flavour.

rather get some calamari or something

>>5595855
>mozzarella doesn't have that much flavour.

and this is why fontina sticks should be a thing.

If artichoke dip is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

>>5595707
>appethizer, at all

go be fat somewhere else

>>5595749
Holy fuck, i've done that before

>>5595885
>he doesn't eat multi-course meals
>he doesn't take home half his entree to eat for lunch the next day

>not onion rings
How's it feel to be wrong?

>>5595879
This guy right here

>>5595857
oh god yes. this right here. I made lasagna once with fontina instead of mozz and the difference was night and day. also a lot of fat. lol but tasty

>>5595945
>Spend all that money on appetizers just to eat cold or microwaved food the next day

>no armadillo eggs

plebs

>Not fruit with an assortment of cheeses and crackers served with a honey compote.

Peasants. All of you peasants.

>>5595707
>Eating in a restaurant where this shit is an option

lel stay classy

>>5595854
$10 with tip

>>5595855
>>5595857
two ignorant fucks who don't know about my low moisture whole milk mozza.

is there any greater pleasure than seeing how far you can stretch a mozzarella stick?

I once made a bet with a bartender that I could jumprope with one. I actually did it, and he comp'd my bill for the night. Good times.

>>5595707

Alright co/ck/gobblers... No based mozza sticks overseas where im serving. But I can buy a 20# block of it. How do I into making sticks out of it?
>inb4 cut it
I dont want square pegs
>inb4 buy some
They dont sellem here
>inb4 Idk

Thinking about melting it but no clue as to how, and just punching round sticks out of it would leave me with a fuckton of scraps.

every time i've been to america i've been astounded at what they call 'appetisers'. full meals the size of my head, comprised of very filling ingredients. it's insane.

>>5598779
It's because they're usually meant to be shared with 2-4 people. And they're optional. And most places offer small, lighter appetizers.

>>5597104
How tall were you?

>>5598790

>It's because they're usually meant to be shared with 2-4 people.

that's fine, i just never went anywhere that made any indication of what i was getting. in terms of cheap family restaurants.

you guys just have a very different restaurant culture to the uk.

>>5598779
Well, yeah. They're meant to be shared between a small group of 2-4 people, generally, not eaten by just one person.

>>5598779
you share an appetizer with the whole table, or you can order one for yourself and it is the full meal. for instance things like a quesadilla or nachos usually end up under the appitiser section, you can share it with a party or order one for yourself.

>>5598794
Why didn't you just ask your server if the menu wasn't 100% clear?

>>5595710

This.

>>5598790
yes. they also serve as cheaper main course alternatives for the less hungry.

>>5598798

or you can eat both an appetizer and an entree.

>hurrr these are the only two options. nothing else allowwweduh

>>5598807
that is also an option. land of the free, home of the brave. motherfucker.

>>5598810
options this, motherfornicator.

>>5598799

it made no indication that there was anything to ask about. when i ordered calamari i expected maybe a whole squid maximum, with a wedge of lemon and some mayonnaise-based sauce. what came looked like the aftermath of the battle of the somme. random mutilated individual tentacles poking out from mounds of red cabbage shrapnel, strewn several inches from their parent beard; crumbs of batter drifting down the steep sides of the bowl like exhausted, sweaty climbers; an array of lurid unguents smeared into side bowls waiting to absorb and embalm the relentless onslaught of pepper specks and cornstarch particles and flayed strands of flesh that were to tumble from my overwhelmed hands. it was a horrifying glimpse into the sociopathy of your people and went very well with a frosty root beer.

>>5598817
mm
you
you make nice words
make more nice words

>>5598775
Make discs. Get something round and use it to guide your knife to make cylinders then slice those cylinders into discs. Excess can just be grated up for whatever else.

Freeze the discs and then put whatever coating on them you want. Deep fry and enjoy.

>>5595707
>not eating snails in butter-herb sauce on toast
>ishygddt

>>5598792

I'm 5'11

the mozzarella stick was stretched out about 8 inches.

I can jump pretty high.

Am I the only one that thinks mozzarella sticks are for children?

>>5598775
You are actually asking how to cut some cheese?

How do you even make it through a day? Jesus fucking christ.

>>5598775

>just punching round sticks out of it would leave me with a fuckton of scraps.

use those scraps for other things

>>5595746
>soup is a meal

Eat mozzarella sticks with ranch dressing instead of marinara sauce.

It's fucking good

>>5595749
Reminds me of a school trip I was on back in like 8th grade
>We were at Crackerbarrel
>A bunch of classmates got pancakes
>Waitress asks "Do you want pure maple syrup?"
>Classmate mishears it as Purple maple syrup and asks what that is
>She asks if hes an idiot

She was kind of a bitch

>>5600473
I just like them without any sauce.
The best Mozzarella sticks can stand on their own

>>5597040
Who tips at fucking arby's?
Its fast food, you don't tip at fast food places

>>5600972
The sauce makes the dish.
This isn't steak were talking about. Don't act all fucking high and mighty about being a mozzarella stick purist here.

>>5601003

no one's acting high and mighty but you lol

>>5601003

>The sauce makes the dish

nah, marinara can compliment the dish, but quality mozzarella sticks really do stand on their own. It's not hipster to notice a difference between frozen walmart sticks and freshly prepared ones.

If you have to drown your mozz sticks in sauce, chances are your mozz sticks are shit.

>>5595857
Except that fontina cheese tastes like flowery soap.

>>5598779
Because Britain is well known for its healthy, modestly portioned meals.

gtfo.

>>5598779
They also call their main course an entree. I always jokingly say it's because of some fad diet similar to the effect of reducing your plate size.

>>5602019

nigga we don't call a fucking greyhound sized mass of sweaty cheese gobbets and deep fried kidney stones slathered in morbidity sauce an 'appetiser' and i think that's entirely the correct way to go about things, the existence of builders' breakfasts aside

>>5602019
Canadafag here, I don't know what the stuff on the bottom is, but dear god I would eat all of that.

>>5602221

black pudding

>>5602221
>>5602230

Just call it blood sausage.

>>5602233

no, just call it black pudding, because that is what it is.

>>5602237

Blood sausage actually tells you what it is, black pudding is just a fancy way to call a local variant of blood sausages to not put people off of eating it.

>>5602241

it's not fancy, it's the name of the fucking product, you culturally illiterate cunt.

>>5602259

Dude. Black pudding is a variant of blood sausage. But telling somebody that you're making black pudding might make them think you're making fucking pudding and not a sausage made out of pig's blood you...DUDE.

>>5602265

it's black pudding. you're just mad about another culture speaking a different way. it's something i've repeatedly observed in americans, and it's annoying and makes you look stupid.

>>5602283

I'm German.
And how often do I have to tell you, it's a variant of blood sausage. Nobody knows what your hib-squibblers and nip-noppers are so how about making it easier for people that don't have profound knowledge of the British culture and language and use a term people can understand. Maybe say "It's a blood sausage, black pudding, to be specific. Have a nice day!" That's the best of both worlds actually! Why haven't we done that yet?

>>5602290

it's black pudding. that is the product in the photo. i gave him the name. if he didn't know it, he could either look it up or ask for further information. we call it black pudding here.

>>5597104
your mum takes great pleasure in seeing how far she can stretch my mozzarella stick

>>5602283
The irony.

>my way or it's the highway

>>5602381

oh god there's that word again.

>>5602259
>product

>>5602306

Eugh. Man.

>>5595707
HAHAHA, fried Cheese. Nice try, Lardo, but Mushrooms are king in the world of deep fry (as far as apps go).

>>5595747
this nigga, you know. I usually get pretty full on tea, soup, bread, salad and appetizer so that I just pic around the main course and take the rest home for a different meal.

>>5595846
they are pretty overpriced for what you are getting at most Italian restaurants but are also really good and usually hand made. they're probably cheap when they come frozen from shitty places like buffalo wild wings or chili's.

>>5601833
I agree that a great mozzarella stick can hold it's own without marinara, but to be fair a quality marinara can really shine and compliment the appetizer, for me the sauce is as important as the cheese stick. I'm not talking about the jars of shit from Pizza Hut, I mean places that are making it all from scratch.

>>5595712
>Rather than having a crisp refreshing salad and some soup

Go back to /fit/, we all know rabbit food and soup will never taste as good as this unhealthy shit but we don't eat mozza stick's because they are healthy.

>>5595854
TGI Fridays.

Normally $7.70, now $10 with the All-You-Can-App promotion.

>>5604343
You can buy those frozen at the grocery store (TGI Friday's Mozzarella stick) it comes with marinara and is AMAZING.

>>5604347
The ones you buy in the store have like, 1/3 of the cheese in them than buying them at the restaurant.

Source: Experience, and the half a box that's left over in my fridge.

>>5604349
They still taste fucking awesome

> not getting delicious Caesar salad
> not getting delicious broth based soup
> if you must have a fried appetizer not getting based calamari

The fucks wrong with you