Dominoes sucks. Seriously.

I recently had the chance to try some of their pizza for the first time in years. New and improved? No, it still tastes like shitty Dominoes...which is 150x worse than any other pizza shop around here. My guts were also royally messed up for 2 days after eating it.

There's also something seriously unsettling about the "cheese" they use. I put a slice in the oven to re-heat and the cheese WOULD NOT melt. It burned and got random black spots, but it was still solid as a brick long after the crust and all the toppings started to turn black. It's also worth mentioning that my cat usually FREAKS OUT over cheese, but every time I offered him some he sniffed it and reacted as if I just offered him the TV remote. He wouldn't go near it.

What do you guys think of Mary Brown's famous chicken & taters

Mmm, had Red Lobster for dinner. Did I ever miss those amazing cheese biscuits

i've had mary brown's once, it was okay, nothing worthy of this thread though.

never had red lobster though. or lobster. or any kind of shellfish.

Not big on sodas, but I saw and tried this today, and I really enjoyed it.

made my own 'nutella'; bought a jar of smooth almond and hazelnut butter and at home i added coco powder... turned out so fucking good im already half way done the jar

I made some pretty damn good pasta yesterday. I put ground chicken, mushrooms, and celery in a pan, and seasoned it up with a mix of garlic, garlic salt, celery salt, basil, parsley, oregano, poultry seasoning, lemon pepper, and a splash of Worchestershire sauce. Then I made a mushroom/white wine sauce for it. I mixed in the pasta (rotini) after it was cooked.

I'm loving the new A&W commercial

Turkey burgers ftw!

Maple BBQ Whopper now available at all Burger King Canada locations. I am so totally going to try one

holy crap PB, you sure do go after some bad for you food fast food style


That said, I am so glad that they didn't have this back when I was a Moutain Dew addict during my military days.

shitloads of garlic and butter...

gonna pick up some gnocchi and sage tonight. I haven't had sage-butter gnocchi for a long time.

hey KRP,

awhile back you posted a recipe for spaghetti in WhPlague's recipes thread

i picked up some of the stuff to try it, but never got around to it, and now the thread's been deleted.

mind re-posting it?

i love Prosciutto mm so good

hmm chocoloate is ALWAYS something i eat (little bits at a time)

fresh baked bread,
rye toast with butter

I don't remember what I posted.

Assuming it was a simple tomato sauce...

1 onion - diced
1 rib of celery - diced
1 carrot - diced
an assload of garlic - minced
2 or 3 large cans of tomatoes (can be whole, diced, crushed...just avoid any that say "sauce")
whack of dried thyme
whack of dried oregano
Salt + pepper
Olive oil

1. Get a big ass pot onto medium heat and add some oil. When oil is hot, add onion, celery and carrot with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently until veggies are soft (5-8 minutes).

2. Add garlic and dried herbs. Cook another 1-2 minutes.

3. Crank the heat up to full whack and add tomatoes and a bit more salt and pepper. Stir well.

4. When sauce comes to a boil, reduce heat to low and let the sauce simmer for at least 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.

5. When sauce is done, kill the heat and taste it. Re-season if needed. Add to pasta and devour.


Options:
- If you prefer a smooth sauce, use a blender to puree it. If using a regular blender, only add a small amount at a time (no more than 1/2 full). Or use an immersion blender (aka: "stick" blender, boat motor, etc) right in the pot.

- For a bit more "body", add a spool full of tomato paste at the end of step 2.

- If you want to add some wine to the sauce, do this at the start of step 3. Once wine has mostly evaporated, add the tomatoes.

- If you want a spicy sauce, add a generous amount of red pepper flakes at step 2. Add more at the end if it's not hot enough.

- Want meat in there? Pan sear (or oven roast) some italian sausages and/or meatballs, then add to the simmering sauce early on until the meat is cooked through. The longer it simmers in there, the better all that shit will be. Just be sure to skim most of the oil off that will collect at the top of the sauce.

thanks dude

In other random foodness...

Barley: The vag-lookin' grain

Soooo much better than that garbage in your avatar....if I'm going to say f*#k it and have some fried chicken, I'm going to Mary Browns.

<3 scampi

Food that looks like naughty bits is always awesome.

GNOCCHI!

sage, butter, bacon, chives... so good... so simple... so bad for my health lol.

Sometimes it doesn't get better than instant ramen.

So, the new someone special in my life is supposed to be on a vegan diet for his health. He cheats constantly, but I want to be encouraging, since the side effects of him not being on the diet could be congestive heart failure, stroke, or heart attack.

It's time to learn some new tricks to throw in my culinary bag.

I don't live in Toronto or Montreal so it doesn't help much!
There are some decent places around, I get that. Even here in Ottawa it's pretty alright if you know where to go. I don't remember exactly why I made that comment you quoted, I believe it was quite a while ago and I'm too tired at 5 am to find it in here, lol, but I spend a lot of time outside the big cities and the selection can be pretty darn limited here in Canada unfortunately. But the big cities are great for sure!

Travelling through Canada has led me to my understanding of the differentiation between Toronto food and, say, Alberta food, or Maritimes food. There are distinct regional differences, and only a stupid person would not recognize that fact. Torontonians who appreciate food tend to be the people who appreciate the differences between Atlantic and Pacific salmon, and respect those fishermen; the people who are happy to pay a little more for locally grown peas or peaches or locally farmed milk or cheese or pork; the people who actually appreciate the work and value of Canada's farmers; even though apparently we are those douchebags from that rich city.